The river god temple was quiet, with only three headless corpses there, blood flowing all over the ground. In the darkness, a one-armed giant red prawn was crawling quickly, its many legs almost running into a blurred shadow, as if it was being carried by a stream of water to move forward at high speed.

  "River God, I've finally seen you!"

  When approaching the River God Temple, three corpses were seen, and he was shocked. He immediately cursed: "Short-lived goods with no eyes, dare to come to the River God's temple to take advantage of the autumn wind, it serves you right." After finishing, he bypassed the corpses and entered the temple directly, shouting: "River God, are you okay?"

  The big red shrimp looked carefully at the River God statue and saw that its whole body was pitch black, as if it had been painted with a layer of coal. It shouted even louder: "River God, are you okay? Don't scare me, I'm just a small shrimp...!" It circled around the River God statue, muttering to itself.

  On the statue of the river god, there was no voice coming down to answer him. He walked around inside and outside, took out all the magical treasures from the three people outside, and then dragged the three into the river. He said with a smile: "Bai Xi Mei must have been starving for these days, now she can finally eat her fill. Three people should be enough for three days, right? Hmm, it seems not... Her appetite is really big, one meal will finish everything... No wonder there are few creatures in the river, they must all be eaten by her secretly..."

  "One-armed big shrimp, who are you talking about?" A sudden angry female voice came from the river. The big red shrimp was startled and quickly ran to the door of the River God Temple, looking into the river, a blue shell the size of a millstone was floating on the water surface.

  The big red shrimp let out a sigh of relief and said, "Shell sister, next time you come out, don't be so sudden and startling. Although I was born bold and fearless, I still can't take such a fright."

  "What did you just say?" Beike's anger was still simmering, and he pressed on tightly.

  The big red shrimp's eyes rolled around, and he immediately said: "I'm saying that these three people have been nourished by spiritual energy, their skin must be tender and delicious, and their tendons and bones are just right for you to eat."

  "Nonsense, I haven't eaten humans for a long time."

  "Ah, no more eating people, then... what..."

  I only eat shrimp.

  The big red shrimp jumped up and shouted loudly: "You, you! I said my shrimp children and grandchildren were nowhere to be found, it turns out they were eaten by you!" After finishing speaking, he took a deep breath and pulled out a law seal from under his shell, making a gesture as if he was about to hit. Just lifting it up, he softened again and said in a low voice: "The River God said that we can't fight, otherwise I would smash all of your Longqing moss shells."

  The shell seemed to have anticipated that the big red shrimp wouldn't dare to move, and didn't care about him all the way along the river embankment and up to the River God Temple.

  As soon as they entered the River God Temple, they saw that the River God statue was pitch black. The shellfish just looked on and didn't say a word. The big red shrimp whispered to one side: "The River God seems to be inauspicious."

  "What nonsense," said Beike angrily.

  A shrimp and a shell circled around the river god statue for a while, not long after, the shell seemed to sense something, suddenly softly called out: "River God."

  The River God statue let out a weak echo, and the big red shrimp immediately exclaimed with joy: "River God, are you okay?"

  "Hmm, where did you go?" Chen Jing asked, his voice as weak as a seriously injured person who had just woken up.

  "I was taken away by a Taoist priest who came out of nowhere, he said he wanted to make me his mount, I refused to the death, he then wanted to put some kind of golden hoop on me, suddenly a man in black appeared and killed the Taoist priest before leaving." Big Red Shrimp immediately replied, Chen Jing listened to his description and knew that it was definitely Guiyuan who had saved him.

  The big red shrimp said after the shell slowly said: "I went home for a trip."

  "Home? Where?" Chen Jing asked.

  The big red shrimp is also sideways.

  "The East Sea," said the shell.

  "Shell sister, you coax me, how can you also coax the river god?" said the big red shrimp loudly.

  "The shell said: 'Follow the river downstream and you can reach the East Sea directly.'"

  Chen Jing just responded with a sound and then there was no movement. For him, it didn't matter where they went as long as nothing happened and he didn't need to report back. However, too many things had happened today, several life-and-death battles in one night.

  Chen Jing let them leave again because it was almost dawn and they had to deal with the corpses in front of the River God Temple, lest they be seen by the early risers from the village in front of the river.

  The big red shrimp immediately ran out and dragged the three corpses completely into the river, while the shell did not go out immediately, but asked: "River God, are you really okay?"

  "It's okay, just take it easy for a while and you'll be fine."

  He himself didn't know how long this convalescence would last.

  When the four arrived at the River God Temple, Chen Jing spoke to them while also communicating with the changed Misty Heaven Sword. In the end, relying on the spiritual power contained in the sword, he used the Buddhist Sword Technique to kill three people and let one escape.

  Fortunately, that person did not come back. If he came back, he would have found that Chen Jing had no strength to resist. However, with his one sword, even in the dark there were still hidden enemies, who dared to try the edge lightly?

  For several days, the wind was calm and peaceful. During the day, villagers came to the River God Temple and saw that the statue of the god was pitch black, and everyone was shocked. Even the elderly in the village went to the temple to see it, but they couldn't figure out what was going on. The big red shrimp and the shellfish were guarding the embroidered spring bend in front of the River God Temple every day. At night, the big red shrimp would go into the River God Temple, while the shellfish would be in the water castle by the riverbank. They also naturally sensed Chen Jing's weakness.

  Day after day passed, and the gentle breeze and calm waves of Xi Chun Wan continued, while in various places between heaven and earth, winds rose and clouds surged, performing all sorts of rises and falls. The black lacquer on the River God statue had completely faded away.

  One day, suddenly, Guiyuan returned, on a night with starry lights and moonlight like frost, still barefooted, black-haired and black-robed.

  He came to the River God Temple, where the big red shrimp shouted loudly and quickly said: "You are the black-robed immortal who saved the shrimp but didn't save Xi."

  A layer of illusions suddenly surged up on Guiyuan's body, and a turtle shadow appeared. The big red shrimp immediately shouted: "It was you, old turtle."

  Guī Yuān just smiled and didn't say anything, then bowed to the River God statue and said: "Fortunately, I did not disappoint your orders, the purple hairpin has been delivered into Yè Xiānzǐ's hands."

  "My sister-in-law is all right, isn't she?" Chen Jing's breathing no longer sounded so weak.

  "Ye Xianzi's magical powers are profound, and his spells are astonishing. Even if I don't go, you will be safe and sound." After finishing speaking, he took out a roll of silk from his bosom and said: "This is the 'Divine Journey Through the Starry Sky' that Ye Xianzi asked me to bring to you. It's specifically for cultivating your primordial spirit, allowing it to manifest and roam freely in the heavens."

  Although cultivators without a physical body may not necessarily die, Chen Jing had already fallen into a coma at that time, and his physical bones were almost dead, unable to control his own will. If Ye Qingxue didn't seal him in the divine statue, he would have dispersed into nothingness. After enjoying five years of incense and waking up again, his soul had merged with the divine statue.

  Chen Jing couldn't see, so Gui Yuan read aloud for Chen Jing. Chen Jing gazed intently and listened quietly.

  When Guī Yuān finished reciting the "Shén Yóu Xīng Kōng Jué" from that scroll, Chen Jǐng immediately realized that this was actually a direct method for cultivating immortality. When cultivated to a high level, one's primordial spirit would manifest and no longer be bound by the physical body, allowing one to roam freely in the heavens. Qiān Luó Shān didn't have these methods, so where did Yè Qīng Xuě come from? The previous "Tiān Yāo Huà Xíng Piān" was also a rare treasure, with profound magical powers but no demonic beasts that could understand it if they heard it - it's possible that even Guī Yuān truly transformed after listening to it. Chen Jǐng's body suddenly turned into a stone statue; he wanted to cultivate, but there was always an invisible barrier that he couldn't break through. After hearing this, however, he immediately felt a sense of clarity and understanding.

  "Did my senior sister say where this came from?" Chen Jing asked.

  "Ye Xianzi didn't say it, but I know that this 'Divine Journey Through the Starry Sky' is a cultivation method of Fangcun Mountain."

  "Fangcun Mountain? Where is it?"

  "A mysterious sect, unknown origin, only knowing that its disciples are not many, and most of the disciples' cultivation is not high, but each generation's leader is a top-notch person in the world. It is said that there are people above the fairy way in Fangcun Mountain."

  Chen Jing wanted to ask more about Ye Qingxue, but Gu Yuan didn't know either. He left before dawn, and when Chen Jing asked him where he was going, he said he didn't know, only that he would be wandering around. However, Chen Jing could tell that he had something unsaid, and it definitely wasn't just a casual stroll. With his cultivation level, he couldn't be an ordinary demon, so he must have had some background.

  But whoever he was, and whatever his background, it didn't matter to Chen Jing anymore. Now, apart from cultivating, he only thought about what Ye Qingxue had done again. Previously, Ye Qingxue said that "Tian Yao Hua Kai Pian" was borrowed, and then "Shen You Tian Di Jue", was it also borrowed? Or was it snatched or stolen!

  Chen Jing's body turned into a stone statue, so Ye Qingxue brought the "Tian Yao Huaxing Pian", she was planning to let Chen Jing transform one day and turn his stone body into a human body. Later, Guixuan brought the "Shenyu Xingkong Jue", which belongs to the Yuanshen Daodao law gate, no matter what the original body is, it can be cultivated.

  Although Guī Yuān only recited one, Chen Jingru printed it in her heart and remembered it clearly, never to forget. This "Divine Journey Through the Stars" belongs to the spiritual cultivation method, not the cultivation of Qi. If you don't cultivate techniques, don't cultivate divine powers, or practice Qi, you can still cultivate this "Divine Journey Through the Stars". However, there is a possibility that before completing the cultivation, one may already die and disappear. But on the day of completion, the primordial spirit manifests, divine powers appear, and techniques are accomplished with a wave of the hand.

  The "Shen You Xing Kong Jue" is mainly divided into three layers, the first layer is called Yīn Shén Xiǎn Huà, which is further divided into thirteen small realms: Zhāi Jiè, Xiū Liáng, Cǎi Qì, Chán Dìng, Bù Yǔ, Cún Xiǎng, Chí Jìng, Xī Xīn, Jué Jì, Dǎo Yǐn, Tǔ Nà, Cǎi Bǔ, Shí Xìng.

  These small boundaries do not need to be practiced in order, as long as they are broken through one by one, the yin spirit will manifest. For Chen Jing, most of them can already be done, only a small part cannot be done, and there are several points that are greatly different from his usual practice concept, which makes him quite uncomfortable.

  The river water surges and flows ceaselessly, bringing spiritual energy from upstream, carrying mud and sand, and rolling away some filthy things.

  Summer water ripples, autumn wind rustles. Winter snow floats, the sky and earth are a vast expanse of gray.