Chapter 894

“Currently, according to research from Luoxia Peak, it is basically determined that all living things in heaven and earth possess a certain bloodline.”

“And such a bloodline, in terms of the technological side, is a hidden gene, similar to the gene-lock activation technology of the supreme technological side; as long as the gene is activated, one can have bloodline atavism and life sublimation.”

“Similarly, spiritual energy recovery also possesses this ability; all living things in heaven and earth, plants and animals, activate their bloodlines after spiritual energy recovery.”

“Those who can withstand it evolve, and those who cannot become fierce beasts that have lost their reason.”

“From then on, they only know how to absorb spiritual energy but have lost the possibility of possessing wisdom.”

Hearing this, Ruan Mei pondered for a moment and said thoughtfully:

“Then... is it possible to intervene artificially to make the evolution of animals a controllable direction?”

“Or, is it possible to directly extract the bloodlines and talents possessed by fierce beasts to artificially provide ordinary people with enough supernatural abilities?”

“Has Shushan tried to artificially farm fierce beasts? If it can be successful, large-scale cultivation of fierce beasts must be a technology that every faction would need.”

Lisa looked at Ruan Mei with interest but did not answer her question directly.

“Are you Ruan Mei? The one who came to Shushan last time...”

Ruan Mei nodded slightly.

“Although I didn’t meet Miss Lisa when I went to Shushan last time, I have heard of Miss Lisa’s reputation.”

“So you are the genius witch rarely seen in Teyvat for a hundred years, now a genius disciple of Shushan’s Dazhu Peak, with first-class alchemy skills. It is truly a pity I didn’t meet Miss Lisa last time.”

“Meeting you this time, I hope to have an exchange with Miss Lisa.”

Lisa laughed dumbly.

“It seems you don’t know much about me, otherwise, you wouldn’t say such things.”

Hearing this, Ruan Mei looked at Lisa with some confusion.

The next moment, Lisa’s figure flashed, and she was already standing in front of Ruan Mei.

In her eyes, extremely intense black flames flickered.

“Have you ever heard of the titles ‘Karma Fire Witch of Shushan Dazhu Peak’ and ‘Soul-Snatching Demon’? Miss Ruan Mei?”

Ruan Mei’s heart tightened, and she looked at Lisa with some hesitation.

“What do you mean?”

Lisa smiled and moved leisurely among the crowd...

With a light tap of her toes, lotus flowers made of karma fire bloomed beneath her feet.

“In the cultivation world, there are cultivators in the general sense, and Shushan is known as the leader of the righteous path. So, do you know... what is opposite to righteousness?”

Without waiting for Ruan Mei to answer, Lisa instantly appeared in front of her, staring at her closely.

“It is the Demonic.”

Lisa smiled brightly and pointed at herself.

“I... am the first Demonic Cultivator of Shushan, and also the first Demon recognized by the Shushan world.”

“Does Miss Ruan Mei know what kind of Demon I am?”

Lisa slowly raised her hand, and under the watchful eyes of everyone, the soul of the fierce beast from earlier emerged.

Even though the fierce beast was unconscious and had no wisdom, it struggled frantically at this moment, looking at Lisa with eyes full of fear.

“The soul of a late-stage Refining Essence into Qi beast... barely acceptable.”

Lisa smiled and beckoned, the fierce beast’s soul fell into her palm, black karma fire surged, and the next moment, the soul turned into wisps of cloud smoke.

Lisa narrowed her eyes slightly and took a comfortable breath.

In the horrified eyes of everyone, the soul was sucked into Lisa’s mouth.

“Now... do you know why the people of Shushan are afraid of me?”

“Miss Ruan Mei... your soul smells so good...”

905. Ruan Mei: Power has no right or wrong

For a moment, everyone subconsciously took a few steps back, looking at Lisa with some fear.

Compared to other cultivators who were more powerful and had more terrifying displays of strength,

Lisa’s eerie ability to devour souls was truly more psychologically terrifying.

Even Ruan Mei felt heartfelt fear.

Facing Lisa, she couldn’t help but take a step back.

Seeing this, Lisa’s playfulness surged; she leaned forward, staring closely at Ruan Mei, and gently poked her face.

“Your talent is really good... what exactly does your soul taste like?”

“Devouring your soul seems to have great benefits for me... Miss Ruan Mei, are you willing to make a sacrifice?”

“After devouring your soul, we will be one, and I will take your share to the pinnacle of the cultivation world...”

Not far away, Herta gritted her teeth and whispered:

“Miss Lisa...”

Ruan Mei raised her hand slightly, staring straight at Lisa.

“I believe Miss Lisa will not do that.”

“Oh?”

Lisa smiled and said softly:

“Do you know how tempting your soul is to someone like me who specializes in devouring souls to become stronger?”

“To be honest, I want to extract your soul and devour it every moment.”

Ruan Mei’s expression was calm.

“But you haven’t done so, have you?”

Lisa was silent for a moment, then smiled brightly.

“Miss Ruan Mei, you are really interesting...”

“Don’t worry, you are someone Ningguang has taken a fancy to, so I won’t lay a hand on you.”

Lisa retracted her demonic aura, looked at Ruan Mei who was full of questions, and said softly:

“You are curious why the leader of the righteous path of Shushan has a great demon like me?”

Ruan Mei shook her head.

“No... power has no right or wrong.”

“As expected of someone Ningguang has taken a fancy to, exactly the same as what the Sect Master said.”

Lisa smiled and said softly:

“The use of power is decided by the person who wields it.”

“Whether it is righteous or demonic is defined by oneself.”

“The reason Demonic Cultivators are hated is that they are controlled by power; they are puppets of power. Such beings will naturally be controlled by their own techniques to do harmful things.”

“We people of Shushan must be the masters of power!”

Looking at the confident Lisa, Ruan Mei said softly:

“Miss Lisa, I would like to ask... what kind of existence is a soul?”

“A soul... is one of the foundations of life.”

Lisa smiled and continued:

“I still remember the first soul I devoured at the beginning; it was also a fierce beast, the taste was average, like jelly without flavor.”

“After that, it was the soul of a demonic beast, which had a somewhat bitter taste.”

“Two months after I practiced the Karma Fire Soul-Burning Technique, I devoured a human soul for the first time.”

Lisa narrowed her eyes slightly, reminiscing.

But the people present were startled.

“I remember that time I devoured the souls of hundreds of people in one breath; sweet, sour, bitter, spicy, all kinds of flavors, completely different.”

“Although human souls are fragile, the taste is the most wonderful, because human emotions are rich enough.”

Ruan Mei said seriously:

“So, just like seasoning, because fierce beasts have no wisdom, they have no taste.”

“Demonic beasts’ emotions are too violent, so they will be a bit bitter.”

“Humans possess the richest emotions... so they have enough flavor.”

“Emotion is a dye...”

Lisa pinched her chin thoughtfully and muttered: