Longevity and Immortal Cultivation: Starting from Controlling Your Own Essence.

Chapter 250 The secret of controlling evil!

"The one who controls evil..."

Zhang Yao's expression did not change and he said:

"Fellow Taoist, you might as well speak more clearly."

"……All right."

Ancestor Ming Yuan hesitated for a moment, then slowly said:

"Since everything has been said to this extent, I should keep my promise and tell the truth."

"Back then, after I went deep into the underground world and met the Zhuoxiu tribe, I made a deal with them..."

As he spoke, he suddenly pulled open his shirt and exposed his chest.

On the chest of Ancestor Ming Yuan, there was a black shadow that was constantly squirming, like a large-area tattoo that had been activated, 'parasitizing' on his body.

At the moment when the 'black shadow tattoo' appeared:

Zhang Yao once again felt the 'alienated turbid air'-like aura from Ancestor Ming Yuan's body, but this time it was much stronger and stimulated the mana in his body to stir slightly.

"This is the price I paid, and this is my opportunity. The two are one."

Ancestor Ming Yuan pointed to the black shadow tattoo on his chest and said calmly:
"Perhaps you can also see that this is a black evil beast!"

"However, unlike the normal black evil beast, this black evil beast has extremely high intelligence, which is roughly equivalent to that of a human child of several years old, and it has been domesticated by the Zhuoxiu tribe."

"It was integrated into my body by Zhuoxiu using secret methods, giving me the ability to swallow the black tide, and it can also swallow and refine the understanding of various dark attributes, greatly speeding up my cultivation process and weakening my cultivation bottleneck."

As he spoke, he took a deep breath and said in a low voice:

"But it is an outsider after all. It cannot truly integrate with me. Instead, it will continue to erode my body and soul."

"For hundreds of years, every day, every night, every moment, I have endured the pain of thousands of arrows piercing my heart and thousands of ants biting my body. I feel myself being eroded and devoured bit by bit, and gradually losing myself."

"In the beginning, I hid in the cave for decades and never came out. I didn't even dare to meet my only direct disciple. Later, I gradually became numb, and now I'm even used to it."

When Ancestor Ming Yuan said this, he had already put on his clothes again and covered up the black shadow tattoo on his chest.

Zhang Yao looked away and his tone was a little subtle:
"Have you ever regretted it?"

For hundreds of years, he has endured the pain of thousands of arrows piercing his heart all the time. He asked himself that he might not be able to resist it.

It has to be said that this Ancestor Ming Yuan is a ruthless person.

"Of course I won't regret it."

Ancestor Ming Yuan’s face remained unchanged, and he stated in an emotionless tone:

"I am just a mere earth spirit root. I am able to reach the golden elixir realm at the age of more than 100 years old. I rely on the opportunity of immortality gained by daring to fight hard and risking my life along the way."

"But when you reach the Golden Core realm, it's no longer useful to just try your best."

"If you want to go further in the Golden Core Realm, talent, understanding, background, and opportunities are all indispensable. But I have none, so of course I must seize every opportunity!"

He said, smiled and said:
"If it weren't for the ruthless decision I made back then, I would have been trapped in the small territory of Damo for the rest of my life, trapped in the bottleneck of the early stage of Jindan, watching myself die of old age, unwilling but powerless."

"I would rather die in a fight with a powerful enemy than die on my bed."

"So, of course I don't regret it; to this day, I'm still grateful to the person I was back then for making the right choice."

Zhang Yao nodded slightly, and said:

"I understand... Taoist fellow Taoist's strong will is really admirable."

"Then this time fellow Taoist took advantage of the large-scale opening of the black tide to prepare to return to the underground world again, but why?"

"Of course it's to eliminate this hidden danger!"

Ancestor Ming Yuan took a deep breath, exhaled it slowly, and said:

"When I accepted Zhuoxiu's deal, they warned me that if I can wait for the second large-scale outbreak of the Kuroshio in my lifetime, I must come back."

"Because only they can expel the black evil beast from my body."

"Whether I was unlucky and didn't wait, or I waited but didn't come back, the end would be the same - I would be devoured by the black beast and eventually transformed into a terrifying monster."

When Zhang Yao heard this, he suddenly showed a hint of understanding:
"I see……"

"So, the mysterious black shadow that planned to attack us earlier is a 'Shaman Controller' who lost control!"

"Correct."

Ancestor Mingyuan nodded and said:

"Actually, I was very afraid of him at the beginning. After all, I am the only one who knows the price of merging with the Black Evil Beast."

"Since he can persevere, his strength will never be any worse than mine. He must be an unprecedented enemy!"

"The brief encounter in the Black Tide confirmed my judgment, so much so that I did not dare to relax even after forming an alliance with my Taoist friends."

"After all, if I can find allies, he can also find allies. There are dangers everywhere in Mo Yuan, and it is still unclear who will win in the end."

As he spoke, his tone became more relaxed:

"But this time, when he controlled the Black Evil Beast to sneak attack and kill 'Heisen Taoist' Sima Yan, showing off his power and shocking all the Golden Core cultivators, I saw through the truth!"

"It turns out that he couldn't stand it for a long time. I don't know when the black evil beast completely eroded his sanity. He can no longer be regarded as a monk, but as an alienated monster."

"It is naturally much easier to deal with this kind of guy than to deal with an old and cunning monk."

Hearing this, Zhang Yao looked thoughtful:
"Before he entered Mo Yuan, he should have disguised himself as an ordinary Jindan monk. His methods were very clever and no one noticed anything unusual."

"It can be seen that his intelligence is not low, at least it is much higher than the normal black evil beast..."

Halfway through his words, he suddenly reacted and his eyes flashed:
"...So, fellow Taoist's previous deliberate concession was actually to test the position of Ancestor Yin Yan?"

At this time, Zhang Yao reacted belatedly:
Ancestor Ming Yuan is a first-class ruthless person. How could he be so afraid of the situation of being a wolf in front and a tiger in the back that he would take the initiative to give in?
"Correct."

Ancestor Mingyuan said calmly:
"Although there are many Jindan cultivators who entered Mo Yuan this time, apart from you and me, there are only three who can truly be called strong."

"Among them, Heisen Taoist Sima Yan is dead, leaving only two people, Ancestor Yinyan and Master Tianying. If we can rule out or confirm the suspicion of one of them in advance, we will have the upper hand."

Speaking of this, he looked at Zhang Yao with complicated emotions in his eyes:
"But when I asked for help from my fellow Taoist, I thought that the fellow Taoist would take the opportunity to put forward conditions or force me to tell part of the truth. I was already mentally prepared."

"But I didn't expect that fellow Taoist would trust me so much. He didn't mention anything else, but I judged a gentleman with a villain's heart..."

Zhang Yao smiled calmly and said:

"Fellow Daoist speaks too seriously."

"We are just grasshoppers on the same rope, and Pindao is not the one who adds insult to injury."

Of course he is not as aboveboard as he says, but it is true that he is not that short-sighted.The situation at that time was extremely dangerous. It would have been a lot of fun if there had been internal strife on our side and the others had discovered the flaw.

"Um……"

Zhang Yao pondered for a moment, then cautiously said:

"I have two more questions that I would like to ask fellow Taoist."

Ancestor Mingyuan nodded and gestured:
"Okay, fellow Taoist, it's okay to speak frankly."

Zhang Yao looked solemn and said:

"The first question is, what is the purpose of Zhuoxiu using secret methods to fuse the black evil beasts with foreign surface monks?"

"Second, why are you and the other evil master at odds with each other? Why does he insist on getting rid of you?"

Ancestor Ming Yuan was silent for a moment before speaking:

"I can't answer the first question because I don't know and they can't tell me."

"Of course I know that those underground cultivators spend a lot of money to do this kind of thing. They must have a special purpose, and they may even have a very big intention that will harm the entire surface cultivator world."

"But I had no other choice at the time. Even if I were asked to choose again, the result would be the same."

"As for your second question..."

He hesitated for a moment and lowered his voice subconsciously:
"When the black tide was approaching, I sensed him and he sensed me."

"At that time, a special desire arose in my heart... just like a person who has been hungry for several days and suddenly encounters a rich table of delicacies from the mountains and seas."

"My body's instinct...or, in other words, the black evil beast fused in my body is forcing me to get close to him and devour him. It becomes very restless and almost makes me unable to control it."

"I believe that he feels the same way, even more intensely because he has been completely alienated."

After Zhang Yao listened to his words, he thought deeply for a while and then said slowly:
"Fellow Taoist promised me before that a great opportunity would be given to me. He wouldn't let me fuse with the Black Evil Beast, right?"

"of course not!"

Ancestor Mingyuan waved his hands quickly and said:

"Not to mention whether the Taoist friend is willing, even if you are willing, you can't do it."

"Fellow Taoist is not practicing the dark zodiac sign technique, and the foundation of his magic power has been finalized for a long time. It is impossible to fuse the black evil beast."

"The opportunity I'm talking about is a real opportunity, not this kind of deal with Zhuoxiu."

Hearing this, Zhang Yao's expression relaxed a little and he gestured:
"Then fellow Taoist can tell you in detail."

"it is good!"

Ancestor Mingyuan pondered for a moment and then said:

"I said before that Zhuoxiu has unimaginable resources in his hands."

"The underground world is dazzling and contains countless treasures. Many of them are spiritual objects and rare treasures that Zhuo Xiu has absolutely no use for, so they have been accumulated."

"The accumulation from generation to generation has accumulated mountains of spiritual treasures in Zhuoxiu's treasure house, and has also developed many uses for surface monks..."

When he said this, he suddenly smiled mysteriously:
"Fellow Taoist, you might as well take a guess. When a normal monk thinks of the precious resources produced in the underground world, what will he think of first?"

"This……"

Zhang Yao was startled for a moment, then he immediately reacted and his eyes lit up:
"Earth milk? Those Zhuoxiu tribes have a large amount of earth milk in their hands?"

The dew of the sky and the milk of the earth are the treasures of heaven and earth that no one knows and knows about.

Earth milk is produced from tens of thousands of feet deep underground. It is said that only Yuanying stage old monsters who are good at escaping from the earth can go deep into the ground to collect it. It is known as the "first spiritual object that forms pills".

Heavenly dew can be born on the Nine Heavens Gang Wind. Only the legendary God-Transforming True Lord has the ability to collect it. It is the "first treasure of the Yuanying". Its effect in assisting the breakthrough of the Yuanying is unparalleled and far superior. It surpasses all spiritual objects, rare treasures, elixirs, and magical methods.

The magical uses of earth milk are endless, and it goes far beyond assisting in breaking through the core. If you can really get a large amount of earth milk, it will definitely be considered a great opportunity.

The main ingredient of the 'Xiantian Pure Yuan Dan' is earth milk. You can imagine how precious this thing is. Even Liu Cang, the Five Elements Sanshi who was rampant in the past, could only collect a drop.

"Hahaha……"

Ancestor Ming Yuan gave a long laugh:
“Not a lot, but a massive amount!”

"Earth milk is a condensation of pure spiritual energy and the earth's vitality. It is a magical elixir to us, but it is a highly poisonous thing to Zhuo Xiu!"

"But they also knew how rare this thing was, so they built a treasure pond to store earth milk, and developed the 'earth milk bath' method."

"After we, the monks, bathe in the earth's milk, our affinity to spiritual energy will be greatly enhanced, and the speed of breathing in spiritual energy and restoring mana will be greatly accelerated!"

Zhang Yao couldn't help but feel excited after hearing this.

The effect of earthly milk bathing is equivalent to a disguised improvement of spiritual root qualifications, and it also bypasses the limitations of spiritual roots and is effective against heavenly spiritual roots.

As for his Five Spiritual Roots, the efficiency of breathing spiritual energy is not very high. He only relies on the blessing of formations to barely rival the Heavenly Spiritual Roots. If he can obtain the baptism of the 'Earth Milk Bath Body', the effect will probably be better than that of others. More powerful!
“It’s truly a mysterious miracle of nature, everything is there!”

Zhang Yao took a deep breath and said with emotion:

"No wonder my fellow Taoists were so confident before and concluded that I would definitely choose to enter the deepest level."

"After learning the secret of earth milk bathing, which monk in the world can resist being tempted?"

After saying that, he calmed down and then asked:
"I'm afraid it's not that easy to get the opportunity of 'Earth Milk Bathing' from the Zhuoxiu tribe, right?"

"Of course it's not easy."

Ancestor Ming Yuan sighed and then said:

"The Earthly Milk Pond was built just to tempt surface monks like me to work for them."

"If you want to have the opportunity to bathe in earthly milk, the prerequisite is to accept the fusion of the Black Evil Beast, and to survive until the next large-scale black tide breaks out, and then return to the Zhuoxiu tribe."

"After that, Zhuo Xiu will remove the black evil beast from the body of the evil master, and will also reward him with a chance to bathe in earth milk."

Hearing this, Zhang Yao immediately understood:
"So...we must kill the evil master who has become out of control?"

How could one opportunity be enough for the two of them?

No matter what the real purpose of those Zhuo cultivators is, their target is obviously the black evil beast that has been to the surface of the earth. A black evil beast represents an opportunity to bathe in the earth's milk.

"Fellow Daoist Ming Yuan, aren't you going a little too far?"

Zhang Yao stared at Ancestor Mingyuan with an evil look on his face.

He was promised a great opportunity, but it turned out to be just an opportunity, and he had to fight for it himself.

This was tantamount to tying him to Ancestor Ming Yuan's chariot in disguise. If he wanted to get a chance to bathe in the earth's milk, he had to help Ancestor Ming Yuan kill the evil master who had become alienated and out of control.

What is this?Do you really think he has a good temper and can be fooled like this?
(End of this chapter)