A Demon's Path Chapter 105

Li Yuanchong looked at the broken wall, the shape of a person embedded in it. After a long time, he stuttered, "Master, your attacks… were too ruthless, weren't they?!"

The current Elder Ma possessed all the fierceness of a tiger. "Yuanchong, what does Master always teach you? Never be lenient when you fight! It's taboo! When it's time to attack, you attack! If you have to beat him to death to stop your opponent from standing back up, do so! He mustn't stand!"

"Damned old man…" Li Wuhen who was covered in a thick layer of dust staggered out from the hole in the wall. He spat out the dust in his mouth before he charged at Elder Ma once more.

Elder Ma was taken aback. This fellow… How come he can still stand after taking a hit from my Instant Kill? Impossible! He should be a cripple, if not dead!

Seeing as Li Wuhen still wanted to stake his life to fight Elder Ma, Li Yuanchong hurriedly stepped in. "Wuhen, don't be rude to Master!"

Li Wuhen was startled motionless. "Young Master, this damned old man is your Master?"

The old and decrepit Elder Ma snorted, "Why not?"

A fire was raging in Li Wuhen stomach. But since the Young Master had spoken, he couldn't continue screaming bloody murder. Besides, in all honesty, if it weren't for his quick reflexes just now, that last strike would've rendered him a cripple. After quickly retrieving his Heavenly soulforce, he had used it to place a defensive array on his chest. When it came to a contest of strength, he truly did admire Elder Ma. If this old man really wanted to kill him, he simply had to use his strength as a blue ranked Celestial Soul Master. It'd be as easy as blowing off dust to kill him. The old man really did go easy on him.

After settling his anger, Li Wuhen respectfully cupped his fists at Elder Ma. "Wuhen was rude and impetuous. I hope the old man doesn't blame me for it."

Elder Ma greatly enjoyed Li Wuhen's attitude. "Mm. Good, good. I'll let you rest for three days and we'll have another match. How about it?"

Li Yuanchong was speechless.

At this moment, an old lady opened the door to the courtyard with the broken wall. She walked out, taking small, quick steps as she breathlessly grabbed Li Wuhen by his collar. "You bastard! You destroyed my wall! Hurry up and compensate me!"

Li Wuhen threw a string of curses at the high heavens.

When they returned to Ling Xiao's residence, Li Wuhen could finally rest and freshen himself up. Only after he had put on a clean attire did he come back out to meet Ling Xiao and Li Yuanchong.

"Tell me, how come you've only just arrived?" Ling Xiao asked out of curiosity. He knew Li Yuanchong really wanted to know the answer too. It was just that for someone with a face as sour as his, the probability of him personally asking the question was next to none.

Li Wuhen took a sip of tea. "Jiang Donglai can really fight. The physical strength he boasts as a horse is immense. I fought him for three days and three nights straight without rest. He just wouldn't retreat. Finally, I had to compromise and promise a rematch during the fight in a year from now for his Miss' hand in marriage…"

Ling Xiao rolled his eyes, and Li Yuanchong wanted to do the same. Unfortunately, it wasn't in his nature to do so. He asked himself, The fight for Zhao Danyao's hand in marriage? What's it got to do with you two fuckers? Could they be thinking of partaking in it too? When the thought of the fight for Zhao Danyao's hand in marriage came to mind, Li Yuanchong felt somewhat anxious. Even though he conceitedly admitted he was a genius, if he were to go head to head with a green ranked expert like Li Wuhen, the odds of success would be strongly stacked against him.

Even if Ling Xiao killed people a great many ranks above him, he had done so through crafty plots and machinations. If he really were to face them head on, Ling Xiao might not necessarily be able to settle the match with even a yellow ranked Celestial Soul Master.

When Li Yuanchong thought of all these things, a longing to become stronger as soon as possible erupted out from the depths of his heart. In a year from now, he wanted to be a chip higher in terms of skill than all others competing for Zhao Danyao's hand in marriage at the Myriad Bamboo Peak. When it came to Zhao Danyao, he wouldn't let her submit to anyone but himself!

Ling Xiao spotted a slightly peculiar expression on Li Yuanchong's ice-cold face. He giggled and said, "As it turns out, the day will come when the glacier melts."

With the approach of nightfall, everyone could finally get some well deserved rest. But Ling Xiao didn't feel sleepy at all. On this trip to the Netherworldly Mansion's Myriad Bamboo Peak, he had transformed into a Three-legged Bird. After which, he had seen in Jiang Donglai and Zhao Danyao the transformation of two green ranked Celestial Core Soul Masters. Ever so faintly, he became aware of something at that time.

The Core Soul could contain the souls of both celestial and demonic beasts. It allowed one to transform into the appearance of celestial or demonic beasts, enabling them to possess the properties of these demonic beasts. With regards to a single Core Soul, however, it seemed as though it could only support the transformation of either a demonic or celestial beast. In that case, fusing the Celestial and Demonic Core Souls didn't seem to have that great of a significance. It was extremely difficult to do so too.

But since he had personally experienced it for himself, Ling Xiao finally grasped a certain knack for it. It wasn't actually all that difficult to fuse his celestial and demonic Core Souls. All he had to do was to forget the existence of his twin souls, letting the images of both the Three-legged Bird and Fanged Dog occupy his mind and transforming into both interchangeably. This way, he could rapidly fuse the two Core Souls together.

Ling Xiao put his suspected method into practice. Sure enough, in less than the time it took to burn an incense stick, the Core Soul Stones on his Celestial and Demonic Seven Souls Chain went through the token's integration. They turned into a single pure Core soulforce and fused into his dantian.

Ling Xiao used his mental strength to observe the changes inside his body and jumped right out of his skin. His current Core Soul was exactly four times larger than it originally was! In other words, the might he possessed when transformed into the Three-legged Bird or Fanged Dog was four times stronger than before. "Hoho, it's settled!" He was extremely pleased with having fused his fifth soul. He could probably fuse the two remaining souls and ascend to the orange rank, right?

Ling Xiao started studying the token. He knew it definitely played a role in allowing him to pass through that layer of light film in Zheng Hao's mind today. After the event, he heard that the entire Sunken Wind Valley had felt an intense tremor originating from Zheng Hao's room. That was also why all those people, including Shen Nanfeng, had dropped everything they were doing and rushed over. All of them wanted to know what had happened! Shen Nanfeng especially so since he was terrified of even the thought that someone possessed such formidable power.

But no matter how Ling Xiao studied the token, even going so far as to use his mental strength to search it, it remained motionless and unresponsive. "Father, oh father, what in the world is this toy you left behind for me?" He helplessly shook his head as he gave up on studying the token.

There was one final thing Ling Xiao had to do before he could go to bed. That was naturally to sacrificially refine Hua Que's blue ranked soul stone. After killing Liu Zongkai, he also had another blue ranked soul stone to sacrificially refine. He was a busy man.

He had sacrificially refined the blue ranked soul stones for quite some time. Finally, Ling Xiao realised he was tired and stopped to rest. He subconsciously retrieved a large chart from his chain depository. The words 36-Handed Mysterious Hole were written on it in big letters. This chart was something he'd found in Liu Zongkai's soul stone, but hadn't yet had the time to look at it. Since he had time now, he took it out to study it properly.

Ling Xiao wouldn't know what was on this chart if he didn't take a look. Once he did, he was taken aback. He didn't know this toy actually had so much learning material in it. "Fuck…" The more he looked at it, the more filthy and nasty scenes filled his mind. They tormented him so badly that his face went red and his whole body started burning and feeling parched.

"As expected, this thing is not suitable for the eyes of an upright gentleman," Ling Xiao mumbled to himself as he carefully put the chart away as though he was holding onto a family heirloom. "But I'm not some kind of upright gentleman, so it suits me rather well. Heheh! If the chance arises, I must try it out. This… Who should I try it on first?"

Ling Xiao ran a once-over in his mind of the women he was acquainted with. From beginning to end, he couldn't find anyone suitable for the task. In the end, he felt it was better to find the most popular maiden in the Floating Red Courtyard. "Mhmm, mhmm. The next time I return to Northern Jade City, I have to make a visit to the Floating Red Courtyard again." He deliciously fantasised as he lay on his bed. Before long, he fell asleep, snoring loudly.

Outside the window of Ling Xiao's residence, someone wearing a gray mask shook their head and lightly sighed. "Other than knowing how to concoct a bit of medicine, this boy has some natural talent in cultivating too. He's sharp-minded, petty-minded, and generally deplorable in all other aspects. I really don't get what part of this boy the Missus fancies…" The person in the gray mask swayed and disappeared into the dark of the night.

Ling Xiao who was seemingly fast asleep suddenly opened his eyes and got up to open the window. His eyes glittered like frost and snow as he coldly looked out into the dark night. "I don't know who sent that fellow over. They've been staring at me all day long… If the chance arises, I must embarrass him!"

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