Demon Immortal Chapter 79 Changes

Duncan nimbly climbed the reef and stood atop it.

He saw a small stream of water trickling downwards to the reef from the other end and falling off the reef. Duncan cautiously made his way tracing back the stream of water. He didn't want to make camp and then find out later that he had intruded upon so other cannibal's territory.

Duncan wasn't keen on engaging in another fight before he restored his qi. And if there was a cannibal here, then it was probably stronger than other cannibals to occupy such a nice place. So, it was imperative that he figured out if there was any danger here.

Following the stream, Duncan ca to a tunnel of sorts that wasn't visible until the mont he ca near to it. Duncan saw the stream coming through it. After hesitating a bit, Duncan decided to check it out and stepped into this hidden tunnel, and made his way inside.

Duncan made his way in warily, ready for trouble to pop up any mont. Luckily for him, there was no other presence inside the tunnel. The tunnel ended in a dead end. There was a small opening to the side through which the stream was coming in.

The opening wasn't taller than his knee, so it was hard for him to check it out completely. Still, to be on the safer side, Duncan got down on his knees and looked into it. The opening seed to go on for a distance. He could see so light at the end of it, but Duncan didn't feel the need to check it out right now.

Duncan once again scanned the place for any signs of other beings present here and ca up empty. Breathing a sigh of relief, Duncan decided to make his camp here. Not that he had any equipnt to erect a proper camp, but considering his situation, this place looked like the perfect hideout for him to spend his week.

Moreover, the water level here was a little bit higher, making it ideal to have a drink from. After drinking his fill, Duncan moved a few paces away from the stream and took up his ditation position. Even then, Duncan was careful to keep his sword on his lap so that he would be able to retrieve it at a mont's notice.

Taking one last look at the spot, Duncan closed his eyes and began to restore his qi.

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Duncan opened his eyes, after a short session of ditation to restore his qi.

There was a bit of confusion present in his eyes. Usually, ditation cleared away the excess thoughts a practitioner would have to give them serenity. Duncan had experienced this whenever he cultivated prior to this.

But, this ti, Duncan felt a little restless.

The reason for it was the changes that his cultivation technique had gone through. When Duncan began the ditation session, he didn't expect any such changes. Even the booklet hadn't described anything similar to what was happening inside his body.

Initially, Duncan didn't even notice the change in his body. But, as ti passed, Duncan was able to see a slight change in his cultivation technique. Duncan's cultivation technique required him to cycle the accumulated qi in his body through his body.

​ That ant, the qi would travel through major ridians and other paths that were specified in the cultivation technique. One such place his accumulated qi had to pass through was his heart.

Until now, Duncan had not seen any kind of changes taking place. However, during this session, the qi that cycled through his heart ca out of it with a different hue attached to it.

There was a reddish-black hue attached to the qi that ca out of his heart. It was really different from the pure white qi that he had been circulating before this session. It made Duncan confused a bit.

He knew that he hadn't done anything differently. He had just cultivated last night and the result had been what it was before that. But, this ti, the hue of his qi had changed.

Normally, this should have freaked out Duncan. But, he was only confused because he had noticed that the new qi that ca out of his heart was sohow better in quality compared to the old qi he had been accustod to.

Not to ntion, the thin mbrane that had been preventing him from expanding his dantain broke through the mont the new qi touched it. Duncan knew that if he wished, he could break through to the next realm easily. This prevented Duncan from being alard by this sudden change.

But that didn't an he was confused as to the reason for this change. The only thing he had done differently was to kill a few cannibals in between his two cultivation sessions. Apart from that, everything was the sa as before.

As Duncan mulled over the issue, his master's words from earlier resonated in his heart.

"How many people have you slaughtered since you started cultivating?"

Duncan felt that he had understood what his master was asking the first ti around. But, with hindsight, he felt that his understanding had been only superficial to this point.

Duncan had rely thought that since the na of the technique he cultivated was , then he should kill a few people. But, he had never thought that there would be a link between the killings and the changes in his cultivation technique.

One couldn't fault Duncan for thinking like that. How was Duncan supposed to know that his technique would undergo such a change after he killed soone? He hadn't known much about cultivation before this month after all. So, it was only natural to assu such things.

At that mont Duncan realized that cultivation was not simple. There seed to be hidden conditions and transformations that have never been recorded in the scrolls. He didn't know why people forgot to ntion this kind of critical information. But, he was clear that this was the right path for his cultivation technique.

One might ask how Duncan ca to such a conclusion. In that case, Duncan would point out a few of the obvious indicators. One, his qi had changed dramatically in quality ever since the change. Two, the block he had found while cultivating to the next stage was nowhere to be found.

And last but not least, there was an intrinsic knowledge that ca from deep in his heart that this was the correct way. He didn't know how to articulate that feeling. But, it was there nevertheless.

To add to all this, Duncan felt that it was easier to cultivate currently compared to his earlier sessions. The speed at which his qi replenished was several tis faster than when he had practiced last night.

Earlier, it would take him half the night to restore the qi he had spent. But now, all it took was a single short session of ditation. The difference was too huge. The rate at which he absorbed qi was simply unimaginable.

Unbeknownst to Duncan, the reason why no one ntioned this change in the booklet was that no one encountered such a problem before. Usually, was reserved for only disciples who have proven their worth. Being a premier cultivation technique of the demonic path, not everyone could get their hands on this.

By the ti people got the opportunity to practice this technique, they would have accumulated slaughter aura quite a bit. And the hue of the qi changing to suit the temperant of the technique was a widely known fact in the cultivation world.

Unless soone was entirely new to cultivation like Duncan and got the opportunity to cultivate this technique right at the beginning, they wouldn't run into such a problem.

The reason Liang Tianye was able to imdiately identify that Duncan's usage of this technique was flawed was, one, because of his vast knowledge, and two, because he found clear attribute-less qi in Duncan's body.

Being a leader of the Demonic faction, Liang Tianye knew very well what kinds of attributes are common with demonic techniques. Seeing none of them made it easier for him to extrapolate on a probable reason and quiz Duncan on it.

However, what even Liang Tianye didn't expect was Duncan's qi to be of such a high quality after transformation. This could be attributed to the nascent Heart of Killing that Duncan has.

And there was another miscellaneous reason for Duncan to feel that he could absorb qi faster that he wasn't aware of. This cave had been a breeding ground for cannibals for countless years.

All the killings, feastings, and misery that this cave had been witness to, had made this cave rich in the demonic aura. So, the qi present inside this cave was slightly skewed to the demonic path. It made it easier for people practicing demonic techniques to cultivate here.

Regardless of the reasons, Duncan felt that he was blessed to experience such a change. He knew that if he was to survive this week inside this hellhole, then it was essential for him to beco stronger.

He had already co across one cannibal that was near to him in power. And he was pretty sure that cannibal wasn't the strongest one in this cave. So, it was imperative that he beca stronger sooner, rather than later.

And now, not only did his qi beco more purified, it even had so kind of an attribute to it. The only problem he had faced that prevented him from stepping into the next level was also now gone. That ant, he could easily step into the next realm.

Grinning madly, Duncan decided to just do that.

"It is ti for to feel the real effects of cultivation at last. The introductory booklet told that only when soone breaks through for the first ti will they get the real benefits of cultivation. It is ti to check it out," Duncan smiled happily and once more entered the ditation session.

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