Starting as a stray dog, I embarked on a journey of cultivation.

"He's still alive!" Gou An was somewhat surprised to see that Blind Tiger was still alive.

He knew the power of the Divine Iron Hammer very well; even after charging it up for so long, it still struck him directly in the chest.

"His armor is of a high grade, which blocked most of the damage!" Xuan Kongzi explained.

"Then what are we waiting for!" Gou An pointed at the blind tiger and immediately said to Xuan Kongzi, "Hurry up and kill him, don't let him escape!"

But Xuan Kongzi didn't rush to make a move. Instead, he stroked his beard and grinned wickedly.

"Get started!" Gou An urged hurriedly.

"Instead of killing him directly!" Xuan Kongzi stared intently at the blind tiger, his smile becoming even more sinister. "I have another way that wouldn't be a waste of his superior physical body."

"What method?" Gou An asked curiously.

"Why don't I take him back to the Palm Heaven Diagram and turn him into a puppet!" Xuan Kongzi spread his palm, and strands of silk fluttered in the wind as they grew from his fingertips.

"A puppet?" Gou An was even more curious.

"That's right!" Xuan Kongzi smiled sinisterly. "I've had this idea for a long time: a puppet made from the body of a powerful demon with a primordial spirit. It's just a pity I never had the chance!"

"Won't something unexpected happen?" Gou An asked with some worry.

"Don't worry, there will be absolutely no accidents!" After saying this, Xuan Kongzi suddenly slapped the blind tiger on the ground.

At the same time, the white threads that had just condensed in his palm suddenly shot out and flew towards the injured blind tiger.

Blind Tiger clutched his chest, which had been struck by a hammer, and tried to escape.

But it was too late; the white silk threads pierced through every part of her body.

"Rise!" Xuan Kongzi shouted, raising his finger upwards, and the blind tiger's body flew uncontrollably into the air.

"Let me go!" Blind Tiger shouted at Gou An and Xuan Kongzi, "I am a guardian of the Demon King. To harm me is to make an enemy of the City of Ten Thousand Demons. You will not have a good end."

"Shut him up!" Gou An felt there was some noise.

"No problem!" Xuan Kongzi flicked his fingertips, and a white thread suddenly tightened, rendering the blind tiger unable to make a sound.

Immediately afterwards, Xuan Kongzi, as if controlling a puppet, made the blind tiger flip its hand and take out a storage bag, which it then threw over.

Xuan Kongzi handed the storage bag to Gou An: "These are his personal belongings, there should be quite a few treasures inside. I only need this physical body."

Gou An took the heavy storage bag and immediately beamed with joy. He quickly put the storage bag away and then took out the Palm Heaven Map and opened it.

"You'd better go inside quickly, I'm about to run away!" Gou An said to Xuan Kongzi.

Xuan Kongzi smiled slightly, said no more, and immediately controlled the blind tiger to transform into a stream of light and enter the Palm Heaven Diagram, disappearing from sight.

After putting away the Heavenly Palm Diagram, Gou An immediately fell back to the ground and also put the crimson longsword that the blind tiger had dropped into his palm space.

After doing all that, they finally found Long Youzi, who was still unconscious, by following the scent.

The guy was covered in filth and blood, clearly injured in the previous explosion.

So Gou An had no choice but to carry him on his shoulder and run away, far away from this place of trouble.

After all, the clash of spiritual energy caused by two powerful beings fighting here could attract other powerful demons or human cultivators.

Gou An ran for dozens of miles before finding a cave to rest in.

Originally, this cave belonged to a seventh-tier demon beast, but it was frightened away by the aura of Gou An, who had transformed into a powerful demon.

Upon entering the cave, Gou An left Long Youzi on an open space and took out the storage bag he had obtained from the blind tiger, eager to check his spoils.

When Gou An probed into the storage space with demonic power, he was overjoyed.

The most striking thing in this storage bag is the mountain of spirit stones.

Gou An roughly counted them, and there were at least several hundred thousand spirit stones.

In addition to low-grade spirit stones, there were also several hundred mid-grade spirit stones and dozens of high-grade spirit stones.

Seeing these supplies, Gou An's heart pounded wildly.

This Lord Jinyang is indeed worthy of being the protector of the country who oversees the three major spirit stone mines; he certainly has a lot of spirit stones on him!

There were also a bunch of bottles and jars in the storage bag, which looked like they were all different types of pills.

Besides spirit stones and pills, Gou An also found several booklets in his storage bag.

Upon examining the items taken out of the storage bag, they were found to be demon cultivation techniques.

Upon seeing this, Gou An felt a surge of excitement.

Because Gou An hadn't properly cultivated any techniques in all this time, this demon cultivation technique was the first time he'd ever seen one.

There are three booklets in total, two of which are titled "The Art of Nourishing Demonic Essence" and "The Art of Consolidating Demonic Essence".

Looking through it, it's all about how to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to the greatest extent possible, and then transform that spiritual energy into the demonic energy needed by monsters.

In normal cultivation, besides eating, demonic beasts need to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to nourish their demonic core and advance their rank.

After condensing the demon core, it is necessary to continue to rely on the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to nourish the demon core and slowly cultivate it into a golden core.

However, Gou An was an exception. He relied on consuming food, demon cores, and spirit stones to directly increase his demon power from beginning to end.

Other monsters can also do this, but their conversion efficiency doesn't seem to be as high as mine.

If Gou An learns the contents of these two books, he can increase his demonic power without relying on spirit stones.

Furthermore, it can enhance one's control over spiritual energy and demonic power.

Besides these two, the last one looks much more impressive.

Its name is the Great Wilderness Demon Technique!

After flipping through the pages, Gou An found that although the contents were obscure and difficult to understand, if he practiced according to the instructions, in addition to the basic enhancement of strength and physical body, he could also enhance the original source power in the end.

Simply put, it means that you can actively revert to your original beast form, with a significant increase in strength, speed, and life, similar to the most primitive and savage state of a wild beast.

Before Blind Tiger could even use this move, he was severely injured by Gou An's hammer.

However, to cultivate these demon cultivation techniques, one needs time to study them slowly, so Gou An simply looked through them again before putting them away.

In addition, there are various magical artifacts in the storage bag, of varying quality.

It's clearly from Blind Tiger's own collection.

Unfortunately, Gou An cannot use these things casually, otherwise, if they are exposed, he will be in big trouble.

As one of the seven guardians of the City of Ten Thousand Demons and an important figure in charge of the spirit stone mine, Lord Jinyang must be highly valued by the Demon King.

Once the City of Ten Thousand Demons learns that their protectorate has been compromised, they will inevitably launch an investigation to find the truth.

If these blind tiger's collections were discovered in his possession, he would certainly be unable to extricate himself from the consequences.

Therefore, it must be dealt with as soon as possible.

Thinking of this, Gou An looked at Long Youzi, who was still unconscious beside him.

Based on Gou An's understanding of him, this guy had traveled to many places after leaving his third-rate sect, and must be very knowledgeable about places outside the Monster Beast Mountain Range.

We could ask him about selling stolen goods.