Chapter 3

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With each breath, although the medicinal power was spreading, the burning sensation throughout his body grew more intense, as if Liu Shengzhi was being scorched by flames. However, amidst this breathing, he still felt a sense of clarity. He slowly guided the medicinal power into his dantian.

After an unknown amount of time, Liu Shengzhi suddenly jolted. His breathing through his mouth and nose abruptly stopped, and even his heartbeat ceased.

He coldly watched as he once again left his body.

This time, unlike previous instances of his soul leaving his body, there was no coldness, only a light and weak feeling. On the contrary, this time, Liu Shengzhi's soul seemed to be enveloped in a faint warmth, protecting him.

"Huh!"

As he circled the room, Liu Shengzhi suddenly felt something in the distance calling to him.

This made Liu Shengzhi quite curious!

This was the first time he had such a feeling, and without hesitation, he followed it.

He could sense that the call was coming from outside the house.

Liu Shengzhi then noticed that Huo Hongye's villa was built outside the city, surrounded by mountains and water, in a very famous high-end community. The people living here were all wealthy and influential!

Of course, that wasn't the main point. He could feel that the feng shui here was excellent!

This could be seen from the perspective of the soul. People have a body light, and the land has a divine light. In places with good feng shui, the aura emitted from the area might not be particularly strong, but it certainly has a harmonious feeling.

Just like Liu Shengzhi had heard before, no matter how skilled some feng shui masters claim to be, to see if they have real skills, you don't need to understand too much. Just look at the feng shui they set up and see if it feels particularly comfortable!

Here, whether with the naked eye or the soul, it felt very comfortable.

However, Liu Shengzhi could feel that the strange sensation was coming from not far away, outside the villa area.

Approaching the window, Liu Shengzhi hesitated. Experience told him that although the soul is intangible, passing through glass would consume the soul's power. The wind outside could bring great danger.

It was night, and if it were daytime, it would be even more dangerous. Even in the room, it would feel like being burned.

However, the strong attraction quickly took over, making Liu Shengzhi disregard everything and pass through.

Ordinarily, at this time, Liu Shengzhi wouldn't dare to run around. The soul could be completely destroyed by the sun or a strong wind.

But this time, it seemed as if a force was protecting him. A faint warm current enveloped him, and the wind from outside seemed to be blocked by this current.

Liu Shengzhi was not from this area and was not familiar with the local surroundings. After leaving the villa area, he directly crossed two mountains and, without realizing it, arrived at a desolate mountain, seeing collapsed brick and tile foundations in the overgrown grass.

In a daze, he entered a cave amidst the乱石衰草. As he walked deeper, the surroundings became increasingly dark. After an unknown amount of time, a faint light appeared before him.

It was a cave with stone beds, stone tables, and a rusted alchemy furnace.

"Where is this?"

Liu Shengzhi was puzzled and suddenly attracted to a stone pillow on the stone bed. He walked over, thinking that the soul couldn't move such objects, but to his surprise, just a touch opened it, revealing a yellowed silk book with densely written small characters.

"Immortal Book!" Liu Shengzhi's expression became strange as he recognized the clerical script from his previous study of ancient books. But what a name!

However, after reading just a section, his expression became serious. This clearly recorded a profound Daoist technique, and the section he read was identical to the qi-guiding technique Huo Hongye taught him, but it was more complete and advanced.

"Could I have encountered a mystical event?"

Liu Shengzhi's heart raced, and stories from ancient books about encountering immortals in the mountains, inheriting Daoist techniques, and achieving immortality flooded his mind.

However, before his joy could fully spread, the silk book began to yellow and weather, and the characters started to fade.

"No!" Liu Shengzhi screamed, desperately trying to memorize the content.

Fortunately, the weathering was not too fast, and Liu Shengzhi managed to remember about five or six parts of it before the entire silk book turned into a pile of black ash.

Before Liu Shengzhi could lament, he saw a non-metallic, non-iron plaque in the black ash, engraved with talismans.

"Heaven and Earth Shift Divine Talisman!"

As soon as he touched it, the iron talisman suddenly emitted a huge suction force, pulling Liu Shengzhi into it.

Liu Shengzhi struggled desperately, but the iron talisman's power was overwhelmingly strong, and he was sucked into a vortex-like passage.

After a long time, Liu Shengzhi found himself not torn apart. Instead, he had left the stone chamber and returned to the Yanzi Mountain.

No, Liu Shengzhi soon realized something was wrong. Although he was back in the wilderness, this was definitely not Yanzi Mountain.

The terrain was completely different!

More importantly, the sky was pitch black with no moon. Liu Shengzhi clearly remembered that tonight, although the moon wasn't full, it was extremely bright.

However, here, there seemed to be a gray mist, and the sky was also gray. There was no moon, and not even a single star.

Unconsciously, many gray shadows emerged around him, faintly moving forward.

A sense of fear and coldness began to creep into Liu Shengzhi's heart. Could he have already arrived in the underworld?

Although he claimed not to be afraid, when the moment came, he was ultimately panicked!

Seeing the gray shadows gathering from all directions and moving in one direction, Liu Shengzhi gritted his teeth and followed.

The shadows around him were light and airy, like paper figures being blown forward by the wind.

He wondered what the King of Hell looked like, but strangely, he felt inexplicably calm.

A huge black shadow appeared in the distance, which he initially thought was just another hill. However, as he got closer, he saw an ancient city.

"Could this be the Hall of the King of Hell? Why does it look so shabby?" Liu Shengzhi felt a bit disappointed, thinking the "Hall of the King of Hell" was too simple.

The Hall of the King of Hell couldn't possibly look like this! Liu Shengzhi felt doubtful as he approached the city, but he realized he was still in a soul state, floating.

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