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Chapter 312: The Subtle Dao, the Immortal Sand Reviving Souls
Chapter 312: The Subtle Dao, the Immortal Sand Reviving Souls
"Spread the Dao, spread the Dao!!!"
After Qin Muye answered, the Heavenly Venerable extended a hand that was completely mismatched with his body. If one looked at the surface, he appeared human, but those hands were emaciated and did not resemble human hands.
The Heavenly Venerable emitted a sharp sound, which, according to Qin Muye's observation, did not come from his vocal organs but rather from the surrounding air being vibrated. The exact mechanism was unknown for now.
In the next moment, Qin Muye's vision went dark. At some point, the Heavenly Venerable floated in front of him like a giant manta ray, his wide Daoist robe spreading out, giving Qin Muye the illusion of a universe within his sleeves.
Inside the robe, countless black, emaciated hands wriggled like worms.
"The Dao has no form, the Dao has no emotion, the Dao has no name."
The strange voice echoed in Qin Muye's mind, and in that moment, the twelve words evolved into a burst of knowledge.
But Qin Muye remained expressionless.
"I have witnessed the deeper terrors of the world, foreseen the destruction of the future, and even seen the birth of all things when the heavens and earth first opened."
"Your little tricks are not enough to impress me."
Qin Muye's skin cracked, revealing a terrifying abyss. A black-red flood replaced this segment of the Yellow Spring, and the original corpses and spirits wailed in agony, trying to escape.
But if the abyss were so easy to escape, it would not be called an abyss.
These corpses and spirits could not escape in time and were dragged into Qin Muye's body.
The Heavenly Venerable, however, had long lost his reason, or perhaps he never had any to begin with. Only the bizarre logic of his teachings remained.
A massive lotus, composed of various corpses, blossomed in the black-red abyss. Layers of lotus petals contained a vast amount of pollution, which continuously flowed into Qin Muye's vast abyssal body.
But Qin Muye was no pushover. The pollution from the abyss also surged into the massive corpse lotus.
The Heavenly Venerable, sitting at the center of the lotus, began to swell. Black-red patterns and corpse spots covered most of his skin, and the fleshy buds on his body withered and regenerated continuously.
His Daoist robe twisted, sometimes black-red, sometimes black-white.
"I have often heard that it is not people who diligently seek knowledge, but the knowledgeable who diligently seek people."
"But I know this to be a fallacy."
"The knowledgeable do not seek people; they pursue and drive them away."
"The cold and heartless ones, like hawks and dogs chasing rabbits."
Qin Muye's and the Heavenly Venerable's voices intertwined, asking and answering each other, distorting the entire segment of the Yellow Spring.
Unfortunately, the Heavenly Venerable seemed to be no match for Qin Muye. His understanding of the Dao was neither as profound nor as twisted as Qin Muye's.
So, the Heavenly Venerable lost.
The true essence of the 108,000 scrolls of Daoist teachings, already twisted by the Netherworld and the Yellow Spring, fell into Qin Muye's abyss and became even more deformed.
Using the Yellow Spring, Qin Muye recompiled these 108,000 scrolls of Daoist teachings, forming a new, bone-chilling cultivation technique.
"Some die standing, some die sitting, some die lying down, some die of illness, some die of medicine."
"Death, regardless of method, is the same. Those who understand the Dao do not see life, so they do not see death."
The Daoist teachings, conveyed through the voices of Qin Muye and the Heavenly Venerable, penetrated the entire Yellow Spring, captivating countless corpses and spirits. The spirits revived and the corpses returned to life.
A great terror began to spread throughout the Netherworld, threatening to reach the world of the living.
This was just the beginning of the Daoist teachings. At this moment, Qin Muye understood that the Heavenly Venerable was indeed extraordinary, not of this world. He neither saw life nor death, existing in a state of chaos, spreading the Dao in the Yellow Spring.
Unfortunately, compared to Qin Muye, the difference was too great.
"Clap your teeth three times, bow your head, call the names of the six jia deities, and say that you have received the spirit talisman."
"Take ten pills every ten days to expel the three corpses and nine worms, preserve the yang essence, and it will be greatly effective."
"The true person says: taking this will calm the soul, solidify the essence, supplement the blood, preserve the complexion, cure all diseases, and strengthen the muscles and bones, all effective."
The mixed voices of the two sounded again, including the Six Jia Talisman, the method to expel the three corpses and nine worms, and the secret to refining water silver and immortal sand.
Originally, these would be methods of alchemy and talismans, the path to transcendence. But now, with Qin Muye's abyss reciting, the bizarre teachings of the Heavenly Venerable, and the influence of the Netherworld and Yellow Spring's corpses and spirits, the first scroll of the Immortal Sand Reviving Souls became an indescribable form.
The corpses and spirits devoured each other and merged into new, terrifying monsters.
But this first scroll was not yet complete; more voices began to spread, forming an even more terrifying existence.
Qin Muye, having become an indescribable abyss, took his first true action. This was not just a physical action but a higher-level behavior.
He was not only facing the Heavenly Venerable but also using this Heavenly Venerable and his 108,000 scrolls of Daoist teachings to peer into the entire Netherworld and the Yellow Spring.
The Heavenly Venerable on the corpse lotus began to change. His original elderly appearance gradually transformed, and the corpses on the lotus also began to come to life, as if they were living beings.
The Heavenly Venerable was gradually synchronizing with Qin Muye, as if Qin Muye was gradually replacing this Heavenly Venerable.
"Those who calculate life and death say that death is either present, or absent, or both present and absent, or neither present nor absent. Some say it should be rejoiced, some say it should be feared, some say it should be accepted, and some say it should be transcended."
"Perceptions and emotions change continually, without end. They do not realize that my life and death are like a horse's hand or a cow's wing, fundamentally nonexistent, yet also not non-existent."
After Qin Muye created the heart method incantation, the Heavenly Venerable's body returned to youth. If one looked closely, it already had a third of Qin Muye's appearance. The corpse lotus was divided into six zones, forming the Six Realms, and began to slowly rotate within the abyss.
"The Yellow Spring is calm, and all things are desolate; this is not a good omen. Today, it is probably not advisable to walk the Netherworld; one should leave quickly." Snake Woman looked at the bright Netherworld lamp and felt a sense of unease.
If danger loomed, Snake Woman indeed needed to be cautious, but the current situation was unusual. Something significant was happening in the Netherworld.
But when Liu Huang heard this, his expression darkened: "To return empty-handed and having used up lamp oil, how can I explain this to my family?"
Since he had been rescued, he knew that his family had invested a lot, and his status in the Liu family had declined. Therefore, he had volunteered to walk the Netherworld. If he could obtain something to compensate, it would definitely restore his status.
But now, Snake Woman wanted to return just after arriving, and Liu Huang suspected that Snake Woman had been bribed by his siblings to deliberately sabotage him.
"Explain? Ha, this old woman never required that Young Master Liu follow us into the Netherworld. It's just that you wanted to show off and gain credit by following us." Snake Woman's tone lacked any respect. She cooperated with Liu Gu, and neither Liu Huang nor even the head of the Liu family, Liu Zhi, mattered to her.
"You!!!" Liu Huang almost fainted with anger. In his eyes, these Netherworld walkers were merely his family's retainers, no different from servants, and they dared to contradict him.
"I command you, as the young master of the Liu family, to continue forward." Liu Huang's tone was hard. In his mind, as long as the other party did not openly defy him, they would follow his orders.
But Snake Woman ignored him. She had survived for so long in the Netherworld by being cautious, not by relying on status.
"Since Youngmaster Liu wants to continue into the Netherworld, we will not accompany you. We will leave first." Saying this, Snake Woman took out a thousand-paper crane from her sleeve and placed it in the Netherworld lamp. As the paper crane burned to ashes, it transformed into a cloud path. Snake Woman immediately followed the cloud path and returned to the world of the living.
Naturally, she left, and the guest scholars hesitated about whether to leave.
After all, this was the young master of the Liu family, and they did not have Snake Woman's Netherworld skills, making them adaptable anywhere.
As they hesitated, a vague murm began to echo in their ears, like whispers carried by the wind.
"What is this sound?" Liu Huang was somewhat alarmed. This was his first time walking the Netherworld. Given the great danger, it was unlikely that he, as the young master, would come personally.
He had some understanding of the Netherworld, but it was limited.
"It seems to be a heart method incantation, calculating life and death,
"No, it's a pill formula: Guanzhong, five parts to kill and subdue insects. White Egret Reed."
"How is that possible? I hear a talisman method?"
Each guest scholar had their own interpretation, while in Liu Huang's ears, he heard what seemed to be a general outline, and it became increasingly clear.
He listened carefully, his expression growing more and more excited.
"This is the Great Dao, a powerful being is spreading the Dao in the Yellow Spring."
"Quickly, forward. We must find the place where the Dao is being spread. If I obtain it, I will not neglect any of you upon return."
Unconsciously, a grain of Immortal Sand, resembling a lotus seed, appeared in the spiritual platform of everyone's soul, continuously absorbing an indescribable power to grow.
(End of Chapter)
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