Become a true immortal by emulating all demons.

Chapter Ninety-Three: Riding the Wind to Patrol the Mountains, Spiritual Roots Avert Tribulation

"..."

Gu Nanzhi stood alone by the stream.

Because she was still recovering from serious injuries, the others did not intend for her to truly participate.

He simply instructed her to wait there and to make a quick escape if things went wrong.

Honestly, Gu Nanzhi had never met such a thoughtful companion.

Even in Blackwater City, all she could think about was how to kill these demons and join the Demon Slayer Division with their heads.

Now, after getting to know him, the stark contrast left this former county magistrate somewhat bewildered.

"Why isn't there any sound at all?"

She looked up with worry, gazing at the distant White Tooth Mine.

Led by Miss Xie, many lesser demons had already stormed in.

But after so much time, the place was eerily quiet.

Just then, most of the sparks in the mine were extinguished instantly.

Gu Nanzhi rubbed her eyes hard, staring blankly as the mine silently collapsed.

"What happened...? It's already over?!"

She quickly took out a large piece of black cloth. Compared to the exquisite treasures that flowed from the immortals, this thing was so rough and simple that it didn't even look like a magic artifact.

But the moment spiritual energy was poured into it, it soared up and transformed into a hazy, dim light curtain.

Soon, a streak of light swept in, followed by a dense mass of figures rushing forward.

"So many."

Gu Nanzhi's eyes widened in disbelief, and she was somewhat stunned.

Eight little demons were able to save thousands of people.

The dim, hazy light struggled to spread, finally managing to barely envelop the group of laborers, masking their smells and sounds.

The remaining seven demons were responsible for covering the rear.

They led a group of experienced laborers, carrying more than thirty corpses, and excitedly stormed into the light curtain.

"Run! Run!"

Urged on by the monkey, Gu Nanzhi turned around and manipulated the magic weapon to escape out of the mountain.

Yongzhou Pass is the domain of the immortals.

But the desolate lands beyond this pass are the territory of the demons.

This is a forbidden zone that both merchants and monks must try their best to avoid.

"Don't be afraid, everything is alright now. Let's take them to the Azure Nether Demon General together."

Once they were outside the territory of Yongzhou Pass, Xie Yutang gently comforted the new girl who had joined the group.

"I……"

Gu Nanzhi stared at the girl who was much younger than herself, and a strange sense of helplessness arose in her heart.

The way he said it made it sound like he had wandered into the White Fang Mine and the other party was waiting outside.

She glanced sideways at the other demons.

He noticed that this group of people were also nodding encouragingly at him.

"That's just how our path is; we're always on our toes. You'll get used to it."

The little demons showed no fear on their faces, only excitement and thrill at having escaped with their lives, chattering excitedly about what they had just seen.

They were talking about a crimson moon and a dark night, a physical battle against immortals.

Their faces flushed red, and they talked animatedly about how many laborers they had saved from the hands of the immortal disciples.

But no one talked about the harvest or how it should be distributed.

This was also somewhat beyond Gu Nanzhi's comprehension.

Logically, when someone takes a huge risk to do something, they should be hoping to gain something in return.

For example, no one mentions the pool of bloodstone spirit milk at all.

Instead, they argued over some trivial matters.

"I saw it!" the monkey shoved the old man next to him.

"You one-eyed bastard, what can you see?" The old man, missing half of his head, looked completely disbelieving.

"He...he's a man!"

After struggling for a long time, the monkey finally managed to squeeze out this sentence, which drew laughter and jeers from the crowd.

Enraged, he jumped up and wrestled with the crowd, only to be grabbed by the hands and feet and lifted up upside down by several lesser demons.

"call."

Xie Yutang smiled and quietly watched the crowd playfully bickering.

For demons, there is no need for any reason to attack immortals.

Each of them harbors resentment and fear deep in their hearts.

That resentment would torment them, keeping them awake at night, waking them in terror, until they went mad.

Only by taking revenge on the immortals and thwarting their plans can the demons find some solace and enjoy a moment of pleasure.

Xie Yutang glanced at the monkey that was being tossed around in the air by the group.

This kid can't see ghosts.

That Manager Lin not only possessed unparalleled skill in using spiritual techniques, but had clearly reached a state of perfection.

The immense magical power that can affect thousands of people simultaneously is something even a master of the Jade Liquid Perfection realm couldn't achieve. It's highly likely that, like myself, they have already refined their Dao essence.

If that were all, Xie Yutang would still be confident in competing with the other party.

But while mastering such cultivation and skills, Manager Lin also cultivated a profound body tempering technique to a level comparable to the perfection of the Dao Marrow!

Such astonishing talent is something that ordinary people like myself can only look up to in awe.

Stop.

She composed herself and suddenly raised her palm.

Nestled among the mountains were dozens of villages, and the only entrance and exit was guarded by two small demons.

The monkeys and the others quickly stopped laughing and bowed respectfully.

As minor demons, without any demon generals to lead them, they could only rely on the nearby demon generals, apart from Elder Xu, for both cultivation resources and the cleanup afterward.

"Let it in."

The two mountain-guarding demons were clearly dealing with this group of wandering demons for the first time.

But this time they actually brought back so many.

They raised their eyelids slightly in surprise, then stepped aside to make way.

"Thank you, Demon Lord."

The laborers walked shakily towards the mountains. Before leaving, many of them turned back and bowed gratefully to the few demons.

Leaving the imperial court and venturing into the Demon Mountain was, of course, a nightmare for ordinary people.

But for them, whose lives were in danger, this was the best way out.

"You're too kind, you're too kind."

The monkey scratched its head, its cheeks slightly flushed, and its back straightened considerably without it even realizing it.

He sighed inwardly again.

If only I could carry the flag myself, I could personally protect these laborers and wouldn't have to rely on others.

soon.

After all the laborers had entered the mountain forest.

Only a few lesser demons remained, their figures appearing somewhat lonely.

They exchanged a glance, picked up the corpse from the ground, and then, laughing and joking, darted into the night.

……

Yongzhou Pass, Shihu City.

Lin Shu slowly stepped into the inn and returned to her room.

The light from the green umbrella fell from above and flowed into the storage bag.

Instead of sitting down immediately, he looked out the window in a slightly surprised direction.

Soon, a fragment of the soul flew back, its movements uncertain.

Although she had already seen the good deed notification and knew that the group of laborers would most likely be saved, Lin Shu still sent out a fragment of her soul to go and take a look.

Apart from that reason.

He also needed to find out exactly what Xie Yutang would do.

After all, with his current strength, the Moon Devouring Soul Shattering Curse could not affect the memories of a Dao Marrow Foundation Establishment Perfection cultivator.

If that girl says one thing to your face and another behind your back.

Lin Shu could only take some necessary confidentiality measures.

"So far, it seems alright."

He withdrew his gaze, having made a fortune this time by taking advantage of the name of these demons.

This incident shows that although the monsters are a bit crazy, they don't care much about their lives.

But once the matter is settled, they actually have a set of ways to clean up the mess and a place to hide temporarily, so they won't be captured by the immortals so easily.

Some demon generals even occupied the territory.

They were able to expand from more than ten villages to dozens, and still nothing happened.

If that's the case.

If the cooperation goes well, Lin Shu wouldn't mind coming back a couple more times.

"..."

He opened his palm and presented one after another jet-black silver ingots.

Each one weighs ten taels and is worth ten thousand coins.

At this moment, seven silver ingots were floating in front of him, along with more than four strings of loose coins.

Three of them came from two immortal descendants.

The rest were contributed by the Yu family disciples, twelve Foundation Establishment cultivators, ranging from one to five strings of cash.

This group of people had just been brought to Yongzhou Pass by Yu Kui.

Their quality was clearly far inferior to that of the cultivators from the Great Shun Dynasty who dared to attempt the challenge.

Of the remaining Qi Refining disciples, several were killed by the group of lesser demons, and the remaining dozen or so were reduced to a little over three strings of cash.

"We made a killing!"

Lin Shu was slightly taken aback, not because of the ill-gotten gains, but because of the good deeds that were emerging from the side.

He originally thought that these 6,000 laborers would at most bring him about ten strings of white jade coins.

But perhaps because they had practiced spiritual techniques, the number was far greater than that.

Almost everyone spent more than five coins, and some even spent as much as eight coins.

These laborers alone provided over forty strings of cash in good deeds!

Not to mention—

Lin Shu looked at the last seven hints.

Life and death are determined by Heaven; life is snatched from the hands of Yama, the King of Hell. Saving a mortal child will be rewarded with fifteen strings of cash for good deeds.

Life and death are determined by Heaven; life is snatched from the hands of Yama, the King of Hell. Saving a mortal child is rewarded with six strings of cash for good deeds.

Life and death are determined by Heaven; life is snatched from the hands of Yama, the King of Hell. Saving a mortal child is rewarded with eight strings of cash for good deeds.

Seven demon lives, plus fifty-seven strings of good deeds.

If I don't step in, these seven monsters will all perish in the White Fang Mine.

The laborers' good deeds were within Lin Shu's expectations, but the money was purely unexpected.

Because he personally witnessed Xie Yutang staying behind to cover their retreat.

With the strength of this young girl at the late stage of Foundation Establishment, even if the two young immortal descendants exerted their full strength and had the help of many disciples, they could only leave her alone at most.

"To live and die together?"

Lin Shu's expression was slightly strange.

Even if it meant being buried in the mine, those little demons wouldn't choose to escape.

Wow, that cohesion is much stronger than that of the immortals.

You should know that Yu Kui had already rushed up, while Yu Qing was still watching from the sidelines.

After blasting Yu Qing away, Yu Kui's first reaction was to run away.

The two siblings have indeed come together.

Lin Shu pulled herself out of her thoughts and with a wave of her sleeve, transformed her good deeds into ten silver ingots that shimmered with jade-like light.

Tonight, he deliberately only used the Divine Soul Technique and the Body Tempering Technique, and didn't even take out the Ink Dragon Sword Bracelet.

Because these two immortal techniques are different; one attacks the soul silently, while the other relies solely on brute force, leaving no trace or aura.

The only unusual thing to be observed was the corpse.

But the corpses had already been taken away by the monsters.

As for her own scent, Lin Shu glanced indifferently at Yu Sheng, who was fast asleep on the bed.

He was a genuine member of the Yu family, and he was from the same lineage as those who had died.

He exuded the purest, most ethereal aura of a mountain deity.

Of course, even so, we cannot be careless.

Lin Shu flicked his finger and summoned the Azure Phoenix statue. Looking at its lively eyes, he couldn't help but smile.

Besides the Bloodstone Elixir, there is another more important matter on this trip to the White Fang Mine.

That is, he wanted to try and see how to bring the statue to life.

"Puffing and swaying."

The little bluebird fluttered its wings and nimbly landed on the tiger's mouth of Lin Shu's right palm.

I was right.

It's just missing its soul.

At the moment Yu Qing and Yu Kui perished, their lost divine soul power was quietly devoured by the Azure Sparrow statue.

At this moment, the sacred bluebird statue finally transformed into a living phantom comparable to the Lord of the Filthy Moon Wolf.

Perhaps it had consumed too little merit, for its aura was only equivalent to the late stage of Jade Liquid, not as good as the little wolf cub who appeared pitiful but was actually already at the peak of Jade Liquid.

But what Lin Shu wanted was not its magic power.

But it's something more important.

[Half-Life Immortal Descendant. The Azure Phoenix Awakening from Calamity: Childhood]

[Comprehend supernatural powers]

[A Half-Immortal: Riding the Wind to Patrol the Mountains]

"It has nothing to do with swords after all?"

Lin Shu was stunned for a moment. He was actually quite envious of the sword technique Xie Yutang used.

The opponent's technique was clearly still somewhat clumsy, but its power and the range of its coverage were far beyond what I could match.

Even now, Lin Shu's only large-scale immortal technique is the Moon Devouring Soul Shattering Curse.

The problem is that this thing is fake.

Whether it's the crimson moon or the surging darkness, they are all scenes imagined by the bewitched person due to a wavering mind.

In Lin Shu's eyes, the White Tooth Mine had never changed from beginning to end.

"What use is this supernatural power anyway?"

He calmed his mind and activated this supernatural power.

The next moment, the rustling of the wind began to echo in my ears.

Lin Shu felt light and airy, as if she had become one with the mountain breeze.

He looked up with a slight puzzlement, and with a slight shift in his mind, he found himself inexplicably appearing in the air outside the inn.

"Lightness Technique?"

Lin Shu murmured as she looked around.

He merged with the mountain breeze once more, and in an instant, he circled around Stone Lake City and returned to the inn, all in just a few breaths.

This doesn't seem to be a lightness technique...

His expression finally changed.

The current situation is more like moving one's body with the mountain wind, at a speed several times faster than the streaks of light that the cultivators have transformed into.

Moreover, the effects of supernatural powers are not limited to this.

As Lin Shu felt the mountain breeze, he realized that the entire mountain was responding to him.

The spiritual energy of heaven and earth within him spontaneously surged into his body.

Being in the mountains and rivers doubles the efficiency of absorbing energy!

Lin Shu swallowed hard, finally realizing what was happening.

He had previously heard Yan Jin say that the reason the Yu family was called the Mountain God was not because they had proclaimed themselves, but because they were truly recognized by Heaven and Earth as immortals.

Riding the wind to patrol the mountains—this is not the supernatural power of the Azure Phoenix, but the divine power of the mountain god!

"It will be easier to escape from now on."

Lin Shu looked at the blue sparrow in her hand with a complicated expression.

It's one thing that the white jade coins are bad enough, but even the immortal offspring nurtured by them look like this, as if all their methods were tailor-made for survival.

"Alright, let's adjust our breathing first."

Lin Shu swept up ten jade-colored silver ingots with a flick of her sleeve and threw them all into Qingque's body.

[Foundation Building Stage Six. Azure Bird Body-Nourishing Technique: Perfection]

Previously, he had painstakingly broken through the barrier of the middle third rank with seventeen strings of cash in merit.

Now, before this white light that has transformed all the merits and virtues of this world, those obstacles are utterly crushed.

Fifth rank... Fourth rank...

Lin Shu watched as the jade liquid in the nine-layered spiritual sea grew thicker and thicker, as if it were about to transform into solid, warm jade.

The promotion of two ranks consumed four jade-colored silver ingots.

He had thought that breaking through the barrier to the third rank would be even more difficult.

Unexpectedly, in just a moment of distraction, the text in the prompt changed.

[Foundation Building Stage 3. Azure Bird Tribulation-Slaying Great Technique: Perfected]

Lin Shu was immersed in the joy of her rapidly increasing cultivation level when a booming sound suddenly erupted in her mind.

Between the jade towers, the patterns of the blue bird emitted a dazzling white light. The bottom three layers were called "Guardian of Origin," and the middle three layers were called "Feeding the Body."

Now, the spiritual sea is churning, and the jade liquid is boiling, transforming from the inside out into a scarlet red like blood plasma.

With this profound Dao essence, the final three layers were illuminated!

"Avert calamity!"

Lin Shu's pupils dilated violently, feeling as if she had been ripped from this world by an invisible hand.

Everything around suddenly seemed extremely far away.

He subconsciously reached out his arm, as if to grab something, but as his five fingers gripped the table tightly, he suddenly realized that he had not moved.

[The Essence of the Dao and the Spiritual Root: Averting Calamity]

[The vital energy is contained within, impossible to perceive, and cannot be calculated; thus, one can avoid disasters and calamities, and live a carefree and long life.]

Lin Shu stared at the cryptic message, feeling her head throbbing again.

He could understand the previous two spiritual roots.

Guarding one's essence can stabilize the spirit and soul, while nourishing the body is to protect the physical body with primordial energy.

These are things that you can truly experience.

On the contrary, the Dao Marrow Spiritual Root, which he was most looking forward to, was full of esoteric and mysterious words, but it seemed that it was not protected at all.

What does it mean to be immune to divination?

Is it possible for a cultivator to be able to calculate what is happening to them simply by pinching their fingertips?

What does it mean to evade disaster and avoid calamity?

Lin Shu felt that his biggest calamity right now was the Qi family in Yongzhou Prefecture. He would carefully avoid the pack of silver-eyed white wolves without needing anyone to remind him.

"Did you take kickbacks?"

He reached out and grabbed the bluebird by the neck. With a hundred strings of good deeds, the Azure Phoenix that had been saved from calamity actually achieved perfect enlightenment.

"..."

The little bluebird fluttered about, chirping and looking aggrieved and innocent.

Lin Shu slowly opened her hand.

Although some of my expectations were not met.

But he also knew that perhaps it was just because his understanding was too shallow.

Many things that Shan Gong initially thought were wasteful turned out to be worth more than they were worth later on.

Moreover, his spiritual root was somewhat weak.

However, the blood-red, spiritually rich Dao marrow within his Dao foundation was genuine.

Lin Shu carefully observed Yu Lou.

He discovered that at the top of the ninth floor, several points of light gradually appeared and coalesced into a cluster.

It no longer appears briefly and then breaks apart as it did before.

This is clearly a sign that the core has begun to form!

"call."

Lin Shu suppressed her excitement and decided to suppress the powerful aura emanating from her body.

Because they do not know the method of breath control.

Therefore, he usually uses his divine sense to suppress the Jade Tower within his body, making those spiritual seas a little more docile, but the effect is only slightly better than nothing.

Just then.

Lin Shu's expression suddenly froze slightly as she realized something.

He looked around suspiciously.

It was as if the feeling of being suddenly pulled away from the world was not an illusion.

That invisible hand is still there!

To be precise, it wasn't a hand, but an invisible veil formed by the three spiritual roots, which wrapped around his body and sealed off all his aura inside!

"Hiss, at least it can be used as a concealment technique, so it's not a complete waste."

Lin Shu felt a little better.

He took out a wooden basin from his storage bag, placed it on the table, and carefully examined the spiritual milk.

Then, a hint of embarrassment appeared on his fair and handsome face.

I've managed to acquire this rare and precious item.

But how do I use it?

Wouldn't it be too risky to drink it directly?

Lin Shu dipped her fingertip in the warm liquid, feeling the warmth, her eyes showing some hesitation.

He suddenly realized that he didn't seem to have a way to refine this thing into a pill.

"Um?"

Just as he was planning to find something to test the poison on.

The bright red spiritual milk actually seeped into his skin.