Mortal Transformation into Immortal

Upon approaching the larvae, they discovered that this was due to the presence of insect odor.

Yu Ling could tell that although the others looked normal, they were very wary, probably wondering if he was a demon cultivator.

So he smiled and explained, "This is due to my spiritual root. I embarked on the path of immortality by absorbing the spiritual essence of spirit insects. I have a pseudo-spiritual bone, which is why I can attract this insect energy to condense in my body and not dissipate, thus avoiding the pig demon's perception."

"Where did you get this insect-like aura from?" Lin Lu asked.

"After escaping the pig demon's pursuit, I ate a lot of centipedes in my hiding place, which is how I accumulated this insect energy," Yu Ling said frankly.

"No wonder."

Everyone understood.

"Fellow Daoist, how did you find this place?" someone asked.

Yu Ling said, "I was targeted by two cultivators who wanted to kill me and steal my money. I managed to escape into a cave and crawl into an underground river to save my life. Finally, I followed the underground river to this place, climbed up through a crack, and touched a restriction while exploring. That's how I ended up here."

"How did you fellow cultivators arrive here?"

he asks.

The old woman said, "I discovered a cave leading here, and found it sealed with a restriction, but I couldn't break it by myself, so I invited these three fellow Daoists to come with me. In the end, the restriction mutated and we were all sucked in. Fortunately, Fellow Daoist Lin had this array plate, otherwise we would have been killed by that monster long ago."

"Did you come in from there too?"

Yu Ling pointed to the place where she had come in.

Lin Lu nodded and said, "That's right, there's a passage in that pool that leads outside."

Yu Ling understood immediately. They had come in first, trying to forcefully break the restriction, but this caused the restriction to mutate, which led to her being sucked into the room as soon as she touched it.

"Fellow Daoist, what is your cultivation level?"

Song Yunkong inquired.

"Fellow Daoist Yu, there's no need to hide anything at a time like this," the woman beside him said.

They were unsure of Yu Ling's true cultivation level.

"Sixth level of Qi Refining," Yu Ling replied after a moment of silence.

"As expected, it's only at the sixth level of Qi Refining. If it were at the seventh level, it might be of some help." Upon hearing the cultivation level, the four were somewhat disappointed. They needed help to deal with the demon beast, but the sixth level of Qi Refining was too weak and wouldn't be of much use.

"What is the cultivation level of each of you fellow cultivators?" he asked.

"Fellow Daoist Lin is at the seventh level of Qi Refining, while the three of us are at the eighth level," Song Yunkong said.

"Fellow Daoist Lin has cultivated a Yellow-level technique. Although he is only at the seventh level of Qi Refining, his strength is even slightly greater than ours," the old woman said.

Having been trapped here for so long, the four of them revealed their secrets to each other in order to find a way to escape.

"A Yellow-level cultivation technique." Yu Ling glanced at Lin Lu in surprise. He knew very well the difference between cultivating a technique and not cultivating one. Without a technique, simply using spiritual bones to absorb spiritual energy would result in the most ordinary quality of immortal blood and the most ordinary strength. The advantage was that it consumed the least amount of resources.

Before he cultivated the Black-tailed Sword Technique, he simply used his spiritual bones to absorb spiritual energy. The Xiwei Technique was just a mantra for sensing spiritual energy, guiding him to sense it and embark on the path to immortality.

"Fellow Daoist Yu, do you possess any powerful talismans or excellent magical artifacts?" Lin Lu asked.

Yu Ling shook her head.

He doesn't have any of these things; his magical artifacts are all low-level.

Everyone sighed. It was expected; it was unlikely that someone at the sixth level of Qi Refining would possess such things.

"It's alright. You have a pseudo-spiritual root, which you can hide very well, and you can also be of some help," Lin Lu said to him.

"Practicing a Yellow-level cultivation technique, this person must have an extraordinary background."

Yu Ling thought to herself.

It should be noted that even the outer disciples of the Ziyang Sect are rarely qualified to cultivate Yellow-level techniques.

"If only we could have another cultivator at the eighth level of Qi Refining," Song Yunkong sighed softly.

"What a pity about that person," the old woman said, shaking her head.

"Fellow Daoists, are there any other people coming in?" Yu Ling asked, having gleaned this meaning from their conversation.

Zhou Xia said, "Yes, two people came one after the other. One of them, judging from the fighting, was at the eighth level of Qi Refining, but he was killed after a few moves. The other one was at the seventh level of Qi Refining, but he died as soon as he came in."

"That demonic beast is so powerful! Even someone at the eighth level of Qi Refining could only withstand a few moves from it. Does it possess some kind of demonic magic?"

Lin Lu shook his head and said, "It doesn't know any demonic magic, but it has great physical strength and strong defense. That physical strength is the most troublesome thing. We dare not get close to it at all, but if we don't get close, the power of our magic can't break through its defense."

No matter how powerful a spell is, it can't compare to the lethality of a magical weapon hitting the body. With a lower cultivation level, spells can only restrain the beast at best. The only way to deal with such a monster is to get close and find an opportunity to stab the magical weapon into its vital points.

This is the advantage that weapons bring. No matter how sharp the sword energy of a longsword is, it is not as sharp as the blade of the longsword itself.

Physical strength.

Yu Ling seemed to be deep in thought, then an idea surfaced in his mind, and he asked, "Fellow Daoists, are there any of you who excel in physical strength?"

The four of them shook their heads.

Yu Ling looked at Lin Lu and asked, "Fellow Daoist Lin, you've cultivated a Yellow-level cultivation technique, so is your physical strength also lacking?"

Lin Lu said, "The cultivation technique I practice is mainly used in conjunction with swordsmanship to increase the power of swordsmanship. It doesn't significantly improve physical strength. If I break through to the eighth level of Qi Refining, I might be able to injure that demon beast. However, once I start practicing, the demon beast will detect the fluctuations of immortal energy, thus revealing my location."

She had also tried to cultivate, but once the spiritual bone was activated, the creation of immortal blood would inevitably cause fluctuations, attracting the attention of the pig demon.

"This formation can't isolate us?"

Yu Ling looked up.

"No, this is just a defensive formation; its concealment capabilities aren't particularly good." Lin Lu shook her head.

Yu Ling then asked about some other things.

The five of them chatted for quite a while.

Everyone started to get to know each other better.

"I wonder how long that pig demon will live. I hope it won't live long," Zhou Xia joked.

The old woman said, "That pig demon must have had its demon crystal taken away by the elders of the Five Insects Sect. Without its demonic energy, it feeds on insects and is now entangled in insect energy. I'm afraid it won't live long."

They naturally hoped the pig demon would die soon.

Although the pig demon is called a monster, it is actually more like an insect-like beast.

"It will probably take at least another 10 or 20 years before it dies," Song Yunkong said with a wry smile.

Seeing everyone's reaction, Yu Ling said, "Fellow Daoists, perhaps my physical strength can be of help."

"Fellow Daoist, are you skilled in physical strength?"

All eyes turned to them.

"Yes." Yu Ling nodded and said, "The cultivation technique I practice is to enhance physical strength."

Although the Wushao Gong does not have the ability to enhance the power of magic like the Linlu Gong, its main feature is to enhance physical strength.