Cultivation: Starting from a Fighting Cock

Chapter 58 Gathering of Demons
The backyard of the Zhao residence.

Ji Cheng crawled into the cage and began to refine the wisp of demonic energy he had extracted from the masked fox.

That masked fox had only just broken through to the early stage of demon transformation. Although its demonic energy was not much, it was still equivalent to half a month of cultivation by Ji Cheng himself.

He quickly finished refining the wisp of demonic energy.

It's daybreak.

Today, Master Zhao has no intention of taking Ji Cheng out for cockfighting.

Recently, Master Zhao has won a lot of money thanks to Ji Cheng's fighting cock, and the Zhao family's pharmacy and medicinal herb business have also reopened.

As life improved, Master Zhao prepared another set of medicines for his eldest son, Zhao Qian, to help him undergo another blood transfusion.

Fairy Su intended to recruit Zhao Qian for the Su family. She asked her family to help with the blood-changing medicine, which could be considered as a form of financial assistance to Zhao Qian.

Today is the big day for Zhao Qian's second attempt at blood transfusion. As soon as it was light, the entire Zhao family was busy.

Zhao Yan caught a handful of grasshoppers from the field and squatted down to feed them to Ji Cheng one by one.

After feeding them, she went to help.

With no one to disturb Ji Cheng, he continued his cultivation, beginning to refine the wisp of demonic energy he had absorbed from the second-tier bull demon.

He devoted himself to cultivation until evening before finally refining the wisp of demonic energy from the bull demon.

He felt he had reached the threshold of the Demon Transformation Realm, so he immediately consolidated his cultivation and successfully broke through to the Demon Transformation Realm.

"I'm only one step away from becoming a first-tier demonic beast!"

Ji Cheng was very pleased, as everything seemed to have fallen into place naturally.

From domestic fowl to raptors, and then to the demon transformation realm, he is about to break through to the first-tier demon beast in less than half a year.

Well, it seems that making more friends with monsters is definitely the right thing to do.

Relying solely on the "Golden Rooster Stands on One Leg" technique would likely take several years, or even more than a decade, to see results. What truly enabled him to quickly transform into a demon was the wisp of demonic energy he absorbed from demonic beasts.

Now he has a general understanding of this talent of "observation, listening, questioning and palpation".

He currently only has the ability of "Observation," which allows him to absorb a wisp of demonic energy by watching a demonic beast perform a certain action.

As for what actions to take, each monster is different.

The dog demon gazes at the moon, the wolf demon acts fiercely, the python demon eats, the ox demon plays in the water, and the raccoon demon offers fruit. After that, if you encounter other demons doing the same thing, you will no longer be able to absorb a wisp of demonic energy.

He also deduced that there is a cooldown period when absorbing demonic energy from the same demonic beast.

It's unclear how long this CD will last at the shortest, but judging from the several times it absorbed demonic energy from Da Huang, the longest it could last is no more than a month.

This is pretty good. Being able to extract a few wisps of demonic energy from a few demonic beasts every month is much more efficient than struggling to cultivate on your own.
"Sigh, the young master's blood transfusion failed again!"

"It's all for nothing again. Why is blood transfusion so difficult?"

Ji Cheng successfully broke through, but Zhao Qian failed to undergo another blood transfusion.

He looked utterly exhausted and had lost faith in the ability to undergo the blood transfusion. Even when others tried to comfort him, he remained indifferent.

After two failed blood transfusions, which wasted a lot of the family's money, Zhao Qian felt deeply indebted and became taciturn.

And his tub of bathwater was naturally given to Big Yellow.

at night.

Ji Cheng and Da Huang returned to the riverbank where they had their gathering the night before.

The Azure Flame Rabbit hopped over and casually pulled up several carrots and greens from someone else's field.

"Moo~"

The bull demon reappeared, running happily towards everyone.

This time, it also brought a lot of fruits and pancakes from home and shared them with a few friends. I must say, the roasted meat wrapped in pancakes was quite delicious.

This pancake...

Big Yellow, Little Rabbit, and Fat Civet didn't think anything of it, but Ji Cheng was puzzled. Could a monster really make something like this?
But then he thought, maybe the bull demon stole it from someone else's house.

These roasted chickens, ducks, pigs, and sheep were all stolen by several demonic beasts. Given the bull demon's personality, it's not surprising that he would steal some vegetarian pancakes.

"Woo~"

The masked palm civet arrived last, bringing with it a bunch of sour fruits from the mountains, which it offered to everyone in a flattering manner.

Among them, the masked fox had the lowest cultivation level, so it naturally played the role of the little brother. At this moment, Big Yellow brought out a wine jar, poured several large bowls of wine into it, and invited everyone to drink together.

"squeak!"

The Azure Flame Rabbit sniffed it, looked disgusted, and jumped back, asking Big Yellow what this thing was.

Big Yellow barked and explained that this was specially brewed fine wine, and that I should drink it.

"This is the bathwater from the failed blood transfusion of the eldest son of the Zhao family!"

Ji Cheng couldn't bear to see the demons fall for his trick, so he laughed and exposed Da Huang's deception.

These bowls and wine jars were ones they had used before. Dahuang filled the empty wine jars with Zhao Qian's bathwater, thinking they were good things, and brought them to share with everyone.

Enraged, the Azure Flame Rabbit chased after Big Yellow and even unleashed a burst of azure flame.

The bull demon shook its head and silently backed away. Although it was stupid, it wasn't stupid enough to drink someone else's bathwater.

Only the masked fox picked up a bowl of bathwater, drank it, and immediately its eyes lit up. It then picked up the jar and poured itself another bowl.

Big Yellow thought the masked palm civet was a connoisseur and considered it a kindred spirit.

The dog and the raccoon drank Zhao Qian's bathwater with great relish.

In the following days, the four demonic beasts and one spirit beast would gather here every night to eat, drink, and play, and their bond grew stronger.

Meanwhile, Ji Cheng also participated in two days of cockfighting, and his progress on the new title is slowly increasing.

【Titles: Copycat Chicken (7/50), Turkey, Blowing Chicken, One-Legged Chicken (Not Wearing)】

[Bloodline: Golden Rooster (65%)]

[Realm: Perfect Demon Transformation]

[Talent: Observation, Listening, Inquiry, and Palpation]

That night, Ji Cheng deliberately donned the title of "Copycat Chicken" and decided to take his newly joined companions to see the python demon.

They each brought their own food and followed Ji Cheng to Python Mountain.

"Brother Python, we've come to see you!"

Upon entering the forest, Ji Cheng greeted the python demon from afar. It had been several days since he had last visited, and the forest immediately became lively.

The python demon was practicing the "Azure Origin Breathing Technique," and now it finished its practice, opening its pair of cold eyes.

When it saw the bull demon, it instinctively assumed a fighting stance, because it sensed that the bull demon's strength could threaten it.

"Brother Python, don't be excited. Let me introduce you. This is Brother Ox and Brother Fox. This is your first time meeting..."

Ji Cheng stepped forward and gave a brief introduction to both parties.

"Moo~"

The bull demon let out a friendly call.

The masked fox was somewhat frightened, but it still took the initiative to greet the python demon.

The python demon then lowered its guard and gave a slight nod to the bull demon and the flower-faced fox.

Then, it took a deep look at Ji Cheng, the chicken demon. It didn't expect that in just a few days, this chicken demon had made friends with two more demon beasts, one of which was a second-tier bull demon whose strength was no weaker than its own.

"It's safer to gather here with Brother Python than in Wuzhen."

Ji Cheng called on everyone to bring out their food and drinks. The boulder was smooth and flat, just the right size for the demons to sit and eat and drink.

Big Yellow, the Bull Demon, the Flower-Faced Fox, and the Azure Flame Rabbit all sprang into action, showing off the delicious food they had brought.

Seeing this, the python demon paused, then suddenly felt a little embarrassed, realizing that it should clean up the place before receiving everyone.

However, under Ji Cheng's leadership, the demons were all unceremonious and treated this place as their own territory.

Originally, Big Yellow and Little Rabbit were a little afraid of this second-tier python demon, but now that the powerful and burly bull demon was beside them, they felt that the python demon was much more docile.

"Brother Python, come and enjoy your meal. This is the first time we've all gathered together, so we're all family here. No one should be shy or reserved."

If it weren't for Ji Cheng, these demons would probably have fought to the death long ago.

But with Ji Cheng acting as the backbone, these demonic beasts were united and presented an exceptionally peaceful scene.

(End of this chapter)