Food gives me an entry, I will be invincible if I stay alive

Chapter 123 Only by shedding the spirit of all things can one attain immortality.

Chen Xuren was at the inn, observing the gray cat and the wooden house remotely through the Taoist soldier.

A sense of eeriness and unease gradually arose.

Light was scarce inside the house, so the Taoist priest did not rush in. Instead, he lightly leaped and climbed onto the roof of the wooden house.

The Taoist priest looked down through the gaps in the roof and peered inside.

What first catches the eye is a gray and gloomy scene.

In the drab little house, there was a dilapidated brazier with a few flickering lights.

In front of the brazier was an offering table, but there were no memorial tablets on it; instead, a gaunt little figure sat cross-legged on it.

In the dim light, one could vaguely see that the little figure was about three feet tall, wearing a Taoist robe and with a shaved head.

He lowered his head slightly, making it impossible to discern the exact features of his face; he seemed both alive and dead.

The gray cat stepped forward with strangely rhythmic gait, its limbs bent on the ground, and suddenly bowed down to the little figure on the offering table, even through the brazier.

As he bowed, a hissing sound was suddenly heard.

The faint flame in the brazier in front of the offering table suddenly rose three feet.

boom--

The raging flames shot straight up, and although the Taoist soldier lying on the roof was a puppet and not a living person, his body was suddenly thrown backward uncontrollably as the flames surged up.

Inside the inn, Chen Xu sensed the situation from afar, and unconsciously tightened his grip on the table.

He almost controlled the Dao soldiers to get away immediately, but out of concern for the demon puppet, a ruthless thought arose in Chen Xu's heart.

Although the demon puppet is backed by powerful forces, he is not sending out his own body at this moment, but only his Niwan Dao soldiers.

He also possesses the ability to illuminate the void of calamity; if he were to retreat now, he would truly become a coward.

Before the Taoist soldiers had retreated, a soft meow was heard from inside the wooden house.

"Meow!"

The gray cat's mournful cry seemed to contain a hint of joy, and then it leaped onto the offering table.

Then, Chen Xu witnessed an extremely horrifying scene.

Suddenly, the little figure on the offering table reached out and peered into its own chest.

With a hissing sound, like the sound of tearing silk, a sound was heard.

The Taoist priest ripped open his chest himself, and in the firelight, the torn opening was dripping with blood.

Inside, five internal organs were pulsating, but they were all dark red, wet and clumpy, and did not look like normal internal organs.

The gray cat's meows suddenly became more intense.

It craned its neck, making urgent, panting sounds, leaned forward, and suddenly opened its mouth, pulling a bloody mess out of the little man's chest.

"squeak!"

The little thing was actually alive, and suddenly let out a "squeak".

The gray cat, however, had already bitten into the squeaking, bloody mess and was chewing and swallowing it with gusto.

Chen Xu, who was watching from afar, was startled for a moment by the eerie scene.

Until the gray cat let out a pitiful scream, raised its head, and a rusty, mottled bell struggled to grow from its neck, as if a tree were bearing fruit.

Chen Xucai suddenly realized what was happening.

What I had just witnessed was actually the complete process of how a demonic puppet is born.

No, that's not all.

Inside the wooden house, the gray cat shrieked, while the little figure on the altar suddenly opened its mouth and began to chant a strange language:

"Only when all things lose their spirit can they attain longevity."

Entering my belly, it will live forever.

Consume my essence and spirit, and I will bestow upon you immense power.

"You are born, you die, silence and joy..."

The gray cat's screams ceased, and the bell around its neck jingled crisply.

The small figure on the offering table, its chest and abdomen exposed and dripping with blood, said in a cold and emotionless voice, "Go."

The gray cat then turned around and leaped off the offering table.

Just then, the Taoist soldier who had been lying prone on the roof finally made his move.

This move was made with all one's might.

The long spear pierced the roof, and the fire of the heart was emitted from afar.

Chen Xu had been harboring anger for a long time.

From the initial encounter with the Demon Puppet in Shejunxu, to seeing it again in the back alley of the inn, and now witnessing its birth firsthand...

In fact, although the process of creating demonic puppets is bloody and cruel, it does not seem to harm humans.

It injured the wild cat and chased the little demon.

Chen Xu was not a moralist either; as he himself told Wu Zhengze, he also ate meat.

All living things are subject to a cycle of killing and consumption. Normal killing and eating are simply natural selection, and from one's own perspective, there's really nothing to criticize.

However, the creation of demonic puppets, with their malevolent and cruel nature, is unacceptable. Most importantly, Chen Xu has come to regard demonic puppets as a formidable enemy.

Why do we need so many reasons?

Kill if you must, kill thoroughly and decisively.

The fire of the heart is transmitted remotely, like oil being poured over a raging fire, flourishing and running rampant.

As the raging flames descended from the sky, the gray cat puppet, which was turning around and leaping off the offering table, had no time to put up any resistance.

It was like a dry twig being pushed into a blazing furnace; with a loud bang, it was completely destroyed.

The roof of the wooden house exploded.

Amidst the piercing meows, the gray cat's entire body burst into flames from the outside in.

The little Taoist soldier was surrounded by a gentle breeze, floating above the wooden house. He fired one shot, and then another.

Inside the inn, Chen Xu's innate Qi was being consumed like flowing water.

He activated the Food God's Heart Technique, taking the meaning of endless flowing water. Once the innate Qi in his body was consumed, it would continuously regenerate on its own.

If it becomes unsustainable, there are still attribute points that can be added at any time.

He disregarded the cost and unleashed his inner fire, causing the flames in the brazier inside the wooden house to blaze up as well.

But then they saw that the flames in the brazier were emitting a bluish glow.

Just as the Taoist's spear tip was engulfed in flames and about to burn the little figure on the offering table, the eerie blue flames in the brazier suddenly slanted and formed a blue flame shield.

With a soft pop, the blue fire cover shimmering with an eerie glow enveloped the three-foot-tall figure on the offering table.

The little figure was enveloped in the eerie blue firelight, and its previously blurry features became vaguely clear.

But with his sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes, and his handsome appearance, just looking at his features, one could vaguely see that he looked very similar to Chen Xu himself!

It was as if Chen Xu was looking at himself in a mirror.

Chen Xu, who was aware of this scene from afar, remained steadfast and unaffected.

His heart was burning with passion, and his mind was extremely clear at this moment. When he saw this scene, he could only mutter to himself: "A mere trifle."

He had ventured into the ghost market, befriended great scholars and heroic spirits, eaten the Forget-Me-Not Soup, and studied diligently every day to hone his mind. How could he be easily swayed by an evil creature?

Seeing the Taoist soldier leap into the fire, he raised his spear to thrust again.

The three-foot-tall figure, enveloped in blue flames, finally opened its mouth once more.

His voice was deep and strange, with a rhythm like Buddhist chanting, yet it also seemed ethereal, as if it contained wisps of smoke.

It felt like it happened here, yet also like it came from a distant, unknown place.

"Life is just beginning and death is also beginning and death is also beginning."

Though you kill me, it is as if you were killing yourself.

Since killing has occurred, so too has demonic obstacles.

Why suffer, why suffer, why suffer?

As the chanting continued, the tiny three-foot-tall figure raised its hands, clasped them together, and looked up.

With the spear at his head, a calm smile appeared on the face that was almost identical to Chen Xu's.

The smile, reflected in the light of the spears and fire, was truly chilling.

Chen Xu felt a sense of foreboding pounding in his heart.

But the gun still went in.

What does it mean to say, "You kill me as if you were killing yourself"?
Upon hearing the other party recite, Chen Xu already understood somewhat.

But his burgeoning inner fire made him fearless. As the Daoist soldier thrust his spear forward, the tiny Niwan Daoist soldier even opened his mouth, silently and boldly chanting:

"Zhao Keman and Hu Ying, Wu Gou Shuang and Xue Ming.

The silver saddle illuminates the white horse, rustling like a meteor.

Kill ten people in ten steps, and stay in a thousand miles.

He accomplished his task and left without a trace, concealing his identity and name!

kill!

laugh--

The primordial Qi surged from afar, causing tremors within a small space.

The purest and most powerful force pierced through the blue flames, directly striking the forehead of the head on the offering table.

The three-foot-tall figure on the altar neither flinched nor dodged; even as he was shot, a smile remained on his face.

At the same time, Chen Xu, who was far away at the inn, suddenly felt a faint pain between his eyebrows.

The power of the calamity and emptiness is activated.

The faint pain then dissipated.

The calamity of emptiness: It has a very high probability that all malicious causes and effects in the world will come to naught.

What does it mean to say, "You kill me as if you were killing yourself"?
No, I will only kill you, never me.

(End of this chapter)