I am a late bloomer in the world of cultivating immortals

Moreover, unlike other treasures in the cultivation world, secret techniques are things that can be continuously copied, and passing them on to others will not harm oneself in the slightest.

After a moment's thought, the Weeping River Demon Lord still set a condition. Her eyes flashed, and she said, "I can teach you the secret technique to conceal your ancient demon aura, but on the condition that you kill 'Gongman' as a pledge of allegiance..."

"Gongman?" Upon hearing this, Wei Tu was taken aback. He did not know who the 'Gongman' mentioned by the Weeping River Demon Lord was.

Of course, he remained calm and composed, making it difficult for outsiders to discern his inner thoughts at that moment.

However, the Weeping River Demon Lord was no simple character. After seeing that Wei Tu had no further information, she immediately realized that Wei Tu was not as knowledgeable about her and the Purple Blood Demon Lord as she had thought.

He has no "background" and is suspected to be a rogue demon lord!

But she did not make this clear.

After all, Wei Tu's "threat" to her was real, and the two terms he proposed were really nothing to her, far from being indispensable.

Just as Wei Tu said, she couldn't stand by and watch Wei Tu fall into the hands of the Purple Blood Demon Lord, causing her information to be leaked!
"Nagongman was once the Daoist partner of the Purple Blood Demon Lord. Her cultivation level was only at the early stage of the Demon Lord realm. Seventeen thousand years ago, this woman and the Purple Blood Demon Lord divorced, and they have been separated ever since..."

"From then on, the four Demon Lords of the Black Mist Swamp became three."

The Weeping River Demon Lord paused for a moment, then offered an explanation.

“Divorce?” Wei Tu grasped this word and understood that there were still old feelings between the female ancient demon “Gongman” and the Purple Blood Demon Lord, and it was not a simple 'divorce'.

There's no other reason than that the Purple Blood Demon Lord's realm and strength are too high. He was able to force the Weeping River Demon Lord, who was at the half-step Demon Ancestor realm, to flee to the Spirit Realm. He is by no means an ordinary person.

Based on their strength, "Gongman" would be more inclined to curry favor with the Purple Blood Demon Lord than to mention "divorce".

"Holy Venerable's plan is too good to be true. Killing the lover of the Purple Blood Demon Lord in exchange for a secret technique to conceal his aura..." Wei Tu stared intently at the Weeping River Demon Lord, his words turning colder in that instant.

He could easily imagine how furious the Purple Blood Demon Lord would be if he actually killed that ancient female demon named "Gongman," and how relentlessly he would hunt him down.

“That is precisely why I can trust you to the fullest extent,” the Weeping River Demon Lord smiled slightly and asked in return.

"Holy Venerable, you seem to have forgotten that although I am currently being hunted by the Purple Blood Demon Lord, I am far from being at my wit's end. Exchanging secret techniques is merely my intention to use this 'transaction' to create opportunities for cooperation between us... not a plea from me..."

Upon hearing this, Wei Tu sneered, seemingly ready to throw caution to the wind—as if he would immediately hand over the information about the Weeping River Demon Lord to the Purple Blood Demon Lord if the Weeping River Demon Lord didn't reveal the secret technique.

As soon as these words fell.

The atmosphere suddenly became much quieter.

The Weeping River Demon Lord withdrew the "gentleness" from his face and looked at Wei Tu again with murderous intent in his eyes.

However, this "cold war" did not last long.

A moment later, the Weeping River Demon Lord, who was already at a disadvantage, had no choice but to end the cold war and take the initiative to back down.

"Swear an oath to the Heavenly Demons, as long as you promise to keep silent about my information from now on, and tell me where you obtained my information..."

"I will pass on to you the method to escape this black mist swamp, as well as the 'secret technique' to conceal the aura of the ancient demon."

"As for Gongman... I promise you, if you can kill this woman, I will grant you a great opportunity to advance to the late stage of Demon Lord..."

The Weeping River Demon Lord spoke each word in a solemn voice.

"A great opportunity to advance to the later stages of Demon Lord..."

Upon hearing this, even though Wei Tu was somewhat prepared, he couldn't help but be tempted by the enormous benefits.

Even in a great crisis, there are great benefits.

If one could obtain such an opportunity... it wouldn't be impossible to get close to the Purple Blood Demon Lord's Daoist partner.

Of course, he remained calm at this moment—he only regarded this "agreement" as something predictable and achievable, and he was not so bold as to have already made plans to do this dangerous thing regardless of everything.

……

"I agree to the Holy One's conditions."

After a moment's thought, Wei Tu took a deep breath and agreed to the Weeping River Demon Lord's conditions.

He understood that these "deal terms" were the final bottom line for the Weeping River Demon Lord, and as a powerful being, he could not tolerate it indefinitely. He continued to "demand a price" on this matter.

In other words-

He can make exorbitant demands, but he must never use this weakness to blackmail this demon indefinitely.

Hiding in the spirit world is indeed the lifeblood of this demon, but in a desperate situation, this demon can also escape from the spirit world.

Moreover, he did not know the exact location of this demon in the spirit world, only that it was hiding there and had been gathering "incense" and "faith" power under the name of "Netherworld God Cult".

A consensus was reached.

The Weeping River Demon Lord stopped wasting words with Wei Tu, gave him a cold glance, and then, with a slight movement of his lips, began to swear the Heavenly Demon Oath in the name of the "Heavenly Demon".

The oath of the Heavenly Demon is far more binding than the contractual spirit objects such as the "Blood Curse Book" in the spirit world.

For the ancient demon, oaths can be broken a thousand times, but the oath of the Heavenly Demon will never be broken even once.

Because if this oath is broken, it will truly provoke the "Heavenly Demon," and then one's body and soul will perish.

Therefore, after hearing the Weeping River Demon Lord swear an oath in the name of "Heavenly Demon," Wei Tu no longer had any doubts.

However, just to be on the safe side, he still had a sudden thought and used the ancient demon's severed arm to "divine" once.

Upon seeing that the required offering was only a "Nascent Soul" level, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, realizing that the Weeping River Demon Lord had not resorted to any underhanded tactics.

Immediately afterwards, he also took the name "Heavenly Demon" and made the Heavenly Demon Oath to the Weeping River Demon Lord, promising to keep his promise.

As soon as the oath was sworn, Wei Tu felt a binding force similar to, but more advanced than, the "Blood Curse Secret Book" falling upon him.

He was very familiar with this binding force. The Heavenly Demon Oath he made when he cooperated with the "Soul Split of the Nether God" had a similar binding force... However, the binding force now was even stronger.

“Ancient Demon aptitude…” Wei Tu recalled what the divided soul of the Nether God had said before, and roughly understood that he, who had advanced to the “seventh-order body refinement” using the laws of darkness, was not an ancient demon, but was even better than an ancient demon.

After all, the "Demon Ancestor-level Secret Techniques" he learned were, in essence, closer to the ancient demons.

but--

It was at this very moment that Wei Tu's thoughts began to surge.

Upon realizing the binding force between them, the Weeping River Demon Lord was taken aback at first, and then glared at Wei Tu with a vicious look that seemed to devour anyone who might do so.

It seems they intend to kill Wei Tu right now!

"You dare to lie to me?"

The Weeping River Demon Lord's face was extremely ugly.

Wei Tu knew for certain that her true form was in the spirit realm, and that she was an ancient demon standing behind the Netherworld Cult...

None of this is fake.

but--

However, he cleverly used this "threat" against her twice. He got something for nothing!
If she hadn't signed the "Oath of the Heavenly Demon," she would never have realized that Wei Tu already possessed an Oath of the Heavenly Demon to keep this "secret" for her.

However, this oath was made between Wei Tu and her divided soul. As the "original body," she remained unaware of this after the "divided soul" perished and did not return to the "original body"...

Now, after renewing the oath to the Heavenly Demon, she finally understood everything. She realized that she had been fooled by Wei Tu.

"Your Majesty, it is time to fulfill the promise."

But Wei Tu remained calm upon hearing this, and simply replied with this one sentence.

That's right! From the very beginning, his "threat" to the Weeping River Demon Lord was unfounded.

Hundreds of years ago, in order to get the Ghost God's divided soul to help him again, he swore an oath to the Heavenly Demons, promising never to reveal any information about the Weeping River Demon Lord for the rest of his life.

The arrangement of the Ghost God's divided soul was flawless.

Unfortunately, he miscalculated. The benefits of selling this information could not only be gained from other people, but also from the "true form" of the Weeping River Demon Lord.

After all, the Ghost God's divided soul was dead, and the Weeping River Demon Lord, as the "original body," could no longer know of his existence from the "divided soul." Not to mention the Heavenly Demon Oath he had once sworn.

"You're very good, very good!"

Suppressing his anger, the Weeping River Demon Lord repeated these words before taking a deep breath, condensing two jade slips with his magic power, and throwing them to Wei Tu.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Wei Tu reached out and took the jade slip. After confirming that the contents were correct, he immediately bowed and expressed his gratitude.

However, just as he was about to fulfill his promise and reveal that he had obtained the information from the divided soul of the Nether God, the Weeping River Demon Lord, who had thrown out the jade slip, also withdrew directly from the body of the "Transformation God Elder" in that instant, and his soul completely dissipated.

It seems she has no intention of having any further interaction with him.

“Gongman…”

Wei Tu looked up and gazed at the "spatial node" that led directly to the spirit world, muttering to himself.

He hadn't forgotten the other "agreement" that the Weeping River Demon Lord made in the Oath of the Heavenly Demon.

If the time is right...

He didn't mind exchanging this woman's life for a great opportunity to break through to the "late stage of Demon Lord"!
……

Three days later.

In the Spirit Realm, a female cultivator in yellow robes, sitting cross-legged in a mysterious hall, in a meditative posture, with a pure and serene face, like a banished immortal, suddenly opened her eyes and looked angrily towards the direction of the Ancient Demon Realm.

"Found it, found it..."

"The missing fragment of the soul has been found..."

The female cultivator in the yellow robe sneered, pointed her fingers, and a "water mirror" filled with clouds and rippling waves appeared before her.

At the very center of the water mirror was the face of Wei Tu that she had seen in the ancient demon realm.

However, after a moment of cold laughter, she seemed to remember something, and suddenly clenched her slender hand, shattering the water mirror in front of her.

Although her enemies have now been identified, the infuriating thing is that, due to the pursuit of "Purple Blood Demon Lord" and others, she can only hide in the Spirit Realm and cannot go to the Black Mist Swamp to kill Wei Tu...

Furthermore, whether Wei Tu is still in the "Black Mist Swamp" with the methods she provided is still unknown.

Going after them would be like trying to find a sword by marking the boat where it was moored – it would be fruitless.

"This junior has managed to reach the seventh level of the Dark Crow Tower and even see the 'Spiritual Palace'... He's no ordinary person. Coupled with his cunning, if this continues, he will surely become a formidable enemy..."

"My split soul was still too impulsive."

The female cultivator in the yellow robe sighed softly.

If she were to arrive in person, no matter how angry she was, she would leave herself some "leverage" and would not actively sever the connection, cutting off the possibility of "cooperating" with Wei Tu and hunting down this cultivator.

However, this is also the drawback of her soul-splitting technique.

The "soul fragment" formed by the power of incense contains too many emotions and thoughts, making it difficult to be as "pure" as her original body.

But soon, she shook her head and dismissed the idea.

With her intelligence, she was able to find opportunities to feign compliance and "ambush" Wei Tu—so how could Wei Tu, with his cunning, leave her any chance to take advantage of him?

From this perspective, her choice to "split her soul" and leave, returning to the spirit world as quickly as possible, and informing her of this news, can be considered the most rational course of action among all the choices.

"Since that junior demands the secret technique to conceal the aura of an ancient demon, then one day he too will come to the Spirit Realm, just like me... At that time, I will have the opportunity to meet him..."

The female cultivator in the yellow robe had her mind racing. After a brief glance, she closed her almond-shaped eyes again and continued her meditation in the mysterious hall.

……

Just as the Weeping River Demon Lord had predicted.

After completing the "soul-splitting" transaction with her, Wei Tu immediately left the "Holy Spirit Kingdom," crossed the border, and arrived at the outer area of ​​the Black Mist Swamp.

With a flash of green light between his brows, Wei Tu immediately saw, under the scrutiny of the "Hun'e Evil Eye," numerous and densely packed magical restrictions hidden within the thick "black mist."

"If you don't know the method and trespass into this magically restricted area, even if you can do it without alerting the Purple Blood Demon Lord and the others, it will be difficult to escape from here in a short time..."

Wei Tu narrowed his eyes and thought to himself.

After observing in this way, he no longer hesitated. He raised his hand and tapped his body dozens of times, instantly covering his body with "black runes" similar to those of the magic restrictions.

Next, he took out a white jade array plate, infused it with more than ten spells, and after it flashed with spiritual light, he threw it onto the black mist in front of him.

The next moment, a bizarre scene unfolded.

The dense, ghostly "magic barriers" that had just been everywhere were now, under the illumination of the array's spiritual light, actively giving way and "dissolving" by more than half.

Less than 20% of the magic resistance remains, still hidden in the black mist.

This was not due to the magical methods given by the Weeping River Demon Lord, but rather because the ancient demons raised spiritual cultivators in a "blood-feeding ground," and the demonic restrictions set up around it were mostly the same.

Using the same method, you can avoid most of them.

Its purpose is simply to prevent spiritual cultivators from escaping, not to guard against ancient demons, and to avoid causing unnecessary misunderstandings among powerful individuals of the same level.

—In the eyes of the ancient demons, most spiritual cultivators on the Blood-Soaked Land are nothing more than "wild grass" that can grow anywhere. Only those half-step Integration Realm and Integration Realm experts have some value, equivalent to the "King of Medicines" among spiritual herbs.

These "Medicine Kings" have long been controlled and harvested using restrictions, so there is no need to use external "magic restrictions" to prevent or covet these ancient demons that feed on their blood.

Of course, this does not mean that these magical restrictions allow ancient demons to roam freely.

The remaining "20%" of the magic ban also implicitly contains a warning function.

Even if old friends of the Purple Blood Demon Lord and others came to visit, they would find it difficult to bypass these magical restrictions.

However, as the old rival of the Purple Blood Demon Lord, the Weeping River Demon Lord has his own ways of dealing with the "magic ban" that the Weeping River Demon Lord possesses.

And these methods to deal with A Certain Magical Index...

The "minor details" of dealing with the Purple Blood Demon Lord, which were merely gifts from the Weeping River Demon Lord to Wei Tu, were not deliberately mentioned.

The text focuses more on the various supernatural powers possessed by the Purple Blood Demon Lord, as well as their corresponding "weaknesses."

After all, even the Weeping River Demon Lord couldn't have known that Wei Tu had told a huge lie from the very beginning, deliberately "buying the box and returning the pearl"...

The next moment, Wei Tu, enveloped in "black inscriptions," flashed and walked into the magic-restricted area before him.

In that instant, the warning magic restrictions that were spread throughout the black mist seemed to have failed, allowing Wei Tu to pass through freely.

In the blink of an eye.

Just now, Wei Tu, who had entered the black mist and was still a fleeting image, had completely disappeared.

Meanwhile, the Purple Blood Demon Lord, far away in the "Six Kingdoms of Zezhong," was completely unaware of Wei Tu's departure.

He treated it as just another ordinary day.

His thoughts were mostly focused on the "Shadow Raven Secret Realm"—the cultivator who broke into the "Spiritual Palace" hundreds of years ago has yet to emerge from it...

This characteristic vaguely reminded him of the sudden "anomaly" at the Lingyan Heavenly Palace a thousand years ago.

At that time, it was also suspected that some cultivators had broken in...

Strangely, just like now, the cultivators who broke in never came out.

"Could something else have happened in this Spirit Evolution Heavenly Palace?" the Purple Blood Demon Lord wondered.

"Once could be explained by the treasure escaping. But twice, something is definitely fishy!"

His eyes flashed with a cold light as he began to ponder whether he should use violence, disregarding the opportune moment, to forcibly open the "Spiritual Palace."

These two "unusual changes" have gradually eroded his patience. (End of Chapter)