I am a late bloomer in the world of cultivating immortals

Despite being challenged by Wei Tu, the Venerable Lianwu is still unwilling to give up easily, still coveting the "essence" of Wei Tu, the newly promoted Body Refining Demon Lord.

On the one hand, it is the influence of one's own desires.

The powerful and vigorous Demon Lord of Body Refinement surpasses all the thousands of male lovers she has ever had.

On the other hand, it is also about considering the future.

Within the Heavenly Abyss Holy City, newly promoted Demon Lords are already few and far between.

And those ancient demons who can become newly promoted "Body Refining Demon Lords" and "Seventh-Order Alchemists" are even rarer. Their potential is beyond doubt.

Moreover, her current ambitions are not high; she only hopes to form a temporary "couple" with Wei Tu, complement each other's needs, and advance together on the path of Yin and Yang.

Otherwise, given her status, even if she wanted to apologize for her previous "rashness," she wouldn't have gone so far as to "instigate" her disciple Gong Shulan to use female charms to atone for her mistake if necessary.

Their intentions were nothing more than "master and disciple sharing the same husband".

Gong Shulan was the breakthrough point she used to try to seduce Wei Tu.

"Disciple, obey."

Upon hearing this, Gong Shulan did not openly refuse the suggestion from the Demon Lord Lianwu. She agreed with a calm expression, even showing a hint of anticipation.

While she could see that Wei Tu's summons to an audience, supposedly to "vent his anger," was merely a pretext... that didn't stop her from putting on a show for the Demon Lord Lianwu.

Her experiences in the Danqiu Mountain shantytown and her long life of "compromising" by the side of the Scorpio Ancestor have made her adept at hiding her inner thoughts and showing no trace of acting.

"Go."

Unsuspecting, the Demon Lord Lianwu lazily waved her hand from her jade couch, indicating that Gong Shulan could leave.

However, as Gong Shulan flew away, she suddenly narrowed her almond-shaped eyes, her pink face covered with a layer of frost, and coldly cursed, "You little slut," as if she was dissatisfied with Gong Shulan's unusually quick agreement.

Even though she understood that serving a Demon Lord who was famous as a "seventh-level alchemist" was an honor for her as a disciple, there was no reason for her to disagree.

……

He showed no fear in front of the Demon Lord Lianwu.

But as she flew out of the puppet workshop and embarked on her journey to Weitu Cave, Gong Shulan was filled with trepidation and unease.

She had no idea what Wei Tu's true purpose was.

But she knew that in this strange and unfamiliar world, no demon lord would be kind enough to lend her a hand.

His explicit request for her must mean he has some scheme against her!

"However, having this demon covet me isn't necessarily a bad thing... At least, it gives me another way to restrain the Demon Lord Lianwu." Gong Shulan took a deep breath, trying to calm herself down.

After forcing a smile, she stepped down at the entrance of Wei Tu's cave and activated the Demon Lord's mark stored in the talisman.

The branded mark shimmered with magical light.

A moment later, the magical restrictions around the cave disappeared, and the gate opened, revealing a deep path leading directly to the cave's living room.

This was not the first time Gong Shulan had visited Wei Tu's cave.

Previously, when she was repairing the "Little Monkey Puppet", she had visited Wei Tu several times.

But no matter when, it was never as nerve-wracking and anxiety-inducing as it was today.

"Senior Kou..."

Entering the living room of the cave dwelling, Gong Shulan glanced at Wei Tu, who was still in the alchemy room, refining pills by performing hand seals. She lowered her head slightly and stepped forward to give a respectful bow without revealing any emotion.

However, Wei Tu ignored these words and focused his gaze on the alchemy furnace in front of him, meticulously continuing to perform the alchemy incantation to refine the elixir inside.

Although near-seventh-grade pills are far less difficult to refine than "Dao pills," the alchemist still needs to use certain rules of heaven and earth to "nurture" the pills during the refining process.

In other words, once the grade of the pill reaches "quasi-seventh grade" or above, only a powerful expert at least at the half-step Integration Realm is qualified to refine it.

Wei Tu was extremely skilled in alchemy, but... in the process of using the "power of laws" to manipulate the rules of heaven and earth, and then "refine the elixir" and "reshape the power of the elixir," he was undoubtedly a novice.

He cannot afford to be even slightly negligent.

certainly--

The reason why Gong Shulan was deliberately left out at this moment was not just that simple.

Instead, as a stranger, without revealing his identity, he should have been indifferent and distant towards this woman.

Getting too close would only make this woman uneasy.

a few days later.

After finishing the last alchemy incantation and setting the alchemy furnace aside for temporary "nurturing," Wei Tu turned his head to look at Gong Shulan, who was standing cautiously in the living room of the cave, barely daring to breathe.

"Miss Mei, do you know why I, Kou, specifically invited you to my cave dwelling shortly after your breakthrough..."

Wei Tu broke the silence and got straight to the point.

"This humble servant...does not know."

Gong Shulan secretly pinched her wrists to calm herself down, then looked up with a blank expression and replied.

In fact, she really didn't know about this.

To this day, I still don't understand Wei Tu's purpose.

Because her interactions with Wei Tu only involved the repair of the "little monkey puppet".

Apart from that, she did not recall any "extraordinary" qualities that she had displayed in front of Wei Tu that were enviable.

—His relationship with his master, the Demon Lord Lianwu, was "discordant," so obtaining the "Demon God's Blood Essence" needed for his breakthrough from Wei Tu might be considered somewhat "unusual." But... it should be noted that such things are not uncommon even in the cultivation world, let alone in the Ancient Demon Realm.

The ancient demons mostly recruited disciples for their own benefit, rather than for the purpose of passing on their knowledge.

"I don't know?"

"Miss Mei should know this."

Wei Tu sneered, a hint of coldness on his face.

Upon hearing this, Gong Shulan, whose mind had already been led by Wei Tu, felt a sudden unease, sensing something was amiss.

But soon, she reacted.

It all went back to what the cultivators initially thought was the "reason" Wei Tu had summoned her for.

—To be harsh on her is to take revenge on the Demon Lord Lianwu!

From her perspective, she didn't think that Wei Tu, who was "familiar" with her and easy to talk to, would be so narrow-minded as to take his anger out on her.

However, if we look at it from a different angle...

From the very beginning, Wei Tu never intended to vent his anger on her, but rather to use her as a pawn to deal with the Demon Lord Lianwu... All of this makes sense now.

Because, from their very first meeting, Wei Tu could tell that her relationship with her "mentor," the Demon Lord Lianwu, wasn't exactly friendly. Even during their subsequent transactions, it wouldn't have been difficult for him to discern the subtle dynamic between her and the Demon Lord Lianwu if he had been paying attention.

"Senior means..."

Gong Shulan suppressed her excitement and asked in an inquiring tone.

however--

Upon hearing this, Wei Tu did not reply to Gong Shulan. Instead, he continued speaking, letting out another cold laugh and giving Gong Shulan a serious once-over.

"Miss Mei, all you need to know is that I intend to deal with your master."

"Now, you also need to tell me... the true purpose of the Demon Lord Lianwu taking you as his personal disciple."

Wei Tu raised his hand and grabbed forward, and an immense pressure instantly emanated from his palm, descending upon Gong Shulan.

There was a "pop" sound.

Gong Shulan was pinned to the ground, cold sweat pouring down her face, soaking her clothes.

At the same time, Wei Tu also pulled a wisp of obscure divine consciousness out of Gong Shulan's body. After playing with it for a while, he suddenly squeezed it and annihilated it.

From the moment Gong Shulan entered his cave, he discovered this wisp of the hidden divine consciousness of the Demon Lord Lianwu.

However, under the constraints of the cave's magical restrictions, this wisp of divine consciousness was in a state of "disconnection" from the Demon Lord Lianwu, so he had no qualms about "loudly plotting" with Gong Shulan.

But what follows involves the "truth" of the Demon Lord Lianwu's lust for Gong Shulan. For safety's sake, he will not allow this wisp of the Demon Lord Lianwu's consciousness to remain dormant.

but.

The reason for suppressing Gong Shulan with intimidation was not this.

This was simply his way of giving Gong Shulan a "show of force".

Let this woman know that he also has ruthless methods!
I am not afraid of offending the Demon Lord of the Centipede.

At the same time, this was also a way for him to conceal his true identity. After all, if they were "old acquaintances," they wouldn't be so ruthless towards Gong Shulan.

"Thank you, Senior Kou."

Noticing that the Demon Lord's oppressive aura had dissipated, Gong Shulan secretly breathed a sigh of relief and stood up to thank Wei Tu.

“It seems you’re not surprised by the ‘divine sense surveillance’ of the Demon Lord Lianwu…” Wei Tu narrowed his eyes, his tone becoming more serious.

His breakthrough to the "seventh-order body refinement" was not achieved overnight.

At this moment, it is not difficult to understand that Gong Shulan, who had previously "traded" with him in the cave, was not the woman's true form, but a puppet controlled by the "Ghost Spirit Jade," that is, the other "true form" of "one soul, two bodies."

However, even with his keen eyesight, he momentarily overlooked this matter... This shows just how extraordinary this female ghost's "one soul, two bodies" characteristic truly is.

However, perhaps it was precisely because of this that this woman dared to steal business right under Lü Feng's nose, demanding "Demon God's Blood Essence" from him to break through her limits, and using this to scheme and gradually obtain the trump card to deal with the Venerable Centipede.

If it weren't for the personal order of the Demon Lord Lianwu—and the fact that this woman had only recently broken through to the Demon Commander realm and it wasn't appropriate for her to change her "identity," he probably wouldn't have had the chance to see her true form at this moment.

……

"Senior Kou, you flatter me. This is the first time I've learned of my master's spiritual imprisonment. Without your help, with my current level of cultivation... it would have been extremely difficult for me to discover it..."

Gong Shulan shook her head and replied with a wry smile.

"As for... why my master took me as his disciple..."

When this was mentioned, Gong Shulan's expression clearly showed hesitation and doubt.

But after seeing Wei Tu's indifferent and noncommittal expression, she gritted her teeth and revealed the reason.

"Senior, do you know the cultivation technique practiced by the Demon Lord Lianwu?"

"The 'Female Profound Art' cultivated by the Demon Lord of Pity Centipede is an extremely Yin demonic art... It has an abnormal craving for the essence of male cultivators. At the same time, in order to compensate for the deficiencies in the technique, it needs to constantly devour the Yin essence of women with extremely Yin constitutions..."

"And my constitution happens to be of the pure Yin type. Furthermore... as an ascended cultivator from the lower realm, I am quite rare in the Primordial Demon Source Realm, which can greatly alleviate the defects in her cultivation technique."

"Therefore—for this reason, I was fortunate enough to become the personal disciple of the Demon Lord Lianwu, and was brought to Tianyuan Holy City by her for careful cultivation."

"However, Demon Lord Lianwu also clearly stated that as long as I break through to the late stage of Demon Commander... he will allow me to replenish my Yin essence once every hundred years, and my life will not be in danger..."

Gong Shulan said slowly.

"The Mysterious Art of the Female?" Upon hearing this, Wei Tu frowned slightly. The 'secret' this woman mentioned matched the information he had obtained from the Demon Lord Kui Dou about the Demon Lord Lian Wu.

However, he had a gut feeling that the reason behind this was not so simple.

After all, if it were just about absorbing "yin essence," then Gong Shulan wouldn't be the only female cultivator among the personal disciples of the Demon Lord Lianwu who had reached the Demon Commander level...

Currently, Gong Shulan's words are untrue, either because she is unaware of the specific reasons for this matter, or because she is wary of him.

Regardless of whether it's the former or the latter, it's not advisable for him to delve any further at this moment.

Unless, of course, they are truly convinced that their identity will be completely exposed.

As for revealing his identity in the "Primordial Demon Source Realm"?
He doesn't have that kind of guts.

Two years ago, the reason he was so eager to summon Gong Shulan as soon as she broke through to the "Demon Commander" realm was not because he intended to become enemies with the Demon Lord Lianwu and kill him completely.

This matter was merely a pretext he used to provide Gong Shulan with "protection."

—Once the Demon Lord Lianwu realizes that Gong Shulan's "Demon God Blood Marrow" has changed after breaking through to the Demon Commander realm.

Therefore, his summons, which was merely a pretense of venting his anger, could temporarily save Gong Shulan's life.

Currently, since Gong Shulan is unwilling to reveal the truth and ask for more help from him, her situation should be considered acceptable and not yet in a particularly critical state.

"You're quite wary..."

"Very well, I won't force you."

"This is a magical artifact used to contact Kou. Come back to Kou when you've thought it through."

After giving Gong Shulan a cold glance, Wei Tu pondered for a moment, then flipped his hand and took out a palm-sized golden bell with mysterious magical symbols floating on its surface, which he then handed to the woman with his magic.

"A communication artifact powerful enough to contact a Demon Lord?"

Upon hearing this, Gong Shulan's eyes lit up slightly. With her intelligence, she could easily understand the value of the treasure that Wei Tu had given her.

But just as she was about to express her gratitude.

But then Wei Tu suddenly raised two fingers of his right hand and pointed them at her brow.

Upon seeing this, Gong Shulan was startled, but faced with the Demon Lord's attack, she dared not resist and could only watch helplessly as the "finger force" attacked her.

The next moment, a beam of dark light shot out from Wei Tu's fingertip and landed on her brow, instantly transforming into a complex, plum blossom-shaped restriction.

“Go back and tell your master that from now on, you will be my concubine… If she refuses in the slightest, I will wait for her to grace me with her presence at the Kui Dou Chamber of Commerce.”

Wei Tu slightly raised his eyelids and said calmly.

As soon as these words fell.

Gong Shulan's face stiffened. Although when she came, the Demon Lord Lianwu had said that if necessary, she could serve Wei Tu with her "female beauty".

But how could she really hold such a thought?

“A concubine…” Gong Shulan felt a pang of sadness, and suddenly the image of an old friend came to mind.

Fortunately, the demon lord before her was merely seeking revenge against her master, the Venerable Lianwu, and did not actually intend to force her into becoming his concubine.

However, by a twist of fate, she had somehow completed the task assigned to her by the Demon Lord Lianwu. (End of Chapter)