Become a true immortal by emulating all demons.

Chapter 228: Truth and Falsehood are Both I, Dragonspine State Joins the War!

For most people, the Great Shun Dynasty is an extremely unfamiliar place.

The only impression it left on everyone was the disciples of the immortal sect who used all sorts of means to sneak in during the border trials, trying to break through the peak tower.

It seems that if a place like this becomes chaotic, it won't have much to do with us.

But no one had any appetite.

Under the leadership of Lord Devouring Moon, the demons finally had a place to live and were no longer just rats hiding in the deep mountains and shadows.

Those people were also exonerated of their sins as demons and no longer had to endure the bitter cold and hunger, huddled in piles of excrement, their skin festering and oozing pus.

They can walk openly in the world, marry and have children, and struggle for daily necessities.

Not only that.

After the immortal descendants were gone, there was no need to use the lives of mortals to fill the mines or the flesh and blood of cultivators to refine pills and make artifacts.

This is the Nine Prefectures and One Pass, which belong only to the human race!

This kind of life, which once only existed in people's dreams, has now finally become a reality, but it has not lasted long.

In such a situation, even the most combative person would not want to see further complications arise.

"Let's see."

Su Xin tentatively asked in a consultative tone, "Or should we continue to send people to gather information about Cang Li?"

She is not a heartless person who abandons old friends.

To be precise, Su Xin is the demon king who most urgently needs to go to Da Shun and make contact with the Heavenly Demon Palace and Heng Shui.

Because her body was covered with spirit-devouring insects.

Despite her seemingly normal demeanor, Su Xin was actually suffering constant torment. Once the maggots had fully grown, she would be devoured into a skeleton, with no chance of resistance whatsoever.

But that's precisely why she has to say those words.

A qualified subordinate should know when to offer an opportunity for the leader to save face.

Cangli is a very good friend, but he is definitely not as good as Lin Shu, who worked hard and risked his life to build the empire.

"Let me think about it."

Lin Shu stretched, stood up from the recliner with a normal expression, greeted everyone casually, and then turned and went back into the house.

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With the door tightly shut, Yuan Yuan had probably figured out what was going on.

He glanced at his daughter: "The last time Master Lin did something similar was in Qingyuan. He had just killed the three little brats of the Qi family, lay down for half a day, and then got up and went to the border to wipe out the Zhao family's tigers."

"Should Father go and try to persuade him?" Su Xin gave a bitter smile.

Clearly, both father and daughter understood Lin Shu's nature. When she suddenly became serious from her lazy state, it was like a tiger curled up on a blue stone basking in the sun, suddenly opening its eyes.

It means someone is going to die.

"Actually, I was also struggling with how to bring it up with him."

Yuan Yuan smiled and said, "We can't let that stinky bug Heng Shui bully my girl for nothing."

He was once the invincible demon king of Yongzhou, so he could do whatever he wanted. But now he is a general under the Moon Devouring Demon Banner. Even if he wants to go to Da Shun alone to seek a way to save his daughter's life, he needs to ask Lin Shu first to avoid bringing trouble to Longjizhou.

"Father, you're just making things worse."

Su Xin glared at the other party reproachfully, pondered for a few moments, and sighed helplessly, "If Cang Li can survive by sheer luck, we should really thank him for blocking that sword back then."

A choice made under duress.

What they gained in return seemed to be just some unrestrained affection, but this affection came from a peerless demon who was enfeoffed as the king of Yongzhou.

Regardless of whether it will ultimately save lives, it's an extremely worthwhile investment.

Go back inside the house.

Lin Shu sat down at the table.

Actually, Su Xin is right. If Luo Fengming really is dead, then the current situation is just like that.

Or perhaps the raccoon happened to be following along, toiling away its whole life, and finally thought it had reached the shore, only to be implicated by the Luo family and tricked to death in the wilderness.

If the other party is lucky, given their level of alertness, they would never risk their life over something as trivial as jealousy; they would most likely have already found a way to escape.

In either case, there's no need to rush.

Safely deduce the method of carefree living.

Even if the person really dies, at worst, after you've lived a carefree life, you can find a way to secretly avenge them, and that won't be considered a guilty conscience.

"call."

Lin Shu let out a soft breath and looked around the quiet room.

Ever since he opened his eyes and woke up, he had been trapped in a dangerous situation. Now he finally had a relatively safe place where he could live a peaceful and leisurely life.

This situation is just like my past life. I had finally built up a small fortune, and it was time to enjoy it.

The last time, however, he was dragged into this chaotic world where human life was taken for granted, and when he opened his eyes, he saw the old woman being beaten to death. In order to survive, he had no choice but to stand up and fight back.

But this time, he had the right to refuse.

"To be honest, I've already ascended to immortality; what do mortal matters have to do with me?"

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After a long while.

The young man let out a long sigh and chuckled self-deprecatingly.

No matter how much his cultivation level increased, he could never change his mindset of having a worthless life and could never be arrogant.

If life is equally important to everyone.

So it seems only right that others would risk their lives to give him a chance to escape, and that they themselves would give up their own fleeting freedom to help him find a glimmer of hope.

"That's cinnamon water."

It is the sky above the two countries, the land ruled by the Dragon King, who is on par with the judge.

Even compared to the Night Wanderer, he is three levels higher.

Lin Shu rubbed her temples, sighing as she poured all the remaining silver into Shi E Wan Huang's body.

If you can't get the Free and Unfettered Technique, then you have to break through to the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm first, only then will you barely have the qualification to squeeze into the battle between the two major forces.

As the white light poured in, the scroll quickly unfolded.

Before he could fully process his previous insights, a vast amount of information had already flooded his mind.

[Nascent Soul. Eternal Binding Path. Phoenix Stealing Heaven's Undying Divine Art: Minor Success]

The advantage of this method is that it simultaneously creates two "demon infants": the Azure Phoenix is ​​the false infant, used to carry the Dao patterns of each family, while the real demon infant lies dormant beneath it.

Whether facing restrictions from their master or being in dire straits, they can use the gecko's tail-cutting method to abandon the fake infant and gain a chance to feign death and escape.

But there may be perfect cultivation techniques in the world, but they cannot be deduced by Lin Shu's small amount of good money.

The biggest drawback of this immortal technique is that, because it requires supporting two demon infants, one real and one fake, the cultivation process consumes at least 30-40% more resources than normal techniques.

It's one thing to eat a lot, but when it comes to actual combat, the fake infant is useless, resulting in a spiritual foundation that is inferior to that of other cultivators.

In short, in order to be unrestrained, the consumption is doubled, but the effect is actually reduced.

If Lin Shu didn't have the two great descendants of the Mountain and Sea Immortals, the Luanhuang and the Shiyue Tianlang, to whom he could borrow their magic, this disadvantage would have been enough to make him fall to the bottom of the same realm.

This is the price of freedom.

This is what has been troubling Lin Shu lately: he has discovered that when it comes to actual cultivation, 4.8 million taels of silver might barely be enough.

Even if one reaches the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm, if this flaw cannot be corrected, one will probably only be able to bully those of lower cultivation levels.

Now that she was forced to break through, Lin Shu found that her inner turmoil had lessened considerably, and her thoughts had become much clearer.

"Um?"

Suddenly, he raised an eyebrow in confusion.

Perhaps for this reason, today's deduction went exceptionally smoothly.

The vast white light transformed from the silver gradually ceased its nourishment of the false azure phoenix infant, and as time passed, the lifelike azure phoenix began to disintegrate little by little.

For some reason, Lin Shu's heart suddenly clenched.

It's like watching someone slowly pull away the covering over your head.

That feeling of unease, tension, and fear of the unknown quickly flooded my mind.

His instinct was to stop the deduction and continue hiding under the fake baby.

However, as the green crescent quickly dissipated and the true demon infant reappeared in the world, these complex emotions faded away just as quickly.

Outside—it doesn't seem that scary.

The runes that were originally borne by the Azure Phoenix are now floating and imprinted on the demon infant's body.

The Golden Peak Heavenly Lion Great Technique, the Thousand Veins Covering the Earth Body, and the Phoenix Inner Technique itself.

Bound by the various factions, Lin Shu felt slightly suffocated. The experience of being vaguely watched by the unknown was really unpleasant.

But the scene in the painting is changing rapidly.

The Azure Phoenix had completely disintegrated into white light, which, along with the surging river formed by the silver, flowed into the body of the demon infant.

The originally blurry and petite figure became slender at a speed visible to the naked eye.

It stretched out its body, its entire form displaying a rich, milky-white luster.

The next moment, two broad, flawless wings unfurled from its back with a whoosh.

The demon infant's shoulders grew high, its arms became slender, and its five fingers transformed into the outline of sharp claws. Its whole body radiated a white light, exuding a gentleness that seemed to be saving the world.

[Nascent Soul. Eternal Binding Path. Phoenix Stealing Heaven's Undying Divine Art: Great Completion]

"It's lacking in ruthlessness."

Lin Shu looked at the pure white demon infant, feeling joyful, but also unconsciously frowning.

Although he could feel his cultivation level and aura surging.

The leap from minor success to major success is the leap from the mid-stage to the late-stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

However, with the blessing of the Luanhuang, the entire internal technique is moving towards another extreme, transforming from a killing technique into a celestial technique that is more adept at healing and saving lives.

That won't do.

Lin Shu also wanted to hide behind someone else and help out.

However, even Yuan Yuan, who is currently the strongest person in Dragon Ridge State besides himself, is somewhat outmatched by Heng Shui and the Heavenly Demon Mansion.

"We need to add something else."

He hesitated for a moment, then suddenly remembered something.

In an instant, the crimson blood essence belonging to Yu Sheng suddenly trembled.

Under Lin Shu's haphazard feeding, the chick's bloodline had become quite strange. Probably due to the influence of the Demon Lion Body Tempering Technique, the killing intent emanating from it was far more powerful than that of the Azure Phoenix.

At this moment, under the blessing of this essence blood, the pure white demon infant had crimson-gold blood threads spreading from its heart, covering its entire body like a spider web, until even its broad wings had more patterns.

In addition, there are black rune markings floating around it like mist.

This makes the demon infant appear both holy and eerie.

At this point, change occurs again.

The demon infant's shoulders and arms gradually returned to normal, and its wings quietly disappeared. When the luster faded, it looked like a tall, normal person.

"Two states, which can be switched back and forth."

"This is----"

Lin Shu's eyes gleamed, and with a slight movement of his mind, the demon infant kept changing between two states.

This change also seems to be reflected in its own physical form.

"No need to hide, truth and falsehood are both me?"

The moment those words left Lin Shu's mouth, a new prompt finally appeared.

[Nascent Soul. Reversing Calamity and Stealing the Secret Chapter. Phoenix Sun-Changing Divine Art: Great Completion]

"I see."

Lin Shu suppressed her excitement and carefully assessed her own situation.

After stealing the sky, comes the changing of the sun.

In essence, the two immortal techniques have the same goal: to use the phoenix to bear the mark of bondage.

However, the Sun-Changing Divine Skill abandons the method of concealing with inanimate objects, and instead absorbs the Curved Phoenix into his body, so that both states are his true self.

In this way, the previous defects were successfully resolved.

The effect of feigning death was still retained.

"Now this is what you call a reverse hijacking machine!"

Lin Shu swallowed hard.

He had clearly gained freedom from the previous internal method, yet he was still categorized under the Eternal Path of Edict and Binding, which he still didn't quite understand.

Only now did he truly understand the difference of the Free and Unfettered Method.

The freedom gained by hiding under cover cannot be called true freedom; it is merely a slightly larger prison.

This proactive act of stealing a glimmer of hope is truly worthy of being called the "Reverse Heist."

"I am both truth and falsehood, and that is how I steal life."

"And what methods did the others use?"

As Lin Shu calmed the chaos caused by the surge in spiritual energy, many questions arose in her mind.

Beyond stealing life force, are there even more ruthless internal methods, such as directly seizing it, or even creating it out of thin air?

How magnificent that would be!

It's a pity that their vision is too limited; relying solely on wishful thinking makes it difficult to imagine things at a higher level.

The status of a half-life immortal is high enough, but having just obtained these two immortal positions, it seems a bit like he's asking for trouble by impersonating them to deal with other immortals.

Lin Shu shook her head helplessly.

Then again.

When I was thinking about that carefree method, I had no thoughts of it at all. But when I finally decided to give it up, I inexplicably got it again.

Isn't this also an explanation of the word "逍遥" (xiāoyáo, meaning carefree and unrestrained)?

"I should be thanking you."

Lin Shu opened her eyes and slowly stood up.

Unexpectedly, it was actually thanks to the raccoon that he was able to overcome his psychological barriers, and the little chick also played a very important role.

All the previous efforts are gradually paying off.

"It's a pity I was born at the wrong time." He clicked his tongue.

Under normal circumstances, relying on this self-created carefree technique, according to others, Lin Shu would obviously already be qualified to enter the Heavenly Demon Palace and open up an outer palace of his own.

Even if they are still lacking, it's at most in terms of strength and foundation, which can all be made up for over time.

But by sheer coincidence, they encountered an immortal on patrol.

The behemoth that is the Heavenly Demon Palace has clearly chosen the path of self-preservation, and it is estimated that it will not consider recruiting new allies until the trouble is over.

Lin Shu didn't complain too much about this.

He was eager to know what the Heavenly Demon Palace's attitude was towards Luo Fengming's death.

If the crowd is enraged and unites to fight against Hengshui, it means that these great demons are just relatively rational and don't like to meddle in other people's business, but they still have courage and are tough to fight.

But if we turn a blind eye—

Tsk tsk.

It would be better for him to get involved less.

They are a motley crew; there's no point in joining or cooperating with them, and they're not even of any use. Dealing with them will only get you killed.

"Never mind, let's go take a look first."

It was already night when Lin Shu pushed open the door and went out, intending to discuss the next steps with the other two demon kings.

Unexpected.

Under the dim moonlight, the father and daughter did not leave at all.

The two seemed to have anticipated this, having already finished preparing, and stood calmly in the courtyard waiting.

Their eyes met, and it seemed that no further words were needed.

Lin Shu chuckled lightly, casually waving his sleeve. The surging sea of ​​blood obscured the sky, and the magnificent imperial carriage floated silently under the moon, the silhouettes of two towering giants hidden in the hazy clouds.

He transformed into a stream of light and landed on the throne.

"Set off."

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