Treasure Gathering Immortal Furnace

Lu Fan then spoke, "I obtained this by chance. Could you please translate it for me, fellow Daoist?"

"I don't have time, but since you've been kind to Xiaohu, I can give you some magical script books that you can translate yourself," the woman said. As she finished speaking, Xiaohu came out of the small building carrying several thick books.

Lu Fan accepted the book, which was indeed a dictionary of demonic script, and casually put it into his storage bag. He then cupped his hands and said, "Thank you for your help, fellow Daoist! I also have a Foundation Establishment Pill here as a token of my gratitude; please accept it."

Lu Fan never liked owing favors to others, so since the other party had given him a complete set of magic script dictionaries, he was bound to repay them in some way.

Since the other party has no shortage of spirit stones, the only option is to give them Foundation Establishment Pills.

Surprisingly, the woman didn't seem interested in the Foundation Establishment Pill, saying, "I don't need it. If you really want to thank me, give Little Tiger a few more spirit stones."

After she finished speaking, the door of the small building closed again, and the woman stopped talking. Lu Fan never saw the woman's true face from beginning to end.

The fact that the other party didn't want spirit stones or Foundation Establishment Pills meant that their cultivation level was probably at the Foundation Establishment stage. This was just Lu Fan's guess; he didn't use his divine sense to investigate, as that would be very impolite.

Since the other party had already offered, Lu Fan was not stingy at all. He then took out more than a dozen spirit stones and said, "Little Tiger, consider this your referral fee."

Upon seeing the dozen or so spirit stones, Xiao Hu's face lit up with excitement: "Thank you, senior!"

Lu Fan and Xiao Hu then left the small building.

"Little Tiger, who is your sister Lingxi's teacher? Why is she staying in the market and so wary?" Lu Fan asked, looking at Little Tiger beside him.

"All I know is that Sister Lingxi's surname is Ye and her name is Ye Lingxi. She has been living in the Fangshi residential area for several years, and she doesn't see anyone except me."

"I bet Sister Lingxi must have gotten into some big trouble outside, which is why she ran here to hide."

Xiao Hu said slowly.

Hearing this, Lu Fan nodded slightly, then patted the little tiger's head and said, "You've helped me a lot this time. If you need anything, just come find me at the temporary cave behind the market."

"Okay," Little Tiger said, and then happily scurried away.

Lu Fan then set off back to his temporary cave dwelling.

Now that he had found a way to translate this demonic cultivation technique, Lu Fan planned to cultivate in seclusion in this market for a while.

At least learn the technique first.

After returning to his temporary cave dwelling, Lu Fan waved his hand, and six apricot-yellow flags flew out and were immediately placed at the cave entrance. This was the Six Jia Thunder Formation. Anyone who entered the cave dwelling without his permission would inevitably be attacked by the thunder formation.

Then Lu Fan released Zi Yuan as well, and she stood quietly to the side, like a personal bodyguard.

After setting up his defenses, Lu Fan finally calmed down and began to study the magic script dictionary.

At this moment, Lu Fan's divine sense has reached the late stage of Foundation Establishment, so learning demonic script is not difficult for him.

And so, Lu Fan began to devote himself to his research.

Days passed by, and apart from extending his stay in the temporary cave dwelling, he almost never left it.

In the blink of an eye, a month has passed.

Within a month, Lu Fan mastered the entire magic script dictionary, including some obscure magic scripts and complex annotations, memorizing them all.

Only when he was absolutely certain did Lu Fan take out the Holy Spirit True Demon Art. To his surprise, he was quite taken aback.

This Holy Spirit True Demon Art is actually a cultivation technique that can be steadily cultivated to the late stage of Nascent Soul perfection!

Moreover, this technique has no bottlenecks! Once you begin cultivating, you can master a new demonic secret technique every time you reach a new realm!

The secret technique mastered during the Foundation Establishment stage is the Illusionary Demon Finger, a deadly technique that compresses demonic energy and emits a penetrating ray from the fingertip, with astonishing power.

Upon reaching the Core Formation stage, one can master the Great Demonic Sky-Splitting Hand. Once unleashed, it transforms pure demonic energy into a giant hand that blots out the sky and suppresses everything, making it an extremely domineering demonic secret technique.

As for reaching the Nascent Soul stage, that's even more powerful. One can directly evolve the Nascent Soul into a Holy Spirit Nascent Soul. If one's physical body is unfortunately destroyed in a battle, the Holy Spirit Nascent Soul can temporarily transform into a Great Demon, with its strength skyrocketing.

These three core secret techniques are all incredibly powerful, especially the Holy Spirit Nascent Soul technique. After all, when other cultivators' Nascent Souls leave their bodies, they are basically trying to escape and have to find a physical body to possess.

Moreover, the Holy Spirit Nascent Soul does not need to possess another body; it can slowly regenerate by killing a few high-level demonic beasts and devouring their flesh and blood, making it extremely domineering.

Strong, right? It is extremely strong, practically beyond measure.

However, everything has its advantages and disadvantages. This cultivation method has a very serious drawback, which is that it is extremely easy to suffer from qi deviation, with a probability that is ten times or even dozens of times higher than that of ordinary cultivators!

In fact, this is a common problem with the vast majority of demonic arts.

This made Lu Fan hesitate. Cultivation was fast and he was powerful enough, but it was very easy to suffer from qi deviation, which he couldn't withstand.

"What should we do? Fix it or not?" Lu Fan was also caught in a dilemma.

However, after a brief internal struggle, Lu Fan decided to make the repairs.

Cultivating demonic arts is not the same as entering the demonic path. In fact, there is no essential difference between demonic and righteous cultivation methods.

If we have to point out a difference, it might be that demonic cultivation techniques are faster and more ruthless, but they are also extremely easy to go astray and become possessed by demons. If one then kills and slashes indiscriminately, wouldn't that turn one into a demon?

While righteous cultivation methods are slow to master, they are more stable and less prone to causing internal injuries or demonic possession. This is the difference between righteous and demonic cultivation methods.

Lu Fan is at the fortieth level of Qi Refining Foundation Establishment. His foundation is already strong, and with his powerful divine sense, he may be able to offset some of the probability of going into demonic possession.

However, before cultivating the Holy Spirit True Demon Art, Lu Fan first prepared to take care of the most important matter at hand.

Lu Fan then took out the Heaven-Mending Furnace and threw in the nine fourth-tier demon cores he had previously exchanged.

As the Heaven-Mending Furnace emitted a faint light, it absorbed the demon core completely in an instant.

What's frightening is that after absorbing nine fourth-tier demon cores, the Heaven-Mending Furnace only managed to recover to about one-tenth of its original size.

"Only recovered that much? To fully restore its energy, wouldn't it require hundreds of demon cores?" Lu Fan frowned slightly.

Although he had Foundation Establishment Pills to exchange for demon cores, they were not in unlimited supply, especially in a country like Great Yan where demon beasts were not very active.

It may take some time to collect.

It seems he may have to stay in the market for a while.

After all, this kind of thing can't be rushed. Since he wants to learn the Holy Spirit True Demon Art, he must go into seclusion for a period of time.

Moreover, he still needs to cultivate the Sword Shadow Splitting Light Technique, which is currently the only sword manual he has mastered.

After planning the next steps, Lu Fan took out several Qi-stabilizing pills, chopped them up, and threw them into the Heaven-Mending Furnace to replicate two hundred Qi-stabilizing pills.

Although the effect of the Qi-stabilizing pill is not very significant after reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, Lu Fan currently has no other pills that can help his cultivation, so he has to make do with it.

Moreover, his main task now is to master the Holy Spirit True Demon Technique, and it is not yet time for him to truly go into seclusion to break through. Therefore, he does not need to take the Grade 3 Spirit Tempering Pill and Grade 3 Body Tempering Pill that are used during the Foundation Establishment stage.

Moreover, both of these pills are available in the market, so it's not too late to buy them when you're ready to go into seclusion and break through to a higher realm.