Chapter 74
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Chapter 74: Main Cultivation Method
Li Hui began to piece things together; it seemed that this demoness had no magical artifacts, just a broken Ruyi that looked particularly miserable, and her aura was erratic and unstable, clearly indicating she had sustained serious injuries. No wonder she was trapped by the Building Water Profound Eagle, needing a ride to escape.
“Heh heh, I smell blood in the water.” Li Hui perked up, just as he was about to generously pull out a large stack of spirit talismans, he noticed the red-haired woman rolling her eyes and collapsing to the ground.
“Hey, you can’t do that! Playing dead won’t reflect well on you demon cultivators, you know?” Li Hui used a Golden Sword Talisman on the red-haired woman, and it penetrated her without eliciting any reaction.
He commanded the heads to fly over and quickly confirmed that the drunken talisman had taken effect. Although the demoness had something to block the effects of the wine, it was hard to escape its grasp; after passing out from intoxication, she wouldn’t know if a sword were to strike her.
Li Hui slapped the Nine-Patterned Anomaly Spirit Sense Talisman onto his forehead, beginning to search her body very carefully.
Before long, he extracted a poison needle, sleeping powder, hidden projectiles, ghostly eyes, and magic scales, along with two bags of treasures and the demoness’s tightly gripped broken Ruyi, as well as a chain bag woven into her hair.
“Hmm? These wounds look familiar; they must have come from the King of the White Sea’s golden sword.”
“Now I get it. This demoness was also in Fusu City earlier, at the mid-Gather Spirit stage. After exhausting her magical artifacts, she finally escaped the Ghost River Shattering Great Formation. Bringing two from the Hidden Sky Sect with her wasn’t for good intentions—it was either to make them furnace bodies or to enslave them.” Li Hui casually emptied the contents of the bags, revealing five young girls’ faces at a glance.
These masks were quite fresh, with a lingering scent of medicine.
“Goodness! The most poisonous is a woman’s heart. The disappearances of young girls in Fusu City are related to this woman, not Zhang Tianhua. She’s behind the creation of these identity-disguising masks.” Li Hui sighed and pulled out the white rodent grass to ignite it; the flames danced wildly, quickly incinerating the five faces.
The five golden lotus Dharma clouds beneath him shined bright, revealing five figures bowing in thanks. It turned out not only did she cut off their faces, but she had also used exceptionally vicious soul-binding techniques.
This scene reminded Li Hui of Uncle Sun from Shanghe Village, who said that not all demon cultivators are bad people, but many might go their entire lives without encountering a good one…
In addition to the human skin masks, there were more sinister items, all of which he burned with the white rodent grass.
When he first visited Fusu City, he had disassembled an Eagle’s Nest in the dungeon made from the same white rodent grass. It brought no substantial benefits but could slightly purify demonic energy and remove dirt.
“This demoness has quite a bit of treasure; it seems she frequently kills and robs. The real good stuff should be in the head rope chain.” Li Hui grew more cautious; demon cultivators were known for their cunning, and being cautious was never a mistake.
As soon as he triggered the chain bag, a blue light erupted violently.
“Not good!” The blue light was bone-chilling cold, sweeping outward in an instant.
Fortunately, he had prepared for this and didn’t come into real contact with the chain bag but activated it using the Cloud-Brush Dragon Claw Technique. Even then, he still felt the freezing energy wash over him, leaving him shivering, nearly dropping to the ground.
“Alright, you’re impressive; I’ve learned my lesson.” What chain bag? If that blue light had been even stronger, he would have turned into an ice sculpture.
This was indeed a lesson, highlighting the need for utmost caution when handling demon cultivators.
Li Hui returned to the demoness’ side, reaching for the broken Ruyi. The silver snake bracelet had an endless need for magical artifacts; it didn’t matter if the artifact was usable; even fragments of magical artifacts could be harvested.
The demoness tightly held onto the Ruyi, which with a slight “pop” transformed into hundreds of tiny lights that entered the Snake’s Mouth, indicating its original quality wasn’t too bad.
Unexpectedly, with a “ding,” after destroying the Ruyi, it revealed a jade tablet.
“Hey, hiding things in a magical artifact? Look at how capable you demon cultivators are!” Li Hui not only learned a lesson but also broadened his horizons. But then he thought it wasn’t right; hiding things in magical artifacts wasn’t easy and required highly advanced refinement techniques, plus they were inconvenient to access.
This was merely a jade tablet; it couldn’t store items and could only record cultivation methods. Li Hui took extra care, ensuring the jade tablet was fine before placing it on his forehead to check it out.
To his surprise, the jade tablet had restrictions; not even a Spirit Motion stage cultivator could read it, let alone someone at the Concentrating Spirit stage.
“Interesting, so only the Condense Essence stage can decipher it?” Li Hui immediately became intrigued. The Dragon Horn pattern gave him supercharged soul power, and with the support of the Nine-Patterned Anomaly Spirit Sense Talisman, he willed himself to forcefully read it.
After a while, the jade tablet suddenly shattered, apparently only able to be read once.
“Ideal Body? How can there be such an overpowered cultivation method? It requires refining heavenly treasures and earthly treasures into the body, layering them with spirit marks and even replacing the spirit marks. As long as you keep up with the pace, you can ignore various restrictions and traverse through dangers at will. The jade tablet set restrictions because only those at the Condense Essence stage can endure such pain, and moreover, the requirements are substantial; even Bosa stage experts may struggle to meet them.”
Li Hui pondered since he just happened to possess a Cow Shock Stone, a resource for cultivating the Ideal Body, and combined with the Clear Void Cup to enhance alchemy quality and mitigate damage. If he could craft a large number of Nine-Patterned Residual Body Talismans and Nine-Patterned Blood Merging Talismans, he might just be able to give it a try.
With that thought, he hesitated no longer and decisively slapped the demoness on the head.
Last time, he hadn’t been thorough enough, allowing Cheng Yuyan to become a ghost after death. This time he wouldn’t make the same mistake; he activated the five Dharma clouds beneath him to swirl and quickly disperse a wisp of coldness, gaining sudden clarity. It turned out becoming a ghost after death wasn’t something everyone could do; without intense resentment to support it and no specific geographical circumstances, death was simply death. The wooden building in the Wang residence was too unique.
“Who is it? Who dares kill my beloved Qiu Jiutian?” a terrifying voice rang out. Li Hui wasn’t surprised; he had already noticed the special mark left on the demoness, and it was likely just a powerful figure looking in his direction through the mark.
With many debts, there’s no need to worry; with many lice, it doesn’t itch. Creating an enemy from the demonic sect might even provide some cover. As for Liu Feng and the others, there were no deep-seated grievances; they were just outer disciples of the Hidden Sky Sect, so there was no need to get too bloody.
“Quickly, brothers and sisters, let’s travel in the night!” Li Hui sat on the head, allowing it to carry him forward as his mind continuously replayed the jade tablet’s contents. The more he reflected, the more he felt its profundity. No cultivation method in the Jade Symbol Sect could compare.
Moreover, all the cultivation methods he had were only up to the Bosa realm, yet they included so many miscellaneous books—what was going on? Li Hui felt that if he were to gain a longer lifespan, he might even reach the Bosa realm and push upwards towards the All-Manifestation Realm. However, the sect had already perished. What would he do when there were no follow-up cultivation methods?
Thus, this complete structure, with explanations for cultivation all the way to the All-Manifestation Realm, and even further to the Grand Method Realm and Traveling Realm, made the Ideal Body his only choice.
“Spirit Motion, Concentrating Spirit, Condense Essence, Bosa, All-Manifestation, Grand Method, Traveling; there should be more realms beyond that, but that’s enough. The Ideal Body it is! I’ll take it as my main cultivation method.”
