Chapter 14: Pure Lotus Grows a Wonderful Dharma, Yet It Resembles the Demonic Path

Fang Longye had not been without contact with humans in this Small World before.

At that time, he had not yet known that taking human form was not as complicated as he had imagined; everything could be understood through divine enlightenment. In order to perfect his human form, he had specifically studied human anatomy, and in doing so, he had taken a few human lives and dissected a few human bodies.

However, he had only ever gone as far as the village next to this Yaoshan Dense Forest and had not ventured any further outward.

Now, as he rode the clouds and drove the wind, the Yaoshan and wild marshes from before were no longer in sight, and he felt a sense of freedom, as if the sky were vast enough for a bird to fly at will.

According to information obtained from hunters he had encountered in his dreams, he set off from the Jinsha River and flew for about eight thousand li, arriving near a city.

It was Jialing Prefecture City.

Jialing Prefecture was the core region of the southwestern frontier of the Zhang Kingdom in this Small World.

Although the southwestern frontier of the Zhang Kingdom was near the lands occupied by demons, it was precisely because of this that many desperate members of the Human Race lived here, entering the Yaoshan Dense Forest in search of rare treasures and spiritual herbs.

Jialing Prefecture had gradually become a trading hub for these people, growing increasingly prosperous. It was said that during the peak of the dynasty, there were hundreds of thousands of households and millions of people within the prefecture.

Limited by the social status of the hunters he had previously dreamt of, this was the highest-level territory in the memory information Fang Longye had obtained; to get information about regions further beyond, he would have to inquire within this prefecture city.

On the main road leading to the prefecture city, merchants and commoners traveling were sparse, the sides of the road were covered in wild grass, and further away from the road, one could often see mass graves.

It was vastly different from the prosperity in the hunter's memories.

Awoo! Fang Longye swept his gaze and discovered that in the wilderness, several wild wolves were tearing at a calf. These wild wolves already possessed some crude demonic Qi. Within the mass graves, cold and eerie auras were also hidden.

"When a nation is about to perish, there must be monsters! This Zhang Kingdom has also reached the time for a change of dynasty. Jialing Prefecture City is still the core of the southwestern frontier of the Zhang Kingdom, and the straight-line distance to the outermost edge of the Yaoshan Dense Forest is a full five thousand li, yet so many demons and ghosts have already sprouted outside the city—"

Feeling this reality, Fang Longye did not feel pity for the hardships of the people of the Zhang Kingdom; instead, he only wanted to laugh out loud. He was so happy he wished he could reveal his true form and dance in the sky.

A nation about to perish is a good thing! Only when a nation is about to perish does he have room to maneuver; there is no need to rack his brains to seek a position in the imperial court, he can simply support a local warlord to participate in the struggle for hegemony. The returns are high, the trouble is minimal, and he does not have to worry about any Karma—since he used the Dharma Treasure Mitian Banner to hide his tracks, no one discovered him. He lowered his clouds, intending to disguise himself as a wealthy young master to enter the city, experience the customs of this foreign world, and gather information.

Suddenly, his expression froze, and then he beamed with joy. He was in no hurry to enter the city; he found a mountain forest outside the city and drove a demon tiger that had gained some cultivation out of its cave. After a bit of wind-blowing and water-washing, he openly occupied the magpie's nest.

He set up the Mitian Banner for defense and sat cross-legged with his eyes closed.

It was mentioned before that when ascending to the Yin Spirit realm, one can resonate with heaven and earth and, by combining the great power of heaven and earth with one's own characteristics, obtain an exclusive divine ability.

After Fang Longye ascended, this divine ability bestowed by heaven and earth had been gestating. Until today, it was finally fully developed, and the divine ability was about to emerge.

After a long while, he opened his eyes and touched the center of his brows with his hand. There, patterns were coiled, twisted, and distorted, constantly changing, and finally transformed into a Dao Pattern in the shape of a Green Lotus.

This was the engraving and manifestation of the divine ability realized during the resonance with heaven and earth upon his physical body.

"Unexpectedly—"

The corners of Fang Longye's mouth curled up slightly, revealing an inscrutable smile.

Every living being possesses a unique soul.

The Bloodline might be the same, and the species might be identical, but in terms of the soul, each possesses its own unique characteristics. Therefore, the divine ability obtained by a cultivator's Yin Spirit through resonance with heaven and earth is often formed by combining the characteristics of their own Bloodline and soul, which is very different from their inherent Bloodline divine abilities.

It was just unexpected that the divine ability he realized through the resonance with heaven and earth would be like this.

Is it because I am a transmigrator who has possessed another's body? At this moment, Fang Longye sensed that the demon tiger he had driven away had actually gathered a large pack of wild wolves and arrived outside the cave.

"There is a path to heaven, yet you do not take it; there is no door to hell, yet you throw yourself in." I was in a good mood, and for the sake of being fellow demons, I had already spared you once.

So be it, it is just the right time to test my new divine ability.

Fang Longye walked out of the cave and looked at the howling demon beasts.

He released his restrained Bloodline aura, and ten thousand beasts prostrated themselves. He ignored the demon tiger, which had only just realized it had provoked a great demon and was kneeling and begging.

With a movement of his mind, a cyan lotus seed, appearing both illusory and real, emerged from the Dao Pattern at the center of his brows and fell into the demon tiger's body.

Then, it took root in the flesh; the demon tiger's essence and energy were gathered and absorbed, and finally, it turned into fly ash, leaving no form behind.

A Lotus Seed of Pure Immortal appeared before his eyes, then dissipated, turning into a fragrant lotus seed the size of a peanut, which merged into his body.

The process was beautiful and magnificent, without a drop of blood.

"Dao Heart Planting Demon? Hongmeng Parasitic Art? Bitter Sea Growing Green Lotus? Heavenly Demon Possession Method?" Fang Longye pondered secretly as he felt a wisp of extremely pure energy added to his body.

The concept of this divine ability is to view all things in heaven and earth as a muddy bitter sea, using the primordial spirit Dao seed as a lotus seed to absorb the creation of heaven and earth, growing a Lotus Seed of Pure Immortal that emerges from the mud unstained and is cleansed by clear ripples without being demonic, producing a lotus seed that removes the dross and keeps the essence to enhance oneself.

It integrates the functions of possession, parasitism, second avatar, and absorbing the creation of others, which in his view, can be called a peerless divine ability.

Specifically, it means using the divine ability to condense a portion of the primordial spirit into a lotus-shaped Dao seed, which parasitizes the soul of a living being, exerting an effect similar to possession, and refining the living being into an avatar. Afterward, with a movement of his mind, he can absorb everything from the "avatar," the Pure Lotus blooms, and it transforms into a lotus seed that has removed the dross and kept the essence, enhancing himself.

Demonic means! These are truly demonic means!

However, Fang Longye's expression was very calm.

The Daoist texts say, "The Way of Heaven reduces the surplus to supplement the deficiency, while the Way of Man reduces the deficiency to serve the surplus!" So-called cultivation is the process of comprehending the Way of Heaven and Man, using all things in heaven and earth to supplement oneself.

This divine ability seems vicious and sinister, similar to demonic means, but in reality, it also contains the Way of Heaven and Man.

Besides, the Hongmeng Parasitic Art in the Immortal World, the Swallowing Heaven Demon Art of the Ruthless Great Emperor in the Shrouding the Heavens world, and the means of seizing others' Golden Elixir and divine abilities and eating everything in the Immortal World—which one is not a thousand times more vicious and evil than his divine ability? Furthermore, he was reborn as a crocodile demon in this life, which is already of the demonic category, and even if he transforms into a flood dragon or a True Dragon, he considers himself a demon dragon. Why would he care if the means are demonic or not? Whether it's a black cat or a white cat, if it catches a mouse, it's a good cat.

Fang Longye looked at the sky; it was already evening.

He no longer had the mind to enter the city for sightseeing through normal channels, so he simply waited until midnight to directly enter the city and perform the Soul Searching Technique on the ruler of this prefecture city, to first clarify the situation of the Human Race in this Small World before proceeding.

Seeking follow-up reads, seeking collections, the young seedling needs care~ (End of chapter)