Chapter 525: Completion (23)

"Hey! Pay attention, it's too bright!"

Under the cover of night, the youth lying on the ground erupted with dazzling light, illuminating the space for several dozen feet around.

So bright!

"Fine, fine, fine. Oh, goodness, I believe you, alright?"

Feeling Ren Yidao, who had suffered a Broken Defense, acting like a little sun, Jing Yaoyue, not wanting to attract anyone else's attention, had no choice but to lower her head helplessly. "Stop messing around. I never said I didn't believe you. Why are you so worked up?"

"Hmph! A gentleman can be killed, but not humiliated!"

"You can ravage me, but you cannot doubt my noble character!"

Whoever asks this question is asking for death!

Jing Yaoyue coaxed him helplessly for a while, and this time Ren Yidao reluctantly put away the Merit Golden Light, suppressing it once again.

And while suppressing it, Ren Yidao blinked in surprise.

Eh?

It wasn't until he looked that he realized; having not checked his Merit for a long time, Ren Yidao just discovered that his Merit Golden Light had actually surged by a large margin.

The Ten Thousand Demon Incarnation Art is, after all, a Secret Technique of the Demon Race; the Human Race does not have many collections of it, and even if one is found, it is very difficult to cultivate, and even if one forces the cultivation, it is very easy for accidents to happen.

She had previously worried about Ren Yidao coming into contact with it too early and ending up on the same wrong path as her, but now that she was confident in deducing the full text, she was no longer afraid of Ren Yidao being unable to wait and falling into a wrong path again.

"Fine." Jing Yaoyue did not delay this time; she raised her hand and tapped Ren Yidao's glabella, directly transmitting the combined "Ten Thousand Demon Incarnation Art" (90% new) she had on hand to Ren Yidao.

Ever since just now, you've been muttering nonsense there—what are you saying?

"Uh, it's nothing." Ren Yidao coughed lightly and circled back to the previous topic. "Let's not talk about my character. Do you see if this scripture is useful?"

Perhaps, this is the world of mortals!

"Then take a look, with that half of the remnant text, can you complete the Transformation Demon Art a bit more?"

"What did you say?" Jing Yaoyue had keen hearing and caught Ren Yidao's near-silent mutter, looking at him strangely.

Ren Yidao: "Hm?"

"Rather, it's the lack of accidents that is the minority."

Hmm... can this also be considered a special kind of 'Ox'?

While thinking about such boring things, Ren Yidao struck up a conversation with Jing Yaoyue, who couldn't help but start deducing:

Crouching Dragon and Phoenix Chick, their talents are on par with each other.

This has already reached the pinnacle; it's about to enter the Dao!

"Then if it keeps going like this, will I one day enter the Dao directly because of Merit? No, I'm not ready yet..."

"Speaking of which, how should I address you later? Shuo? Jing Yaoyue? Yaoyue? Or... Haha?"

What Huang Huang is afraid of giving because of potential problems, there will always be outsiders to give!

"Combining it as a whole, the final missing part is less than 10%! As long as you give me time, I should be able to deduce it myself!"

What good deeds have I done recently?

How come I don't even remember them myself?

What should I do?

I do so many good deeds on a daily basis that they have unconsciously integrated into my life, and now I can't even react to them.

It was almost liquefying into water droplets, with a phantom of a Lotus Platform beneath his feet and light wheels revolving behind him, looking extremely intimidating.

Jing Yaoyue had astonishing talent in cultivation; although the Ten Thousand Demon Incarnation Art was a technique at the level of a Demon God, she was confident that as long as she had enough time, she would definitely be able to complete the remaining parts!

"About how long will it take?"

Ren Yidao thought of that expert from the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, Xiahou Qisheng, and couldn't help but shake his head; this guy was truly a talent.

"... It's possible!"

And if Jing Yaoyue really could do it, then Ren Yidao could indeed save himself quite a bit of trouble.

This is a protective measure!

Even she herself often encountered similar states of death when experimenting with incarnations.

Well, probably.

Jing Yaoyue was pleasantly surprised; she hadn't expected to be so lucky as to complete a piece.

Jing Yaoyue was not surprised by Xiahou Qisheng's way of dying, shaking her head as she said, "This is a common occurrence; people who cultivate the Avatar Technique often have such accidents."

He had indeed never cultivated the "Ten Thousand Demon Incarnation Art," but he had practiced the "Ten Thousand Daos Melting Thought Art." There shouldn't be any difference in difficulty between the two; he didn't feel it was that dangerous!

Isn't it just, ah, take a look, think about it, and then you've mastered it?

Where is the need to make it so complicated?

I don't understand.

No, add one more horizontal stroke, a 'Great' talent!

This is not blind confidence, but a conclusion reached after understanding one's own aptitude and strength.

"I found this scripture from the descendants of that person's sect. He had realized a set of operating Secret Techniques himself, but ended up practicing himself to death, cutting his whole body into three sections."

Is this technique really that dangerous?

Ren Yidao was a classic case of forgetting the pain once the wound had healed; he had selectively forgotten the painful memories of when he had split off his past-life body, burying them deep in the valley of his memory.

His previous conjecture was correct; this indeed shared the same origin as the "Ten Thousand Daos Melting Thought Art," and was precisely the second set of techniques that could cultivate a Present Self!

Wear out iron shoes in the search, only to find it without any effort.

No, no, no, add another horizontal stroke, it's a 'Genius'!

Others are "Wrote a good prescription, took it, died." He is "Self-deduced a Secret Technique, went into seclusion, body split into three sections, died."

Ren Yidao heard some of it from her tone, but still couldn't quite believe it.

"Not necessarily. If I deduce it with all my might, it could take as long as several years, at slowest ten years, or as short as several months. If I have a sudden enlightenment, it could even take just a few days." Jing Yaoyue was not in her peak state now and was not very confident in her own condition.

When she was previously inside the Divine Path Sect, she had also secretly collected them, but the results were minimal; she only found some fragmentary pieces, which made up less than one percent, and a large chunk was missing in the middle, breaking the connection between the beginning and the end.

"... Hmm, no rush. You first transmit the completed parts to me, and after it is fully completed, hand the rest over to me."

After contemplating for a while, Yaoyue nodded vigorously with some pleasant surprise, "With these fragments, plus what I already have in my hands, I can almost complete the Transformation Demon Art to over ninety percent."

After receiving the Avatar Technique, Ren Yidao contemplated it briefly, nodded in realization, and felt a bit more confident in his heart.

What kind of relationship will we have after this?

"You ask me how to address me..." Yaoyue disconnected her mind from the deduction, rolled her eyes at him, and said crossly: "Of course it's Master!"

Still 'haha', what are you 'haha'-ing about!

'Haha' your big-headed ghost!

You brat, can't you even hide that rebellious nature of yours?

"I think it's better if everyone isn't bound by worldly etiquette. Since that foundation doesn't exist, there's no need to force it, right? Let's just address each other as we please. Oh, as for the two Junior Sisters, you can cultivate a relationship with them; I won't interfere with that."

You and Jing Yueqin, you two can play at deep mother-daughter affection, and you can have deep master-disciple affection with the two Junior Sisters, but as for me, Huhu, let's just forget it.

We are all foxes; you are a thousand years old, I am a hundred years old, so let's not play any 'Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio' games; it's better to be frank!

"Go! You have no sense of propriety."

Yaoyue spat at Ren Yidao, though she did not reject Ren Yidao's proposal.

Although the two had the name of master and disciple, they lacked the reality of it, and coupled with the reason of that 'Yaoyue' soul fragment, she, who retained the memories and emotions, really found it difficult to see him as her disciple now.

"Of course, in front of outsiders, I won't expose it and will give you plenty of face, but when it's just us, let's interact normally... Hmm?" Ren Yidao felt something was a bit strange as he finished speaking.

These words, why do they sound so awkward?

It seems, it just seems like... hmm.

It sounds like we are doing some sneaky, unspeakable business...

Ren Yidao wanted to explain that he really didn't mean it that way, but after seeing that Yaoyue didn't realize the problem either, he decisively chose to shut up.

Hmm, better not talk nonsense; some things just get darker the more you try to wipe them clean.

If it's not there, it's not there; it's not there even without explanation!

Anyway, I, Huhu, have a clear conscience!

... At least for now.

The two chatted for a while longer, discussing some details of their future interactions, and Ren Yidao finally sat up from the grass and stretched vigorously.

"Hmm~ ha!"

He retracted his Fox Tail, returned to his usual appearance, stood up, and nodded to Yaoyue: "Alright, I've said just about everything I wanted to say. The remaining time is for you mother and daughter; you two should have a good chat."

Ren Yidao reached out and pinched Jing Yueqin's nose, curling his lip in contempt at this coward who was too embarrassed to wake up and could only pretend to be asleep to eavesdrop.

"..." Jing Yueqin, whose nose was being pinched, twitched her brows and gritted her teeth, but in the end, she did not open her eyes.

You can never wake a person who is pretending to be asleep!

This fellow had long since woken up, but just hadn't found the right moment to interject, listening to the conversation between Ren Yidao and Yaoyue...

Regarding this, both Ren Yidao and Yaoyue were well aware, but they tacitly chose not to point it out.

Therefore, much of what Yaoyue said just now was nominally for Ren Yidao to hear, but in reality, it was more for Jing Yueqin's explanation.

Seeing that Jing Yueqin still intended to keep pretending, Ren Yidao did not plan to expose her and was about to leave the space to the two of them, but just then, Yaoyue suddenly called out to Ren Yidao via voice transmission, "Yidao, there is one more thing."

"Hmm?"

What else is there?

And why use voice transmission?

Ren Yidao turned his head in confusion, frowned to meet Yaoyue's gaze, and heard her secret voice transmission.

"Be careful of the Butian Alliance's spy, and also be careful of Sikong Yu."

A spy?

Sikong Yu!?

"Hmm? Sect Leader Sikong? What's wrong with him?" Ren Yidao frowned, not expecting Yaoyue to warn him about this.

Sikong Yu cannot be trusted?

Ren Yidao's first reaction was that it was impossible.

If Sikong Yu were a spy, that would be a world-shaking event that would shock the entire Divine Path Sect, and even the entire Beiming Divine Continent.

"... You mean to say that Sect Leader Sikong is a spy for the Butian Alliance? Yaoyue, do you understand what this implies? Do you have any evidence?"

Even though Yaoyue was his master, Ren Yidao could not believe it for a moment.

Compared to Yaoyue, his friendship with Sikong Yu was even deeper.

Yaoyue realized that what she said had caused Ren Yidao to misunderstand, and she hurriedly explained: "No, I am not saying he is a person of the Butian Alliance. If he were a spy, this Divine Path Sect would have long since completely fallen."

"Don't forget, the ambush I suffered at Feiyun Ravine—my movements were top secret, and outsiders could not have known; even within the Divine Path Sect, only a few people could know."

"There must be a spy within the Divine Path Sect, and one who has held a high position for many years; you can guess this too."

Ren Yidao nodded at this point, acknowledging Yaoyue's statement.

The influence of the Butian Alliance might exceed his imagination; even the Divine Path Sect was not a monolith and had been infiltrated years ago.

Perhaps that person was already a part of the Butian Alliance's revival to begin with.

"As for Sikong Yu, I told you to be careful of him not because of anything else, but because of his strength."

When mentioning Sikong Yu, Yaoyue's expression was slightly strange, and she whispered in the voice transmission: "You don't understand the situation, you don't know his strength, but I will only mention one point."

"In the year I joined the Divine Path Sect, he was already at the Ask Dao Late Stage, and was about to break through to the Ask Dao Peak."

"But five hundred years later, when I reached the Ask Dao Peak in Daoist Art, and looked at him again, he was still at the Ask Dao Late Stage... Do you understand what I mean? Don't you find it strange?"

Ren Yidao also caught on at this moment; it does seem a bit wrong!

Yaoyue had been missing for three hundred years, yet the strength Sikong Yu displayed to the outside world was still the Ask Dao Late Stage, and that was only because he was heavily injured and dying from forcibly entering the Ascension Tribulation; it wasn't until he faced the Black Tortoise Lord that he revealed the strength of the Ask Dao Peak...

Is this right?

Taking eight hundred years to improve by just one minor realm—for the Human Race, this cultivation speed cannot be called slow, but it certainly cannot be considered fast either; it counts as being among those with extremely poor aptitude.

But is Sikong Yu's aptitude poor?

To have been able to suppress the heroes of the Southern Border in his youth, and to have been able to become the Sect Leader of the Divine Path Sect, a super sect—could his aptitude be poor?

It is fundamentally impossible.

Making a reasonable deduction, there is likely only one explanation for this.

Sikong Yu is an old schemer!

In the Qingzhuan Dojo, a crooked stone statue suddenly emitted a strand of divine sense.

【"Ah~ Achoo!!!"】