Heavenly Demon Vein Shifting Method

Turning to the final page of the White Emperor's Discourse Collection, Chen Ganliu saw a spell called the Heavenly Demon Vein Shifting Method.

Suddenly, his entire body began to tremble.

In his previous life, while at the Immortal Encounter Sect, he had heard of this great Demon Race technique. It ranked among the thirty-six Forbidden Techniques of the Demon Race. Everyone in the sect had condemned it as an evil technique that caused great harm.

Since ancient times, demons had all been born incomplete.

For that reason, an ancient great demon had created the Heavenly Demon Vein Shifting Method, which could refine Spirit Veins one did not naturally possess.

When Chen Ganliu had heard this rumor, his heart had burned with anticipation for a while. He had been born with only one Severed Vein. If there were some secret method that could refine new Spirit Veins, he would have been willing even if heaven struck him with thunder. But after asking some fellow disciples, they had all said that this method had been lost long ago.

Even the five great sacred mountains of the Demon Race no longer passed it down.

Having lived three lifetimes and cultivated in two, Chen Ganliu never could have imagined that he would actually obtain such a formidable "evil technique."

He read on carefully, growing more and more horrified. As expected of one of the world's few great evil techniques.

To refine a new Spirit Vein with this method, one needed to excavate a demon's inner core, and the demon core had to have been cultivated for at least a hundred years. When he reached this passage, his heart suddenly filled with bitter fury.

He really did have a demon core!

The Wind Bead gifted by Jiang Ningxue and Xie Zhanrou happened to be the inner core painstakingly cultivated by a Swallow Demon with two or three hundred years of cultivation.

If that core had not been seized by disciples of the Immortal Encounter Sect along with the other magic treasures, would it not have been perfect for cultivating the Heavenly Demon Vein Shifting Method?

Thinking of such an opportunity—needing only one demon core—Chen Ganliu's heart blazed like a raging fire. Where would I get the ability to dig out the inner core of a great demon that has cultivated for several hundred years?

Those Immortal Encounter Sect disciples are truly hateful...

Forget it, forget it!

I've fallen into the hands of Demonic Cultivators now. I don't even know how many days I have left to live, so why bother with this?

Could a little more cultivation really let me struggle out a thread of life beneath a Golden Core Great Cultivator's hand?

Chen Ganliu tossed the White Emperor's Discourse Collection back into the jade box and casually threw it into a corner, never looking at it again. He gathered his spirits and continued cultivating the Azure Emperor Jia Yi Art.

While he cultivated, Wanchan stood upright atop his head.

Chen Ganliu was dispirited and could not be bothered to pay attention to this Immortal Flying Blade.

Seven or eight days later, Jiang Ningxue and Xie Zhanrou suddenly appeared together. Both wore uncertain, startled expressions and paid no attention to Chen Ganliu as they separately activated their Escape Lights and soared into the air.

They had received a message from their master ordering them to hurry and provide support. How could they dare delay?

Chen Ganliu was startled as well. Watching the two women ride their Escape Lights away, he suddenly remembered that the person who had been trapped in the Immortal Encounter Sect for thirteen days and nights had finally escaped. Could it be today?

I thought I was certain to die this time. I never expected there to be a turn in events.

I have to escape at once. Before they return, I need to get as far away as possible.

Chen Ganliu had "escaped death" and was wild with joy. He returned to Blazing Light Cave and glanced at the magic treasures, Spirit Stones, Spirit Medicine, Spirit Pills, Spirit Materials, Talisman Coins, and various other treasures scattered across the ground. He could only curse the fact that Wanchan had shattered all his Storage Magic Treasures, leaving him unable to take everything with him.

He first took the jade box, then selected twelve magic treasures he could use. He picked up twenty or thirty Spirit Stones and a bundle of Talisman Coins, then forced himself not to look at the rest before hurriedly descending Shuangyun Mountain.

There were six Immortal Markets within the Great Gan Dynasty. He definitely could not return to Suiyang Immortal Market.

Qingyun Immortal Market was right beside the Immortal Encounter Sect. He did not dare meet anyone from the Immortal Encounter Sect now, fearing they would mistake him for a Demonic Cultivator and butcher him.

Shuangyun Immortal Market was beside Shuangyun Mountain. If the two Demonesses returned, they would certainly search the nearby area first. He feared he would fall into the demons' clutches once again.

After weighing his options among the other three Immortal Markets, Chen Ganliu decided to head for Jinyun Immortal Market near Jinyun Mountain.

There were no cultivation sects near Jinyun Mountain. Instead, a great demon occupied the mountain peak. Because the Immortal Encounter Sect was present, this great demon did not dare cause trouble. It merely cultivated its mind and nature, recruiting dozens of lesser demons to live ordinary lives.

Demons also required various cultivation resources, so this great demon opened an Immortal Market at the foot of the mountain.

It conducted its affairs fairly and could also restrain its lesser demons. Thus, Jinyun Immortal Market was fairly lively. It was visited not only by human cultivators but also by demons.

In his previous life, his senior sister had repeatedly warned him never to go to Jinyun Immortal Market.

Demons were ultimately not human. Many demons still did not change their natures even after cultivating for a hundred years. Sometimes they would go mad, or crave a bite of human flesh.

Although Jinyun Immortal Market was peaceful most of the time, there were occasional rumors of cultivators disappearing without a trace.

Under normal circumstances, Chen Ganliu absolutely would not have gone. But now, he had no choice.

Moreover, he still held onto a sliver of hope. If any of the six Immortal Markets had demon cores for sale, Jinyun Immortal Market would surely offer the greatest chance.

If he could obtain a demon core, he could cultivate the Heavenly Demon Vein Shifting Method and refine new Spirit Veins for himself, allowing him to walk farther along the Dao Path.

The demon cores cultivated by demons were not the same thing as the Golden Cores forged by human cultivators in the Golden Core Realm.

Humans followed completeness, while demons followed the five elements!

Thus, when humans cultivated, their entire bodies' vital essence and blood would be nourished, and the physical body was a treasure raft for crossing the world.

Demons, however, had to gather all their Spirit Veins and demonic power together to nurture a demon core. This object was the source of all a demon's demonic power and techniques. Once they reached the Qi Refining Transformation realm of Qi Refining Layer Eight, they could use this single demon core to shed their demon form and transform into a human body, refining their demon bodies into "external objects."

Even without evil techniques like the Heavenly Demon Vein Shifting Method, demons would still slaughter one another, seize inner cores, swallow them for cultivation, and increase their power. They simply had no way to refine the Spirit Veins contained within the demon cores and could only waste them.

Swallowing a demon core of the same attribute did have some risks, but demons could generally suppress them. Swallowing demon cores of different attributes, however, caused two different demonic energies to flow in reverse and collide with one another. Not only would this fail to increase one's cultivation, it might instead cause cultivation deviation. In mild cases, one's cultivation would regress; in severe cases, one would die on the spot or even transform into an aberrant object. Thus, demons would also sell demon cores taken from powerful enemies that they had no use for.

The twelve magic treasures Chen Ganliu had taken were not the twelve finest ones. They were the magic treasures he could use and that could be refined even at Qi Refining Layer One.

Among these twelve magic treasures was a Talisman Black Donkey.

Like the Talisman White Deer, this treasure could be thrown after channeling magic power, whereupon it would transform into a sturdy black donkey. It could also be used for travel.

The refining technique for this Talisman Black Donkey was even more sophisticated than that of the Talisman White Deer. It consumed less true qi, could travel farther, and was even slightly faster.

Chen Ganliu rode this black donkey transformed from talisman paper, traveling day and night without daring to stop for even a moment.

Seven or eight days passed in a blur. He calculated that he would reach Jinyun Immortal Market in three more days. Still, no one had caught up with him, and he slightly relaxed. After a few years, I'll return to Shuangyun Mountain and Blazing Light Cave. Those two Demonesses are both in the Golden Core Realm. They may not care about the valuables I left behind. Perhaps I can even recover quite a few things.

I originally obtained seventeen merits and thought I would become rich from then on. Who would have thought it would all turn out to be an empty dream? Fortunately, I obtained the White Emperor's Discourse Collection and escaped with my life. The future is bright, the future is bright...

I wrote this chapter with utmost seriousness, and it turned out unbelievably good, which is why the update was a little late.

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