bookbashuk Chapter 135 includes the Ancient Demon with Candle Eyes and the Royal Family.
Chapter 135 includes the Ancient Demon with Candle Eyes and the Royal Family.
Inside the dark blue-green stone pillar forest.
"Alive!?"
"Their senses are so sharp!"
When Lin Li saw the orange-yellow fur ball inside the sealing array, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.
This ancient demon seems a bit different!
My divine sense swept over this small sealing array, and the sealing power on it was only at the Foundation Establishment stage.
Even if this ancient demon were alive, after being sealed for so many years, its magical power and cultivation would at most only be at the Foundation Establishment stage.
then.
Lin Li cast a hand seal onto the Soul Suppressing Seal, breaking the concealment power on it.
Do you recognize this ancient demon?
Lin Li transmitted his voice to Lei Feng, the remnant soul of the ancient demon within the sealed space.
"what?"
"This seems to be from the Candle Eye clan."
"This ancient demon of the Candle Eye clan seems to still have some vitality left. If it is freed, it will be very easy to escape."
"The Candle Eye Clan's escape technique is extremely strange; it is a spirit escape technique."
"Not only is their spiritual power strong, but their escape techniques are also absolutely top-tier among their peers."
"It can even be compared to that lightning-based technique that is almost like teleportation."
"However, this ancient demon of the Candle Eyes clan has another special use. Once you can subdue it and take it as your demon servant, you can obtain a spirit escape mark from it through the power of the contract."
"With this mark, one can also unleash about 40-50% of the Spirit Escape Technique, relying solely on this escape technique."
"Even though you are only at the late stage of Core Formation, you can still achieve a speed comparable to that of the early stage of Nascent Soul."
"Young friend, you are truly blessed with good fortune."
"I never expected that one of the concealment formations I sensed back then would contain a member of the Candle Eye Clan."
They were familiar with the Candle Eye Clan, a relatively rare demon bloodline in the Spirit Realm. Both human and demon cultivators generally desired to have a Candle Eye Clan demon servant.
It's comparable to a top-tier escape talisman.
"Oh?"
"The mark of the Spirit Escape Technique!"
Upon hearing that possessing the Spirit Escape Mark would allow one's escape speed to rival that of a Nascent Soul cultivator in the early stages, Lin Li's eyes lit up. With such a remarkable effect, it would naturally be best to form a demon servant contract with it.
If one could have the blessing of this Spirit Escape Mark, then in the third stage, during the great battle between Nascent Soul stage cultivators, one would be able to have some self-protection ability.
Even when pursued by Nascent Soul stage cultivators, they are able to cope.
"Young friend, this rat demon."
"Would you be willing to make a deal?"
"If you can release me, I will definitely help you obtain a Nascent Soul spiritual item!"
"To help you form an infant."
"I only beg you, young friend, to spare my life."
"I have been imprisoned here for far too many years."
"All I want is to gain my freedom and escape from here."
At this moment, before Lin Li could even speak...
Xuanzhao, the orange-yellow fur ball inside the sealing formation, couldn't hold back any longer and spoke first.
There's nothing we can do; he's been sealed here for far too many years.
Upon waking up this time, I already sensed the weakness of my body. My strength was practically reduced to one-tenth of its former glory. If this rate of decline continued, it was possible that if I were to fall asleep again, I might never wake up again.
Having finally encountered a living demon, and being an ancient demon himself, he naturally couldn't let this opportunity slip by easily.
"A Nascent Soul Spiritual Object!"
"That's not bad."
"However, that's not enough."
"Follow me for a hundred years, becoming my demon servant."
"I am quite interested in your spirit escape mark."
Lin Li nodded and said.
When Lin Li mentioned the Spirit Escape Mark, Xuanzhao of the Candle Eye Clan was startled and had many thoughts in his mind.
In Xuanzhao's view, the fact that this rat demon knew the purpose of their Zhumu clan meant that it was probably an ancient demon that had escaped from other magic arrays.
Although the aura and vitality emanating from this rat demon do not seem to belong to any ancient demon race, it is very likely that it has been possessed by an ancient demon, which is why it is reacting this way.
"century…"
Xuanzhao hesitated for a moment.
Now, Xuanzhao's physical body is on the verge of collapse within this sealing formation, and his spiritual cultivation is also about to be completely worn away.
If it weren't for the long lifespan of the Candle Eye clan, and their mastery of life-locking techniques!
I fell into a deep sleep.
The reason they were able to survive in this sealing formation without becoming a remnant soul is because of the innate supernatural abilities of the Candle Eye clan.
Even if there is a way to lock one's life.
Even if they manage to leave the sealing array alive in their current state, they will only have a little over a hundred years to live.
Only by achieving a breakthrough in one's cultivation level can one's lifespan be extended.
"At least I'll be able to leave this place alive..."
"Let's break the seal first."
After hesitating for no more than three breaths, Xuanzhao's eyes were filled with determination.
This deal is more beneficial than harmful.
"it is good."
"A Hundred Years of Spiritual Servants".
"I agree."
"This is my soul blood, and a wisp of my original divine soul essence."
"They can all be entrusted to the master."
Inside the sealing array, Xuanzhao took out his own soul blood and a wisp of grayish-white divine soul essence, and attached them to the sealing array.
In the blink of an eye.
Outside the formation, the spirit-devouring rune between the eyebrows of Lin Li flashed with a ray of silver light, and a silver dragon more than half a foot long flew out from the rune and coiled around the sealing formation on the surface of the stone pillar.
"Innate supernatural ability: Soul Devouring."
The Devouring Treasure Python growled and slightly opened its mouth, emanating an astonishing suction force that began to devour the sealing formation that had been coiled around it.
In the blink of an eye, the sealing array shattered.
The soul blood and a wisp of divine soul essence within the magic array were immediately swallowed into the dragon's belly. Lin Li, having taken control of the Xuanzhao soul blood of the Zhumu clan, also obtained fragments of memories about Xuanzhao of the Zhumu clan from the other party's soul blood and that wisp of divine consciousness essence.
In the memory.
This member of the Candle Eye Clan, named Xuanzhao, was born atop a giant golden tree in a secluded secret realm, where golden, jade-like branches shimmered with spiritual light.
In the blink of an eye, a colossal claw descended, snatching away a large number of orange-yellow furballs of the Candle Eye Clan, leaving chaos in its wake.
At that moment, Xuanzhao took advantage of the space of this independent secret realm being broken and escaped through the spatial rift.
after that.
Xuanzhao was then captured by a black ape whose body was as large as a mountain, and thrown into the secret realm of Lingxu City, where it was sealed in a magic array.
At this moment, Lin Li could clearly feel that Xuan Zhao's life and death were now in his hands.
"This is a spiritual pact that has lasted for a hundred years."
"You will be free a hundred years from now."
With a wave of his hand, Lin Li's magical power and divine soul power merged into a spiritual contract paper. The paper was entirely constructed of spiritual energy, and it contained writing about the hundred-year spiritual contract.
"Thank you, Master."
"Xuanzhao will surely assist its master in obtaining the Nascent Soul artifact, thus successfully forming the Nascent Soul!"
Xuanzhao, who was shaped like an orange pom-pom, spoke in a boyish voice, his tone very firm.
boom!
Right now.
Having successfully escaped from the sealing formation, Xuanzhao began to devour the surrounding spiritual energy without restraint, and his own cultivation level and spiritual power began to surge rapidly.
Originally, his cultivation level was only at the early stage of Foundation Establishment, and he was about to fall to the Qi Refining stage.
Now that they've escaped their predicament, it's like a dragon entering the sea.
Mid-stage Foundation Establishment!
Late foundation building!
...
Early stage of Core Formation!
...
It wasn't until he reached the peak of the early stage of Core Formation that he finally stopped.
Even so, the speed of this realm advancement is still slowly progressing.
When Xuanzhao was originally captured, he seemed to be an ancient demon in the Nascent Soul stage.
now.
After Lin Li extracted a wisp of power from that soul blood and refined it, a prompt appeared before his eyes indicating that he could collect the bloodline.
[Inclusion successful]
[Fourth-tier superior bloodline (Ancient Demon), Candle-Eyed Spirit Demon! (King)]
On the Reincarnation Plate.
Suddenly, a huge orange-yellow fur ball, four or five zhang in diameter, appeared. The fur ball's eyes turned pure silver, and as it blinked, a chilling aura emanated from its eyes.
His body exuded an extremely strong pressure from the Nascent Soul stage bloodline.
To Lin Li's surprise, the Nine-Colored Flowing Phoenix, which originally occupied the center of the Reincarnation Plate, has now given way to the Candle-Eyed Spirit Demon.
Lin Li also noticed that there was a "king" character behind the bloodline of this Candle-Eyed Spirit Demon. Could it be a royal bloodline among the Candle-Eyed Spirit Demons?
It is blessed by this royal bloodline.
Then wouldn't the bloodline potential of this Candle-Eyed Spirit Demon reach the fifth rank, the appearance of a Nascent Soul cultivator?
"Xuanzhao is of royal blood from the Zhumu clan!?"
Lin Li naturally understood what this bloodline indicated, and that was precisely why it was a reasonable deduction.
"I wonder if the master has any spirit stones in his storage bag for future use?"
"If I had a few tens of thousands more spirit stones, I could raise my cultivation to the mid-stage of Core Formation, which would allow me to better help my master fight against the enemy."
Xuanzhao opened his single, black-and-white eye and spoke with a hint of anticipation in his eyes.
"It certainly exists."
Lin Li raised his hand and took out a storage bag, which he had also borrowed. It contained nearly 100,000 spirit stones, some of which he could use to help Xuan Zhao advance his cultivation and successfully advance to the mid-stage of Core Formation.
This is certainly beneficial to Lin Li.
After all, Xuanzhao's current identity is Lin Li's spirit servant.
After the storage bag was opened, a torrent of spirit stones flew out and swirled around Xuanzhao, whose orange-yellow fur ball had swelled to a diameter of two feet.
"Is this the Spirit Escape Mark?"
now.
Lin Li sensed a round, five-colored spirit jade appear deep within his sea of consciousness.
These spirit jade imprints and runes flickered erratically, appearing mysterious and extraordinary.
When Lin Li's divine sense landed on the spirit jade, he instantly sensed that the surrounding five elements of spiritual energy had become exceptionally active.
When Lin Li's divine sense landed on the spirit jade, he instantly sensed that the surrounding five elements of spiritual energy had become exceptionally active.
The five elements of spiritual energy in his line of sight converged into a spiritual mist, and faintly visible within the mist were threads that stretched into the distance. When Lin Li flew to the path of these threads...
It sensed the surrounding multicolored spiritual energy and emitted a pushing force, propelling it forward as it flew.
With just a simple use of his own magical power, his figure moved like lightning, instantly reaching a hundred feet away.
"This is the spiritual imprint of the royal bloodline of the Candle Eye clan."
"With such an effect, it must be far superior to the spirit escape marks on other ancient demons with the Candle Eyes."
Lin Li pondered to himself.
At the same time, he tried out some hand seals. At this speed, when flying at full speed, it is definitely comparable to the powerful speed of the early stage of the Nascent Soul stage, and may even be better.
The surrounding five elements of spiritual energy pushed him forward as if by invisible giant hands.
After flying for a short while...
Having gained initial control over this astonishing speed, Lin Li returned to Xuanzhao's side, whose cultivation had recovered to the peak of the mid-stage of Core Formation.
"Very good."
Lin Li looked at it and saw that it had grown much larger, now nearly two meters in diameter. The huge orange-yellow ball looked fluffy and felt very soft to the touch.
Immediately, Lin Li landed on Xuan Zhao's body, sitting cross-legged on what felt like several layers of soft blankets. It was very comfortable.
"Walk."
"Go to this location."
Lin Li sent a wisp of divine thought into Xuan Zhao's sea of consciousness. The location from which the message was sent was one of the ancient sealing array marks given by Lei Feng within the Soul Suppressing Seal.
The magic array given by the remnant soul of this old demon was indeed very well concealed.
This brought Lin Li a great deal of benefits.
"Yes, Master."
Xuanzhao sensed the continuous influx of the five elements' spiritual energy into his body and quickly adapted to his new identity. Regardless, he was simply staying by the side of this treasure-devouring rat for a hundred years.
Once they regain their freedom, they can choose to possess another body.
It's still possible to live for several hundred more years.
Once he recovers his Nascent Soul stage cultivation, his lifespan may be extended to some extent. Living under someone else's roof for the time being is just to better survive.
...
"Congratulations, young friend, on the birth of your spirit servant."
"The speed at which you now travel is definitely comparable to that of most early-stage Nascent Soul cultivators!"
Thunder and wind within the Soul-Suppressing Seal.
Upon seeing Xuanzhao, who had been subdued by Lin Li outside, he seemed to be deep in thought.
Perhaps this is one possible approach.
Perhaps after discussing it with this treasure-devouring rat, I could temporarily recognize him as my master and then gain my freedom.
This is something that can be considered.
After all, who would want to die if they could live?
Even though he was a ghost cultivator, Lei Feng wanted to cultivate to the Nascent Soul realm, and then use that Nascent Soul realm to choose an ascension path from the mortal world and return to the spirit world.
His bloodline descendants reside in the Spirit Realm, and if possible, Lei Feng naturally wishes to return to the Spirit Realm.
Regardless, the spiritual energy in the lower realm is definitely not as good as that in the spirit realm. Cultivators in the lower realm can only reach the Nascent Soul stage at most. Only by ascending to the spirit realm can they continue their cultivation.
"Senior Lei, do you know anything about escape techniques or anything like that?"
"The best would be the Five Elements Escape Technique."
Lin Li transmitted his voice to Lei Feng, who was inside the Soul-Suppressing Seal's sealed space.
If I could acquire a Five Elements Escape Technique, the speed of my current escape technique could be increased by at least 10% or 20%.
In this way, even most early-stage Nascent Soul cultivators might not be able to catch up with him.