Chapter 250: Eating Until Half-Full

Shen Yi spread his hands slightly; the Golden Body turned into a bead and returned to his palm, while the Yin Spirit also settled into the Qi Sea.

Only the demon soul of Lady Qinghua remained behind.

The woman's eyes were slightly red, her red lips lightly bitten, her clear eyes obviously dazed, able to maintain only the most basic consciousness.

"..."

Shen Yi shook his head with deep understanding; the feeling of having one's mind invaded by stray thoughts was indeed not pleasant.

To make the Golden Body continue to grow stronger, another demon soul would be needed to share the burden.

Fortunately, two remnants of Demon Kings had been acquired.

Among them, that fox should have been more suitable for deducing martial arts; turned into this state of a lovesick man and a resentful woman, it was somewhat of a waste.

The Bai Long looked stronger; it would be the one.

Shen Yi stored the Golden Bead into the Qi Sea, then turned and walked toward the distance.

Under a collapsed giant boulder, he found a young fox demon whose upper body was hidden in a stone crack, trembling.

He casually dragged it out and struck its head with his palm, shattering it.

Then he opened the panel to tally the gains.

【Slain Hunyuan Realm fox demon, total lifespan sixteen thousand years, remaining lifespan eight thousand two hundred years, absorption complete】

【Slain Hunyuan Realm Bai Long, total lifespan nineteen thousand years, remaining lifespan two thousand eight hundred years, absorption complete】

【Slained Embracing Elixir Realm fox demon, total lifespan eight thousand two hundred years, remaining lifespan five thousand five hundred years, absorption complete】

Over sixteen thousand years of demon lifespans credited.

Probably because the gains from the journey to Songzhou were so great, Shen Yi actually felt it was a bit little.

However, to obtain vast demon lifespans, the prerequisite is having something sufficiently attractive to demons, such as using human lives as a price... Shen Yi would rather walk a few more steps; after all, riding the Red Cloud was not tiring.

He threw the three demon corpses together.

Shen Yi opened his mouth and turned them all into Demon Blood.

The young fox demon contributed only one drop; its junior uncle was slightly better, giving fifty-six drops.

The Bai Long's flesh and blood quickly gathered into one hundred and sixty-two drops of Demon Blood.

This made Shen Yi slightly surprised.

It was actually this strong.

One must know that among the Immortal Demons in the Nine Demons Transforming into Demons Great Art, the strongest was the Mountain Lord, which had eaten over one hundred drops of Demon Blood.

This did not mean the Bai Long was only half as strong as it.

Because Immortal Demons possessed only Demon Blood, the Demon Blood transformed from the Bai Long... represented only its physical body; do not forget it also had its Demon Core cultivation.

He stored the Demon Core away.

Three storage treasures appeared in Shen Yi's hand.

Compared to tallying the spoils,

he was more interested in that Dao Infant which had already turned jade-like.

The palm-sized jade doll looked lifelike; its five viscera were all present, yet they were not true internal organs, feeling like various kinds of heavenly treasures.

Shen Yi poked it with his fingertip, wanting to pry out the white flower representing the heart.

The white flower, covered in cracks, seemed to have lost its vitality.

There was no trace of any aura within it.

"The Dao Infant is dead, so the white flower is dead too?"

Shen Yi tried others again, and the results were the same; he was slightly disappointed, as originally he had wanted to try whether he could take it out and place it inside his own Dao Infant.

"However, this does prove the previous guess was correct."

Masters of the Hunyuan Sect wishing to undergo Soul Transformation use the Dao Infant to replace their original bodies.

True Person Changqing had obviously achieved this.

His Dao Infant could survive independently even after leaving the body, yet he was still only in the Hunyuan Realm... what was still missing?

Shen Yi studied it over and over.

He discovered this thing was merely a humanoid Demon Core.

However, it could serve as a reference to guide the path ahead.

Shen Yi stored it into a storage treasure.

What Jiang Qiulan had said at the time, that the paths of Hunyuan Sect masters were all different, might have referred to this.

This person's Dao Infant was formed from lightning magma, and the heavenly treasures used all seemed inseparable from lightning.

If he were to refine this white flower himself, he might first electrocute the Dao Infant to death.

With different attributes, the refinement methods would certainly differ as well.

"I will ponder it slowly upon returning."

Shen Yi summoned the Red Cloud and glanced toward the horizon.

Since the Bai Long was so enraged, Jiang Qiulan had most likely escaped; there was no need for excessive worry.

The other party had once shouldered the hopes of the entire Outside Qingzhou; she was not an ignorant infant, so where was the need for others to care for her?

Only upon breaking through to the Hunyuan Realm does one truly step into cultivation.

No one can be relied upon anymore; one can only press forward with all one's might.

Shen Yi rode the Red Cloud into the sky; this battle had given him quite a bit of experience.

If the Golden Body Dharma Image is not counted, his current strength in the Hunyuan Realm is far from top-tier; his advantage lies in the might of his physical body, but compared to the Dao Infant, he is completely ignorant of Hunyuan methods, his realm is low, and his foundation insufficient.

In the previous engagement, if True Person Changqing had not been too unfamiliar with magical combat, the chance of victory should have been far higher for him than for himself.

But before the Golden Body Dharma Image, he possessed absolutely no ability to resist.

Thinking from another's perspective, if he himself encountered a true Transformation of Spirit Realm cultivator, the outcome would likely be even more miserable.

Li Zhou, Qi Sect.

Lin Jingyi and his daughter-in-law led numerous disciples waiting at the mountain peak; the entire sect had ceased operations, even the disciples hammering iron had put down their hammers, watching helplessly as the precious iron was ruined.

In the sky, a Yin Spirit stood motionless.

Hou Wanshan, the Regional Commander of Li Zhou, had cultivated to the Wu Xian of the Upper Realm; in his youth, he even possessed the qualification to join the Wumiao, but because his heart was tied to Li Zhou, he had stationed himself here for many years.

Even if he met a Temple Steward, they could address each other as senior and junior brothers.

"You don't know where he went, don't know who he went to see, only know about a Silver Moon Cold Lotus, and aren't even clear on the location?"

Hou Wanshan did not lose his temper, but his slightly lowered voice made Lin Jingyi dare not even draw a breath.

"My Lord Shen, as the Inspector..."

Lin Jingyi hesitated for an instant, yet still wanted to offer a defense.

"You could have your son ride a cloud to find me, yet you cannot send another person to follow? Does the Qi Sect not have a second Auspicious Cloud Treasure Artifact?!" Hou Wanshan suddenly raised his voice.

"I..."

Lin Jingyi opened his mouth, but was left speechless.

In terms of reason, this matter was a decision made unilaterally by the Inspector; to follow them, at least an Embracing Elixir Realm cultivator would need to be sent.

How could the Qi Sect have so many Embracing Elixir Realm cultivators to send outside the Great Qian Dynasty to die?

But it was obvious that the Great Qian Dynasty never reasoned with Jianghu sects.

Usually, out of respect for the Wumiao, the Qi Sect had a little face to spare, but when it involved the life and safety of the Inspector, that little face became worthless.

"I will go find him now, I will go right now."

Lin Jingyi took out the Auspicious Cloud Treasure Artifact and climbed onto it, dejected.

He was just a blacksmith; where did he dare to argue with a Regional Commander?

If he truly could not find him and bring him back, then he would simply have to leave this old skeleton out there.

"..."

Hou Wanshan glared at him with no good temper: "You at least know the direction, right? I will go with you."

A Wu Xian of the Upper Realm, once leaving the Great Qian's domain, might only be able to exert the strength of a Wu Xian of the Lower Realm.

A Regional Commander from a small place like Qingzhou or Songzhou would absolutely not dare to go out.

But Li Zhou was acceptable.

As the wealthiest province, even if something unexpected happened to him, the Wumiao would immediately send someone to replace him.

"You really are!"

Hou Wanshan sighed; why invite an Inspector over for no reason?

Did the Great Qian actually have a Slain Hunyuan Shen Zongshi? He, the Hou family, could not be unclear about that; only these Jianghu people did not understand the ins and outs within the Wumiao.

Where was he an Inspector? He was just a junior brother drawing a salary for no work.

It was just that this junior brother was clearly too honest.

Truly hard to evaluate.

(End of this chapter)