Day and night tour

Chapter 509 Human Desire
Zhou Xuan never expected that his simple wish to raise a happy doll would result in raising a "happy demon".

This demon, with its glare, drives anyone who looks at it mad; it is truly terrifying. Even Yun Ziliang, who is nearly eighty or ninety, cannot withstand its soul-stealing gaze.

Fortunately, Yun Ziliang was no ordinary man. His extraordinary cultivation and innate domineering aura allowed him to escape some of the mental attacks after several bouts of madness.
In that instant of "clear mind and pure spirit," he actually borrowed a wisp of dragon energy from heaven and earth, then controlled the dragon energy and transformed it into a blade, cutting a gash in his palm.

Using pain to escape mental control has become one of the most common methods in the Jing Kingdom.

"Pfft!"

The immense pain caused by the spurting blood made Yun Ziliang's mind even clearer.

He seemed completely exhausted and said to Zhou Xuan, "Xuanzi, seal... seal the doll's eyes... it can steal people's hearts."

This naturally didn't need Yun Ziliang to remind him.

Zhou Xuan and Peng Sheng had already set up their battle formation.

Peng Sheng's palms transformed into claws, and he fiercely clawed at his own chest, his five fingers carving five shallow, bloody wounds into his skin.

Despite the flesh being torn apart, the blood flowing from Peng Sheng's chest did not drip downwards, but instead floated upwards, forming a blood stream that stretched across the sky.

Immediately afterwards, Peng Sheng raised his hands high, connecting his senses with the flow of blood, causing the blood flow to become thinner and thinner.
Until the blood flow became thinner streaks, the ends of which bound to the bone teeth.

At this moment, Zhou Xuan stepped into the air and landed on the table, the "Peng Hou" mask on his face gleaming.

He was the least afraid of mental pollution. In the abyss, he was further trained by the "brain of the ancients" of the magician. In terms of resisting mental control, if Zhou Xuan claimed to be second, probably no one would dare to say that he was the best in the world.

As the glow on the mask grew stronger, Zhou Xuan stepped forward again, his figure rising gracefully into the air.

The bone tooth swept quickly across the head of the doll.

"Wow, wow, wow..."

The doll glared at Zhou Xuan while crying loudly, terrified by the imposing aura of the bone-toothed creature.

And as the flying bone needles swiftly passed by, the blood trailing at their tails seemed to come alive.

The bloodline, like a thin, slippery worm, suddenly burrowed into the corner of the doll's eye as it swept across the doll.

As soon as the thread was threaded through, the doll felt pain and tried to pull the thread out, but it wasn't strong enough and couldn't pull the thread out.

"You really shouldn't open your eyes."

Zhou Xuan coldly stared at the doll, his senses constantly penetrating into the doll's body.

The more perception penetrates, the tighter the thread tightens, and the greater its binding effect on the doll.

Once the entire thread of blood had almost penetrated into the doll's body, the remaining, exposed ends of the thread, like butterflies flitting among flowers, kept weaving in and out of the doll's upper and lower eyelids—

"Seal the eyes!"

Seeing that the time was ripe, Zhou Xuan suddenly shouted, and his powerful perception, like two extremely strong arms, pulled the thin thread tightly—and the doll's eyes were sewn shut.

The fine threads inside the doll's body were entangled in its internal organs, rendering it unable to move.

It tried to pull the thread off its eyelid again, but couldn't budge it an inch.

The baby immediately fell to the ground, crying incessantly.

"It's quite noisy."

Zhou Xuan waved his hand again, and the blood vessels inside the doll continued to tighten. This time, it truly couldn't even cry.

"Pah, pah, pah!"

Just as the adorable baby was tamed, the Eternal Life Cult Leader's performance of the Wind and Willow Opera on stage reached its perfect end.

He swung his whip, striking it three times in mid-air, signaling that his performance was over.

The fox clan members clapped in unison, while the Longevity Cult Leader walked towards Zhou Xuan.

He wanted to see the happy doll with his own eyes.

"Master Zhou, has this demon been captured?" the Longevity Cult Leader asked Zhou Xuan.

Zhou Xuan held up the doll and handed it to the Longevity Sect Master to examine, saying, "Sect Master, take a look and see if this doll can be used to refine some powerful pills."

"Then I'll have to take a look."

The leader of the Longevity Cult immediately took the baby.

The moment the Longevity Cult Leader got his hands on the baby, he sensed that although the baby was about the same size as a normal newborn infant,
However, it is extremely heavy—it probably weighs over a hundred pounds.

Aside from its weight, the most terrifying thing about this doll is its smell. Although it is only an ingredient for alchemy, it already has the smell of a human pill.

“Master Zhou, this child, as a material for the Human Elixir, has not yet been refined, but it already has some of the aroma of the elixir.”

The leader of the Longevity Cult explained everything to Zhou Xuan.

Zhou Xuan raised an eyebrow and asked, "Is your judgment accurate?"

He said it that way on purpose, because he was able to detect the doll's transformation into a demon immediately because it had some characteristics similar to the elixir.

Danzi and this doll share some similarities in smell.

However, Zhou Xuan insisted on pretending that he didn't know.

Both Tianqiong and Baiyujing only knew that Zhou Xuan had refined the "Source Power Pill".

This Source Power Pill is a type of Qi Pill, which means that Zhou Xuan had never seen a Human Pill before.

Since Zhou Xuan had never seen a human pill before, it was strange that he could immediately recognize the scent of a human pill on the baby.

To ensure that Danzi's matter did not leak out, Zhou Xuan remained cautious in everything he did.

"It smells like human pills, there's no mistake, Master Zhou."

The Longevity Cult Leader said, "Although I, the Longevity Cult Leader, do not like to take pills, I have lived in the Heavenly Vault for a long time, and many times I have no choice but to take a few. How could I not be familiar with the smell of human pills?"

"This child already possesses such an aura even before entering the furnace. If it were to truly enter the furnace and be refined by Master Zhou's Azure and Red Fish, how could the quality of this batch of pills be anything less than excellent?"

"Your words are auspicious, but when refining pills, all sorts of unexpected things can happen. It's good that this little kid didn't go into the pill furnace, but once he did, things might be a different story."

Zhou Xuan said with a smile, "However, I'll find out what it can turn into tonight after I refine it."

"That is, that is."

……

The fact that the mascot doll has turned into a demon is an unexpected surprise at tonight's gathering.

Zhou Xuan only regarded this auspicious demon as a prerequisite for increasing the production and quality of pills, and did not have any other thoughts about it.

However, the White Deer Alchemist hesitated several times, wanting to speak but holding back. Every time he had something to say, he had to swallow it down because the Eternal Life Sect Leader was nearby.

After the gathering ended, both the host and the guests went home to rest.
The fox clan and others were naturally grateful to Zhou Xuan. Before leaving, King Xishan said to Zhou Xuan, "Great Master, if you ever need anything in the future, just say the word. The Snow Mountain Fox Clan will do anything for you, even go through fire and water." "Of course, of course."

After King Xishan left, Yun Ziliang sighed, "Xuanzi, you've been too good to Old Xi. Not only did you help them establish the Hu Clan, but you also bestowed a divine title upon King Xishan. And now, you've used the Longevity Cult Leader as a stepping stone to vent the pent-up resentment of the Fox Clan for so many years."

"Old Xi not only controls the fox clan, but he also controls more than a dozen Yintang Mountain barbarians in Mingjiang Prefecture. It's only right to treat him well."

If an enemy were to come here today, intending to harm Zhou Xuan, the strongest reinforcements Zhou Xuan could summon, besides the untraceable butcher and the incense-burning Taoist priest who is extremely cautious in his actions among mortals, would be the King of Xishan.

King Xishan has nine incense sticks burning, high combat intelligence, and with the Yin Hall in his possession, his combat power is extraordinary.

"As for the Eternal Life Cult Leader, he is not a stepping stone either. Look at the way he looked at my lucky doll, like he had won the lottery."

Zhou Xuan said with a smile, "I guess the Longevity Cult Leader is waiting for this batch of pills from me."

As he spoke, he returned to the shop with Lao Yun, Zhao Wuya, Li Changxun, Fifth Senior Brother, and others.

After performing the Fengliu Opera and meeting the happy doll, the leader of the Changsheng Cult found an excuse to go to Mingjiang Prefecture to relax.

After the group returned to the shop,

The white-deer sorcerer abruptly slammed the shop door shut, not even letting anyone see the lights.

"Old White Deer, what's with all this rambling nonsense?"

Zhou Xuan asked.

The White Deer Taoist priest put a finger to his lips and said mysteriously, "Master, let me tell you—this baby doll of yours is no ordinary one."

"What's wrong? Did you figure something out?" Zhou Xuan asked.

The white deer sorcerer said, "Master, this happy doll is inherently full of emotions and desires. The reason it can become a demon is simply because the surge of desires was too overwhelming, causing the doll to condense a demon core."

"and then?"

"Theoretically speaking, this happy doll can be used to refine two kinds of pills."

The White Deer Alchemist said, "The 'Aura of Great Joy' can be used to refine a type of elixir. Also, this baby's demon core can be used to refine another type of elixir."

Only after he said that did Zhou Xuan understand why he had been so mysterious.

"If that's the case, wouldn't it be the same as that Danzi?"

Zhou Xuan pondered carefully,
The pill was a batch of materials, from which two kinds of pills were refined: one was the Source Energy Pill, and the other was the pill itself.

"If we can refine two more types this time, the harvest from this batch of pills will be quite substantial."

Zhou Xuan didn't think much of it, so he summoned the stone temple and then led himself and the White Deer Taoist priest into it.

Immediately afterwards, the stone temple sank into the earth, completely eliminating the possibility of eavesdroppers.

……

Inside the temple, Danzi, as always, bowed his head and chanted scriptures, seemingly praying to some "master" to protect his mother, who was imprisoned somewhere unknown.

"Danzi, I've got something good to show you."

Zhou Xuan handed the happy doll to Danzi.

Danzi glanced at it only once, then immediately looked up at Zhou Xuan, and after a long pause, asked, "Where did you get this doll from?"

Zhou Xuan then explained to Danzi the details of holding the gathering and collecting auspicious energy.

Danzi stared at Zhou Xuan for several moments before asking, "Didn't this doll backfire on you?"

"It backfired; anyone I glare at goes crazy. But thankfully, I'm naturally unafraid of mental pollution."

Zhou Xuan then told him the truth.

"You're so powerful? That doesn't make sense," Danzi said.

The White Deer Taoist priest chimed in, saying, "Danzi, you probably don't know how powerful my master is, having mastered seventeen styles of sword techniques..."

He was about to introduce Zhou Xuan's background to Danzi when Danzi waved her hand and said, "I am well aware of Mr. Zhou's abilities, so you don't need to mention them again. However, this happy doll has become a 'lust demon.' Its desires are too strong, and Mr. Zhou would not have been able to resist them no matter what..."

"Wait a minute, why are you so certain that I can't resist the allure of a seductive demon?"

Zhou Xuan was somewhat confused.

Danzi, however, said, "Because desire is one of the true origins of the Well Kingdom."

"Isn't the origin of the Jing Kingdom incense offerings?"

Zhou Xuan asked.

Unexpectedly, Danzi first nodded, then shook his head, and said, "It is indeed incense. Incense is composed of incense spirit and fire spirit—but you should know that incense spirit is human desire and fire spirit is emotion."

"Is the fragrant soul the embodiment of human desire, and the fiery spirit the embodiment of passion?"

"That's natural."

Danzi asked, "Where do these countless insects, such as the Fragrant Soul and the Fire Spirit, that roam between heaven and earth come from?"

These were ordinary people, driven by emotions and desires. When these desires became excessive, they overflowed from their bodies and spread to every corner of the world.

"Lust is like incense, and this 'lucky doll' can be seen as a rich incense offering that has condensed into a demon. Its bewitching power is of the same origin as the incense offering within you. How can you possibly resist it?"

Danzi's explanation brought back memories of the details from the gathering—Yun Ziliang and Zhao Wuya were both driven mad and rendered helpless after just one glance from Xi Yao.

But no matter how he looked into the eyes of the demon, the demon's terrifying gaze could not corrupt him in the slightest.

Danzi held the happy doll in both hands, his sharp gaze sweeping over the auspicious creature, and then he slowly said,
"The bewitching magic of the demon is useless against you, but it's not truly useless—as long as there's still incense burning in your secret realm, you'll inevitably fall for his tricks."
But you emerged completely unharmed, which can only mean…

Danzi raised her head again, looking at Zhou Xuan with clear eyes, and said, "What secret are you hiding that makes this Xi Yao dare not bewitch you?"

"No way, when I captured it it clearly glared at me several times, wasn't it trying to bewitch me?"

Zhou Xuan asked.

Danzi handed the doll back to Zhou Xuan and said, "It stares at you, and you don't react, which only means that it doesn't dare to use its bewitching magic on you."

“Cut off the bloodline on its body, open its eyes, and let me take a look at it for you.”

Danzi said this.

Zhou Xuan wasn't afraid that Danzi would do something to the doll and join forces to deal with him.

The happy doll couldn't harm Zhou Xuan in the slightest at the gathering, so why should Zhou Xuan be afraid of it?
As for Danzi—he himself was no match for Zhou Xuan.

Therefore, Zhou Xuan had no psychological burden and summoned Bone Fang again, using the tip of the tooth to slash fiercely at the bloodline in the eyes of the Joyful Demon.

After a faint sound of blood breaking, the doll opened its eyes again, and its triangular pupils suddenly spun around...

(End of this chapter)