Breaking Through the Wall

"What is the body-shaping principle behind this evil pool?"

Divine Lord Zhenyuan has some knowledge of sacrificial methods.

For example, he knew the art of sacrificial rituals that allowed one to live and die together. By binding one's life to a living being that had existed for a long time, one could keep the other alive as long as they were alive, and even if they were injured, the damage could be reduced.

For example, sacrificial offerings to exchange blood or even Law Power.

Many sacrificial methods require a great deal of effort for little reward, and over time they have been gradually phased out.

If there were any sacrificial rituals that involved exchanging something small for something large, that would indeed be a strange tale.

Divine Lord Zhenyuan found it hard to believe that a disciple of Buddha Tathagata could be stuffed inside and then replaced by the leader of the Zhunti.

Whenever such a good thing happens, the Eight Treasures Merit Pool of Mount Ling will definitely be controlled by the most powerful force in the Three Realms, and then regularly nurture the furnace cauldrons to shape a healthy body.

From this perspective, Divine Lord Zhenyuan felt it was better for this place to be destroyed. After all, they could watch the excitement here today, but who knew if they would be chosen one day to become furnace materials in the pool?

For cultivators seeking immortality, this is an irresistible temptation.

Divine Lord Zhenyuan was quite satisfied with his strength, but he was not invincible. If anyone coveted his cultivation and physical body and joined forces to set a trap, he would not come out unscathed.

"I don't Origins of the Dao either. Let's dig it up and take a look!"

Divine Lord Zhenyuan asked a question, but Zhang Xuezhou, who was releasing the Purple Gold Bell Law Treasure, responded without turning his head.

"OK!"

Practice makes perfect, Divine Lord Zhenyuan felt that taking direct action was far better than guessing.

He responded and then looked at the half-filled pool of poisonous sand.

While the toxicity of this sand is secondary, it is excellent for blocking waterways. As it continuously mixes with the water flow and passes through the rocky mountains, it may eventually block the flowing water of the Eight Treasures Merit Pool.

Divine Lord Zhenyuan reached out and took some spring water into his palm. The previously clean and transparent spring water had turned pitch black. Apart from the addition of toxins, Divine Lord Zhenyuan could not see anything special about this water.

It's like ordinary mountain spring water, which collects rainwater from heaven and earth, seeps through the rocks and gathers here before flowing into the Eight Treasures Merit Pool.

"I can't understand it!"

After pondering for a moment, Divine Lord Zhenyuan felt that he could not understand the cause and effect at all, and even less could he understand why the body of the Burning Lamp Daoist had melted and broken apart after being soaked.

His thought process didn't last long. Zhang Xuezhou used the Purple Gold Bell to spew out poisonous sand for two minutes, but its power gradually weakened, and he could rarely see any more poisonous sand being spewed out.

"I told you this thing wouldn't work; it loses its power if left unused!"

Zhang Xuezhou's face showed dissatisfaction. He picked up the purple-gold bell that was soaking in water and then put the stopper back in.

"It's not quite good enough for spraying water!"

Looking at the half-filled pool of poisonous sand, Divine Lord Zhenyuan felt that the sand was enough to spray over a large area, potentially affecting hundreds or even thousands of people.

This kind of treasure is already considered top-tier in the current Three Realms. If his Daoist temple were to be slandered like this, Divine Lord Zhenyuan felt that cleaning up would be a major problem.

When the Immortal Court targeted the Western Sect, it wasn't just empty talk; they were after the defiled Spirit Mountain Secret Realm and didn't even want anyone to live there.

Divine Lord Zhenyuan and Zhang Xuezhou exchanged views several times, while the Buddha's son, Tathagata, watched from the side, his eyelids twitching.

Although Zhang Xuezhou was dissatisfied, the Buddha's disciple was well aware that the Purple Gold Bell was a major weapon against regional pollution.

He didn't know what power the other two bells would unleash, but even if this bell that spewed poisonous sand were to spray it wildly in the secret realm of Mount Ling, the harm would be enormous. It would be even more of a torment for the Western Sect cultivators who didn't like wearing shoes, and cleaning up the sand mixed into the soil would be a huge undertaking.

"The other two bells aren't suitable for spraying either!"

Zhang Xuezhou glanced at the fire-breathing and smoke-breathing purple-gold bells and felt that the two bells were useless.

He always used whatever he had, and now, with the help of the Purple Gold Bell, he had polluted the water source, which made him quite satisfied.

After replacing the original arrangement destroyed by Buddha's disciples and others with poisonous sand, Zhang Xuezhou kept gesturing the location of the spring and the Eight Treasures Merit Pool, and also mentioned the fissure in the ground that carried the water.

This was a distance of several miles, and even with Zhang Xuezhou's superb Stone Transformation Technique, it would be difficult to traverse it, but he was unwilling to give up without trying.

Gathering Law Power in his hands, Zhang Xuezhou then slapped the spring water pool beside him.

The rocks in the wind cave were much harder than Zhang Xuezhou had imagined; they showed no signs of weathering whatsoever and resembled hard metallic minerals.

"Your Technique Method is quite interesting!"

With a flick of his sleeve, Divine Lord Zhenyuan swept away the stone fragments that Zhang Xuezhou had dissolved. He watched Zhang Xuezhou 'Zhang Xuezhou Stone Transformation Technique with great interest, feeling that this Technique Method would be very convenient for construction.

If he possessed such Technique Method, creating the secret realm of Broken Soul Ridge would be much simpler.

Divine Lord Zhenyuan directly asked for the Dharma, and Zhang Xuezhou didn't try to hide anything.

The Stone Transformation Technique can turn sand into stone when used in the forward direction, and turn Stone Transformation into sand when used in the reverse direction. This technique is useless in combat, but it is excellent for causing trouble.

Divine Lord Zhenyuan cultivated his Technique Method at an extremely fast pace. After casting his spell several times, he also used his Technique Method to dissolve a large area of rock.

"This place is 633 zhang away from the Eight Treasures Merit Pool. At the rate you two are working together to carve Stone Transformation, it will take at least half a month of continuous spellcasting to dig a passage that is half a person high!"

The Buddha's disciple gazed at the two.

His gaze would occasionally drift to the severely injured Daoist Ran Deng.

As a disciple of Buddha who was sent into the evil pool by the Sect Master Jieyin, Tathagata Buddha wanted to save the Daoist Ran Deng, but he needed to wait for the right opportunity to leave the Bifeng Cave to seek a cure. He didn't even know what kind of way to help him.

If he had any hope at the moment, the Buddha's disciple hoped that the two people in front of him would stop digging the irrigation ditch and instead go out to fight the Sect Master Jieyin head-on.

Just like the two of them fought fiercely on Mount Miru, as long as the Western Sect was disrupted, the Buddha's disciple felt that he would definitely have a chance to go out and find the elixir of healing.

"Half a month seems a bit long," said Divine Lord Zhenyuan.

"It's taking a while!"

Zhang Xuezhou nodded, Stone Transformation Technique swept away another large area of rocky rock.

Zhang Xuezhou had also experienced the transformation of this evil pool. He felt that there were mysteries in this place, but he had no intention of figuring them out.

Besides polluting the spring water, Zhang Xuezhou felt that the water flow could be altered, or even the spring water could be cut off or modified, thus severing the water source of the Babao Merit Pool.

He certainly wouldn't dig hundreds of feet away; he just needed to find the true source of the spring.

"This request won't be too difficult!"

After exchanging a few words with Divine Lord Zhenyuan and understanding Zhang Xuezhou's meaning, Divine Lord Zhenyuan breathed a sigh of relief.

After casting spells and digging for nearly ten zhang, when Divine Lord Zhenyuan swept his hand again, they saw the stone wall broken open and a sealed stone chamber discovered.

"This is weird!"

The stone chamber is not large, only a few square meters in size, but it is fully equipped with all the necessary items, including a stone table, stone chairs, a stone bed, and a jade pillow.

But what attracts the most attention is not these objects of seclusion, but rather a pool inside the stone chamber, in which a long, withered skeleton with a tail is immersed.

The flesh and internal organs on the withered bones had all decomposed, but a new membrane of flesh and blood had been attached to them, as if flesh and blood were being generated.

Zhang Xuezhou and Divine Lord Zhenyuan exchanged a glance. They both felt that something was amiss, which explained why the Buddha's disciple called this place the Evil Pool.

If the two are not mistaken, this demon bone is very likely related to the wondrous power that guides the Eight Treasures Merit Pool.

"There are ancient characters here!"

The Buddha's disciple came upon hearing the sound. He used his mental power to manifest flames, illuminating the stone chamber and discovering the written records inside.

Unlike the Sanskrit recorded in the imagination of the Buddha's disciples, these characters are ancient hieroglyphs from the Southern Jambudvipa Continent).