I am a mortal who has achieved enlightenment through burning my secrets

Chapter 232 Cause and Effect
"The Great Dao of Cause and Effect... You're truly something else!"

Xiao Wuji frowned as he looked at the old ghost, never expecting that even someone as careful as him could fall for his trick.

The Great Dao of Cause and Effect is one of the most troublesome of all the Great Dao Laws. If one's understanding of the Great Dao of Cause and Effect is deep enough, one can even kill all of a person's clones and all those with causal relationships by following the cause and effect!

Fortunately, the cause and effect on him is just a mark, and it seems to only work within the barrier.

Even so, he still felt a bit disgusted; no one would like to have such a karmic connection with a ghost!
This old ghost's method of killing also utilizes the power of cause and effect, similar to turning effect into cause, using the sound of knocking on the door now to exchange for a future death. And this is its rule of killing!
Cause and effect are not matter, but a concept. His chaotic fire does not contain this law, so it cannot sever this cause and effect.

"Damn it, this is forcing me to get a body!"

After confirming that this cause and effect would not cause him fatal harm, Xiao Wuji transformed back into a flame the size of a fingertip and flew into the gap in the barrier.

On the playground, Xiao Wuji moved several corpses, both men and women, remotely. He then scanned them carefully with his divine sense and found that they were just ordinary bodies, without anything like the "seed of secret realm magic" found in the world of Shrouding the Heavens.

Seeing this, Xiao Wuji no longer hesitated and used his magic to move all the thousands of corpses in the academy over, selecting the one with the strongest physique.

Then, he used the Chaos Fire to remove the lingering resentment from the corpse, and refined the remaining corpses into pure blood and flesh essence, which he then infused into the corpse and refined it. After that, he transformed into a wisp of fire and landed between the eyebrows of the corpse.

The corpse quickly shriveled under the flames, then was filled up again by the essence of blood and flesh, and the corpse transformed into the appearance of Xiao Wuji.

This is a method similar to "resurrection" using the Bone-Growing and Blood-Melting Pill, but it is simpler and will not cause any side effects with the help of the Chaos Fire.

He used his blood, flesh, essence, and vital energy to invigorate his body and strengthen his physique. Then, he used his magic power to blast open his Purple Mansion and became a powerful figure in the "Divine Power Secret Realm" in a short time!

Once you reach the "Divine Power Realm," you can cultivate a divine power. This time, Xiao Wuji chose to cultivate a divine power that is extremely difficult to comprehend.

"I'll gladly accept your karma—the Great Karma Technique!"

A dark line appeared in Xiao Wuji's field of vision. This was the causal line, the most basic function of the Great Causal Technique!
This Great Cause and Effect Technique is extremely complex and is the most complicated supernatural power he possesses. He once tried to simulate it, but after several simulations, he only grasped a superficial understanding.

But with just this smattering, Xiao Wuji could easily end this karmic entanglement.

With a thought, the causal thread snapped instantly, then transformed into a special kind of primordial energy, which he swallowed in one gulp.

This amount of causal power wasn't even enough for him to convert his magical power, but Xiao Wuji didn't really intend to cultivate the immortality method. He was just using this to sever causal ties!

"I originally wanted to find a cultivator's body to occupy, but since there are cultivators in this world, I might as well not occupy one!"

Xiao Wuji scanned Zhou Zheng's empty stomach and the ghost infant tearing at his belly with his divine sense, and showed an expression of extreme disgust. This cultivation method has gone astray!

"Huh? There's another space?"

Xiao Wuji's divine sense swept over the toilet where the fight had just taken place and he was surprised to find another independent space inside, which gave him a sudden feeling of enlightenment.

Driven by curiosity, Xiao Wuji also concealed himself and flew inside.

"There's another ghost? So, you're the one who created this space?"

Seeing the ghostly hand reaching out to grab him, Xiao Wuji felt quite disappointed. He thought he had discovered some secret, but it turned out to be another ghost!

"A barrier within a barrier, are you trying to create nested dolls here?"

Xiao Wuji spat out a wisp of chaotic fire, which landed on the ghost hand.

This ghostly entity possesses its own inherent laws, which can be used to perfect the laws within the Chaos Fire. The Yin energy within the ghostly entity can also serve as the powerful energy source for the Chaos Fire.

It could be said that the existence of ghosts was exactly what he wanted.

"Why so little?"

Xiao Wuji smacked his lips, somewhat unsatisfied. The power of the law was there, but it was far too little! It couldn't even be described as incomplete; even Xiao Wuji almost couldn't recognize what law it was.

"The Law of Death, no, there's also the Law of Yin, it seems there's more..."

"Forget it, one shouldn't be too greedy. At worst, I can just refine a few more ghosts. I wonder how many ghosts there are here!"

Xiao Wuji shook his head, not wanting to think about it anymore. He scanned the space with his divine sense and found that the space had not disappeared with the ghost. So he extended his divine sense to a more distant place.

"Huh? My divine sense is being suppressed?"

Xiao Wuji swept his divine sense across the area, only to find that it was completely suppressed and he was unable to penetrate it at all.

"It's only a dozen meters in radius, let's go take a look!" After saying that, Xiao Wuji immediately set off and flew towards that area, and then he saw a scene that was extremely surprising.

This is a tree!

A pale tree, as if it had grown from bones.

The tree was covered with tattered human skin, filthy rags, the head of a mummified corpse, and strange paper banners. But what terrified him even more was that a person four meters tall was lying on the trunk of the tree.

No, not people.

Instead, it was a shadow, a shadow with the same outline as a person, as if it were formed from darkness.

The tall, dark figure remained motionless, hanging upside down from the tree with its head facing the ground.

Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that a thick iron nail, about the size of an adult's arm, was driven into the chest of the dark figure. No, to be precise, it was a coffin nail commonly used in folk customs. The coffin nail had been driven into the tree for who knows how many years, and it was covered in rust, looking as if it was about to break.

"Tick-tock, tick-tock!"

Black blood was flowing from where the shadowy figure was pinned.

The shadowy figure's head had no facial features, only a notch, as if its eyes had been gouged out.

Under the tree, a student in a school uniform was lying on the ground, convulsing.

"What a terrifying aura! Even a Nascent Soul cultivator couldn't be this powerful!"

Xiao Wuji looked at the figure with some apprehension. A Nascent Soul cultivator was not scary, but a Nascent Soul cultivator who had mastered the power of laws was terrifying!

He used to be that kind of person, so he is particularly wary of the same situation.

"Is this considered a seal? And lucky kid!"

It's not hard to see that this person is about to become a "cultivator". Whether it's good or bad is unknown, but at least he will have a certain ability to protect himself!
After a moment, the young man finally returned to normal, and immediately looked at Xiao Wuji with the ghost eye on the back of his hand and asked, "Are you a human or a ghost?"

"Of course you're a person, otherwise how would you be alive?"

"Then what about you?" Yang Jian looked at the man's feet, which were not touching the ground, and a look of surprise flashed across his face.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Wuji glanced down at his feet, then suddenly smiled mysteriously and said, "Oh? You mean this? Come out here, I'll teach you."

A chill ran from the soles of his feet straight up to the top of his head, and Yang Jian couldn't help but take a half step back, trying to keep his body inside the pale white aura.

boom!
The familiar chilling sensation sent shivers down his spine; he had experienced this same chill when he was grabbed by the ghost in the toilet.

No, it wasn't just the coldness; the thing that had just entered his body was now somewhat out of control.

"Little one, don't move around!"

A tremendous force suddenly came from his shoulder, and he was sent flying, crashing heavily to the ground.

"Thank goodness, we didn't disturb it, the seal is still effective!"

"hiss……"

Yang Jian grimaced as he got up from the ground, and then he saw that the person who had just touched him was actually standing in the spot where he had just been. Only then did he realize what exactly he had touched.

"Are you a human or a ghost?"

"Nonsense, of course you're a person, otherwise I wouldn't care if you lived or died!"

Xiao Wuji replied irritably, "Luckily, these coffin nails are strong enough, otherwise, when this ghost wakes up, I might not be a match for it."

After a while, Xiao Wuji looked back at the young man who was still standing there without running away, and a good idea suddenly came to his mind!

"Young man, I see you have extraordinary talent; you're a perfect candidate for cultivating immortality. Why don't you become my disciple, and I'll guide you in your cultivation journey?"

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(End of this chapter)