Nine Extremes Essence Condensation Art
The wooden sign was small, about the size of a palm, with the character "Li" engraved on the front and a shallow engraving on the back, resembling a mark of a village.
Lu Feng gripped the wooden plaque, his brows slowly furrowing.
He had seen this wooden sign before.
He had a long chat with Lao Guai when he was in Shouyun City.
Lao Guai had an identical wooden sign hanging on his body.
It was carved by Lao Guai himself, and Lu Feng even had a look at it at the time.
Lu Feng glanced down at the corpse's face, then reached out and pulled down the hood of the black robe.
Beneath the hood was a young face, with features bearing a slight resemblance to Lao Guai.
"Li Feng?"
Lao Guai once said that his son, Li Feng, worked in the Demon-Slaying Bureau and died in battle against demons, having personally killed two of them.
But now, this person is Half-Demon.
Is it Li Feng himself, or someone else with the surname Li?
If it's Li Feng, why did he become Half-Demon?
Lu Feng didn't know. Nor could he possibly take the corpse to Lao Guai for questioning.
He put the wooden plaque into his pocket, intending to confirm it secretly after returning to Shouyun City.
He then stood up and walked deeper into the cave.
The cave was spacious with smooth walls. Lu Feng searched it carefully but found no other secret passages or corners where people could hide.
Finally, their gaze fell upon the octagonal platform in the center.
He had seen the array patterns carved on the high platform before.
The formation that Zhu Ren set up in the underground cave at the Fire Saber Sect is almost exactly the same as the one in front of us.
The only difference is that the formation here is much larger in scale.
The array patterns covered the entire platform, with eight array lines converging from eight directions to the center, where there was a fist-sized groove.
"Could it be that another Half-Demon is trying to break through by gathering the essence of demonic beasts through an array?"
Lu Feng stood at the edge of the platform, his brows furrowed.
However, thousands of demonic beasts have already died in Canglan City, yet this formation has not been activated.
The eight guards sitting in eight different positions below the platform were clearly not the ones who set up the formation.
Lu Feng stood at the edge of the platform, staring at the Bagua formation for a while.
He originally intended to destroy the formation immediately.
This evil array, used by Half-Demon to gather their life essence for breakthroughs, is nothing but a menace if left unused.
But as soon as he drew his Ink-Sunken Saber, he stopped.
What if the person who set up the formation notices after it's destroyed?
Those people who were able to build such a large array beneath Canglan City must be extraordinary.
His acupoints are now sealed, he cannot use his True Essence, and he cannot even send out his senses.
If the opponent is nearby, destroying the formation is tantamount to revealing his location.
He sheathed his Ink-Sunken Saber and retreated to a corner of the cave, where he sat down cross-legged.
We can't destroy it now; we can wait until he recovers and leaves before taking action.
He closed his eyes and began to heal his wounds.
Because of Lu Feng's strong physical body, his external injuries healed quickly under the medicinal power of the Healing Pill. After two hours, most of his external injuries were healed.
The only thing that hasn't changed is the 108 acupoints.
He tried to repair the acupoints, and as soon as he touched the acupoint walls, that familiar stinging pain faintly came.
He immediately stopped, knowing that forcibly opening the acupoints would only worsen the injuries; he could only wait for them to open on their own.
Lu Feng stood up, stretched his limbs, and found that the soreness in his body had almost subsided.
He touched the storage bag and suddenly remembered that there was a stone in Zhao Changgeng's bag that he hadn't looked at closely.
He was in a hurry to recognize the Flowing Cloud Sword, and then he was busy dealing with those Half-Demon, so he casually tossed the stone aside.
He took the stone out and held it in his palm.
This is a flat stone, about the size of a fist, resembling gold but not quite, and extremely heavy in the hand.
Its shape is strange. It's square on both sides, as if it had been cut by something.
On the other side, however, it was uneven, like a sheet of paper torn apart by someone.
Lu Feng examined it several times, but couldn't identify what material it was made of.
"Could it be some kind of weapon-refining material?"
He thought for a moment, then took out the Flowing Cloud Sword.
If it's a material, it should be very hard.
He gripped the hilt of his sword and swung it forcefully at the stone.
"When!"
A crisp sound.
The Flowing Cloud Sword was deflected, its blade vibrating and humming.
Lu Feng glanced down at the sword blade; it was completely undamaged.
Looking at that stone again, there wasn't even a white mark on its surface.
A smile appeared on his face. Even Low-Grade Spirit Artifact couldn't damage it in the slightest; the value of this stone was self-evident.
He examined it carefully for a long time, but still couldn't figure it out.
Just as he was about to put the stone back into his storage bag, a thought suddenly popped into his head.
"How about we try a drop of blood?"
Even he himself found the idea absurd.
Stones aren't Spirit Artifact, so what use would dripping blood have? But it wouldn't hurt to try.
He bit his fingertip, squeezed out a drop of blood, and dripped it onto the surface of the stone.
The blood droplet landed on the dusty stone surface, rolled twice, and slid into the palm of the hand.
The stone did not react.
"It was useless after all."
Lu Feng shook his head, put the stone back into his storage bag, and stopped thinking about it.
But just as the stone was put into the bag, a system notification sounded in his mind.
[Ding! The host has discovered the original copy of the Celestial Person Realm cultivation technique. Do you wish to collect it? Collecting will consume 10,000,000 Demon Points.]
Lu Feng stopped moving.
He suddenly took the stone out again and held it in his palm.
Original copy of the Celestial Person Realm cultivation technique?
This stone?
He looked at it over and over, left and right, up and down, but the stone was still the same stone.
It was dusty and heavy, with nothing unusual about it.
He opened the system panel.
[Host: Lu Feng]
[Cultivation Level: Early Grandmaster]
[Cultivation Techniques: Nine Extremes Heaven-Breaking Slash (Level 3); Phantom Sword Art (Mastery); Hundred Beasts Body Tempering Art (Level 4)]
[Perfect Martial Arts: Walking on Air, Phantom Steps, Five Elements Primordial Chaos Art, Immeasurable Golden Body Art, Cold Plum Jin, Golden Bell Shield...]
[Demon Points: 28,000,000]
Twenty-eight million.
Spending ten million to exchange for a Celestial Person Realm cultivation technique is worth it no matter how you look at it.
"Included!"
Lu Feng held the stone in both hands, his gaze fixed on it, silently chanting in his heart.
[Ding! 10,000,000 Demon Points consumed, Celestial Person Realm cultivation technique successfully acquired;]
A system notification sounded.
Lu Feng looked down at the stone in his hand and waited for a while, but the stone did not change.
"That's it?"
He glanced at the panel again, somewhat uncertainly.
[Host: Lu Feng]
[Cultivation Level: Early Grandmaster]
[Cultivation Techniques: Nine Extremes Essence Condensation Art (Beginner); Nine Extremes Heaven-Breaking Slash (Third Level); Phantom Sword Art (Mastery); Hundred Beasts Body Tempering Art (Fourth Level)]
[Perfect Martial Arts: Walking on Air, Phantom Steps, Five Elements Primordial Chaos Art, Immeasurable Golden Body Art, Cold Plum Jin, Golden Bell Shield...]
[Demon Points: 18,000,000]
"Nine Extremes Essence Condensation Art?"
Lu Feng's gaze fell on the newly appeared name on the panel.
With a thought, a detailed explanation of the cultivation technique appeared in his mind.
The Nine Extremes Essence Condensation Art is divided into three realms, totaling nine levels.
These correspond to the Grandmaster Realm, Great Grandmaster Realm, and Celestial Person Realm, respectively.
Each level of cultivation allows one to advance to a higher realm.