Who gave you permission to refine demons like this?

"Bang bang".

Lin Sheng knocked lightly on the door, and after a moment the door opened. A man opened the door, and after recognizing Lin Sheng, said, "Master Lin."

"Why are you here so late at night?"

"I need to speak with my master. Is he in?"

"Yes, yes, please come with me."

Lin Sheng had previously visited their master's house with his senior brother, who joked that as long as he used cultivation as an excuse, he could come to their master's house for a free meal.

This also allowed Lin Sheng to show his face in front of everyone in the courtyard, so everyone in the house knew that he was Su Ren's third disciple.

Soon Lin Sheng was led to a room.

"Then I shall take my leave." With that, the servant departed.

Lin Sheng stepped forward and knocked on the door. Before he could speak, he heard a reply from inside: "Xiao Sheng, come in."

Pushing open the door, Lin Sheng saw his master flipping through a book, reading it carefully.

Seeing Lin Sheng come in and put down his book, she looked at him and said, "What happened? Why are you looking for me at this hour?"

He rushed forward: "Master, something terrible has happened on Wuzhi Mountain!"

"And even the people involved have problems." Lin Sheng's expression was grave.

Seeing his disciple's serious and earnest expression, Su Ren asked Lin Sheng to sit down and then inquired about his condition in detail.

Lin Sheng recounted everything that had happened that day. When he mentioned seeing a glassy arm, Su Ren interrupted him: "The arm you saw was covered in glassy crystal, right?"

"Yes, Master, I got a piece from that pile of stone monkey corpses, and it should be exactly the same."

As he spoke, he took out the cloth bag from his arms, opened it, and handed it to Su Ren.

Su Ren took it and examined it carefully in his hand. In the candlelight, the glass crystal shimmered with a rainbow halo.

After a long pause, Su Rencai said, "If what you say is true, then you are quite lucky."

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Lin Sheng was somewhat puzzled, so Su Ren explained, "You haven't truly begun to understand demons yet, so it's normal that you don't know."

"Based on what you've said and my observation of this crystal, I now know what the enormous object you're referring to is."

"It is enormous in size, moves like thunder, and is covered in crystal. That is the demon 'Crystal Mountain Vajra'. The one you encountered was probably not very powerful and had already fought with the Stone-Throwing Monkey, so it must have expended a lot of energy."

"Otherwise, even if you keep casting the Bee Shadow spell non-stop, you won't be able to escape."

Lin Sheng felt a chill run down his spine upon hearing this. The thought of falling into the hands of such demons made him feel a sense of urgency regarding his current strength.

He sighed, "I'm lucky I survived."

"That's not all."

"What does Master mean...?" Lin Sheng asked, looking puzzled.

"The Vajra of the Crystal Mountain has always been known for its hardness and difficulty to kill, because the crystal on its body has a strong resistance to many forces. At the same time, as a crystal, it is of outstanding quality and is a rare material."

"It is precisely because of these two points that his glass crystal is extremely valuable and rare."

"This piece of yours may have been won by the Stone-Throwing Monkey in the battle with the Vajra of Liuli Mountain. Just for its size, it is already quite valuable."

"Not only did you escape from such demons, but you also obtained such a treasure. That's why I say you're lucky."

"Master, what's the best way to handle this treasure?"

Su Ren placed it on the table and pushed it towards Lin Sheng: "Naturally, it's meant to be used as a weapon."

"This piece is a bit small. Although it is not enough to be used as the main material for weapons, it can be used as an auxiliary material, and it is a very good auxiliary material."

"Although the weapons he makes do not reach the level of magic treasures, they may be worth a try as magical artifacts."

"A magical artifact?"

I remember my senior brother saying that "magic weapons" are weapons unique to cultivators. Different levels of magic weapons have different powers. Some magic weapons even have a slight consciousness and can unleash supreme power!

"Magic artifacts" are the "prototypes" or "semi-finished magical artifacts" of magical treasures.

Lin Sheng was a little excited: "Really? Master?"

Su Ren nodded: "Of course, the specific materials needed depend on what style of weapon you want, but with them, the quality won't be bad."

"It's about time you got a handy weapon."

Lin Sheng was overjoyed, shouting in his heart that his days of conquering the world with just a machete were about to be gone forever!

"I'll give you an address. Go find it, and when you get there, just tell them that I sent you to forge weapons."

He smiled and said, "Don't skimp on the materials, add as much as you can."

He quickly wrote down the address on a piece of white paper and handed it to Lin Sheng.

Seeing his master's smiling face, Lin Sheng decided to add more material later.

"Master, do you recognize this?"

"This is the strip of meat I was just talking about."

Although he knew from the Cave Mystery Furnace that this demon was called "Burial Worm", Lin Sheng still called it Meat Strip in order not to arouse his master's suspicion.

Su Ren took the small cloth bag, opened it, and a stench and fishy smell wafted out, instantly filling the entire small house.

Lin Sheng waved his hand, about to get up and open the doors and windows, when Su Ren pinched his fingers, and the room was filled with air, and the odor disappeared.

"This is a convenient method; next time I infiltrate, I can get rid of the smell on my body."

Just as he was thinking of asking his master to teach him this technique, Su Ren's two fingers struck Lin Sheng's chest like lightning. Before he could react, Lin Sheng felt a thunderous sound resound within his body.

"Bang!"

"vomit!"

The force was so strong that Lin Sheng fell off the chair and lay on the ground retching uncontrollably.

Su Ren stared at his disciple without saying a word, his brows furrowed.

"master……"

Lin Sheng trembled all over, not knowing why his master had suddenly come and almost killed him.

Thankfully, I didn't throw up my dinner, or I would have been heartbroken.

Seeing that Lin Sheng had been spitting for a long time but hadn't managed to spit out anything but saliva, Su Ren finally relaxed his brow, helped him up, and then took out a pill and put it into his mouth.

The pill melted instantly upon entering his mouth, and the resulting cooling sensation relieved his discomfort, making Lin Sheng feel much better.

Su Ren sat back down: "I was just checking on you."

Do you know what this is?

Lin Sheng shook his head and patted his chest, saying, "I don't know, but Wang Hunjiang seems terrified of him."

Recalling Wang Hunjiang's expression at the time, he added, "...he was also in great pain."

"This thing is called the Burial Worm. It is an extremely strange demon that is particularly good at parasitism. Even the slightest contact will leave a seed."

"Once the seed is planted, it will gradually grow inside the body. The parasitized person will initially only have a great increase in appetite, but then they will crave flesh and blood, and eventually they will become a complete demon, and their body will also undergo mutations."

"What's even more terrifying is that it can gradually change a person's mind, making them believe that everything they do is normal."

"The hunter you mentioned was directly parasitized by this demon, skipping the seed process, which is why he retained his consciousness to fight against it."

"But since you saw no blood splatter when you beheaded him, it means it was too late. He was actually already dead, but his consciousness was mixed with the burial worms, so he thought he was still normal."

"That's why I treated you this way. If you were parasitized, that last move would have made you spit out the seed."

"This method can be used in the early stages, but if it's too late, it's too late to reverse the situation."

Lin Sheng assured him, "Master, rest assured, I killed it with the Golden Sword Talisman; I didn't have any contact with it."

Su Ren nodded and couldn't help but say, "This demon can parasitize other things and steal the life force and power of the parasitized to strengthen itself, which is truly insidious."

"Master, why would such a vicious demon appear in Izumi Town? Could something have happened?"

Lin Sheng thought about everything he had seen on the mountain today and clearly felt that Wuzhi Mountain was different from previous years. In previous years, there were also battles between demons, but this year those demons seemed to have abandoned all order.

After a moment of silence, Su Ren said, "It's possible, but we can't rule out the possibility that another dojo used this demon for testing and accidentally let it escape."

"Demons can be used for testing?"

Su Ren nodded and said nothing more.

After a moment, he said, "Xiao Sheng, you've certainly been through a lot today."

"It's clear you've put in a lot of effort, otherwise you wouldn't have been able to accomplish what you have today."

Lin Sheng scratched his head, looking a little embarrassed.

"Now that we have embarked on the path of cultivation, as cultivators, we must not only improve our cultivation level, but also enhance our understanding of demons and monsters."

"Okay... I'll have your senior brother take you somewhere where you can learn about demons and monsters and earn some money at the same time."

"Let's put Wuzhi Mountain on hold for now. We'll go up there once the specific situation is clear. It's not very safe for you there."

Lin Sheng agreed and got up at the same time. Now that everything had been explained, he planned to go back.

Unexpectedly, Su Ren stopped him, saying, "Xiao Sheng, why don't you sleep here tonight?"

"I've had a guest room prepared. You can rest here tonight. It's too late to go back now. I'll go to the dojo with you tomorrow."

"I'm sorry to bother you so much, Master."

Su Ren waved his hand: "There's no need for such words between master and disciple. You should learn from your senior brother in this regard; he's always been incredibly carefree."

Thinking of his senior brother boasting about ordering several items at once at a brothel, Lin Sheng agreed with his master's words.

Afterwards, Lin Sheng went to another room to rest. The room was much larger than the Song Family Medical Clinic, and it even had a bathtub filled with hot water.

"This is……"

Lin Sheng approached, and the water inside emitted a faint blue light.

"This is what the master instructed. It contains medicine to promote bone and muscle regeneration. It's very soothing. You can just soak in it, Master Lin."

"it is good."

Afterwards, Lin Sheng took off his clothes alone in the room and went into the bathtub.

Stepping into the warm water, Lin Sheng felt a tingling sensation on his skin, but he quickly immersed himself in it, remaining motionless for a moment before breathing comfortably.

There's also a raised area inside the wooden barrel, just right for a person to sit down.

With his hand resting on the wooden tub, Lin Sheng looked at the deep blue water exuding a medicinal fragrance and felt incredibly relaxed.

"Master Lin, who has been working hard all day, can finally rest."

He muttered to himself, feeling the stimulation of the herbs on his skin—a tingling, itchy sensation that was also quite comfortable.

The fatigue from using Bee Shadow several times during the day was relieved by the medicine, and the body gradually relaxed.

While soaking in the bath, Lin Sheng began to recall the events of the day, noting some things about the Cave Mystic Furnace.

"The energy I had before was incomplete. It was only after I personally killed the Burial Worm today that I obtained a complete energy. It seems that only demons that I kill myself can obtain a complete energy."

"As for spirits, it seems they are unable to provide vital energy."

Thinking of the stone-throwing monkey he had kicked to death, Lin Sheng felt a pang of regret.

If spirits and monsters could also provide energy, one's growth would be incredibly rapid.

"It seems that wild boar was an accident."

"Just as my master said, my luck is really good."

"But... the Cave Mystery Furnace is definitely more than that."

Sinking into the sea of ​​consciousness, the flames of the Cave Profound Furnace were still rising, and the energy from the Burial Worm inside the furnace had begun to appear in droplets.

He became increasingly curious about what would happen when it was completed.

He also became curious about how his master would arrange for him to learn about demons. If he could come into contact with demons, it would be entirely beneficial to him.

Lin Sheng soaked in the bath until the water cooled down and no blue light could be seen in the tub anymore before changing into his new clothes and getting into bed.

These are all medicines, and he doesn't want to waste a single drop.

The blanket quickly warmed up, and Lin Sheng, feeling relaxed, squinted and fell asleep almost immediately.

The wind howled at night, and everyone in the house began to rest.

Su Ren, who was still reading, rubbed his eyes, feeling a little sleepy.

Suddenly he realized something, and with a "whoosh" he landed on the roof, looking around seriously.

"What fellow Daoist has come to my humble abode? Why don't you show yourself and have a seat?"

"Using such methods is underestimating me."

How could a cultivator of my strength possibly fall asleep just from reading a book at night?

Upon realizing this, Su Ren immediately understood that someone was sabotaging him.

"Hmph, I'm not coming out."

Su Ren lightly stomped his foot, and a vast aura surged around him, but it did not damage any objects.

But then a fierce wind howled in the sky, like a ghost's wail, the wind roaring and swirling around Su Ren, and cracks appeared on the tiles under his feet.

However, Su Ren remained unmoved, like a boulder, untouched by the fierce winds.

"Playing tricks!"

He flung out a magic talisman, which exploded in the air, bursting forth with blazing flames. The flames lingered in the air for a long time, seemingly burning as if they encountered something, even though there was nothing burning.

"Snapped!"

With a sound, a pool of red blood fell to the ground out of nowhere. Su Ren sensed again, but found nothing else besides the red blood on the ground.

The gale gradually subsided, the wind became steady, and then it howled again.

Su Ren landed in front of the pool of blood and, after careful examination, discovered that it was just ordinary blood.

He frowned slightly, burned the thing to ashes, and then threw out a talisman to further strengthen the defenses of his house.

In the battle just now, Su Ren was undoubtedly superior, but he also failed to see what his opponent looked like. At the same time, the opponent was able to affect him through his defenses, so his strength should not be underestimated.

"Who exactly is it? Is it those dojos or something else?"

He knew that the other dojos had always had a grudge against him and were secretly trying to trip him up.

"I hope it's one of those dojos."

Compared to the unknown, Su Ren still prefers dojos that he can defeat with his strength.