CXnovel #723 - Holy Child
#723 - Holy Child
After a full month, just as Liang Yue's lakeside garden project was being finalized and everything was in full swing, the members of the Medicine Immortal Society, who had been hiding in the dense forest all day, acting mysteriously, finally completed their preparations.
As mentioned in the original work, they had found forty-nine infants from all over the country, each carefully selected and possessing excellent资质 (aptitude/potential).
If it weren't for Liang Yue, what awaited them next would be strict screening and training.
To become a Gu-Body Holy Child and achieve the ultimate goal of the Medicine Immortal Society, they naturally needed to undergo rigorous selection and training.
These forty-nine infants would be placed in a cruel assessment, with no懈怠 (slackness) allowed at any time. During their growth, their performance and the standards of their trainers would determine whether they were qualified.
It was like cultivating a human-shaped Gu insect.
As the saying goes, "Nine dogs give birth to one獒 (mastiff)."
The power of a mastiff is beyond doubt, but the process of its birth is exceptionally cruel.
The Gu-Body Holy Child is even more so, and their human nature and instincts are artificially erased.
Even the one who ultimately succeeds is not necessarily much luckier than those who are eliminated, fail, or die along the way, just like the little girl in the original work.
The establishment of a worldview and behavioral logic often becomes the foundation for a person's existence, and sometimes the smarter a person is, the easier it is for them to get stuck in a rut.
Attempting to use Gu poison, this external object, to replace the promotion of天地灵气 (heaven and earth spiritual energy) on the human body, thereby obtaining some seemingly powerful and strange methods.
This is inherently a heretical path, and with the quality of Gu insects in the current world, it is impossible to complete a further transformation.
At this time, Liang Yue had arrived inside the Medicine Immortal Society.
Dressed in a deep blue Daoist robe, with his hair in a bun, he looked out of place among the Miao people in their ethnic costumes.
The Gu masters of the Medicine Immortal Society were gathered together, discussing the cultivation plan for the Gu-Body Holy Child fiercely, completely ignoring his existence, as if they couldn't see him at all.
Liang Yue was standing in the main hall, with his hands behind his back, quietly standing in front of the incense table at the head of the stone hall.
On the stone wall behind the table was not enshrined any god or Gu insect, but a行炁图 (Qi circulation diagram) in the shape of an infant, with some annotations on the diagram.
It looked ancient and simple.
Overall, this diagram basically followed the traditional Daoist cultivation concept, taking the path of炼精化气 (refining essence into Qi), 炼气化神 (refining Qi into spirit), and 炼神返虚 (refining spirit to return to emptiness).
However, perhaps because of the continuous depletion of天地灵气 (heaven and earth spiritual energy) over time, past cultivators had gradually been unable to cultivate to the level of their predecessors.
This was due to the general environment;异人 (supernatural beings) were in it and could only drift along, helpless.
But some unwilling people chose to take alternative routes, trying to challenge the difficulties that plagued their cultivation with various unconventional methods.
The core of the Medicine Immortal Society's inheritance was Gu, so their chosen route was naturally Gu.
Thus, after thousands of years of evolution, the original, orthodox, and simple cultivation diagram, as depicted on the stone wall, had evolved into what it was today.
The Gu-Body Holy Child was born from this.
Liang Yue had actually heard of the Medicine Immortal Society.
However, the last time he heard about them was before the founding of the country.
It was said that this異人 (supernatural being) force acted eccentrically, was bizarrely cruel, and had a somewhat twisted value system, which later provoked a joint siege by many forces in the異人 (supernatural being) world and relevant departments.
At that time, it was said that they had already been exterminated, and the inheritance within had been taken away by the relevant departments.
Now that they have made a comeback, there must have been a problem in some环节 (aspects/links) ...
To realize the ancestral methods of the sect for many years, the goal itself cannot be said to be wrong, but this kind of practice of using people as Gu and abducting other people's children to enrich the sect.
Whether ancient or modern, is not allowed.
Looking at the group of Gu masters in the hall, discussing it enthusiastically, vying to speak, from those pairs of eyes that seemed to glow, Liang Yue seemed to see a few signs of enchantment.
So, the next moment, two shadow clones separated from his body one after the other, and then went to the nursery where the forty-nine infants were being held.
Because Liang Yue had been observing the group of Gu masters of the Medicine Immortal Society for a while in advance.
It can be said that in the past month, the group of people had been busy under his nose, so he already knew the terrain and routes of this dense forest valley very well.
The forty-nine little guys had only been abducted and gathered a few days ago, and they had not yet had time to be formally injected with Gu poison, but were temporarily being raised in the manner of ordinary families.
This was, after all, related to the cultivation of the highest achievement of their inheritance, so the people of the Medicine Immortal Society were very cautious about it.
The purpose of separating out two shadow clones was naturally to go to the nursery to protect their safety, in case some people from the Medicine Immortal Society would resort to desperate measures.
However, compared to Liang Yue's main body, the abilities of the two clones were naturally somewhat inferior.
At least in terms of hiding themselves, those two bodies composed of pure energy could not compare to him.
Hearing this movement, the Gu masters in the hall immediately became alert, got up one after another, and jumped up and down, wanting to go and check.
"I want to see~ who is not afraid of death, dare to break into our Medicine Immortal Society's headquarters! He is simply tired of living!"
A young and strong, dark-skinned man, at this time, rolled up his sleeves and said with gritted teeth.
Most of the others present were also like this~
You must know that they were discussing the millennium plan of the sect at this time, and once it was completed, it would mark that they had finally completed their long-cherished wish!
At this crucial moment of such a major event, someone actually ran to disturb them, which was simply unforgivable!
"It's me~"
At this moment, a light voice suddenly sounded in the hall.
The group of Gu masters immediately shuddered, and quickly looked around, only to see Liang Yue, with his hands behind his back, standing in front of the offering table, quietly looking at them.
"Ka~"
Among the Gu masters, an old man with white hair and countless ravines on his face, his expression, which was originally filled with shock and anger, suddenly stagnated when he saw him, and then turned into a look of horror.
Trembling all over, he could no longer move at all, and his mouth unconsciously made a series of clicking sounds.
"Hmm~ You've seen me?"
Looking at the old guy opposite him, Liang Yue's mouth curled slightly.
Unfortunately, this old Gu master seemed to be unable to speak at this time, and unconsciously, his face was already covered with sweat.
However, some of the younger and stronger young people beside him were more decisive, waved their hands, and immediately reprimanded.
"Pretending to be a ghost! Take him down for me!"
"Boy, you're really tired of living!"
"Watch me~\
,"Unfortunately, at the next moment, the entire stone hall suddenly, without any warning, burst into flames!
The hall, which was originally a bit damp, was instantly baked to an extremely hot temperature!
For a time, it seemed that flames were constantly rising in every corner.
In the blink of an eye, the group of people who were still alive were burned into a pile of coke by the flames!
Including the old guy who was so frightened that his limbs were stiff and he couldn't speak~
"Since you don't want to say, then forget it."
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