In the bookstore compartment, the light of oil lamp flickered.

Tao Qian's handsome face was illuminated by the dim light, his expression extremely focused, and his eyes fell on the last page of the book in his hand.

A thin volume of "Hundred Animal Shows", with a total of ten pages.

It took Tao Qian half an hour to finish reading it.

What he paid attention to was still not those faceless villains, but the most important note below.

What is somewhat unexpected is that the last of the ten animals on the stage is a close relative of humans.

ape!

Judging from the description, the requirements for cultivating this form, the power that can be obtained, and the precepts that need to be observed are all the most abnormal.

"If you want to cultivate an ape shape, you need to collect enough animal blood. However, the blood of most ape tribes cannot be used. Only the white ape tribe deep in the wilderness mountains and forests can be used."

"Every morning, take a jar of white ape blood and practice ape tricks again."

"Practice every day. Depending on your talent, the time to get started will also be different. Some people can do it in half a day, but some people can never get in."

"If you practice this method to a deep level, your body can also temporarily transform into a white ape. Not only is your body strong and immortal, it is also invulnerable to water and fire. You can go anywhere. It is also very powerful and can tear apart demons. It is good at transformation and various abilities.

It is a weapon-like weapon that has the power to frighten all kinds of beasts.”

"Those with excellent talents can acquire magical powers from the bloodline during transformation. It is known that they have the art of transformation, the spirit leaving the body, the law of heaven and earth, the immortal body, the yin and yang spiritual eyes, etc."

"When practicing this method, you must be careful not to eat human flesh, not to approach women, not to commit murder, not to be angry, not to enter the world of mortals, not to be roasted by official aura... Once you violate the precepts, you will immediately lose your heart and soul and take off your human form.

Transformed into lawless monsters like 'ape demons'."

"Snapped"

After reading the last page, Tao Qian closed the book and threw it on the table.

He exhaled and sighed: "This is too miserable."

Tao Qian's complaints were naturally aimed at the precepts that need to be followed to practice these beastly tricks.

The first few are actually quite good.

But later on, it began to gradually change, and the last "ape shape" was even more outrageous.

"You are not allowed to eat human flesh. It's okay to be close to women. How do you explain the prohibition of killing and anger? You can't kill people? You can't be angry either?"

"And what about not being allowed to enter the world of mortals and join human society?"

"And the weirdest thing is that it cannot be roasted by officialdom...?"

Thinking about what happened next, Tao Qian's expression gradually became subtle, and he could no longer suppress his desire to complain.

"Judging from these precepts, I have sufficient reasons and evidence to suspect that the old man Baiqin who created this technique is simply a guy from Buddhism."

"The last official statement is simply a clear reminder of my great sage grandfather who once served as an official in Bimawen."

Tao Qian muttered, if he hadn't considered that he could use this technique for free, he would never have been able to practice it.

It's not that the requirements are too strict, or that the level of power is low, but the discipline is too perverted.

Even if the name of this booklet is changed to "New Standards for Recruitment in Buddhism", it will not be inconsistent with harmony at all.

However, it doesn’t matter whether Tao Qian wants to practice or not.

He will not be able to practice today and tomorrow or even longer.

It's not that he doesn't want to, it's that he can't.

"The ten animals recorded in this volume are pigs, sheep, dogs, chickens, oxen, snakes, eagles, horses, elephants, and apes."

"According to the description, the elephant shape and ape shape are the most powerful."

"But no matter which form it is, it requires a sufficient amount of animal blood, and it cannot be found casually."

"The pig must be a black pig, the sheep must be a spiritual sheep, the dog must be an old black dog who is dying, and the chicken must be a pheasant with colorful feathers... The last few things are even more outrageous, white elephants and white apes, etc., even if it is a wealthy family,

I won’t be able to contact you at all for a while.”

"So I can only stare at this thing for the time being, and there is no way to practice it."

Tao Qian had a look of regret on his face. He was in a situation as if he was on a flower boat with a good girl in his arms, but he found that he was short of money and didn't have a single cent of silver.

Wang Ce sighed happily for a moment, but Tao Qian quickly cheered up. He still had a spare tire.

Both hands and eyes were transferred to another secret book.

The nameless secret book!

Compared with the fragmentary volume of Baiqinxi, this secret book is full of filth and its origin details are clearer.

Even the author's name and age are related, and he is also from Xunxian County, a fellow villager of Tao Qian's body.

Because in my perception, this book has characteristics that make people crazy.

Therefore, Tao Qian slowly opened it with caution.

What he was initially concerned about was the cultivation technique "Fairy Fish Technique" contained on the last page of the secret book.

But when Tao Qian turned to the first page and started reading.

His desire for the Immortal Fish Technique was immediately put behind him, and he was completely immersed in the other contents of the secret book.

The author of the secret book is called Wu Ming.

He was originally an old scholar who failed the exams many times. He was obviously a poor student, but he was arrogant and arrogant.

Until the age of sixty, Wu Ming turned to cultivating immortality.

This practice lasted for thirty years, until I died in the cold bed at home at the age of over ninety.

In the eyes of others and even his children, he is a rigid and stubborn old man who has no self-awareness and likes to think wildly.

Although Tao Qian didn't think so, he still felt that Wu Ming should have failed in his search for immortality, otherwise he wouldn't have died at home.

As for the Fairy Fish Art, it was probably his only adventure.

Even Wu Ming's death was most likely caused by practicing that technique. After all, its side effects had clearly appeared in Tao Qian's mind.

However, as he read more deeply, Tao Qian soon realized that Wu Ming's thirty years of experience were not that simple.

The so-called secret book is actually Wu Ming's "autobiography".

What is described inside is exactly all Wu Ming’s thirty years of searching for immortals and adventuring around.

It's just that Wu Ming was already unconscious when he wrote it, so the content is confusing. If ordinary people watch it, they will have an extremely strong sense of disgust.

If you watch it forcefully, you will go crazy.

Of course, Tao Qian was easily exempted from this slight price.

One page, another page.

Tao Qian's expression was initially confused, then intensely curious, then relieved, then turned to excitement... His expression flashed back and forth, and under the dim light, it made people feel that this child might have a mental problem.

I don't know how much time passed, but Tao Qian finally came to the last page.

Here, Tao Qian stopped and did not continue.

Although he was exempted from the price, he still looked tired, as if he had just gone through a life-and-death fight.

In fact, it's almost the same.

It's just that what Tao Qian was tortured was his mind and will.

Before this, he had never thought that just reading a book would be so tiring.

But even so, Tao Qian did not stop at any time, insisting on reading all the experiences of the immortal seeker Wu Ming in the past thirty years.

Thoughts?

Tao Qian's heart was very complicated.

The first thing that comes to mind is resistance, disgust, disgust... There is no envy, desire and yearning that most people will have after hearing "cultivation" and "immortal way".

The reason is simple.

What is depicted in the book is not a fairy tale, free and easy.

Rather, it is a weird, terrifying, cruel, and disgusting world of practice.

Although Tao Qian had read the memories of patriots and scholars and personally experienced the dock incident, he already had a premonition of the atmosphere of the spiritual world in this world.

But a real and believable experience appeared in front of him, which still shocked him.

"When Wu Ming left home to seek immortality when he was sixty years old, he found little gain at first, but suffered many disasters instead."

"First he met a bandit who had practiced sorcery. He was captured and almost became a ration of food. He barely escaped and then encountered a black shop in Zuodao. After eating the meal, he turned into a black donkey and was whipped and tortured for five years."

"When he was desperate, he was finally rescued by a man, and was allowed to follow him back to the Taoist temple to practice. After working hard every day, he soon gained something, his white hair turned black, and his old body returned to the state of his prime."

"Just when he was rejoicing, one night he saw his master transform into a monster during the blood moon and swallowed more than a dozen of his brothers in Guanzhong alive. In order to survive, Wu Ming took the initiative to jump into the manure pit to avoid it, waiting for his master to eat.

When he drank enough to fall asleep, he fled all night covered in urine and feces."

"Since then, Wu Ming has been wandering around various provinces, relying on one or two Taoist skills from Guanzhong, and he can barely be regarded as a practitioner."
To be continued...