Attaining Immortality, Starting From Slaying Demons-Chapter 371 - 369 The Fickle of Thousand Demon Cave
Chapter 371: Chapter 369 The Fickle of Thousand Demon Cave
Thousand Demon Cave, cultivator’s cave dwelling.
With a slight wave of his hand, Shen Yi brought the jade slip flying neatly into his palm.
He scrutinized the two jade slips and then joined them together. They fit seamlessly as if naturally formed.
To attract the disciples of Wutong Mountain here, he would definitely need to offer something of value.
Shen Yi had long noticed that the Tong Xin Chuan had been clutched within the palm, its flickering light seemed to be guiding the direction for him.
That’s why he had finally brought out the Youwei Spear and borrowed this jade slip from the other party.
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So, what sort of treasure could make them ignore such an obvious trap and rush over from thousands of miles away?
Shen Yi closed his eyes and extended his divine sense into the jade slip.
[Returning Void. Divine Forging Heavenly Silk: Uninitiated]
As he digested the contents of the jade slip, the panel also responded accordingly.
In the past, Shen Yi would have needed to pour in years of his life and conduct thorough research with the demons to understand what it was.
But now, he only took one glance, and his heart skipped a beat.
“Is this a formation?”
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“No.”
Shen Yi shook his head. Rather than calling it a formation, it’d be better to say it was a method of array arrangement.
Forging the divine soul, drawing lines from threads, and then using these divine soul threads to connect with spiritual roots allowed for the most precise manipulation of nature’s spiritual energy.
It would definitely be of no use in a magic duel.
This minuteness was intended to avoid mistakes during array setup.
Just like the array Shen Yi first encountered in the cave dwelling, which used Dragonflame Jade Ganoderma as the base and could only gather firewaves.
But with this technique, provided the array material was consistent with the spiritual root attributes, Divine Forging Heavenly Silk could be used as a replacement.
Beyond the basic Divine Soul Thread Forging method.
The jade slip also included some knowledge of formations… The reason for saying “some” was that the Xu Family’s experienced-based, voluminous writings were condensed by this jade slip into highly abstruse phrases, briefly outlined in a few sentences.
If it weren’t for Shen Yi’s now greatly advanced knowledge in formations, he might not have recognized what they meant.
Compared to the Xu Family’s Formation Diagram Manual, which depicted array diagrams directly, detailed to the point of how to place items and draw symbols, the jade slip seemed more like it was teaching a principle.
Grasp this principle, and one could act without being bogged down by trivial details, making expansive moves that flow with the heart.
Thus, it contained only one diagram.
Stored in the second jade slip.
“Is this what he wanted?”
Shen Yi gazed at the jade slip. Inside was a formation called “Iron Painting with Silver Hooks.”
Like a final exam question in a textbook, it was used to verify if one’s learning was thoroughly integrated.
And it was precisely this Iron Painting with Silver Hooks that elevated the method to the Returning Void level.
“In the end, it’s just an object for verification, with no practical use.”
With Shen Yi’s current insight, he easily discerned the value of this object, which intentionally increased difficulty in various details but didn’t enhance the effectiveness of the formation itself.
In short, it was meant to be frustrating.
By the time you set up this formation, your enemies would probably be close to falling asleep.
Due to the characteristics of the Divine Forging Heavenly Silk, one would need to be present and constantly maintain the supply of spiritual energy… How foolish.
Of course, gripes aside, he would definitely still learn it.
After all, it bore the name of Returning Void, and even setting the formation aside, the Divine Forging Heavenly Silk alone could give him many more methods for when he battled in the future.
Shen Yi sat cross-legged, channeling the lifespan of the demons into it.
[In the first year, you calmed your mind and, according to the descriptions in the book, began to try the method of Divine Soul Thread Drawing…]
Compared to the grandiose movements of formation arts, the techniques involving the divine soul were treated with utmost caution by the jade slip. The upside was that risks were greatly reduced, but the downside was that the whole process became incredibly dull and boring.
Fortunately, this time the Thousand Demon Cave had delivered a generous gift.
The thirty-six thousand years of lifespan from the chicken demon, plus the twelve thousand years from the roe demon.
Allowed him not to worry about the lifespan of the demons for a while.
[Remaining lifespan of demons: 86,000 years]
Shen Yi settled his mind and closed his eyes.
His vestment robe, true to its quality, suffered no damage even though it had endured the final Array Plate thrown out by Tong Xin Chuan.
Only the spiritual energy within was somewhat depleted.
However, the formation inscribed on the robe actually had the ability to automatically absorb spiritual energy to replenish itself.
Although the process was slow, it was enough to show the meticulousness of the robe’s creator.
Having felt it slightly, Shen Yi took out the Demon Core and began to actively use his own breath to replenish it.
Being cautious is never wrong.
What he didn’t expect was that this thing was so gluttonous, it drained his energy twenty-six times before it finally returned to the state it was in when he first acquired it.
“Terrifying…”
He had no idea until he tried, but now Shen Yi realized how many heavy blows the vestment robe had taken for him.
When he looked up, his eyelids twitched again.
The lifespan of the Demon had decreased by a whole seventeen thousand years, and the deduction was still ongoing.
[The 17,300th year: Your Thread-Pulling Technique is now proficient, but with five types of Spiritual Roots, you need to gradually allow your Divine Soul to adapt to their differences, to achieve non-interference with each other and prevent accidents during Formation setting.]
“Forget it, I’ll deduce it slowly.”
Now that the Thread-Pulling Technique was complete, all he needed to do was memorize the Formation.
Shen Yi stood up, his fingertips flicked slightly, and immediately five different colored threads emerged, but they were still somewhat mixed and not as pure.
After feeling it slightly, he stepped out of the cave dwelling.
If before, Shen Yi really had intended to seek refuge with that Golden-Winged Nine Stripes Tiger, his idea had now changed.
Just to trap himself, a certain Demon Emperor was able to casually produce such a precious Jade Slip.
It showed that the other party didn’t lack such trinkets.
What Shen Yi needed most now was a Cultivation Technique, and he planned to go there first to have a look.
…
In a certain part of the Thousand Demon Cave, within a light screen.
A winged woman was seated beside a spiritual field on a jade platform, with two cups of jade-green, enticing tea ready.
She propped her chin with one hand.
After waiting for a long time, she seemed a bit impatient and lifted her eyelids.
Finally, she took out a Bronze Mirror, scanning the Thousand Demon Cave carelessly until she saw the tall and majestic figure appear within the mirror.
She was about to lean back again.
The next moment, the Golden-Winged Nine Stripes Tiger suddenly stood up.
In the mirror, the lion, without a moment’s hesitation, headed straight for another light screen.
“You dare to play with this Emperor?!”
She immediately clenched her teeth, her wild and exquisite face suddenly darkening.
Two Demon Emperors under her command, the Roe Demon had been devoured to depletion, while the Chicken Demon had gone after Qingfeng and was still missing.
Even so, she had not lost her temper on the spot; she just wanted an explanation.
But then, that lion didn’t even look back and went to find that spider.
Was she giving out too many smiles?
Thinking of this, she even stopped caring about the spiritual plant garden, and her figure shot out rapidly!
Meanwhile.
In front of a pitch-black light screen.
The Thunderhoof Demon Emperor was panting, saying, “It has rebelled! It has already rebelled! It doesn’t give a damn about your orders, and in the end, it even tried to tear me to pieces alive!”
The dark light screen remained silent for a while.
The Profound Abyss Spider Emperor slowly opened its numerous eyes: “Take your time and explain.”
The Thunderhoof Demon Emperor paused for a moment, then recounted the previous events, but omitted the details of the lion fighting two at once, focusing instead on how the other party had viciously killed the Roe Demon.
“It treated even the Demon Emperor helping it so cruelly, devouring the Roe Demon openly in front of other demons without any qualms, this lion has never taken the Ten Great Demon Emperors seriously!”
“…” The Profound Abyss Spider Emperor pondered for a moment, then said slowly, “What about the Jade Slip I gave you?”
“Naturally, it was swallowed by the lion.”
The Thunderhoof Demon Emperor replied without hesitation: “It probably figured out the reason and is currently holding a grudge against you in its heart.”
Having said this, it waited for a moment but did not get a reply.
Suddenly, the sound of faint breathing echoed by Thunderhoof Demon Emperor’s ears, as if realizing something, in shock, it exaggerratedly leaped away before turning back to look.
There, the lion was looking down at it from on high.
The corners of its mouth twisted with mockery.
Thunder Hoof’s breathing stopped abruptly, its body tensed to the extreme: “You… you dare to come back.”
Before it finished speaking.
The lion waved its hand slightly, smashing two Jade Slips onto its face.
Without any hint of justification, and with a voice laced with indifference and ridicule, it said, “Continue, this Emperor is listening.”
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