Chapter 26, "The Scripture of the Demon Seal"
Chapter 26, "The Scripture of the Demon Seal"
Yun Weiyang looked down at her chest.
The Seven Kill Sword pierced his heart, its tip emerging from his back. The dark red blade was unstained with blood, but the pain of his heart being torn apart bit by bit was sharp and clear, as if an invisible hand was churning inside his chest.
But Yun Weiyang's expression remained unchanged, not even his breathing was disordered, and a faint smile still lingered on his handsome face, as if it was someone else's heart that had been pierced, not his own.
The woman in red narrowed her eyes as she looked into Yun Weiyang's calm gaze.
"Your gift for meeting us is quite unique," Yun Weiyang said, her voice steady.
Li Qinghe looked at Yun Weiyang, a slight smile playing on her lips, tinged with coldness.
"It's a real shame that someone with your personality isn't suited for the demonic path."
The Seven Kill Sword was pulled out inch by inch, the blade rubbing against flesh and blood, making a faint sound.
Waves of excruciating pain washed over her. Yun Weiyang raised an eyebrow and looked down at the Seven Kill Sword she had pulled from her chest. The sword was still dark red, without a trace of blood.
Yun Weiyang touched her chest. There was a hole in her clothes, but her skin was intact and there were no wounds.
Li Qinghe was just trying to scare him.
But Yun Weiyang's smile quickly disappeared. His sea of consciousness was completely empty, and all twenty-five star beads had vanished.
"You destroyed my cultivation?" Yun Weiyang looked at Li Qinghe, her tone calm.
Li Qinghe glanced at Yun Weiyang, put the Seven Kill Sword into her body, and said indifferently, "If you want to join the Nine Nether Sect, you must destroy your Star Sea cultivation. Otherwise, not even your father, Yan Qihui, can protect you, let alone me."
Yun Weiyang clenched his right hand, feeling his suddenly weakened physical body. Without the nourishment of star power, his body had returned to the level of a cultivator who had just entered the Longevity Realm, or rather, it was even worse than that of an ordinary Longevity Realm cultivator.
Raising an eyebrow, Yun Weiyang looked at Li Qinghe and said calmly, "I thought the demonic path was more open and free."
Li Qinghe frowned.
"Where did this rumor come from? The demonic path is even more resistant to foreign methods than the righteous path and heretical paths. Any disciple who practices foreign methods will surely die if discovered."
Looking at Yun Weiyang, Li Qinghe revealed a cold smile.
Do you know why?
Yun Weiyang looked at Li Qinghe and said with a smile, "Since you asked, it's naturally not because of the simple reason that the demonic path is guarding its own sects. Let me guess."
Squinting, Yun Weiyang looked at the cold smile on Li Qinghe's face and grinned.
"Is it because you don't want to affect the taste of the food?"
Li Qinghe's expression changed slightly as she looked at Yun Weiyang, who had a smile on her face, and frowned.
How did you know?
"It's very simple." Yun Weiyang's tone was relaxed: "If I were a high-ranking member of the demonic path, I would also specifically take in a group of disciples, teach them cultivation techniques, and harvest them regularly."
Li Qinghe looked at Yun Weiyang, remained silent for a moment, and then slowly spoke.
"You really are a born devil."
Yun Weiyang waved her hand and said calmly, "I think the word 'monster' suits me better."
Li Qinghe stopped chatting with Yun Weiyang, turned around, and walked deeper into the stone chamber.
"Since I promised to take you as my disciple, I will naturally keep my word. I am indeed the Sword Elder of the Nine Nether Sect, but that was three hundred years ago. After we return to the Nine Nether Sect, you, as my disciple, will naturally become one of the true disciples. However, you will have to wait. Before returning to the Nine Nether Sect, I need to restore my cultivation to its peak state."
Yun Weiyang nodded knowingly.
Through his interactions with Li Qinghe over the past two years, he has come to understand the cruelty within the demonic path. If Li Qinghe does not recover his peak cultivation, let alone protect him to become a true disciple of the Nine Nether Sect, Li Qinghe himself might be skinned alive and dismembered by the powerful figures within the Nine Nether Sect.
"Wait here a little longer," Li Qinghe said. "In three to five months at most, I will be able to recover my peak cultivation level, and then we will return to the Nine Nether Sect."
With a single step, Li Qinghe was about to leave.
"Wait a minute," Yun Weiyang said at this moment.
Li Qinghe stopped and looked back at Yun Weiyang.
"I'm so bored here all by myself," Yun Weiyang said with a smile. "Besides, I've lost all my cultivation now. Don't you think it's a bit dangerous for me to be here?"
Li Qinghe looked at Yun Weiyang and said calmly, "You don't need to think about the Nine Extremes Demonic Path. It's a sword technique. The way of the sword is all about refinement. Without a sword heart that is extremely skilled in the sword, you can't walk the path of the sword."
"Your temperament is complex; swordsmanship is not suitable for you."
Yun Weiyang remained expressionless and asked, "Such a large demonic sect as the Nine Nether Sect surely doesn't only possess one volume of the 'Nine Extremes Hell Demonic Path,' right?"
Li Qinghe thought for a moment, then walked back and sat down on the stone bench.
"Of course not. The Nine Extremes Hell Demon Path, Dragon Demon Saint Armor Scripture, Heavenly Ghost Netherworld God Demon Scripture, Seal Demon Scripture, Yin Turbid God's Treasure Book, Record of Heart-Slaying Greedy Demon, Corrupted Soul Silkworm Spirit Book, Hundred Desires Thousand Tribulations Curse, Styx Great Law... The Nine Nether Sect has countless earth scriptures, esoteric books, and yellow books, but only four volumes of Heavenly Techniques."
Holding up four fingers, Li Qinghe spoke slowly.
"First, there is the Nine Extremes Hell Demon Path that I cultivate, which is the best for killing; second, there is the Dragon Demon Saint Armor Scripture, which is said to have the strongest defense and, when combined with the Yuan Yang Treasure, can withstand the great techniques of celestial immortals; third, there is the Styx Great Technique, which transforms into the Styx River and commands billions of yin spirits and fierce ghosts; fourth, there is the most famous and the most difficult to cultivate, which is said to be able to usurp memories, replicate living beings, confuse truth and falsehood, and take all things as dwellings."
Seeing Yun Weiyang's thoughtful expression, Li Qinghe smiled faintly.
"You don't need to overthink it. Only the sect leader's lineage can cultivate the Dragon Demon Saint Armor Scripture, and I don't have it. The Styx Great Law requires dealing with ghosts, which I don't like, so I haven't read it. As for the other books, the Yin Turbid God's Treasure Book and the Heavenly Ghost Underworld God's Demon Scripture, you probably wouldn't be interested in them either, so you can only cultivate the Seal Demon Scripture."
"The 'Demon Seal Scripture' replicates everything, truth and falsehood, illusion and dream, and possesses all living beings..." Yun Weiyang narrowed her eyes and smiled, "Then please, Master, bestow the Dharma."
"You're quite pragmatic; you only remember to call me Master when you're begging me for help."
Li Qinghe smiled coldly and raised her hand to pat Yun Weiyang on the head.
Yun Weiyang raised an eyebrow, and a mysterious and profound manual naturally appeared in her mind. From condensing the demon seed to possessing the bodies of all living beings, from Qi cultivation to becoming a celestial being, each realm was clear and distinct, so complete that it didn't seem like a manual, but rather like a textbook.
The complete "Scripture of the Demon Seal," a top-tier divine skill.
After quickly glancing through the information, Yun Weiyang looked at Li Qinghe.
"This cultivation method is incomplete? Why does it only go up to the Celestial Realm? I saw in the last volume that it clearly said that this method can possess sentient beings and eventually lead to the Celestial Immortal Dao Fruit, but in the end it is just a concept and there is no specific method of cultivation."
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