Chapter 556

Alice snapped her fingers and said with a grin:

"Correct! True Lord Erlang is the God of War of the Heavenly Court and has a very good relationship with a Golden Immortal Elder of my Shushan."

"So... he created a special cultivation technique and passed it down to the lower realm, and Zhongli practices this technique."

"To put it simply... he can summon the god Erlang Shen, you know."

Himeko was silent. After a long while, she said somewhat despondently:

"These gods... do they really all exist?"

"That's for sure."

Alice shrugged.

"A disciple of Tongtian Peak, Yae Miko, a descendant of the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox, with the Heavenly Charm Body. The last existence like this was called Su Daji."

"The Heavenly Court is controlled by the Jade Emperor, with the Four Royals, Five Elders, and various Star Lords suppressing the Immortal Heavenly Court."

"The Nüwa, Fuxi, Haotian Shangdi, Three Pure Ones, etc., that you are familiar with, all exist."

"Also, a side note... my Shushan is hugging the thigh of the Shangqing Lingbao Heavenly Venerable; that is a Great Luo Immortal, you know."

Himeko opened her mouth, but after a long while, she remained silent.

She couldn't digest these words in a short time at all.

She only wanted to cultivate to solve the Honkai; she only had this one small dream.

Here Alice was talking about ascending to immortality and the various immortals and gods of the Heavenly Court.

This topic was too high-end; she couldn't accept it.

Alice also seemed to know that her topic had gone off track, so she waved her hand and said:

"Forget it, these have nothing to do with us, and you don't need to care too much."

"Let me tell you about our Shushan as it is now."

"Look at those seven mountain ranges."

Alice stopped temporarily with Himeko and looked back at the seven mountain ranges that still connected heaven and earth.

"Those are the Seven Peaks of Shushan, the foundation of the Shushan Sect."

"Although the Seven Peaks of Shushan all belong to Shushan, their duties are different, their abilities are different, and their systems are different."

"The Seven Peaks are divided into Tongtian Peak, Longshou Peak, Dazhu Peak, Xiaozhu Peak, Chaoyang Peak, Fenghui Peak, and Luoxia Peak."

"Just now, the place where you woke up was Dazhu Peak."

Himeko suddenly realized. Compared to things like the Heavenly Court, this information was more important to her.

"Each peak has inner and outer disciples. Outer disciples live uniformly at the foot of the mountain; only inner disciples can be assigned to the mountainsides of each peak."

"As for the summits of each peak, that is where the Peak Masters, direct disciples, and elders reside. Besides that, there are some special buildings."

"Therefore, unless there are special circumstances, flying is not allowed at the summits of the Seven Peaks. If you are traveling, you can only take the Rainbow Bridge to the summit."

"You must pay attention to this. If you accidentally fly over, not only will you be suppressed by the formation, but you will also be held accountable by the Law Enforcement Hall."

Himeko nodded seriously, memorizing this taboo.

"The Seven Peaks of Shushan have different duties. Like the Dazhu Peak where you were just now, it is in charge of alchemy."

"Alchemy?"

Himeko looked at Alice with some surprise. The latter smiled and nodded.

"Alchemy is also a quite important branch of the cultivation world, and Shushan naturally has its inheritance."

"But it doesn't mean that Dazhu Peak disciples aren't good at fighting; it's just that compared to fighting, they are more suited for alchemy."

"But Dazhu Peak currently doesn't have a Peak Master or Elder. The eldest disciple is Lishui, followed by Lisa, Bai Zhu, Tighnari, and Collei."

"Among them, Lishui is good at cultivating spiritual herbs; he is responsible for looking after the spiritual fields."

"Bai Zhu is best at alchemy; his Rejuvenation Pill and Origin-Returning Pill are quite proficient. Therefore, he is the most popular. After all, a powerful alchemist is also a precious resource in the cultivation world."

"As for Tighnari and Collei, they spend more time in Luoxia Peak and Baishang studying the cultivation of spiritual beasts."

Himeko nodded thoughtfully; Bai Zhu's value was clearly the most important among these people.

An alchemist...

Considering the effect of the Third-Turn Soul-Returning Pill, Himeko could also understand what kind of existence an alchemist was.

However... what about the other person?

Himeko looked at Alice in confusion. The latter chuckled:

"As for little Lisa, it's different. Although she is also good at alchemy, she is more of a top-tier combat force for Dazhu Peak."

"Because... she is a demonic cultivator."

Himeko's pupils shrank, and the image of that breathtakingly beautiful woman she had met briefly just now appeared in her mind.

"A demonic cultivator?!"

333. Himeko, who was startled: Shushan has demonic cultivators?

"That's right, Lisa is a demonic cultivator."

Alice nodded, not joking at all.

Himeko was somewhat silent.

Alice continued:

"The technique Lisa practices is called the Karmic Fire Soul-Burning Art. She controls karmic fire to burn the souls of living beings to increase the intensity of the karmic fire, and the karmic fire in turn feeds back into Lisa's cultivation."

"Therefore, in a short period of time, Lisa successfully broke through from the mid-stage of Refining Essence into Qi to the point where she is now about to reach the peak of Refining Essence into Qi."

"Some time ago, she also obtained half of the souls of the Demon God Osial and his wife. After she refines them, she should break through before going to the Nine Nethers."

Himeko's eyes flickered, filled with undisguised shock.

"Devouring... souls?"

"No wonder demonic cultivators fall into the demonic path and are shouted at by everyone."

"If such demonic cultivators were allowed to run rampant in the world, that would be a disaster even more terrifying than the Honkai."

"It's just... Elder Alice, Shushan is a prestigious righteous sect, why would you allow Miss Lisa to practice demonic arts?"

Alice waved her hand and said nonchalantly:

"This is allowed by the Sect Master. The Sect Master has said more than once that there is no right or wrong in power, and cultivation techniques are not divided into righteous or evil."

"As long as one can control their own will, even demonic arts can be used to subdue demons, eliminate evil, and benefit the world."

"We all believe in Lisa's will; she won't do things she shouldn't do."

"Besides, Lisa isn't the only one practicing demonic arts in Shushan."

Himeko looked at Alice in astonishment.

"There are others?"

"Of course."

Alice spread her hands.

"That yellow-haired guy who looks sunny and bright, you saw him, right?"

Himeko recalled slightly and realized:

"The one following Elder Barnabas?"

"Right! Tartaglia."

Alice said with a grin:

"That guy practices the Inverted Blood Demonic Blade. Once the demonic blade is unsheathed, it only kills and doesn't wound. Once wounded, the essence and blood will be absorbed, and then death is certain."

"And his demonic blade can also absorb essence and blood to continuously become stronger and more solid."

"Besides, that guy is a total battle maniac."

Himeko recalled Tartaglia; he looked like a sunny, bright big boy.

She didn't expect that, in reality, he was a contrasting, crazy battle-murder maniac.

Cultivators are really strange.

"And Hu Tao, who gave you the business card of the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor."

Alice continued:

"She is a ghost cultivator and can control ghost spirits. It was she and Lisa who split the souls of Osial and Beisht."

"She is... a ghost cultivator?"

Himeko's expression was somewhat peculiar.

A ghost cultivator running the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor in the funeral industry...