Vampire Cultivation Notes

Chapter 165 Gathering of Great Demons

"To subdue the Devouring Spirit Fiend, first sever its root, so that it will lack the strength to continue. Then feed it iron and stone, so that it cannot reach it, and its ability to absorb will naturally disappear."

Li Jieqing shook his head and chuckled, then steadied himself on the dark ground.

Recalling how Fairy Shecai collected the snake miasma, he slammed his palm on the ground, his divine sense and magical power surging out, gathering the lazy Devouring Spirit Qi strand by strand.

At first, capturing the Devouring Spirit's evil energy was extremely slow, but despite the depletion of magical power, the amount of Devouring Spirit gathered and accumulated increased.

A moment later, Li Jieqing pulled a fist-sized, eerie pearl from the ground.

Just like the venomous snakes, the gathered evil energy condensed into a tangible form.

This amount is enough to begin practicing a supernatural power.

As the Devouring Spirit Fiend was completely collected and extracted, the ground collapsed with a loud bang, and the chains swallowed by the Devouring Spirit Fiend solidified into a large iron lump, buried underground.

Li Jieqing only glanced at it once before his attention was completely drawn to the Spirit Devouring Fiend Bead in his hand.

Before the Devouring Spirit Fiend could recover, he bit his tongue, spat out his essence blood, and unleashed his divine sense and magical power.

The scattered Devouring Spirit Fiend is impossible to deal with, but once it is condensed, all you need to do is directly apply your own will to it.

The malevolent energy can be considered a magical technique naturally generated by heaven and earth.

What Li Jieqing had to do was to seize control from Heaven and Earth.

With mouthful after mouthful of blood essence, Li Jieqing directly used Blood Sacrifice on the Devouring Spirit Fiend, not to strengthen it, but simply to forcibly impose his own will upon it.

Before entering the Blood Heart Cave, Fairy Shecai was wondering how Li Jieqing had subdued the half-snake miasma so quickly. In fact, he used this method.

As long as one is willing to sacrifice their life, blood sacrifice to the mind and spirit is an excellent method to subdue evil energy.

"It's done!"

At one point, Li Jieqing, his face pale, gladly stopped the blood sacrifice to his mind.

The ghostly bead formed by the Devouring Spirit Demon stopped silently in front of him, no longer releasing any suction force.

The control of this malevolent energy was stripped from heaven and earth and came to him.

After removing the luminous bead, Li Jieqing realized that the hand that had just held the bead was so withered that the skin and flesh had all disappeared, leaving only bones supporting it.

The Devouring Fiend is one of the most difficult types of fiendish energy to subdue. Even Li Jieqing, who was willing to shorten his lifespan, found it so difficult. If others did not have special methods, it would be extremely difficult for them to use the Devouring Fiend to cultivate supernatural powers.

"You devoured me, and then you were swallowed by the Blood Heart Cave Heaven along with me. It's truly fate. One day, I should devour you and use you to cultivate my first divine power!"

Li Jieqing looked at it over and over a few times, then stuffed the Spirit-Swallowing Pearl into his sleeve and kept it with him.

On the Blood Heart Sect's transmission stele, there are several supernatural abilities that match the Devouring Spirit Fiend. The most prominent one is the Crane's Cry Devouring Earth and Eating Wind supernatural ability, which can accelerate cultivation.

However, because of Fairy Shecai's words, Li Jieqing still hesitated and decided to wait until he had thoroughly examined the two stone tablets that had been used to transmit skills and then looked through the relics of Master Baocheng before making a decision.

As he had just entered the Foundation Establishment stage, he needed to carefully observe the path of cultivation before taking it, lest he go astray.

Moreover, now is really not the time to cultivate oneself.

Outside Shizhu Mountain.

As Li Jieqing busied himself with various tasks and finally subdued the Devouring Spirit Demon, the Azure Snail, which had been driven away by the Yellow Worm, also brought reinforcements. Sure enough, it wasn't so easy for it to give up.

A group of emerald snail demons cleared the way, gnawing at the riverbank, and extended a tributary to reach the destination.

In the rushing river, a green snail, as big as a small hill, emerged and waded closer along the newly opened tributary.

The billowing demonic aura engulfed the area outside Stone Pillar Mountain, undoubtedly indicating a powerful demon.

Moreover, this was no ordinary great demon. A first-tier Azure Water Snail is only about ten feet long, but this great demon snail has an unusually large body. Its shell is covered with moss and water plants, like a towering hill pressing down on it. It is at least a great demon in the middle stage of the second tier.

But today, Shizhu Mountain is destined to be anything but peaceful.

Beyond the Azure Snail Demon, from the south, an ancient ape emerged—the very same one Li Jieqing had encountered upon landing.

As the ancient ape leaped, it landed outside Stone Pillar Mountain, pounding its chest with both arms and roaring provocatively at the Green Snail Demon, showing its belligerent intent.

The surging demonic energy of the two great demons alarmed the grassy area beneath the blade.

A small, hunched-over raccoon emerged from under the sharp grass. It was no more than five feet tall, with a hunched back, and moved silently, peering around.

After the Blood Heart Sect's altar fell, the Green Snail Demon in the river was the first to notice the situation.

As the Green Snail set out, it alerted other powerful demons in the vicinity.

In an instant, the three great demons gathered here, and the weather outside Stone Pillar Mountain changed color, with demonic energy soaring into the sky.

Just as the green snail and the ancient ape were about to make a move, they noticed the small, shrewish raccoon dog watching from outside. They immediately stopped their fight and became wary of the raccoon dog.

Then—they spoke.

The tone was low and the melody was eerie, the words desolate and otherworldly.

As the three great demons were talking, the commotion caused by the noise brought another figure down from the sky, as if pointing the way. The newcomer, with long shawls on her feet like a dragon, landed on the stone pillar mountain. Her bright red hair was draped behind her head, and her blue palace dress was dazzling. The three great demons were startled and shouted a question.

"This is truly eye-opening... Different species of monsters can communicate with each other?"

Li Jieqing had been observing the situation at Shizhu Mountain, and he was amazed by what he saw.

He knew that demonic beasts were not stupid, but he did not expect them to be this intelligent. Three great demons with fierce and savage appearances were able to communicate with each other using voices that were not of their own species.

This is the hidden secret within the Blood Heart Cave, truly full of surprises.

And there's also the Fairy of Luxurious Colors...

Li Jieqing saw with his own eyes what Fairy Shecai looked like now. Her appearance had not changed, but she was becoming more and more like the bird she had summoned, with green feathers and a red tail, the two colors shining brightly.

Moreover, at this moment, Fairy Shecai was actually communicating with the three-headed demon in those desolate words!

The voice of the Fairy of Luxury Colors on Stone Pillar Mountain was like a sudden clap of thunder in spring, each word falling distinctly.

Li Jieqing didn't know what the three-headed demon had heard, but after a moment, Fairy Shecai landed, and the three-headed demon actually bowed down and followed her into Stone Pillar Mountain.

When Fairy Shecai fell into Blood Heart Cave, she was quite far away and it took her a long time to find her. After bringing the three great demons into the mountain, she found that the Blood Heart Sect's altar had been smashed in this state, which made her frown.

"No wonder Qi Zhen called you a witch, you really are eerie..."

Li Jieqing stood on the east side of Shizhu Mountain, observing the mountain that had become filled with demonic energy. His gaze towards the new attitude of his old enemy, Fairy Shecai, was quite complex.

After subduing the Devouring Spirit, he naturally didn't need to guard that place anymore.

The reason I haven't left yet is simply to see what the Green Snail Demon group's purpose is.

Unexpectedly, three great demons appeared in succession, along with the delightful surprise of Fairy Shecai.

Putting aside the changes that befell Fairy Shecai, the language of demons is indeed good. We should learn the language of demons; perhaps one day we can use a few words to persuade a powerful demon to surrender and submit.

"What exactly is she looking for... The altar collapsed, and I searched high and low. The only treasures I found were the Devouring Spirit Fiend and those black iron chains. There was no other way to get out of the Blood Heart Cave. What exactly is She Cai looking for?"

Seeing the great commotion caused by She Cai entering the mountain, Li Jieqing even reopened the Stone Pillar Mountain.

Then, She Cai was stunned as she pulled out a lump of black iron from the ground.

Li Jieqing couldn't take this huge lump of Xuan Iron that he couldn't digest, since his storage space was really not enough. In the end, he only picked and chose, keeping only the two best-preserved Xuan Iron chains, filling his jade bracelet space and pearl space to the brim.

Moreover, leaving that lump of black iron underground isn't without its advantages. It can be used to create the illusion that the Devouring Spirit Demon failed to connect with the earth's energy after landing and consumed the black iron, thus exhausting itself completely.

If given more time, Li Jieqing was confident that he could disguise himself even better, but that wasn't possible now.

"She remained in the mountains for a long time, neither retrieving the remaining black iron chains nor studying the stone pillar peaks. Could it be... that she came to find me?"

Upon considering this possibility, Li Jieqing suddenly shuddered.

She can directly command three-headed demons. Now that Fairy Shecai has become powerful, she's someone we can't afford to offend.

Sensing that Fairy Shecai was still at Stone Pillar Mountain and wouldn't be coming out for a while, Li Jieqing sat cross-legged on the Ruyi Green Lotus, used his magic to move the Dayan Chessboard below, and, under the invisibility effect of the concealment talisman, quietly headed east.

He had noticed this when he emerged from the mountains: the further east he went, the fewer powerful demons there were on land.

Once we get there, we'll find a place to settle down.

Li Jieqing headed east and had just quietly walked a short distance.

Above his head, two more familiar streaks of light flew towards the stone pillar mountain, drawn by the commotion of the gathering of great demons.

"Seven Truths!"

Li Jieqing and Qi Zhen were old rivals, so how could they not recognize this iconic flying streak?

He looked up and saw that the two streams of light were heading straight for Stone Pillar Mountain. One of them was the weakest, Master Baozhang, which was easy to identify.

The other path is that of Master Baowu.

Li Jieqing would naturally not forget Yang Huangli, who had the deepest grudge against him and had chased him all the way to the outer sea.

"Why are these two here?"

"...Killing Treasure City was all about timing; could it be that the remaining few who came have all come in?!"

Li Jieqing was unaware that the Seven True Ones had gone to sea to chase after the Treasure City True Man, and that two of them had been swallowed by the Red Kun along with him, but that didn't stop him from making a rough guess at the moment.

Two of the Seven True Ones entered. Yang Huangli and Bao Zhang had also seen the conspicuous Blood Heart Sect altar when they were inside the Red Kun's mouth, which is why they came all the way here, hoping to find out some way out.

Not long after the two streaks of light passed, the sounds of a battle between magicians from behind Stone Pillar Mountain suddenly came from behind.

The True Man Baowu, the True Man Baozhang, Fairy Shecai, and the three-headed demon beast were engaged in a fierce battle.

After hesitating for a while, Li Jieqing did not change direction and continued heading east as before.

The altar was originally only used to summon the Blood Heart Cave Heaven and to erect a stone tablet for the transmission of skills for the former Blood Heart Sect disciples to cultivate. But now that the Crimson Kun has come, it has swallowed the altar and the person whole in one gulp.

Li Jieqing had searched several times but had not found any way out, so he had no intention of staying in this troublesome place any longer.

"The Seven True Ones are truly restless vengeful spirits... Let you fight me for now. This time, I have completed my Foundation Establishment and will not reveal my true form directly. Let's see what kind of mess you can make of this Blood Heart Cave Heaven."

Li Jieqing made up his mind to hide in the shadows.

This time, there's no need to plan for any Foundation Establishment Pills. On the contrary, he has just stepped into the Foundation Establishment realm, picked up a few spiritual artifacts, and subdued the Devouring Spirit Fiend. It's time for him to cultivate in seclusion.

In this vast Blood Heart Cave, there is nowhere one cannot make a home.

Exploring the Blood Heart Cave Heaven can be done slowly; there's no need to rush it like Bao Wu and Bao Zhang did.

...By the way, did those two recognize that this was Blood Heart Cave Heaven?

Li Jieqing's figure slowly disappeared into the vicinity, and the sounds of the fight at Shizhu Mountain gradually diminished until they vanished completely.