Strongest War Emperor

Chapter 486: Chapter 472: The Candle Dragon Again

Zhuge Xian’Er knew what her mother wanted to say.

She wanted to talk about her physical body, of course.

Although Shen Lang had used a Secret Technique to eliminate the aura from her scales, she had still detected a trace of it when a few of the Elder Ancestors approached her wearing that Armor.

A member of the Demon Race who had reached the King Martial Realm had an incredibly subtle connection to their original body.

Shen Lang had actually made Armor out of her scales... Just thinking about it was enough to drive Shui Tianji mad with rage.

Zhuge Xian’Er understood how awkward the situation was, which was why she had cut her mother off before she could finish speaking.

Meanwhile, the surrounding Elder Ancestors looked extremely awkward.

Who could have predicted something like this?

’Not long ago, Shen Lang used the scales from Shui Tianji’s body to make Armor, and he even told us to eat the meat of the Four-winged Green-scaled Python, saying it would add a hundred years to our Cultivation... and now, for fuck’s sake, she’s standing right in front of us!’

And she looked like she was here to demand justice...

The atmosphere in the meeting hall instantly became very strange.

Shen Lang rolled his eyes and said, "Can you drop the act? You need to get one thing straight: you owe me, not the other way around."

"We were enemies. I got your... body. No, I mean your physical form. If I didn’t put it to good use, what was I supposed to do, put it on display at home?"

The Elder Ancestors’ eyes went wide. ’Damn, Xiaolang’s shamelessness has the same flair we had in our younger days!’

"Put it to good use? You call that ’putting it to good use’!?" Shui Tianji sounded like she was on the verge of exploding.

"Alright, my mistake... I put a treasure to good use, how’s that? In any case, it’s already been refined into Armor. There’s no way you’re getting it back." Shen Lang said shamelessly. "Actually, you don’t need to be so furious. If you look at it from another angle, you lost your original body because of me, but I’m also the one who saved you."

’So shameless. Utterly shameless...’

’How could he take someone’s body and use it as a material, then have the audacity to claim he saved her?’

Shui Tianji was so angry she almost went berserk.

Everyone around, including Zhuge Xian’Er, was mortified and had no idea how to mediate this situation.

Something like this was basically impossible... When had anyone ever seen two people standing around chatting after one had skinned the other?

Shen Lang, however, was unconcerned. He said leisurely, "Blood Evil Island is famous for the Seven Evils. You used Blood Evil Island’s Secret Technique, ’Feeding the Evil with One’s Body,’ to refine your physical form into an Outer Path Demon Statue, turning it into a Puppet. You then immersed that body in Evil Qi to absorb it, using the Evil Qi for Body Forging to rapidly increase your Cultivation, all while remaining ignorant that your death was imminent!"

Seeing that Shen Lang even knew about "Feeding the Evil with One’s Body," Shui Tianji’s furious mood calmed down, and she asked with a hint of suspicion, "Don’t think you can scare me just because you know about ’Feeding the Evil with One’s Body’! This Secret Technique was created by the predecessors of Blood Evil Island and has been verified by countless people. Plus, my Cultivation really does grow faster than other Martial Artists of the same rank. How could my death possibly be imminent?"

Shen Lang tilted his head slightly and turned to Zhuge Xian’Er. "Was she always this quick to anger and unable to control her emotions?"

Zhuge Xian’Er was startled. She shook her head and said, "My mother wasn’t like this before. I always thought it was because of my father that her temperament changed so drastically... Brother Shen, are you saying this has something to do with the Evil Qi?"

At the side, Zhu Feng’s and Tang Hao’s expressions flickered, and they both grew anxious.

As people from Blood Evil Island, while they didn’t practice Cultivation to the same extent as Shui Tianji, they had also been using Evil Qi to cultivate.

Shen Lang continued leisurely, "The Qi of Seven Evils is also a type of Heaven and Earth Energy. It is born from the negative emotions and pessimistic energy of countless living beings in the Human Realm. Ultimately, because some Ancient Demon Gods were sealed in the Nine Netherworld Prison, the resentful energy in the Nine Netherworld Prison surged, allowing the Qi of Seven Evils to spread and grow, gradually filling the entire Nine Netherworld Prison."

"It is, in fact, something far more terrifying than Demonic Qi or Death Qi."

"It can subtly corrupt a person’s heart, making them unaware of the changes within themselves, and eventually, it will control your soul."

Shui Tianji started to grow flustered but remained stubborn. "What else do you know? Don’t think I’ll believe you just because you spouted some nonsense!"

Shen Lang went on, "Evil Qi is too terrifying. The people of Blood Evil Island use it for Cultivation, but they fear their minds will eventually be completely controlled by it. That’s why they came up with the trick of refining their physical bodies into an Outer Path Demon Statue. But you’ve been on Blood Evil Island for so many years—have you ever seen anyone succeed in the end? Has anyone who used this Evil Qi for Cultivation ever surpassed the Emperor Martial Realm Fifth Heaven?"

"You’ve cultivated to the King Martial Realm Fifth Heaven. In recent years, have you found yourself wanting to kill at the slightest provocation? When you get furious, do you feel an urge to destroy everything in sight? And as your Cultivation has advanced, have you found the Outer Path Demon Statue harder and harder to control, and has your Sea of Consciousness become unstable? Moreover, have you discovered Evil Qi inexplicably appearing within your Divine Soul, impossible to expel?"

"You... You..." A look of terror appeared on Shui Tianji’s face. It was clear Shen Lang had hit the mark.

Shen Lang added, "The Outer Path Demon Statue is a type of Puppet controlled by its original owner’s Divine Thought. But Evil Qi is something that can even corrupt Divine Thought! As long as one’s Divine Thought remains on that Puppet, the controller’s Primordial Spirit will soon be infected as well. When that happens, it won’t be a simple matter of your mind being affected—you could completely devolve into a mindless Demon!"

"If you still can’t understand, let me put it another way... Cultivating with Evil Qi is, in fact, creating a Heart Demon for yourself!"

"When your Cultivation reaches a certain level and you try to advance, the Heart Demon will emerge. In an instant, it can cause you to succumb to your inner demons, leading to your death and the dissipation of your soul!"

"Hmph. The person from Blood Evil Island who created this Secret Technique lost their sanity long ago, becoming cruel and merciless. He treated the people of Blood Evil Island as nothing more than test subjects, having you later generations continuously perform this test, all while you remained completely oblivious!"

Shen Lang’s voice was calm, but to Shui Tianji and the others, his words struck like a clap of thunder!

"Brother Shen, what do we do now? My mother..." When it came to Shui Tianji, even Zhuge Xian’Er could no longer remain calm.

Shen Lang tossed a Jade Scroll to Shui Tianji and said, "Don’t worry. Since I know all this, how could I not have a solution?"

"This is a Cultivation Technique from the War God Hall. It was created by several experts from the War God Hall who merged a Soul Body Cultivation Technique from the Thousand Soul Hall with a Cultivation Technique from the Buddhist Sect. It’s a technique specifically for cultivating Divine Sense, but the requirements are very strict. One must have a Cultivation level above the King Martial Realm to practice it."

"Your condition isn’t terminal yet. As long as you begin cultivating with this technique, you’ll be able to completely purge the Evil Qi from your Divine Soul in five or six years at the least, twenty years at most."

"Not only that, practicing this Cultivation Technique will also allow you to use your Soul Body to condense a Golden Body and reforge a physical body in the future!"

Shui Tianji took the Jade Scroll with trembling hands and stammered, "Is... is there really such a Cultivation Technique? Can it really help me expel the Evil Qi? And I can condense a Golden Body and reforge a physical body?"

Zhuge Xian’Er glanced at Shen Lang gratefully, then said to Shui Tianji, "If Brother Shen says it’s possible, then it definitely is. Mother, hurry and put it away."

Just then, Shen Lang swept a cold gaze over Zhu Feng and Tang Hao. "You two can cultivate it as well, but let me make this clear: this Cultivation Technique involves some of my secrets. Only the three of you can practice it. You are absolutely forbidden from telling anyone, not even those two old geezers, Black and White Impermanence. Otherwise..."

"Rest assured, little brother! We two martial brothers swear we will never leak this Cultivation Technique!" Zhu Feng and Tang Hao immediately stood up, sweating coldly as they spoke in a panic.

Shen Lang’s expression remained unchanged as he casually asked, "Black Impermanence snatched one of my enemies from me in Celestial Phoenix City. Do you know about this?"

Zhu Feng was taken aback. "Little brother, are you referring to Xu Daolin?"

"That’s right," Shen Lang nodded.

Zhu Feng’s expression turned a little strange. "You’ve asked the right person, little brother. I happen to know a little about this matter. Xu Daolin has gone missing... and because of him, Elder Ancestor Black Impermanence was severely injured. He’s still in seclusion even now."

"Missing? What happened?" Shen Lang asked. "In Celestial Phoenix City, Black Impermanence was struck by Chaos from the Ruyi Buddha Sect, but his injuries weren’t serious. Where did this severe injury you speak of come from?"

Zhu Feng said with a grave expression, "I heard that on his way back with Xu Daolin, when he was still over three thousand li from Blood Evil Island in the Earth Demon Mountain Range, Elder Ancestor Black Impermanence encountered a mysterious expert shrouded in black mist. That expert called himself Candle Dragon. He severely injured the Elder Ancestor with a single palm strike and then snatched Xu Daolin away... The whole thing took less than two minutes!"

"If the Elder Ancestor hadn’t been carrying Blood Evil Island’s ultimate treasure, the Seven Evils Treasure Pearl, he likely wouldn’t have made it back alive this time!"

"Candle Dragon!" A sharp light burst from Shen Lang’s eyes, and his aura suddenly turned violent.

Under the uncertain gazes of the crowd, Shen Lang took a deep breath, nodded, and said, "I see. By the way, what is Blood Evil Island doing here in the Purple Chu Country?"

As soon as he said this, Zhu Feng and Tang Hao broke out in a cold sweat.

This was a secret of Blood Evil Island. If they revealed it in front of so many people, how would they explain themselves when they returned?

But if they didn’t say anything...

Shen Lang chuckled lightly. "Is your Blood Evil Island suspecting that the Blood Ancestor Tomb is in the Purple Chu Country?"

"..." This time, Zhu Feng was truly speechless, cold sweat pouring down his face. He looked utterly wretched.

Shen Lang smiled and said, "You really don’t need to be like this. I even know that the Blood Ancestor isn’t dead. Compared to that, the matter of the Blood Ancestor Tomb doesn’t seem like such a big deal, does it?"

"Black and White Impermanence got information from who-knows-where and came to the Purple Chu Country to search for the Blood Ancestor Tomb. I wonder if they’d still have the guts to do it if they knew the Blood Ancestor wasn’t even dead?"

Zhu Feng and the others remained silent, their expressions exceptionally awkward.

----Another Chapter will be out later.