Above the Great Dao

Chen Shi, Yu Lingzi, and Black Pot followed the Qiongyang Ancestor to the outside of the Demon Suppressing Cave. Qiongyang looked towards the Taihua Mountains under the moonlight and frowned slightly.

She also didn't know where Jing Hong would head at this moment.

The sky slightly fluctuated, a Void Great Realm quietly and silently appeared, like a narrow eyelid slowly opening. Her Primordial Spirit hid within, observing the movements of the mountains below.

She was already a master of the Mahayana Realm. Although she hadn't refined the Void Great Realm to be as delicate as a willow leaf, her cultivation was extremely profound, closely matching figures of the ancestor level in the Thirteen Families.

"Little Ten, Yu Lingzi, I will hide in the sky, you enter the mountain and search!"

The Qiongyang Ancestor's form disappeared, her voice came from nowhere, "Be careful, he can transform into the likeness of anyone during his transformation!"

Chen Shi and Yu Lingzi glanced at each other with a shiver.

The Golden Cicada Sheds Shell Heavenly Immortal Diagram is the Taihua Green Palace's cultivation method for the Ghost Immortal. This cultivation technique centers on transformation and feathering. Chen Shi had seen this method in the True King's Tomb but had never cultivated it.

This was originally an authentic Taoist cultivation technique, but being cultivated by someone as powerful as Sect Leader Jing Hong, who had already begun to turn evil, the method was likely tainted with sinister wickedness.

"Yu Lingzi, do you remember who killed Fan Kongliu?" Chen Shi approached Yu Lingzi, casually asked.

Yu Lingzi's eyes flickered: "No one killed Fan Kongliu. Fan Kongliu was hung upside down by me, and I threw him into the Dragon-locking Well at Qixia Temple. True King, do you remember the name of the little path leading to Lanyue Palace in Qixia Temple?"

"White Jade Path," Chen Shi replied.

Both of them sighed with relief, lowering their guard.

Chen Shi picked up a handful of leaves, blew out his breath, and many leaves turned into birds and flew away.

"Xu Family's spell?" Yu Lingzi was slightly taken aback.

Chen Shi said, "It's actually just a simple transformation charm. You just need to hide a breath of Primordial Qi within it, operate the Creation Magic Skill, and you can transform many small objects into birds, using their eyes as eyes to see many things usually unseen."

Yu Lingzi shook his head and said, "Talismans are too complicated. I don't have the talent for this. I've cultivated the Shadow Following Technique of the Taihua Green Palace."

He activated this skill, only to see, under the moonlight, his shadow suddenly split into dozens, each rising like a person, sticking to the ground, darting swiftly, leaping in all directions, climbing, and searching different directions.

Chen Shi was amazed that the Daoist Skills recorded in the True King's Tomb often had cultivation methods without practical applications, to prevent the loss of profound skills. The Shadow Following Technique used by Yu Lingzi, he had never seen before.

As Yu Lingzi was running, he said, "Yin is the shadow of Yang; ghost is the shadow of man; moon is the shadow of sun; emotion is the shadow of nature. Yang, man, sun, and nature are all the governing masters of shadow, moon, and emotion. When the subject is set, the shadow follows. This is the essence of the Shadow Following Technique."

Chen Shi picked more leaves, blew out a breath, and the leaves turned into birds flying towards the mountains.

Black Pot followed behind them, its eyes penetrating the Yin Yang Two Realms, simultaneously searching the underworld and the mortal world.'

It occasionally hid in the underworld, sometimes poking its dog head out to peek around, then retreating again.

The two humans and one dog searched along the mountains, and a Giant Spirit within the mountains crouched to observe them, appearing as a bright-eyed girl in red clothing, softly asking what they were looking for.

She was a spiritual essence of a Demon Tree, yet to be enthroned as a deity, naming herself as Illusory Concubine.

Chen Shi felt a slight stirring in his heart and said, "Illusory Concubine, we are looking for Sect Leader Jing Hong. Have you seen him today?"

The Illusory Concubine swayed like a willow in the wind, her waist supple, and replied, "I haven't seen him. Isn't Sect Leader Jing Hong already immortal passed?"

Chen Shi inquired, "After Sect Leader Jing Hong's passing, have you noticed any abnormalities in the mountain?"

Illusory Concubine curiously asked, "What abnormalities? Oh yes, one night, I saw two Brother Tigers. Does that count as abnormal?"

"Two Brother Tigers?"

Yu Lingzi felt a slight stirring in his heart and said, "Brother Tiger is Hu Ben, a powerful spirit in the mountain. Come to think of it, Hu Ben has been missing for a long time."

Similar demon spirits often disappeared, often relocating to become the local nurturing spirit elsewhere, which the Taihua Green Palace turned a blind eye to.

Illusory Concubine said, "Since that night, both Brother Tigers have disappeared. I found it very strange."

"Hu Ben was devoured by Sect Leader Jing Hong!" Chen Shi and Yu Lingzi exchanged a glance, thinking to themselves.

At this moment, a stream of light flew over, and Chen Shi reached out to catch it, and it was the West King Jade Seal.

His eyes flickered as he activated the Jade Seal, smilingly said, "Illusory Concubine, what's the name of this mountain where you reside?"

Illusory Concubine said, "Xiu Yun Peak, derived from the meaning of clouds unknowingly emerging from peaks."

Chen Shi raised the West King Jade Seal, its light shining brightly, illuminating Xiu Yun Peak of Taihua Mountain, solemnly proclaiming, "Today, I, Chen Shi, practicing the authority of the True King, hereby ordain the True Spirit Illusory Concubine as the Mountain God of Xiu Yun Peak, mobilizing the spiritual forces and appointing the land's officials. This is decreed!"

He stamped the seal down, the radiance of the West King Jade Seal converged onto the Illusory Concubine's exposed arm, and she dodged quickly, but it imprinted on her chest.

She hurriedly rubbed it, lamenting, "It won't come off."

Chen Shi comforted, "It will fade. Try mobilizing your divine authority."

Upon hearing this, Illusory Concubine lowered her head to look at her chest, and the West King imprint there indeed gradually faded. She tried to mobilize that imprint, seeing it reappear, and instantly the whole Xiu Yun Peak, every mountain spirit and divine image was at her command, she could even utilize parts of the divine powers and mountain spirits!

Illusory Concubine was both shocked and delighted, looking at Chen Shi with a much more charming expression, coquettishly laughing, "Little brother, I have two, how about imprinting one on this side too?"