Half a day later.
A giant bird landed on a desolate hill, releasing a pavilion—the Carefree Pavilion.
Sitting upright in the Bihai Chaosheng Tingyu Tower, Zhong Shenxiu brewed a pot of tea.
Behind him, a pink escape light no longer hesitated, landed on the pavilion, and revealed the fiery figure of Cui Yingying, who bowed deeply and said, "This humble girl Cui Yingying is deeply thankful for the lifesaving grace of Creation Ancestor and has nothing to offer in return..."
"That’s easy, you can just offer yourself in marriage,"
Zhong Shenxiu held his teacup and suddenly smiled.
On a nearby perch, Yu Tongzi toppled over.
"Hee hee... The Ancestor truly has a straightforward way with words; I suppose there’s no harm in that..."
Cui Yingying’s hands moved to undo her belt, but she then heard the indifferent voice of Zhong Shenxiu, "The Ancestor cares not for the pleasures of the flesh; rather, I’m thinking of using your body to refine treasures!"
"What?"
Cui Yingying almost thought she’d heard wrong, then imdiately beca horrified.
She was accustod to the ways of the Demon Path; how could she not know that so old demons liked to use humans in their refinent?
To those monstrous old freaks who lacked humanity, what were world-renowned beauties but dry bones and re flesh—a pile of rotten at!
’To think... the Creation Ancestor is also such a one.’
Cui Yingying’s smile stiffened for a mont, then returned to normal, "This concubine’s talents are diocre, and my cultivation shallow; afraid I’m not of much use. If the Ancestor really wishes to refine treasures, perhaps you could consider my younger sister instead?"
"I can see that you really hate her, don’t you?"
Zhong Shenxiu sipped his tea and asked, "What grievance do you bear?"
"The grievance of familial annihilation!"
Coldness flickered in Cui Yingying’s eyes as she said bitterly, "She and I were both born into the Cui family of the mundane world, she being my cousin... My father, in his youth, longed to follow the Dao and took a Heterodox Cultivator as his master, practicing those so-called evil techniques scorned by the renowned orthodox clans... Later, that cousin of mine caught the eye of the Heartless Sword from the Shushan Sword Sect and was taken as a Disciple. The test she was given was to eliminate my entire family... Heh, my cousin truly proved her valor; as a re mortal, she plotted against my father and mother, and exterminated our whole Cui family..."
"The Heartless Sword, cutting off worldly ties, is it?"
Zhong Shenxiu murmured to himself.
He knew that so cultivators from the path of righteousness enjoyed wandering the world and playing gas in the dust, like that Master Jiu Ru, for example.
And Cui Yingxiu’s master must have sched sothing in secret after setting the test, or given Cui Yingxiu so kind of Protective Dharma Treasure.
Even if Cui Yingying’s father fought back with all his might, he would only die a more miserable death.
After all, the man was a predecessor of the righteous path, adept at calculations... He would like to let the wicked and heretical et with self-inflicted doom or let the younger generation take the lead while providing secret protection from the shadows or by bestowing Protective Dharma Treasures filled with their own power.
Besides, from that nickna of the Heartless Sword, Zhong Shenxiu also recalled so anecdotes about cutting off worldly ties.
For Cui Yingxiu, relatives who practiced evil were just bad karma; to clear the way for his disciple to achieve Sword Heart Clarity, one had no choice but to kill!
"I’m also lucky that my fate didn’t end there, and I managed to narrowly escape disaster. I hate her, the Heartless Sword, even the entire Shushan Sword Sect... Alas, I never received the True Inheritance, becoming a Loose Cultivator, struggling bitterly all the way. In the end, with my modest looks, I managed to enter a lineage at the Great Joy Peak of the Western Regions Great Snow Mountain... Sadly, my talents simply couldn’t compare to hers, and with an impure foundation from my early years, I couldn’t achieve Core Formation... But fortunately, thanks to the benevolence of Creation Ancestor in widely spreading the Outer Elixir thod, I was able to condense an Outer Elixir and nurture my vengeance!"
After speaking, Cui Yingying bowed once again.
"What a lodramatic tale!"
Zhong Shenxiu heaved a deep sigh, "Yet, I’m no one to preach about redemption. The Ancestor took an interest in you simply because you are fated to assist in my cultivation... As for your deep-seated enmity, the Ancestor can lend you a helping hand!"
The reason he spoke up and used a face-saving fruit to save Cui Yingying was indeed because he had taken a fancy to the destined calamity she bore.
After all, just one last calamity remained before the Three Calamities of Nascent Soul could be completed.
"Please enlighten , Ancestor. To avenge myself, I would stop at nothing!" Cui Yingying exclaid joyfully.
"Is that so? But what relationship do I have with you? Why should I help you?"
Zhong Shenxiu countered.
Struck by a mont of inspiration, Cui Yingying bowed deeply again, "Master above, please accept your disciple’s bow!"
"Good! However, do not call Master, address as Teacher... With this, you beco my sixth student."
Zhong Shenxiu chuckled,
"Teacher has a certain thod called White Bone Primordial Spirit Skill. I shall impart it to you."
He sighed, and with a gentle point, a White Bone Primordial Spirit thod inscribed with divine thought restrictions entered Cui Yingying’s sea of consciousness.
"Transform all bones into White Bone, cultivate the human demons..."
"Extract the Yang essence, to assu a form and trace... This is... a Primordial Spirit secret technique!"
Cui Yingying’s expression shook intensely.
"This White Bone Primordial Spirit thod is a Demon Path skill that requires the cultivator to first turn their own bones into sothing like a Dharma treasure yet not a Dharma treasure, human yet not human – White Bone Demons... Then by using various Demon Path secret techniques, nurture these White Bone Demons into Ten Thousand Bone Demons, even advancing into the Great White Bone Demon, ultimately projecting one’s Divine Soul into it, passing through tribulations, and refining a White Bone Primordial Spirit!"
Zhong Shenxiu softly explained.
This thod was an evolution he derived from contemplating the secret techniques of the Xuanji Hundred Refinent Sect concerning the sheltering of the Primordial Spirit.
It faintly bore traces of the White Bone Dao Book he had acquired earlier.
Since it leaned towards the Demon Path, it was inevitably steeped in blood, so he did not cultivate it himself.
But thods of the Primordial Spirit, regardless of righteousness or evil, must be practiced to grasp their advantages and disadvantages.
That was simple, find soone whose hands were already dirty to do it.
This Cui Yingying, who knows how much harm she had done to talented immortals, was steeped in sin, and even if she were to be killed imdiately, it would be an act of heavenly justice.
Even if Zhong Shenxiu openly stated he wanted to use her, this woman would be completely willing.
"Thank you, Teacher, for the gift of the thod!"
Cui Yingying bowed in great joy, clearly not caring about the damage this thod could do to the natural order.
"This thod is exceedingly bloody and brutal, harsh on others as well as on oneself. For the bone materials, you should gather more from the bodies of Demon Beasts..."
Zhong Shenxiu gave a caution, startling Yu Tongzi so much that he shrank his bird’s head.
Yet Cui Yingying was almost in tears, "Those masters and brothers of mine, every one of them is sly and calculating, plotting against others all the ti. Today, this Teacher, whom I’ve rely bowed to once, treats ... so kindly!"
Demon Sect won often have extre personalities.
Zhong Shenxiu felt sowhat uncomfortable being stared at so intensely by Cui Yingying’s fervent gaze and so he collected the Carefree Pavilion and rode on Yu Tongzi, "I’ll give you a Long-distance Communication Talisman. If you acquire the true inheritance of the Great Snow Mountain, you can use this to report back to your Teacher. If you encounter any difficulties while practicing the Primordial Spirit thod, you may also ask... Take care."
During this trip to Da Jing, his gains were already very substantial.
Or to put it another way, he had finished with the dessert, what lay ahead were the hard bones of the world’s five most difficult challenges.
’After raking in the last windfall, it will be ti to leave... Hmm, before departure, I must also set up the place of inheritance... Besides the White Bone Primordial Spirit thod, I have an even more cruel and bloody Blood River Primordial Spirit thod. Just don’t know which lucky Demon Sect child will have the fortune to endure it...’
As his thoughts churned, Yu Tongzi flapped its wings and soared high into the sky, its figure disappearing in an instant.
Leaving only Cui Yingying behind, still bowing in place.
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