Qin Yi had never expected Ye Ling to charge in after him. He hurriedly jumped down and supported her. "Why did you come in... How do you feel?"
Ye Ling fell silent for a moment before answering, "Nothing much. I just can't change back into human form. It feels as though something is obstructing me."
Hearing nothing unusual in her voice, Qin Yi felt somewhat relieved. The demons had fought fiercely in this array before without seeming to feel anything, so it probably truly was not as painful as the Demon Refining Array that extracted cores. Most likely, it simply killed the demons and harvested the essence of their blood afterward?
But if that was the case, how would they deal with the pursuing demons?
Qin Yi's gaze fell upon the stone stele as he examined it closely.
"Refine others to nourish oneself. Of nine chapters, only two remain."
The first chapter explained how to set up an array for refining demons and extracting their cores. It stressed that the usual method of killing a demon to obtain its core actually lost some of the core's vital essence, which was truly a pity. One should instead use the method of extraction while alive—lure the demon into the array and strip its Demon Core away alive. It did not mention how to lure them in, however. Dong Huazi's Demon Transformation Poisonous Mist seemed to have been another method.
Yet from this chapter alone, the cruelty and malice between its lines had already seeped into the marrow. Qin Yi felt chilled all over as he read it. Ye Ling's serpentine body trembled incessantly, as though she had recalled an unbearably painful memory.
The second chapter described an array for refining the essence of demon blood—the very array before them. It required immense