A thousand enlightenments in one night, starting from being a menial apprentice.

Chapter 156 Return to Wild Boar Mountain

Duan Rong handed the chestnut horse to the old man, paid a piece of silver, and entered Wild Boar Mountain that night.

Although the moon was bright in the sky, the ancient trees were lush and dense with luxuriant branches and leaves, blocking the moonlight.

It was still dark in the old forest, and the occasional rays of moonlight that filtered through the gaps between the branches and leaves only illuminated a small, hazy shadow...

Duan Rong did not jump in the dark forest under the tree. After all, it was late at night, the light in the forest was too dim, and the visibility was too poor. He was not afraid of wild beasts, but snakes, insects, and scorpions were still a bit annoying...

Duan Rong performed the mastery-level Cloud Snake Step, jumping back and forth between the branches of a century-old camphor tree. In just two breaths, he stood on a branch on the treetop. The night wind blew, making the branch sway. Duan Rong stepped on the branch, controlling his balance, and gently adjusted his body shape as the branch swayed...

Once you stand on the treetops, you will have a broad view...

Duan Rong looked far away. The moonlight was like water, splashing on the sea of forests. With the sound of the night wind blowing, the sea of forests was like waves, and the moonlight was floating. The bright moon on the mountaintop in the distance seemed to surge between the mountains and the sea...

Duan Rong couldn't help but tremble in his heart at such an extreme wonder. "The world is so beautiful that it is beyond words! The bright moon rises over the mountains and seas, and what a beautiful sea of moonlight!"

Even though there was such a beautiful scene before his eyes, Duan Rong had no time to appreciate it properly or stay there for long. He had already set a goal for himself to devour the tree spirit.

Before the test date for becoming a regular escort, the trainee escort must return to the escort agency and fill the area within the sea of spiritual consciousness and the sea of tree spirits with tree spirits.

In other words, he had to devour seventy-nine tree spirits within three days.

You know, the last time he was in Wild Boar Mountain, it took him six days to devour eighty-one tree spirits.

However, Duan Rong estimated that he could only devour the first-level tree spirits last time, and the first-level tree spirits and second-level tree spirits of ancient trees were difficult to identify just by appearance. This resulted in him spending time reading the spirit of the instrument, but nearly half of the tree spirits had to be let go and could not be devoured.

But this time, his mental strength has been upgraded to a higher level.

Both first- and second-order tree spirits can be devoured. Combined with his previous experience, Duan Rong feels that he should be able to devour all eighty-one tree spirits within three days!

Duan Rong stood on a branch, touching the tip of the tree with his hand, and silently said, "Read the spirit of the instrument!"

Object: Ancient camphor wood (123 years old)
Spirit Level: Level 2

Devouring requirements: Host's mental strength level 2 (satisfied)

Devouring effect: Primary intelligence (can slightly increase the host's mental strength)

Duan Rong glanced at the data that appeared before his eyes and whispered, "Swallow!"

As Duan Rong uttered the word "swallow", the data panel in front of him shook and then disappeared.

Duan Rong stepped on the ground and leaped out...

Duan Rong's figure was like a black dot, flickering and floating among the moonlight waves above the sea of forests, like a boat shuttling back and forth...

Three days later in the evening, at the bustling East City gate shrouded in twilight, a man with a dusty face rode into the city.

It was Duan Rong who had rushed back from Wild Boar Mountain after devouring seventy-nine tree spirits.

Duan Rong's body and face were covered with a layer of dust, his lips were dry and cracked, and his face looked exhausted.

Duan Rong first rode to the carriage company and returned the horse, then came to the beef soup shop on the street, drank two large bowls of beef soup, ate three large pancakes with chili oil.

Duan Rong burped and felt that most of his fatigue was gone. He wiped his greasy mouth, stood up, and walked slowly towards Yuanshun Escort Agency.

It wasn't that he didn't want to walk faster, but he was too full and couldn't walk fast at all. When Duan Rong walked back to Yuanshun Escort Agency, it was already dark and the lights were on. He returned to the Liulu courtyard where he lived, took off all his clothes, and stood next to the large water tank at the kitchen door.

Duan Rong washed himself thoroughly inside and out with clean water and soap, and then walked into the hall naked and wet. Duan Rong found a towel, wiped his body dry, and then lay on the bed in the inner room for a while to rest.

However, after an incense stick of time, Duan Rong struggled to sit up from the bed. Although he had hardly rested in the old forest of Wild Boar Mountain in the past three days, he was tired and wanted to have a good sleep, but he wanted to complete the second level of the Taizang Sutra as soon as possible.

After achieving the second level of the Taizang Sutra, it not only enhances your mental strength, but also has other magical aspects.

Otherwise, how can we talk about the meaning of the word "art" in the art of spiritual power?
Duan Rong came naked with a wooden basin in his hand to the large water tank in the yard. It was dark at night, with willow branches swaying. Duan Rong filled a basin with clean water and returned to the inner bedroom.

Duan Rong placed the basin of clear water in the corner of the room, took out the green porcelain bottle containing the Dragon Flame Fat, and poured all the remaining Dragon Flame Fat in the bottle into the clear water.

Duan Rong also knew that when he entered the spiritual sea of consciousness, he would feel intense pain when applying the dragon flame fat in the red water that was applied to his body because of the high concentration. Moreover, when he was meditating and making seals, his whole body would experience an unbearable itching. However, the way he practiced the Taizang Sutra, because of the intervention of the tree spirit light sea, the speed was much faster than that of ordinary people, so the speed of consuming the dragon flame fat was also very fast. The last time he practiced the Taizang Sutra, he withdrew from the sea of consciousness halfway to replenish the dragon flame fat. He didn't want the same thing to happen again this time.

That would greatly affect efficiency.

Duan Rong took out four landscape paintings from the cupboard beside the bed, used candlelight to burn out the hidden images of the Four Great Kings, and then posted them around the area he had arranged.

Then, Duan Rong walked to the corner of the wall. The colloidal dragon flame fat had completely dissolved in the water. The water in the basin was red and purple, and even slightly purple-black.

Duan Rong knew that this was caused by the high concentration of Dragon Flame Fat. He squatted in the basin and began to apply it on his body...

A burning pain came from the place where it was applied...

Duan Rong poured the last bit of liquid in the basin onto the back of his neck... Duan Rong felt a pain all over his body as if his skin was peeling off...

He quickly moved to the cushion in the middle of the surrounding area, sat cross-legged, chanted a spell and formed a seal...

As Duan Rong chanted the spell and formed seals, his whole body suddenly felt like it was being bitten by ants and the itchiness was unbearable. Duan Rong clenched his teeth and a muscle on the right side of his face kept twitching, but he endured it and sat there without moving.

After waves of something rushed to the back of his head, the itching in the pores all over his body gradually faded away...

The itching subsided, and Duan Rong was finally able to concentrate his mental energy and, through visualization, change his breathing to shift that erratic point.

During the second attempt, Duan Rong had already hit the target. After a moment of trance, he came to the Lingming Sea of Consciousness again.

The earth and sky in the spiritual sea of consciousness were still the same as when he withdrew three days ago. Even so, Duan Rong's heart trembled slightly when he looked at the star emitting milky white fluorescence and the strange red blood cocoon next to it, which was shrouded in thin rolling fog.

When he achieved and practiced the first level of the Taizang Sutra, the star body emitting milky white fluorescence gave him a sense of sacredness. In particular, he had a faint spiritual connection with the star body. He could feel the tranquility and peace of the milky white star body.

But this second layer of Taizang Sutra had just taken shape since the blood cocoon. When Duan Rong looked at it, he felt a strange and restless feeling in his heart...

However, Duan Rong also understood that the many mysteries of the Taizang Sutra were beyond his current ability to comprehend and understand, so it was best not to speculate and just practice according to the method...

Since the Taizang Sutra is the supreme treasure of the Taiyi Sect, the technique has been verified by the ancestors of all generations...

As long as he practices according to the Dharma, there will be no problems.

Since Duan Rong entered the sensitive sea of consciousness, the thin mist rolling between the sky and the earth slowly changed from light red to dark red, and soon, the red demonic mist filled the sky and the earth...

The rolling mist was filled with red threads of dragon fire fat of astonishing density.

Duan Rong's eyes moved, and he headed towards the sea of tree spirit light in the southeast of the earth...

(End of this chapter)