Attaining Immortality, Starting From Slaying Demons

Chapter 167 Deduction on Heaven-Devouring Elixir Devouring_1

[In the first year, you opened the Heaven-Devouring Elixir Technique and began to meticulously sense its true meaning. You were no longer the layman who was clueless about martial arts. With years of practice, you already had your own understanding of martial arts.]

[In the second year, you nodded thoughtfully, planning to skip the parts you did not understand and deduce their meaning from the latter explanations. Proud of your intelligence, you turned to the second page.]

"..."

Looking at the prompts fleeting across the panel, Shen Yi finally stopped harboring any illusions.

In fact, the lifespan of the demon was not the biggest issue, as killing a couple more would always make up for it. What was truly headache-inducing was the negative emotions accumulated over the years in the panel, which would come crashing down all at once when the projection ended.

The harder the martial arts, the stronger this feeling became.

Especially when there was no progress at all, the intense sense of despair almost drowned one's entire being.

[In the two hundred and thirty-fourth year, your mind was filled with endless confusion. You even began to doubt whether you were suited for practicing martial arts...no, you felt that the contents of this book had nothing to do with martial arts. You were clearly a genius in body refining. Why waste time on such a useless thing?]

Shen Yi temporarily halted the infusion of the demon's lifespan.

Closing his eyes, he first processed the sudden wave of nausea. Once his mind had calmed, he looked back at the panel.

More than two hundred years of lifespan had only exchanged for a mind full of question marks.

As he was about to continue investing the demon's lifespan, a figure in a black robe strode into the courtyard.

"Lady Jiang! What brings you here?" Jiang Chengyun quickly rose to his feet. He had assumed that she would rest at the Ji Mansion at least for a night, and even if she were to return to the Martial Temple, as the Demon-suppression Great General, she should have gone to the right courtyard.

Jiang Qiulan appeared to be in her usual mood, simply saying softly, "The princess plans to prepare a banquet to celebrate for the Princely Heir and would like to invite you to join. Tomorrow evening, Prince Ji will also be back."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Chengyun's face changed slightly, "The princess invites us to a banquet? And me?"

Clearly, he was astonished by the latter. It was normal for the Wang Mansion to want to network with General Shen, but he, a mere Silver Bell Demon Catcher, didn't have any qualifications to catch their attention.

Jiang Qiulan shook her head, "It's not the princess, it's the Princely Heir." Enjoy exclusive adventures from My Virtual Library Empire

Having said that, she turned her gaze towards Shen Yi next to the table.

Jiang Chengyun still couldn't quite understand and was about to ask a few more questions when he saw Lady Jiang already stepping into the room and sitting opposite the young man.

"If there is anything you don't understand, you can ask me." Jiang Qiulan also practiced the Heaven-Devouring Elixir Technique.

"..."

Shen Yi suddenly came to a realization, likely because he had previously been accustomed to Demonic Martial Arts, and he almost forgot the greatest advantage of the martial warrior's Cultivation Technique...this was a path that others had already taken; there was no need for him to start exploring from scratch.

A forerunner was now seated before him.

Far from being shy, he first carefully broke down the perplexities in his mind into specific questions, then proceeded to seek advice from her.

Jiang Qiulan listened quietly to Shen Yi's words, and when half an incense stick's time passed and he had still not stopped, a trace of surprise finally emerged in her clear eyes.

She had only stayed a few more hours in the Wang Mansion, not months.

Yet, he had already gained some insight into the Heaven-Devouring Elixir Technique.

What extraordinary comprehension it was; no wonder he could learn Jiang Yuanhua's prized Jade Liquid Boundary expertise within a few days.

"That's about it," Shen Yi paused to take a breath, accepting the hot tea Jiang Chengyun handed him and moistened his throat a bit.

Even though he had pre-arranged his thoughts in his mind, his many questions still seemed chaotic. Jiang Qiulan listened to them only once, pondered for a moment, then took the Heaven-Devouring Elixir Technique, and her pale fingertips landed on the pages, elucidating it for him, word by word, line by line.

Jiang Chengyun poured tea for the two of them, a sense of bemusement rising in his eyes.

Who am I? Where am I? What is this about?

Never mind, just nod. Otherwise, it looks like I don't fit in.

With that thought, he nodded from time to time, forcibly squeezing out an entranced expression.

"Can you be more detailed?" Shen Yi looked up.

If the original Heaven-Devouring Elixir Technique was a pile of iron nails that could not be bitten into, even if this woman chewed them up before feeding them to him, it would still be hard to swallow iron filings.

"I..." A rare trace of difficulty crossed Jiang Qiulan's delicate face.

"Never mind, please continue, Miss Jiang."

Shen Yi realized that she had done her best; it was just that he really couldn't quite follow along. Fortunately, iron filings were still easier to digest than iron nails, anyhow.

He etched her explanations into his mind: "I'll ponder it on my own."

Worried that he might forget later, Shen Yi quickly opened the panel, and his demonic lifespan flowed into it.

As the young man became immersed in thought...

Jiang Qiulan became quiet once again, not wanting to disturb him.

About every cup of tea's time, Shen Yi would snap back from his deep thoughts and then offer a new question.

With each question, a touch of astonishment would reappear in Jiang Qiulan's tranquil heart. The speed of his comprehension could be described as terrifying.

His questions sometimes seemed exceptionally rudimentary, but with just a bit of explanation, after pondering for a moment, he would immediately make leaps of understanding.

It was the classic case of lacking fundamental cultivation knowledge and relying solely on his extraordinary natural talent and insight to forcefully barge through!

She watched Shen Yi's face in silence, curious as to what kind of brain could be so astute that she herself felt somewhat ashamed.

As time slowly passed...

When Shen Yi regained his focus for the last time, a flash of enlightenment swept through his dark eyes.

[In the six hundred and seventy-ninth year, you finally mastered the Heaven-Devouring Elixir Technique completely and understood the terrifying difference between the Heaven-Devouring inner core condensed by this technique and an ordinary inner core. You began to attempt Solidifying Pills...]

Jiang Chengyun had just finished brewing a pot of hot tea when he saw Lady Jiang slowly rise, causing him some confusion: "Lady Jiang, why not continue?"

Jiang Qiulan's expression was somewhat complex as she looked at the young man, her gaze falling on the Black Blade at his waist, then gazing off at the horizon with a tinge of reflection in her eyes.

According to the files, he had slain the Ape Demon of Baiyun County and brought back his old friend's blade.

She never set foot in Yang'an Prefecture not because she feared the minor demons of the Initial Realm, but because she did not wish to let the past settle.

The steps she dared not halt were chasing the guilt at the bottom of her heart.

If only she could have tried a bit harder back then...

Until Shen Yi appeared in the dilapidated temple on Creek Terrace Mountain, she felt a moment's respite, as if her old friend had returned with his blade, once again journeying alongside her.

However, the scene before her made Jiang Qiulan finally come to her senses.

Shen Yi was not a substitute for anyone, just like the Mo Dao that was about to be replaced. Qingzhou couldn't keep such an extraordinary person, and she still needed to continue the pursuit.

"..."

Jiang Qiulan retracted her cool gaze, and softly said, "When you receive your new Precious Tool, could you give me that blade?"

Upon hearing this, confusion flickered across Shen Yi's face.

After all, she had also helped him catch up on his studies, bringing him three Condensation Elixir Completion demon lords' heads just earlier. He wasn't unwilling to part with a weapon from an Initial Realm demon, but he didn't understand what was so noteworthy about it to catch the attention of an Embrace Pill Realm powerhouse.

"I want to keep it as a token of remembrance," Jiang Qiulan said, having seemingly never asked anyone for anything before. Seeing the young man's odd look, she felt compelled to explain further.

Crack—

The teapot in Jiang Chengyun's hands fell to the ground, his face filled with shock, and then anxiety flooded his eyes.

How could this be? Instead of focusing on replacing those old fogeys, the two of them start messing with these random things! Foolishness!