High Martial World: I Gain Passive Skills Daily-Chapter 163 - 115: Sailing Through Zhan Mountain, Fist Splits the Hundred-Zhang Gorge, Arrival of the Martial Saint! (Double - )_2
"Life and death, it’s nothing significant, is it?"
He said, "I have imposed a ban on myself for precisely two thousand one hundred and sixty years, not setting foot on land, dedicating myself to cultivation beneath Dongting Lake, all for the sake of ’seeking the Dao’."
"Now that my Dao is achieved, I have no regrets in my heart. If at this moment I can fight a battle with the Martial Saint, helping my junior brother gain fame across the land, wouldn’t be too bad."
"..."
Senior brother, you really are impervious to persuasion!
Chen Kuang helplessly glanced at him, but shook his head and said, "However, I do not need my senior brother to reward me with his death."
He somewhat understood now that his generous senior brother’s "Dao" is "crossing"—crossing others and himself.
Now that he has completed crossing himself, naturally, he is intent on crossing others...
Chen Kuang originally intended to dissuade him but seemed to have firmed his decision instead.
"If it’s just for me to step out of the Liang Kingdom’s borders to flaunt this time, it would be better if I directly died within the Liang Kingdom."
Chen Kuang exhaled a breath and took out the box given by Shen Liangcai, opening it: "Senior brother, what do you think?"
Inside the box, there was a smooth, radiant snow pearl, about the size of a fingernail, shimmering brilliantly.
This is the "Mermaid’s Tears."
The Demon Shedding Technique hidden within the box’s layer, upon opening, transformed into a gentle stream of light, which, at Chen Kuang’s direction, flew into his brow, instantly assimilating more detailed information into his mind.
Inside not only contained the Demon Shedding Technique but also clues on how to reshape the flesh.
And this Demon Shedding Technique requires three materials.
Firstly, remnants of the Demon Race.
This "Mermaid’s Tears" is quite special. Although not a complete remnant, it is a unique item born only at the moment of a mermaid’s death.
And the Mermaid Race’s reproduction relies on this "Mermaid’s Tears," and if used with a Secret Technique, this "Mermaid’s Tears" can be transformed into a new mermaid embryo.
If it were ordinary remnants, there might be some hesitation, but the "Mermaid’s Tears" itself represents complete regeneration.
Therefore, it happens to be the most perfect material.
Second is the cursed medium.
Since the Demon Shedding Technique derives from the Southern Barbarian Blood Calamity Sect’s curse technique, there must be an item that can carry the soul as a medium.
The medium’s requirements are quite strict; it needs a close association with the original body, ideally embedding part of the aspirations, the deeper the better.
Usually, it is something carried closely for years.
The third and simplest is a part of the original body’s flesh and blood.
This should have been Chen Kuang’s first exposure to such magic, the complexity of which already seemed immensely intricate to him, making it hard to imagine the effort expended by those who can layout large-scale techniques.
Under such circumstances, presenting this method, Shen Liangcai probably intends to gamble.
After all, he cannot be certain if Chen Kuang can meet the conditions and execute it under the Martial Saint’s nose.
Fortunately, Chen Kuang happens to have an item that can serve as a medium, which is why he chose to bear this favor.
Wen Si furrowed his brow, and in an instant, understood:
"Do you truly intend to use this method? If your original body cannot be preserved or a new flesh cannot be reshaped, afterward you might be trapped inside a fabricated demon body."
Though a demon himself, he is well-acquainted with the plight of demons, moreover, Chen Kuang naturally being human might face difficulty adapting to these changes.
Besides, this Demon Shedding Technique is essentially a cunning sorcery that may compromise future progress...
Before fully embracing the moon, the soul cannot freely leave the body, nor does it possess the ability of Shen Xingzhu to split its focus.
Choosing this method, Chen Kuang might have to live as a demon for quite some time.
Chen Kuang blinked and said, "Did senior brother forget, I previously entered that Demon Sword Void Illusion Realm and maintained my clarity."
The reason he dared to use the Demon Shedding Technique was relying on the "In-between Realm."
In that miraculous space, his consciousness still exists.
Moreover, most importantly, his passively generated awareness of ’multitasking’ is not the same as splitting his focus.
Splitting the focus means separating part of the soul, if it cannot be retrieved, it will definitely affect the integrity of one’s soul.
But ’multitasking’ is Chen Kuang’s own consciousness, without any difference!
Even if Chen Kuang’s external consciousness diminishes, he still exists in the "In-between Realm."
Furthermore, he can influence reality as the Demon Sword once did.
Wen Si remained silent for a while, then breathed out a relief: "Turns out my concern was foolish, as long as you’re aware of this."
Chen Kuang bowed to Wen Si, "Senior brother only needs to do me one favor, ensure that the mother and daughter are safely escorted out, this is something I promised others I must fulfill."
Wen Si nodded seriously and said, "The mountains are high and waters long; junior brother should take care."
He waved his hand and dispersed the Dao Realm around him, looking into the distance.
The Jade Wave River converged toward the center, with steep and deep canyons on both sides nearly a hundred yards high, reaching toward the sky almost forming a narrow passage, with a horizontal fortification set in the middle of the canyon.
On both sides were camps and checkpoints originally manned by Liang Kingdom’s troops, now deserted, with armors and weapons scattered on the ground, faintly rusted, a scene depicting chaos and war. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞
Chen Kuang jumped off the ship’s edge, called into the cabin: "Madam, Your Highness, we’ve arrived!"
Chu Wen Ruo lifted the curtain and emerged from the cabin, her face had become quite thin.
This journey, full of hardships, had somewhat worn her demeanor from being a formerly elegant and plump palace lady.
She looked at the high canyon, dazed and entranced, her chest heaving slightly, her beautiful eyes gradually lighting up, full of burgeoning hope.
