Slaying Demons: Starting with Upgrading my Calligraphy-Chapter 521 - 456: Lord Wei

"Hehe, what a scheme, it’s not that this old man couldn’t hold back, but this magical treasure forged from the Haotian Dao Jade. Even in the Middle Ancient Era, it would be as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns.

You, Daoist, must come from an extraordinary background.

Otherwise, how could you possess this treasure."

Seeing his disguise uncovered, Old Man Bodhi simply stopped concealing it and admitted openly.

"My background isn’t important, but I’m rather curious about your identity, sir.

May I ask you to enlighten me... Lord Wei."

With one sentence, revealing the true identity of Old Man Bodhi, noticing the astonishment in the other’s eyes, Qi Xiu slightly lifted the corners of his mouth.

It seems I was right.

Narrowing his eyes slightly, suppressing the smile on his face, Old Man Bodhi... no, it should be said, Lord Wei showed a hint of coldness in his eyes and said:

"How did you figure it out?"

"Figure out? Senior might have misunderstood, this was not a guess of mine.

I have a secret technique that can observe a person’s aura.

Before, I just suspected that you might be the successor cultivated by Lord Wei.

But when we came here and found your physical body, you cleverly knelt before it.

The originally subtle auras, once brought close, were like blood of the same origin dripping into a bowl of water.

They merged.

Under the heavens, even twins born from the same body would have subtle differences in aura.

Yet, you this spirit has an aura of the same origin as that body.

The answer was already obvious."

Hearing Qi Xiu’s explanation, Lord Wei’s expression froze slightly, and after a long pause, he smiled wryly:

"I never expected there would still be such secret techniques in the world.

It seems that over tens of thousands of years, many things have emerged that I could not predict.

What a miscalculation, a miscalculation indeed."

"Of course, tens of thousands of years, the world has changed dramatically, there are still many things you don’t know.

I’ve answered your question, don’t you think you should answer mine now."

"Hahaha, alright, just ask whatever you want to know." Lord Wei laughed boldly.

"Tens of thousands of years, even a Primordial Spirit True Honor couldn’t endure, how did you manage to live until now?" Gazing at Lord Wei before him, Qi Xiu voiced his greatest doubt.

The baptism of tens of thousands of years, no being, apart from deities, could live such a long life.

What even a Primordial Spirit True Honor couldn’t achieve, how did this Lord Wei manage it.

"I knew you would ask this.

Kid, have you ever heard of the Hell Dao." With the corner of his mouth lifted, Lord Wei revealed a profound smile.

"Hell Dao? Of course, I know, I’m quite familiar with it." Stifling his amusement, Qi Xiu nodded.

"There is a secret technique in the Hell Dao called [Thousand Insect Soul Shatter], which can shatter one’s own soul into ten thousand fragments using insects, yet ensure the soul’s spirit essence doesn’t dissipate.

By using this technique, coupled with the Hell Dao’s [Soul Parasite Possession Technique], the longevity of the soul can be maximized.

It’s just that doing so..."

"The soul gets fragmented too much, and every time the possession technique is used, a part of the self is lost.

As time goes by, you cease to be yourself.

To stay alive, you have indeed gone to great lengths." Taking over Lord Wei’s words, Qi Xiu pointed out the pitfalls of the possession technique he practiced.

He practiced [Yama’s Golden Chapter], which is also the supreme soul dharma gate of the Hell Dao.

He is very familiar with [Thousand Insect Soul Shatter] and [Soul Parasite Possession Technique].

The simultaneous use of these two dharma gates can indeed significantly delay the decay and extinction of the soul.

But dividing the soul into ten thousand parts, each possession results in the annihilation of a part of the soul.

The continuous cycle of possession and rebirth is a process of continuous self-erasion.

The possessor will gradually lose themselves in the process, transforming into a completely different person.

"No, if you really practiced these two possession dharma gates, there was no need to go to such pains to preserve your physical body.

You must have another plan." Noticing the paradox in the process of possession, Qi Xiu raised his eyes and looked at Lord Wei.

"You are indeed quite knowledgeable."

Having heard Qi Xiu speak so much about the crucial points of [Thousand Insect Soul Shatter] and [Soul Parasite Possession Technique], Lord Wei could not help but reassess the young Daoist in front of him.

"You are correct, if I only used these two dharma gates, even if I managed to cling to life, I would eventually completely lose myself in the repeated cycles of possession and transformation, becoming someone else entirely, which is not what I want to do.

There was never any suppressing object to begin with.

The reason I set up this Hundred Herbs Cave Heaven

is to use this Breath Soil Divine Land to preserve the vitality of my physical body, and then use the secret technique "Soul Transference Technique" to imprint the outline of my soul in the physical body.

As long as I return to my original body, I can immediately reclaim the lost share of my soul and live another lifetime without losing a single bit!"

"Tsk tsk, truly meticulous planning. But since you had arranged everything, why provoke me?

Let me think, there must have been an unexpected incident during your reincarnation process, right."

Qi Xiu looked with interest at Lord Wei in front of him, who could set up such a grand Space-Bounding layout as the Hundred Herbs Cave Heaven, and design such a complex, intricate, and ingenious Art of Reincarnation that skips all the flaws.

This person in the Middle Ancient Era must have been the top True Monarch of the Dao Body.

Everything such a person does must have a reason and origin, not to mention that the Hundred Herbs Cave Heaven is involved in his grand reincarnation endeavor.

"A slight unexpected incident did occur..."

With a twitch of his eye corner, Qi Xiu’s words seemed to touch a sore spot on this True Monarch Lord Wei.

"Let me think... something so troublesome even for a Middle Ancient True Monarch like you, and unsolvable, even affecting your reincarnation endeavor.

You must have accidentally stumbled upon a True Dragon Ruins while setting up this Hundred Herbs Cave Heaven."

With a peculiar look, Qi Xiu’s eyes brightened as he gazed thoughtfully at Lord Wei in front of him.

"You..."

If a moment ago Qi Xiu was just a clever person in the eyes of Lord Wei,

then when he could almost deduce the whole scenario just from some subtle traces and his own bold guesses, this unremarkable young Daoist suddenly held great weight in his eyes.

Truly a genius.

"Not accidentally, I knew there was a True Dragon Ruins here all along.

It’s just that I didn’t know that such a long-lost ruin.

Would still contain a Guardian Dragonvine."

Since Qi Xiu grasped most of the truth, Lord Wei decided to lay his cards on the table:

"I originally intended to dig up that ruin and take out the True Dragon treasures within as my treasures for guardian reincarnation.

But who would have thought I encountered that Guardian Dragonvine.

Fortunately, for some reason, that Dragonvine was also sealed, so when I unearthed the ruins, it was still in a sealed state; otherwise, I would have been immediately devoured.

Out of fear of that Dragonvine, I couldn’t take the items inside.

And directly initiated the reincarnation ritual.

In the tens of thousands of years that followed, I continued to perform soul transfers and reincarnations and, through various methods, successfully awakened that Guardian Dragonvine.

I originally thought, having personally awakened this Dragonvine,

it would surely obey me and I could smoothly take the True Dragon treasures, but who knew..."

"The Guardian Dragonvine is a Divine Marvel personally cultivated by the True Dragon Clan; unless you belong to the True Dragon Clan, there is absolutely no way to exempt them from their bloodline’s nature." Qi Xiu slowly responded upon hearing this.

"This isn’t even the most serious issue. The most serious issue is that the True Dragon Ruins are too close to here.

By awakening that Guardian Dragonvine, I also cut off my own path to here.

In these tens of thousands of years, the Spiritual Medicine spirits I could use for rebirth dwindled to just these two; if you hadn’t appeared,

I would only be able to last for another eight hundred years before completely vanishing.

Come to think of it, I actually owe you a debt of gratitude."

Having revealed the secrets he buried for tens of thousands of years all at once, the pleasure of this confession left Lord Wei’s cheeks a bit flushed, giving him a feeling of carefree delight.

"So you told me all this because you think you’ve got me figured out?"

Watching Lord Wei’s expression gradually turn ferocious, Qi Xiu slightly raised his chin, his robust aura like an overwhelming boundless ocean, crushing in all directions.

"Hehehe, kid, you’ve calculated everything, but overlooked one thing."

A chilling smile surfaced on his face as Lord Wei lifted both hands slightly and retreated step by step:

"Haven’t you ever thought that, since there was never any suppressing object, what purpose could those Immortal Herbs and Ancient Medicines stored above in the Hundred Herbs Cave Heaven serve?"

"I’m all ears."

"This Breath Soil Divine Land is a Supreme Immortal Treasure. Sitting upon it not only preserves the body’s vitality forever but also continually evolves and transforms the physique.

The Great Array of the Hundred Herbs Cave Heaven draws on those Immortal Herbs and Ancient Medicines to provide power for the transformation of my body.

Evolutions spanning tens of thousands of years.

Even I don’t know how strong my current body is.

Perhaps...

I might be the first to prove the Dao through strength, achieving the position of Primordial Spirit’s Supreme Venerable!"

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