Immortality and Cultivation: I Have Too Many Talents

Chapter 149 Devouring Yin Demon Insects (10,000-word update, please subscribe)

In a secluded cave in the Shadow Forest.

A small campfire flickered and burned softly.

Shen Xuan set up the Wind and Thunder Killing Array at the cave entrance and returned to the cave.

The three had not seen each other for over seventy years.

Ling Zhenfeng looked much older than he had seventy years ago, and his sharp eyes were full of the marks of time.

Qin Yuehan hasn't changed much, except that she appears a bit plumper than before, with a noble and aloof air, possessing a unique charm.

Shen Xuan's change lies somewhere in between.

He has become increasingly mature and composed, like a scholar in his forties.

However, one can still vaguely see glimpses of her former charm in her eyes and brows.

"If the Master knew you were not dead, he would be very happy."

Shen Xuan sighed softly.

"I'd rather the Master didn't know. Just pretend I'm dead."

Ling Zhenfeng gazed at the campfire and spoke slowly.

The three of them fell silent.

Master Yan's level of cultivation was not high.

He has never been able to break through to the third level of Qi Refining.

Shen Xuan guessed that Master Yan was able to enter the Qingyun Sect because he had at least a mid-grade spiritual root.

It is very likely that it suffered serious injuries and its foundation was damaged.

This is why he remained confined to the early stages of Qi cultivation, hiding among the world and teaching and educating people.

However, his character deserves respect.

Qin Yuehan and Lü Zhengying are fine, though.

Shen Xuan and Ling Zhenfeng, for example, both came from humble backgrounds.

Without Master Yan, I might never have had the chance to attain immortality.

"By the way, Zhenfeng, how did you get into the Yin Sha Sect?"

Ling Zhenfeng spoke eloquently.

It turns out that he failed the test for the Qingyun Sect.

He once again wandered the world.

By chance, he managed to snatch a Creation Pill.

The spiritual root aptitude was upgraded to the low grade.

Subsequently, he was chosen as a servant by a demonic cultivator who had hidden himself in the mortal world.

After going through countless hardships, he finally obtained the demonic cultivation inheritance and joined the Yin Sha Sect.

Ling Zhenfeng downplayed the various hardships he endured, glossing over them with a single sentence.

However, in Shen Xuan's eyes...

Ling Zhenfeng exuded a murderous aura that had seeped into his very bones.

"In the Yin Sha Sect, with my low-grade spiritual root, I've managed to build my foundation using demonic energy, which is considered quite lucky!"

Ling Zhenfeng smiled, a rare occurrence for him.

"Of the more than one hundred disciples who graduated at the same time as me, only one of us, along with another person, succeeded."

The authentic Foundation Building is the condensation of misty spiritual energy into a liquid state.

The Yin Sha Sect, however, took a different approach, using malevolent energy to envelop spiritual power and condense it into liquid demonic power.

Not only is the risk extremely high.

Even if the foundation is successfully established, there will be many aftereffects.

The chances of condensing an inner core are extremely slim.

“Every night at midnight, the evil energy inside my body surges, causing me unbearable pain.”

"Fortunately, it will only take half an hour. You'll get used to it."

Ling Zhenfeng said calmly.

The three chatted for a while.

Qin Yuehan rarely spoke, but listened quietly.

Most of the time, Shen Xuan asked the questions, and Ling Zhenfeng answered.

"Zhenfeng, you killed two fellow disciples. Will there be any repercussions?"

Ling Zhenfeng shook his head.

“Our Yin Sha Sect is different from your Qing Yun Sect. There’s no sense of brotherhood or loyalty between us.”

"This hunt for the Crimson-Eyed White Tiger was a scheme I had orchestrated long ago."

“If I don’t act now, they will be the ones to attack me.”

Shen Xuan sighed softly.

The disciples of the Demonic Sect are like those who raise poisonous insects.

Let it devour you.

What remains is the King of Gu.

Only then can one become the patriarch and wield power within the Demonic Sect.

"By the way, Brother Shen, if I don't intervene, what will happen if you face the three of us?"

Ling Zhenfeng suddenly asked.

"I might get hurt."

Shen Xuan pondered for a moment and said, "The three of you are doomed to die."

This is not bragging.

This was Shen Xuan's true thought.

Demonic cultivators employ a wide variety of methods, making them difficult to defend against.

Shen Xuan might suffer a minor injury. Ling Zhenfeng looked on with admiration.

"Brother Shen is indeed Brother Shen Xuan! When we parted ways back then, I knew that Brother Shen would not give up easily!"

"If Heaven does not grant my wish, then I will fight against Heaven!"

Shen Xuan was stunned for a moment.

He never expected that Ling Zhenfeng, who was almost ninety years old, would still be so immature.

Then I thought about it again.

If it weren't for this ambition, Ling Zhenfeng wouldn't have been able to rise from a person with inferior spiritual roots to where he is today.

"The path to immortality is elusive and difficult!"

Shen Xuan told Ling Zhenfeng about the situation of the other four people.

"By the way, there is such a cultivator, whom I suspect is also a demonic cultivator."

Shen Xuan described Murong Jun's situation.

"Ever-changing and elusive! It's very likely a Blood Spirit Sect cultivator!"

Ling Zhenfeng thought for a moment, then said thoughtfully, "According to Brother Shen, this person should be the Holy Son of the Blood Spirit Sect."

The Holy Sons and Daughters of the Demonic Sect are equivalent to the Core Formation Seeds of the Daoist Sect.

However, compared to the Daoist sect, the number of holy sons and daughters of the Demonic Sect who are destined to form their cores is much greater, and the competition is more intense. They are even more ruthless in their pursuit of forming their cores.

"Is there any good way to deal with these Blood Spirit Sect cultivators?"

Ling Zhenfeng smiled.

"Brother Shen and Princess Xinyue helped me today, so I'll use this to repay your kindness!"

Ling Zhenfeng not only acquired the Crimson-Eyed White Tiger, but also swindled his two brothers out of their entire fortune.

A real windfall!
He took out a bag of insects.

"what?"

"The eggs of the Yin-Devouring Demon Worm were just found in Boss Ge's storage bag. I'll just use them to offer to the Buddha."

Shen Xuan took it and scanned it with his divine sense. Inside were hundreds of black insect eggs.

"This is the Jade Slip for Insect Breeding. Brother Shen, please keep it safe!"

"Brother Shen, don't underestimate these Yin-devouring demonic insects. Their innate skill is Yin-Yang Escape, which allows them to devour Yin objects. All kinds of Yin spirits, evil energy, and corpse energy are on their menu."

"The Yin-devouring demonic insect is the nemesis of many demonic cultivators."

Upon hearing this, Shen Xuan felt rather embarrassed.

"Why don't you keep some too?"

"No need!"

Ling Zhenfeng laughed and said, "Cultivating this thing requires quite a bit of spirit stones and effort. To control it well, you also need to consume your divine sense."

"I have my own secret techniques to cultivate, where would I find the time and energy to nurture these demonic insects!"

Shen Xuan had no choice but to accept it.

"Then thank you very much, Brother Ling!"

He took out ten thunder talismans and poison talismans.

"I have some second-tier lightning talismans and poison talismans here. Zhenfeng, take them for self-defense."

"Second-tier lightning talismans and poison talismans? Brother Shen is a second-tier talisman master?"

Ling Zhenfeng said in surprise.

They both possess inferior spiritual roots.

Shen Xuan's ability to establish a foundation had already astonished him.

He's actually a second-tier rune master!

Moreover, they created special talismans such as thunder talismans and poison talismans!
Sure enough, Brother Shen is Brother Shen.

He said he was confident he could take on three opponents and kill them all.

Feeling the spiritual energy fluctuations of the thunder talisman and the poison talisman.

Ling Zhenfeng sighed softly.

"If Master were alive today, I don't know how happy he would be to see Brother Shen's achievements!"

Mentioning Master Yan brought sadness to all three of them.

All three of them are nearly ninety years old.

It's impossible to go back to my childhood.

My heart has grown old; I can only reminisce about the youthful spirit of many years ago.

Only these few classmates could let down their guard and confide in me.

Normally, even when facing one's master and fellow disciples, one must be careful and wary.

Every word you say should be carefully considered.

"What a fortunate day! To have met Brother Shen and Princess Xinyue. However, I have matters to attend to and must take my leave now!"

Shen Xuan guessed that Ling Zhenfeng's evil energy was about to erupt, and he didn't want his former classmate to see his ugly state.

"We'll meet again someday, Zhenfeng, take care!"

The two embraced and parted.

Watching Ling Zhenfeng's figure disappear into the darkness, Qin Yuehan also felt a pang of emotion.

Inferior spiritual root, extremely poor aptitude.

Everyone thought he died in the war between cultivation families.

Who could have predicted that he would actually achieve Foundation Establishment with malevolent energy and become a Foundation Establishment demonic cultivator of the Yin Sha Sect!
"Things can change in an unpredictable way!"

Qin Yuehan sighed.

Turn around.

She gave Shen Xuan a playful giggle.

"Senior brother, Yue Han also had a share in those Yin-devouring demonic insects!"

(End of this chapter)