Immortal Cultivation and Life-Saving Guide

The first body collectors to arrive drove the corpses to the base of the wall, where they stood in a row, creating a somewhat eerie and humorous scene.

But what nearly made Wei Xi's jaw drop was that the city wall began to writhe, as if it were being kneaded by an unseen force.

Then, in an unbelievable manner, the city wall swallowed the corpse into its "mouth" and began to devour it, sending dirt flying everywhere, while the fragments of the corpse were swallowed whole.

“Fellow Daoist Wei,” Yu Jin stammered, “that wall is…it’s there.”

Wei Xi simply replied, "Eat corpses."

It's no wonder Yu Jin was so surprised; Wei Xi hadn't expected that there was no need to open the city gates or coordinate with the strange men standing on the city walls. All they had to do was deliver the corpses to the base of the walls, and the walls would become self-sufficient.

The thought of touching that city wall and the unidentified particles mixed in with it made Wei Xi's stomach churn.

"With such an evil place as Dieji Mountain, are we really righteous cultivators?"

There was nothing in Yu Jin's stomach to vomit, so he could only voice the questions in his mind.

Wei Xi ignored these words and gently kicked Yu Jin, signaling him to get back to work.

Furthermore, Wei Xi thought to himself that he had known about the evil nature of Dieji Mountain for a long time, and he could only blame Heaven for being unjust. But then again, in Heaven's eyes, cultivators were probably all heretics who opposed it.

Faced with Wei Xi's domineering behavior, Yu Jin had always dared not speak out against it. But now, seeing that Wei Xi remained unmoved, he was secretly pleased that he had found the right backer. He didn't dare utter a word and immediately began to implement his plan to imitate the corpse collector.

Fortunately, the appearances of corpse collectors are varied and strange, and it is not particularly noticeable for a small child to be a corpse collector.

Ember certainly wouldn't drag the corpse over; the corpse he was parasitizing was too weak to move the heavy body. Therefore, Ember used his spiritual power to create a transport incantation.

Sensing the slight decrease in spiritual energy within his Qi Palace, Yu Jin could only console himself that staying alive was the most important thing.

The corpse, its head smashed by Wei Xi, drifted to the foot of the city wall, its red and white tissues scattered along the way.

Even Wei Xi couldn't help but find this thing somewhat disgusting.

"Fellow Daoist Wei, could you please use a more elegant method next time? This is just too undignified!"

Wei Xi ignored such nonsense and kept her eyes fixed on the embers and the city wall.

The city walls devoured the corpses that came to them, and the embers could even hear the tearing sound of flesh and bone separating.

No one, being a mere mortal, could remain calm in the face of such a terrifying scene.

Yu Jin's legs went weak. If he hadn't known that Wei Xi was there to help him, he probably would have run away already.

Wei Xi grabbed Yu Jin and barely managed to hold off this glib-tongued charlatan.

Yu Jin subconsciously reached for the divination stick container, but Wei Xi stopped him.

Looking up, Wei Xi's face was divided into a statue of light and shadow by the moonlight, and the statue's mouth moved in the pleading eyes of the embers.

After a moment, Yu Jin realized that Wei Xi was silently warning him not to use his spiritual power.

Yu Jin wanted to ask why, but Wei Xi's cold expression made him cautiously choose to remain silent.

Seeing that Yu Jin had behaved himself, Wei Xi tightened the chain in his hand while calculating the speed at which the city wall was swallowing up the corpses.

The city walls devoured the corpses very quickly; a cartload of bodies vanished in the blink of an eye.

The scene that Wei Xi envisioned—where the city wall burps and then the body is retrieved—did not materialize.

With no more corpses to provide, the embers hastily retreated, clearly unwilling to approach the city wall any further.

Fortunately, the other corpse collectors did the same, so the two of them weren't targeted. "Fellow Daoist Wei," Yu Jin whispered, "there's something strange about this city wall."

Wei Xi looked at him like he was an idiot, clearly indicating that there was no need for Yu Jin to say anything so obvious.

"What I mean is, there's something inside the city walls, and that thing is very strange!"

"It ate so much," Wei Xi squinted and continued, "Don't you know what's inside?"

"Corpses? That's not what I meant," Yu Jin licked his lips before replying softly, "What's inside is very dangerous. To be frank, these corpses tied up are no match for what's inside."

"You saw it?"

Yu Jin grinned, and half of the bamboo skewer slipped out from between his fingers.

"This humble Taoist priest is skilled in divination. I just risked my life to use this divination stick to make a prediction, and guess what?"

Wei Xi grinned, mimicking his expression, and replied, "A terrible omen?"

"No! No! This divination slip is a treasure of the Heaven and Earth Gate; it has no such vague divination symbols."

"All the treasures of the Heaven and Earth Sect are on you? Why did the sect leader of the Heaven and Earth Sect change his surname from Tuoba to Yu?"

Yu Jin said solemnly, "I have the utmost respect for my teachers. What kind of talk is this? Of course, after my master passes away, I will have no choice but to accept his good things."

Even Wei Xi had to admit that she had met her match in shamelessness.

"Are you so certain that Sect Leader Tuoba can't attain immortality?"

Upon hearing this, Yu Jin almost burst out laughing, then said, "Fellow Daoist Wei, how many years has it been? Has anyone attained enlightenment and ascended to immortality? Although I am young, I know that some nonsense should be taken with a grain of salt!"

"My master raised me, so it is only natural that I should inherit his mantle. This is only right and proper!"

With a childlike face, Yu Jin's words were hardly convincing.

But Wei Xi still felt a sense of certainty: she knew it; the tricks of Heaven couldn't fool everyone. Although Yu Jin's words were far from the truth, they pointed out that achieving enlightenment and ascension was merely a mirage.

"You made the bamboo skewers halfway through the journey. What's so funny about fooling me?" Wei Xi, regaining his composure, said softly, "You might as well just say what you have to say."

Yu Jin grunted twice before replying, "The materials for this divination stick are simple, but the craftsmanship is complex. The Heaven and Earth Sect calls it the Seven-Character Divination Stick. The so-called 'seven characters' are the seven characters that humans originally created, and the mysteries within are not for outsiders to understand!"

"Eat, drink, pain, this, run, chase, die, are these the ones?"

Upon hearing this, Yu Jin pursed his lips and said unhappily, "Don't joke with me. Why are you making wild guesses?"

"You mean that word isn't it?" Seeing Yu Jin's stiff expression, Wei Xi narrowed his eyes and said confidently, "You don't know what those words mean?"

"That technique has been lost for a long time. It's not important!" Ember immediately retorted. "As long as you know how to use it, that's enough!"

Wei Xi felt that this matter was extremely unreliable, but in order to appease his teammates, he could only listen attentively.

"According to my interpretation, this divination slip indicates that the city wall is neither alive nor dead, neither human nor beast."

So, where does the misfortune lie?

Wei Xi asked sincerely, and Yu Jin replied earnestly, "I never said that the seven-character divination slip gave an 'ominous' judgment."

Yu Jin handed the bamboo skewer to Wei Xi, who uttered a somber word.

"There are no words on it." (End of Chapter)