I Possess a Scroll of Demon-Subduing Records

His hand had been injured by the Yang Fire, but this misfortune turned out to be a blessing in disguise, as he gained a bit of the Yang Fire Daoist essence. He didn't know where this essence was, but whenever Lin Yi thought of it, he would channel his true energy into his right hand, and the Yang Fire would rise up without harming him.

Since combustion requires a combustible material, true qi (vital energy) is also a type of combustible gas.

So, how do we accumulate Daoist essence?

Lin Yi watched for a while, but the Daoist aura he had been expecting did not flow into his body as he had imagined; only his true energy was somewhat depleted.

Suddenly, his nose twitched.

An unusual atmosphere has emerged in this courtyard.

Lin Yi pretended nothing had happened and continued to let the flames burn while secretly searching for traces of the enemy.

Finally, Lin Yi spotted a shadow hiding under the tree.

The shadow within a shadow is something an ordinary person would never be able to see, but Lin Yi's eyes, after being strengthened several times, are extraordinary. Not only can he see far, but he also has the ability to see through illusions. Simple mazes and illusions cannot deceive his eyes.

Lin Yi also possessed an even more outrageous demon-slaying manual, which recorded all demons and monsters that came into view.

The Demon-Slaying Manual was turned, revealing a yellow page.

Yellow represents the strange.

[Shadow Demon: Enjoys devouring shadows and replacing others; formless and intangible, fearing only light; killing it grants 1,300 years of cultivation.]

[Status: In stealth, waiting for an opportunity to steal the target's shadow]

[Merits and Demerits: Heinous Crimes]

Lin Yi looked down at himself and couldn't help but feel a sense of danger. He was completely under the sun, and because of his orientation, his shadow was in front of him. There was also the firelight illuminating him. Otherwise, if his shadow had stolen his shadow, something terrible would have happened.

Humans rank demons and monsters, with monsters at the very bottom. This is because monsters are few in number and difficult to gain influence, but each individual monster is quite powerful and has its own unique abilities.

This dark demon has very strange abilities; it can steal shadows, devour them, and replace others. Such bizarre abilities are truly impossible to guard against.

The fighting power of demons and monsters cannot be simply judged by their cultivation level; this monster is clearly very strong.

Fortunately, he has a fatal weakness: he is afraid of light.

The poem by Jingye Si mentions that there are different ways to avoid monsters. This is what it means. Different monsters have different strange abilities and their own weaknesses. If you find the weakness, you can overcome the strong with the weak. If you can't find the weakness, even if you are much stronger than your opponent, you will probably be in big trouble.

That's just how weird people are.

Even someone like Jiang Linglong, who tops the list of strange creatures, has her own flaws. Her flaw is her bloodlust; once she loses control, she goes berserk.

I don't know whether to consider this a buff or a debuff.

In short, with the Demon-Slaying Manual, Lin Yi didn't need to be afraid of monsters. He already knew their weaknesses, so wasn't this just 1,300 years of cultivation delivered to his doorstep?

Although after being filtered through the Demon-Slaying Manual, he will only have 650 years of cultivation, with these 650 years, wouldn't he be able to take off from the spot?

Just as I hit a bottleneck in my enlightenment, the food delivery arrived.

This is a gift from nature.

Lin Yi's mouth watered with envy, and he immediately clasped his hands together. Before the Black Demon could figure out what was going on, he saw Lin Yi suddenly strike out with his palm, and the Yang Fire landed on the tree. At the same time, a golden rune shot out from Lin Yi's spiritual platform, and the firelight instantly enveloped the entire courtyard.

Firelight is also light.

Shadows fear light; if a certain area is sealed off, the shadow cannot escape.

The Black Demon was originally keeping an eye on Lin Yi, thinking of finding an opportunity to steal Lin Yi's shadow, and then gradually devour Lin Yi, taking his place without anyone noticing. However, he did not expect Lin Yi to suddenly make a move, and the move was so fierce that he had no room to escape.

"I didn't expect you to have such strength. I underestimated you."

The Shadow Demon emerged from the darkness. He feared the light because it would limit most of his abilities. However, he had devoured the shadows of many people, mastered many secret techniques, and had 1,300 years of cultivation. He had a 70% chance of winning against a second-grade human cultivator. So what if Lin Yi could break his shadow technique?

"I only wanted to see who the Crown Prince's sworn brother was, but I didn't expect you to attack me. Well then, let me experience your skills!"

Black Demon said these words, of course, to appease Xiao Se. With such a commotion, Xiao Se would definitely come out soon. Saying these words was just to save face.

Even if Xiao Se knew his thoughts, what could she do?

Lin Yi, of course, did not believe his nonsense at all. He was thinking of devouring his shadow, so what good could he possibly have?

From the moment he made his move, Lin Yi didn't stop. Blocking the road with fire was just the first step. Then, his true energy quickly gathered in his liver, and the Five Elements Return to Origin was ready!

Then, Lin Yi drew his sword, and golden runes representing killing and warfare were imprinted on the blade of Pillow Snow. He then thrust the sword forward.

Black Demon was still showing off when Lin Yi was already behind him. Snowflakes swept across his chest, and lightning, fire, and sword energy exploded on his chest.

This sword strike, imbued with Lin Yi's 1,900 years of cultivation, amplified by the Five Elements Return to Origin and enhanced by the Thunder Enchantment, indeed dealt explosive damage.

Before the Black Demon could react, it was torn apart by lightning and sword light, and finally engulfed by flames. It didn't even have time to scream before it was burned to ashes.

That's it?

Lin Yi calmly sheathed his sword. At this moment, He Dong and Xiao Se hurriedly came out. They were worried that Hei Mo might have gone to cause trouble for Lin Yi. The others also came to the courtyard one after another to check the situation.

Lin Yi casually sheathed his sword and smiled, "I was comprehending a spell, I didn't expect to scare you. It's alright, you can go now!"

As the head of the family and the leader of the altar, Lin Yi's words naturally carried great authority. The others obeyed and dispersed, except for Xiao Se, who remained.

She stared at Lin Yi for a while, feeling that something was off, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it.

Suddenly, she unleashed a golden rune at Lin Yi. Caught off guard by this sneak attack, Lin Yi instinctively raised his hand to block it, but to no avail. The rune light landed on him, but he felt no discomfort.

Xiao Se finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"what happened?"

"nothing."

The desolate golden light talisman is also one of the nine great celestial talismans, named Lin. It is mainly for defense and exorcising evil spirits. It can harm evil spirits, but it can also provide protection for ordinary people. Lin Yi also has this talisman.

Xiao Se did this because he was worried that the Black Demon had tampered with Lin Yi. If so, this talisman could at least make Lin Yi show unusual signs, if not completely eliminate them. Now it seems that Lin Yi might have just been comprehending the Dao!

“If you want to attain enlightenment, it is best to find a quiet place where you are not afraid of being disturbed or disturbing others. Why don’t we find another good place and I will protect you?”

"Alright."

Lin Yi really felt he needed to find a place to properly process what he had to say.

He absorbed 1,300 years of cultivation in one go. Even though his body was strengthened and the cultivation was converted into his own, it could only be counted as half, or 650 years of cultivation. Nevertheless, it was still a huge influx of power.

Lin Yi felt a warm current surging through his body. If his cultivation level hadn't been so high, consuming so much cultivation power at once would have choked him to death.

However, if he didn't have 1,900 years of cultivation, he wouldn't be able to kill a monster with 1,300 years of cultivation.

It's a bit of a shame that we can't save this monster for the next blood sacrifice.

Lin Yi's physical cultivation has now reached 2,550 years, only a little over 100 years behind Madam Poison.

Thanks to Black Demon for coming and giving away kills despite his busy schedule. Otherwise, he would have been farming imps in the Wise Ministers' Guild for sixty-five days straight, even if the imps kept multiplying every day.

With the experience given by Black Magic, we took off immediately.

Even now, when Lin Yi sees Madam Poison, he doesn't need to run so fast anymore.

He would definitely run away; he wouldn't consider fighting a monster of a higher level than himself unless absolutely necessary.

Fighting monsters of a higher level is certainly exciting, challenging, and rewarding, but if you can bully others just because you're a higher level, who would want to fight an unprepared battle?

The next boss is Lady Poison. Lady Poison is also poisonous. If you go to her without maxing out your poison resistance, what's the difference between that and suicide?

Lin Yi decided that he would first cultivate here until he reached the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top and the Nine Talismans Returning to Truth, before going to cause trouble for Madam Poison.

While following Xiao Se to find a quiet place for enlightenment, Lin Yi also took the opportunity to browse through the Black Demon's memories.

This is the legendary life of a shadow. He was originally just an ordinary shadow, but for some unknown reason, he suddenly gained sentience.

He could share joys and sorrows with his master, but his master was a timid and submissive person who was constantly bullied. Gradually, he began to contemplate suicide.

Living is so painful, I might as well die.

The shadow, however, did not want to die like this. So, for the first time, it discussed with its master, "Since you don't want to live anymore, why don't I take your place?"

So the master did not resist, letting the shadow engulf him. From then on, the world lost a pitiful person who was bullied, but gained a dark demon.

Because when he revealed his true form, his entire body was pitch black.

After becoming human, the Dark Lord discovered that he could also infiltrate shadows and steal memories from others. He could then use these memories to take their place!

And so, the Dark Lord discovered this very interesting thing: he kept invading other people's shadows, living as those people, and when he got tired of it, he would replace them with someone else.

Those who have been replaced by shadows are naturally dead forever, without even the chance to be reincarnated.

Thanks to countless devouring and impersonation, the Black Demon learned a great deal of secret techniques and supernatural powers.

Now, all of this belongs to Lin Yi. When Lin Yi looked at this memory, he couldn't help but exclaim, "This isn't takeout, it's like an airdrop hitting my face..."

Chapter 166 The truth comes out: My father is the Prince of Liang.

After reading the Black Demon's memories, Lin Yi exclaimed that he had struck gold.

Previously, he was troubled because, apart from some basic techniques, he had nothing to teach the newly established Jingtian Sect members. Although the Tianxin Sword Sect had many techniques, Lin Yun did not readily accept disciples, especially not in the name of the Jingtian Sect.

The Black Demon truly solved his immediate crisis, not only providing him with a crucial wave of cultivation techniques, but also sending him so many teaching methods and secret arts, covering both orthodox and unorthodox methods. Lin Yi was even able to compile a cultivation encyclopedia based on the Black Demon's memories.

It doesn't necessarily encompass all the techniques from all sects, but at least it has a complete range of categories.

"Big brother, what's wrong?"

Xiao Se led Lin Yi to a secluded woodland, but suddenly noticed that Lin Yi's smile was rather strange, so he couldn't help but ask.

Lin Yi waved his hand and smiled, "It's nothing, I just feel that men who smile a lot are usually lucky."

"?"

Xiao Se didn't quite understand what Lin Yi was talking about, but she didn't delve too deeply into it. She simply raised her hand to Lin Yi and said, "Brother, what do you think about comprehending the Dao here? I wonder which kind of Dao essence you'd like to cultivate?"

She had heard so much from Lin Yi's insights that she should be able to attempt to break through to the next realm. However, condensing Dao essence is not a simple matter. Therefore, she should think carefully about the direction she wants to choose before she begins.

"After thinking about it, I realized that my understanding of the Way of Fire is the deepest, but this Way is too murderous and extremely easy to lose control of. Once it is out of control, it will hurt both yourself and others, which is too dangerous."

When Lin Yi talked about hurting others and hurting oneself, Xiao Se didn't know why, but he always felt that Lin Yi seemed to be savoring the memory.

"I have also gained some insights into the Way of Wood. Although wood is not very lethal, it is quite beneficial to people. I also have some understanding of the Way of Water and the Way of Metal. I know a little about the Way of the Five Elements."

This isn't Lin Yi bragging. He's killed quite a few demons and monsters by now, and each of them has their own insights into their attributes. Lin Yi has seen the most essential parts of those insights.

Although he did not master the skills that he could actually use, Lin Yi's understanding of the Five Elements had naturally deepened considerably.

"Therefore, I want to understand together!"

Xiao Se: "..."