Young master, why not become a corpse immortal?

Chapter 176 Differences Between Stars
The meat box came to an abrupt stop in mid-air, and five tentacle-like things emerged from inside the box.

These tentacles float in mid-air, each with a wisp of translucent white silk attached to its end, connecting to the forest below.

The silk thread connected Lin Jiang below, whose eyes, which had just been exhaling frost-like energy, seemed to have lost their focus.

This method could be used directly when dealing with ordinary people.

After all, this extraordinary treasure, which contains the power of stars, can easily manipulate ordinary people.

However, when encountering someone with profound cultivation, one must first stir up their emotional fluctuations.

Of all the emotions, anger is the easiest to stir up.

The plan worked, but the handsome young man lost his composure in an instant and was firmly restrained by the meat box.

General Zhou was overjoyed at the sight!
As expected of a secret treasure capable of binding five breaths in the Eighth Heaven, it actually managed to bind this barbarian!

He immediately lightly touched the ground with his toes, and the distance of several feet was only a short distance for someone of his cultivation level. In the blink of an eye, he had already closed in on Lin Jiang.

Just as the adjutant reached out to search him, he suddenly saw...

The other person's eyelids trembled slightly.

General Zhou felt a slight tightness in his heart, but seeing that Lin Jiang still hadn't moved, he doubted that he was overthinking it.

After all, this was only the first breath.

Before that thought could even fade, a hand as strong as an iron clamp had already gripped his wrist!

Zhou Canjiang's eyes widened!

Lin Jiang's limbs twisted like a newborn infant trying to control his body, but he did indeed break free from the restraints.

Feeling a sharp pain in his wrist, Zhou Canjiang's forehead instantly broke out in a cold sweat, and a thousand thoughts surged through his mind.

How long has it been since I was imprisoned?
Breathe!
Your father! One breath!
"You tricked me with those meat pie boxes!"

This kid has absolutely no cultivation level of the eighth level of the Heavenly Realm, otherwise I would have been dead long ago in our last encounter.

This meat box is definitely overstated; it's utterly useless!
Guang caught a glimpse of the fleshy box floating in the air, and the thing clearly sensed something was wrong as well.

"what happened?"

The meat box's spiritual consciousness also rippled.

The binding technique has clearly not been broken; this person should be unable to move.

He then shouted:

"It's not my fault! This boy is strange! He must have used some unorthodox method to control his body!"

What's the point of saying that now?! What happens when a warlock gets close to a warrior?
The next moment, Lin Jiang threw a punch at General Zhou.

With that powerful punch, the snow on the mountaintop tilted as his fist struck, and in a moment, the wind, mixed with thick snow, rushed towards General Zhou.

Zhou Canjiang's head exploded, and half of his arm was torn from his body by the strong wind.

The mangled body, enveloped in blood, flew backward, drawing several crimson arcs across the mountaintop.

However, despite losing his arms and having a large part of his upper body broken, General Zhou managed to land steadily on one foot after spinning around several times, swaying but not falling down again.

The Three Methods of Star Pointing.

Body Transformation Technique!
The wound stopped bleeding, and wisps of smoke dissipated from the severed point.

As the mist surged, a brand-new body instantly solidified, and Zhou Can stood perfectly intact in the same spot.

However, his complexion was not good. The attack came too suddenly and too quickly, and his technique was not fully activated, so he was injured.

Lin Jiang, who was some distance away, did not give chase, only saying that he was not really in a good condition to pursue.

He was still adjusting to his body, and his movements were a little clumsy. Occasionally, when he stood up, he would hop on one leg, and his entire upper body was more like a kite with a broken string, swaying back and forth.

It looks eerily horrifying.

The fleshy box in the sky had several tentacles that danced rapidly, while it kept muttering to itself:

"That's not right, that's impossible. My five senses are clearly still sealed, so why can I move?"

Lin Jiang was adjusting his posture when he suddenly noticed something was wrong. He reached into his sleeve, and a strange look appeared on his previously stiff face.

General Zhou snorted coldly, his face tense. In the instant he was beaten, he was forced to use the tricks he had learned in his early years.

Thief's hand.

To put it bluntly, it's just a basic thieving trick, but given his current cultivation level, even such a despicable method has shown extraordinary effects.

only……

General Zhou did not like using this method, but he was forced to do so this time.

Anyway, my mission is accomplished!
But now that he had the item in his hands, he lowered his eyes to try and discern the true appearance of what the general had requested.

Ok?
Why is it a scroll?

Before I could even react, the scroll was opened.

The ink scroll suddenly unfurled, and the middle-aged scholar holding the brush in the painting smiled at him.

This person...

It looks so familiar.

Your mother-in-law! Liang Hua Shan!

With a chuckle, Liang Huashan swung his brush from the painting and struck General Zhou on the head.

General Zhou took a quick half-step back, the ink mark brushing past his ear but exploding into strange ripples behind him.

A sense of foreboding crept into my mind.

Looking back, my hair stood on end.

The surrounding peaks and ridges have somehow transformed into a landscape painting outlined in ink.

The dead wood fades to pure black and white wood grain, the snow-covered ground is stained with ink marks in the shadows, and even the falling snowflakes are tinged with dark tones in the wind and shadows.

Such a stunning and magnificent scene, which would be considered wonderful by ordinary people, seemed like a cold iron sinking into General Zhou's heart.

The Three Arts of Star Pointing.

Transformation, illusory realm, guardian of one's home.

This is the illusory realm of Lianghua Mountain! If you want to ascend to the Star Realm, you must cultivate this method. Even martial artists will eventually have to pass this test.

However, if one were to master such a profound method, its power would be immeasurable.

General Zhou glanced down at his calf.

His calf was stained with this ink stain, and it was now stained with the color of ink.

The color was slowly creeping up his calf, and although it was very slow, General Zhou seemed to have no way to stop it.

In the painting, Liang Huashan smiles as he looks at General Zhou.

"We are both at the Star Point Realm, so why fear my painted world? Why not unleash your Illusory Realm to contend with me?"

Lieutenant General Zhou remained silent, but the meat box in the sky let out a strange cry:
"Damn it! He just swore he was alone! Who does this guy surnamed Liang think he is?"

"I am nothing." Liang Huashan looked at the meat box in the sky and said very seriously. Then he stared at Zhou Canjiang with a playful look: "Indeed, your three methods are incomplete and your destiny star is obscured. What kind of method did the General use to forcibly elevate the star of this flawed instrument?"

General Zhou remained calm, but a solemn expression suddenly appeared between his brows.

With two fingers rapidly forming a hand seal, the oil paint on his face spread and diffused layer by layer like still water, and wisps of strange fragrance emanated from his body, transforming into an invisible wave of fragrance that swept in all directions.

When the scroll was touched, the silk revealed yellowish-brown streaks, and Liang Huashan in the painting raised an eyebrow in slight surprise:
"Oh? You do have some special skills!"

At this moment, the paint faded away, revealing an ordinary face. At the same time, he shook his sleeves and spread his robe, revealing that the robe was filled with densely packed sachets.

He threw three or four sachets directly from his arms, and they exploded in mid-air.

The fragrance suddenly formed a protective shield around her, while the other half of it rushed towards the portrait in front of her.

Liang Huashan wielded his brush and splashed ink, and the fragrant mist instantly turned into a flurry of ink snow.

General Zhou knew that this attack would not harm Liang Huashan in the slightest, so he feinted half a move and then suddenly withdrew.

With two light tremors, Liang Huashan's brushstrokes created a mountain temple within the ink marks, effectively cutting off any escape route.

"The wind and snow are heavy on the mountain today; a hero or great man must be coming up the mountain."

As the wolf-hair brush danced, the man in the straw hat emerged from the snow, the red tassel on his spear tip flashing with cold light, aiming straight for General Zhou's throat.

The latter quickly flipped open the brocade pouch and blew out a strange fragrance, which condensed into an invisible barrier to block the spear's force.

General Zhou knew that a prolonged battle was unwise, and he shouted sternly:

"Box! Help me control that guy surnamed Liang!"

General Zhou shouted loudly.

no respond.

General Zhou was puzzled when he felt a burning sensation coming from the top of his head.

I subconsciously looked up and...
Lin Jiang, in a strange posture, had somehow risen into the air.

The meat box twisted several times, seemingly trying to use magic to control Lin Jiang, but to no avail.

Lin Jiang didn't directly attack the meat box; instead, he gathered his breath and opened his mouth.

A surge of intense heat energy burst forth!

The sky, which was originally sleeting heavily, was blown about to collapse in an instant. The snowflakes turned into rain in the blink of an eye, and the rain was evaporated by the heat in the air. The dark clouds dispersed, leaving only a bright sun shining!
Under the scorching heat, even Liang Huashan's illusory realm began to tremble slightly, and Liang Huashan, gazing at the sky, couldn't help but show a hint of surprise on his face.

The aerial meat box had no idea that Lin Jiang's attack range was so terrifying; when it was attacked head-on, there was no way to avoid it.

Under the scorching heat, the flesh and blood encasing the box immediately withered and curled up, countless eyeballs burst and collapsed in the heat wave, and the skin peeled off layer by layer like dried pottery shards.

After the flesh directly above it was completely peeled away, a wooden box appeared inside.

The wooden box, with nothing to hold it, fell straight down from the sky.

It landed on the already dried ground.

General Zhou's face turned extremely ugly.

This summer heat...

How could he not be familiar with it?
What helped me withstand the cold current of the Kan River just now was this fiery summer energy!

Is this his level of skill?!
According to the miners and the centipede, a stranger went to the mine and took the key.

That's him?!

No, staying here any longer will surely mean certain death!

General Zhou transformed his body into a wisp of qi, intending to use an escape technique, but Lin Jiang in the sky had completely regained control of his body and plummeted straight down, landing behind General Zhou.

He blew another breath of air towards General Zhou.

The scorching summer heat flowed directly into General Zhou's changing body.

General Zhou's body immediately stopped changing.

The summer heat was surging wildly within his body, and he probably wouldn't be able to use his escape technique until he expelled this energy.

General Zhou glanced at Liang Huashan standing in front of him, then at Lin Jiang standing behind him. Even though it was midday with a cloudless sky, he still felt a chill emanating from within.

Killing a star requires three beings of the same realm. This is because the first one needs to maintain the illusionary realm to cancel each other out and prevent escape, while the second one needs to assist in the attack by using the chaotic qi technique to kill the guard.

The remaining third party is the true master of slaughter.

but,
Zhou Can will not be in the illusionary realm.

So two are enough.

What can he do now?

The scorching sun beat down on the earth, and General Zhou was momentarily lost in thought.

My memory goes back to a long time ago, to a dark alley in a border town.

The sun was scorching outside the alley, but he huddled in the shadows, peering at the hems of the robes of passersby.

At this moment, the sunlight and the lingering shadows of the past overlap.

It remains an uncertain future for him.

　I kept writing and revising until 4 a.m. before finally going to sleep, and when I looked in the mirror today, I noticed two dark circles under my eyes...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)