The Terror of the Heavens Begins with Gu

Chapter 158 The Longevity Method of the White Lotus Sect's Five Ghost Path (Part 2)
As the door closed, Qinghai sighed.

Huang Bin ran to Qinghai's side and asked in a low voice, "Master, is everything over? Can we leave now?"

Qinghai shook his head: "It's not over yet, so don't rush to leave. There's still more..."

Chu Liu's voice suddenly interrupted Qing Hai: "Master, Master, come quickly! Xiao Yu says she's very cold!"

"See? You can't leave yet." Qinghai turned around and walked to Chu Liu and Xiao Yu's side.

The little fish, held in Chu Liu's arms, was deathly pale, its eyes lifeless, and it was trembling constantly.

Seeing Qinghai approach, Xiaoyu forced a smile and said to him, "Master, am I about to die?"

She seemed to know what had happened to her; it must have been Chu Liu who told her what had happened.

After checking Xiaoyu's condition, Qinghai said to Chu Liu and the other two, "He forcibly left this girl's soul inside his body. The method was too brutal. The girl's soul couldn't withstand the talisman he left behind, which is why she reacted like this. If this goes on for too long, it will cause serious problems. She might end up with her soul scattered."

"Master, what should we do?" Chu Liu asked worriedly.

"The only way to completely resolve this is to wait for him to come out..." Qinghai reached out and touched the talisman on Xiaoyu's face.

An overwhelming evil aura flowed into his body along with the talisman, which he managed to suppress with great difficulty.

Qinghai moved his hand to the top of the little fish's head.
"I'm now blessing this little girl to make her more comfortable and help her persevere for longer."

He seemed to want to say something to Chu Liu, but in the end he just shook his head and said nothing.

He lowered his head and began reciting scriptures beside the little fish.

……

Hearing the chilling wails coming from inside the room, Huang Bin shuddered and was about to run away when he suddenly heard Li Zhen's voice: "There is a golden Buddha statue in front of the wine shop outside the dye house. Go and get it for me."

"Huh? Me?"

"It will tell you where things are."

"Who?"

Huang Bin looked around and then saw the Mahjong Ghost appear.

Startled, Huang Bin almost ran away.

Having barely managed to control his instinct to escape, he looked at the hideous ghost face and stammered, "Brother Ghost, do you know where that golden Buddha is?"

The Mahjong Ghost disappeared, and when he reappeared, he was standing by the backyard door.

Seeing that Huang Bin had not moved, Mahjong Ghost turned to look at Huang Bin, seemingly urging him on.

The thought that the evil spirit would always be by his side made Huang Bin shudder again, but since the evil spirit was already waiting for him, he dared not not go.

He glanced at Qinghai and ran towards the back gate.

……

Li Zhen observed the demonic infant in his hand.

This demonic infant's consciousness is even more chaotic than that of a ghost fetus.

Although the ghost fetus also has the urge to kill and devour, it knows to obey when facing Li Zhen.

However, this demonic infant seemed to have only the thought of devouring, without any other thoughts.

This demonic infant is no ordinary creature. Li Zhen first used the demonic infant's blood and aura to draw a blurry human figure in front of him, and then nailed the prepared coffin to the human figure.

The demonic infant's aura was already present, and the nail was half driven in.

As long as Li Zhen presses down, he can cast the Soul-Nailing Technique on the demon infant.

After doing all this, Li Zhen was still not at ease. He took some more precautions in the room to prevent the demonic infant from escaping before sitting back down and observing the demonic infant again.

A moment later, Li Zhen grabbed the vampire's right arm and used the vampire's sharp nails to completely dissect the demonic infant's body, observing the demonic infant's body structure for a while.

A large amount of blood flowed from the demonic infant's body and was caught by Li Zhen in a bag.

This is the blood of an evil creature imbued with resentment; it's very special, and collecting some will definitely be useful.

Seeing that the demonic infant was still struggling, Li Zhen snapped its neck.

He always felt that there was a strange aura about the demonic infant, but he couldn't quite put his finger on what was so strange about it.

"Can you understand me?" Li Zhen asked, looking at the demonic infant whose head drooped limply.

The demonic infant did not answer.

Li Zhen raised his right hand and pierced the demon infant's head with his gray fingernails.

The demonic infant's black blood has been drained.

Even though the wound caused by Li Zhen was very large, no blood flowed out.

The demonic infant's screams grew weaker and weaker.

"You can't kill me..."

A voice, exactly like that of a baby, suddenly rang out in the room.

This thing is obsessed with devouring, and it can actually talk?
Li Zhen pulled out his fingernail and turned the demonic infant's head to its side, making its dark eyes, reflecting an eerie light, look at him.

The demonic infant opened its mouth, which was full of sharp teeth, and spoke again: "I come from the Vacuum Homeland, and I am the old mother's servant. Those who convert to me will see the Vacuum Homeland when the end times come!"

"You mere evil spirit, yet you dare to claim to be the servant of the Eternal Mother? Aren't you afraid that the Eternal Mother will discover your existence and tear you to pieces?"

“Ignorant mortals…”

Li Zhen exerted his strength, ripped off one of the demon fetus's legs, and casually threw it to the ghost fetus to eat.

The demonic infant screamed, "I'm going to eat you! I will definitely eat you!"

Li Zhen asked calmly, "How were you born? Who created you?"

Provoked, the demonic infant unleashed even stronger resentment, repeatedly uttering the same phrase, "I'm going to eat you."

Is the stimulation excessive?
Li Zhen tossed the demonic infant to the menacing red-eyed bat.

Even without Qinghai's emphasis, he wouldn't let the demon baby live for long.

The reason for capturing these five demonic infants alive was to examine their condition and to use them for experiments, to see if we could find out how the people of the Five Ghost Path created these things.

Detective Li was extremely interested in this kind of evil magic that contained a major secret.

The red-eyed bat opened its mouth and swallowed the demonic infant with some difficulty.

When the demonic infant's head was swallowed by the red-eyed bat, its single foot was still inside the bat's mouth.

The red-eyed bat's belly immediately swelled up in an exaggerated manner.

The increasingly faint screams of the demonic infant emanated from the red-eyed bat's body.

You can see the demonic infant struggling inside the red-eyed bat's belly, causing the bat's abdomen to swell more and more dramatically, as if it might burst at any moment.

Although the red-eyed bat was large, it was still a bit of a struggle for it to swallow the entire demonic infant in one gulp.

Li Zhen looked at the back of the red-eyed bat, waiting for its changes.

The ghostly face on the back of the red-eyed bat began to wriggle.

The demonic infant's struggles grew weaker and weaker, and its feet were gradually swallowed by the red-eyed bats.

Before long, the red-eyed bat's abdomen gradually returned to normal.

Strangely, no other ghost face appeared on the back of the red-eyed bat.

Li Zhen reached out and touched the red-eyed bat's head, carefully sensing its presence.

He sensed a feeling of fullness from the red-eyed bat, but he didn't sense the special feeling that a new ghost face would produce.

This means that the evil spirit's body was destroyed, but its spirit is still alive.

Li Zhen looked at the other four evil spirits.

Qinghai is probably right.

All five evil spirits must be killed simultaneously; if even one escapes, the others will be resurrected.

What kind of mechanism is this?
Li Zhen pulled out a palm leaf whip from his sleeve and whipped a demonic infant to death.

The demonic infant's will was extremely chaotic.

Li Zhen initially thought he wouldn't be able to extract any memories from the demon infant's body, since the palm leaf whip might not be able to completely kill the demon infant, and therefore wouldn't be able to obtain any memories.

But when the palm leaf whip pierced the demon infant's body, Li Zhen knew he was wrong.

Images filled with intense malice flashed through Li Zhen's mind, stirring his emotions.

The image is very simple: it's a view of oneself from inside one's abdomen.

It seems the evil spirit had a deep impression of seeing itself.

Li Zhen suppressed his fear, greed, and bloodlust.

More jumbled memories, accompanied by a variety of negative emotions, flooded in.

Compared to the human memories that Li Zhen had absorbed before, the memories of the demon infant were extremely scarce.

Even though he hadn't fully absorbed the demon infant's memories, Li Zhen made this judgment based on the intensity of the impact of the absorbed memories on his own consciousness.

The demonic infant, pierced by the palm leaf whip, turned into a small skeleton and fell to the ground.

The large amount of water droplets produced on the palm leaf whip also dripped continuously onto the ground.

Having devoured a large number of souls, the palm leaf whip became even more mysterious, and the memories it could display became clearer.

Logically speaking, although a person can remember what they have done in the past, the memory may not be clear.

However, the palm leaf whip was able to clearly present those images in Li Zhen's memory.

The origin of this thing is definitely not simple...

The more Li Zhen used this palm leaf whip, the more he felt its mystical power.

I've formed a deep karmic connection with that mysterious and unpredictable vegetable basket god...

Some different memories suddenly appeared in Li Zhen's consciousness, attracting his attention.

The scene in this memory took place in the backyard, and the faces of some servants and several ladies appeared in the middle.

Clearly, this was the demonic infant devouring the lady's soul and absorbing her memories, which was eventually observed by Li Zhen.

After a series of incomprehensible fragments of images flashed by, Li Zhen finally saw a clear picture.

He was a middle-aged man with unusual features.

The man had a white turban wrapped around his head, bald brow bones, and a face with a sharp, chiseled contour, especially his high cheekbones and deep-set eyes, which, combined with his narrow eyes, gave him a menacing, sinister, and ruthless look.

In this scene, the man, covered in blood, is kneeling on the ground, gazing at "Detective Li" with ecstatic joy.

There were four other people kneeling with the man, but only the man dared to raise his head.

Behind the five, numerous believers knelt in a prostrate posture.

After the strange cry, the screen shattered.

As if breaking through some barrier, Li Zhen's perspective changed, and he saw a new scene.

This time, he wasn't observing from a superior vantage point, but rather from the perspective of someone standing on level ground, watching what was happening on a high platform. There was no one in front of "him," and "he" was currently standing in the first row.

The platform that appeared before him was about half a person's height, circular, and about a foot in diameter.

Standing on the high platform was a man, the same middle-aged man with no eyebrows and a white turban that Li Zhen had just seen.

In the very center of the platform stood a blue stone tablet the same height as the man.

The stone tablet is inscribed with the two characters “无生” in vermilion-like red ink, and is decorated with mysterious talismans.

There is a circle of white lotus petals next to the stone tablet.

A middle-aged man with no eyebrows, dressed in a white Taoist robe, wearing a white lotus crown and cloud-patterned shoes, held a bone knife and faced the altar, loudly chanting: "Eternal Mother, merciful savior of the world."

Li Zhen lowered his gaze and chanted with the crowd behind him: "Eternal Mother, your compassionate light shines everywhere, immortals and gods are commanded to open the way to save the world. Five spirit children descend from the heavenly land... Gate of Emptiness, guide me to avoid calamity... Quickly reveal your true form and lead me home!"

"Li Zhen" saw himself wearing a gray long coat, and was one of the eyebrowless middle-aged men he had seen in the first scene.

The picture is broken.

Numerous indistinguishable images, tinged with violence, assaulted Li Zhen's consciousness.

After the scene ended, Li Zhen saw "himself" actively approaching a man who was possessing a body covered in blood and with a ferocious expression.

The man was chewing something.

After all the images disappeared, Li Zhen, his face full of thought, frowned and looked at the demonic infant.

The demonic infant seemed to retain some memories of being an evil spirit, but more of those memories were of the blood-soaked creatures it devoured.

However, what puzzled Li Zhen was why the demon infant had so few memories.

Is it that the demonic infant can only acquire a small amount of memory after devouring the souls of others, or is it that he can only acquire a small amount of memory by using the palm leaf whip himself?
Being killed once is never without a price to pay.

It makes sense that these evil spirits would lose part of their spirit body if they were killed once.

In this way, the palm leaf whip must have obtained the memories contained in the lost part of the evil spirit's spirit body.
The evil spirit itself seems to be nothing more than a bloodthirsty will to devour blood.

If it continues to devour things like that, what will this evil spirit eventually become?

The ghost child handed the next demonic infant to Li Zhen.

Li Zhen used a palm leaf whip to kill the weak demon infant.

Just like before, a few fragments of memories flooded into Li Zhen's mind.

Since the two cases were the same, it means that his guess was correct: each death of these evil spirits would result in the loss of a portion of their spiritual body.

Detective Li realized something even more interesting.

The memories contained within the demonic infant are partly from the blood food it devoured later, but mostly from the man who participated in the ritual to create the evil spirit.

If those memories dominate the demonic infant, then the demonic infant will eventually become the body that carries that person.
In this way, as long as the demonic infant doesn't die, those people can live indefinitely?

Is this the purpose of those people creating the demonic infant?

Skipping over the unimportant things from before, Li Zhen saw something different this time.

Amidst mountains of corpses and rivers of blood, a golden Buddha shimmering with Buddhist light appeared in "Detective Li's" sight.

A sharp wail came from "Detective Li's" mouth.

A memory flashed through Li Zhen's mind, and he saw an old man carrying a golden Buddha walking towards "himself".

The screen then shattered.

In the next memory fragment, "Detective Li" finds himself standing in front of the blue stone tablet, holding a chisel in his hand, carving strange talismans on the stone tablet.

Standing beside him was a middle-aged man dressed in gray.

Judging from the person's clothing, Li Zhen confirmed that the memory he had just witnessed should be from this person's perspective.

At this moment, the person was sprinkling some black water droplets on the white lotus petals next to the stone tablet.

The chisel struck the stone tablet, producing a crisp, clear sound.

As Li Zhen gazed at the talismans on the stone tablet, something else spontaneously appeared in his mind, making him fully aware of the meanings represented by the talismans on the stone tablet before him.

Even the meaning of the water droplets sprinkled by the gray-clad man and the candles lit around the stone tablet in this ceremony came to mind.

Memories shattered once again.

A series of images flashed by, and "Detective Li" reappeared below the platform.

The middle-aged man without eyebrows was standing in front of "himself" and speaking to "himself".

Soon, Li Zhen realized that the person wasn't just talking to him.

There were three other people standing around him.

"...Our true homeland is nowhere to be found, yet the final calamity is approaching. We summon the Five Spirits to descend to the mortal realm...Using the Five Spirits as our raft, we will follow them to our true homeland..."

The middle-aged man with no eyebrows took out a talisman made of human skin.

"We have committed too many killings, and naturally, we will face many calamities. I have calculated that a hundred years from now... if no one witnesses this scene, we will be safe; if someone does..."

Upon hearing this, Investigator Li sensed that something was amiss.

His consciousness was about to be pulled away from this memory fragment.

The human skin talisman had already been opened.

Li Zhen heard "himself" and the eyebrowless middle-aged man recite the incantation written on the talisman.

"The Eternal Mother, with compassionate light shining through the depths, the Five Spiritual Children, are ordered to embark on a journey... Blood opens the gates of hell, talismans ignite demonic flames... The Five Spiritual Children, appear swiftly..."

The voice seemed to travel through a century of time and space, ringing directly in Li Zhen's ears.

The remaining two demonic infants simultaneously chanted the incantation.

Mysterious crimson runes appeared on their faces, instantly restoring them from their listless state to their peak condition.

A violent aura surged from the bodies of the two demonic infants, gradually breaking off the tentacles of the ghost fetus.

Throwing down the palm leaf whip, Li Zhen reached out and grabbed the two demonic infants.

But he only managed to grab one of the demonic infants, while the other broke free from the fetus's restraints before his hand could reach it. It flickered and flew to the roof beam.

Amidst the piercing screams, the demonic infant's body began to writhe, and another head slowly emerged from its shoulder.

An even more powerful aura continuously surged from the demonic infant's body.

Even Li Zhen had to take the demonic infant seriously at this moment.

A century later, the tricks that man played on the evil spirits were triggered by Li Zhen in this way.

This surprised Li Zhen a bit.

The memories carried by the evil spirits are what those people truly value...

If this point is not addressed, even if the demonic infants are killed once, they may not actually be killed.

Li Zhen quickly took out the fleshy demon statue and used the corpses that the little ghost and the mahjong ghost had dragged in, as well as the demonic infant that he was holding tightly in his hand, as offerings for the sacrifice.

The souls of those corpses have been devoured by the demonic infant, leaving only empty shells, making them perfect for sacrifice.

As for the demonic infant...

I wonder if the demon can completely devour it.

After dripping his heart's blood onto the demon statue, Li Zhen quickly drew some runes next to the demon statue that he hadn't drawn before.

The demon statue reacted violently.

Li Zhen felt his demonic will also begin to revive.

The demonic infant held in Li Zhen's hand, along with several other corpses, burst into black flames.

After being suppressed by Li Zhen, the blood-red runes on the demonic infant's face gradually dissipated.

By the time black flames appeared on its body, the talisman had completely disappeared.

The demonic infant also became weak.

The demonic infant had little power to resist the black flames.

A small amount of special gas emerged from the black flames, flowed into Li Zhen's body, and then quickly dissipated.

Feeling that his body had hardly changed, Li Zhen frowned as he looked at the corpses.

He has been trying to find a solution to the problem of his body lacking yang energy.

The best solution he could think of was to slightly modify the runes during the demon sacrifice, adding some runes that weren't originally there, so that the special yang energy from the offerings could be directly introduced into his own body.

He had been devising this method for quite some time.

From what we can see now, the last trace of yang energy in the corpse has been drawn out, but this yang energy seems to be mixed with something else, so it cannot be absorbed by him.

Some improvements are needed...

If that doesn't work, we'll have to find another way...

The demon statue trembled violently, as if expressing its dissatisfaction with Li Zhen.

Li Zhen ignored it and continued to absorb the yang energy emanating from the corpse. Although the yang energy was constantly dissipating, he only absorbed a tiny fraction of it.

After sacrificing the ghost messenger to the demon, Damasul's will grew stronger, but Li Zhen never felt a sense of fulfillment.

Now, having obtained more sacrifices, this demon has become even more powerful.

Li Zhen finally experienced that mysterious sense of fulfillment.

At the same time, the sudden surge of excitement in his heart made Li Zhen wary.

Are they related to them?
Li Zhen looked up at the demonic infant that had already grown three heads.

The demonic infant's aura was even stronger.

The demon fetus and the vampire walked up to Li Zhen and roared at the demon infant at the same time.

At this point, the demonic infant was already able to stand shoulder to shoulder with vampires and ghost fetuses.

The succubus was still standing beside Li Zhen.

An even more powerful evil energy surged into Li Zhen's dantian.

His shadow began to writhe, and the shapes of the three great demons could be vaguely seen.

The demonic infant that Li Zhen was holding was burned into a small skeleton by the black flames and fell from Li Zhen's hand.

Black flames also ignited on the demonic infant that had grown a fourth head, but the flames had little effect on the demonic infant.

The demonic infant let out an even more shrill cry.

A fifth head slowly grew out from one side of the demon infant's head.

This head seems to be somewhat malnourished, as it is much smaller than the other four heads.

"Offending the immortals and ruining our cultivation... they deserve to be executed!"

(End of this chapter)