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Only I was left in the room.
Shen Yi lay on the bed and summoned the panel.
Regarding martial arts cultivation, I knew nothing and learned many things from the woman, such as Qi Gathering Elixirs, Condensing Elixirs, Jade Liquid Boundary.
My thoughts couldn't help but wander.
A moment later, Shen Yi took out the meatball to test his idea.
It was slightly smaller than a chicken egg.
He closed his eyes, put it in his mouth, and a fishy bitterness spread from the tip of his tongue, but the breath of heaven and earth contained within was as attractive as honey.
Immediately after, Shen Yi started pouring his life essence into the Wind and Thunder Demon Subduing True Solution.
[Remaining demon lifespan: 672 years]
[In the first year, it took you seven months to remove the dross in the Beast Origin and only take the essence. At the same time, you did not forget to absorb the breath of heaven and earth, and your cultivation made rapid progress]
[You have successfully filled the sixth orifice; the Wind and Thunder Demon Subduing True Solution is partially accomplished. Yet, the essence of the Beast Origin is still pouring in nonstop, and you filled the seventh major orifice]
[You have comprehended Blood Fiend (flawed)]
[Remaining demon lifespan: 671 years]
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As he began pouring in the lifespan, surprise and shock surged in Shen Yi's eyes.
My idea was indeed correct.
As long as precious medicines are inside the body, they can influence the process of martial arts deduction.
But what he did not expect was that the effect would be so terrifying.
How long did it take to fill two orifices before? A full twenty years.
One Beast Origin ingested, and it's equivalent to twenty years of hard cultivation.
It also answered the question in Shen Yi's mind, which was that the lifespan of ordinary people is at most a hundred years, and even reaching Mortal Fetal Perfection and stepping into the Initial Realm would only extend one's life by another forty years.
However, demons often live for hundreds of years. The yellow-skinned creature, whose realm was even lower than my own, had lived for more than five hundred and seventy years.
In this game of give and take, demons simply outlast human masters.
It seems that the essence of martial arts cultivation is plundering. If one foolishly keeps asking from heaven and earth every day, by the time one's hair turns white, one would probably still be at the early stage of the Initial Realm.
"What is this Blood Fiend?"
Shen Yi looked at the panel, below his current martial arts, a new line of text had suddenly appeared.
[Blood Fiend (flawed): By ingesting the Beast Origin of a demon and being tainted by corruption, you perceive and absorb it, making the breath of heaven and earth within you carry a corrupting effect]
After reading the description, Shen Yi suddenly remembered the demon technique used by the yellow-skinned creature.
Don't say, if it wasn't for my realm being far higher than his, once the energy inside my body was drained, I might have ended up like those skeletons, turning into pus.
"At least it adds a bit of offensive capability."
Shen Yi steadied his mind and continued pouring the demon lifespan.
[In the twenty-seventh year, you filled the eighth orifice. Since the energy inside your body was too abundant and tainted with your own scent, it conflicted with the pure breath of heaven and earth, and your cultivation progress slowed down]
[In the forty-ninth year, you filled all nine orifices; the Wind and Thunder Demon Subduing True Solution is greatly accomplished]
Perhaps because he was wealthy and mighty, Shen Yi didn't feel distressed and prepared to fully charge it all at once.
[In the seventy-second year, you finally filled the tenth orifice; this world gradually became clearer to your eyes]
[In the one hundred and fourth year, when water is full, it will overflow; your body was saturated and could no longer contain a bit of excess energy; all twelve orifices are full, the Wind and Thunder Demon Subduing True Solution is perfected]
[Remaining demon lifespan: 568 years]
If cultivating a technique guarantees reaching perfection, then deducing new techniques is truly like drawing a lottery.
Shen Yi hesitated for a moment, set aside three hundred years for another use, and poured all the remaining part in.
Immediately after, a series of identical prompts directly muddled his brain.
[In the first year, even though your realm is perfected, you believe in progressing rather than regressing. You still refine yourself diligently every day, tirelessly asking for more from heaven and earth…]
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[In the tenth year, you continue to demand more…]
[In the twentieth year, you're still demanding…]
Rows of prompts leapt up rapidly, then were squeezed out by the next ones.
This repeated countless times.
Shen Yi's palm began to sweat, and just when he could hardly bear to stop, a line of text distinctly different from the previous ones finally flashed before his eyes.
[In the hundred and thirtieth year, perhaps as a reward for your diligence, a whiff of breath in your first major orifice suddenly condensed, turning into droplets of Jade Dew]
[In the hundred and fiftieth year, the second droplet of Jade Dew appeared]
[In the two hundred and sixty-eighth year, nearly half of the breath within your first major orifice had turned into Jade Dew]
[Remaining lifespan of the Demon: three hundred years]
Shen Yi's expression was complex as he barely came to realize what had happened.
Condensing breath into liquid, connecting to what Lin Baiwei mentioned about the Jade Liquid Boundary, it wasn't hard to surmise that this must be the transformation into the next realm.
Perhaps when all the breath in the twelve major orifices had turned into Jade Liquid, one could truly be said to have stepped into the next realm.
The problem was, he had not found the way!
In his deductions, he had been endlessly using the most foolish method, forcibly piling up time to convert the breath within his body.
How much lifespan of a demon was needed to fill a major orifice?
It wasn't even a matter of diminishing returns, it was simply squandering and wasting.
Shen Yi closed his eyes to feel the change within his body and discovered that the Jade Liquid, apart from being more substantial than ordinary breath, seemed to have no further effect.
He sighed and turned his attention to the remaining martial arts.
The remaining three hundred years were prepared for them.
Blade Technique, Fist Technique, Light Body Skill.
Shen Yi recalled his previous battle with the yellow-skinned creature; what he lacked the most now was definitely offensive methods.
He chose the Demon-subduing Sword Technique.
[In the first year, even though this Blade Technique already seems too simple for your current realm, you still picked it up again, practicing it just as rigorously as when you first dabbled in Martial Arts]
Perhaps it was because he had suffered too much before, or maybe it was a turn for the better.
Soon, Shen Yi's brows unfurled.
[In the forty-sixth year, you swung the final slash, feeling a refreshing surge through your body; the basic moves melded in your mind and gradually became something entirely new]
[In the fiftieth year, you had comprehended an entire set of Blade Techniques, but inexplicably, you felt it was not enough as you watched the mist winding around your fingertips, sinking into deep thought]
[In the fifty-fifth year, you mastered the Initial Stage Blood Fiend Saber Technique]
[Remaining lifespan of the Demon: two hundred and forty-five years]
[Initial Stage Blood Fiend Saber Technique (Beginner)]
As the countless lifespans were poured in, the realm of the Blade Technique began to soar rapidly, from beginner to perfection.
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As the cock crowed at dawn.
In the Bailiff's Room of the Baiyun County Office, the place was surprisingly packed with bailiffs.
Chen Ji stood in the middle, with thirteen dog demon heads by his side.
In the seat of honor, an old man with white hair and beard sat upright, wearing a blue Mandarin jacket. His eyes were shut, and he gripped the armrests tightly with his bony hands, the blue veins on the backs of his hands bulging fiercely.
"Eunuch Clerk Liu, exorcising demons is also part of our duties..." Song Changfeng gently explained.
Upon hearing this, the old man slowly opened his eyes, glanced over the demon heads on the floor, then quickly looked away as if he couldn't bear to look any longer.
He waved his hand, "I don't have the ability, it's your capabilities, it's Officer Shen's capabilities... Since that's the case, let him take care of the demon affairs as well."
Mid-speech, Liu Dianli suddenly stood up, furiously kicking over the table in front of him.
"All of it, handed over to him alone!"