Mortal Transformation into Immortal

He searched everywhere in the underground river.

The underground rivers are interconnected and there are many water systems. He mainly went to the water systems that flowed upwards.

After an unknown amount of time, Yu Ling arrived at a calm body of water.

This place is like an underground lake; it's very vast.

Yu Ling was even a little worried that there might be monsters. It was dark all around, with some lights moving around, like the starry night sky. She was too conspicuous carrying a glowing "lantern", just like the moon in the starry sky, completely exposed.

Of course, this is just wishful thinking. It's unlikely that there are any monsters in these places because there isn't even the most basic food. Along the way, all they saw were tiny fish and shrimp, and the largest animal was only about the length of an arm.

He also spotted some spirit fish, but they swam too fast to catch.

Yu Ling groped along the stone wall, searching for the underground river passage.

"Um?"

Suddenly, he stopped what he was doing and looked down at his palm, because the weight seemed to sense something and was sending him a message.

"Is it a spirit?"

He was somewhat surprised; the weight's reaction was very strong, indicating that the spiritual object was of good quality.

So they followed their senses and went to look for it.

"There's a crack coming from up here."

He soon arrived at the place where the sensation came from; it was a small crack that led directly upwards.

The reaction to the weight was getting stronger and stronger.

"It's not easy to get up there."

Yu Ling discovered that the crack was very narrow, barely wide enough for a person to squeeze through.

"Give it a try."

He took the magic sword in his hand and went into the crack.

The magic sword is not primarily for preventing encounters with danger, but rather for breaking through narrow spaces; he has used it extensively before.

Some springs are indeed very large at the beginning, but they can also become narrow. When people can't squeeze through, they have to use magic swords to widen the passage.

The same thing happened with this crack; it got stuck shortly after I went in.

Yu Ling withdrew and used his magic sword to chisel at it. The reaction of the weight was great, and it might be a precious spiritual object.

After clearing the obstruction, he continued upstream.

But it's still very narrow.

He was like a crab at that moment.

After going up about fifty feet, his head finally broke through the water's surface.

Yu Ling squeezed out from the narrow crevice in the rocks.

He sat on the shore, panting.

This is also a karst cave, not very big, only about four zhang wide.

"It came from here."

Following the direction of Jin Liang's senses, Yu Ling's gaze fell on the stone wall beside him, where the thing Jin Liang sensed was located.

"Could it be something like the Guiyuan Stone?"

Yu Ling walked there and hid in the stone, which was very likely some kind of strange spiritual treasure.

"not good."

He reached out to touch it, and the stone wall rippled like water.

Then a suction force pulled him in.

When I opened my eyes again, I found myself in a gray, hazy world.

Turning around, I saw a very damp stone wall behind me. I touched it and found it to be very hard, so I couldn't get out.

"Where is this?"

Yu Ling took a deep breath, suppressing the panic in her heart, and tried her best to remain calm.

He looked up.

They discovered that this was a huge cave, about ten miles wide, with many strange plants growing there.

"There are so many snakes and insects."

Yu Ling walked forward and found that the room was full of all kinds of snakes, scorpions, centipedes and the like.

"These are the Five Poisons. It seems this is a breeding ground for insects belonging to the Five Insects Sect." Looking at the things on the ground, Yu Ling vaguely knew where he had come to.

It was the place where an elder of the Five Insects Sect raised insects. The Five Insects Sect used the Five Poisons.

"Over here."

Once inside, Jinliang became even more excited.

"Let's go see what kind of treasure it is first, and then figure out a way to get out," Yu Ling thought to herself, and then followed her senses to search for it.

I dared not be careless and remained vigilant at all times.

"The soil here is not ordinary soil either."

Yu Ling sensed a strange aura emanating from the soil, which seemed to be specifically used for raising insects. Surprisingly, he felt quite comfortable inside.

He also noticed that many kinds of small insects were crawling on the plants. These insects fed on the plants, and the five insects inside fed on these insects. The plants got their nutrients from the soil.

"There's a demon!"

Following the sense of weight, Yu Ling arrived at a muddy area in the center.

Upon arriving here, one sees a black-haired boar demon sitting cross-legged in the black mud swamp ahead.

It was not a pig demon in its usual form, but rather similar to Elder Hu of the Ziyang Sect.

It's a demon with only hands and feet!

This pig demon was taller than an ordinary person just sitting down, and its arms were thicker than a person's waist. It also had two sharp fangs at the corners of its mouth.

Upon closer inspection, the pig demon's entire body was covered with a layer of eerie black patterns, as if it had cultivated some kind of evil art. The aura emanating from its body was not demonic, but rather a heavy, insect-like aura.

Just looking at this huge creature, Yu Ling felt a terrifying sense of oppression.

"Is this what you feel the weight of?"

What surprised Yu Ling even more was that the sense of weight pointed directly to this big guy.

"Weight, don't sense everything."

Yu Ling felt bitter inside, without even considering whether it could win the fight.

The aura of this demonic beast was definitely beyond his ability to handle. Taking advantage of its cultivation, Yu Ling retreated, intending to leave quietly.

"It seems the five insects here were created to raise it."

Yu Ling thought to herself, "A demon with such a strong insect aura must have been feeding on insects for a long time."

The pig demon twitched its nose, smelled something, then raised its head and slowly opened its scarlet eyes.

"We've disturbed it!"

Yu Ling's face instantly darkened. Seeing that it was looking at him, he immediately ran away.

The pig demon's eyes shone brightly with red light, and two wisps of red mist even seeped from the corners of its eyes. It stood up in the swamp, reaching a height of ten feet.

They then quickly chased after Yu Ling.

"Someone else has come in."

Four cultivators were hiding in a large tree, relying on treasures that concealed their auras: an old woman, a middle-aged man, a woman, and a young girl.

The pig demon's strange behavior startled the group, so they immediately went to investigate.

"Strange, why did the pig demon only discover him now?"

"Yes, they'd already gone to those places, and we were discovered as soon as we came in."

The others looked puzzled.

They were sensed by the pig demon as soon as they entered the insect-breeding ground. If they hadn't hidden themselves in time, they would have become the pig demon's food.

"I hope he survives, then we'll have another helper."

The group had come to Five Insect Island seeking opportunities, but they were trapped there. With that pig demon around, any unusual movement would be discovered.

"His strength is too ordinary, so he won't be of much help in surviving. If he were at the eighth level of Qi Refining, we could risk activating the formation to save him."

Everyone stared intently ahead.

"Wow, that's fast!"

Yu Ling fled with all her might through the forest.

But the pig demon behind them was getting closer and closer, and it looked like it would catch up with them soon.