Chapter 458: Tiechengshan Old Demon

But when Deng Yin heard Xu Zhangshou say that even he could not do anything about this "Dutian Liehuo Zushi," his eyes suddenly lit up, and he said, "Senior Brother, I want to try. What if he really has a way to eradicate the Demonic Obstacle and Demon Seed in my body!"

"Sigh, Junior Brother, do not be deceived by him. What kind of methods could he possibly have? Even Master and I cannot resolve it, so what methods could he have? It would be nothing more than leading you completely into the demonic path, to prove that our Shushan Sect has raised a demon."

"Today is the day of his Huashan Sect's founding ceremony. That day, I heard him pluck his sword and sing; there was righteousness in it. Furthermore, I sent disciples to gather information, and this Ancestor restrains his followers, acting with quite a bit of order. Since he dares to do this on such an important occasion, it shows he has a solution. If he fails to do it, wouldn't that be a slap in the face to his Huashan Sect? Senior Brother, I do not want to fall into the demonic path, nor do I want to become a demon who recognizes no kin."

"A few days ago, while in meditation, I had a Nightmare. I dreamed that my wife, Shen Wugou, was killed, dreamed that I had fallen into the demonic path, dreamed that... Senior Brother, I still respect you, even if I was previously unconvinced as to why Master always had prejudices against me, treating you as the successor and first disciple while treating me as a burden. From the moment I entered the sect, he told me of my sins from a past life, as if I could never turn over a new leaf... guarding against me at every turn. Even you, Senior Brother, learned the complete Nine Heavens Profound Origin Method, while I only learned seven or eight tenths. You and I could have shared what we had, but we never did..."

"Cuiping Mountain is an Immortal mountain left behind by the Shangjie; where would a Mo Ku come from? I do not want to think wildly, but the Demon Seed has fallen upon me. Is it always fate? Or is it that I have not done enough, that I cannot overcome fate, or is there some other reason? Senior Brother, and Master, and even the later-joining Lianshan... all are obstructing me from solving the problem of the Demon Seed."

"Previously, I heard that Youdan Dashi is skilled at subduing demons, and I wanted to go and learn Dharma. You all said that our Taiqing Immortal Method is the orthodox path of the Supreme, so why learn from the Buddha? You said if you studied it, you could solve it... But didn't Lianshan Dashi also join a side sect? I didn't see you passing down the Dharma to him. Kuxing Touduo learned Dharma, and you didn't say anything, even listing him among the twelve great disciples... Only I, it seems, have been excluded by you from beginning to end."

"Only when there is dirty or tiring work to be done do you think of me and let me do it. In a sect, there is the face and the substance. You are capable, you can be the face, and I am willing to be the substance. But if I fall into the demonic path, my wife, my children, and those disciples of mine, how are they supposed to conduct themselves?"

"Senior Brother, as long as you tell me now that you have a way to solve it, I will not go to him."

Xu Zhangshou was silent for a long time, then sighed: "There is a way, but..."

"Heh, Senior Brother, at this point, you are still giving such a perfect, grand, and righteous explanation, as if everything is for my own good and for my sake. As long as the Demonic Obstacle and Demon Seed can be removed, what does it matter if I dissipate my cultivation and become a mortal? And what if I am reincarnated for another life? My wife, Shen Wugou, will guide me, and my child..."

He stopped speaking, full of disappointment, and looked at the red-clothed, red-haired Dutian Liehuo Zushi above the Ten Thousand Crow Fire Cloud, saying: "Dutian Liehuo Zushi, if you can truly extract the Demon Seed from my body, or if you have a way to use demons to control demons and restore my temperament, then I, Deng Yin, will bow to you as my master and join the Huashan Sect; that would be nothing."

Having said this, he turned to the various sects and said: "I, Deng Yin, do indeed harbor a Demon Seed. Decades ago, on Cuiping Mountain, a Mo Ku appeared. My master said it was set up by the Tiechengshan Old Demon. Inside was a demonic scripture. I entered it by mistake, was bewitched by it, and after reading a few pages, the demonic root was deeply planted."

Having said it out loud, he seemed to have vomited out a heavy burden and felt much more at ease.

But then, a sneer came from the sky: "You are farting! I have always disdained doing such sneaky, dog-like things. You Shushan people are truly interesting, splashing dirty water on me."

The Tiechengshan Old Demon, because he feared the heavenly punishment of the demonic tribulation, could not leave his own small world, the Mo Ku, and could only use his divine sense to roam the universe, looking for some excitement.

His cultivation was extremely high, and he was good at hiding. Even Xu Jia had not noticed his single thought. He thought to himself: There is an expert! The various sects did not look at Deng Yin with much change in expression, nor did they, like the Shushan Sect, shout for him to be beaten and killed.

Instead, there was a faint look of sympathy, especially from the disciples of the Hengshan Sect, who were all nuns. The leader, who had already attained the Earth Immortal fruit position—that is, the "Arhat's First Fruit" in Buddhism—was named "Huilin Shitai." She said: "It is just a demonic root and Demon Seed. Our Buddhist sect does indeed have a Great Method for Subduing Demons, especially Youdan Dashi, who is known as the number one in subduing demons."

"Yes, yes, which sect has not encountered a demonic tribulation? My Louguan Sect was once infiltrated by a Supreme Heavenly Demon who took the form of an Original Fetus and became the Sect Leader. I thought it would bring a revival to our Louguan, but it ended up cutting our Louguan in half and almost severing our inheritance. If you are truly troubled by a Demon Seed, our Louguan does have a Supreme Forgetting Emotion Demon-Eliminating Art."

"Ahahaha!"

Seeing them chattering and speaking enthusiastically, Deng Yin suddenly had tears in his eyes and laughed out loud.

"Even outsiders are like this. Senior Brother, oh Senior Brother! Master, oh Master!"

He would not have compared them if he hadn't, but once he did, he discovered that outside the Shushan Sect, there were good people everywhere, and there was no hiding or holding back at all.

The Tiechengshan Old Demon said again: "You kid are not bad; you are indeed a natural Demon Seed. Before I ascended to the Mo Jie, the balance between the righteous and demonic paths of this world rested on me. After I ascended to the Mo Jie, the fortune of the demonic path scattered, and you have managed to obtain seven or eight tenths of it."

"Why not join my sect and cultivate the demonic path entirely? I know the reason for your demonic path: is it that the sea of blood will not dry, and the demonic nature will not wither? This is a branch of the Ashura Modao. Every time you kill a person, you can transform them into an Ashura Tai. For an Ashura Tai to transform into an adult Ashura, it requires more fighting and more blood as nutrients. In this way, the demonic infection spreads over a large area, and you will have infinite Ashura Dao Bing for your use, and you can even forge the Ashura Shajian and the Ashura Yehua Lotus Platform."

"Hmm... I remember which Blood Demon refined this Great Method incorrectly and refined himself into an Ashura Yuan Tai, a mass of Blood Shadow... Eh, wasn't he fixed in place by Xu Zhangshou using the Haotian Mirror and refined to death by the Haotian True Fire?"

"Ahahaha, so he was afraid that you would usurp the position of Shushan Sect Leader after he ascended, so he set a trap for you. After he ascended, his successor would kill you to set things right..."

"Good scheme, good scheme indeed. My goodness, why stay in such a heartless and unrighteous place as Shushan? This Huashan is not a good place either; a guy who hides his head and shows his tail, replacing someone else. It would be better to be like me, the Old Ancestor, who dares to act and dares to take responsibility..."

The Tiechengshan Old Demon emitted a demonic sound with infinite attraction, especially the part where he described the Ashura Modao, which directly caused Deng Yin's face to show a bloody light, struggling incessantly.

(End of chapter)