Savage Mountain, Lair of Demons, first cave master's abode.
A streak of white light flashed in the darkness, illuminating Yu Wufeng's face. He opened his eyes and stared at the Fogbow sword in his hand. He could sense that his injuries had completely healed, but his brows were still tightly furrowed.
"How much time has passed? Two months? Three months? Perhaps even longer? "
With his cultivation, he should not have lost track of this amount of time, but the impact of this battle was far too great. The plans he had been preparing for a long time had been completely disrupted. He should have taken a step forward and undergone the third heavenly tribulation, then refined the Blood Oath Scroll to unite the Lair of Demons and become the King of Savages!
In the end, he had become someone else's slave, and he could not escape this situation with his own strength. His mind was still in a mess.
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Although the original blood oath could be said to have covered all aspects, there was one thing that could not be written into the oath, which was to prevent the cave masters from raising their cultivation and undergoing the third heavenly tribulation. The first cave master would not have cut off his own path of cultivation. Instead, he had made a secret agreement that whoever underwent the third heavenly tribulation would become the King of Savages, and he would be able to unite the Lair of Demons and establish his own sect.
However, Little Ann would not leave behind such a loophole. Once Yu Wufeng attempted to undergo the third heavenly tribulation, he would immediately trigger the blood oath's curse. The Blood Oath Scroll was no longer a fair and reasonable "treaty of alliance" between the eight cave masters. Instead, it was a bona fide "slave contract", returning to its original purpose of being created.
Even without this restriction, he would not dare to undergo the tribulation so easily. The third heavenly tribulation was incredibly dangerous. Even the slightest mental fluctuation could be fatal.
Yu Wufeng let out a long sigh and walked out of the abode. He gazed at the south and said quietly, "Master, do you know my current situation?"
Of course, contacting others without permission was also a violation of the blood oath. And even if he had permission, he could not divulge the secret between Li Qingshan and Little Ann. The oath was like invisible shackles, binding him firmly. He could not take a single wrong step.
"I can only wait for the news of Savage Mountain's fall to spread to the South Sea. There's still a chance! "Yu Wufeng glanced in the direction of the hall in the belly of the mountain. "Li Qingshan, you don't know what you've provoked. That's an existence you definitely cannot defeat!"
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Li Qingshan did not know that someone was talking about him. He was completely focused on the Traitorous Demon Sword on his knees. The straight and narrow sword edge was flowing with a dim light. The hilt of the sword seemed to be a mass of flesh and blood. It wriggled and wrapped around a huge eyeball, which looked a little disgusting.
Under Li Qingshan's control, the eyeball turned. She met his gaze.
In that instant, he saw the Traitorous Demon Sword with his eyes, and then he saw himself through his eyes. The two images overlapped.
He used the technique of the Sword Collection palace to refine the Traitorous Demon sword once more, as well as refine his heart of the sword.
He was not a swordsman. What had condensed in his body was a demonic heart, not the sword embryo or sword seed of a swordsman. Even the sword nascent soul that had undergone three heavenly tribulations was a completely different path of cultivation. However, it did not affect his comprehension of the Sword Dao and the tempering of his Sword Heart.
Although he was multitasking, actually, refining the Traitorous Demon sword, tempering his heart of the sword, and practising the Demon Suppression Statuary were all one.
With a flash of demonic light, he assumed his Demon Commander form again. After three months of cultivation, his outer appearance had changed slightly again. His originally smooth and smooth lines had become a little more angular.
Unlike regular cultivation methods, the Demon Suppression Statuary was an extremely inclusive cultivation method. Whether it was humans, demonfolk, or daemons, they could all practise it and convert their cultivation into demon qi. Their demonified form constantly changed too.
In the beginning, he stood three meters tall and wore heavy armour. He had comprehended the will of the Demon Suppression statue in one fell swoop. It was just an empty shell. Afterwards, his slender and smooth form was influenced by the Arts of the Boundless Ocean and the Ocean pearl. Now, the effects of the heart of the sword began to manifest.
Regular cultivation methods focused on single-mindedness, but the Demon Suppression Statuary was different. It did not care about the cultivator's past, nor did it demand the cultivator's future. It seemed to be all-encompassing. If he wanted to unleash its true power, he would instead have to draw parallels.
A demonic light flowed out of the demon eye, enveloping the hilt and blade. It became brighter and denser. Only after quite a while did the light gradually dim, and the pupils of the demon eye vanished. Another demon heart had been depleted.
Li Qingshan recovered his normal form too. He let out a long sigh of relief and stood up to move about. Little Ann had turned into a shiny, white skeleton, also sitting down with her legs crossed. Her bone hands formed a buddhist seal as she sat in the roaring flames. She seemed dignified.
Li Qingshan had handed all the corpses he had accumulated over the years to her. There were many existences that had undergone the second heavenly tribulation among them. In particular, the demonfolk corpses he had collected from the battle in the Demon Suppression Tower amounted to mountains and seas. She had turned them all into the Samādhi Flames of White Bone.
Probably because she had undergone the second heavenly tribulation, the flames seemed even purer, without the slightest hint of evil. Even if other cultivators saw it, they would only think it was divine fire or sacred fire. They would never imagine that the flames fed on flesh, blood, and souls.
Little Ann continued to practise the Path of White Bone and Great Beauty, tempering her white bones and stabilising her current cultivation. This process had already lasted for several months. The white bones became more and more solid and glossy. A White Bone śarīra seemed to be condensed from flames.
As a cultivation method that brother ox had personally taught her, even if the Path of White Bone and Great Beauty paled in comparison to the Nine Transformations of the Demonic and Divine, it still completely surpassed any cultivation method in this world. Many years ago, she basically possessed the strength to sweep through all those who had undergone the second heavenly tribulation. Now that she had undergone the second heavenly tribulation and condensed a White Bone śarīra, just what kind of strength would she possess? Li Qingshan was very eager as well.
After watching for a while, he sat down again and continued cultivating.
Time passed quickly. Li Qingshan tossed the demon hearts Duoge had given him into the Traitorous Demon sword one by one.
The Traitorous Demon sword had the ability to strengthen itself by devouring demon hearts. As Li Qingshan refined it, its form changed bit by bit, shrinking from its original length of nearly three meters to seven feet. The long and narrow blade became much thicker, while the flesh and blood around the hilt seemed to be solidifying.
His demonified form changed as well, becoming more and more angular. Even the oval mask on his face had a bulge in the middle, like the spine of a sword.
After fusing another demon heart into the sword, Li Qingshan opened his eyes. Little Ann was standing guard nearby, waiting for him to wake up.
Li Qingshan was slightly taken aback. The white bones were covered with flesh and blood, turning into great beauty. The problem was that her body was completely bare. Only her seaweed-like long hair hung down, barely concealing her.
Seeing that Li Qingshan had woken up, Little Ann smiled and threw herself into his arms.
"You've finished cultivating?"
Li Qingshan also smiled and hugged her gently. He could feel the incomparably vast life force contained within that delicate body, but at the same time, it contained the eternal silence of death. The two merged into one in a wondrous way, turning into this soft, fragrant, and delicate jade.
The legend of "White Bones of Great Beauty" was to let people understand that lust was but an illusion. No matter how beautiful a great beauty was, it would eventually turn into a pile of white bones. Li Qingshan admitted that he did not have such "great wisdom". He had always been a person with strong desires.
Yet when faced with this devastatingly beautiful appearance that could turn all living things upside down, other than the slight pause Just Now, his heart was as calm as still water. He did not feel embarrassed at all, as if it was only natural.
Of course, this was not because he had comprehended some profound Buddhist truth from the transformation of white bones and great beauty. In the past, when he had first transformed into a demon and could not accept his savage appearance, she had wholeheartedly given him her approval. Later on, when he underwent the tribulation and took human form, she did not like him more because he had become handsome, because she had long since reached the peak.
It didn't matter whether he gained or lost a portion of his luster, it didn't matter at all. Great beauty and white bones, in his heart, were equally beautiful. There was no difference between them.
"Yes, next, I have to start refining the sword." As Little Ann spoke, she took out the Buddha Slaying Sword. In reality, it was still just a sword embryo.
"What a good sword!" Li Qingshan accepted the Buddha Slaying sword. As his comprehension of the path of the sword deepened, his ability to appreciate swords grew stronger too. He sighed in amazement. "If I can truly forge this sword, then the Ten Renowned Swords and whatnot will all be scrap compared to it!"
"I wonder when the Three Absolutes Calligraphy will be completely restored." Little Ann changed her position. Back then, she was still young and used to sitting in his arms like a child. Now that she had grown a lot, it was a little awkward.
"Yeah. If we can comprehend the Way of the Sword within, our strength will definitely rise to a whole new level. We can go to the Ink sea and seek revenge against that old dragon even sooner!"
Speaking of which, Li Qingshan did not lack arcane treasures. The Asura Field counted as one, the Demon Dragon sword counted as another, and the Blood Oath Scroll and Yu Wufeng's Fogbow sword obviously belonged to him too. In the future, there was also a demonic treasure from the Unraging monk, a renowned sword from the Sword Collection palace (He was determined to pull out a renowned sword and make the Sword Collection palace feel the pinch), as well as the Traitorous Demon sword that he was about to refine.
All in all, he had as many as seven treasures. In the cultivation world of the Nine States, this could be said to be heaven-defying. It was rare for a cultivator of the Second Heavenly Tribulation Realm to have a treasure. Even among those great cultivators of the Third Heavenly Tribulation Realm, it was rare.
However, the one he looked forward to the most was still the Three Absolutes Calligraphy, and it was not just because of the Way of the Sword it contained. As a work left behind by the Five Absolutes Immortal, its power probably surpassed regular arcane treasures. He had specially left a piece of jade for Chu Danqing. Once he succeeded, he would crush it and notify him.
"Definitely!" Little Ann gripped the Buddha Slaying sword firmly, and a rare coldness appeared in her eyes. She could still remember how she felt like the world was about to end back then. Then she said to Li Qingshan, "But you're not allowed to take any risks."
"I still have to take some risks, or won't I have to wait until I'm about to ascend before I can go find him?" Li Qingshan pinched her nose with a smile. The Dragon King Of The Sea was basically a peak expert of this world. Any higher and he would be ascending to another world.
"I'll go with you." Little Ann bit his hand.
"Alright," Li Qingshan looked at the bite marks on his hand and said helplessly.
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