"Then, you're much slower than me!"
Zhao Ji said smugly when he heard Zhu Lüqi's words.
He had also used a year to break through from the Intermediate Refined Saint Stage to the Mastery Eminent Saint Stage. He had broken through five levels in a row!
Naturally, he had only broken through four levels. Even if he did not cultivate the Devouring Dark Devil Technique, he would still be able to break through to the Mastery Refined Saint Stage in a short time.
However, even if he had only broken through four levels, it was still much stronger compared to Zhu Lüqi who had broken through one level.
"As far as I know, you've devoured more of the vital essence and blood of young women compared to me …"
When Zhao Ji reached this part of his sentence, he became even more smug.
"Humph! Although I've devoured more of the vital essence and blood of young women in this one year, what's your cultivation base compared to mine? How can we compare? "
Zhu Lu Qi snorted coldly. He felt that Zhao Ji was really shameless. How could he compare his cultivation progress in the past year?
Originally, Zhao Ji was only an Intermediate Refined Saint Stage Martial Cultivator. It was only natural for him to improve by leaps and bounds by devouring the vital essence and blood of young women to cultivate the Devouring Dark Devil Technique.
Previously, he was already at the peak of the Divine Saint Stage. Even if he had the Devouring Dark Devil Technique, it would not be easy for him to break through to the Early Exemplary Saint Stage in just a year. Moreover, it was not an ordinary Early Exemplary Saint Stage Martial Cultivator.
"Palace Master Zhu, I really don't understand you anymore … With your cultivation base, if you devour the vital essence and blood of young women to cultivate the Devouring Dark Devil Technique, your cultivation base would be much faster! However, you don't want to touch those young women, and you don't even want me to touch them in front of you. I'm really speechless! "
Zhao Ji said, "I really don't understand. What's the difference between ordinary young women and those young women?"
"Humph!"
Zhu Lüqi snorted again. However, he did not reply to Zhao Ji's words.
In Zhu Lüqi's heart, there was a secret that only he knew. A long time ago, he had a very cute daughter that was left behind by his late wife before she passed away.
He cherished the daughter that his wife had sacrificed her life to give birth to very much. He treated her like a little princess.
However, the weather was unpredictable, and people were unpredictable.
When his daughter was sixteen years old, because he was at a critical juncture in his cultivation breakthrough, he did not accompany his daughter, causing her to be sullied by a playboy.
When he came out of seclusion, what he saw was his daughter's corpse.
There was also a 'suicide note' left by his daughter.
His daughter had chosen to commit suicide precisely because her innocence had been sullied.
Although he had annihilated that profligate son's entire family, his daughter would not be able to return.
It was also because of the death of his only family member that Zhu Lüqi was able to devote himself wholeheartedly to cultivation and achieve what he had today.
Cultivating the Devouring Dark Devil Technique would increase the efficiency by devouring the essence, blood, and Qi of a maiden. He naturally understood this principle.
However, every time he saw those young and inexperienced maidens, he could not help but think of his own daughter. That was why he could not do it at all … Not only could he not do it himself, even if he saw Zhao Ji making a move on those maidens, he would also stop him.
Just like now, even though he had rushed over to stop Zhao Ji, he was still too late.
Whoosh!
When Zhu Lüqi raised his hand, a layer of soil rose from the ground and covered the maidens' dried corpse so that she could rest in peace.
"You're unreasonable!"
Although this was not the first time Zhao Ji had seen Zhu Lüqi acting in this manner, he was still rendered speechless. He could not understand why Zhu Lüqi was so kind to those maidens.
"Palace Master Zhu, it's best if we don't meet again in the future!"
Zhao Ji took a deep look at Zhu Lu Qi. Then, he seemed to have transformed into a gust of wind as he left. It was as though he was avoiding the plague.
Zhu Lüqi was not angered by Zhao Ji's actions. He continued to fly in another direction.
If possible, he did not want to meet Zhao Ji.
This was because if he encountered Zhao Ji, and if Zhao Ji's target was a virgin, he would not be able to stop himself from interfering. Although those virgin girls were not his daughters, they were constantly reminding him of the unbearable past.
It was as though this had become Zhu Lu Qi's inner demon!
If Zhu Lüqi had acted as brazenly as Zhao Ji from the beginning and had even laid his hands on maidens, he would not be far away from breaking through to the Intermediate Exemplary Saint Stage even if he had not broken through yet.
However, Zhu Lüqi still had to work hard for another three months before he was confident he would be able to break through.
One must admit that Zhu Lüqi and Zhao Ji had kept a low profile. Moreover, they had chosen to stay in a remote area west of the Dobusei Subterranean.
Let alone quasi third-rate forces, there was not even a fourth-rate or fifth-rate force in this area.
For this reason, news of their actions had not spread even after a year had passed.
However, there was no such thing as an airtight wall in this world. Another half a year had passed before news of the strange incident in the remote area west of the Dobusei Subterranean finally spread.
The person who spread the news was a native of the western area.
Three years ago, he had gone out to explore and had only returned today.
However, as soon as he returned, he discovered his hometown, a small village that seemed like a paradise, had been turned into ruins. He could vaguely see many corpses that had been dead for a long time.
The other corpses were still normal. However, the strange thing was the corpses of the young women had been sucked dry.
"What's going on?"
The strange scene before his eyes had completely exceeded his imagination. It even caused him to temporarily forget the pain of losing his family.
Then, he began to search his surroundings.
Everywhere he went, the small towns and villages that used to be bustling with life had been turned into ruins.
The corpses here were similar to the corpses in the small village where he came from. Apart from the corpses of the young women, the other corpses were normal.
"What the hell?!"
In the end, he no longer dared to continue searching. He left the remote area west of the city as though he was fleeing.
As for the news, it was also spread out by him.
"Hey! Have you heard? The people in the small towns and villages west of the city have all been killed. However, the strange thing is the corpses of the young women have all been sucked dry. It's very strange. "
"Dried corpses? What kind of dried corpses? "
"If you want to know, why don't you go and see for yourself?"
…
As time passed, similar discussions could be heard everywhere in the cities adjacent to the remote area west of the city.
In this world, there was no lack of people with strong curiosity. Driven by curiosity, many people formed groups and entered the remote area west of the city.
When they saw everything with their own eyes, they knew that the news they had heard earlier was true.
"Heavens! Who did this? "
"These young women are so pitiful. It's fine if they were killed, but they were turned into dried corpses!"
"No! Look … There are no wounds on these young women's bodies. They're completely different from the other corpses. Moreover, their corpses have no clothes on … Do you think it's the work of a Devil Cultivator? "
"If it's the work of a Devil Cultivator … Isn't the Devil Dao Cultivation Method too cruel?!"
…
Among the curious people, there was no lack of knowledgeable people. As they speculated, they came to a conclusion.
A Devil Cultivator who had cultivated an inhumane Devil Dao Cultivation Method had wreaked havoc in the remote area west of the city!
There was no lack of Devil Cultivators in the Dao Martial Saint Land. Devil Cultivators were also recognized in the Dao Martial Saint Land. However, the Devil Cultivators who were recognized were Devil Cultivators who had cultivated ordinary Devil Dao Cultivation Methods.
Those Devil Cultivators who had cultivated inhumane Devil Dao Cultivation Methods were like rats crossing the street in the Dao Martial Saint Land. Everyone wanted to kill them.
When one person spread the news, the people who heard the news might be skeptical.
However, after this news was confirmed by hundreds and thousands of people, it became a fact that was set in stone.
"I remember two years ago, the quasi third-rate force, the Mystical Sky Mansion, had spread the news that the Devouring Dark Devil Technique had appeared! The person who obtained the Devouring Dark Devil Technique was the former Palace Master of the Mystical Sky Mansion's Heaven Palace, Zhu Lüqi. "
"It's said that the 'Devouring Dark Devil Technique' is an inhumane and top-notch devil technique. Its main purpose is to devour the essence, blood, and Qi of young women to cultivate. Every young woman who has been captured to cultivate the 'Devouring Dark Devil Technique' will eventually turn into a dried corpse … Do you guys think that what happened in the remote area in the west is related to the 'Devouring Dark Devil Technique'?"
"Now that you mention it, I remember now … If it's the Devouring Dark Devil Technique, everything makes sense now."
"Then, does this mean the people who were killed in the west and the young women who were sucked dry are the masterpieces of Zhu Lüqi, the former Palace Master of the Mystical Sky Mansion's Heaven Palace?"
"That's most likely the case!"
…
Not long after, someone began to link the incident in the west to the Devouring Dark Devil Technique.
For a time, Zhu Lüqi, the former Palace Master of the Mystical Sky Mansion's Heaven Palace, became the scapegoat. This was because the people in the Dobusei Subterranean only knew that he had obtained the Devouring Dark Devil Technique. Nobody knew that Zhao Ji had obtained the Devouring Dark Devil Technique as well.
"Palace Master Zhu, the incident has been exposed … It seems like we'll have to lay low for a while. What do you plan to do?"
While the outside world was in an uproar, Zhao Ji and Zhu Lu Qi gathered in a remote place in the west of the Lower Province of the Dao Martial Saint Land. It was a stone forest where even birds would not defecate.
It was apparent they knew what they had done had been exposed.
"What plan can I have? Hide, of course! I'm not like you who cultivated the Devouring Dark Devil Technique and killed so many virgins, yet you can still return to the Mystical Sky Mansion! "
Zhu Lüqi said in a deep voice.
"If that's the case, I'll take my leave first, Palace Master Zhu! Also, please take care of Xu Jing, Palace Master Zhu. After all, we haven't completely learned the Devouring Dark Devil Technique yet! "
Zhao Ji reminded Zhu Lüqi before he left.
"We can't stay here any longer …"
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