In an era where everyone is cultivating immortality, the system wants me to become a demon?

Chapter 271 Su Yuan: I picked this up! (4.3K views, please subscribe!)

[The Incomplete (Demonized) Dao Seed of Boundless Origin: Originally a righteous divine power comprehended by Feng Wuyai, a half-step Nascent Soul sword cultivator, during a life-or-death struggle, its effects were severely distorted after being obtained by the Yuan Demon using the Human Core technique.]

[Tao Seed Effect 1: Mountain of Corpses: Slaughtering billions of living beings to build a mountain of corpses, their resentment will materialize and amplify your power. The more living beings you slaughter, the more resentment you gather, and the stronger the amplification effect!]

[Second Effect of the Dao Seed: Sea of ​​Blood: Slaughtering all living beings creates a vast sea of ​​blood. When you walk on this sea of ​​blood, any injuries you suffer, as well as any spiritual energy or stamina you consume, will be instantly restored. As long as the sea of ​​blood does not dry up, the true demon will not die.]

Seeing the "mountains of corpses and seas of blood" effect appear on the system panel, Su Yuan fell silent.

No... there's something wrong with your Boundless Dao Seed!
What's considered righteous in Qi Hanyue is considered demonic in me? Isn't that a bit too flexible in terms of moral boundaries?

Although Su Yuan already knew that the effects of the Dao Seed would change depending on the person who possessed it.

But the transformation from a sea of ​​people to a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood is truly absurd.

Am I really that bad?

Su Yuan felt somewhat wronged.

But after personally experiencing the effects of these two methods, he fell silent.

Because whether it's a "mountain of corpses" or a "sea of ​​blood," he doesn't need to accumulate them; he can use them immediately.

First, there's the "mountain of corpses." Theoretically, enough living beings should be slaughtered first, but Su Yuan had already satisfied the activation effect of the mountain of corpses by slaughtering ingredients like dragon-scale geese and iron-mountain pigs for a long time.

Not to mention that corpses are everywhere in the world of Absolute Sword, and you can easily create several mountains of corpses.

Relying on the resentment of the sword slaves, the "Corpse Mountain" effect can amplify Su Yuan's power to an extremely exaggerated degree.

Then comes the "Sea of ​​Blood" effect.

The so-called "treading on a sea of ​​blood" does not mean that wherever you go, the sea of ​​blood must flow there; that would be too restrictive of the terrain.

In fact, Su Yuan only needs to bind to a certain sea of ​​blood, then the damage he suffers in battle can be borne by that sea of ​​blood.

Only when the Blood Sea is depleted will Su Yuan's recovery ability return to normal.

Logically speaking, it is not an easy task for cultivators to prepare a Blood Sea... but Su Yuan had already refined the Eight Treasures Merit Pool long ago.

Go to the basement of the Yuan Sect headquarters and bind yourself to the Eight Treasures Merit Pool; then the "Blood Sea" will be able to work perfectly.

Thinking about it this way, the effect of "mountains of corpses and seas of blood" really does perfectly match Su Yuan's background.

It couldn't be more perfect!

Upon realizing this, Su Yuan was completely distraught.

So the mutation of the Boundless Dao Seed is not an exaggeration at all; what's exaggerated is myself.

That's fine.

Su Yuan shook his head helplessly.

So what if it's weird? Can't we change it?

After quickly composing himself, Su Yuan began to seriously consider how to keep the Boundless Dao Seed constant within his body.

Although the Spirit-Pointing Pill is powerful, any ability it absorbs from its target is time-limited.

For example, Chen Nuoyi's "Five Dragons Heavenly Heart Sword" and Qi Hanyue's "Wuji".

After these abilities are refined into a pill, the user can only use them for a few hours at most, and the effects of the pill will automatically dissipate once they wear off.

Furthermore, because both the "Five Dragons Heavenly Heart Sword" and "Limitless" are innate supernatural abilities, they cannot be learned.

Fortunately, although the "Boundless Dao Seed" is also a kind of supernatural power, it can be learned through practice.

Su Yuan could experience the wonders of refining the Human Pill of the Boundless Dao Seed while having Feng Wuyai teach him the knowledge of condensing the Dao Seed.

Once mastered, Su Yuan would be able to completely control this technique.

Before this, if you want to use the "mountain of corpses and sea of ​​blood" ability, you can only save up a few human pills in advance for emergencies.

Hopefully, Qi Hanyue can hold on and not become too weak from the drain.

With this thought in mind, Su Yuan turned to look at Feng Wuyai within the Ten Thousand Soul Banner.

At this moment, the image of an old man with an air of otherworldly wisdom appeared on the banner, which resembled a holographic projection, staring angrily at Su Yuan.

If you want to learn how to fight mountains of corpses and seas of blood as soon as possible, you'll have to rely on this senior.

Su Yuan gave Feng Wuyai a kind smile:

"Senior Feng, don't worry, Qi Hanyue is perfectly fine. I only borrowed her Boundless Dao Seed for a short while. Her own Dao Seed is completely intact."

Feng Wuyai was about to say something when Su Yuan interrupted him first:
"However, Senior Feng, your Boundless Dao Seed is indeed exceptionally profound. Why don't you teach me?"

"Although you don't have any more Dao Seeds, I can condense them myself. It's just a little bit of work."

Upon hearing this, Feng Wuyai refused without even thinking:

"Impossible! My legacy is only given to righteous cultivators. I would never help a demon like you!"

Su Yuan patiently guided him:
"Senior Feng, you have misunderstood me. I am not some kind of demon. When I used the Human Pill to experience the Boundless Dao Seed, the effects of the Dao Seed I obtained were all perfectly legitimate."

"Think about it carefully. If the effects of the Dao Seed I obtain are immoral and harmful, is it still necessary for me to learn it?"

No matter how much Su Yuan tried to persuade him, Feng Wuyai remained adamant and refused to budge.

Gradually, Su Yuan lost patience.

He didn't bother pretending anymore, and pulled the still limp and dazed Qi Hanyue to his side, saying indifferently:
“Senior Feng, if you won’t teach me, then I’ll have to turn to Qi Hanya.”

"I will have her teach me the knowledge about the Boundless Dao Seed word by word, so that she will be corrupted little by little while helping me, this demon, and eventually become a complete female demon."

"Moreover, given Qi Hanyue's intelligence, her teaching level is definitely not good. I can only exploit her again and again, using her as material to refine the human pill and experience the Dao seed."

"Perhaps by the time I have mastered my skills, you, the successor I finally found, will have been completely drained and ruined."

At this point, Su Yuan's lips curled into a sinister smile as he stared at Feng Wuyai, whose expression was gradually turning terrified, and said, word by word:

"If Qi Hanyue breaks down, it's all your fault."

"It's your fault for being old-fashioned, your fault for being incompetent, and your fault for not being able to protect your own successor."

Although most of these words were made up by Su Yuan to scare people, Feng Wuyai believed them.

Or rather, he dared not disbelieve.

Feng Wuyai, who has spent his life slaying demons and monsters, has seen countless evil lords.

But no matter how rich his experience was, the number of demons he had personally seen who could rival Su Yuan was extremely small.

Not to mention his successor, and even himself, were all captured by Su Yuan and were at his mercy.

In such a desperate situation, did he have any choice?

Obviously, no.

After a long, long silence, Feng Wuyai lowered his head as if resigned to his fate. The old senior gritted his teeth and said:

“I can teach you, but my Boundless Dao Seed is entirely based on righteous principles. If you, a demon, cannot understand it, you will most likely never learn it.”

"If you don't learn it, please don't make things difficult for me and Qi Hanyue."

Seeing that Feng Wuyai finally relented, Su Yuan smiled and readily agreed to the conditions.

What if I can't learn it?
Hehe, under normal circumstances, Su Yuan might not have been able to learn the Boundless Dao Seed, since the foundation of this supernatural power is the pure Dao, which is very different from his path.

But... he has the title of "Demon Lord"!

[Demon Lord: When equipped with this title, your comprehension will increase by 100% when learning any demonic cultivation technique.]

Does the Boundless Path Seed count as a demonic inheritance? More than six hours ago, it definitely did not.

But six hours later, it counts!
Because the founder of this lineage went mad! Regardless of his original intentions, all his inheritances are considered demonic inheritances!

As for how Feng Wuyai became a demon?
Does selling one's soul to the demon Su and serving him count as becoming a demon?

Is it considered demonic to sacrifice one's own disciple with one's own blood?
From the moment he began cooperating with Su Yuan, the righteous sword cultivator Feng Wuyai was already dead, replaced by the demonic soul cultivator Feng Wuyai.

With double the comprehension bonus, how could you possibly fail to learn a mere Boundless Dao Seed?
Of course, Su Yuan wouldn't tell Feng Wuyai these inside details, lest the other party change his mind again.

After discussing it with Feng Wuyai, Su Yuan immediately asked him to impart knowledge to him.

While studying, Su Yuan also led Qi Hanyue back into the army of sword slaves.

Not to kill the sword slaves, but to line their own pockets.

Originally, Su Yuan planned to remove the demonic energy from the sword slaves and then bury them in peace.

But now Su Yuan has changed his mind.

Burying them in the ground is too wasteful; it's better to put them in a storage bag for peace.

Su Yuan spent nearly ten million to buy a palm-sized, pyramid-shaped storage magic treasure from Chi Le'an. Its internal space was almost the size of the Forbidden City.

Although it cannot contain living creatures, it still has mountains and water inside, so it can still be used as a tomb.

Once Su Yuan has buried the 50,000-strong army of sword slaves in the storage ring, a continuous stream of resentment will naturally be generated. Normally, it will be stored inside the pyramid and retrieved as needed.

Of course, Su Yuan couldn't carry a pyramid around forever; he had no interest in cosplaying as the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King.

In ordinary times, the pyramid can be enshrined in the underground of the Yuanjiao headquarters, next to the Eight Treasures Merit Pool, where the resentment and blood energy on both sides complement each other.

Isn't this better than just burying the sword slaves in the ground and having them eaten clean by snakes, insects, and rats within a few months?

Anyway, Su Yuan felt that this was quite appropriate, as long as the school didn't sue him for misappropriating school assets.

To avoid being falsely accused, Su Dashan stole the sword slave in a furtive manner, with the help of Chen Nuoyi, Qi Hanyue, and Xiao Kong. For a time, no one noticed.

This includes Instructor Zhao, who was monitoring the new students during their military training from a distance.

Since the destruction of Yanhe and Su Yuan's ability to protect his classmates, Instructor Zhao has become somewhat lax.

Every so often, a count of the new students is taken to confirm that there are no problems, and that's it.

As for counting the number of sword slaves? Does he have time for that?
The last few days of military training came to an end quickly.

On September 20th, Instructor Zhao appeared before the new students undergoing military training.

At this moment, many new recruits were still fighting against the army of sword slaves, their movements relaxed and effortless.

Instructor Zhao even witnessed a Qi Refining stage freshman single-handedly entangled with a Foundation Establishment sword slave, and ultimately managed to escape unscathed.

Such combat skills are perfectly capable of being deployed directly to the battlefields of another world.

"It seems that these twenty days of training have brought about significant changes in the new students. That's good."

Instructor Zhao nodded in satisfaction.

The only thing that puzzled him was the size of the sword slave army.

Nineteen days ago there were nearly 50,000, how come there are less than 20,000 left now?
Even if there were 50,000 pigs at the Qi Refining stage, it would be impossible for my 59 students to kill more than half of them within 20 days.

Could it be that some of the sword slaves have already broken away from the main force and returned to their original positions?
Instructor Zhao couldn't think of any other explanation.

He didn't care about the fate of consumables like sword slaves. He coughed lightly and used his Golden Core magic to vibrate the air, allowing his voice to reach the ears of every new student.

"Military training is over, assemble."

Three minutes later, all the new students disengaged from the battle and lined up in front of Instructor Zhao.

"I have seen your performance over the past twenty days, and it has been very good."

Instructor Zhao smiled and praised generously:

"I won't say more. You'll be able to find your own evaluations when you get back to school."

"Depending on the evaluation, you can receive corresponding academic credits."

At this point, he looked at Su Yuan again:
"You are the best performer in this military training. As agreed, the school will give you a special reward."

“Your master has already taken the reward. You can ask him for it directly after you leave.”

Su Yuan nodded repeatedly, a sense of anticipation rising in his heart.

After saying that, Instructor Zhao led the students away swiftly and decisively, returning to the Demon-Slaying University through the gates of the Boundary Palace.

As soon as they entered the main hall of the boundary palace, Su Yuan and his group were greeted by two Golden Core stage teachers who were waiting for them.

According to the self-introductions of these two Golden Core teachers, they are the instructors for the Demon Extermination Seed Class and the Sword Dao Seed Class, respectively.

Their purpose was simple: to inform the new students that they had a three-day holiday and to report to their respective classes on September 24th.

The Seed Class, as the name suggests, is a class that brings together the most important and promising students in the department.

The Seed Class is not a new phenomenon in Su Yuan's class, but rather a common practice at the Evil Extermination University and even the Ten Great Immortal Sects.

Ninety-nine percent of the students in each cohort of the seed class are superior to their peers, and some are even comparable to students in regular classes in higher grades.

The 59 freshmen undergoing military training present were members of the seed classes that the two departments had selected long ago.

There are 30 people in the Exorcism Department and 29 people in the Swordsmanship Department.

After the students in the two seed classes were added to the class group by their respective counselors, the counselors left immediately.

The new students could finally breathe a sigh of relief and spend the next three days digesting what they had learned.

After saying goodbye to Chen Nuoyi, Qi Hanyue, and Xiao Kong, Su Yuan first notified Tai Baiji on his mobile phone, and then went straight to the latter's office.

As Su Yuan pushed open the office door and entered, the first thing he saw was Tai Baiji working at his desk.

After becoming a Nascent Soul True Monarch, his teacher became much busier than before.

This was inevitable. After all, he could live a carefree life when he was in the Golden Core stage, but after reaching the Nascent Soul stage, he had a lot more to do.

He's vying for the position of department head, and preparing to conquer the world and become a realm master—it would be strange if he weren't busy.

On the sofa opposite the desk, Taibai Yuxi was idly tying a knot for Bai Ling.

Upon seeing Su Yuan appear, the white-haired loli stood up abruptly.

"Brother Su Yuan! You're finally back!"

Her bright golden eyes stared at Su Yuan, and she said with some surprise:

"Brother Su Yuan, you've changed so much in these twenty days! It's like you've been carrying a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood on your back."

Su Yuan: "..."

That was a very accurate guess. Don't guess again next time.

He stepped forward and patted Taibai Yuxi's head to comfort her before coming to Taibai Baiji.

"Teacher, where is the reward?"

Su Yuan didn't stand on ceremony at all, his eyes shining as he asked.

Tai Baiji didn't even raise his head; he simply pushed a wooden box from the table in front of Su Yuan.

"Take a look for yourself. This is one of the spoils that our sect seized from a Nascent Soul demon who lived until the time of spiritual energy revival. I think it suits you very well."

(End of this chapter)