Chapter 529: Top-tier Demon Taming Art

The Seven Luminaries Heaven-Patrolling Incense is refined from over a hundred types of precious materials; as long as the culprit is within a range of one thousand miles, the culprit's appearance will manifest.

Dou Yuanbin only had three sticks of Seven Luminaries Heaven-Patrolling Incense; he gave one to the Langya Liu Clan a month ago, and now that he had to light another, he naturally felt a deep sting in his heart, as this type of special treasure was one less for every one used.

Whoosh—

Dou Yuanbin made up his mind and lit the Seven Luminaries Heaven-Patrolling Incense.

Pale yellow smoke emerged, showing no signs of drifting away; instead, it condensed together, eventually forming a pattern suspected to be a celestial dog.

At this moment, Dou Yuanbin cast a wisp of Xiao Mu's aura into the smoke, and the two intertwined, beginning to undergo an inexplicable reaction.

Soon, the yellow smoke and Xiao Mu's aura combined completely; the nose of the celestial dog composed of smoke seemed to twitch, and the smoke began to change.

Dou Yuanbin's expression turned ashen in an instant, and his lips trembled, because although the smoke had changed, it remained a blurry mass, failing to manifest a human face.

There are three possible reasons for this situation!

First, the culprit is not within the range of the Seven Luminaries Heaven-Patrolling Incense; second, the culprit possesses a Strange Treasure that shields against this ability; third, the culprit is too powerful and immune to this ability.

The third point can be ignored; even the Dark Night King Dou Cangqiong would likely be unable to do this.

Dou Yuanbin's expression was very unsightly, not only because of the wasted Seven Luminaries Heaven-Patrolling Incense, but also because he was filled with apprehension toward the culprit lurking in the shadows.

What is the culprit's goal?

Does he have a grudge against Xiao Mu? Or is it for the Xiao Clan inheritance? Or perhaps it is to deal with him?

Because there was no information about the culprit, and crucially, the Xiao Clan members did not even see the culprit's face, this left Dou Yuanbin with too many doubts in his heart.

Dou Yuanbin began to ponder; if it were aimed at him, the ones with the greatest suspicion were undoubtedly those Princes who wanted to compete with him for the throne.

Secondly, it would be people he had offended in the past.

Dou Yuanbin had offended many people, and among them was Li Changsheng.

It was just that, considering Li Changsheng's level as a Fourth-rank Demon Tamer, even if he performed with enough monstrous talent, it was impossible for him to possess the strength to kill Xiao Mu independently.

"If he borrowed a Demon Beast, it wouldn't be impossible."

Such a thought emerged in Dou Yuanbin's mind, which kept him from removing Li Changsheng from the list of suspects.

He thought again and again, finally deciding to use his own channels to grasp the recent information on these guys, and then eliminate those who had an 'alibi' one by one.

In this way, the scope would be significantly narrowed.

Of course, it was also possible to eliminate the real culprit, but Dou Yuanbin felt the possibility was not high.

Inside the Baisheng King Secret Realm, Li Changsheng began to check his gains.

Among them, the Space Rings of those two Xiao Clan Elders contributed items worth tens of thousands to him, yet there was nothing he took a fancy to.

Li Changsheng began to check the books, Secret Techniques, and Demon Taming Arts obtained from the third and fourth floors.

Among the books on the third floor, most recorded notes from predecessors, quite a few of which were from Xiao Clan ancestors, and they were interspersed with a few unique secret manuals, though they were of little use to Li Changsheng.

This was unavoidable; after obtaining part of Di Zhiyi's memories, the usefulness of these predecessors' notes to Li Changsheng could be described as negligible.

How could the experience and insights of the Xiao Clan ancestors be compared to the Flame King Di Zhiyi, who lived for nearly three hundred years? The two were not on the same level at all.

The Secret Techniques and Demon Taming Arts on the third floor all reached the high-tier level, including three high-tier Demon Taming Arts, though they were all relatively ordinary high-tier Demon Taming Arts.

Among more than a dozen high-tier Secret Techniques, Li Changsheng chose a Secret Technique called Firm as a Rock.

Firm as a Rock is not a defensive Secret Technique, but a mental one; it is a Secret Technique that can significantly improve a Demon Pet's mental fortitude, mainly targeting skills or traits related to spirit and illusions, while simultaneously exempting negative emotions such as fear and dread.

Li Changsheng took out seven books and two Jade Slips; these were his gains from the fourth floor of the Library Pavilion.

With an excited heart, Li Changsheng began to examine these seven books.

Among these seven books, five were works by Pseudo-Kings, mostly discussing experience and insights regarding cultivation, training, and tactics.

The remaining two books came from Kings: one was the biography of the Chuang King, and the other was the Dan King's "Alchemy Notes Part One".

The Chuang King was a King who fell more than a hundred years ago; like many Kings, he was killed by demons.

Every King has their own style of conduct; some like to stay in Secret Realms to do research, some are concerned about the country and the people, some are selfish, while the Chuang King was the type of King who liked to travel everywhere, especially fond of writing various biographies.

These two books from the Kings were very thick; Li Changsheng focused on flipping through the Chuang King's biography, which mainly recorded the life story of the Chuang King Xiang Wenzhi, compiled, described, and explained selectively based on various written and oral recollections, investigations, and related materials.

Although Li Changsheng possessed part of Di Zhiyi's memories, after becoming a King, Di Zhiyi spent most of his time playing the role of a shut-in, rarely going out to travel and gather inspiration; the Chuang King's biography could broaden Li Changsheng's horizons.

The Dan King's "Alchemy Notes Part One" went without saying; Li Changsheng and Ning Bizhen had once explored the Danwang Biefu and obtained a pile of Alchemical Pill recipes, an exotic fire, and the recipe for the Imitation Demon Refining Pot, but they had not obtained the Dan King's alchemy notes.

Even if it was only the first part, it was still precious.

Li Changsheng only took a few glances at the alchemy notes; he had no research into alchemy, so he naturally looked at it in a daze and handed it to Kailan.

He believed that with the Dan King's alchemy notes, Kailan could learn some alchemy techniques, and her rate of progress would definitely have a significant improvement.

At this time, Li Changsheng's gaze fell on the two Jade Slips, one of which was made of Transmission Jade, emitting a moist luster.

Li Changsheng couldn't wait to pick up the Jade Slip made of Transmission Jade and press it against his forehead.

In the blink of an eye, Li Changsheng opened his eyes; his expression was not very good, because there was a Restriction in this Transmission Jade Slip, making him unable to 'see' the contents inside.

Like the Space Ring, Li Changsheng had no intention of breaking the Restriction with brute force, because the Restriction was almost integrated with the Jade Slip; once the Restriction was broken, it was highly likely to damage the Inheritance Jade Slip.

Unlike the Space Ring, Li Changsheng could not put the Jade Slip into the Starlight Divine Water to wear down the Restriction; for one, the Restriction was different from a Soul Imprint, and for another, the content recorded in the Jade Slip was inherited using Mental Power.

Li Changsheng refused to believe it and picked up the second Jade Slip; this time it was an ordinary Jade Slip, and what comforted him was that he could see the contents inside.

This was actually a severely incomplete Top-tier Demon Taming Art, named "Styx Demon Taming Art"; just like the Starlight Power of the "Zhou Heaven Starry Sky Demon Taming Art", practicing the "Styx Demon Taming Art" would give birth to a Styx to fight the enemy, possessing the ability to change the environment, and it was adept at enhancing the combat power of Water Element Demon Pets.

Unfortunately, this "Styx Demon Taming Art" was severely incomplete; according to the methods above, one could only cultivate it to the Fourth Rank at most; to become a higher-rank Demon Tamer, one could only switch to other high-tier Demon Taming Arts.

This was also the main reason why Xiao Mu did not cultivate the "Styx Demon Taming Art"; otherwise, even with the help of the Cold Jade Rabbit, Li Changsheng might not have been able to kill him.

After checking all the gains, Li Changsheng did not immediately command his Demon Pets to attack the remaining 12 Yuansha Tianluo Ten Extremes Wonderful True Jars, but began to purify the Spirit Essence.

This time, Li Changsheng obtained dozens of Demon Pet corpses; although most only had sparse or Pure Grade Bloodlines, some reached the Concentrated Grade.

Because they were packed with too many books, even though Li Changsheng possessed more than twenty Space Rings, he was still close to reaching his carrying limit.

As long as these corpses were purified into Spirit Essence, some space could be cleared.

Under Li Changsheng's skillful operation, it took less than five hours to purify all these Demon Pet corpses into Spirit Essence.

Among them, the Chongming Bird Essence Blood already exceeded one jar, enough to supply the Light Blessing bird to complete its evolution.

In addition, more than half a jar of Golden-Winged Great Peng bird Spirit Essence has been collected; I believe it won't be long before the Giant Whale Kun can fuse its Bloodline to become a Kunpeng, and it will no longer face the awkward situation of being used as a projectile by Roundy.

The Light Double-Pupil Bird, like the Light Ancestor Bird, both possess Concentrated Grade Chongming Bird Bloodline, and they are also the two directions for the Light Blessing Bird's next evolution.

However, even with the same Concentrated Grade Chongming Bird Bloodline, there are still differences in quality. Judging from their species, the former is higher than the latter.

Evolution in this regard is an almost uncontrollable factor; Li Zhangsheng naturally hopes the Light Blessing Bird will evolve into the higher-species Light Double-Pupil Bird.

Without hesitation, Li Zhangsheng flicked the Monster Pet Bag and summoned the Light Blessing Bird.

As soon as it was summoned, due to the resonance in its Bloodline, the Light Blessing Bird's eyes involuntarily stared at that jar of Chongming Bird Essence Blood, revealing a look of longing.

Li Zhangsheng had long since fulfilled his promise to it, and far exceeded it; now that he had given it another chance to evolve, the Light Blessing Bird was naturally more than just grateful to Li Zhangsheng.

Without any superfluous gestures, Li Zhangsheng controlled the Chongming Bird Essence Blood to transform into a line of blood, which fell precisely into the open Bird Beak of the Light Blessing Bird.

Gulp—gulp—

The throat of the Light Blessing Bird moved continuously as it rapidly swallowed this Spirit Essence.

It took half a minute for the Light Blessing Bird to finish swallowing; it lay on the ground with a look of satisfaction, its eyes showing an expression that was both painful and excited, and its whole body began to bloom with light.

During the process of evolution, the body size of the Light Blessing Bird began to grow, only stopping once it reached a length of ten meters.

In the Consciousness Sea of the Light Blessing Bird, a phantom of the Chongming Bird appeared, far clearer than before, though its gaze remained dull; it was then immediately Devoured entirely by the Light Blessing Bird.

Soon, the white light enveloping the Light Blessing Bird slowly retracted, revealing an increasingly brilliant figure.

Today's goal: Three, Pigs, Proof!

(End of this chapter)