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

Chapter 130 Wilderness and the Underworld

After returning to his room, Chen Xu felt a heavy weight in his heart.

He was racking his brains for a way to break the deadlock.

Although Master Wu had repeatedly warned him against being brave and violent, today's events did not fall under the category of "violence" at all.

This is a matter of life and death!
Even if Chen Xu has no intention of seeking revenge, the evil spirits on Mount Pufeng will certainly not let him go.

Chen Xu walked to the table and suddenly produced a piece of "silk" that was as light and thin as jade.

This "silk" was about the size of two palms, and it looked soft and light. The jade-colored silk surface had a faint purple glow.

This item is not real "silk," but rather a "spirit cicada jade garment" that has been bathed in the purple aura of the morning sun!
This spiritual object, which is said to be of "pseudo-celestial level", possesses extremely magical divination abilities.

After being bathed in the purple aura of the rising sun, this object can be used for divination once every ten days.

Chen Xu had not used it before because of the "once every ten days" restriction, and wanted to use it at a critical moment.

Now is the crucial moment!

With this thought in mind, Chen Xu unfolded the jade cicada robe and dipped his brush in ink.

After pondering for a moment, he wrote: "How can one resolve the desire to destroy the cave of demons on Pufeng Mountain?"

The divination of the Jade Cicada Robe has limitations; it cannot divine things that are too far beyond Chen Xu's ability to cope.

If the divination question is too general or goes too far, the person who writes the divination may suffer different degrees of backlash.

Chen Xu's question now is not only to find a way out through divination, but also to see if he will be affected by the backlash.

A line of text, ink stains falling.

Chen Xu suddenly felt his heartbeat quicken. Although he was sitting in his inn room, he could hear a breath from a distant land.

woohoo-

A wondrous sound came faintly and then vanished just as faintly.

On the jade cicada robe, the line of ink characters that Chen Xu had asked a question gradually disappeared.

Immediately afterwards, a new line of ink characters appeared: "The painted skin can be removed."

The answer appears!
Although it is only four words long, those four words seem to step on a person's heartbeat.

Chen Xu instantly felt a tightness in his chest and a tremor in his internal organs.

Is this... a backlash?
He pressed his hand to his chest, struggling to calm his turbulent heartbeat and emotions.

The body's innate Qi circulates, repairing any discomfort.

Soon, the discomfort disappeared. Chen Xu stood up from the table, waved his sleeve and put the Jade Cicada Robe back into the Smoke and Fire Kitchen. Joy slowly rose in his heart.

As expected, the Jade Robe of the Cicada provided the answer through divination!
Although Chen Xu had just suffered a backlash, the degree of this backlash was obviously very mild.

Does this mean that while there is a crisis, it is by no means impossible to resolve the problem of this monstrous abode in Pufeng Mountain?
The painted skin can be removed—

What does this mean?

Chen Xu immediately thought of the "Puppet Skin" he had previously prepared.

To be honest, Chen Xu originally thought that the divination result given by the Jade Robe of the Cicada would be something like reminding him to summon the spirit of the great Confucian scholar "Ji Weizi".

Chen Xu had even prepared to ask Ji Weizi for help, but to his surprise, the divination results didn't mention Ji Weizi at all, and instead said, "The painted skin can be removed."

In his kitchen, which is filled with the smoke and fire of cooking, there is now only a puppet mask left.

Chen Xu sensed the heavens and earth and carefully examined his surroundings again.

After confirming that it was safe, he took out the puppet's painted skin.

Then, he placed a small round mirror upright on the table.

Reflected in the mirror, Chen Xu covered his face with the puppet's mask.

Then, something amazing happened.

[Puppet Skin: Covers the head and face, and can randomly change into one of two forms.]

Chen Xu had always thought that this kind of random change was a way of randomly giving himself a new face.

Unexpectedly, it really did change its "form" randomly. Chen Xu began to feel his body becoming "light and airy," his vision seemed to be hazy, and the whole world began to appear gray in his eyes.

However, Chen Xu's clear perception of heaven and earth remained, so he was not actually blind.

At the same time, his connection to the underworld grew stronger.

He looked up at the small mirror on the round table, but instead of seeing his full reflection, the mirror showed a blurry human figure.

The person in the mirror had blurry features and an overall bluish-gray appearance. Short horn-like protrusions grew on both sides of their forehead, making them look somewhat ferocious and terrifying.

This is...this is a ghost.

Chen Xu actually disguised himself as a ghost using a puppet mask.

That's it!

Chen Xu instantly understood the true meaning of the phrase "the painted skin can be removed".

From now on, he has half a day to pretend.

Within this half-day, he could personally infiltrate Pufeng Mountain and find the best opportunity to eliminate the evil forces within Pufeng Mountain.

Without delay, Chen Xu immediately prepared to take action.

He first took out paper and pen, and left a note on the table: "Master, I will be right back."

Chen Xu's mission was to infiltrate Pufeng Mountain as a ghost, so it was not appropriate for him to bring along any helpers.

He left a note in case Master Wu came to see him later and was worried because he couldn't find him.

Chen Xu then checked his kitchen again, making sure all the spiritual food he had cooked was still there, especially the portion specifically for ghosts—

After confirming the details, Chen Xu had a sudden thought and took a step forward.

With that kick, he stepped from the mortal realm into the underworld.

Borrowing a path from the netherworld!

Chen Xu felt very strange as he used this supernatural power for the first time.

Especially since he is currently disguised as a ghost.

The human world and the underworld may seem like separate realms, but they are actually part of the same great world.

However, the path to the underworld is completely different from the path to the human world.

If it were Chen Xu before he broke through to the late stage of the Meridian Opening Realm, he could travel several dozen feet in the mortal world by using the Netherworld Path.

In other words, if he was in the inn when he first entered the Netherworld, he could appear anywhere within fifty or sixty feet of the inn when he returned to the human world.

This distance is generally a bit short, which is insufficient for escaping, but it makes the user appear elusive and extremely difficult to deal with in combat.

But now Chen Xu's cultivation has broken through.

He not only increased the number of times he could use the "Borrowing the Netherworld Path" technique from three to five per day, but the distance he could travel also increased dramatically from tens of feet to within three miles.

Chen Xu comprehended even more of the mysteries of the primordial Qi.

Chen Xu is now confident that even if he faces the six senses again, he will never be blinded by them again.

In a small alley three miles away from Gaosheng Inn, a semi-transparent "ghostly figure" suddenly appeared.

After Chen Xu emerged from the Netherworld and fully executed the "Borrowing the Netherworld" technique, his entire ghostly body seemed to possess a unique texture.

Yet he seemed so light and airy, as if he existed and yet he didn't.

Chen Xu mingled with the crowd of people leaving the city and went out with them.

After leaving the city, he headed straight northeast.

Thirty miles to the northeast, there lies Pufeng Mountain.

Chen Xu flew along, and along the way he saw that farmland was gradually becoming scarcer and wilderness was gradually increasing.

The aura ahead gradually became obscure and dark.

(End of this chapter)