At the moment the Wine God Technique advanced, water vapor began to rise within the cave dwelling, though it lasted only a few breaths before returning to calm.
Ren Qing's face flushed slightly, as if he had been drunk for a long time.
He looked toward the stomach world, only to discover that Wine Lake showed no sign of expansion. Instead, the edge regions began to tremble.
Tens of thousands of Cishi people stood in the valley with terrified expressions, completely at a loss.
This place leaned against a river and had flat land suitable for cultivation. They originally thought danger had passed, but just after settling down, an unexpected change arrived again.
Seeing this, the young monk could not help revealing a trace of confusion.
His name was "Tang Sheng." He had been pushed by everyone into the position of the old Dharma Master, and then led the Cishi people to migrate into the valley.
Tang Sheng looked around blankly.
Tens of thousands of people cried out in terror, and the scene became extremely chaotic.
Even he could not help trembling all over. His heavy breathing revealed the fear in his heart as he recalled the horror of demons descending.
At that time the peaceful town had suddenly begun to shake violently.
Then dense terrifying demons drilled out of the soil, seemingly born out of thin air, stitched together from grotesque flesh.
Tang Sheng forcibly calmed himself, then slapped himself several times and quickly called for his companions to move away from the rocks.
Just as the chaos gradually subsided, the disturbance suddenly disappeared.
Immediately afterward they inexplicably heard the roaring sound of surging waves, along with the magnificent sight of countless water birds flying away overhead.
"Great Compassion Maitreya Bodhisattva protect us!
"It must be Great Compassion Maitreya Bodhisattva!
"The Bodhisattva has manifested."
"What exactly happened?"
Tang Sheng looked lost and signaled everyone to rest where they were and not panic, while he himself led several dozen people climbing toward the mountain peak.
They remained silent with one another, continuously chanting the name of Great Compassion Maitreya Bodhisattva.
Tang Sheng gradually approached the summit and smelled a scent of sea salt mixed with alcohol in the air. It felt somewhat strange, yet refreshing.
The middle-aged hunter beside him could not help asking quietly, "Little Dharma Master Tang, is this really the Paradise?"
"Benefactor, it certainly is..."
Tang Sheng spoke firmly, yet his heart was filled with confusion.
The young hunter sighed in relief and said with a smile, "Little Dharma Master, you are the old Dharma Master's disciple. Of course I believe you."
"Besides, the true scripture we learned out of nowhere must have been taught by the Bodhisattva."
When the Cishi people first arrived in this world, a mysterious memory appeared in their minds, but the contents recorded were extremely complicated.
It did not resemble the writing used on the Cishi side at all. They could barely recognize the words "Heavenly Worm Method."
Although the characters shared some similarities, once placed together they became difficult to understand, even giving Tang Sheng a foggy feeling.
"We've arrived."
Tang Sheng stopped and stared beyond the mountain with disbelief.
Outside the mountain was an endless ocean. Waves struck the rock walls with crackling sounds, and water birds circled in the sky.
Not long ago when Tang Sheng led the Cishi people to the valley, this place had been a barren Gobi. Yet in such a short time it had turned from desolate land into a vast ocean.
The ocean's area was still expanding, as if intending to turn the land into islands.
"Great Compassion Maitreya Bodhisattva above!"
Tang Sheng murmured passionately. The others had already knelt on the ground, repeatedly knocking their heads against the hard rocks.
Even as blood dripped from their foreheads, they did not stop.
Soon afterward the group built a crude incense altar from vegetation and respectfully worshiped the ocean while praying for a good harvest.
When the sky grew dim they returned to the valley.
After Tang Sheng's reassurance, the tens of thousands of Cishi people in the settlement finally relaxed. Moreover there were indeed no signs of demons appearing.
They soon began planning how to reclaim farmland and build houses.
The food bestowed by the Bodhisattva could sustain them for one or two years, and food could also be found in the surrounding wilderness, so resources were not scarce for now.
Tang Sheng watched the village gradually stabilize and quietly packed his belongings.
The middle-aged hunter happened to want to invite Tang Sheng to eat the evening meal and could not help asking, "Little Dharma Master, what do you mean by this?"
Tang Sheng smiled and shook his head slightly, answering vaguely, "It's nothing. I'm just preparing in case."
"That's good then. The dry rations are heated. Come eat."
Tang Sheng followed the hunter toward the campfire, but his thoughts were already elsewhere.
Although he did not know whether the "Heavenly Worm Method" in his memory was truly scripture, it was very likely related to the rise and fall of the Cishi people.
Tang Sheng glanced toward the vast west.
Since the north was ocean, perhaps in the west there might be someone capable of reading those characters, allowing the meaning to be clarified.
Tang Sheng strengthened his determination to travel west, but he still did not tell the others. After all the journey would certainly encounter countless dangers.
If he died alone along the road it would not matter, and they would not have to worry about him.
Tang Sheng hung his baggage on a tree branch and then helped his companions arrange their shelters, planning to leave only after the refugees' lives became completely stable.
Inside the cave dwelling.
As the initiator, Ren Qing did not pay much attention to Eternal Space Prison. After roughly glancing at the abilities of the Wine God Technique Yin Difference realm, he prepared to continue advancing the Food-Consuming Immortal Technique.
Because of Stomach Contains Wine Sea, the area of Eternal Space Prison had expanded by more than double, transforming into an ocean composed of wine.
He could now rely on the Wine God Technique to directly command the ocean in battle.
However this technique's momentum was too vast and could rarely be used, though fortunately it could be combined with transforming into a coiling dragon to fully display the ability of water control.
Aside from that, the production of wine ore increased by dozens of times.
After all, no matter how large Wine Lake was it remained only a lake with fixed area, whereas the wine sea could expand without limit.
If Ren Qing's Dao Dao Dao advanced to the Yang Spirit realm, he could even create islands upon the wine sea and form different ecological environments.
My Healing Game..
With a thought, he simply moved South Mountain onto the sea surface, making it the first isolated island.
Ren Qing continued to summon the information flow.
Do you choose the branch Great Inception Flame, it will consume two hundred years of lifespan
"Great Inception Flame..."
Ren Qing repeated the words while glancing at the sky. The blazing sun was already high and it was nearly noon.
After confirming his decision, a nameless flame arose within his dantian. Immediately his whole body began heating up and sweat flowed continuously.
Ren Qing instinctively wanted to replenish water, but suddenly clutched his chest.
The frequency of his heartbeats increased. His blood, like fine wine, reached seventy to eighty degrees before flowing through the vessels toward the stomach.
After learning the information of the Food-Consuming Immortal Technique, Ren Qing immediately understood its importance.
In many mythological systems of his previous life, fire was regarded as the origin of life.
Fire was indeed crucial to the structure of the stomach world, even comparable to the "water source" of the Wine God Technique. The two complemented each other.
Ren Qing could not help feeling fortunate.
The techniques of the Meat and Wine Daoist were likely not limited to The Taotie Method, Wine God Technique, and Food-Consuming Immortal Technique, but these three were certainly the core and irreplaceable.
The calm of the stomach world was broken. Cracks appeared across the ground and beneath the waters, from which scorching air currents erupted.
The Flesh Furnace had originally been limited to a magma cave underground, but now it transformed into a river running through the entire stomach world.
Fuel King swam within it.
For the stomach world, Great Inception Flame resembled "tectonic movement."
Great Inception Flame created temperature differences between the south and north of Eternal Space Prison. From the extreme south to the extreme north it could reach differences of four to five degrees.
At the same time it triggered continental changes, forming trenches and mountain ranges, and causing disasters such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
Although disasters arose accordingly, this was precisely what made it a real world.
And the changes were not limited to that.
The residual aberration of the Food-Consuming Immortal Technique could transform the residue left from burning materials into various mineral veins, though the accumulation efficiency had been extremely low.
After reaching Yin Difference realm Great Inception Flame, even if there were only a few pieces of ore underground, continuous mineral veins could eventually develop over time.
The stomach world now essentially possessed an endless source of resource production.
Ren Qing examined the stomach world. Inside and out it was already no different from a real world, yet he still felt that something was missing.
The answer should be the Yang Spirit realm Avici Hell.
Do you advance the branch Avici Hell, it will consume one thousand years of lifespan
As a thousand years of lifespan vanished instantly, the stomach world began writhing like a living creature, as if some boundary had been broken by the Yang Spirit realm.
Ren Qing hurriedly focused his gaze and immediately countless sounds of living beings poured into his ears.
Among the Kunpeng tribe, two demon-kind cultivators held a crying infant in their arms. As they looked at each other, their eyes were filled with the joy of new life.
The bamboo forest representing the Rebirth Technique swayed. One green bamboo grew taller, as if symbolizing the beginning of life.
Not far from the infant was an elderly man nearing death. Seeing his grandson born, he smiled and closed his eyes.
In the bamboo forest a gray-black dead bamboo grew taller, representing the end of life.
After death, the corpse gradually decayed and the soul dispersed, leaving behind only a grain-sized spark of spiritual light that flew into the sky.
[Reincarnation Remaining Soul]
[After living beings die within Avici Hell, it condenses under the influence of the Rebirth Technique, possessing the effect of granting life and death to all things.]
"Life and death?"
Ren Qing could not help guiding the Reincarnation Remaining Soul toward the boundless wine sea.
After the stomach world advanced to the Yang Spirit realm, the ocean expanded more than tenfold, yet it remained lifeless without any vitality.
Ren Qing took seeds of aquatic plants. The Reincarnation Remaining Soul actively merged into them, causing the seeds to become full of vitality.
He scattered them forcefully, and the seeds fell into the sediment at the bottom.
The aquatic plants grew and withered at visible speed. After maturing within a few breaths, new seeds were produced and fell again into the sediment.
After repeating several times, the Reincarnation Remaining Soul completely dissipated, while the new aquatic plants became more adapted to the saline environment.
Ren Qing took another Reincarnation Remaining Soul and used it on the wine fish eggs within Wine Lake.
As expected, the eggs quickly hatched and began reproducing. Before long they had formed several thousand fish.
The fish dispersed toward the wine sea.
The function of the Reincarnation Remaining Soul was to allow living beings to quickly complete cycles of reincarnation, enabling them to adapt to various environments in a short time.
Within the Avici Hell of the Restraint Officers' Hall there was a place called Nether Feather, which likewise served as a domain of life and death reincarnation.
Likewise, the jailers vaguely began to change, each falling into a dormant state.