Facts have proved that Zheng Chenghuang is not stupid, and he is not really stupid because Xu Mo stood up after just a few words.
This catacomb is quite large.
The tomb where Xu Mo is currently located is probably more than a hundred square meters in size. There are exquisite carvings and funerary objects around it, but most of them are in pieces. Inside the tomb, the air of decay corrodes the heart and lungs.
Xu Mo held his breath.
With his level of cultivation, it would be more than enough for him to hold his breath and sleep down there.
There is a tomb passage in front, and blood stains on the ground also extend there. There are traps as you pass by, but these things pose no threat to Xu Mo.
Easily broken.
Further inside, Xu Mo saw a bloody insect corpse.
Apparently, it was the one who crawled all the way over, the one who was killed by the Tiger Soul Sword just now.
Upon closer inspection, you can see that there are sword marks all over the body and the inside has been strangled.
Deadly and transparent.
Xu Mo walked around and looked around. No surprise, this thing was Zheng Chenghuang's true form, a weird big bug, and this bug was also made of flesh and blood made entirely of resentment.
The strength is not weak, but it is no match for the Tiger Soul Sword.
"It looks like he was severely injured and couldn't hold on when he escaped here, so he died."
Xu Mo murmured to himself and deduced what he saw.
He took out the small black flag and waved it, and asked Wei Sanniang and Chu Bai's ghost hands to wait in the tomb to explore. In some places, the ghosts could explore faster.
The result returned was nothing.
"It seems that Zheng Chenghuang is really dead."
Xu Mo collected the ghosts into the flag, then waved his sword and divided the insect corpses into eight pieces.
Still motionless.
It's really dead.
In this way, Xu Mo returned the same way and came out of the small courtyard.
Huai Yuanhui and Lin Jiuyuan said that there was nothing unusual at the Chenghuang Temple.
"Let's go!"
Xu Mo's investigation yielded no results and he took his disciples away from the city.
In the second half of the night, in the already quiet Chenghuang Temple, the clay statue slowly opened its eyes.
"What a risk, what a risk."
Then, the clay sculpture of the city god actually stood up from the stage and moved his hands and feet.
"The thief was so cruel that he actually beheaded the spirit insect body that I had finally made. However, he had little knowledge and did not understand the wonderful method of my external incarnation."
Feeling smug, the clay statue of the city god was ready to eat people.
It's hungry.
When you are hungry, you have to eat people.
But as soon as it went out, it saw a man standing in the yard with his hands behind his hands, looking up at the moon.
At that moment, the clay sculpture city god's heart skipped a beat.
When he saw the man's appearance clearly again, he took two steps back in fear and almost fell to the ground.
"You, didn't you leave?"
Zheng Chenghuang was shocked and asked questions.
The person looking at the moon in the yard was none other than Xu Mo.
"I left, but then came back. Haven't you heard of the word "past and return"? Or do you think that I don't understand the art of incarnation?"
After Zheng Chenghuang heard this, he turned around and ran, but stopped as soon as he took a step.
Over there, the Tiger Soul Sword blocked the way.
"Fellow Taoist, I am willing to give you the method of turning incense into magic power."
Zheng Chenghuang was also courageous.
"Tell me about it!"
"This method needs to be practiced in combination with the method of incarnation outside the body. It should be noted that all methods are thoughts, resentment is thought, hatred is thought, and wishes are also thoughts. It is extremely pure and has unlimited wonderful uses..."
Zheng Chenghuang really preached the Dharma in an article called "The Body Plated with Incense".
Xu Mo is also very knowledgeable. He can actually tell if the other party is cheating.
As for this exercise, it is indeed true and superior.
The only problem is that the training speed is too slow.
As for Zheng Chenghuang, he has a temple in Weichang City and has been continuously influenced by incense for four hundred years. In Xu Mo's view, his cultivation is only slightly better than that of Huaiyuanhui and Xuanshanjun.
Compared to Xiang Ying, that's not even half as good.
However, if you can refine a few more external incarnations and enjoy the incense in different places, the improvement over time will be quite terrifying.
Xu Mo thought about how difficult it would be.
It can be said that this may be a serious way to become an immortal and enter Taoism, because it does not require the bandit method of "seizing living beings" such as cannibalism, but a step-by-step approach.
But the disadvantage is that it is too slow.
Xu Mo asked Zheng Chenghuang: "Since you have the "Incense-Plated Body", why don't you continue to practice this way? If you accumulate it over time, you will definitely have results, but you still want to eat people?"
Zheng Chenghuang was helpless: "I want fellow Taoists to know that the "Incense-Plated Body" method is good, but the results are too slow, and after receiving the incense, sometimes you have to do something for others, otherwise, in the end, the incense wish
It can't last forever. I really couldn't bear it, so I started to practice "The Secret Art of Human Elixir"."
Another secret of human elixir.
"That insect, what's going on?"
"It's like this. There is an ancient general's tomb under the City God's Temple. I explored the tomb and found that there were corpses in the coffin that were not rotten by insects and full of vitality. I also found an article in the coffin called "The Great Method of Transforming Spirits", which talks about how to turn from death to life.
, I have studied for hundreds of years and found that I can only choose corpse insects to become spirits, but insects are ultimately better than ghosts, at least they have a physical body."
Xu Mo understood.
This Zheng Chenghuang also wanted to become an immortal or a saint.
But once you become a ghost and lose your physical body, it will be much more difficult to become an immortal or a saint.
The ancients also had similar troubles, which is why "The Great Method of Transforming Spirits" was created.
Like "Incense-Plated Body", Xu Mo asked the other party to tell the person "The Great Method of Transforming Spirits" and then keep it in mind.
"Fellow Taoist, I have told you everything I know, and I hope you will let me live."
Zheng Chenghuang bowed down and begged for mercy.
The attitude is very low.
Xu Mo said: "The moonlight is bright tonight, but unfortunately, under the moonlight, there are so many evil things, which spoils the interest. I want to clean up the evil things in the world, let's start from this Wei Chang City."
Upon hearing this, Zheng Chenghuang knew that something bad was going to happen, but before he could react, Xu Mo had already stretched out his hand, and the next moment, the Tiger Soul Sword struck in the air.
Pierced into the forehead of Zheng Chenghuang's clay body.
The sword fell into the hilt.
In one fell swoop, Zheng Chenghuang's soul attached to the clay body was destroyed.
The next moment, the body of the clay sculpture City God lost its aura and immediately collapsed into pieces of mud.
At this moment, there was no sign of Xu Mo in the courtyard.
Outside the city, Xu Mo muttered to himself.
"The "Incense-Plated Body" is good, but the results are too slow, so it is not suitable for me. "The Spirit Transformation Technique" is a ghost cultivation technique, but it can be studied by Sanniang and others. However, turning into a bug is of little significance. It is a pity.
."
It's a pity, but I don't know whether it means that the technique is not good, or that he feels that he has suffered a loss this time.
Or, both.
Now that the Diting Sword is in hand, Xu Mo calculates the time and can go south along the river because he has to do two things.
One is to meet up with Xiang Ying.
The other one takes the Nascent Soul Canopy from Master Lingzhao to refine the magic sword.
Xu Mo still likes Lingzhao Sword.
Of course, this journey is not just a quick trip.
What Xu Mo and Zheng Chenghuang said, they wanted to clean up the world of evil, was no joke.
So go all the way and kill all the way.
As long as there are evil spirits and weird things, if you encounter Xu Mo, you will basically be unlucky for eight lifetimes.
Xu Mo and Lin Jiuyuan ate whatever they could, including some that were not to their liking, such as Xuan Shanjun and Huai Yuanhui. If there were weird monsters, there were also fierce ghosts like Wei Sanniang.
In short, after killing and eating all the way, when they arrived in Linjiang County, they said that Lin Jiuyuan, under Xu Mo's personal guidance, had reached the level of 'Eating Qi and Gathering Spirits', and the next step was to 'Condensing Pills in Zang Gong'.