You Must Not Practice Demonic Arts

"Hand it over."

After receiving the mental cultivation method, Ye Huijian reached out her hand toward Liu Chengfeng again.

"What?"

"The Short Spear, it's time to return it to me."

Thinking of the power of the Short Spear, Liu Chengfeng didn't even want to return it.

"Aren't we family? What's yours is mine."

"You shameless brat, since when did what's mine become yours?"

Ye Huijian pursed her lips and smiled.

"Alright, don't be naughty. Having this thing in your hands will only bring you fatal disaster; it's not a good thing."

"You take advantage of me every day, but never give me any benefits to take. I suspect you're a fake martial aunt."

Liu Chengfeng muttered, handing the Short Spear back to Ye Huijian.

"That's a good boy."

Ye Huijian ruffled his hair, smoothed it out for him, and turned to leave.

"You can try absorbing spirit energy, just don't let it absorb your blood energy."

As she reached the doorway, Ye Huijian tossed this sentence over her shoulder.

Ye Huijian's words struck a chord in Liu Chengfeng.

Liu Chengfeng immediately went to activate the runes surrounding the World Tree, and this mental cultivation method suddenly radiated light, ancient and divine.

As the ancient method was activated, the World Tree let out a low rumble, its branches drooping as if rooting into the earth.

Following that, it began to swallow like a whale, crazily absorbing the spirit energy from beneath the ground.

The spirit energy beneath the Cloud Rising Sect had been accumulated through the Spirit Vein training grounds; after ten thousand years of gathering, the energy had condensed into liquid, forming a spirit pool.

The World Tree absorbed it frantically, causing the spirit liquid to drop rapidly, leading to the swift depletion of the spirit energy in the Cloud Rising Sect.

This sudden event stunned all the disciples of the Cloud Rising Sect, who had no idea what was happening.

Just a moment ago, the spirit energy in the sect had been abundant, like a water town in the south, but the next moment, it drained away rapidly, becoming as dry as a desert.

"What's happening?"

Nangong Renshe and the Five Elders were so terrified their souls nearly left their bodies, fearing some great demon had descended to drain the Cloud Rising Sect dry.

As Nangong Renshe and the others regained their senses, the alarms of the sect's training grounds rang incessantly, with all the spirit energy flowing in one direction—Guest Peak.

"Don't tell me he's comprehending some demonic art."

Nangong Renshe and the Five Elders rushed over immediately to stop Liu Chengfeng.

"Is it really that exaggerated?"

Nangong Renshe and the Five Elders arrived, giving Liu Chengfeng a huge fright.

Hearing that the entire Cloud Rising Sect's spirit energy was about to be drained dry, he was stunned himself.

"If you keep absorbing, never mind the spirit energy of the training grounds, even the entire Spirit Vein will be drained dry by you. Stop absorbing!"

Nangong Renshe was anxious; if this continued, the Cloud Rising Sect would be ruined.

At this moment, Liu Chengfeng didn't dare to absorb any more. Fortunately, after absorbing so much spirit energy in one go, the World Tree had actually grown.

It had become a large tree, lush and swaying, with every leaf shimmering with light like stars in the sky.

"What kind of cultivation are you doing?"

The Fourth Elder was puzzled. A cultivator of the Blood Sea Divine Treasury who could absorb spirit energy so crazily—anyone unaware would think he was some great demon.

"I just had a sudden realization and was trying a method to break through a bottleneck."

Causing such a massive commotion and nearly draining the Cloud Rising Sect dry made Liu Chengfeng offer a dry laugh.

"You must not comprehend techniques recklessly. If you accidentally create a demonic art, the trouble will be huge. By then, everyone in the Green Meng Realm will come to exterminate us."

Nangong Renshe couldn't help but pull a bitter face.

For a genius rarely seen in ten thousand years, if he really were to comprehend some demonic art, it would truly invite the disaster of sect annihilation.

"No, no, there definitely won't be any more."

"Don't rush to comprehend techniques for now. We will find a way to get you a Sage Scroll to practice with."

The Fourth Elder was also worried that Liu Chengfeng might really comprehend some demonic art, so he hurriedly tried to soothe him.

"Right, right, cultivation cannot be rushed; one must not take shortcuts."

"And another thing, in the future, when you are outside, never absorb spirit energy so wildly. You will be treated as a demonic practitioner by the world and attract the siege of all cultivators."

The other elders also earnestly advised Liu Chengfeng, truly afraid that his eagerness to break through would lead to some earth-shattering disaster.

Seeing Nangong Renshe and the others so terrified, Liu Chengfeng hurriedly promised that such a thing would absolutely never happen again.

After repeated warnings, Nangong Renshe and the others left, still feeling somewhat uneasy.

Liu Chengfeng was startled himself, never expecting the World Tree to be so ferocious.

A Celestial Body also absorbs spirit energy, but it does so very gently.

The World Tree was different; it was incredibly brutal, practically trying to drain the Spirit Vein dry.

It was better to use the World Tree with caution.

Once a Spirit Vein was drained dry, not only would the living beings in that region suffer, but he himself would become a great arch-fiend that everyone in the Green Meng Realm would want to hunt down.

Fortunately, after the World Tree grew into a large tree, it stopped absorbing blood energy and temporarily ceased its growth.

With the World Tree no longer absorbing blood energy, Liu Chengfeng continued his cultivation, his blood energy recovering extremely quickly; his blood sea was vast, and even his divine blood became spirited.

Accumulating day after day, the blood energy roared like a wild tide within the Blood Sea Divine Treasury.

The opportunity to strike at the bottleneck arrived once more, and Liu Chengfeng circulated the Mad Kui Heart Method, cycle after cycle.

Driven by the Innate Heart Method, the blood energy roared, surging into the sky and striking directly at the middle mansion in his chest.

During the process of breaking through the barrier, the divine blood played the most important role.

The divine blood roared toward the sky like a true dragon, radiating divine might and carrying twenty miles of blood energy as it charged toward the middle mansion with unstoppable force.

Under the impact of one strike after another, the entire blood sea turned violent.

A sound of "crack" shattering echoed within Liu Chengfeng's body, and the blood sea bottleneck was smashed open.

As the divine blood carried the might of the entire blood sea in its charge, the second divine treasury was knocked open.

The Treasure Mountain Divine Treasury: with the mountain root in the chest, the treasure mountain stood towering, the physical body acting as a pillar of heaven and earth, connecting the heavens and the earth, absorbing spirit energy, strengthening blood energy, and forging the bones and tendons.

The task was completed; Liu Chengfeng had broken through the bottleneck and entered the Treasure Mountain Divine Treasury.

"It's finally done; let's help you choose your techniques."

Hearing that Liu Chengfeng had entered the Treasure Mountain Divine Treasury, Nangong Renshe and the Five Elders were overjoyed, feeling as though they had waited a long time for this day.

Nangong Renshe and the Five Elders gathered together to discuss the selection of techniques.

After much deliberation, Nangong Renshe and the Five Elders made their decision.

For the heart method, they chose the Gold Knot Heart Method, a peak-grade Human Scroll.

This was already the best heart method the Cloud Rising Sect possessed for the Treasure Mountain Divine Treasury realm, and it was also the heart method practiced by past sect masters.

As for techniques, they chose two: the Purple Cloud Technique and the Flying Sand Steps.

The Purple Cloud Technique was a high-grade Human Scroll, a defensive technique, and also the technique practiced by the Second Elder.

The Flying Sand Steps was a high-grade Human Scroll, a footwork technique that was extraordinary for both combat and escape.

The Flying Sand Steps was a technique that only the head disciple Jiang Yu could practice, and Jiang Yu was the personal disciple of the First Elder.

By selecting these three techniques, it could be said that the Cloud Rising Sect was giving Liu Chengfeng the highest treatment; despite being a guest elder, he was being groomed directly as a future sect master.

"Greed leads to poor digestion; practice these three first, and once you have achieved success, we will teach you others."

Nangong Renshe and the Five Elders discussed it and agreed that they could not pass on all the best techniques to Liu Chengfeng in one go, as it would hinder his cultivation.

"This child has such high talent; if only we had a Sage Scroll."

Nangong Renshe could not help but feel regretful.

Although the Cloud Rising Sect was a major sect in the Qiuchi Kingdom, it was not a name that carried weight when placed in the context of the Green Meng Realm.

The most powerful technique in the entire Cloud Rising Sect was the Golden Thunder Heart Method practiced by Nangong Renshe, which was only a low-grade Sage Scroll, and it could only be practiced after reaching the Reception Divine Treasury.

The best technique for the Treasure Mountain Divine Treasury was merely the Gold Knot Heart Method, a peak-grade Human Scroll.

When the topic of Sage Scrolls came up, the other elders looked toward the Fourth Elder in unison.

"Looking at me won't help; you all know that the techniques I practice cannot be passed on."

The Fourth Elder could only spread his hands.

Among the Five Elders, setting aside the First Elder who was their martial uncle, the most powerful was the Fourth Elder.

This was because the Imperial City Heart Method and the Imperial City Mad Monk Thirty-Six Pestles practiced by the Fourth Elder were both low-grade Sage Scrolls.

The Fourth Elder was even known as the person with the strongest defense in the Cloud Rising Sect.

"Can we discuss this with the imperial family? If this child practices a Sage Scroll, once he comprehends and integrates it, he might be able to create an Innate technique."

Nangong Renshe even encouraged the Fourth Elder.

"A Sage Scroll Innate technique—"

The Five Elders were all shaken to their cores.

"A Sage Scroll Innate technique; at the level of the Treasure Mountain Divine Treasury, even the Qiuchi Kingdom doesn't have one."

The Second Elder could not help but lose her composure; she was a woman, an elegant and beautiful lady.

"Let alone the Qiuchi Kingdom, even the Ancient Kingdom Court rarely has them; only a Divine Dynasty could produce one."

Mentioning a Sage Scroll Innate technique caused every elder to be deeply shocked.

"We really could go and discuss it."

Whether it was the First Elder or the other elders, they could not help but look at the Fourth Elder.

The Fourth Elder was not only an elder of the Cloud Rising Sect, but he also held another identity: he was of royal descent from the Qiuchi Kingdom.

Although he was only from a branch family, he was eligible to practice the royal techniques after passing the examinations.

"I will sound them out; this child is worth the effort to practice the Sage Scroll."

The Fourth Elder also felt it was feasible and wanted to see if he could discuss it with his family.

Liu Chengfeng did not mind what techniques he practiced; once he obtained a technique, he immediately threw it to the Celestial Body to be crushed and refined.

This time was different; as soon as he finished refining the Gold Knot Heart Method, his blood energy was severely depleted, as the Celestial Body directly absorbed a massive amount of his blood energy and mental power as compensation.

"Damn, that's too ruthless."

Before this, when he crushed and refined techniques like the Angry Bear Mental Method, he did not need to have his blood energy drained.

The Celestial Body acted as if it were ignoring Liu Chengfeng, seemingly telling him that it had only let him test its power before, but now it was helping him refine techniques for a price.

Being looked down upon by the Celestial Body like this, Liu Chengfeng felt it made sense; he couldn't expect the Celestial Body to work for free forever.

After Liu Chengfeng refined the Gold Knot Heart Method into a top-grade version, he also crushed and refined the Purple Cloud Technique and the Flying Sand Steps into top-grade versions.

The Celestial Body unceremoniously absorbed a large amount of his blood energy and mental power, instantly leaving Liu Chengfeng withered and weak.

Fortunately, he still had the Blood Medicine provided by the Cloud Rising Sect, and he took five or six portions in one go to recover.

Subsequently, Liu Chengfeng attempted to fuse the Flying Sand Steps with the Purple Cloud Technique. With a "bang," the Celestial Body was quite obliging, fusing the Flying Sand Steps and the Purple Cloud Technique together.

Of course, it also drained more than half of Liu Chengfeng's blood energy in one breath.

"Your fees are too expensive."

Liu Chengfeng swallowed all the remaining Blood Medicine in one go, only then managing to regain his composure.

With the Flying Sand Steps and the Purple Cloud Technique fused, Liu Chengfeng gave it a new name: the Purple Mist Flying Waterfall Technique.

Even though the Celestial Body's fees were so harsh, Liu Chengfeng gritted his teeth and pressed on.

He chipped two black fragments off the Black Stone and directly fused them with the Gold Knot Heart Method and the Purple Mist Flying Waterfall Technique.

The Gold Knot Heart Method and the Purple Mist Flying Waterfall Technique were upgraded to the Human Scroll Innate level.

This time, the Celestial Body was even more ruthless, directly draining Liu Chengfeng's blood energy until it hit rock bottom.

With a "thud," Liu Chengfeng collapsed straight onto his bed.

"Don't scare us to death! Are you trying to cripple yourself with your training?"

Hearing the news, Nangong Renshe and the Five Elders immediately rushed over, fussing over him with concern.

Liu Chengfeng lay on the bed, his face pale, his blood energy severely depleted.

Nangong Renshe and the Five Elders were all dumbfounded; had anyone ever practiced cultivation to such a state?

"I finally managed to fuse three techniques into an Innate technique."

Liu Chengfeng smiled weakly.