The First Demon King (Part 2)

Before long, Lin Qing felt a loose stone. He removed it, found a lead box inside, took out the box, and put the stone back.

Opening the lead box, he saw a jade-like right leg bone radiating vigorous life energy lying within.

The Spirit Bone glimmered with a soft treasure light, while Soul Power rich with life energy seeped from it.

"So this is Ah Yin's Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone?" Lin Qing took out the Spirit Bone and turned it over in his hand.

"Unfortunately, this Spirit Bone isn't suitable for me. Or rather, no Spirit Bone could ever suit me. Any Spirit Bone would reject me." After playing with it for a while, Lin Qing lost interest and tossed it into Infinity Castle.

At that very moment, Ah Yin's transformation was complete.

A blue flash surrounded by ghostly aura streaked past, and a blue-haired woman appeared within the ball of light. She was breathtakingly beautiful, with a gentle, virtuous temperament that was utterly captivating.

When the light faded, Lin Qing saw Ah Yin's appearance, and his heart immediately began pounding. He wanted to turn his head away, but his instincts overwhelmed him. His eyes remained fixed on the completely naked Ah Yin before him.

Seeing Lin Qing stare at her like that, a trace of bashfulness flashed across Ah Yin's face. Yet she did not cover herself. Instead, she slightly bowed. "Ah Yin greets Master."

Only then did Lin Qing come to his senses. "A-Alright, hurry up and put on some clothes."

Though he said so, Lin Qing showed no intention of turning around. He continued staring at Ah Yin's flawless figure, though he was no longer as visibly flustered as before. He wore a composed expression, as though he were not the very man who had just stared himself senseless.

The next moment, Ah Yin waved her delicate hand, and countless Blue Silver Grass blades rapidly grew, weaving across her body before transforming into a blue dress.

"By the way, Ah Yin, your body is completely new now, right?" Lin Qing could not help asking once he saw that she had dressed.

Hearing his question, Ah Yin immediately understood what he meant. "Yes. This is a brand-new body."

Looking at Ah Yin, who resembled a youthful maiden, Lin Qing could not help thinking, So Ah Yin is both a married woman and a virgin now!

"No, this isn't the time to think about that." Lin Qing shook away the strange thoughts in his mind. "The most important thing is to leave this place first, just in case."

"Ah Yin, return to Infinity Castle first. Then I need to leave this place immediately," Lin Qing said to her.

After Ah Yin completed her transformation, she sensed Infinity Castle. However, she only had permission to enter and leave it freely; unlike Lin Qing, she did not possess authority over the entire Infinity Castle. In terms of authority within Infinity Castle alone, even Nakime, who had yet to awaken, ranked above Ah Yin.

After all, although Ah Yin submitted to him unconditionally, she still retained her memories from before death and had thoughts of her own. She might be loyal to him, but Lin Qing had no desire to be dragged down by some bizarre stunt from these women.

Such situations were common in the works from Lin Qing's previous life, and they often happened in reality as well. Lin Qing himself had been betrayed by subordinates like that more than once in his previous life. This time, he had to take precautions.

Ah Yin nodded and vanished with a casual flicker.

Sensing Ah Yin enter Infinity Castle, Lin Qing immediately unleashed towering ghostly aura. It covered the entire cave, completely erasing Lin Qing's original presence.

Then, controlling that sinister and terrifying ghostly aura, Lin Qing wrote several large words on the stone wall behind the small mound where Ah Yin had just taken root: "Your wife, I shall raise; do not worry. —Cao Cao."

After leaving behind those words dripping with malicious humor, Lin Qing departed under the cover of ghostly aura.

Only after leaving Holy Soul Village did Lin Qing completely withdraw the sinister aura around him and return to his original sunny, handsome appearance.

Lin Qing was not worried that Tang Hao would follow the ghostly aura here, sense Lin Qing's presence, and connect the disappearance of the Blue Silver Emperor to him.

No matter how powerful it was, ghostly aura would completely dissipate after a few hours of sunlight unless a fierce Demon continuously emitted it. Even a deity would not be able to sense the slightest trace afterward.

Although Lin Qing, as a Demon King-level fierce Demon, possessed exceptionally powerful ghostly aura that was difficult to erase, it would still be eliminated after three or four days beneath the sun. After leaving the cave, Lin Qing had traveled directly along broad roads that received sunlight for the longest periods, with almost no cover. This allowed the sunlight to erase the ghostly aura he had left behind as efficiently as possible. By the time Tang Hao returned, only the cave, which sunlight could not reach, would still contain dense ghostly aura.

After leaving Holy Soul Village, Lin Qing suddenly sensed fluctuations in his Soul Power. He immediately plunged into the wilderness and found a spot beside a river. With a thought, he opened his eyes and arrived in Infinity Castle.

"Master."

As soon as he entered Infinity Castle, Lin Qing saw Ah Yin. He merely nodded. "Ah Yin, protect me. I'm about to break through to level forty."

"Alright, Master," Ah Yin replied.

"Oh, right. This is for you." As he spoke, Lin Qing waved his hand. A book flew from a bookshelf in the distant study and landed in his hand.

"This is... a meditation method?" Ah Yin took the book and saw five words written on its cover: Demon King Meditation Method.

"That's right. I modified it based on Douluo Continent's basic meditation method. This is the meditation method most suitable for us fierce Demons to cultivate," Lin Qing said.

"Keep it for now. Once I break through, you'll have plenty of time to study this meditation method," Lin Qing said.

"Thank you, Master." Ah Yin smiled.

Lin Qing said no more. He immediately sat cross-legged and began cultivating with the meditation method.

Compared to other meditation methods, the greatest difference of the Demon King Meditation Method was that it could absorb ghostly aura for cultivation. Unless one was a Demon, no one could withstand the erosion of ghostly aura. For Demons alone, it not only caused no harm, but was a great tonic.

The most overpowered aspect of the Demon King Meditation Method was not even that. Unless a Demon had reached the level of the Twelve Kizuki and could control its ghostly aura at will, it would continuously and unconsciously emit ghostly aura. Yet the ghostly aura naturally emitted in this way did not consume the Demon in the slightest.

Even the ghostly aura emitted by a Demon itself could be used by the Demon King Meditation Method for cultivation. In other words, cultivating the Demon King Meditation Method was equivalent to carrying a cultivation accelerator at all times.