Chapter 174: Demonic Path Harvesting and Supplementing

After sending off the solicitous Huang Yunying, Cheng Xinzhan finally had time to see what he had brought.

First were some medicinal herbs and spiritual fruits; this was the kind of thing that those in cultivation only feared having too little of, never too much. Moreover, he had not seen many of these overseas herbs and fruits before, so he gathered them all into his cave stone.

There was also a formation map, which had functions such as concealment, covering, illusion, and gathering spiritual energy. It was a relatively common dojo formation map. This formation map was driven by water and fire power, which was just right for Honglu Island.

Cheng Xinzhan immediately refined this formation map and then set it up on Honglu Island. Immediately, the smoke and waves on the sea and the smoke and fire under the island steamed up, mixing into a mass of green-yellow mist, surrounding Honglu Island.

This was much better, preventing people flying back and forth from seeing Honglu Island in its entirety.

Then there was a sea map, a sea map of the Dadu Sea, which was more detailed than the "Sea Scenery Record." Along with the map, there was also the refining method for the Huang Liu Island buoys.

After Cheng Xinzhan learned it, he looked out and saw many talisman-seed spiritual lights floating in the air on the sea surface, connecting into lines of light, which was very interesting.

Finally, there was a cloth net cage that Huang Yunying handed over cautiously. He gave many instructions at the time,

"Brother Bie Lu, this is a reward carefully selected for you by the Immortal Master. It is a treasure the Immortal Master brought out from the southern wilderness jungles on land. He has countless Gu insects on him, but the power of this Gu insect is first-class."

"Old Immortal said, Brother Bie Lu, you came from the Blood God Sect and are an expert at playing with blood, and your poison skills are also very powerful, so he specially picked this nest of Gu insects for you, called 'Six-Winged Snake-Bodied Mosquito.' In the southern wilderness, it is also called 'Disease Blood Gu.' It can suck human essence and blood, and can also broadcast plagues. It is a rare attack treasure Gu!"

It was said that this Huang Yunying was the most favored under Huang Laoxian. Clearly, it was a Gu insect that Huang Laoxian had brought from the southern wilderness and forgotten about, but in his mouth, it was carefully selected.

Cheng Xinzhan didn't think much of this demonic Gu insect in his heart, but he was now in a demon's den, and many righteous methods couldn't be used, while demonic methods were a bit scarce. Using this Gu temporarily overseas was just the right time.

Along with the Gu insect cage, there was also a Gu refining treasure book, which recorded the origin and refining method of this Gu insect.

This "Six-Winged Snake-Bodied Mosquito" lived in the streams of the southern wilderness jungles. After the six wings were folded close to the body, it was no different from a small snake. It was green all over and only half an inch long. It could live underwater. The six wings were transparent, and with just one vibration, it could fly high out of the water, and its speed was extremely fast.

The "Six-Winged Snake-Bodied Mosquito" hid all its blood poison in its belly, but it was very clean itself. The stream it lived in was even extremely clean, because all other fish and insects had been eaten by this snake-mosquito. Therefore, in the southern wilderness jungles, if there was a stream that was clear and had no fish, and no bird calls or insect chirps could be heard around it, then one had to be careful; perhaps one had reached the nest of the snake-mosquito.

This mosquito had sharp teeth and was good at sucking blood. Before it was refined into a Gu, it would take no more than ten breaths to suck a wild boar dry. This insect could not only suck blood but also release poison. With one bite, it would release blood poison, and the prey's entire essence and blood would feel as if it were boiling, and they would be scalded to death by their own blood.

However, although this thing was powerful, it also had natural enemies. In the southern wilderness jungles, there was a kind of frog that specialized in eating this mosquito, so this thing had always been difficult to become a climate.

In addition, this thing also had a huge weakness, which was its short lifespan. It was afraid that after going through all the trouble to refine it into a Gu, it would die out in ten or eight years, and then it would have to be refined again, which was really troublesome. Therefore, even though there might be no natural enemies on the sea, Huang Laoxian's mind had never been on this Gu insect, but had thrown it aside.

However, this thing was just right for Cheng Xinzhan, who hadn't planned to stay on the sea for long anyway.

The refining method for this Gu was also simple: first, use spiritual objects of water, fire, and wood attributes to form a secret talisman to feed it, and then induce the group of insects to attack each other, refining a hundred insects into one Gu.

Cheng Xinzhan counted, and the cage sent by Huang Laoxian only had twenty-four Gu, all of which were skinny to the bone. He figured that when they were first brought overseas, there must have been thousands of them, but in these hundred years, they had been forgotten by Huang Laoxian, and a group of Gu insects had constantly reproduced, died of old age, and cannibalized each other in this tiny cage, leaving only this many.

This first step of becoming a Gu from an insect had already been done by Huang Laoxian. The second step was to feed them blood to recognize their master.

Theoretically speaking, this Gu had already recognized Huang Laoxian as its master. If one wanted to change masters, one had to starve the Gu insect to the point of near death, with the essence and blood in its body completely consumed. At this time, the new master would refine their own essence and blood into a secret talisman and feed it to the Gu insect, letting the Gu insect recognize the new master again.

The upper limit of this Gu insect's growth was also related to the Gu master's essence and blood. The higher the Gu master's realm, or the purer the bloodline, the stronger the Gu insect's power and toxicity.

Now these Gu insects were so hungry that only a skin remained, which was the right time to change masters. Moreover, these Gu insects had cannibalized each other, and those that lived to the present were also the best of the best.

Cheng Xinzhan cut his finger and dripped twenty-four drops of blood, forming a blood crystal talisman seed according to the secret method in the Gu refining treasure book. He had just unlocked the restriction on the insect cage when the sickly snake-mosquitoes inside smelled the scent of essence and blood and hit the insect cage like crazy.

Cheng Xinzhan marveled that these Gu insects, which were hungry to the point of being like skin, still had such vitality. He then dripped the essence and blood into the insect cage one by one. Those Gu insects scrambled for food crazily. Before Cheng Xinzhan could send all the essence and blood in, six more Gu insects were torn apart and cannibalized in the process of fighting for the essence and blood.

Cheng Xinzhan was helpless and could only intervene with magical power, separating them one by one, which was how he managed to feed the essence and blood well. He took back the extra six drops into his heart mansion. The treasure book said that this first feeding didn't need to be too much, otherwise, the Gu insects would be extremely hungry, and they would easily die from overeating. If he fed them three times in ten days, the Gu insects would recognize their master, and at this time, they could be released to fight the enemy.

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Half a month later.

Cheng Xinzhan had refined the Gu insects and pretended that his healing time was almost up, so he left Honglu Island to find Huang Yunying. After all, he hadn't come overseas to meditate.

He came to Jinshui Island. Jinshui Island was wrapped in a mass of water vapor, and he couldn't see the situation inside, so he shouted outside the island.

"Is Master Eagle at home? Brother Bie Lu requests an audience."

Soon, the water vapor covering Jinshui Island changed, creating a passage.

Cheng Xinzhan walked in and found that the scenery on Jinshui Island was beautiful, and there were many servants. Walking to the deepest part, he found a golden lake, and a palace was on the island in the middle of the lake.

This Huang Yunying really kept pace with Huang Laosan in everything.

Cheng Xinzhan thought so in his heart and finally landed at the entrance of the palace.

"Brother Bie Lu, please come in."

A voice drifted from inside.

Immediately, the palace door opened, and Cheng Xinzhan looked inside with some astonishment. It was also resplendent, with groups of slaves, but overall it didn't look as gorgeous as Huang Laoxian's Bugui Building.

And the couch Huang Yunying was sitting on could hardly be called a couch; it was a large bed, crowded with beauties, both female and male. At this moment, he flipped his hand and transformed another exquisite couch to place opposite, then divided half of the dancing girls and smiled, asking Cheng Xinzhan to come forward and sit.

Cheng Xinzhan frowned and walked closer, smelling a decadent fragrance. He sat on the couch but raised his hand to block the women from clinging to him. He looked at Huang Yunying and said,

"Master Eagle, I couldn't say anything about Old Immortal, but why are you like this too? Are you intentionally imitating Old Immortal? I don't think this is good." The women on the couch changed their expressions, silent as cicadas. However, Huang Yunying's smile remained unchanged,

"Brother Bie Lu is wrong. It's not imitating the Immortal Master, but the Immortal Master's Bugui Building was built by me. The beauties in the Immortal Master's building were also selected and presented by me."

Cheng Xinzhan's tone became even more unhappy upon hearing this,

"Master Eagle, why are you so self-deprecating? You and I are both in the second realm, which is the time when every bit of yin must be contested. How can you spend your time on enjoyment? This is short-sighted. If the Yuan Pearl is not formed, how many days of happiness can you have? And where do you know what is true great happiness? Great freedom?"

Huang Yunying smiled bitterly and was about to explain, but heard Cheng Xinzhan continue,

"Thinking of my old master, the Blood God Sect, before conquering West Kunlun, we also racked our brains and practiced desperately, only then to achieve success in one battle and take West Kunlun. But after occupying the mountain, many people changed, settling for enjoyment and intrigue. My damn master was one of them, which is why I left the mountain in anger."

Cheng Xinzhan's voice became higher and higher,

"I thought the demonic sects on land were mostly like this, and the sea was vast, perhaps there was a different atmosphere. I didn't expect that Old Immortal was like this, and Master Eagle, you are also like this. Alas! Since that's the case, why don't I leave and look for the true demon?"

Cheng Xinzhan made a gesture to get up and leave. Huang Yunying hurriedly got off the couch to stop him, pressed Cheng Xinzhan back onto the couch, and then ordered the many slaves to be withdrawn. When there was no one in the hall, he looked at Cheng Xinzhan, but couldn't help laughing out loud.

Now he was truly relieved. Not bad, he was indeed a true demon, a true demon who was ignorant of the world and focused on cultivation. In this way, even if Old Immortal died in a demonic tribulation and he sat on the position of Huang Liu Island Master, he would dare to use this Feng Brother Bie Lu with confidence.

Cheng Xinzhan frowned, "What is Master Eagle laughing at?"

Huang Yunying then laughed,

"I also have the surname Huang. When there are outsiders, I call Old Immortal Immortal Master. When there is no one, I call Old Immortal foster father. Before coming to the sea, Immortal Master was my own master. How could I harm Immortal Master? As for myself, I followed Immortal Master to defect from Baiman Mountain and came to the sea after nine deaths and one life. How could I settle for enjoyment?"

Cheng Xinzhan was puzzled upon hearing this, "Then why?"

Huang Yunying looked deeply at Cheng Xinzhan and said, "If Brother Bie Lu hadn't come to the door today and said these words, I wouldn't have told Brother Bie Lu the following words. Brother Bie Lu, just listen to it, don't spread it."

However, Cheng Xinzhan immediately swore,

"What Master Eagle said to me today, if I leak it out, I will definitely not be able to form the Yuan Pearl in this life, and the demonic path will be bumpy!"

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Huang Yunying changed color immediately, "Virtuous brother, no need to swear, no need to swear!"

He heard clearly that in this oath, Brother Bie Lu didn't use the guise of a fake name, but only spoke of himself, which showed his sincerity and earnestness!

"Virtuous brother, it's like this. There are two reasons. You listen to me carefully. First, what I and Immortal Master originally practiced was the demonic art of Baiman Mountain. On Huang Liu Island, we also taught this to our disciples. In addition, there was the demon-cultivation demonic art passed down to Old Immortal by the Tuo Wang. But in fact, before Immortal Master left the land, he also obtained a secret technique."

"Secret technique?"

Cheng Xinzhan echoed.

Huang Yunying smiled and nodded,

"It is a harvesting and supplementing secret technique. This secret technique has a higher origin than the demonic art Immortal Master originally practiced. It was found by Immortal Master from an ancient ruin, but it was hidden on land and not practiced. One reason was that Emei was watching closely at the time, and he didn't dare to go out to harvest and supplement. More importantly, he was afraid that Patriarch Green Robe would see the clues and snatch the secret technique away."

"Before defecting to the sea at that time, Immortal Master summoned his trusted disciples and asked who was willing to follow him. Only I, I was the youngest disciple at the time, and my realm was the lowest, but I chose to follow Master without hesitation. So Immortal Master killed the other senior brothers and only took me away. After coming to the sea, he taught me this secret technique."

Cheng Xinzhan nodded and said, "So that's how it is."

This secret had been in his heart for a long time. Huang Yunying was probably suffocated, and at this moment, his desire to talk was extremely high, continuing to say,

"After arriving at the sea, we realized that this is truly a sacred place for practicing harvesting and supplementing techniques! Mermen, snake demons, clam girls, and shellfish spirits are simply there for the taking, hahaha. Although harvesting and supplementing these female demons is probably not as nourishing as human bodies, the advantage here is that there are many of them, and there is no need to worry about being killed by righteous Daoist monks who are eliminating demons and defending the path one day!"

Huang Yunying laughed, "After coming to the sea, our master and apprentice harvested and supplemented everywhere. Master's cultivation improved from the first turn of the Yuan Pearl to the second turn immediately, and I also went from a small cultivator in the first realm to the second realm. However, at this time, we also realized that kidnapping people everywhere was not a long-term plan, and we wanted to find a place to settle down, which was why we defected to the Tuo Wang and occupied this Huang Liu Island."

"The Dadu Sea is a treasure land. To the south is the Merman Kingdom, to the east is the Snake Cave, and to the west is the Shellfish Reef. They are all rich in female spirits and female demons. Our master and apprentice don't need to kidnap everywhere anymore. We only need to negotiate with those small leaders. We offer spiritual jade and herbs, and they send female spirits and female demons. It is willing on both sides. We don't need to be as rough as before. Hey, often we didn't pay attention and harvested and supplemented these demons to death."

"Moreover, we are from the land, and our vision was small. After coming to the sea, we realized that not only clam girls and shellfish spirits, but mermen and snake boys are also very handsome. Now we harvest Yuan Yang and extract true Yin. After the event, we reward these slaves, or kill them to serve as blood-food, and no one says a word of objection. Hehe, this is something I wouldn't dare to think about on land."

Huang Yunying said very proudly. Cheng Xinzhan's face was full of sudden realization, but his heart was already filled with ten thousand zhang of anger.

Demonic path! Bestiality! All should be killed!

"Virtuous brother is not an outsider now. If you also want to practice the method of harvesting and supplementing, I can go to Old Immortal to plead for you and accept virtuous brother as a disciple. How about it?"

Cheng Xinzhan shook his head repeatedly, "Immortal Master's harvesting and supplementing may be a wonderful method, but Brother Bie Lu's demonic path is in killing, in fighting, in snatching, so forget it."

Huang Yunying was even more satisfied after hearing this, and his face pretended to be regretful, saying,

"Then let it be virtuous brother. If your thoughts change in the future, come to me again. I said so much just now, which is the main reason. Another reason for building high buildings and raising slaves is to confuse the other three leaders."

"I would like to hear the details."

"There are four leaders under the Tuo Wang in the Dadu Sea, which are Black Master, Red Second Aunt, our Immortal Master is Third Master, and there is also a Qing Laosi. Qing Laosi's original form is a green python, and Red Second Aunt's original form is a Xia bat."

"Black Master is the most mysterious. He followed Tuo Wang very early. On weekdays when Tuo Wang sleeps, Black Master manages the sea area. It is rumored that Black Master also came from the land, but whether Black Master is a human or a demon, no one knows."

"So here, except for a Black Master whose background is unknown, including the master Tuo Wang, they are all demon cultivators. Only our Huang Liu Island takes in demonic paths from human origins. Once our strength grows fast, it will inevitably cause suspicion. So these years, our master and apprentice have feigned enjoyment, but in fact, we are walking on thin ice!"

Huang Yunying sighed. He had held these words for a long time, and today he was finally able to speak his mind.

Immortal Master was right. These years they feigned enjoyment and kept yielding to the other three leaders. As a result, their subordinates were all dogs that only knew how to wag their tails. But they had to raise a wolf, right? Now if they didn't reveal anything, the wolf would either become a dog or run away.

"Then it was Brother Bie Lu who blamed Immortal Master and Master Eagle wrongly."

Cheng Xinzhan said.

Huang Yunying waved his hand,

"Why does virtuous brother still call me Master Eagle? Just call me elder brother. By the way, virtuous brother came to listen to my chatter, I still don't know what you are visiting for?"

Cheng Xinzhan smiled bitterly,

"Elder brother has the technique of harvesting and supplementing to seize yin and yang, so naturally you don't worry about cultivation. But Brother Bie Lu is anxious about the Yuan Pearl and wants to ask about the Gang Sha on the sea. I hope elder brother can point out a clear path."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 175 =====