"Senior, how did you …"
Although Su Zimo was delighted to see Hokkaidōjin come back to life, he still had many doubts in his heart.
How was the poison in Hokkaidōjin's body purged?
When did he wake up?
Was he fully recovered by now?
As though he could tell the confusion in Su Zimo's heart, Hokkaidōjin smiled gently. "Rest and recuperate first. I'll tell you slowly."
Su Zimo nodded and pondered for a moment. He took out Just Now's gigantic lamb leg from his storage bag and smiled. "Just have a roasted lamb leg."
He was not being greedy.
The lamb leg in his hands was the flesh of an Overlord and was extremely nourishing.
Coupled with Su Zimo's frightening recovery capabilities, his injuries would be mostly healed as long as he absorbed all the energy within the Overlord's flesh.
At Nascent Soul realm, demons could absorb the essence of Heaven and Earth and the sun and moon. At the same time, cultivators could live on clouds and dew without consuming grains, reaching a true state of inedia.
However, the lamb leg was not only nourishing, it was also a rare delicacy – there was naturally no way Su Zimo would let it go.
Su Zimo took out the bronze square tripod and channeled his spirit consciousness to conjure a ball of flames. He tossed it into the tripod and placed the lamb leg on top.
Before long, the cave was filled with the aroma of roasted meat.
Su Zimo reached out and tore off a piece. Without fear of scalding his hands, he popped it into his mouth and chewed. All the essence and blood qi entered his stomach and flowed through his limbs!
Hokkaidōjin only had an Essence Spirit and did not have a physical body – naturally, he could not enjoy it.
Looking at the flames in the bronze square tripod, Hokkaidōjin seemed to have thought of something. He looked at Su Zimo's right hand with a hint of wariness in his eyes.
Hokkaidōjin asked, "Your right hand should be the divine phoenix bone, right?"
"Yes,"
Su Zimo nodded and did not hide anything.
Hokkaidōjin said sternly, "Just Now, the Divine Phoenix Bone has been stimulated and released a terrifying power that has already reached the Conjoint Body realm!"
Su Zimo was shocked.
The Conjoint Body realm was almost the strongest existence in Tianhuang Mainland.
Conjoint Body cultivators were known as Mighty Figures and every single move they made possessed the might of Heaven and Earth!
Unfortunately, with his current cultivation, he was still unable to activate the power of the Divine Phoenix bone.
The Divine Phoenix Bone was a trump card that could only be used unexpectedly and with the stimulation of the opponent's strength, it could only have a shocking effect and was rather passive.
"Don't worry."
Hokkaidōjin comforted her. "Since this divine bone is in your body, there will be a day when you can control the power within it."
Hokkaidōjin looked at Su Zimo and recalled the scene when they first met, feeling rather emotional.
To think that after more than a hundred years, that young man from back then would have already come this far!
Hokkaidōjin looked into the distance with a reminiscing expression and said slowly, "Actually, the reason why I'm still alive is all thanks to the Mingwang Prayer Beads in your hands."
"The Mingwang Prayer Beads are indeed worthy of being the ultimate treasure of Daming Monastery. They truly have the ability to defy the heavens and change fate, bringing the dead back to life!"
Hokkaidōjin said, "The Mingwang Prayer Beads are made from the core of the Soul Nourishing Wood, an immortal wood of Tianhuang Mainland. They can nourish the soul and Essence Spirit with miraculous effects!"
"My primordial spirit was tainted with that kind of poison, and I should've died without a doubt. To think that after entering this prayer bead, my Essence Spirit was nourished and my life was saved. "
At the mention of that, Hokkaidōjin sighed emotionally.
Su Zimo looked at the Mingwang Prayer Beads on his left wrist and recalled the past as well.
At that time, he was still a Foundation Establishment Cultivator and entered the inheritance ground of the fiend sects with Demoness Ji to fight against the fiend heir.
To think that something unexpected would happen later on. A skeleton crawled out of the ancient coffin in the blood pool and nearly killed all of them within!
He and Demoness Ji hid in the stone coffin where the skeleton was buried and fell into the underground river, escaping with their lives.
He was the one who discovered the Mingwang Prayer Beads in the stone coffin!
Suddenly, Su Zimo's heart skipped a beat.
The old monk at the bottom of the Dragon Burial Valley had once told him about the reason why the Mingwang Prayer Beads were lost.
Tens of thousands of years ago, two paragons, the Blood Demon Dao Lord and Monk Daming, went missing in the end. Their whereabouts were unknown and their fates were unknown.
As a result, the Mingwang Prayer Beads were lost as well.
Later on, Daming Monastery recovered three of them and the remaining three were lost outside.
One of them was the one that Su Zimo obtained from the stone coffin!
There was an extremely evil cultivation technique recorded in that stone coffin – the Blood Refinement Fiend Sutra.
Later on, the skeleton that crawled out of the stone coffin devoured the flesh of many living beings in an extremely domineering manner and the cultivation technique it used was the Blood Refinement Fiend Sutra!
If that was the case, then the identity of this skeleton would be revealed!
The Blood Demon Dao Lord!
This fiend that massacred the world tens of thousands of years ago had not truly died. In fact, there was a high chance that he was alive!
It was not hard to imagine that after the shocking battle against Monk Daming, the Blood Demon Dao Lord was defeated and severely injured. His Essence Spirit entered the Mingwang Prayer Beads to be nourished slowly.
The reason why he was able to survive to this lifetime was probably because of the Mingwang Prayer Beads as well.
That was also the reason why Su Zimo was able to find the Buddha Beads in the stone coffin.
At that thought, the Blood Refinement Fiend Sutra on the coffin lid should have been carved by him as well.
Everything seemed to have made sense.
However, Su Zimo was still confused.
For example, how did the Mingwang Prayer Beads end up in the stone coffin? Was it truly a coincidence?
Also, when they first saw the stone coffin, there were gigantic chains coiled around it. Who left those chains behind?
The purpose of those chains was clearly to trap the Blood Demon Dao Lord to death.
However, why would the Mingwang Prayer Beads be left in the stone coffin?
Or rather, why didn't the cultivator who left those chains kill the Blood Demon Dao Lord directly?
Hokkaidōjin naturally did not know what Su Zimo was thinking. He continued, "The first time I woke up was at the bottom of the Dragon Burial Valley."
"Hmm?"
Su Zimo was slightly stunned.
He did not expect Hokkaidōjin to wake up so early.
"Although my Essence Spirit was nourished after entering the Soul Nourishing Wood, the poison in my body was not purged and I was merely unconscious."
Hokkaidōjin continued, "It was the old monk at the bottom of the Dragon Burial Valley who helped me purge the poison from my body."
When he heard that, Su Zimo was enlightened.
Back at the bottom of the Dragon Burial Valley, when the old monk received his Mingwang Prayer Beads, he exclaimed softly, as though he sensed something.
At that time, he asked the old monk but the old monk did not explain in detail.
Now that he thought about it, the old monk must have discovered Hokkaidōjin back then and saved him in passing!
Hokkaidōjin said, "Although I've awakened, my Essence Spirit has been entangled by poison for many years and is still extremely weak. I don't have much strength left and can't help you much."
"Over the years, I've watched you fight your way through the battlefield."
"You've done well. You have not tarnished the reputation of the human race in Myriad Phenomenon City!"
Su Zimo recalled that battle and shook his head gently with a forlorn expression. "Although I won that battle, my demon form was witnessed by countless cultivators. The cultivation world might not tolerate me."
"You don't have to worry,"
Hokkaidōjin said in a deep voice, "Let's not talk about the other sects. I can make the decision for Hundred Refinement Sect to clear your name and protect your safety!"
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