Attaining Immortality, Starting From Slaying Demons

Chapter 292: Chapter 292: Year Wood Spiritual Root_1

[In the three hundred and sixth year, truly a heaven-sent treasure with its own spirit, you found communicating with it much easier than with that previous stone, though the Year Wood that had devoured numerous lives was exceedingly reeking of blood and evil, still, it feared you deeply and soon gave up resisting.]

Shen Yi sat cross-legged, casually commanding his Golden Body to guard this place.

He didn’t know if Year Wood could be considered a Spiritual Root.

But he decided to refine it first and worry later.

Inside his sea of qi, the Heavenly Devouring Demon Infant greedily embraced the Year Wood, its scorching breath making it scream in pain.

It was so noisy…

Shen Yi frowned, and his Dao Infant slapped the Year Wood.

The whole process was somewhat more difficult than last time.

After all, when he had refined the True Sun Qilin Stone before, both the Dao Infant and the Qilin Stone were objects of evil and blood, but now, besides the evil qi, there was some conflict between the Kirin Stone and the Year Wood.

But Shen Yi always believed that, as long as one had enough lifespan from demons, a way would be found.

It was an essential threshold to be overcome.

Otherwise, where would he find so many fire attribute Spiritual Roots carrying evil qi?

[In the seventeen hundredth year, you calmly refined the Year Wood; after all, it wasn’t you who suffered, and your mood was very stable.]

“…”

Shen Yi continued to listen to the Year Wood’s wails.

He even admired its tenacity, having managed to scream for so many years without going hoarse.

Another two thousand years of the demon’s lifespan was consumed.

The screams finally disappeared.

Within the Dao Infant, a fragment of Spirit Branch with black mist flowing around its verdant greenness lay peacefully.

At the same time, Shen Yi also felt a sudden change.

It was as if a new lease on life had sprung up within his body.

The sensation made him feel remarkably clear-headed and refreshed.

Compared to the painful experience of refining the True Sun Qilin Stone, this felt more like a pleasure.

As if bathed in the spring breeze, thoroughly invigorated.

[In the three thousand and nine hundredth year, you successfully refined the tainted Year Wood into an extremely special Spiritual Root and assigned it to your liver position, and you gained the Year Wood longevity talent.]

[Transcendent Spirit. Year Wood Longevity: Nurtured by the Year Wood, your lifespan extended by three thousand years.]

[Remaining Lifespan: Five thousand nine hundred seventy-five years.]

Staring at this series of numbers, Shen Yi was taken aback for a moment before realizing that this wasn’t the lifespan of a demon, but his own.

He was then rendered speechless.

Refining a Spiritual Root even came with a nourishing backlash.

He closed his eyes and felt it carefully, connecting the Year Wood with the True Sun Qilin Stone as the liver of his Dao Infant, wood feeding fire.

An endless cycle of life.

It was as if every blade of grass and tree within the mountain range was resonating with him.

According to the panel’s prompt.

This Year Wood wasn’t a Superior-grade Spiritual Root, but it had been given a special name.

Shen Yi was not disappointed.

But he felt somewhat sentimental.

Even with his particularly generous natural endowments, using an Evil Qi Spiritual Root that others couldn’t handle, he still had not found a true Superior-grade.

How much more difficult must it be for other cultivators?

Just then, a reminder from Qinghua echoed in his mind.

“Master, is it time to leave? Qinghua hurried along the way earlier, attracting the attention of many cultivators, and the Sect Protection Array has been activated. The people from Mysterious Light Cave should be arriving soon.”

“Bring the two of them to the Bamboo Tower.”

Shen Yi promptly stood up and flew towards the Bamboo Tower he had visited before.

Soon, the Golden Body Dharma Identity picked up both A’Qing and Xu Wanyun with one hand each.

With a glance from Shen Yi.

A’Qing quickly steadied her flustered spirit and reopened the former formation.

Shen Yi returned to the cramped room and casually took away the Mysterious Sword and the Jade Slip.

These items weren’t actually of much use to him.

After all, the Cultivation Technique had already been recorded on the panel.

But leaving them to Mysterious Light Cave was definitely out of the question. He had managed to offend them thoroughly, and whether he took the items or not, they would pursue him relentlessly.

By taking them, at least he could keep them anxious and cautious, wary of making too much noise.

Before long, several figures swept out of the Zheng Family’s home.

They vanished into the sky without a sound.

…

Among the mountains.

Shen Yi quickly landed beside the spring, his Golden Body Dharma Identity shook off the two women and then streaked across the sky, disappearing from view.

Now that he fully understood the identities of the aunt and niece, there was no need to conceal the matter about his Transcendent Spirit Golden Body from them, mainly because it would be difficult to hide anyway.

But as for the fact that the Golden Body was a result of his concurrent cultivation, that was something he certainly could not expose.

After all, the biggest disadvantage of the Golden Body Dharma Identity was that it couldn’t hide its aura.

With his original body present, it was as if this disadvantage had been resolved.

A Transcendent Spirit expert who appeared without a sound could obviously serve a greater purpose.

He couldn’t easily let others take advantage of this information gap.

“Gone… gone again?”

A’Qing blankly stared at the sky.

Xu Wanyun blinked frantically, finally causing her niece to react. She quickly took out the Array Plate and deactivated the Hundred Ghosts Spirit Stabilizing Formation.

“Heh…”

Xu Wanyun sat up from the ground, clutching her ample chest, gasping for breath.

She then looked toward Shen Yi with a face full of terror, hesitating, unsure whether to speak.

Just moments before, she had suddenly sensed a sneaky move from the Zheng Family, which was a seed wrapped in black mist.

The reason she could sense this object was mainly due to the fact that Shen Yi had come closer.

That close connection of aura had surprisingly landed on him!

“Brother Shen… you are a man of integrity… you surely wouldn’t want to use that object to… on me…”

A lofty Ultimate Realm Primordial Grandmaster had inexplicably become a prisoner at her feet.

Considering her sudden loss of consciousness earlier, Xu Wanyun felt fear for the first time.

“…”

Shen Yi gave her a glance, “You sure have a wonderful imagination.”

He casually waved his hand in front of her face. A wisp of blue light floated out from her forehead, then dissipated into the air.

He repeated the same gesture towards A’Qing.

These two were considered lucky.

All members of the Zheng Family had been completely consumed by Year Wood; they seemed to retain consciousness, but in reality, they had long become puppets.

The moment Year Wood was successfully refined by him also marked their total extinction.

As for these aunt and niece, it was he who had deliberately spared them.

This backward nonsense also dared to be called the Heaven-Ascending Path.@@novelbin@@

The best ending was nothing more than becoming a fruit on the branches of Year Wood once it had fully matured.

As for using the power of Year Wood to continue controlling these two women…

A pair of rebellious aunt and niece who fled from home, without personal freedom, were worthless. Now, if it were the Family Head of the Xu Family, that would be a different story.

Having seen so many Formations, Shen Yi suddenly had an idea.

He couldn’t possibly look after the Nine Provinces of the Great Qian for a lifetime.

Besides, covering such a vast territory was something he had more willingness than strength for.

If he could ask the Xu Family to come out of seclusion and build enough Formations for the Nine Provinces of the Great Qian, that would greatly alleviate the pressure.

“Uh.”

Xu Wanyun stood up awkwardly, completely unprepared for how easily the young man would release control over her.

Not to mention, she was a powerful Grandmaster.

However, it was only a moment before she came to her senses, “Has Brother Dao really taken control of Year Wood?”

Shen Yi looked away noncommittally.

He did not reveal that he had already refined Year Wood.

“Year Wood contaminated with filth is useless to others. If Brother Dao can refine it into a Spiritual Root, it would be a tremendous stroke of fortune,” Xu Wanyun remembered the vast demonic power that exploded from the young man earlier.

She had no idea why someone would think of using demonic power to construct a Dao Infant… without fearing the influence of the evil Qi on the Divine Soul.

Only such an unorthodox individual could enjoy such a unique “treasure.”

“Even if it’s not as good as a Superior-grade Spirit Root, it’s still extraordinary. With just this piece of Year Wood, Brother Dao’s path of cultivation will definitely not stop at the Transcendent Spirit Early Stage…”

Shen Yi didn’t want to bother with the woman’s nonsense, trying to alleviate her awkwardness.

But upon hearing this, he grew curious and looked back, “Stop?”

“Ah…”

A’Qing stood up, “Just like auntie’s Dao Infant made of three Mid-grade Spirit Roots and two Superior-grade Spirit Roots for the five viscera, even if she breaks through to Transcendent Spirit, she will only reach the Transcendent Spirit Middle Stage at most, then her path will be blocked.”

“Brother Shen knows a Transcendent Spirit Golden Body expert and should be aware that even in the Great Qian, a leading power primarily focused on the Cultivation of the Yin Spirit, most Golden Body Techniques can only achieve a three Zhang body size, equivalent to the Transcendent Spirit Early Stage…”

She spread her hands, “To reach higher realms, one must do as Senior Nie Jun and find three Superior Spirit Roots of thunder, just like what Wutong Mountain did for him, which led to the present Xuanjian True Person.”

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