Chapter 157: Dog Treasure and Demon Script

"The secret of the ancient Demon Race?"

Xiao Yu's spirits lifted. She sat up from the bed and urged repeatedly, "Don't just stare blankly, quickly tell me what secret it is."

Xiao Qiang said, "It's not a secret, just common information. The general meaning is that the Demon Master Kunpeng created the Demon Script, allowing all Demon Race members to no longer be limited to the bloodline inheritance of primitive instincts, but to also awaken the great divine abilities of their ancestors through wisdom."

"The Demon Master Kunpeng established immortal merit for the reproduction and inheritance of the Demon Race; all Demon Race members should forever remember his kindness and forever chant his name."

It sighed with emotion, "I am just an ordinary local dog, without any noble 'Dog Demon Emperor' bloodline, and cannot naturally awaken the great divine abilities inherited from my ancestors through my bloodline."

"But with the Demon Script created by the Demon Master, I can slowly master divine abilities and secret arts through acquired learning."

"Demon Master... Kunpeng?" Xiao Yu's heart surged.

"Mm, the Demon Master is the ancestor of all Demon Race members, roughly similar to the Three Pure Ones ancestors of the Human Race (PS)."

"And the Demon Master is a Kunpeng, an innate creature born when the world was first opened, the very first Kunpeng," Xiao Qiang said.

Xiao Yu remained calm and asked, "Tell me more details about the Demon Master Kunpeng. I have heard of Zhuang Zhou's 'Free and Easy Wandering: There is a fish in the Chen Beiming', and I know that Kunpeng exists in the world—entering the water as a Kun, flying in the sky as a Peng—but I have never heard of a Demon Master."

Xiao Qiang's dog face twisted in conflict, "I also only formed a concrete impression of Kunpeng after hearing the academy teacher recite 'Free and Easy Wandering'."

"In the inherited memories awakened after swallowing the Emperor's Flowing Plasma, there were only methods for consuming the essence of the sun and moon."

"As for the praise for the Demon Master Kunpeng, there was only one character in total."

"It should be a Demon Script character."

"That single character represents the Demon Master Kunpeng, and also contains the information that the Demon Master Kunpeng created the Demon Script, allowing the inheritance of all Demon Race members in the world to never be severed, and that the Demon Race should pay respects to him."

"Write that character out for me to see," Xiao Yu said.

Xiao Qiang shook its head, "I can't write it. It's not like human square characters; it is extremely concise, as if it only has a few strokes—one stroke for the Kun, one stroke for the Peng."

"Yet it looks extremely complex."

"Seeing it is like seeing the giant Kun sinking into the dark, cold Chen Beiming Sea, and also seeing the Peng spreading its wings, spanning I don't know how many thousands of miles. Recognizing it isn't complex, one understands it at a glance, it's just complex to describe."

Xiao Yu thought for a moment and asked, "Do you understand the method of divine sense communication?"

"What is divine sense?" Xiao Qiang asked.

Xiao Yu said, "It means releasing thoughts outside the body to wander between heaven and earth, even entering others' consciousness to exchange information directly with their thoughts."

Xiao Qiang was shocked, "Master actually possesses such great divine ability? Too amazing! I don't even dare to think in this direction, let alone release divine sense."

Xiao Yu felt a bit awkward and snapped, "If I had divine sense, would I need to ask you? I would have directly flown my divine sense into your dog head to communicate the two-stroke writing of Kunpeng."

Xiao Qiang said sheepishly, "So Master can't do it... Master, who did you hear about divine sense from? Does such a divine ability really exist in the world?"

Xiao Yu sneered, "As expected of a village dog, lacking knowledge, you haven't even heard of Yin Spirits."

She actually didn't know much about Yin Spirits.

Nor was she certain if this world had the "divine sense" that was everywhere in her past life... but divine abilities with similar effects certainly existed.

Kong Zan's Yin Spirit was a very high-level immortal art.

Besides him, Xiao Yu had never seen a second Human Immortal cultivate a Yin Spirit... at least Sui Yuanzi, who cultivated the Samadhi True Fire, hadn't cultivated a Yin Spirit, and she wasn't very clear about Daoist Priest Qingsong.

When she asked Sister Hong Qu, Sister Hong Qu also said Kong Zan's master was very powerful, suspected to be a True Immortal.

Dou Yilin had once begged Kong Zan to introduce her daughter to the Immortal.

Kong Zan had done so, but Kong Zan's master said Dou Gengyan had no affinity with him.

Even Kong Zan himself only had meager immortal affinity, lacking immortal fortune and immortal roots, unable to become an immortal, destined to struggle in the mortal world.

Lacking immortal roots, he had an obsession with them.

Because of this obsession, upon hearing about the Bone-Changing Pill, Kong Zan lost his composure.

The true Nine-Turn Bone-Changing Pill was not used to enhance divine abilities, but to change one's constitution and give birth to immortal roots.

However, innate divine abilities could barely count as "unqualified inferior immortal roots," hence the saying about taking Bone-Changing Pills to enhance divine abilities.

"I have heard of Yin Spirits, I have even seen one!" the dog said.

"Whose Yin Spirit have you seen?" Xiao Yu asked in surprise.

The dog said, "A Yin Spirit seen in a dream! Once, I dreamed of an immortal radiating light all over, entering the Underworld and telling the ghosts and gods that he had already cultivated a Yin Spirit and should be registered in the immortal records; the Underworld ghosts and gods no longer had the authority to govern his life and death."

Xiao Yu wanted to punch it, "I've even dreamed of becoming an immortal myself; do I count as an immortal?"

The dog said, "That was no ordinary dream. As the saying goes, the heaven and earth souls are often outside, only the life soul remains in the body."

"I am a dog, but I also have three souls and seven spirits, and my heaven and earth souls are also often outside."

"When I had that dream, my life soul was asleep, and my heart was dominated by the heaven and earth souls."

"What the heaven and earth souls saw and heard was projected into my heart, becoming a real dream."

Xiao Yu asked in surprise, "You dog, you really know a lot."

Xiao Qiang laughed proudly, "Demon Master Kunpeng, his grace covers all living things. Although I am a village dog with no knowledge, no parents to teach me, and no teachers to instruct me, I have never severed the most fundamental bloodline inheritance."

"Besides the Demon Script representing Kunpeng, have you seen other Demon Script characters? Can you show them to me?" Xiao Yu asked.

Xiao Qiang's dog face showed hesitation.

Seeing this expression, Xiao Yu knew there was a chance, and urged, "I'm just taking a look at the Demon Script; looking at it won't cost you a piece of dog meat!"

Xiao Qiang hummed and hawed, "I can't write the Demon Script..."

"If you can't write it, then where is it?" Xiao Yu's heart stirred, and she asked, "You are a demon spirit, do you have a Demon Core?"

Xiao Qiang's dog body stiffened significantly.

Xiao Yu laughed, "What are you afraid of? Even if you have a Demon Core, would I snatch your core?"

—Hard to say!

Xiao Qiang thought about it; this new master really did have a life-saving grace toward it.

If not for her vouching for it, that thief-eyed, rat-faced stinky Daoist at Xianyun Temple would have beaten it to death and eaten its meat sooner or later.

"I trust Master, Master is a good person. I don't have a Demon Core, only a Dog Treasure, and the Demon Script is engraved on the Dog Treasure," it told the truth.

"Dog Treasure can be used as medicine~~"

Seeing Xiao Qiang start to tremble, Xiao Yu laughed, "Look at your useless appearance; I only said Dog Treasure can be used as medicine, not that I want to use your Dog Treasure as medicine."

"Don't just stand there stupidly, take out the Dog Treasure for me to see."

Xiao Qiang said, "I have absorbed the essence of the sun and moon for so many years, and all my origin power is stored in the Dog Treasure."

"If the Dog Treasure is gone, not only will my ten-plus years of bitter cultivation be wasted, I'm afraid I won't even be able to keep this dog life."

"I said, I don't want your Dog Treasure, just to look at the Demon Script," Xiao Yu said.

Xiao Qiang added, "The Dog Treasure stores a massive amount of sun and moon essence; it is very terrifying and can smash a large hole in a mountain wall."

"Oh, you can use the Dog Treasure to smash people? Why didn't you smash me before?" Xiao Yu asked.

Xiao Qiang said honestly, "I didn't have the chance! Spitting out the Dog Treasure is very troublesome. You suddenly jumped out, sword energy held but not released, hanging over my neck; any slight movement and my dog head would be gone."

Xiao Yu laughed, "You dog thing, you're quite spiritual, the Buddha head wasn't eaten in vain."

It wasn't her first time seeing a demon creature.

During her ten years in the sand dunes, she had teamed up with Sha Man warriors to kill several demon creatures that had just become spirits.

They couldn't speak, perhaps like Xiao Qiang, they could speak Demon Language but hadn't refined their throat bones, so they couldn't speak human language, but their strength was very high.

Every time they hunted demons, the Sha Man suffered heavy casualties.

With previous experience, this time encountering a Dog Demon, even if she felt no sense of crisis in her spiritual sense, she was extremely cautious, her strongest killing move, "Arrogant Immortal Blade," was ready to go; if Xiao Qiang dared to show any abnormality, its dog head would have long since moved house.

"Master, my Dog Treasure's power is not small, it really isn't suitable to be taken out," Xiao Qiang said.

Xiao Yu said, "Unless you have malicious intent, your Dog Treasure is controlled by you, how could it hurt me for no reason?"

Xiao Qiang had no choice; it trotted to the bedside and opened its dog mouth, and a bit of golden light emerged from its throat.

The moment she saw the golden light, a feeling of danger immediately struck Xiao Yu's heart.

—Qiangzi's Dog Treasure could actually really threaten her!

"Eh, there really are characters inside the Dog Treasure; spit it out a bit more, and slightly restrain the golden light."

The Dog Treasure was not a perfectly round bead.

It was very irregular, like a stone picked up by the roadside.

Because it was emitting golden light, its original color couldn't be seen.

Its size was not small, as big as her fist.

"Crack—"

The pear-wood embroidered bed under Xiao Yu collapsed.

Qiangzi followed her request, controlling the Dog Treasure to float out of its mouth and come before her.

Even without touching it, Xiao Yu felt her body suddenly sink.

It wasn't a giant force pressing on her, but rather that as she bathed in the Dog Treasure's golden light, her body weight suddenly increased more than tenfold.

Xiao Yu's body weight increased, her body slumped downward, and her palm subconsciously pushed down with force, actually snapping the wooden board at the edge of the bed.

Qiangzi hurriedly retracted the Dog Treasure and cried, "Master, it's not that I want to harm you! I told you earlier, the Dog Treasure is filled with all the sun and moon essence I've absorbed in my life; its power is too strong, it can smash through a mountain wall."

Xiao Yu climbed up from the ground and moved her limbs a few times.

Her arm was sprained, but the problem wasn't serious.

Her expression was excited, "Spit out the Dog Treasure again, try your best to display the Demon Script inside."

"You saw it?" Xiao Qiang asked curiously.

"Didn't see clearly, need to continue looking."

Xiao Qiang hesitated, "I'm afraid I can't control it. The more the Demon Script is displayed, the more golden and brilliant the Dog Treasure becomes."

"You saw it just now, falling into the golden light, the body becomes very heavy."

"I'm standing on the ground now, it doesn't matter."

Xiao Qiang opened its mouth again, and the spat-out Dog Treasure was indeed even brighter, the brilliant golden light like a small sun.

The bluestone slab under Xiao Yu's feet was covered in cracks and even sank several centimeters.

"Alright, put it away," after half an incense stick of time, Xiao Yu said with a face full of joy.

Even though the Dog Treasure wasn't fired out, maintaining it for so long left Xiao Qiang panting.

"Master, did you see the Demon Script? Do you recognize it?"

Xiao Yu asked in return, "Do you know what ability you have awakened?"

Xiao Qiang shook its head, "I can speak Demon Language, but I cannot parse the Demon Script on the Dog Treasure; just by feeling, it probably has to do with mountains and rocks."

"However, I can also master the method of using the Dog Treasure—smashing it out like throwing a small mountain."

Xiao Yu said in surprise, "Although your understanding of the Demon Script is wrong, your use of the Dog Treasure is very precise."

"Master, do you really recognize that Demon Script? What exactly does it mean?" Xiao Qiang asked in surprise.

Xiao Yu pondered, "Calling it 'Mountain' isn't wrong, but its meaning isn't mountain rocks, but rather gravity like a mountain."

She explained the concept of "gravity" to it, and added, "I estimate your Dog Treasure has three realms; the first realm is just like this, only following instinct, applying gravity to the Dog Treasure, treating it as a small mountain to smash people."

"The second realm is initially mastering the Dog Treasure, guiding the power within the Dog Treasure out."

"Like an Immortal Martial cultivator controlling internal qi, controlling the power in the Dog Treasure, applying gravity to a weapon or fist."

"Punching out, it's like a mountain peak smashing over, the power is extremely strong."

"Reaching this realm, you can truly be considered a demon spirit, possessing demon power."

"The third realm is perhaps similar to a Human Immortal's life-and-spirit connection, fusing true qi and spirit into a single Origin Core."

"You refine the Dog Treasure into a Demon Core, thoroughly mastering the gravity spell."

"No longer limited to demon power control, you can directly cast spells, wantonly distorting the gravity of the surrounding space."

"At that time, you might be considered a 'Demon Immortal'..."

(PS: Similar to the Three Pure Ones ancestors, it's just the dog's clumsy knowledge; Kunpeng is certainly not as good as the Three Pure Ones.)

(But it can be said that Kunpeng is to the Demon Race what the Supreme Pure One is to the Human Race.) ===== CHAPTER 158 =====