Li Qingshan looked at his hand. It was a bottle of pills.
Gu Yanying acted like she did not see it. With a wave of her hand, she kicked up a whirlwind, taking her and Xuanyue along the path of the moonlight and flying into the horizon.
Xuanyue glanced back at Li Qingshan again before turning her head away. Her smile vanished, and tears flowed out of her eyes that were like lakes.
"Wait for me. I'll definitely go," Li Qingshan roared at the sky as loudly as he could.
Xuanyue suddenly looked back and said something loudly, but her voice was swallowed by the wind and snow. However, the shape of her lips could be vaguely seen. "I'll wait for you."
Gu Yanying was surprised as well. The clouds closed up beneath their feet.
The final sliver of moonlight vanished from the Ice Sword cliff.
Li Qingshan maintained his posture of roaring at the sky. That roar was a promise to Oxen, to Xuanyue, and more importantly, to himself.
I'll definitely go beyond the Nine Heavens. I'll definitely take you to the Dragon province.
I'll definitely find the answer. I'll definitely possess power.
The waterfall flowed down, and Li Qingshan stood before the waterfall once again. The overbearing Oxen was no longer beside him, nor was the girl bathing in the waterfall before him.
He rubbed Little Ann's head. At least you're still by my side.
Without Xuanyue's guidance, he followed the original path with his memory and returned here once again. Although he had the Spirit Turtle's Aura Concealment, who knew how many dangers he encountered along the way before finally returning to the waterfall.
Winter had already passed, and spring had begun.
It felt like a lifetime had passed.
In the short three months, someone had told him that the Green province spanned fifteen thousand kilometers. Someone had told him. My goal is to leave the Green province. In the end, someone had told him. I'll wait for you beyond the Nine Heavens.
Li Qingshan lowered his head and smiled. He said to Little Ann, "Let's see how far I can go!" Afterwards, he leapt into the pool.
In the water, the first thing Li Qingshan did was not cultivate. Instead, he summed up his experiences and lessons, weighing the pros and cons.
It was very difficult for a small shrimp to have a good ending when it was involved in a battle between sharks. The minced meat that was exposed between the teeth of the sharks could greatly increase the strength of the small shrimp, but it would also cause it to die a violent death.
He could survive. It was all thanks to the protection of Oxen, but this big sea monster had already left him. Leaving him the target of such a huge sea monster.
If he wanted to achieve this goal, he couldn't rely on luck to survive and take risks that he couldn't control. No one had an Immortal Halo, and even if they did, they would be easily crushed under absolute power.
Not only did one have to possess the fortitude of an ox and the bravery of a tiger, but they also had to possess the depth and forbearance of a spirit turtle. He was not a coward who swallowed humiliation. Instead, it was to have lofty ambitions, to endure what others could not, to achieve what adults could not.
The reason why Oxen didn't kill the Soaring Dragon Elder right from the start was that the Soaring Dragon Elder had been killed by the Soaring Dragon Elder. Perhaps it was to let him understand these principles. Anyone could talk about the big principles, but only after experiencing them would one truly understand and carve them in one's heart.
If he hadn't heard the despair of the screams on the precipice, how would he have understood the value of strength and the meaning of friendship?
He longed for even greater strength.
There was no time in the mountains. The tender shoots turned into green leaves, and the flower buds bloomed with flowers.
The water volume of the waterfall also became greater than in the winter, and the sound became even louder.
Li Qingshan sat under the waterfall. All of these sounds, all of these changes, entered his ears, but they didn't affect his mind in the slightest.
Between extreme stillness and extreme movement, he was no longer just cultivating, but also experiencing the sounds and changes of nature. Perhaps to him, these two things were the same thing in the first place.
He ingested the spiritual herbs one by one, and they turned into surging spiritual energy. However, to him, this was not the only thing he needed.
In absolute meditation, he could vaguely sense the existence of that incomparably vast spiritual energy in the world. It was everywhere, and it ruled over all the sounds and changes of the world.
When he was like a spirit turtle hiding in the deep sea, forgetting his own existence, the spiritual energy no longer repelled him, and naturally merged into his body.
Just like the Daoist scriptures said, "Strengthen the bones, weaken the will, empty the heart, strengthen the stomach." It was also like what Oxen had taught him at the beginning. Filling the stomach and strengthening the body was the foundation of everything. Only by being humble and having weak will, could one not be bothered by distracting thoughts, reach the true unity of heaven and man, and feel the existence of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
For humans, this was something that could only be easily achieved after the Qi Condensation stage had passed the first heavenly tribulation and reached the Foundation Establishment stage. Otherwise, it would require a great deal of luck and comprehension.
But for daemons, this was an innate instinct. In the eyes of humans, the birds and beasts in the wild were undoubtedly stupid. They only mated, hunted, and reproduced based on their instincts. However, they were a part of nature, and could naturally feel many things that humans couldn't, and spiritual energy was just one of them.
While humans gained intelligence, they also lost the ability to be one with nature. They had to use all kinds of methods to cultivate in order to extend their lifespan. And the lifespan of any daemon was much longer than that of a human with similar strength to them.
Perhaps this was the fairness of nature.
Oxen had once said that Li Qingshan could only be regarded as half a daemon, because while his body had become that of a daemon, his mind was still that of a human's, so he was unable to sense the spiritual energy of the world.
There were countless techniques in the world, and who knew how many techniques that could turn people into monsters. However, they would only be monsters, not daemons. If that were the case, there would be nothing special about Oxen's design. However, he seemed to have prepared everything for Li Qingshan a long time ago.
As he practised the Spirit Turtle's Method of Sea Suppression, Li Qingshan could temporarily set aside his human intelligence and the distracting thoughts that came from this intelligence. He began to truly become a daemon, viewing the world through the eyes of a daemon and comprehending the world through the mind of a daemon.
After who knew how long, when the flowers began to wither, large amounts of spiritual energy gathered around Li Qingshan.
Large amounts of spiritual energy gathered around Li Qingshan. The place Oxen had chosen was a place with dense spiritual energy in the first place.
All of the pills had been consumed, and all of the daemon qi in Li Qingshan's body surged like waves before being suppressed by the Spirit Turtle's Method of Sea Suppression, constantly compressed and condensed.
Little Ann, who played by himself to one side, suddenly raised his head and gazed at the waterfall. In the past few days, he had been waiting silently, playing with himself and never distancing himself.
The Spirit Turtle's Method of Sea Suppression!
An invisible force flattened the turbulent water, turning it into a flawless mirror. The waterfall no longer created any splashes either.
Li Qingshan had finally reached the first layer of the Spirit Turtle's Method of Sea Suppression. At the same time, there was a great rumble in his soul, and his body grew larger once again, approaching twenty meters. The aura he gave off even made the waterfall shake.
All of the daemon qi in his body condensed into a pearl the size of a pinky!
He had finally completed the most important step of becoming a daemon, condensing a daemon core.
Li Qingshan lowered his head and gazed at the mirror-like water. He gently stroked the pair of ox horns on his head. The two words, "North Moon", did not seem as obvious anymore, but they seemed to have merged with the grain of the horns. They were indelible.
He thought of Xuanyue again. He thought of the promise that he had yet to complete. He closed his eyes gently. Wait for me. I will definitely break you out of this cage and send you to the Dragon province.
Suddenly, he opened his mouth, and the daemon core flew out. It revolved around him as if it was being drawn in by some invisible force. With a thought, the daemon core shot out, immediately piercing several boulders in the water. It was basically indestructible, more terrifying than any hidden weapon.
Daemons did not know how to refine pills, so they were born with the ability to absorb spiritual energy. Daemons did not know how to forge artifacts either, so their daemon cores were their most powerful weapons.
Although there was the danger of someone stealing the daemon core after releasing it, that could only be achieved when there was an absolute difference in strength. As a result, this danger was not exactly dangerous, as even if they did not use the daemon core, they would still be finished off and their daemon core extracted. It was just like when human cultivators fought. If even the flying swords they released were easily captured by their opponents, there would be no need for them to continue fighting.
Li Qingshan looked at the daemon core hovering before him and thought, Even if I say I'm a human now, no one will believe me.
He observed it closely and discovered that the daemon core was not perfectly round. Instead, it was pieced together from countless tiny hexagons. It seemed to be slightly different from regular daemon cores, probably due to the effects of the Spirit Turtle's Method of Sea Suppression. However, he had only seen a single daemon core before, so he was uncertain.
Li Qingshan extended his right hand, and transparent ripples of water gathered in his palm, condensing into a ball of water before changing into various shapes. In terms of the five elements, he was a water-type daemon, possessing the power to control water.
He casually tossed the ball of water aside and swallowed the daemon core in a single gulp. He called out, "Spirit Turtle's Profound Shell!"
A turtle shell did not appear on his back. Instead, he propped up a spherical barrier of light. At a closer glance, the sphere was the same as the daemon core, also composed of countless hexagons.
The raging waterfall landed on the Spirit Turtle's Profound Shell, but not a single droplet of water landed on Li Qingshan.
This was the innate ability he had comprehended after condensing the daemon core, but that was not all.
Li Qingshan stood up and sucked in a deep breath. He raised his head and let out a wild roar. Daemon qi catalyzed sound waves, kicking up fierce gales that rushed into the sky. The waterfall was blown apart, and it even left behind a deep, fan-shaped mark on the rock face.
The Tiger Demon's Fierce Roar seemed impressive, but it could only cause tremors. It was used to bully the weak. It was basically useless against opponents of the same level. Although the range of his roar had been reduced, it was still powerful enough to split rocks, causing actual damage.
This was the second ability he had comprehended. He named it the Tiger Demon's Slaughter Roar.
"The Ox Demon Tramples!"
Li Qingshan leapt into the pool and landed heavily on the bottom. The rocks that had been battered by the water for who knew how many years shattered loudly. A circular shockwave surged into the surroundings. Wherever it passed by, the rocks would shatter loudly.
It was like thousands of tons of explosives had been detonated underwater. All of the water was thrown into the air, revealing the completely shattered bottom.
The ox, tiger, and turtle. Three creatures, three innate abilities. The moment Li Qingshan condensed the daemon core, they all awakened at the same time.
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