Chapter 1405: The Art of Transformation
Among the nine ghost kings, Linglong Ghost King's method is the most special. She did not take any elixir or spiritual herbs, nor did she use any treasures to assist. Instead, she shook her body and turned directly into the appearance of a swimming fish, with ice-blue scales and a luster. Then she jumped into the Yellow Spring Water with a splash, swung her tail to cut through the Yellow Spring Water, and swam directly to the depths of the cave.
Linglong Ghost King's method looks very magical. The momentum of changing appearance and the art of transformation are just necessary skills for cultivators, but Linglong Ghost King's is more powerful, mixed with some other secrets, while turning into a swimming fish, it can also avoid the influence of the Yellow Spring Water.
As a ninth-level Jindan cultivator, Qingyang actually knows the art of transformation. Although he can't be as good as Linglong Ghost King, he can easily change his appearance. It's just that this art of transformation is usually not used, and it is more troublesome to perform, so he rarely uses it.
As the strength increases, the appearance change and the art of change are also very different. Generally speaking, the appearance change of Kaimai realm monks mainly relies on disguise, because their strength is not enough to support the changes in the body, and they can only disguise their appearance through disguise materials. This kind of disguise is just to fool ordinary people, and even the monks of the same level cannot hide it.
The strength of the Qi Refining stage monks has increased, and they can already cast some small-power spells. Although the appearance can be slightly adjusted, the basic framework cannot be changed, so the appearance change mainly relies on illusion, and some spells are cast to confuse the monks of the same level.
The foundation-building monks are stronger and do not need to rely on external objects and illusions at all. Just by changing their bone shape and muscle composition, they can change into the appearance of another person. A young boy can become an octogenarian, and a white-faced scholar can also become a black-faced strong man.
Of course, it is difficult to deceive the cultivators of the same level by this alone. The appearance can be changed, but the aura and some deep characteristics of the cultivator cannot be changed. Familiar people can still recognize it. Sometimes it is necessary to cooperate with advanced illusions to confuse others.
Before the Jindan stage, although the transformation technique is getting more and more powerful, it generally follows a principle that the volume will not change too much. For example, the flesh can be compressed a little, the bones can be bent, and the internal organs can be displaced, but they will not be greatly reduced or disappeared. For example, it is impossible to turn a strong man like an iron tower into a two-foot-tall baby. However, after reaching the Jindan stage, the cultivator's strength is stronger, and this will be slowly broken. As the strength of low-level monsters increases, their size will become larger and larger, and they can't hide even if they want to. But after reaching the Jindan stage, the size of the monsters will be larger, but they have the ability to control their size to become smaller.
Qingyang is currently at this stage, but he rarely uses it at ordinary times.
As for the Nascent Soul stage, that is another world. Not only can the size of the body change, but also some internal changes. For example, a cultivator can completely change into another species, such as a common demon beast or animal. Of course, cultivators generally don't use it, that would be too embarrassing.
The best among them are demon cultivators, because demon cultivators will transform at this stage. The demon beast before the transformation and the demon cultivator after the transformation are completely two different states, with great differences. If there is no strong transformation technique to support, how can it be possible to achieve the degree of transformation?
Ghost cultivators are not much inferior to demon cultivators in this regard, because the bodies of ghost cultivators are acquired through cultivation, and it is not difficult to change into other appearances according to their own wishes. At this time, it is not only the shape and size that change, but also many details and internals. However, the breath and deeper marks of each cultivator cannot be changed, and it is difficult to hide from cultivators of the same level, and Linglong Ghost King is at this stage.
The nine ghost kings did their best and sneaked into the Yellow Spring Water along the cave one after another, while the remaining cultivators waited outside temporarily. It had been agreed before that when the ghost kings broke a hole in the isolation array inside, they would send a signal to the outside and the people outside would go in immediately.
It didn't seem difficult to break the isolation array. The nine ghost kings entered less than a quarter of an hour before the signal to go in came. The cultivators outside were also well prepared and used their means to jump into the Yellow Spring Water at the fastest speed.
The first to enter were the Yuanying followers brought by the hall masters. Although their strength was not as good as that of the hall masters, they were Yuanying cultivators after all, and they still had many means. Facing the Yellow Spring Water of hundreds of feet in the cave, they could barely get through it by using their best means.
Then came the Jindan cultivators. Their strength was not a little bit lower, and they did not have the means of the previous ghost kings. They could only rely on the arrangements of the ghost kings before to find a way to cross the Yellow Spring Water. The three Jindan followers brought by the Giant Ghost King and the Bag Ghost King basically had a guardian bead in their hands. The three Jindan followers brought by the Long Eyebrow Ghost King each took out a bottle of ointment and smeared it all over their bodies to confirm that there was no missing place, and then walked towards the depths of the cave.
Then came the twelve people who had just been assigned the guardian bead. They activated the guardian bead by running the dark energy and entered the Yellow Spring Water one after another. Qingyang was among them. Because of the generosity of the Big Belly Ghost King, the Hundred Charming Ghost King was assigned three guardian beads, and Qingyang, Chengen Mingzun, and Chengci Mingzun were not left behind.
Qingyang's strength was much stronger than other Jindan cultivators. He was also a human cultivator. If he was willing to go out, even without the guardian bead, he could barely cross the Yellow Spring Water of hundreds of feet.
Considering the unknown situation in the cave, and not knowing what dangers will be encountered in the future, it is better to avoid taking risks if possible, and also to keep a low profile, Qingyang did not pretend to be generous and give up the guardian beads. The number of guardian beads is insufficient, so three people must stay outside.
These three people seemed unwilling. They finally ventured here, and the legendary God Infant Valley was right in front of them, but they could only watch it with their eyes wide open. Anyone would be unwilling.
The three people used their best means and tried to walk into the Yellow Spring Water. As a result, they just went deeper than ten feet and all screamed and retreated. The Yellow Spring Water was too powerful. In just a few breaths, most of their feet were melted. I didn’t expect that the Yellow Spring Water was so powerful. Life is at stake. It seems that the God-Pregnant Fruit will not be with them.
Let's not talk about how unwilling the three cultivators who were left outside felt. After Qingyang activated the Nether Yuan to stimulate the Soul Protector Pearl, he and the other Jindan cultivators dived into the Yellow Spring Water and headed towards the isolation formation together. Qingyang controlled his speed, neither getting ahead of others nor falling behind, which was in line with his usual low-key style.