Somewhere in the south, there was a great swamp. There were no towering trees, only churning mud and miasma.
A tiny, dark-green flower bloomed quietly in the swamp, giving off a strange fragrance that tenaciously seeped out from the heavy stench of blood in the surroundings.
Blood splattered across the man's chest. He stood among the remains of corpses and bones, gnawing on a thigh. His mouth was filled with sharp teeth, and his muscles were knotted with a faint grey colour, as if he had been carved from stone. He gave off a vicious and brutal aura as he ate.
"You pigs, how dare you touch my Ksitigarbha flower! You're sick of living!"
"Yes, yes, yes. We deserve to die. We didn't know this was cave master Stone's Ksitigarbha flower! Please be magnanimous and spare us pigs! "
The group of people lay on the ground, trembling all over. In order to find this thousand-year-old Ksitigarbha flower, they had paid a great price. They never thought they would run into such a vicious person, killing almost half of their clansmen the moment he struck. They were filled with grief and fury, but all they could do was kneel and beg for mercy.
"Hmph, spare you? You can all die! "Cave master Stone sneered and raised his hand.
Seeing how their lives were in danger, everyone's eyes were filled with fear, but none of them attempted to resist. This power was not something they could contend with. All they could do was close their eyes and wait for death.
Smack!
The sound was like a clump of wet mud being tossed onto the ground from high up in the sky.
The attack they imagined did not arrive. Some people mustered up their courage and raised their heads. The awe-inspiring cave master Stone had vanished, replaced by a pile of bright-red flesh.
It was as if an invisible hand had descended from above, flattening cave master Stone in a single strike.
Everyone was dumbfounded. They all thought it was a miracle.
… …
In the moment Little Ann killed the two cave masters, Yu Wufeng and the Gentleman of Heavenly Blubber both felt a sense of sympathy. Of the eight cave masters of the Lair of Demons, only the two of them remained now.
Little Ann brushed the Blood Oath Scroll gently, and the bloody words were wiped away, only leaving behind a pitch-black background. Afterwards, after a moment of thought, he began to set down new rules.
The head of the dead Demon King appeared on the Blood Oath Scroll. Two streaks of bloody tears flowed from its empty eye sockets, spreading across the pitch-black background. It was so bright that it was almost blinding as it flowed into bloody words.
In the cultivation world, there were actually many ways to control the life and death of others. However, the person being controlled would definitely try to escape this situation at all costs. If they were forced into a corner, they would not hesitate to perish together with the controller. It was very easy for them to suffer a backlash.
If Li Qingshan only controlled their lives, he couldn't always monitor them. They might not dare to go against him head-on, but it was very likely that they would betray his secrets, or think of all sorts of methods to deal with him.
This kind of control is a waste of mental energy, the gains are not worth the losses.
However, things were different with the Blood Oath Scroll. As long as the restrictions were clearly stated, anyone who dared to violate the Blood Oath, even if they were thousands of kilometers away, would immediately die from the backlash, nipping the betrayal in the bud!
The content of the Blood Oath Scroll was obviously very important. The Blood Oath Scroll was not very large, and the size of the bloody words was also fixed. It could only contain one or two hundred words at most. It had to cover all aspects and not leave any loopholes. At the same time, it could not be too strict.
For example, if the two were required not to have any thoughts of betrayal, it would definitely activate the curse, and the oath would be meaningless. However, it could not be too broad either. If the two were required to do their best once they received an order, it seemed to be a matter of course, but it could also easily lead to meaningless losses. It required extremely meticulous thinking and precise descriptions to grasp the limits.
Little Ann wrote the new Blood Oath in one breath, and then handed it to Yu Wufeng and Li Qingshan to look over. "Swear it!"
The two looked over. The content of the Blood Oath Scroll was not complicated, and it was not completely filled in. There were many blank spaces, but as they read through it one by one, cold sweat seeped out of their foreheads. If they really made this Blood Oath, unless she suddenly released them out of kindness, they would really be slaves for the rest of their lives, and the very loyal kind at that.
Li Qingshan looked at them with a smile. How could they possibly resist? No matter how reluctant they were, all they could do was swear the new Blood Oath Scroll.
There was a flash of blood-red light, and two figures appeared at the bottom of the Blood Oath Scroll. The Blood Oath was established!
Li Qingshan clasped his hands. "Congratulations, congratulations!"
"Same to you, same to you!" The Gentleman of Heavenly Blubber returned the gesture with a chuckle. He glanced at the pale-faced Yu Wufeng and sneered. "First cave master Yu, you wanted to unite the Lair of Demons, but you never expected there to be someone stronger than you. Serves you right for having someone like commander Li in the world!"
"You-" Yu Wufeng's face darkened. He was not that thick-skinned.
Li Qingshan and Little Ann obtained control over the formations on the mountain from the two of them before letting them go back to heal. They even returned the Fogbow sword to Yu Wufeng in an extremely generous manner. Since they were hired thugs, they obviously had to be a little stronger.
"Though, we still have to prevent him from undergoing the third heavenly tribulation," Li Qingshan reminded.
"He'll never have an opportunity like that in this lifetime," said Little Ann.
"That's good. I can finally enter secluded cultivation in peace for a while." Li Qingshan let out a long sigh of relief.
Little Ann smiled too. This was her favourite!
As a result, Li Qingshan refined the Eight Point formation and remained in the hall in the mountain-dense with spiritual qi, beginning another round of secluded cultivation.
Li Qingshan had two objectives this time. The first was to push the Demon Suppression Statuary to an even higher level, and the second was to refine the Traitorous Demon sword into a true demonic treasure.
The entire time, his paths of human cultivation and daemon cultivation had actually been separated from each other. In particular, when he transformed into North Moon, his human cultivation would often not be of much help. At most, he could convert daemon qi into spiritual qi in times of need and use it as spiritual qi reserves. And, no matter how many arcane artifacts he possessed, they would only be a hindrance. They would not be of much use at all.
That was because the level of the Nine Transformations of the Demonic and Divine was just too high. Compared to Li Qingshan, North Moon was a giant, while Li Qingshan was a dwarf. The giant only needed to unleash a tiny bit of his strength, and he could assist the dwarf in defeating powerful enemies. Even if the dwarf did everything he could, he would not be able to provide much help to the giant.
This long-lasting imbalance had even begun to make his human cultivation become dispensable, as if it was only there to support the facade that was Li Qingshan. However, the issue was that Li Qingshan's facade, as well as his identity as a Hawkwolf guard, became less and less valuable to him, almost to the point of being non-existent. All that remained were emotional ties, basically useless.
Only when he completely converted his cultivation to the Demon Suppression Statuary did the situation change. As one of the peak cultivation methods in this world, the Demon Suppression Statuary was nowhere close to the Nine Transformations of the Demonic and Divine, but at the very least, he had gone from a dwarf to a regular person. He could finally assist the giant.
The demon heart in Li Qingshan's body played quite a role in how he was able to defeat Yu Wufeng so easily when his strength had yet to fully recover. It made him stronger and faster. Once the phoenix's nirvāṇa concluded and he completely integrated the power in his body, perhaps North Moon would be able to equip a brand new set of demonic armour and merge the two powers together, allowing him to display his strongest form.
Correspondingly, the power of arcane treasures could not rival arcane artifacts either. If he had not used the Demon Dragon sword to defeat the Fogbow sword, how could he have won so easily? Every single arcane treasure was unique. They were so powerful that even Li Qingshan had to pay attention to their value.
He focused on the Nine Transformations of the Demonic and Divine, but when his daemon cultivation reached a bottleneck, he would walk the path of human cultivation. The two complemented each other, constantly strengthening himself, which became the best choice.
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