The marriage was ruined.
The day after Lu Sheng returned to the Prime Devil Sect, he received an apology from Shangyang Jiuli.
The letter was delivered by a black bird. It was about the details of his attitude towards Shangyang Ruo. She had unilaterally canceled the engagement. She didn't say anything about another day or another time. It was just a simple, polite, and complete rejection.
Regarding this matter, Shangyang Jiuli even wrote a long letter to Lu Sheng, explaining the reason and compensating him.
The Prime Devil Sect was also on the right track. More and more people joined the sect. Every day, they would cultivate their secret arts. It was a big deal, but most of them were rookies. Some hadn't even reached the Bind level.
"Clack."
Lu Sheng buckled his waist pouch and walked out of the cave. Liu Shanzi had been in seclusion lately. Other than seeing He Xiang every morning, he spent the rest of his time in his cave.
When Lu Sheng passed by, he couldn't help but take a few more glances. Then, he quickened his pace, descended the stone steps, and hurried towards his cultivation area.
The disciples who passed by all greeted him respectfully, and Lu Sheng returned their greetings.
Soon, he crossed the dangerous suspension bridge and came to the library. There were many disciples studying in the library.
Lu Sheng slowed down and sped towards the depths of the Prime Devil Sect.
Before long, he returned to the small lake in the River of Poisoned Fog. Moving away the boulder he had purposely used to block the door, Lu Sheng walked in slowly and saw that the lake had returned to its original state.
Ever since he found the mud statue of the multi-armed monster last time, he felt that there must be some big secret hidden here.
In addition, the concealment of this place was better than that of the cave, so he simply dug a hole in the cave wall next to the small lake and went inside to cultivate.
Following the wall to the right, Lu Sheng quickly found the cave entrance where he had carved the symbol.
He moved it lightly and went in.
The cave was empty, and the walls were smooth. He had just washed it with the river water and burned it with his inner Qi. It was clean.
'The Phantom Listening Devil Body is the peak state of the secret art after being possessed by the Yin Devil. This time, I can try to see if I can last longer when I touch the traces of a Holy Weapon in this state. "
Lu Sheng quickly sat down with his legs crossed. He took out Liu Xi's jade box and slowly opened it.
There was only a little bit of white ash left in the jade box. The radiation at the Source level was also many times weaker than it was at the beginning.
Boom!!
Without another word, Lu Sheng first transformed into his Yang Extreme Mode. Then, he rapidly shrank his body size and transformed into his third form, the Destroyer Form, which was a combination of Yin and Yang. Black flames burned around him, and there was a faint murmur that confused the mind. It was as if someone was whispering in his ear.
"Come on … Let's try again …"
Lu Sheng stretched out his hand, and exquisite and complicated patterns appeared on his sharp claws.
The greenish-black claws slowly touched the white ash in the jade box.
Whoosh!!
A large amount of black flames gathered in a frenzy, then turned into drops of viscous black liquid, dripping onto the white ash.
Hiss!!
Lu Sheng channeled at least fifty percent of his Prime Devil Qi, which he ignited into a high-temperature poisonous flame. It turned into a liquid form and dripped onto the white ash.
But the instant the poisonous flame touched the Destroyer, a burst of white smoke exploded.
Through the white smoke, Lu Sheng watched helplessly as the poisonous flame was quickly neutralized by the white ash, like a droplet of water being dried up by fire. Before the poisonous flame actually touched the white ash, it had already disappeared.
'This is the remnant radiation of a Holy Weapon? How can it still be so powerful! What … kind of power is this!!? 'Lu Sheng was shocked.
"The Source level, the Source level … ordinary Elemental Energy and the Source level …" he mumbled, and continued to channel more poisonous flame. But it was to no avail. The white ash did not seem to be consumed at all. Perhaps it was consumed, but it was so minute that it was almost invisible.
After a long while, when Lu Sheng's poisonous flame had reached its limit, the white ash remained the same, as before.
Thick white smoke almost enveloped the entire cave, so thick that one could not even see their fingers in front of them.
But Lu Sheng had no intention of going out for a breather. He just sat quietly beside the jade box, staring at the remaining white ash, deep in thought.
'The Source level … the Source level … maybe I should try liquefied inner Qi,' he suddenly thought of something.
Putting his thoughts into action, Lu Sheng extended his index finger again. Inner Qi circulated rapidly, slowly forcing out a drop of Ultimate Crimson Nine Furies Skill liquefied Qi from his meridians through his finger.
"Szzz …"
The liquefied Qi was more like a pill condensed from countless wisps of red smoke. Only the size of a fingernail, it slowly seeped out of Lu Sheng's finger.
As soon as this liquefied Qi appeared, the entire cave suddenly heated up, as if standing next to a furnace. The heat even caused the cave walls that Lu Sheng had previously burned to show signs of melting.
'A Holy Weapon is actually a collection of even larger Divine Weapon fragments. It's just that it can be used freely after being harmonized. So the nature of its power should be no different from a Divine Weapon or a Devil Blade. As long as I can withstand a Holy Weapon … '
Lu Sheng gently brought the liquefied Qi closer to the white ash. This time, there was finally a slight change.
The white ash was diminishing at a visible rate, and the liquefied Qi was diminishing at a much faster rate than the white ash.
'There's hope!' Lu Sheng's heart leaped with joy.
He quickly prepared to force out a new batch of liquefied Qi. However, a strange scene appeared.
The Ultimate Crimson Nine Furies Skill in his chest, where he had stored liquefied Qi, had actually been completely restored after losing a drop of liquefied Qi.
'Could it be replenished by Aquarius Qi?' Lu Sheng checked on Yin Yang Jade Crane Aquarius Qi's liquefied Qi. There was no change at all. It was still full of ten drops.
Suddenly, he noticed that a chunk of his Devil Qi had disappeared.
'Could it be …' His eyes widened. 'The Prime Devil Sect's Phantom Listening Devil Body can actually be used to restore inner Qi??'
Refusing to believe it, he tried again.
A new drop of Ultimate Crimson Nine Furies Skill liquefied Qi was forced out and dripped onto the white ash.
"Szzz …"
The white ash disappeared even faster. Soon, only a tiny remnant was left.
And Lu Sheng discovered that a new drop of liquefied Qi had formed out of thin air where he had just forced out the liquefied Qi.
Another chunk of Prime Devil Qi had been depleted. But for the Phantom Listening Devil Body, this bit of depletion was replenished in the blink of an eye.
'That's amazing!!' Lu Sheng was astounded. His thousand-year cultivation had greatly increased his power after Immolation, but replenishing inner Qi was also a huge project. It would take at least a few days for him to recover completely.
But now, he had Prime Devil Qi to replenish it. Based on the reserves of the Phantom Listening Devil Body, he calculated the amount of Prime Devil Qi that had disappeared just now.
Lu Sheng accurately calculated that he would need at least 20 bursts of Prime Devil Qi in one go to instantly deplete all of it. And this was under the assumption that the Phantom Listening Devil Body did not automatically recover.
In reality, the Devil Body's recovery ability was off the charts. After 20 bursts, the Devil Body had already recovered by more than half.
This could be repeated almost infinitely. As long as the Yin Devils had enough Devil Qi.
In reality, the Phantom Listening Devil Body's reserves of Prime Devil Qi mainly relied on the Yin Devils as external reserves. And Lu Sheng's nine Yin Devils were unprecedented, and their reserves far exceeded that of others. Naturally, they could reach such a monstrous level.
'Looks like this Phantom Listening Devil Body is not as simple as I thought. It's very useful.' Lu Sheng did not try again. There was not much white ash left in the Holy Weapon. He had basically come up with the conversion results.
According to the units he defined, he divided the white ash into ten parts, each of which was a unit of ten.
And one unit of white ash carried the power of source that could offset 25 units of liquefied Qi. And this was the radiation power of the Holy Weapon that had been weakened many times over.
'It's not on the same level at all.' Lu Sheng gave up.
This meant that he had to compress his liquefied Qi to at least 25 times its current strength to reach the weakened level of the residual power of the Holy Weapon.
And to strengthen the liquefied Qi required an even stronger physical body, and his current physical body had already been strengthened to the limits of one's imagination.
'I need a body that is at least 25 times stronger than the weakened version of the residual power of source. What about the residual power of source? What about the true power of source? 'For the first time, Lu Sheng felt a strong sense of helplessness.
He did not know how much Mental Energy he would need to reach that level.
'If only the power of source can fight against the power of source, then I need to find the power of source that is most suitable for me. Or rather, I need to figure out what the power of source is?' He let out a long sigh. 'And what is the biggest difference between the power of source and ordinary power?'
Inside the cave, white smoke filled the air. Lu Sheng sat on the ground, deep in thought.
'The power of devils can fight against the power of source, so it should be at the same level as them. Perhaps it's also a different kind of source. Then why did the Prime Devil Secret Art, which imitates the power of devils, fall to the level of ordinary elemental power? '
He suddenly remembered the existence sealed by the saber in the Secret Arts Hall.
'Perhaps it knows the answer.'
At this thought, he stood up impatiently and left the cave. He returned to his Extreme Yin Mode and sped toward the Secret Arts Hall.
He did not stop along the way, and soon arrived at the entrance of the Secret Arts Hall.
There were two new disciples standing guard outside the Secret Arts Hall. When they saw Lu Sheng, they hurriedly greeted him. Lu Sheng smiled and comforted them.
"Thank you for your hard work, Junior Brothers."
"This is what we should do. You're too kind, Senior Brother," one of them replied with a smile.
Lu Sheng nodded and strode through the entrance of the Secret Arts Hall. Inside, there were still spikes sticking out of the ground. The chains on them were clean, as if they had been cleaned.
He walked to the entrance of the hall and gave it a light push. The door slowly opened a gap, and he hurriedly dashed in.
After passing through the various areas of the Secret Arts Hall with ease, Lu Sheng quickly returned to the strange little room from before.
The long saber in the room was still stabbed into the big rock in the center, unmoving.
Lu Sheng strode up the rock and reached for the saber. Then, he slowly pulled it up.
"Hiss …"
As the saber slowly moved up, a slight vibration began to spread from the bottom of the rock to the whole room.
"I … have already fallen asleep … Ugh, it's you again!!" The deep evil voice suddenly became angry. It obviously recognized Lu Sheng.
"You're planning to make fun of me again?!"
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