A bean flame lit up on the copper lampstand, and a figure sat in front of the lampstand. He held a brown document in his hand. With a slight movement of the man's fingers, the book turned to one of the pages.
"Experiment log: On the fifth day, as usual, three people were selected for testing, and one of the three was found... After the implantation, the duration was no more than half a cup of tea. The subject woke up from a coma and was unable to speak due to excessive panic. After a while, his body began to spontaneously combust. The fire could not be stopped, and the test failed."
The ink mark was written in one breath and gradually became dull towards the end.
At this time, the yellowed paper was also twisted with two fingers and turned to the next page.
"Experiment log: On the sixth day, one of the five people survived... After successful anesthesia, the heart implantation went smoothly, but it did not last long. The subject's internal organs exploded into pieces, as if a large amount of saltpeter and gunpowder had been stuffed into his abdomen. It was extremely tragic."
Looking further down, the handwriting becomes slightly sloppy, and it seems that the owner of this document is also a little confused.
"Experiment log: On the seventh day, the operation was successful. After the wound was sutured, the man woke up after sleeping for about three hours. Not long after waking up, the subject showed a state of sanity and fell into madness. After another hour, his blood suddenly boiled and his skin turned red. Then, his facial features melted like candles, and he died of burning blood."
"... On the eighth day, after the operation was completed, the subject fainted and seemed to be trapped in a dream and nightmare. He tossed and turned on the bed, chanting 'Fire, Fire, Fire'... This continued for a while, and he woke up screaming. A layer of blazing flames appeared under the skin on his chest. In the blink of an eye, his whole body was burned into a ball of charcoal."
When He Ping saw this, he stopped moving and slowly moved his gaze from Dou Yan to the secret room, which was the stone table on his left hand.
This stone table is a simple operating table. There are some dried brown blood stains on the floor of the secret room, and there are still some scorch marks left on the stone table.
"What a pity."
He sighed slightly and put down the experiment diary.
"It cost more than thirty lives, but there hasn't been much progress."
He Ping doesn't care about human life, not to mention that the more than thirty "subjects" he selected are all the evil ones in Black Flag Stronghold.
"The heart of Sheng Qingzhi really contains the secret of the Chongyang Palace. In that half of Cinnabar Essence Fire Talisman, there is definitely <Three Yang Calamity> hidden This is the secret of entering the Tao and rectifying the Dharma. If I can use <Three Yang Calamity> to enter the Tao, I don't have to rely on the Living Puppet Art in <Formless Secret Treasury> to continue my life..."
He Ping frowned slightly and fell into thinking.
The research on Cinnabar Essence Fire Talisman and the heart really didn't yield much. As for which part of the problem went wrong, he hasn't found out yet.
However, even if the heart test has made little progress, it has made progress in other areas.
In the recent period, his "Nine Palaces Bright Moon Ascension Method" Soul-Forging Palace internal refining method Secret Method, with the assistance of "Body Cultivation Furnace" Four Limbs and Five Senses internal refining method, finally broke through the ninth soul palace "Taihuang Palace".
This is also a matter of water. As he cultivated "Taihuang Palace", his soul was affected, nourished and tempered by the bright moon, and began to gradually feed himself back from the inside out.
The Essence Origin Upper Mansion hidden in the ancestral orifice, that is, the soul palace will differentiate into the moon essence, integrate into the flesh and blood body, and disperse into the blood, muscles, skin, bones and other parts of the body. The various elements including the internal organs are also nourished, and the physical constitution is greatly improved. However, this improvement cannot make up for the loss of his life span.
The devastating blow "Blood Leakage Syndrome" brought to his body cannot be compensated by simply improving his physical fitness.
"The damaged essence and blood are my life essence and my own origin. It's like a ship that broke the bottom and took in a lot of water. It's useless to strengthen the hull at this time. I must find a way to solve this problem once and for all."
The best way is to enter the Tao!
As soon as a monk reaches the Daoist level, he becomes a semi-immortal. In addition to gaining various magical changes, his lifespan is greatly extended.
"However, if Immortal Puppet Sect wants to enter the Tao, he must seize other disciples' <Formless Secret Treasury>. The basis for entering the Tao is to obtain three volumes of <Formless Secret Treasury>... If this statement is correct, then..."
He Ping took out the secret book <Formless Secret Treasury> that he treasured on his body. At first, after he finished practicing and mastered all the knowledge in the secret book, all the writing, pictures and text disappeared.
At this time, he opened the secret book again and found a golden text on the title page of the first page of the book.
"'Join me, Puppet Sect, and keep my oath: All my disciples, Puppet Sect, must pass on my Daoism and obey my orders... <Formless Secret Treasury> is divided into five volumes, each containing an oath... The fifth article of your oath in your heart is: You shall not pass any information from Puppet Sect Heart Oath to outsiders. Those who violate it will never have the chance to enter the Tao!'"
He Ping read slowly, his brows furrowing more and more tightly.
The new text that appeared in the secret book is the specific method of entering the Tao passed down by the Immortal Puppet Sect. The method passed down by the Immortal Puppet Sect through the generations is to teach the five volumes of <Formless Secret Treasury> to the five disciples., then after each disciple reaches a certain level of cultivation, an article "Puppet Sect Heart Oath" will appear on <Formless Secret Treasury>. There are also five articles of "Puppet Sect Heart Oath", each hidden in five volumes.
If you want to enter the Tao, you must gather three heart oaths. However, if you want to obtain the heart oaths of others, you must kill them. Only in this way can Puppet Sect Heart Oath be transferred to the secret book in your hand.
"I see, this is the reason why Immortal Puppet Sect people must kill each other. This 'Puppet Sect Heart Oath' seems to contain an important opportunity to achieve enlightenment!"
He Ping knows this all too well.
"My Puppet Sect Heart Oath is 'No information related to Puppet Sect Heart Oath should be passed on to outsiders, as those who violate it will never have the opportunity to enter the Tao'... Does it mean that if you violate this oath, you will never be able to enter the Tao?"
The doubts in his heart greatly increased.
"Looking at it this way, besides me, the other four people have a 'Puppet Sect Heart Oath' in their hands. My senior brother Chixinzi should also know the secret of Puppet Sect Heart Oath, but he has no intention of telling me?"
He Ping guessed that Chixinzi should have activated this "Puppet Sect Heart Oath" a long time ago, but for some reason, he did not intend to tell himself.
"Could it be that you, like me, are restricted by the oath itself and cannot disclose relevant information?"
He can only draw this conclusion at present.
"Forget it, I currently have too little information. I have been in seclusion for many days, so I should go to Longhe County to take a look at the situation."
Longhe County.
The new location chosen by He Ping is a relatively luxurious and simple old mansion.
This old house has a history of a hundred years. It occupies a wide area and has many gates and deep courtyards. It originally belonged to a scholar Aristocratic Clan. Later, when his family declined, he bought it to a merchant family.
Later, after changing hands several times, it was finally bought by He Fusheng, He Ping's housekeeper.
The mansion looks old on the outside, but it has been repaired and renovated many times. The ancient house seems to have gone through the years, but in fact it has been brand new for a long time. It does not look desolate and dilapidated because it has been idle for a long time. The location of the mansion is also very good. It is backed by a low hilly bamboo forest and has a wave of clear water in front of the door. Needless to say, it is feng shui.
He Ping got off the sedan and walked around the outside of the mansion. He was very satisfied with He Fusheng's eyesight.
"Master, you are finally back."
He Fusheng has been working as an errand in Hezhai since he was a child. He first served He Ping's father, and then served him for many years. He still used to call him "Young Master".
He Ping nodded to him and asked casually about the house.
It was okay if he didn't ask, but He Fusheng looked a little sad when he asked.
"Master, it's just me who is blind. I bought this house, but I didn't expect that there are some problems in the house. Now that you ask, I really don't know how to explain it to you, Master?"
"Is there something wrong with the house?"
He Ping was a little curious. He observed the mansion outside and didn't notice anything unusual.
"Yes, this house is haunted!!"
He Fusheng spoke matter-of-factly.