Chapter 291

Afterwards not mentioned for now, in short, the sect master of Qing Shan Men, Wang Qing Shan, gained a slight advantage; the Qian Dao Realm encountered great turmoil, and the mutant tide surged again!

As for Yan Buji's side, it's just miserable.

When he showed the intention to die together with that Zhou Yuan True Lord, Yan Buji recalled in his mind the method taught by the one who left the Dao to suppress the mutant force.

Abandoning part of his body, at the very moment when the split-body mutant change ended, he abolished his own Escape Void Gate technique, pouring all his magical power into the split body, then controlling the magical power to instantly reconnect with that door.

Thus, Yan Buji could free himself from the trouble of the flesh ball devouring itself to produce mutant change, and he would not, due to his practice of the Escape Void Gate technique, still carry that door when fleeing to the Youming Realm.

Naturally, given all these changes, that True Lord would surely not deliberately seal off space to prevent him from traveling; Yan Buji seized the opportunity, and only under the condition of ensuring his own state at the very moment of the mutant change did he complete this series of desperate acts to escape death!

But upon arriving in the Youming Realm, Yan Buji had only half his body left, retaining just a right arm, with both legs gone; he lay on the ground, enduring intense pain, gritting his teeth to push himself up.

I don't want to die, I don't want to die!!

He had no preparation; this horrible injury, combined with the mutant force still lingering in his body under its influence, directly triggered the mutant power in his left eye's double pupil, causing it to produce mutant change again!

"What method can save me? How can I keep living?!"

"I don't want to die so easily!"

Being able to remain rational shows that the influence of the mutant force is not great; even if the body mutates again, it remains within controllable limits.

But the body's mutilation cannot be restored.

"What should we do?"

Yan Buji gritted his teeth, using magical power to suppress his body's mutant change, while also erupting his True Essence, controlling it to form the lost body parts to substitute for bodily functions.

At first, Yan Buji could only grope to see if True Essence could be used this way; during that period, he nearly died because losing organs made it impossible to regulate his breath and impossible to circulate the heavenly cycle.

But later, after suppressing the mutant force, Yan Buji began to adapt to using True Essence to replace the function of leg organs, barely managing like a normal cultivator.

Looking at his mutilated self, Yan Buji drew a deep breath: "Good thing I have enough True Essence, good thing I figured out how to use True Essence to replace organ parts....."

Actually, Yan Buji's method is also quite simple, since True Essence itself comes from within the body, simulating the meridians and acupoints is still relatively simple.

As long as he has these, the basic circulation of magical power and True Essence can proceed smoothly; it's just not as smooth as with the original body.

"I need to think of a way to repair my body, otherwise I'll be like this for the rest of my life." Yan Buji gave a bitter laugh.

"It's over!"

However, Yan Buji is not despairing; with so many cultivators in the world, there ought to be a method for regenerating severed limbs and restoring the body.

But given his current mutilated state, his strength has plummeted—no need to say more—where would he find a treasure for regenerating severed limbs?

After a moment's thought, Yan Buji sat down to examine the Accumulation Device that Hu Bing left for him.

These Accumulation Devices had their markings erased; Yan Buji released his spiritual sense and could directly inspect them.

"This sword... is it second-tier upper grade? No wonder it can draw heavenly thunder power." Yan Buji chuckled, helplessly putting it away.

He couldn't use it; he wasn't suited for the sword path, but taking it out to exchange for something else would be not bad.

The rest, in the Storage Accumulation Device, there was also a set of Tai Yin Yang Sword secret technique; but Yan Buji, who disliked the sword path, had no intention to cultivate it, at most using it as a reference to understand the concept of Tai Yin Yang.

As for the rest, there were also plenty of pills, and many Spiritual Stones—indeed, a hundred thousand low-grade Spiritual Stones, and even several hundred medium-grade Spiritual Stones.

Besides that, Yan Buji flipped through and suddenly saw a strange beast hide.

"Huh?"

"This beast hide... why does it feel like I've seen it somewhere?"

"It seems similar to the one I got before... could they be from the same source?" Yan Buji stared, then took out that beast hide.

This beast hide was obtained as a reward from Kan Dao Huang Du when he earlier helped Ming Xian of Qing Feng Guan capture an evil cultivator; as for the request, he had long stopped caring about it.

And Hu Bing's beast hide is exactly the same as the one that bears the map!

However, what Hu Bing's beast hide records is some method to unlock a seal?

"No, this thing... has Yin-Ming qi?!"

The beast hide map had no Yin-Ming qi; perhaps it's because too much time has passed, and Yan Buji hadn't paid attention to this before.

But on the beast hide obtained from Hu Bing, there actually is a familiar Yin-Ming qi; perhaps it's also because he has come to the Youming Realm, making the sensation more obvious!

Yan Buji compared the two beast hides, confirmed they were from the same source, and felt somewhat surprised:

"Qian Dao and Kan Dao both have this kind of beast hide; could it be that the Youming Realm previously invaded the Yang world?"

Yan Buji wasn't entirely clear; although he had heard rumors of such things, after all, no one knows whether they're true or false.

But right now Yan Buji is in the Youming Realm; perhaps relying on this beast hide map, he could find a secret realm, hoping to discover a treasure that could repair his body.

"This might also be my only chance!"

Yan Buji gritted his teeth, stepping out of the cave dwelling with a limp, treading on flying bamboo leaves, he began to follow the beast hide map to search for similar places. He didn't care whether he'd be discovered; if he didn't resolve this trouble, relying on True Essence would also be hard to sustain.

"One can't go on like this for a lifetime, can one?"

"That's still worse than death!"

The Youming Realm is vast; so vast that Yan Buji didn't even fly toward the eastern Rakshasa tribe, and after flying for several months he still hadn't found a place matching the map.

But occasionally, Yan Buji realized the map might not be used in that way, so he held the map in his palm.

Seeing the map react with the Youming Realm's Yin-Ming qi, Yan Buji breathed a sigh of relief and followed the map's guidance to fly elsewhere.

After flying for several more months, Yan Buji relied on the symbiotic recovery of magical power from the two-leaf You Lan within his body to control the flying bamboo leaves, barely maintaining speed.

Finally, Yan Buji saw a mountain range that exactly matched the one on the beast hide!

"We've arrived, this is the place!"

Yan Buji gritted his teeth and charged into the mountain range.

Following the map's guidance, Yan Buji passed through a misty region and arrived before a mountain cave.

The mountain cave is hidden within the mist; without this map, it would be impossible to find.

"But why are there no Youming Realm beasts here, and not a trace of activity to be seen?" Yan Buji frowned, looking at the mountain cave.

"Could they all be inside the cave?"

But the seal set up before this mountain cave is certainly not a mortal realm method; rather, it is arranged using Yin-Ming qi, so it must be something only a Youming Realm cultivator could do.

Could it be that this place is a restriction set up by some underworld ghost official? But since the method to open it has been spread, maybe there are treasures hidden inside?

Yan Buji gritted his teeth, no longer able to care about the danger.

Even if there really is danger, if I can find the treasure within the restriction, anything that helps heal my injuries would make this trip worthwhile!