Chapter 116: Refining Demon Taiyin Zhenhuo

Seeing the monk Xiang You sitting in meditation and passing away in the blood eye fissure in the belly of the mountain, and the Great Liberation Demon Blade he placed in front of his knees.

Now that Qian Chen had self-slashed the Bone Tianmo Tianmo Sheli and severed his demonic path foundation, he could no longer use the various divine abilities of the gods and demons transformed by the Bone Tianmo Tianmo Sheli.

That Heaven Demon Blood-Transforming Ancient Shendao, with its sharp killing intent and deep demonic nature, had become a swan song.

After Qian Chen realized that his destination was not the demonic path, he didn't feel much regret, except that the Soundless Divine Thunder of the nun god and demon had powerful might and a high level of prestige, which suited his heart, but now it was also abolished! However, relying on the extremely strong comprehension ability blessed by the Taiqing Dao Dust Bead, Qian Chen had already comprehended seven or eight out of ten of such methods, and could slowly adopt original qi in the future to re-cultivate this divine ability.

Whether it was the remains of the monk Xiang You or the Great Liberation Demon Blade transformed by the Heaven Demon Blood-Transforming Ancient Shendao, both were extremely rare spiritual materials and treasure weapons.

The Heaven Demon Blood-Transforming Ancient Shendao was a type of divine weapon that required deep demonic path cultivation to drive. After being transformed by Xiang You into the Great Liberation Demon Blade, it was already a rare divine weapon condensed into a qi weapon. It was just that this was refined from the true body of Xiang You's wife, Madam Chi Lian. Qian Chen had just received the grace of Xiang You's enlightenment and had decisively abolished his demonic path foundation, so he was not prepared to keep this divine weapon.

Let it be buried with Xiang You!

The same went for Xiang You's remains. He was originally a flesh body carefully prepared by the Blood Demon for himself, already cultivated into a Drought Demon body. Added to that, after Xiang You's sudden enlightenment, he had also cultivated a Golden Body, making it an extremely rare Dharma body in the world that combined Buddha and Demon. Whether as a shell or for refining gods and demons, it was an excellent material.

"Leaving the remains here will definitely lead to them being seized by the Blood Demon…… Sigh! Having received the grace of your enlightenment, I have no choice but to go to the trouble of finding a place to cremate you!"

Qian Chen used the Dragon Sparrow Ring to collect Xiang You's remains…… When he turned back, he saw Yan Shu standing there somewhat ashamed. Seeing Qian Chen walk over, he sighed: "I've spent thirty years refining swords, yet I never thought there would be a day when I wouldn't even have the courage to draw my sword……"

Qian Chen sighed with emotion: "Although I could draw my blade, in reality, I took advantage of a magic treasure; otherwise, I wouldn't necessarily have been much better off than Yan Yan Shixiong Yan. And wasn't I beaten into fleeing in a panic? If it weren't for you all coming, I would have made a feint and fled! If it weren't for the fact that he didn't want to live anymore…… This person was a figure capable of rainbow-transforming and ascending."

"There are about three types of achievements for those who ascend in this world!" Si Qingguo clicked her tongue and said: "Corpse-dissection ascension to Yin Spirit, rainbow-transformation ascension to Yang Spirit, and flesh-body ascension to Nascent Soul. If this person could rainbow-transform and ascend, wouldn't he already be in the Yang Spirit realm? My god…… And this was just a demon general under the Blood Demon…… Could the Blood Demon be a demon lord in the Nascent Soul realm!"

"No, I have to call my father!"

Si Qingguo took out a jade talisman and was about to crush it.

Seeing her about to crush the jade talisman at the True Talisman level, Qian Chen stopped her with quick eyes and hands, pointing to the Blood Eye Demon Cave and saying: "The Blood Demon is in there! It's been beaten to the point of not daring to come out……"

Yan Shu and Ning Qingchen's expressions were a bit strange. In this world, the Blood Demon they were tasked by the Lord of Samsara to deal with was the Blood Demon. How could it be that the Blood Demon's subordinate had beaten the Blood Demon to the point of not daring to show its head? Although this blood cave was dilapidated, the remaining aura was extremely strong, indicating that although the Blood Demon had been sealed for two thousand years, it hadn't weakened to the extreme; on the contrary, it had recovered somewhat.

Of course, now that it had been slashed by Xiang You, that was hard to say.

In any case, Qian Chen felt that it shouldn't be lightly injured.

"Qian Yan Shixiong, since the Blood Demon still fears that person, and you fought him back and forth, doesn't that mean you don't fear the Blood Demon either? Plus, we've already found the Demon-Suppressing Magic Treasures in our hands, and the Blood Demon is even weaker this time…… It shouldn't be a problem anymore, right!" Si Qingguo asked curiously.

"Originally, that was indeed the case. At that time, I only had one-tenth of my cultivation left, and dealing with a weakened Blood Demon was indeed not a problem. But now? I have recovered ten-tenths of my magic power, yet I can't take them down! …… And I'm not worried that the Blood Demon is too strong now; on the contrary, I'm worried that it's too weak." Qian Chen said with a bitter smile.

Yan Shu suddenly realized: "Qian Shidi is worried that the Blood Demon will have its foundation seized by that Miaokong?"

Qian Chen nodded: "These two demon lords are like raising poisonous insects; if one is too weak, the other will devour it. When two strong parties fight, we benefit. These two sides are scheming against each other, and they can't even bring out five-tenths of their ten-tenths of ability. But if one side devours the other, they can recover to their peak state, and then it will be difficult to deal with!"

"Originally, I had prepared several means to ensure that it would be difficult for these two to decide a winner, but now that my magic power has fully recovered. The means I prepared have all been rendered useless…… Wanting to stop it now is difficult!"

Originally, Qian Chen was prepared to transform into the Demon Lord of the twelve Bone Relics. Relying on the Nine-Child Heaven Ghost refined into the Bone Relics, he could at any time follow the connection between the Nine-Child Mother Heaven Ghosts. When Miaokong and the Blood Demon were devouring each other, he could also participate by relying on the demonic path's Heaven Demon Seizing Dao method. At that time, relying on Qian Chen's terrifying aptitude in the demonic path, neither the Blood Demon nor Miaokong would be able to survive; both would end up being devoured by Qian Chen……

But now?

Even if he gave Qian Chen this opportunity, he wouldn't dare anymore!

"A person's greatest opponent is still oneself!" Qian Chen sighed in his heart: "If I enter the demonic path, I'm truly afraid of even myself. I'd better honestly be my revival ancestor and mix in the righteous path, which has a bright future!"

"Why is it that even though Yan Yan Shixiong's magic power has fully recovered, you are still not their match?" Ning Qingchen asked, puzzled.

Qian Chen explained calmly: "Previously, in order to deal with the great enemy Miaokong, I actively studied the demonic path and sought a way to use demons to control demons. Later, I seized that demonic path magic treasure of his and was almost deluded by it, falling into the demonic path. Therefore, although my magic power was weak at that time, I became powerful by entering the demonic path, and I was confident that I didn't fear these demon lords."

"Later, I was enlightened by the monk Xiang You, and only then did I realize that I had almost entered the demonic path, and only then did I slash away the demonic path foundation."

"Although my magic power has fully recovered now, I still have to suppress that demonic path magic treasure, so I can only exert seven-tenths of my ten-tenths of strength. On the contrary, it's not as good as before……"

Yan Shu advised: "Even if Qian Shidi wants to avenge the destruction of the sect, you cannot take such a shortcut!"

Ning Qingchen and the others all said a few words, and Qian Chen humbly accepted them one by one. Fellow Daoists and friends can also become a mirror, reminding him to correct deviations in time.

"Right!" Qian Chen suddenly remembered something: "A Demon-Suppressing Treasure is also sealed here, but it can be taken out."

He led the few of them out of the blood eye. This was a mountain belly fissure split open by Xiang You's blade. Tian Sha Peak should have had a thick Earth Evil Yin Pulse in the past, which was why it was used to seal the Blood Demon, relying on the Earth Evil Qi to wear down its essence. Now, the Earth Evil Qi was mixed with the Blood Demon's essence qi, turning into Blood Evil, which had also been refined by the Blood Demon into a part of itself.

The blood eye was the Earth Aperture transformed by the Blood Evil Qi.

Although Qian Chen didn't fear the Blood Demon still in the seal now, the Blood Evil Qi was mixed with turbid qi and demonic qi, and staying for a long time was not good for their cultivation, so it was better to leave as soon as possible.

The exit of the blood eye fissure was still in that blood pool.

Now the essence blood mixed with magma in the pool had all been frozen by Qian Chen. Qian Chen poked it with the tip of the Heaven Net Umbrella; the Ice Soul Cold Light had frozen it very solidly. He raised his head and said: "This blood pool is hidden the deepest, and it is also the place where the demon cave is most heavily guarded, and there is even the Blood Demon watching it personally. If there is any place suitable for sealing a Demon-Suppressing Treasure, it can only be here!"

"This blood pool is a mixture of blood and fire, frozen by the Ice Soul Cold Light, yet it still hasn't completely frozen. The magma under the ice layer carries a pure Yang power…… It should be the Refining Demon Taiyin Zhenhuo among the seven Demon-Suppressing Treasures."

"Ning Ning Shimei Ning! You go and take this treasure!" Qian Chen turned his head and said.

Ning Qingchen was instantly stunned: "Yan Yan Shixiong, Phoenix Master has already taken the Demon-Breaking Golden Needle!"

"And every time we eliminate demons, it's Qian Yan Shixiong who contributes the most, how can……"

"Phoenix Master is also a member of us, shouldn't what it obtained be counted together with Ning Ning Shimei Ning? Ning Ning Shimei Ning has already yielded once before. There are still three pieces left among the seven Demon-Suppressing Treasures, so it's not a difference of this one time. I have already set my heart on the Profound Heaven Demon-Slaying Sword, the first of the seven treasures, so I won't compete with Ning Ning Shimei this time!"

Seeing that he was determined, Ning Qingchen accepted it with shame!

If it were a fire for alchemy, Qian Chen might still be a bit interested, but that Refining Demon Taiyin Zhenhuo was refined from a kind of pure fire from the heavenly realm, containing the meaning of refining demons and warding off evil, and was a magic treasure used for killing and refining demons. For alchemy, it was not even as good as the Heavenly Thunder Taiyin Zhenhuo that Qian Chen had a chance to learn! For Qian Chen, the best choice was naturally the Doushuai Taiyin Zhenhuo under the Taiqing Bagua Furnace.

It's just a pity that neither the Taiqing Bagua Furnace nor the Taiqing Yin-Yang Fan had the ability to catalyze the Doushuai Taiyin Zhenhuo, and the Taiqing Dao Dust Bead couldn't either.

It really is the most useless of the three Taiqing treasures!

In the future, Qian Chen could only find a way to obtain the fire seed from Doushuai Palace or the Taiqing Sect.

Ning Qingchen came before the frozen blood pool. She closed her eyes to sense the unstable pure Yang qi in the blood pool. Qian Chen even gave her a few Master Chunyang Pills to hold in her hand. While Ning Qingchen was guarding against the big yellow chicken eyeing her covetously, she tried hard to hook this pure Yang qi. The big yellow chicken walked around her intentionally or unintentionally.

Ning Qingchen had no choice but to promise: "After I obtain the Refining Demon Taiyin Zhenhuo, I will learn alchemy from Qian Yan Shixiong, okay! Phoenix Master, don't make trouble this time!"

The big yellow chicken revealed a look of contempt, clearly saying—

Relying on her, she wouldn't even touch the fur of Qian Chen's alchemy skills in ten lifetimes.

Since when did someone who could even burn spirit grain balls have such unrealistic ideas?

Finally, the pure Yang qi in the blood pool was stirred up by the temptation of the spirit pill. Suddenly, a white true flame melted the cold ice and leaped out of the blood pool. As soon as that white true flame left, the essence blood in the pool was completely frozen. This time, the coldness froze the blood pool, turning the essence blood that had been refined into blood ice dust. That strange vitality was frozen to death, and this pool of blood water was basically useless.

The Refining Demon Taiyin Zhenhuo occupied Ning Qingchen's palm and quickly refined the Master Chunyang Pills and True Yang Pills!

Only then did it accept the true qi and magic power that Ning Qingchen tentatively input, and was slowly refined by her. Qian Chen and Yan Shu waited for half a day, searched the demon cave again, found some spiritual materials and minerals produced by demon beasts, and even caught a pangolin that was hiding. Seeing that the pangolin didn't have heavy demonic qi and wasn't entangled with resentment or blood qi, Qian Chen spared its life.

It was also this pangolin's good fortune; if it had met Qian Chen before he slashed his demonic thoughts, it would have been ten deaths and no life.

Half a day later, the white Refining Demon Taiyin Zhenhuo in Ning Qingchen's hand shook, turning into a stream of flames, dancing around her. Ning Qingchen manipulated the flames, turning them into fire crows, fire snakes, and fire apes, then into ribbons and tripods, and finally scattered rocket fire to demonstrate the power of the Refining Demon Taiyin Zhenhuo. She found that an ordinary great demon could be refined to death in one breath. Only then did she take back the Refining Demon Taiyin Zhenhuo with a bit of joy.

She even thanked Qian Chen, Yan Shu, and the others sincerely.

She came from a Northern Wei aristocratic family and had some vision, knowing the preciousness of magic treasures. She had also been driven out of her home since she was a child. Like the Refining Demon Taiyin Zhenhuo, a magic treasure close to the perfection level, even if worn down by the Blood Demon and having dropped several seals, was not something she could have hoped for in the past. In the world of the commandery she came from, even the legitimate son whom the family placed high hopes on had never had a magic treasure of this quality.

Compared to the companions traveling with her who had backgrounds and wealth, she only had a flying sword obtained by chance to protect herself, and she even returned the Spirit Light Mirror to Qian Chen when she found an opportunity. She could be said to be a poor person with empty sleeves!

And speaking of which, even this flying sword was found for her by Phoenix Master.

Previously, she could not compete or snatch, naturally because she had self-knowledge, knowing that among the few fellow Daoists, her contribution was originally smaller. Not to mention Qian Chen, this cheater, Yan Shu was also a Shaoqing Sword Immortal with strong sword skills and sharp killing intent. Compared to them, her cultivation and Dao practice were relatively weak.

The few senior brothers had always been yielding to her, but Ning Qingchen was not someone who would push her luck.

Now that she had suddenly obtained a magic treasure, she couldn't help but feel a bit happy……

Si Qingguo was also happy for her: "Now four of the seven Demon-Suppressing Treasures have fallen into our hands, and only the Profound Heaven Demon-Slaying Sword that Qian Yan Shixiong has his heart set on is left. If we can get five pieces, we will have the confidence to eliminate the Blood Demon. So, are we going to look for that Profound Heaven Demon-Slaying Sword next?"

Qian Chen pondered slightly: "The Profound Heaven Demon-Slaying Sword is the first of the seven treasures and the most important. I think this treasure should only fall into the hands of two parties. Either it was preserved early on by the righteous path of this world, or it has already fallen into the hands of the Blood Demon and is firmly suppressed by him. Since I killed my way into the blood eye and didn't see a trace of this treasure, the clues to the whereabouts of the Profound Heaven Demon-Slaying Sword should still be in the hands of the righteous path of this world."

Yan Shu nodded: "Fellow Daoist Zhichiu has already gone to find a way to contact the righteous path of this world! The letter talisman has already flown out for three days, and there should be news soon." ===== CHAPTER 117 =====