Celestial Demon Starting from Attribute Points-Chapter 44: Infernal Bronze Imp Fundamental Diagram
Dusk, the sun sets in the west.
The young man sits quietly in the secret chamber, indifferent to the passing of day and night.
Su Cangyuan’s arrival is for two reasons: to investigate the mist leopard’s magic blood and to find the feather robe vessel.
The mist leopard’s magic blood can be directly linked to Wei Yao.
As for the feather robe vessel, being the magistrate and a noble above the Tian family, Su Cangyuan can easily peruse the dossiers, question the government officials, and understand the situation.
And then... he would naturally deduce that the deceased elder in that deep alley is Zhangsun Yu, and the first to discover Zhangsun Yu’s body is the eldest young master of the Li family.
In such circumstances, do you think Su Cangyuan would care about his identity as a "student of the Hundred Flowers Mansion prefect"?
Why should he?
Would a butcher reason with fish and meat?
Therefore, Su Cangyuan might appear to hold back on the surface and do nothing for the time being, but secretly, he would take the Li family one by one for coercive interrogation, both openly and covertly. If anyone died, it would be blamed on bandits and flower thieves.
Would the Li family face extermination because of this?
Will his family die tragically because of this?
Will he die?
What about the female members?
Li Xuan clenched his fists tightly, suddenly opened his eyes, and a murderous aura appeared in them.
"Su Cangyuan, you deserve to die!"
"If you don’t die, my heart will be restless!"
Even though Su Cangyuan hasn’t yet taken office, hasn’t investigated the matters here, hasn’t realized the problems here, and hasn’t considered the Li family as an enemy, Li Xuan already felt a sufficient sense of danger and urgency.
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...
Li Xuan suddenly grabbed the copper basin, his form transformed, the cloud and mist pattern swiftly spread, and his tall and slender demonic body slightly hunched.
The ripples moved, and blood suddenly emerged on his arm, dripping into the copper basin.
Once the flow was almost done, Li Xuan’s form slowly returned to normal.
Looking at the basin, a slightly pungent scent emanated from the copper basin. If an ordinary person were to smell it, it would even cause dizziness and nausea.
Clearly, this blood is poisonous, at least to ordinary people.
’The invasion of magic blood, murderous aura purges the soul, this is the way to enter the secret martial arts.’
’As for me, if injected with magic blood, I become a demon; if it is removed, I revert to human.’
’So, this blood should be magic blood.’
’Previously, the mutated monster monkey regarded me as a kindred, which can corroborate this.’
’Therefore, this blood should be useful.’
’And because this blood is produced from my own body, I have long absorbed its magic power, thus... it is worth a try.’
’If it doesn’t work, I’m afraid I won’t be able to become a secret martial artist.’
Li Xuan knows clearly that as long as he touches the magic blood, he will absorb the power within it, without being invaded by it, except for his own blood.
The boy sits dry, his left hand spreading out, tentatively pressing toward the copper basin.
The blood separates, then quickly gathers again, crawling along the lines of his hand as if it were alive...
A strange burning pain arrives.
Li Xuan feels a surge of joy within.
This is truly self-sufficient...
He closes his eyes, savoring this pain.
It’s a heating of blood, like the palm has been smeared with extremely potent herbal medicines for promoting blood flow, slowly beginning to burn, from the left hand to the entire left arm, then covering half the body, the entire body, limbs, head...
Li Xuan raises his right hand, touches his forehead, feeling it burning hot, and his consciousness becomes ecstatic.
Not knowing how long has passed...
Various thoughts in his mind suddenly become extraordinarily clear, clear down to the smallest detail.
Every single thought becomes clear, like whispers among people.
But how many thoughts does a person have?
You say one thing, I say one thing, it quickly becomes chaotic.
And these voices don’t want their sound to be suppressed, so they raise their voices, shouting, then... roaring, bellowing, hysterically screaming.
Among these shouts, Li Xuan feels his mind in turmoil, and he can’t help raising his hand, desperately covering his ears.
But those voices emanate from within his mind, covering his ears is merely all he can do for now.
The many voices are like needles suddenly appearing in his head, starting to stab him, causing extreme headaches, yet he feels extremely excited.
Again, not knowing how long has passed...
The chaotic voices begin to calm, mainly because one voice takes dominance.
"Harm my family, kill!"
"Kill!!"
"Kill!!!"
The voice gradually settles.
And becomes singular.
In the darkness, the young man opens his eyes, those pupils... a vivid red.
Recalling the details from the Melted Copper Treasure Manual.
The Flying Spider Map’s details suddenly begin to twist.
Originally just a visualization chart to help you better understand the "Flying Spider", thus allowing you to master the corresponding stance; but now, the Flying Spider Map in Li Xuan’s mind seems cloaked in a layer of strange mist.
Above the mist, the original Flying Spider Map turns into another new diagram.
In the Flying Spider Map, it’s a scene of "Flying Spider catching prey."
But in the new diagram, it becomes a scene of "Little Boy Pulls Saw."
Surrounding lava rolls, like the fire of hell emitting terrifying fire poison, and in a certain spot, a stark naked person is bound to a plank.
Above, little demons in the twisted air, pulling the molten knife and saw, cutting from top to bottom.
The picture is horrifying, as if witnessed firsthand, shocking the divine soul.
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Much, much later...
[Li Xuan]
[Realm: First Realm]
[Demon Points: 1]
[Strength: 15/30]
[Agility: 27/30]
[Constitution: 17/30]
[Spirit: 10/30]
[Nine Grid Blood Panel]
First Grid: Fog Lurking Mirage Leopard (Infant Demon)
Injecting complete blood of Infant Demon Fog Lurking Mirage Leopard can provide 12 additional agility points and mastery of the Demon Technique [Exhale Smoke].
Second Grid: Mutated Deformed Monkey (Infant Demon)
Injecting complete blood of Infant Demon Mutated Deformed Monkey can provide 16 additional spirit points and mastery of the Demon Technique [Illusion Skill].
[Secret Martial Arts]
One: Melted Copper Hell Goblin Basic Map (LV1)
Li Xuan glanced at it.
There were changes in three areas:
1. "Agility" changed from "17" to "27", increasing by 10 points;
"Strength" changed from "10" to "15", increasing by 5 points;
"Constitution" changed from "12" to "17", increasing by 5 points;
It seems that once you become a Martial Artist with Secret Martial Arts, your strength surges.
2. "Fog Lurking Mirage Leopard" originally could provide "14 additional agility points", but now it’s only "12 points". It seems that bathing in demon blood does cause some consumption, deducting the corresponding power from existing demon blood.
If there are two types of demon blood, perhaps one will be randomly selected for extraction.
It seems that next time a choice must be made.
However, it’s really worth it.
3. Besides the original "attribute panel" and "blood grid", there is now an additional secret martial arts panel, with the first secret martial art derived from the "Melted Copper Treasure Manual" being the "Melted Copper Hell Goblin Basic Map".
What does this "LV1" mean?
Li Xuan thought for a moment, in hell, goblins are the lowest rank, naturally the bottom layer LV1. This also indicates that "becoming a Martial Artist with Secret Martial Arts is just the beginning". Ahead lies a deeper path and a broader world.
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"The next step should be cultivation."
Li Xuan took out ten silver thread rings.
After learning about the Yu Sect from Su Qiang, he generally guessed what these ten silver thread rings were made from.
These are rings made from the shattered "Xuan Armor" of the "Xuan Armor Feather Robe Jinlian" in the Yu Sect.
Xuan Armor, Feather Robe, and Jinlian represent the three True Gods worshiped by the Yu Sect.
However, the method by which the three True Gods descend varies.
Among them, Feather Robe requires a pure maiden as a vessel.
Xuan Armor itself acts as a medium.
Li Xuan didn’t know what Xuan Armor originally looked like, and even Su Qiang didn’t know. But Su Qiang told Li Xuan... according to the Yu Sect’s records, the black smoke in Xuan Armor once spawned limbs and a head of a deity.
With the Xuan Armor shattered, the True God could no longer descend, but what if it was reassembled?
Li Xuan thought it over, it shouldn’t change anything.
Otherwise, the Yu Sect wouldn’t use it to forge weapons either.
The Sparrow Feather Sword wouldn’t be so casually given to him by Cao Shuda.
Clearly, even the Yu Sect had given up.
As for Jinlian, the medium is a kind of "ritual", and this ritual is top-secret, unknown to Su Qiang.
Chi Chi Chi...
Amidst the subtle sounds, ten almost imperceptible ripple lines appeared in the chamber.
Li Xuan gathered his ten fingers and casually shook them.
The net threads interweave, ten-direction dismemberment!
Li Xuan felt it, nodding: "It’s more skillful than before."
As if this move was a "small skill" in the past, and now it has become a "basic attack".
In the next instant, Li Xuan visualized the "Melted Copper Hell Goblin Basic Map" that appeared due to the demon blood invasion, a sense of spiritual epiphany surged within him.
His arm suddenly surged with boiling blood, pores emitting heat brought by the blood, white in color, which spread onto the thread saw.
The young man swung.
The five lines intertwined, the two-zhang saw line suddenly straightened.
Another swing, the blood surge, those five lines slashed through the air like a serrated blade.
Zi!!
A trembling sound like a scream, that was the sound of the serrated blade falling, akin to the wails of those punished in the melted copper hell.
Li Xuan repeatedly swung, feeling the mysteries within.
Finally, he discovered the secret.
When he swung out the "serrated blade", the five saw lines that formed the blade were moving frantically up and down, because there was always one line that remained taut, overall, in fact, its length did not change.
But in actuality, the five lines were moving rapidly, just like five electric saws cutting simultaneously.
Therefore, there was that scream-like trembling sound.
This also coincided with the scene in the basic map of "goblin pulling the saw".
Li Xuan understood.
He prepared to continue cultivating.
But suddenly, he froze.
Because he found that he seemed... didn’t need to cultivate at all, when this basic map appeared, he had already mastered it!
"This..."
"Is it the same for others?"
Li Xuan was somewhat confused.
Thinking back to what he learned from Wei Yao about Secret Martial Arts.
Wei Yao told him that Secret Martial Arts merely manifest a basic map, giving you an enhancement, but still requires hard cultivation or fighting against desires, or yielding to desires, only thus can one advance.
"Others... seem to be not like this..."
