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

Chapter 461 When you need to improve your cultivation, think more about your fellow disciples! (2.6K)

As the corrupted golden core was linked to every cultivator of the Crimson Face and White Bone Temple, a catastrophe ensued.

From Qi Refining cultivators to Golden Core elders, the power within their bodies was extracted at the speed of light and channeled into their corrupted Golden Cores.

One by one, the demonic cultivators turned into dried corpses and fell to the ground, losing all their vitality.

Only wisps of souls floated up from their bodies and were captured by Su Yuan and placed inside the Myriad Soul Banner.

As for whether any of these demonic cultivators are residents of the Ten Immortal Cities?

Su Yuan couldn't say for sure, but even if he killed the wrong person, it wouldn't matter, as long as he could win in the end, they would all be able to wake up from their slumber.

Su Yuan did not use the power stored in the corrupted Golden Core for himself. Having already reached the peak of the Golden Core stage, all he lacked was more Primordial Dao essence.

Absorbing the cultivation of others is meaningless; it will only cause him to lose control of his realm and break through to the next realm due to insufficient foundation.

However, some people desperately need these resources.

For example, Zhu Qingqing, and Gui Yuan.

Leaving aside Gui Yuan, for Zhu Qingqing in the real world, having already broken through to the Nascent Soul stage once, breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage again would be a natural outcome as long as she has sufficient power to infuse it.

Su Yuan wanted to force her to reach the Nascent Soul stage in the shortest possible time, making her his right-hand woman.

The corrupted golden core quickly refined the collected flesh and blood power and the cultivator's cultivation level, transforming them into the purest energy and injecting it into Zhu Qingqing's body.

Having already reached the peak of the Golden Core realm, she immediately entered the countdown to breaking through to the next level, her aura rising steadily every second.

Such a dramatic change naturally attracted the attention of the current abbot of the Zhu Yan Bai Gu Temple.

As his disciples fell one after another like harvesting wheat, an old man with white hair and a youthful face, whose body was covered with signs of puppet modification, appeared before Su Yuan and the others.

His body was also covered in red light, and his cultivation and physical strength were being absorbed little by little.

Looking at his disciple who was improving his cultivation by sacrificing his fellow disciples, the old abbot couldn't help but show a look of satisfaction:

"I never expected that at such a young age, you would think of your fellow apprentices when facing a bottleneck. You've truly surpassed your teachers."

Upon hearing this, Su Yuan was speechless.

No! This old man seems quite proud?

I haven't changed his perception either!
Sure enough, compared to these ancient demonic sect cultivators, his demonic purity was still too low.

However, the old abbot's expression immediately turned cold:
"However, you shouldn't have colluded with external enemies to scheme against your fellow disciples, and you certainly shouldn't have attacked your master when you were only at the Golden Core stage!"

"You treacherous disciple who betrayed his master and ancestors, I will refine you into the most prized Crimson-faced, White-boned puppet of my life!"

As he spoke, the old abbot's hand rapidly transformed, conjuring up hundreds of powerful puppets that surrounded and attacked Zhu Qingqing.

Su Yuan watched this scene speechlessly.

What a magnificent temple of red faces and white bones! It is truly a wonderful sect that embodies both filial piety and love.

However, Su Yuan would not allow the old abbot to stop Zhu Qingqing's breakthrough.

He raised his hand and pointed at the old abbot and the puppets he controlled.

The next instant, a thick, purplish-black lightning bolt struck down from the sky, engulfing the hundreds of puppets and the old abbot's true form.

Demonic Thunder!

This unique divine ability, which was already extremely powerful and had an extremely high limit, has reached a new level of power under the blessing of the Primordial Chaos Dao that Su Yuan has mastered.

Even an old abbot in the early Nascent Soul stage could not ignore the power of the tribulation lightning.

The old abbot retreated rapidly, barely escaping the range of the tribulation lightning. His entire body was charred black, and the puppets he had just summoned had been reduced to dust.

The old abbot glanced at Su Yuan with apprehension and said coldly:
"What a devilish brat! I underestimated you."

Su Yuan didn't waste any more words with the old man. Larger and more gloomy tribulation clouds gathered above the Zhu Yan Bai Gu Temple, and bolts of tribulation lightning with enough power to change the terrain struck down like raindrops.

Even though the old abbot kept dodging and weaving, he would still be struck by a bolt of lightning from time to time, causing his skin and flesh to be charred.

However, he was not entirely helpless in the face of Su Yuan's relentless attacks.

"Young man, you're quite something. It seems I have no choice but to use my strongest methods to deal with you. Come out, my master!"

The disheveled old abbot let out a long howl, and a lifelike, alluring woman appeared before him.

Although the beautiful woman's eyes were somewhat dull, there was an indescribable allure in her expression.

Those with weak wills are likely to be charmed by the other person at first glance.

"Is this the former abbot of the Crimson Face and White Bone Temple, Zhu Qingqing's grandmaster?"

Looking at the beautiful woman, Su Yuan's expression turned slightly strange.

The Temple of Red Faces and White Bones truly is a place where many talented people emerge.

"Kneel down at my master's feet, brat!" The old abbot sneered, and with a flick of his finger, the beautiful woman came to life, looking at Su Yuan with seductive eyes.

A powerful sense of shock surged into Su Yuan's mind, attempting to forcefully drag him into the abyss of bewitching allure.

Fortunately, Su Yuan managed to resist this alluring power by relying on the power of the Brahma Demon Heart.

Just as he was about to unleash an even stronger Demonic Thunder to destroy the Nascent Soul stage Crimson-faced, white-boned puppet, a soft laugh suddenly rang out from beside Su Yuan.

"Master, your control over my grandmaster is still as crude as ever, but then again... how could a grown man understand the true art of seduction?"

The speaker was none other than Zhu Qingqing.

At this moment, the aura emanating from her body underwent a dramatic change, officially breaking free from the shackles of the Golden Core stage and becoming a newly promoted Nascent Soul True Monarch.

Seeing his disciple break through to a higher realm with such ease, the old abbot's eyes flashed with astonishment.

Reaching the Nascent Soul stage so easily doesn't seem like a first-time breakthrough.

However, in the next second, a glint of greed flashed in the old official's eyes.

"Indeed, a Nascent Soul stage puppet is far more valuable than a Golden Core stage puppet. You two can stay here!"

As he spoke, he activated the puppet of the former abbot once again, intending to harm Zhu Qingqing.

But something shocking happened to the old abbot.

The puppet, which should have been as easy to control as an arm, was completely still at this moment, frozen in place.

No matter what the old abbot did, it was all in vain.

“Master, stop struggling. The problem is not with Grandmaster, but with the fact that I have taken over Grandmaster’s control.”

Zhu Qingqing smiled faintly and, under the old abbot's shocked expression, slowly and deliberately said:
“I know my master’s body structure like the back of my hand. I know better than you how to manipulate her, what backdoors are in her body, and how to gain control of her by exploiting these loopholes.”

"what?!"

The old abbot could hardly believe his ears.

If he remembered correctly, this was the first time he had shown the puppet created by the former abbot to his disciple.

Why does she know so much?

Zhu Qingqing continued:

"Oh right, not only Grandmaster, but I also know your body very well, Master, after all, I once turned you into a puppet with my own hands."

"However, in comparison, you are somewhat inferior to your grandmaster. Indeed, in the field of Crimson Face and White Bone Puppet, men are not as good as women."

The old abbot looked bewildered, unable to understand what Zhu Qingqing was talking about.

But he doesn't need to understand it anymore.

As Zhu Qingqing spoke, the former abbot's puppet turned around and stared at the old abbot.

With just one glance, the old abbot was dragged into a whirlpool of romance.

The power of the Crown of Corruption was further activated, quickly draining Zhu Qingqing dry and allowing her to advance to the third level of the Nascent Soul stage.

Not only that, because the old abbot and his fellow disciples of the Crimson Face White Bone Temple were all on the same path as Zhu Qingqing, the essence of their great path was also used by Zhu Qingqing.

After sacrificing the entire Zhu Yan Bai Gu Temple, Zhu Qingqing's strength almost returned to its peak.

"It's a pity that the dried-up corpses, drained of their power, are unusable. Otherwise, I could have added a large number of powerful puppets."

Zhu Qingqing glanced at the pile of mummified corpses in the mountain gate and sighed regretfully.

But she quickly regained her composure.

"That's enough. With our master here, that's enough. It's about quality, not quantity, when it comes to soldiers."

She reached out and pulled her dazed grandmaster into her arms, her face full of affection.

This truly proves the old saying that grandparents and grandchildren are closer.

"Your Zhu Yan Bai Gu Guan tradition is really unique, the master-disciple transmission is different from other schools."

Su Yuan couldn't help but make a comment.

Zhu Qingqing gave a light snort and said:

"You, who sacrificed the entire sect and used the souls of my master and fellow disciples to refine the Myriad Soul Banner, still have the nerve to talk to me?"

Su Yuan: "That's true."

Gui Yuan, who witnessed all of this, was speechless.

(End of this chapter)