Wang Xiaohuan said, "Da Wu Ning Chou, in order to save his daughter, converted to Buddhism. He wanted to use Buddhist teachings to dissolve the evil spirit of the evil god, and that's how the current Ningkang Temple came to be."

I raised my hand to stop Wang Xiaohuan, "Wait a minute! You said Da Wu converted to Buddhism? How many years would he need to accumulate enough cultivation to save the evil god?"

In the world of magic, cultivators are not forbidden from switching to other sects. There are many who cultivate Daoism for the first half of their lives and Buddhism for the second half, or vice versa. After thousands of years of integration, Buddhism and Daoism have common ground, and re-cultivation is not too difficult.

However, for Da Wu Ning Chou, it was equivalent to abandoning his cultivation and starting from scratch with Buddhist teachings.

How long would he need to cultivate to reach the level of saving the evil god?

Would there be enough time?

Wang Xiaohuan said, "He probably couldn't convert to Buddhism on his own. He took a highly respected monk as his teacher at the time. However, his notes don't record these things in detail."

"But, he did record the process of building Ningkang Temple."

"The evil god possessing Ningkang is very clever. She fell into a deep sleep after possessing it, always with Ningkang's body as the dominant force."

"Ning Chou spent several years building Ningkang Temple. During this time, Ningkang always stayed by Ning Chou's side as a well-behaved daughter."

"No! It should be said that the person who accompanied Ning Chou at that time was Ningkang."

"Because the evil god knew that the deeper the father-daughter relationship between Ningkang and Ning Chou, the less likely Ning Chou would be to get rid of her. So, she stopped showing herself."

Hearing this, I couldn't help but ask, "Isn't she afraid that Ning Chou would really invite a high monk to save her?"

Wang Xiaohuan said, "The God-Slaying Da Wu has killed countless ghosts and gods, spirits and monsters in his life. Although the ghosts and gods disappeared in their hands, the resentment before their deaths would cling to them."

"This kind of resentment is even harder to dissolve than the resentment of the living."

"Ning Chou couldn't save the evil god while carrying this resentment. So, he had to dissolve the resentment on his body first."

Wang Xiaohuan pointed to the shrine on the wall and said, "The owner of this fleshy statue is actually Ning Chou."

"He collected all the ghosts and gods he had killed in his life and put them in this underground secret room, preparing to dissolve the resentment left by these ghosts and gods."

"He saved the evil ghosts, but he couldn't dissolve the evil god attached to Ningkang. In the end, he and his master had no choice but to seal Ningkang at the cost of their lives."

"Ning Chou died, and his master also passed away as a result. However, his fellow disciples stayed behind to continue guarding Ningkang Temple."

"When Ning Chou wanted to save Ningkang, he had already made the worst plan. Although he sealed Ningkang, he suspected that Ningkang would still find a way to be reborn as someone else, so he left this painting in advance."

"He said: The evil god's goal is to become an immortal! Perhaps this is the only opportunity to defeat him."

"But, Ning Chou didn't know how Ningkang could become an immortal!"

I held the painting and looked at it for a long time, "There's nothing special about this painting, it's just an ordinary portrait. Did Ning Chou leave this painting to remind the reincarnation of Ningkang who she is?"

Feng Ruoxing also came over and said, "This is just an ordinary portrait."

"Become an immortal?" Ye Yang looked at the doctor and asked, "What does Luan Jingfan look like? Is she the same as Luan Jingchu?"

The doctor nodded and said, "Yes! They are twin sisters, they look exactly the same. At least, we can't tell them apart. We only know that the soul is Luan Jingchu, and the living person is Luan Jingfan."

Ye Yang put his hands behind his back and said, "So that's how it is."

"It seems that this time, it's not Luan Jingchu who wants to become an immortal, but she wants to use Luan Jingfan to become an immortal!"

I looked at Ye Yang and said, "What are you talking about?"

Ye Yang said, "Let's go, let's go out and talk."

After Ye Yang led us out of the secret room, he jumped directly onto the roof where he had destroyed the illusion array, looked around a few times, and then said, "The person who wants to become an immortal now is not Luan Jingchu, but Luan Jingfan."

When everyone looked at Ye Yang in horror, Ye Yang explained, "Luan Jingchu has already become a soul, she can't cultivate immortality, only Luan Jingfan can become a ghost immortal."

During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, Ge Hong divided immortals into three types: "Heavenly Immortal, Earth Immortal, Corpse Dissolution Immortal."

During the Tang and Song Dynasties, the two Quanzhen patriarchs, Han Zhongli and Lü Dongbin, further divided immortals into five levels: "Heavenly Immortal, Divine Immortal, Earth Immortal, Human Immortal, Ghost Immortal."

Wang Chongyang at the end of the Song Dynasty had other sayings, but the lowest level of the five levels of immortals was the Ghost Immortal.

Ghost Immortal is not a ghost cultivating immortality, but a side path for practitioners who are eager for quick success, not a pure Yang immortal.

There is a saying among cultivators that Ghost Immortal is not to be sought.

Ye Yang said, "To use Ben Gou's words: If I'm not mistaken, since Ning Chou had already thought that Ningkang would be reborn by seizing a body, then he must have made arrangements in advance."

"So, when Ningkang was reincarnated, she suffered heavy damage, so she failed to seize the body successfully, which resulted in her dying at birth and becoming a ghost spirit."

"Of course, it may also be because of Xuanwu's secret technique, which protected his direct descendants, so that Ningkang could not seize Luan Jingfan's body again after her death."

"However, one thing is certain. That is, Luan Jingchu cannot become an immortal, she can only find a way to let Luan Jingfan become an immortal, and then ascend with her."

"This is what is often said: When one person attains the Dao, even his pets ascend to heaven."