This is not how immortals cultivate

Chapter 58: The Gate of Yama
Upon learning that Xu Jixian knew how to control corpses, Xiang Yuan felt relieved. It was worth his effort to carry the zombies all the way.

He said goodbye to Wang Wenxu and did not sleep in the academy. He prepared to go back to Songjiazhuang and wait until dawn.

Wang Wen explained that even if he was very clean, there would still be traces left behind, and the secrets beneath the tomb would not be hidden for long. Even experienced people could reconstruct the scene based on the traces and infer the time when the tomb was opened.

Song Shan told Xiang Yuan right away that a smuggling team was passing by the Liangshan Tomb. In no time, the tomb was dug up that night. When someone got the news, they would inevitably suspect Xiang Yuan.

If he doesn't come back overnight, wouldn't that confirm his suspicion?
Therefore, he must return to Songjiazhuang tonight and arrive early tomorrow morning so that people can see him.

He had to act out the whole play to avoid being wrongly accused and framed for having found the treasure in the tomb.

Xiang Yuan's ghostly figure entered Songjiazhuang. It was still dark at the moment, and no one noticed him. He climbed over the wall into his own yard, and sat cross-legged in the house to meditate and rest for a while.

He changed into clean clothes at Yulin Academy. There was no need to destroy the body at this moment. He held the sword between his knees and silently recited the corresponding method of Tiger Roar Sword, striving to master the sword as soon as possible, so that he could be as fierce as a tiger when it was unsheathed and walk with the wind.

When you first get a weapon, it is essential to sense the breath. Otherwise, let alone achieving the unity of man and sword, you won't be able to control the changes in the length of the sword, and if you miscalculate the distance when fighting the enemy, you will be in big trouble.

Xiang Yuan found a rope to string the jade disk together, hung it on his chest, and kept it close to his body.

As he held his breath and concentrated, a chill came over him, accompanied by a deep drowsiness, which made his full energy feel sleepy. His chin nodded repeatedly and he almost fell asleep.

wrong!

Xiang Yuan woke up suddenly. He benefited from the blood ganoderma and was full of energy. It was enough for him to beat ten more people. Why did he suddenly feel sleepy? It must be the jade disc that was causing trouble.

He suddenly opened his eyes and found himself in a gray space, with no front or back, no up or down, left or right. Chaotic air currents were rolling everywhere, seemingly visible but actually invisible, and it was hard to predict whether they were gathering or dispersing.

The fluctuations of the airflow were irregular, as if following some unknown law. Xiang Yuan was in it and felt an invisible oppression. The oppression came from the entire gray space, constantly squeezing and trying to expel him.

Xiang Yuan raised his hand and touched his chest. It was not the physical body, but the soul. The jade disc was nowhere to be seen.

Just as he was deeply confused and racking his brains to figure out how to escape from this gray space, the airflow in front of him changed miraculously.

Where the air currents converged, white light bloomed, like a point of spiritual light that created the world, illuminating this chaotic space.

In this light, a mysterious portal gradually appeared.

The gate looks like it was carved from white jade, the texture of the jade is delicate and warm, exuding a faint luster. The gate is covered with exquisite hollow patterns, including dragon patterns, phoenix patterns, coiled dragon patterns, animal patterns, cattail patterns, and some unknown geometric patterns, forming a series of complex and exquisite patterns.

Xiang Yuan had sharp eyes and recognized that the style of these patterns was exactly the same as that of the jade bi.

He looked carefully and although the inward-opening door had some hollow parts, he could not see clearly outside the door. Or rather, the scenery inside the door was still gray and disorderly, making it difficult to understand.

It was as if this portal was a barrier separating the two worlds.

There was a blank space in the center of the door, the size and shape of which just matched the jade disk, and it seemed like the key to open the door.

Xiang Yuan's eyes were attracted by the intricate patterns on the door. He vaguely saw two figures that looked like words, but when he looked closely, they were gone. He didn't recognize the two words, and they were not in any font he was familiar with, but he remembered the name with a feeling in his heart.

"Yambu!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the white jade carved portal suddenly disappeared, along with the complex patterns on it, disappearing into the void.

Xiang Yuan was in a trance for a moment, then woke up from his sleep. In front of him, there was a bright white light, and the portal that should have existed in the dream appeared before his eyes.

The alternation of reality and illusion, the incredible scene shocked Xiang Yuan so much that he could not tell whether he was in a dream or reality. He raised his hand and touched his chest, feeling the cool texture of the jade disk. Looking at the door in front of him, he had the urge to insert the key and open the door.

Because of his calmness, he resisted the desire to find out what was going on.

His intuition told him that once he entered this door, he would step into an unknown world. This world was most likely the place where the Bagua Heart-Protecting Mirror crossed over to kill his uncle, but which world it was, probably only God knew.

Xiang Yuan was full of curiosity. He stared at the white jade portal for a long time, but in the end he did not dare to step into it.

Wait a little longer, it won’t be too late to enter until you are invincible.

Just as he made up his mind, Yingying disappeared as if waking up from a dream, and with her went the jade disk that Xiang Yuan had been hanging on his chest.

His face turned pale, and he opened his clothes. There was only a rope hanging around his neck, and there was no trace of the jade disk. "My chance is gone?!"

Xiang Yuan was shocked. If he had known this, he would have entered the Yama Gate to find out what was going on.

When he thought of Yanbu, a tattoo like the pattern of a jade disk appeared on his chest. It was blue in color, the size of a palm, and exuded a hint of coolness.

He was stunned for a moment, then raised his hand to touch it. The tattoo was like a real thing. He held it in his hand and it turned back into a jade disk.

What is going on? Has the baby recognized its owner?
Xiang Yuan tried again and again, and the jade disc was transformed as he wished, and the tattoo also appeared and disappeared as he wished. It was not restricted to one place, but could appear anywhere, even on the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet.

Xiang Yuan couldn't figure out what was going on, so he switched to the funny mode to let this guy with divergent thinking figure it out.

You are the one with the most vivid imagination. Look at what is going on.

The funny guy placed the tattoos everywhere, like a child who got a new toy. Finally, he took off his socks, stared at the soles of his feet and said seriously: "You haven't become the Monkey King with infinite magic power because you haven't met the one who gave you three moles..."

What a mess!

Xiang Yuan regained his composure in an instant, and the whole person was like a schizophrenic. Angry, funny and unreliable, cold-blooded but also a coward. Only calmness can lead to great things.

He pondered for a moment, closed his eyes and searched for the feeling just now, and entered the gray space again. When the portal appeared, he said the two words "Yanfu" like a mantra to summon this door into reality.

Seeing that the opportunity had not left and was still there, Shenwen immediately changed his words. He was worried that there might be danger outside the door and was unwilling to go in to find out.

As he wished, the Gate of Yama slowly disappeared.

"This jade disk is too strange. I originally thought that the infinite Yin energy was its effect, but I didn't expect it to have another magical power that could open up another world..."

Xiang Yuan's face was solemn. If he could discover the secret of the jade disc, then the zombie in the coffin could certainly do it too. Is there a possibility that the other party is not dead, but just temporarily put away his body, and then return home in glory after becoming invincible in another world?

He remembered what his master, the old Taoist Quexin, had said: if a cultivator lacks vital energy, his life span will be limited. Moreover, the blood Ganoderma lucidum found in the tombs from last week were at least a thousand years old. If he hadn't returned home in glory after such a long time, he must have failed.

"Just because it's unlikely doesn't mean it's impossible. How about sending the zombie back and giving the senior a proper burial? Then burn three incense sticks and pretend nothing happened?"

Senior Zhuang has become a rotten wood, how can he pretend nothing happened?

Xiang Yuan had a strange look on his face. He put himself in the other person's shoes and judged the other person by himself. He felt that this matter could not be resolved peacefully. He just hoped that the other party was truly dead.

"He should have been dead in thousands of years..."

Xiang Yuan comforted himself and sat on the bed for a long time in a bad mood. He was just a newbie in the industry and he offended a senior boss while walking at night. How could he go to seek justice?

At dawn, the roosters crowed and Xiang Yuan went to the yard to fetch water to wash his face, and then he practiced the sixty-four sword techniques without any pause.

Seeing that no one was disturbing him, he pushed the door open, walked out, mounted his chestnut horse, and whenever he met a villager on the way, he would tell them that he was going to the academy to study.

At Yulin Academy, Xiang Yuan didn't see Xu Jixian, the last in the class, until the afternoon. Xiao He, the second to last, skipped classes today and was as unreasonably bad as usual.

Xiang Yuan was full of worries, so he waited until the get out of class was over and took Xu Jixian to the study. He briefly explained the whole story, skipping over the jade disc and asking Xu Jixian to take an opinion on whether Senior Zhuang could still be saved.

"Brother Xiaoyuan thinks too highly of me. He is in such a state that even gods can't save him!"

Xu Jixian had no idea of ​​Xiang Yuan's annoyance. He thought he was too shy to tell the truth, so he took the initiative to say, "I understand what Xiaoyuan meant. It must be what the teacher told you. It doesn't matter. We are brothers. I will teach you the two-handed corpse control method."

Xu Jixian waved his hand with great generosity.

"Speaking of which, my craft is also an extraordinary inheritance. Three hundred years ago, Western Chu and Southern Xinjiang had not yet opened up to trade. There was a corpse-driving sect in Dezhou that traveled between the two places, and transporting corpses was considered a profitable business..."

"The Corpse Driving Sect had a dirty hand and offended the Tianwu Sect, which destroyed its foundation. The corpse-controlling method was lost in the world. My Xu family got one and has passed it down to this day and it has been carried forward in my hands..."

"Uh, forget it. I thought you liked to hear..."

"I won't say any more. I'll teach you right away."

(End of this chapter)