54: Human-pig-worm poison, the skill is fully developed.

Seeing Li Yan enter his Immortal Cave, Quiet Void Taoist, though headless, trembled uncontrollably, revealing his extreme rage.

In his extreme fury, Quiet Void Taoist’s abdomen let out bursts of cold laughter.

“Junior, you are seeking your own death.”

“Dare to step into my Gu Cavern? Little do you know, the Gu Cavern is also Gu!”

Subsequently, the headless Taoist formed hand seals, and his abdomen emitted obscure and difficult-to-understand sounds.

Meanwhile, inside the Immortal Cave, countless pairs of eyes lit up in the darkness.

At the same time, Li Yan walked through a long stone corridor and stepped into the Immortal Cave.

Looking around, the stone walls on both sides were covered with shelves, piled high with numerous bottles and jars.

Li Yan could barely suppress the smile on his lips, looking at the room full of Gu and poisons.

“All poisons!”

“And this alchemy notebook!”

Li Yan leaned closer and flipped through Quiet Void Taoist’s notebook.

“Take the finger bones of an infant who died at the third hour on the third day of the third month, place them in a bronze cauldron and simmer over a low fire for seven days. When the bones turn black, add three-year-old scorpion tails and hundred-day old snake sloughs, then temper with Yin Fire. The medicine, when complete, will resemble green blood; it will corrode upon contact with skin, turning to water in seven days.”

“Select three dou of rotten earth from a mass grave, sift out a hundred white worms, and feed them rice soaked in human blood in an earthenware jar. When the worms turn black, add severed fingers and braids, seal the jar, and bury it at the base of a damp wall. Unseal after forty-nine days, take those that have devoured their own kind, and raise them for three days…”

Looking at page after page of notes detailing how to refine Gu and poisons.

Li Yan knew he had come to the right place!

From the extracted memories, Mystic Night Taoist Nun often refined medicine for Quiet Void Taoist right here.

“Su Mo, quickly put all these things into the Storage Ring, hurry.”

Li Yan raised his finger, activating the Storage Ring on his hand.

He swept clean all the shelves on the entire stone wall!

Bottle after bottle of poisons and Gu entered the Storage Ring; so much stock was incredibly satisfying.

Quiet Void Old Taoist had accumulated and painstakingly refined various Gu and poisons for decades, even centuries.

At this moment, all of it belonged to Li Yan.

Seeing her Master happy, Su Mo alsoSmirking picked up her Storage Ring and began to sweep the shelves on the other stone wall.

The holes carved into the stone wall were filled with Quiet Void Taoist’s lifelong efforts.

Just as the two were on a grand scavenging spree, putting a large number of treasures into the Storage Ring.

From behind a stone door ahead, rustling sounds could be heard.

“Hmm?”

Li Yan immediately became alert, looking at the giant stone door ahead.

What was that sound?

From Mystic Night Taoist Nun’s memories, her Master, Quiet Void, never allowed her to enter that door.

There seemed to be some secret behind that door, even Mystic Night Taoist Nun couldn’t easily enter.

And in this empty Immortal Cave, Li Yan could hear something scraping on the ground, making strange noises.

“Su Mo.”

Li Yan called out, telling Corpse Puppet Su Mo to prepare for a response.

He took out the blood glass treasure lotus lantern in his hand and looked ahead.

He saw the sound getting closer and closer, as if countless insects were crawling on his scalp, making him feel itchy all over.

The stone door vibrated.

As the heavy stone door was pushed open, a large amount of dust fell through the crack.

Li Yan was already prepared; he wanted to see what was behind the door.

Now he had enough confidence, the thousands of bottles of medicine on these two stone walls were his confidence!

“It’s probably some kind of insect that old Quiet Void raised; I want to see it.”

Li Yan was mentally prepared, but when the door was pushed open, what he saw made his pupils constrict.

The moment the heavy stone door was pushed open, Li Yan saw a group of people!

A group of people crawling on the ground!

More precisely, they were a group of disheveled people, with their limbs severed, made into human Gu.

They had no hands or feet and could only crawl like maggots.

These people cried out in agony, shouting at Li Yan.

“Kill me!”

“Do it, kill me!”

The wailing of countless people echoed in the Immortal Cave, giving Li Yan a pounding headache.

These people before him had all been dismembered by Quiet Void Taoist, turned into human Gu.

That old Taoist was raising Gu inside their bodies! Live human Gu!

And they were already living corpses, with only blurry consciousness remaining.

The bodies of these human Gu were not under their control, but under the control of the Gu inside them.

One after another, they rushed towards Li Yan, one after another.

Seeing this, Li Yan instantly understood something.

“That old Quiet Void, he wants to wear me down to death here?”

“Too bad, he miscalculated.”

Cultivators in this Realm almost all need to eat to replenish their Qi and blood.

Legend has it that only Feather Transformation Realm Cultivators can sever the mortal desire for grain. Their bodies are surrounded by Dao charm, absorbing the essence of the sun and moon with each breath.

Before that, whether in the Blood Condensation Realm, Ban Xue Realm, Blood Core Realm, or Blood Cocoon Realm, even as the Cultivator’s Realm ascended layer by layer, they were always trapped by the word “eat.”

Although the Dantian could absorb faint Spiritual Qi from heaven and earth, the rumbling stomach still required the nourishment of mortal food.

Even a Blood Cocoon Realm Cultivator could go seven days without food during seclusion, but upon exiting, they still needed to replenish their losses with flesh and blood, ultimately unable to escape the mortal body’s reliance on food.

Only when a Cultivator undergoes Feather Transformation Realm and breaks free from their cocoon can they witness the transcendent Realm of severing their connection to food.

“Heh, but Quiet Void doesn’t know that I don’t need to eat or drink; I can replenish my Qi and blood by drinking poison!”

Li Yan held the lamp in his left hand, and with a flick of his right hand, he took out a bottle of [Heart-Burning Liquid] from his Storage Ring.

After drinking the Heart-Burning Liquid in one gulp, a fiery sensation stimulated Li Yan’s tongue.

The bitter, spicy, and sour taste of the Heart-Burning Liquid was like strong liquor going down his throat, burning his chest.

“Detected host consuming Heart-Burning Liquid, which has extremely strong side effects and will burn out the internal organs.”

“Side effects reversed: Beginning to replenish the host’s Yang Si Power!”

Feeling the surge of Qi and blood in his Dantian, Li Yan tossed the empty bottle aside and formed a hand seal with two fingers.

“Shadows form in pairs, then fire ignites!”

“Bloodline Burning Lantern Technique!”

Whoosh!

The blood glass treasure lotus lantern ignited with flames, and three shadows rose from the ground out of thin air.

“Host activating incomplete ancient Bloodline Burning Lantern Technique, practicing Cultivation Technique blindly, Cultivation Technique cultivation speed increased by a hundredfold!”

“Host activating Blood Shadow Immortal Art, summoning the shadow of death, effect reversed, manifesting as Golden Body Avatar!”

“Go!”

Three ten-zhang-tall Golden Body Avatars slammed into the human Gu swarm!

Their massive fists struck the ground, causing the entire ground to tremble.

“Perfect, I can practice my Immortal Art!”

Li Yan simultaneously controlled three Golden Body Avatars, feeling his mastery of this Spell grow.

Under the continuous bombardment, a fourth and fifth shadow faintly appeared beneath Li Yan’s feet.

“Blood Shadow Immortal Art Major Achievement?”

The sub-shadows doubled from two to four!

So if he continued to practice, wouldn’t it double to eight sub-shadows?

Li Yan’s heart jolted: “Although the more shadows there are, the greater the consumption.”

“But as long as I have enough poison, I really don’t need to be afraid!”

With four sub-shadows, the speed of Yang Si Power consumption also doubled, and the golden light in his Dantian gradually dimmed.

But Li Yan, with ample poison, pushed open the cork of the bottle with a ‘pop’ of his thumb and drank the Heart-Burning Liquid in one gulp.

The Heart-Burning Liquid, like strong liquor, went down his throat, spicy and satisfying!

“Again!”

Li Yan’s face showed a joyful smile.

He controlled 1 main shadow and 4 sub-shadows, 5 Golden Body Avatars, and blasted them into the nest!