Chapter 640: Phantom Demonic Mental Method

"Retrieve!"

Aaron pinched a Dharma seal, and the mouth of the Bronze Tripod opened, resembling a giant gluttonous beast, swallowing more than half of the white jade flying knives cruising in the void in one go.

Following that, a pair of Wind Spirit Wings flew out from behind him, his body covered by a layer of pitch-black flame armor, and he had already arrived behind Li Ruyu in silence, concealed by the Ghost Mist.

"Die!"

He threw a punch, the pitch-black flames resembling a venomous snake.

The remaining white jade flying knife acted on instinct to protect its master, actively meeting the Black Sun Demon Fire, and then began to sway erratically in mid-air as if it had lost control.

"Ah... Black Sun Demon Fire! What grudge or enmity do I have with you, old man?"

Then, Aaron saw his plan.

"Who writes a diary if they're a normal person? Probably only a mental patient like him would take the initiative to write a diary..."

Even, under Aaron's intent, his own Divine Sense and Dharma Power fluctuations were undergoing strange changes.

In the temporary Cave Abode.

'This person... actually decided to kill Li Qingjing, then disguise himself as the Foundation Establishment-successful Li Qingjing to return to the Li Family, attempting different role-plays to save himself from Qi deviation?'

Aaron took out a mirror, and as his heart stirred, his facial features began to change...

It was not until three incense sticks later that several streaks of escape light sped over from the direction of Dongmen Valley, clearly having discovered that something was wrong here...

If this continued, he would sooner or later suffer a mental breakdown or die from Qi deviation!

Then, Aaron flicked his finger, casting a Fireball Technique to give the other party a quick end.

That's right!

This only Foundation Establishment cultivator of the Li Family had actually been a fake for a long time!

The cultivator impersonating him came from Wu Country and belonged to a secret lineage within the Demonic Dao—the 'Phantom Demonic Lineage'.

And the difficulty of capturing someone alive is naturally far higher than killing them.

Aaron covered his face with the Human Skin Mask in his hand, muttering words under his breath.

And this 'Phantom Demonic Mental Method' is also a marvelous skill of the Demonic Dao; its cultivation progress is extremely fast, and the bottlenecks encountered are very few, but it has one drawback: it requires the cultivator practicing this method to disguise themselves as another cultivator and perform a special kind of 'Red Dust Heart Refining'.

This Demonic Dao cultivator chose Li Ruyu while performing 'Red Dust Heart Refining', then secretly ambushed and killed the other party, subsequently disguising himself as the other party to become the Foundation Establishment Ancestor of the Li Family.

Aaron remarked sarcastically.

Aaron pressed his hand onto Li Ruyu's forehead, ignoring the other party's painful expression, and forcibly performed Soul Searching.

"Although I'm wearing a mask, it's unexpectedly breathable and comfortable..."

'Phantom Demonic Mental Method, it truly lives up to being a Demonic Dao secret manual, it's too evil...'

'Seeming real yet illusory, neither fake nor true... I'm afraid only someone with schizophrenia could master this, right?'

If both Divine Sense and Dharma Power fluctuations could be changed, it would be no different from a modern person changing their fingerprints!

Aaron touched his chin and suddenly had an evil thought: 'Li Qingjing... I have seen him too; I remember his Dharma Power and Divine Sense fluctuations. If I just find an opportunity to replace him without anyone knowing, then announce that I have broken through to Foundation Establishment on my own... wouldn't the entire Li Family become mine for the taking?'

Between cultivators, apart from their faces, the main way to identify someone is through their Divine Sense and Dharma Power.

According to Aaron's view, it is about entering and exiting a role; one must wholeheartedly act as another person, but one cannot get too deeply involved!

And 'Li Ruyu's' performance was clearly being too deep in character, leading to Qi deviation!

"Although I don't have the complete Phantom Demonic Mental Method, by using max-level Concealment Technique and Jade Bone, I can barely disguise myself as another person without many flaws."

Otherwise, it would just be a matter of a Black Sun Demon Fire sneak attack; why go through such trouble?

After subduing Li Ruyu, Aaron immediately took the other party and drove his Magic Tool away.

Aaron sighed and slowly opened the diary.

He did not find this classic in 'Li Ruyu's' Storage Bag, and the scattered fragments from the Soul Searching were naturally incomparable to the complete mental method.

"I have protected them for hundreds of years in exchange for the right to use the Spirit Vein; that's not too much to ask, right?"

The memories obtained were also fragmented and piecemeal, not forming a system.

However, this is a Demonic Dao mental method after all, very mysterious, emphasizing entering the world and exiting the world.

Compared to Disguise Technique, this kind of change is undoubtedly more advanced, more secret, and less likely to be discovered.

He felt this person was somewhat interesting and wanted to capture the other party alive.

"After all, the Li Family no longer has a Foundation Establishment... if I don't go back, they might be wiped out..."

"However, through the barely complete memory fragments, I found the method to use the Thousand Illusion Mask, which counts as a small gain..."

In reality, the entire Li Family didn't have much.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

In order to maintain his sense of self, this Demonic Dao cultivator began to write a diary.

Then, he continuously pinched seals, casting strands of Dharma Power into Li Ruyu's body, sealing the other party's Dharma Power and Divine Sense...

A layer of Human Skin Mask, thin as a cicada's wing, automatically peeled off Li Ruyu's face and landed in Aaron's hand.

Even though he had practiced Soul Searching to the max level and his own Divine Sense was very powerful, searching the soul of a Foundation Establishment cultivator was much harder than searching the soul of a Qi Refining cultivator.

Finally, he picked up the other party's Storage Bag and poured out everything inside; there was actually a diary-style book.

The Demonic Dao cultivators of this lineage follow the iron rule of one master and one disciple, emphasizing a single-line inheritance; the inherited 'Thousand Illusion Mask' can easily conceal a cultivator's appearance and even modify Dharma Power and Divine Sense fluctuations... it is a rare treasure in the Immortal Cultivation World.

As he read, combined with what he had obtained from the previous Soul Searching, he gradually understood the life of this fake 'Li Ruyu'.

A strange thing happened!

Nameless Barren Mountain.

Li Ruyu was terrified; was it really necessary to fight so desperately?

But Aaron would no longer give him a chance; with a flick of his finger, a burst of flames landed on the large cyan umbrella.

If combined with the 'Phantom Demonic Mental Method', one could completely disguise themselves as another person with almost no flaws.

Accompanied by the Incantation, that Human Skin Mask actually began to squirm, subsequently covering his face completely.

The Magic Tool burning with pitch-black flames fell, revealing the desperate face of Li Ruyu behind it.

But the opportunity to openly and honestly monopolize the best Spirit Vein of Xiaoyue Mountain is not common.

After a long while, Aaron put down the dazed-looking Li Ruyu and raised his hand to touch the other's face.

"No wonder he insisted on bringing Li Qingjing this time; it turns out it was to create an accident so he could replace him?"

After a bout of fumbling, he abandoned this action and began to recite the formula obtained from soul-searching.

He had been the Li Jia Lao Zu for so long that he truly considered himself Li Ruyu, starting to wholeheartedly think for the Li Family.

"This is a deal both sides can accept, it's just slightly Evil Domain."

Aaron raised his hand to release two Flying Swords, which crisscrossed back and forth, carving Li Ruyu into a "human stick."

"No... why am I so hung up on the Li Family? The world is vast, and there are plenty of Spirit Veins better than the Li Family's..."

"Once the great chaos ends, finding any random faction to join and serving as a Guest Elder who just eats and waits for death seems like a pretty good idea."

(End of this chapter)