usatvline Chapter 116 Improved Methods of Longevity
Chapter 116 Improved Methods of Longevity
"I didn't expect the leader to bring so many longevity pills with him as a burial offering. This trip was worthwhile."
Cheng Feng smiled, closed the wooden box, and said.
Chen Wenjin, suppressing his excitement, asked:
"Is this really an elixir of immortality?"
"If it's genuine, then the monk and the leader must have been eating this stuff."
Cheng Feng was certain that the moment he opened the wooden box, he sensed a living being dormant inside the pill.
This is a method of achieving longevity originating from the Queen Mother of the West.
Unlike the original method of immortality through the transfer of human and animal consciousness, the Queen Mother of the West made improvements on this basis.
She leaned against the bronze gate for many years, eventually cultivating a corpse beetle with the quality of longevity.
That is, the red corpse beetle king in the blood corpse's mind.
These corpse beetles were placed in pills that could slow down their development when they were still embryos.
Once someone eats it, the corpse beetle will awaken.
It then travels along the blood vessels into the brain.
As the Corpse Beetle King grows, its longevity traits will manifest in humans.
However, this kind of immortality has side effects, if there is no way to stop the Corpse Beetle King.
Ultimately, the human body will undergo irreversible mutations.
The men turned into sea monkeys, and the women turned into forbidden women.
The only way to stop this anomaly is to hide inside the meteorite.
This meteorite jade has the effect of controlling and eliminating corpse beetles, but this process takes an extremely long time.
It will take several thousand years, and of course, those parasitized by the Corpse Beetle King will not die during this time.
Take, for example, the Iron-Faced Scholar in the Seven Star Lu Palace.
After several thousand years, when the people in the meteorite jade had completely digested the Corpse Beetle King, they truly achieved immortality.
However, if one is separated from the meteorite midway, one will instantly turn into a blood corpse and lose all hope of immortality.
"Don't even think about eating this stuff. I don't want to see you turn into a monster."
As he spoke, Cheng Feng threw all the items inside the coffin into the imaginary space.
It includes three wooden boxes containing corpse beetle pills.
"I'm not stupid. With two blood corpses right here, wouldn't it be suicide for me to take this pill?"
Chen Wenjin had calmed down by now. What Cheng Feng had shown when he split open the blood corpse's head had served as a great warning to her.
Even if you desperately want to live forever, you can't lose your sense of proportion, or the consequences will be dire.
"Shall we go through the trapdoor over there and take a look?"
The two walked out of the tomb, during which Chen Wenjin asked a question.
"Since we're already here, let's take a look. It would be even better if we could find something unexpected."
Cheng Feng is highly skilled and daring, so he doesn't want to miss anything.
Chen Wenjin wasn't really keen on taking the risk, because she suspected that the trapdoor behind the Yaksha might be the lair of the corpse beetles.
However, Cheng Feng had already made his decision, and she didn't want to dampen his enthusiasm.
After exiting the stone door that represents light, the two arrived at the trapdoor with a Yaksha pattern.
"For safety's sake, I'll go in by myself. You wait for me outside for a while."
Cheng Feng was also worried that this side might have similar mechanisms to the one next door.
He's confident he can dodge it, but with Chen Wenjin involved, it'll be a bit dangerous.
"Okay, be careful."
"Oh, right, I need to add another layer of insurance for you."
As he spoke, Cheng Feng took out the Heavenly Official Seal of the Tomb Raiders and handed it to Chen Wenjin.
His blood still lingered on the small seal; it was more than enough to deal with the carrion beetle swarm.
Chen Wenjin took the seal of the Heavenly Official of the Tomb Raiders and examined it for a while, discovering that the small seal already had a patina.
It's clear that Cheng Feng has played with it quite a bit.
"You're really willing to part with it. Then I'll keep it for you for a while."
Feeling quite pleased with himself, Chen Wenjin put away the small seal and said with a smile.
Seeing this, Cheng Feng no longer hesitated and pushed open the trapdoor.
After Cheng Feng entered, the trapdoor closed automatically, leaving Chen Wenjin outside.
Having separated from Cheng Feng, Chen Wenjin became more vigilant and gripped the loaded pistol in her hand.
The situation inside the door was the same as next door; it was a passageway leading into the tomb.
However, the murals on both sides of the tomb passage are in a style much more like those of the underworld.
At first glance, all you see are hideous ghost faces, disemboweled corpses, man-eating beasts, and so on.
Cheng Feng walked forward step by step along this eerie tomb passage.
Soon, Cheng Feng arrived at the end of the tomb passage.
Unlike the one next door, this is a double stone door with two full-body images of evil spirits carved on it.
One on the left and one on the right resemble door gods.
Cheng Feng tried pushing the stone door and found that it opened a crack very easily.
Upon seeing this, Cheng Feng forcefully pushed him away completely.
Then a hellish scene appeared before Cheng Feng's eyes.
This tomb chamber is several times larger than the one next door; as far as the eye can see, it is a deep pit of several thousand square meters.
The pit was filled with countless skeletons, and a large number of corpse beetles were moving around it.
"This monk is really bizarre; he actually built a mass grave next to the main burial chamber."
Just then, a small, red corpse beetle suddenly flew up from the mass grave.
It hovered in mid-air, seemingly observing the unexpected visitor standing at the door.
"So that's how it is. This person is trying to cultivate the Corpse Beetle King."
The monks and the leader had grand ambitions; they even wanted to mass-produce corpse-eating pills.
Cheng Feng waited for a while and, realizing that no other Corpse Beetle Kings had appeared, understood.
They did not master the core technology; this lone survivor was probably revived from the corpse-eating pill.
"Ultimately, it's a self-taught method, but being able to create a bronze coffin that can suppress the Corpse Beetle King is quite remarkable."
If one could enter the bronze gate, it would likely be another Wang Zanghai.
Having lost interest, Cheng Feng turned and left without lingering.
The Corpse Beetle King probably sensed that Cheng Feng was not someone to be trifled with, and didn't dare to step forward. He just watched as Cheng Feng closed the stone door.
Chen Wenjin breathed a sigh of relief when Cheng Feng came out of the Yaksha Gate.
"Have you encountered any danger?"
Approaching Cheng Feng, Chen Wenjin looked him up and down and asked.
Cheng Feng hugged the small man in front of him, gave him a quick kiss, and said, "Don't worry, I'm fine."
Chen Wenjin's immediate concern for his safety made Cheng Feng very happy.
"It's covered in dust, don't you find it dirty?!"
Chen Wenjin rolled her eyes at Cheng Feng, but secretly she was quite pleased with Cheng Feng's closeness to her.
After such a long period of getting to know each other, the two have long since lost their initial awkwardness.
What's inside?
Chen Wenjin looked at the Yaksha Sect and asked curiously.
"Let's get out of here first; it's no good inside."
Chen Wenjin didn't rush to ask any more questions and followed Cheng Feng toward the exit.
After ten minutes,
The two climbed out of the tomb passage and returned to the surface.
By this time, it was already broad daylight, and the once dense swarm of snakes had all hidden in the shadows.
All that remained were corpses scattered on the ground.
"Their weapons are all gone!"
Chen Wenjin said with some regret.
"It's alright, Han Qing and the others must have picked it up. It's good that we don't have to bother collecting it."
"We don't need to collect the guns anymore, but we'll probably have to fill this hole back in."
Chen Wenjin pointed behind him and said.
Cheng Feng patted his forehead; this really couldn't be left unfilled.
Otherwise, it would be a huge mess if the corpse beetles came out one night.