Chapter 23: All-Around Improvement
Chapter 23: All-Around Improvement
With the room to himself, Shen Yi lay on the bed and summoned the panel.
He was still a novice in the martial arts cultivation world, and he had just learned about various new things from the woman, including the Qi-Gathering Pill, the Essence-Condensing Pill, and the Jade Liquid Realm.
His thoughts began to wander.
After a moment, Shen Yi took out the meatball-like object to test his idea.
It was slightly smaller than an egg.
He closed his eyes and popped it into his mouth, feeling a pungent bitterness on his tongue. However, the essence of the heavens and earth within it attracted him like honey.
Immediately, Shen Yi began to infuse his lifespan into the Wind and Thunder Subduing Demon True Solution.
{Remaining Demon Lifespan: 672 years}
{In the first year, you spent seven months purging the impurities from the Beast Vitality, extracting only the essence, while also absorbing the essence of the heavens and earth. Your cultivation has made rapid progress.}
{You successfully filled the sixth orifice, achieving minor success in the Wind and Thunder Subduing Demon True Solution. However, the essence of the Beast Vitality continues to flow in, filling your seventh orifice.}
{You gained insight into Blood Slaughter (Incomplete) from the Beast Vitality.}
{Remaining Demon Lifespan: 671 years}
...
Shen Yi had just started infusing his lifespan when surprise and shock filled his eyes.
His idea had been correct.
As long as the precious medicine was in his body, it could influence the process of martial arts interpretation.
However, he had not expected the effect to be so terrifying.
How long had it taken him to fill the two orifices before? A full twenty years.
A single Beast Vitality was equivalent to twenty years of hard cultivation.
This also answered Shen Yi's doubt about why mortals, even if they reached the peak of the mortal realm and entered the initial stage of the next realm, only extended their lifespan by an additional forty years at most.
On the other hand, demons and evil creatures lived for several hundred years, and the yellow-skinned creature, whose realm was lower than his, still had over five hundred and seventy years of lifespan left.
With this disparity, demons could simply outlive human cultivators.
It seemed that the essence of martial arts cultivation was plunder. If one foolishly relied solely on absorbing essence from the heavens and earth, they would likely still be in the early stages of the initial realm by the time their hair turned white.
"What is this Blood Slaughter?"
Shen Yi looked at the panel, and below the current martial art, there was indeed an additional line of text.
{Blood Slaughter (Incomplete): By consuming the Beast Vitality of demons, your body is tainted by impurity. Embrace this corruption, making it your own, and the essence of the heavens and earth within you will take on a corrosive effect.}
After reading the description, Shen Yi suddenly associated it with the yellow-skinned creature's demonic art.
If not for his realm being far superior to the creature's, he might have ended up like those piles of bones, turning into pus and rot once the essence within his body was completely depleted.
"At least I now have a rudimentary offensive ability."
Shen Yi calmed his thoughts and continued to infuse the demon's lifespan.
{In the twenty-seventh year, you filled the eighth orifice. Due to the excessive fullness of your body's essence and the taint of your unique mark, there is a conflict with the pure essence of the heavens and earth, slowing your cultivation progress.}
{In the forty-ninth year, you filled all nine orifices, achieving major success in the Wind and Thunder Subduing Demon True Solution.}
Perhaps due to his abundant resources, Shen Yi did not feel any heartache as he prepared to fill it up completely in one go.
{In the seventy-second year, you finally filled the tenth orifice, and the world before your eyes gradually became clearer.}
{In the hundred and fourth year, your body has reached its limit. It can no longer accommodate any more essence, and with all twelve orifices filled, you have achieved perfection in the Wind and Thunder Subduing Demon True Solution.}
{Remaining Demon Lifespan: 568 years}
If cultivating a martial art was considered a guaranteed investment, ensuring one's progress to perfection, then interpreting a new martial art was like a lottery draw—unpredictable.
Shen Yi hesitated for a moment, reserving three hundred years' worth for other uses, and poured the rest into his cultivation.
Immediately, a string of identical prompts flashed before his eyes, leaving him dazed.
【Year Twenty, you're still demanding...】
Line after line of prompts flashed by in quick succession, each one replacing the previous.
This went on for countless repetitions.
A thin layer of sweat formed in Shen Yi's palms, and just as he was about to give up, a line of text finally appeared before him, noticeably different from the rest.
【Year One Hundred and Thirty, perhaps it's a reward for your hard work, but within the first of your twelve orifices, a wisp of qi suddenly condenses, transforming into a drop of jade dew.】
【Year One Hundred and Fifty, the second drop of jade dew appears】
【Year Two Hundred and Sixty-Eight, nearly half of the qi within your first orifice has transformed into jade dew】
{Remaining Demon Lifespan: 300 years}
A complex expression crossed Shen Yi's face as he finally realized what was happening.
Condensing qi into liquid, combined with Lin Baiwei's mention of the Jade Liquid Realm, it wasn't difficult to guess that this was likely the transformation for the next realm.
Perhaps when all the qi within the twelve orifices transformed into jade liquid, one would officially enter the next realm.
The problem was, he hadn't found the method to do so!
In his attempts at interpretation, he was simply using the most rudimentary method, forcefully converting the qi within his body by spending an excessive amount of time.
How many demon lifespans would it take to fill just one orifice? It was incredibly inefficient and a sheer waste.
Shen Yi closed his eyes to sense the changes within his body and found that aside from being denser than regular qi, this jade liquid didn't seem to have any additional benefits.
He sighed and turned his attention to the remaining few martial arts techniques.
The remaining three hundred years would be dedicated to them.
Sword techniques, fist techniques, and light body techniques.
Recalling his previous battle with the yellow-skinned creature, Shen Yi acknowledged that what he lacked the most were offensive capabilities.
He chose to focus on the Demon Subduing Sword Technique.
【Year One, even though this sword technique is too rudimentary for your current realm, you still pick it up and practice it diligently, just like when you first embarked on the martial path, with strict and proper form】
Perhaps it was because he had lost too much beforehand, but now, things were turning around for the better.
Soon, Shen Yi's eyebrows relaxed.
【Year Forty-Six, you swing your sword for the last time, feeling a sense of relief throughout your body. The rudimentary moves blend together in your mind, gradually forming something new】
【Year Fifty, you have comprehended an entire set of sword techniques, but you feel that something is missing. You stare at the mist coiling around your fingers, deep in thought】
【Year Fifty-Five, you have attained insight into the Initial Stage of the Blood Slaughter Sword Technique】
{Remaining Demon Lifespan: 245 years}
【Initial Stage: Blood Slaughter Sword Technique (Introductory)】
Under the constant infusion of countless demon lifespans, the sword technique's realm began to soar, progressing from introductory to perfection.
...
As the roosters crowed at dawn.
In the county government office of Boyun County, the cell was packed with runners.
Chen Ji stood in the middle, with thirteen dog-demon heads at his side.
Seated in the main position was an elderly man with white hair and beard, clad in a dark green robe. His eyes were closed, and his bony hands tightly gripped the armrests, the veins on the back of his hands protruding hideously.
"Liu Dianli, exorcising demons is also part of our duty..." Song Changfeng explained softly.
At this, the elderly man slowly opened his eyes, his gaze sweeping over the demon heads on the floor before quickly moving away, as if he dared not look any longer.
He waved his hand, "This old man doesn't have that ability. It's your ability, and it's that Shen official who has the ability... Since that's the case, let him handle the demon matters as well."
As he spoke, Liu Dianli abruptly stood up and furiously kicked the table in front of him.
"Let him handle everything!"
(End of Chapter)
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