Immortality and Cultivation: I Have Too Many Talents

Chapter 182 Water Ape Corpse Beast (10,000-word update, please subscribe)

Upon hearing this news, Shen Xuan immediately felt uneasy.

The demonic cultivators of the Blood Spirit Sect couldn't hold back any longer and wanted to make a move.

Thinking about it, it's quite normal.

Although demonic cultivators have a fast cultivation speed and strong combat power, they also suffer from the drawbacks of scarce resources and low success rate.

In order to quickly increase their strength, many demonic cultivators have lost all conscience and sacrificed cultivators and mortals with their blood.

The Liang Kingdom also had tens of millions of ordinary people.

These mortals were actually kept by the Demonic Sect, and were used as consumables for blood sacrifice at any time.

Mortals have weak qi, blood, spirit, and soul, so they are still useful to low-level demonic cultivators.

Once a cultivator's cultivation level is high enough, ordinary mortals can no longer satisfy the needs of a demonic cultivator.

Therefore, all the major demonic sects have some special methods to turn mortals into consumables with stronger qi, blood, and soul.

For example, the Corpse Refining Sect selects some physically strong mortals and forces them to practice rudimentary demonic arts, absorb corpse energy, and become half-human, half-ghost corpses.

The Hehuan Sect, on the other hand, uses beauty to seduce people, making them addicted to the gentle embrace of love, until their essence and blood are exhausted and they become dried-up human bodies.

The same applies to the White Bone Sect, Blood Spirit Sect, Yin Sha Sect, and Netherworld Sect.

For the sake of sustainable development, the Liang Kingdom Demon Sect prohibits its demon cultivators from conducting large-scale blood sacrifices without authorization within its jurisdiction.

At the same time, they encouraged ordinary people to have children and robbed and kidnapped ordinary people from neighboring countries.

Many demonic cultivators, after reaching a certain level of cultivation, are forced to leave the Liang Kingdom's demonic sect and continue their cultivation in other regions due to the need for blood sacrifice.

If Qingyang Prefecture becomes a battlefield between Dao and Demon, it will not only be the Daoist and Demonic cultivators who perish.

The ordinary people who live here are the ones who suffer the most.

"Wu Yulan is the Holy Maiden of the Blood Spirit Sect. The Wu family has already sided with the Blood Spirit Sect."

Shen Xuan said to the White Lotus Fairy.

"what!"

The White Lotus Fairy suddenly realized: "No wonder this vile woman's strength has increased so quickly! She's actually the Holy Maiden of the Demonic Sect!"

Looking back on our past interactions, there were indeed clues to be found.

"Murong Jun is the incarnation of the Holy Son of the Blood Spirit Sect."

Shen Xuan briefly recounted the pursuit of Murong Jun back then, as well as the Su family head's killing of the Demon Sect's hidden agent and retainer.

"Qingyang Prefecture will sooner or later become the front line of the battle between the Dao and the Demonic. Didn't the Zhou family tell you how to handle this?"

"Those two old men never care whether Bai Lian lives or dies!"

The White Lotus Fairy's tone was full of resentment.

In cultivation families, female cultivators with good aptitude are mostly used as bargaining chips for marriage alliances.

The White Lotus Fairy is independent and does not follow her family's arrangements.

The Zhou family was naturally unwilling to invest too many resources in her.

The two discussed it for a while.

Ultimately, I decided to wait and see.

Seize the time, enhance your strength, and stockpile strategic resources such as spirit stones and high-quality thunder talismans.

If the Blood Spirit Sect makes a move, the Azure Cloud Sect will not stand idly by.

If the situation in Qingyang Prefecture deteriorates, their first priority will be to protect themselves.

Such a glorious and righteous task as slaying demons and monsters should naturally be left to the core disciples of the Qingyun Sect.

……

The White Lotus Fairy moved into Tingyu Pavilion in a grand and imposing manner.

In the past, they would try to hide it.

Now, she considers herself the mistress of Tingyuxuan.

Su Xueer had no choice but to reluctantly give in.

She was merely Shen Xuan's concubine.

At the age of twenty-seven, he had just reached the fourth level of Qi Refining.

This was the result of Shen Xuan giving her the Creation Pill and her cultivation in the second-tier Daoist temple.

If she relies on herself.

With her inferior spiritual root, the third level of Qi Refining was her limit.

He could only do odd jobs like reception at the clan affairs hall for the rest of his life.

Fortunately, Shen Xuan is a kind and loyal person.

Even with the White Lotus Fairy as her living partner.

He remained devoted to Su Xue'er.

Matters involving the Su family should be handled by Su Xue'er.

They are also generous with their money.

"My husband still has me in his heart."

“Zhou Bailian is a cuckoo in the nest. Her husband is just using her and hasn’t given her any real status.”

"Zhou Bailian will leave Tingyuxuan sooner or later!"

Thinking about it this way, Su Xue'er felt much better.

As a concubine, she had no right to inquire about Shen Xuan's private life.

……

Perhaps, feelings will develop over time.

Or perhaps, they admire the strong.

The White Lotus Fairy is becoming more and more obedient.

She became much more docile. She tried her best to meet all of Shen Xuan's requests.

Even if they are not feeling well, they are willing to make the effort.

The White Lotus Fairy's eyes sparkled as she looked at Shen Xuan, filled with anticipation.

In her eyes, Shen Xuan was becoming more and more powerful, and his status was rising rapidly.

Even the Zhou family patriarch is not as good as Shen Xuan.

As Shen Xuan's woman, she was initially a little sad because she didn't have a formal title.

Now, however, I feel immense pride and honor.

This is the man Zhou Bailian has been looking for!

To live with a man like this, I would have no regrets in this life!
They were both water-based cultivators.

Shen Xuan began to guide the White Lotus Fairy in her cultivation.

To enhance its ability to protect the road.

I gave her some of the Yin-devouring demonic insects.

Teach her how to raise corpse beasts.

The White Lotus Fairy was overjoyed.

Both of these secret techniques can greatly enhance combat power.

"Shen Lang! You're so kind!"

The Yin-devouring demonic insects are one thing.

In the early stages, all you need is monster meat and some ghosts.

The White Lotus Fairy can afford it.

To refine a corpse beast, you need a complete second-tier demon beast and purchase medicinal herbs to prepare a large amount of Taiyin Corpse Beast Liquid.

This caused the already impoverished White Lotus Fairy a terrible headache.

Clever as she was, she didn't directly ask Shen Xuan for spirit stones.

Instead, he went to the Zhou family, the Beast Tamer, and stole the corpse of a powerful water ape.

"Shen Lang, do you think this monster corpse is suitable for refining into a corpse beast?"

The White Lotus Fairy's pretty face was filled with excitement.

Her spirit beast, the white jade python, was only a top-tier first-order item.

A lot of resources and effort have been invested in this.

For the white jade python to advance to the second tier is even more difficult than for a human cultivator to establish their foundation.

However, this mighty water ape is a genuine second-tier water demon.

A descendant of the ancient water monster Wuzhiqi, possessing extraordinary combat power.

"Where did it come from?"

"Never mind that! I'm just asking you, is it appropriate to use the Mighty Water Ape to refine the Corpse Beast?"

"It's a perfect fit!"

Shen Xuan examined it for a few moments and said, "Once successfully refined, its strength will surpass that of the Silver-Winged Teng Snake!"

"Great!"

The White Lotus Fairy nestled happily in Shen Xuan's arms.

"Shen Lang, you will help me, right?"

"Help you refine the Mighty Water Ape Corpse Beast? No problem. If you're short on spirit stones, I can lend you some."

His accounts with the White Lotus Fairy were always crystal clear.

"No. You help me deal with my father!"

"This mighty water ape belonged to my ancestor. I stole it."

Shen Xuan was speechless.

The White Lotus Fairy's biological father is the head of the Zhou family, the Beast Taming Zhou family.

"Can't you speak politely and ask the ancestor for it?"

In Shen Xuan's mind, the White Lotus Fairy was, after all, the only female cultivator in the Foundation Establishment realm of the Zhou family.

As a core member of the Zhou family, demanding a second-tier water demon corpse is not unreasonable.

“Shen Lang, you are not from a cultivation family. Some things are not as simple as you think.”

The White Lotus Fairy said softly, "In cultivation families, female cultivators have always been at a disadvantage. Even if they successfully establish their foundation, they still have to obey their family's arrangements and be married off."

"Then comes childbirth and the three obediences and four virtues: obedience to the husband after marriage, and obedience to the son after the husband's death..."

"This is not the life Bai Lian wants!"

"Bai Lian wants to achieve immortality and attain enlightenment like Shen Lang!"

Upon hearing this, Shen Xuan couldn't help but glance at the White Lotus Fairy a few more times.

"You have ambition! I support you!"

The two are now living together.

Shen Xuan's feelings for the White Lotus Fairy could not be ignored.

really.

The next day.

Outside Tingyu Pavilion, the angry voice of the Zhou family head could be heard.

"Zhou Bailian, come out here!"

"You've gone too far! You even dare to steal the Ancestor's spirit beast!"

"Have you no shame?!"

(End of this chapter)