Tide-listening Pavilion, third floor.
After some repairs, the original prison had long since disappeared.
Instead, there were nine winding corridors that connected different areas. There was also an indoor pool where several carps swam freely in the pool.
Next to the pool was a cluster of dark green bamboo, verdant and glistening.
Zhong Shenxiu sat peacefully in a grand wooden armchair. Beside her was a woman in white with a sweet smile. She had a pointy face and an extremely scholarly aura.
"Right, I forgot to ask. What's your name again?"
He put down an ancient scripture and suddenly asked.
"Everything this servant has was given to me by Master. It was also because of Master that I obtained a new life. Please bestow me a name, Master."
The scholarly girl bowed and said.
"Fine … there's a path in a mountain of books. I'll call you … Qin Weiyin."
Chung Shen-soo casually made a decision.
This Qin Weiyin was naturally the previous Pavilion Master of Tide-listening Pavilion.
Ever since he had completely taken control of the other party, Chung Shen-soo felt that although information creatures had many advantages, it was not convenient for them to appear in front of others. Thus, he helped the other party out.
He only needed to slightly modify the information on the template before Qin Weiyin easily broke free from the state of Qi deviation and successfully transformed into a human.
Moreover, he still had the ability to transform into a demon at any time. His strength did not decrease but instead increased. Now, he might be comparable to an eighth realm cultivator — Ethereal Opening.
Ethereal Opening cultivators had extremely fine senses and could sense all kinds of mysterious sources. They also had certain techniques to protect themselves.
One more step was the ninth realm — Divine Transformation!
A Divine Transformation cultivator's essence, energy, and spirit had completely changed and reached a certain level of perfection. It could be said to be the peak of cultivators.
One more step was to comprehend some extremely dangerous principles of the heavens. If they were not careful, they could be Dao-Converted!
Dao-Converted was to be assimilated by the Heavenly Dao. It was very likely that they would become crazy or become a monster. Death was the best outcome.
If a cultivator could suppress the Dao-Conversion and refine it for their own use, they could break free and become known as a Daoist Great Sage!
This kind of Great Sage was a peerless character in this world. There might only be a few in the Righteous Path and Immortal Path.
As for the unorthodox path?
Due to the fact that the techniques they practiced were too unorthodox and evil, the price was too high, and very few cultivators possessed fundamental techniques, there was a high chance of them going berserk.
There were very few Great Saints among the rogue cultivators.
From what Zhong Shenxiu had seen in the ancient texts, there was only a single Daoist Moving Mountain. He had once appeared in the 'chaos of the Demon Star' sixty years ago. He had repelled a great vicious level demon, and was given the honorific title – Great Sage Moving Mountain!
"Thank you for the name, Master."
Qin Weiyin was overjoyed and bowed repeatedly.
Just by looking at her appearance, it was impossible to associate this scholarly girl with the fiendish demon who had devoured the scholarly aura.
"What is Fang Lang's current cultivation?"
Waving his hand to dismiss Qin Weiyin, Chung Shen-soo compared the Daoist system he saw with Fang Lang's physique and magic power.
"This person was originally dead, and only his corpse was left. I used the Great Yin Form Refining Art to revive him and use him as a shelter … If it was the complete version of the Great Yin Form Refining Art, once I successfully cultivate it, I would definitely become an Undead Immortal! In other words, I would become a Great Sage of Daoism?!
"Unfortunately, I only cultivated the inferior version, and I didn't put too much effort into it. Now, I can barely be considered to have the status of a Great Sage of Daoism, but I don't have the corresponding magic power or mystical abilities … Fortunately, I only need to replenish my energy, and I will soon be able to live up to my name."
The few times Chung Shen-soo had made a move, he had only dealt with some minor characters.
The only demon of civilization had also used a trick, using his status and skills to easily kill him.
In reality, if his current body did not use any special abilities, he would only be on par with Qin Weiyin.
"But … I can quickly grow stronger."
Chung Shen-soo rolled up an ancient book and rolled it into a cylinder like a newspaper. Then, he stuffed it into his mouth and swallowed it.
"My current situation is that I only have the status, but my power has not reached it yet. I am like an empty water tank, and I only need to keep adding water."
"And by devouring these items that have their own power, I can quickly replenish it."
He casually picked up a black ancient book. Originally, there were some murmurs lingering around it, and it seemed to be slowly but actually quickly reciting lines of mysterious text.
After Chung Shen-soo picked it up, the ancient book started to tremble violently, and a rolling eye appeared on the cover.
Crack!
Then, Chung Shen-soo bit down mercilessly, and a huge gap appeared on the book. There seemed to be black blood flowing out from the edge.
"Hmm … It tastes like a pancake, crunchy, and has its own sauce. Not bad, not bad …"
He ate and drank to his heart's content, and his aura became very mysterious again.
If an ordinary cultivator recklessly swallowed all kinds of pills, they might be contaminated by the strange power contained in the pills, not to mention directly swallowing all kinds of raw materials.
Cultivation in this world was full of risks, and advancing bravely would only be courting death.
But Chung Shen-soo seemed to have broken this law.
"I wonder when the fake Undead Immortals will no longer be fake …"
While he was muttering to himself, he suddenly saw Qin Weiyin walk in. "Master …"
"What happened?"
Asked Chung Shen-soo with a frown.
"The master of Full Moon Market, Black Nightmare Old Man, just came to test me, wanting to know about Master …"
Qin Weiyin bowed.
Tide-listening Pavilion was only one of the major forces in Full Moon Market, not the entire force.
Previously, when Old Man Li was trying to find out about Chung Shen-soo, he secretly encouraged Black Three and Black Four to test him. Later, Black Three and Black Four were killed and turned into black donkeys. The manager of Full Moon Market did not come to cause trouble, and it was Tide-listening Pavilion who used their connections to suppress it.
Thus, Black Nightmare Old Man clearly knew some of Tide-listening Pavilion's plans.
"This is a test, not a test of me, but a test of you!"
Chung Shen-soo understood. "You haven't come out for a long time, and the number of Tide-listening Pavilion's decoders is beyond normal, which is enough for Black Nightmare Old Man to detect a problem. Now, he wants to test your state …"
"Master, do you want me to deal with him?"
Qin Weiyin licked her lips, turning from a bookworm to a seductive beauty in an instant. "Black Nightmare Old Man cultivates the Great Dream Heart Sutra, which is said to be able to enter dreams to kill people and incarnate into thousands of people … This Daoist book seems to be related to the legendary Great Ferocious Demon, Mental Demon Prince. He is probably in the eighth realm of cultivation, the Ethereal Opening realm. He couldn't beat him before, but now he wants to try … "
"Well, just go and teach him a lesson."
Chung Shen-soo said noncommittally.
In his opinion, this was just a small matter.
What he was really concerned about was this Black Nightmare Old Man. He clearly cultivated the Devil Path scriptures, but why did the Righteous Sect and the Immortal Square Sect seem to not care about it at all?
On second thought, it was clear that there was no good or evil power. If these cultivators who cultivated the unorthodox path degenerated into demons and performed a large-scale blood sacrifice, they would definitely be dealt with.
But if they only obtained power through the unorthodox path scriptures and still considered themselves humans, they could still be considered a force on the Heavenly Demon Battlefield.
"It can't be that there are too many unorthodox Great Sages that the Righteous Sect and the Immortal Square Sect are afraid to take action, right?"
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