Immortal Demonic Path

Chapter 4 Blood and Flesh Essence as Nourishment

The leopard spirit revealed his cultivation method without holding anything back.

As for how it gained sentience, it was because a spiritual herb called the Wind Spirit Fruit grew in the leopard spirit's habitat.

Li Changsheng wrote everything down and showed it to Nie Qiu.

Nie Qiu nodded in satisfaction and said, "Ask him again why he harmed people."

Li Changsheng inquired.

The leopard spirit said, "Human flesh and blood are a great tonic."

Li Changsheng relayed the message truthfully, which enraged Nie Qiu. Then, Nie Qiu chopped the leopard demon down with a single blow.

"Don't be angry, senior brother," Li Changsheng comforted him.

Nie Qiu said, "I hate these demons who harm people for no reason the most. It's only right that we refine their essence."

"Are all the demons who refine essence in sects harmful demons?" Li Changsheng asked.

"Of course," Nie Qiu said. "The demon race is also very strong. We can't just capture any demon we see without a reason. That would provoke the Great Demon King."

"The Great Demon King?" Li Changsheng blinked.

Nie Qiu said, "Yes, there is a Moon Gazing Demon King near our Lingxu Cave Heaven. He has reached the perfection of refining essence into qi and has a rare treasure that can rival the Golden Elixir Rejuvenation Pill. Even our Lingxu Cave Heaven does not dare to touch it easily."

The process of refining essence into qi is divided into qi cultivation and foundation building.

After that comes the refinement of Qi into spirit, which is divided into three major realms: Golden Elixir, Primordial Pearl, and Yin Spirit.

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The strongest sect leader in Lingxu Cave Heaven is at the Golden Elixir Returning to the Core realm.

"The world is vast, be careful when you leave the sect in the future." Nie Qiu smiled and went to capture the next demon.

These demons basically kill people for their flesh and blood, entirely for the purpose of improving their own cultivation.

This time, they captured a flower fairy with a soft, charming voice, who said in the common language of the demon race, "Good brother, let me go, I'll do anything you ask."

"Go ahead and fight," Li Changsheng said, pursing his lips.

Since I am a tree spirit, I would choose a mother tree rather than a flower spirit.

Upon hearing this, Nie Qiu immediately brandished his rattan whip.

The flower fairy immediately confessed.

Li Changsheng recorded the flower demon's cultivation method and the way to refine the essence of flesh and blood.

The fragrance of the flower fairy can induce hallucinations, and with this method, she lures many people to serve as nourishment.

Nie Qiu killed the flower demon again and replaced her with the next demon.

As the demons descended, some were still bewildered, but they absorbed the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and gained sentience.

Some of them are near spiritual herbs, which are very tempting to wild animals. After eating them, they gain intelligence.

Some accidentally came into contact with broken magical artifacts or divine weapons, and the residual power leaked out, giving them sentience.

Regardless of the type, they all ultimately lead to harming others.

At noon, a disciple in black brought food.

As Nie Qiu ate his food, he said, "With the demon language, things are indeed much easier. Before, I couldn't understand it no matter what I did."

"Where did this book of demonic language come from?" Li Changsheng asked.

"I bought it from the Demon Control Sect," Nie Qiu replied.

Li Changsheng asked curiously, "The Demon Control Sect? Controlling the demon race?"

"Yes," Nie Qiu nodded, "It's very far."

"What use would the sect have for these low-level demon cultivation techniques? They wouldn't be of much help to us," Li Changsheng asked curiously.

"Who knows? Maybe they'll sell it to the Demon Control Sect, or maybe they'll try to find a weakness in the demon race's techniques."

Nie Qiu swallowed his food and said, "Who cares? Anyway, who knows what the sect leader's orders are?"

Li Changsheng nodded without asking which member of the sect was no longer capable, as that was a taboo subject.

Anyway, they had to follow the orders given from above.

After lunch, in the afternoon, Nie Qiu did not interrogate the demons anymore, but instead disposed of their corpses.

Ask Li Changsheng for help: collect everything that can be used in medicine, and also store up anything that can strengthen bones, so they can be used for refining weapons later.

The remaining scraps, which were of little use, went to them.

Nie Qiu filled a large bucket with blood and flesh and handed it to Li Changsheng: "Take this, stew it and eat it. It will still be of some use to your Qi Refining Realm."

"For me?" Li Changsheng was slightly taken aback. He was in dire need of nourishment, so it would be a lie to say he wasn't tempted.

But this belongs to the sect, so he dared not take it lightly.

"These are just scraps, but consider it a benefit for you."

Nie Qiu said, "When you take him away, the disciples outside will also check him, so don't worry."

Li Changsheng then accepted the gift, saying, "Thank you, Senior Brother Nie."

So this is the benefit Lu Changshou was talking about.

"Who would want to come to this lousy place if there weren't some benefits?" Nie Qiu grinned. "I can also get some offal to go with my drinks."

Li Changsheng didn't say much and focused on dealing with him.

After working until nightfall, Li Changsheng left the interrogation room with a bucket of blood and flesh and the information he had recorded about the demon race.

Changzai and Changqing, both carrying flesh and blood, exchanged a glance and smiled at each other.

They never expected that learning the demon language would bring such benefits.

Although these are just scraps, the spiritual energy they contain is no less than that of a low-grade Qi Refining Pill.

His cultivation was slow, and he was assigned to the library where resources were scarce. Having this demon blood and flesh was indeed an advantage.

The black-clad disciples glanced at the wooden barrel, their eyes gleaming with golden light, as if they could see through the blood and understand everything inside.

"No problem, let's go." The disciple in black nodded.

The three left the prison. The two handed over the recorded information about the demon race to Li Changsheng and then went their separate ways.

Li Changsheng first returned to the wooden house and put down the flesh and blood before organizing the library.

He read through all the information the two had recorded, and then found two herbal cultivation methods and wrote them all down.

When we returned to the cabin, it was already late at night, and all was quiet.

All around was quiet. Li Changsheng looked at the flesh and blood in the wooden tub and slowly placed his right palm inside.

In an instant, his right hand transformed into countless roots, frantically absorbing the essence of flesh and blood.

The flesh and blood rapidly decompose, transforming into streams of essence that enter the body, circulating within the body using the method of refining nutrients from herbs and plants.

The essence of blood and flesh is transformed, and the spiritual power contained within is also absorbed, turning into pure spiritual power.

Refining essence into qi!

Li Changsheng activated the Lingxu Xuan Gong to refine this pure spiritual energy.

Although the process of circulating energy is slow, the method of refining nutrients from herbs and plants can lock in the essence and prevent it from leaking out, and can also store it for the next time to refine.

Unfortunately, the refining method is too rudimentary, and there are limitations on the storage time; it can only be stored for a maximum of one month.

The herbal and plant cultivation methods he has obtained so far can only be practiced up to the sixth level of Qi Refining, which is considered the lowest level of cultivation method.

Practicing the methods of herbs and trees can generate demonic energy. Until a solution is found, one must also practice the Lingxu Xuan Gong.

The Lingxu Mystic Art slowly circulated, transforming the essence, blood, and spiritual power within the body into Lingxu power.

By skipping the step of absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and directly refining it, his cultivation speed doubled.

After cultivating for a whole night, Li Changsheng finally refined all the spiritual power of his flesh and blood.

The Lingxu Xuan Gong has increased significantly.

"If I continue like this every day, I will definitely be able to advance to the third level of Qi Refining in less than two months." Li Changsheng was slightly pleased.

The only regret is that I can't sleep anymore.

Although it doesn't feel sleepy, sleeping is still very appealing to a tree.

The wooden barrel was empty, with only a few dried bloodstains remaining.

Carrying the wooden bucket, he arrived at the prison. The disciples at the gate already recognized him and let him in directly.

Arriving at the interrogation room on his own, Nie Qiu grabbed a rat spirit that stood upright and was a meter tall, and began the interrogation.

Li Changsheng didn't find the rat spirit particularly appealing; the creature loved to dig holes and gnaw on trees to sharpen its teeth.

This rat spirit has seen some of the world and knows the common language of the demon race, making communication easy.

After recording the interrogation methods, Nie Qiu moved on to the next one, saying, "I gave you a lot of blood yesterday, so I'll give you more meat today."

"No need," Li Changsheng quickly said. "It's already a lot, Senior Brother Nie. If it were too good meat, the senior brothers at the gate wouldn't have let me take it."

"That's true, it depends on luck." Nie Qiu nodded.

Some scraps were beneath the notice of the senior disciples and were unnecessary for the sect.

But if they had good flesh and blood, they certainly wouldn't let them take it away.

Li Changsheng continued to record, while pondering how he could modify his cultivation technique to dispel the demonic energy and still cultivate quickly.

(End of this chapter)