Chapter 265: Chapter 264 Essence Blood Selection (Third Update, Please Subscribe)
Qing Lian laughed, talking about some secrets of the True Monarchs and Demon Emperors.
"After attaining the Nascent Soul, the lifespan is two thousand years. If there are other longevity elixirs, longevity spirit fruits, or if they transcend a tribulation, living up to five thousand years is not a problem. After attaining the Nascent Soul, with a long lifespan and power in hand, naturally, they are extremely afraid of death and cautious in their actions!"
"Speaking of fearing death, it’s not shameful. Ask why a cultivator seeks immortality, isn’t it essentially to live a longer life, fundamentally out of fear of death. In this world, no one is not afraid of death. The stronger the existence, the more they cherish life and fear death."
"On the contrary, those street thugs, those lower-level cultivators, their lives are insignificant, they have nothing but their lives, yet they are willing to risk their lives, not caring about their own survival at all."
"Those True Monarchs and Demon Emperors launch a beast tide every hundred years to reduce their own tribulation qi. How would they provoke a tribulation prematurely out of spite? Once the Nascent Souls of both sides fight, and the situation gets out of control... anyone could fall."
Qing Lian laughed, with a hint of mockery in her words.
"So, if I slaughter my way through the Demon Monarch List, killing all the top one hundred Demon Monarchs on the list, will those Nascent Soul Demon Emperors target me?" Lu Xuanji asked.
"No, Purple Mansion cultivators are born every hundred years on average, generation after generation, only a few can step into the Golden Core, even that is a creation. Those Demon Emperors will give some attention and support to the strong on the Demon Monarch List, but all of this is preconditioned on proving oneself as a genius!"
"If unfortunately killed among the human race’s prodigies, it means nothing. The world of the demon race is much more brutal than imagined."
Qing Lian said: "If you can charge through the rankings, it’d be best. However, the top few on the list are formidable. If you die among them, I won’t save you!"
"Alright!"
Lu Xuanji nodded and said: "Please ask the senior to go outside and announce that Ye Fan wants to challenge the demon race’s major prodigies. In his eyes, the Demon Monarch List is also known as the Waste List, and none of the Purple Mansion Demon Monarchs are worthy opponents, all are waste. I, Ye Fan, as the reincarnation of the Celestial Emperor, am born to suppress the heroes!"
"Now give the top ten prodigies of the Demon Monarch List two choices: the first choice is for the ten Demon Monarchs to join forces and battle me; the second choice is for me alone to defeat the top ten Demon Monarchs."
"Alright!"
Qing Lian nodded and said: "But what’s the deal with Ye Fan?"
Lu Xuanji laughed: "Lu Xuanji has a family and some killing techniques and secret skills, is apprehensive and cautious; but Ye Fan is alone, fearing no slaughter. Ye Fan kills people, what does it have to do with me, Lu Xuanji."
"It’s just that some common weapons and killing moves cannot be used!"
Qing Lian reminded.
"I happen to have a supreme secret technique that hasn’t been cultivated successfully. I can use the three days to successfully cultivate it... then go to kill demons!" Lu Xuanji said: "The Golden Crow Demon Emperor wasn’t trying to hunt me down, right! Then I’ll strike, wiping out the younger generation of the demon race."
"Good, I support you. But you can’t be too righteous, some Demon Monarchs are formidable, some have transcended one tribulation, some two tribulations!"
Qing Lian reminded, with a note of concern in her tone.
"I’ll be careful!"
Lu Xuanji nodded.
After another moment of conversation, Qing Lian left.
Soon after, news spread that the human race’s prodigy, Ye Fan, declared that the prodigies of the demon race were all trash, and killing the demon race was like slaughtering chickens, not worth mentioning.
Inviting the demon race’s prodigies to come challenge.
After Qing Lian intervened, spreading quickly through certain channels, it soon reached the ears of some demon race prodigies. The strong on the Demon Monarch List went forward one after another, some attracted by the Golden Crow Demon Emperor’s reward, some to hone their own cultivation techniques and divine techniques, and some unable to take the stage but came to watch the excitement.
The great demons of the Purple Mansion came one after another, and when they reached the vicinity of Purple Sun Mountain, they saw a ten-mile wide arena appear.
True Monarch Qing Lian personally acted, constructing the arena, and guaranteed in the name of a True Monarch that there would be no interference in the battle of the juniors, and of course, the seniors of the demon race were not allowed to intervene.
The matters of the juniors, let the juniors compete!
...
The outside was bustling!
In the cave mansion, Lu Xuanji was in seclusion, preparing for the battle three days later.
"Caution doesn’t mean cowardice, the Golden Crow Demon Emperor is too strong... I can’t beat him, so I’ll only have to vent by fighting some demon race prodigies!"
Lu Xuanji contemplated, a glint of madness and killing intent flashed in his eyes.
In the battle, the identity of Lu Xuanji could not be used, otherwise, though he was not afraid, it would bring disaster to the Lu Family.
The only identity that could be used was Ye Fan as the alias.
In the beast tide, the celestial secrets themselves are chaotic, and with True Monarch Qing Lian covering the celestial secrets, even the Golden Crow Demon Emperor couldn’t deduce his identity, so there was no worry of the alias being exposed. To make the alias appear real, signature divine techniques like the Elemental Magnetic Celestial Saber, Celestial Wood Technique, and Pure Yang Celestial Fire couldn’t be used and had to rely on the Nine Transformations of Fish and Dragon.
In intense combat, killing many demon beasts also acquired a lot of demon beast essence blood, which could be used to perfect the Nine Transformations of Fish and Dragon.
In the Heaven-Swallowing Cauldron, there were dozens of groups of essence blood, representing different kinds of demon beasts. The essence blood contained lifebound divine techniques, some of which had impressive power and great potential for growth.
"The Golden Crow’s Pure Yang True Flame, the Peacock’s Five-Colored Divine Light, the Cyan Dragon’s Endless Life, the Black Tortoise’s Absolute Defense, the Phoenix’s Nirvana Rebirth... these divine techniques are all excellent and powerful, but which one to choose!"
Faced with so many choices, Lu Xuanji was having a slight headache, now caught in a dilemma of choice.
Desiring everything, in the end, he didn’t know which was the best choice.
The Nine Transformations of Fish and Dragon can assimilate the essence blood of nine different demon beasts, transforming into lifebound divine techniques, with the first choice being the White Spirit Snake’s Void Stomach, leaving eight other choices.
Suddenly, he recalled the moment of challenging the Purple Mansion, encountering that black-armored youth. At that time, during the war of destiny, he killed that prodigy, obtaining immense destiny and acquiring the Nine Transformations of Fish and Dragon.
"That black-armored youth was undeniably powerful, he absorbed the essence blood of top divine beasts like Kunpeng, Cyan Dragon, Taotie, Solar Sovereign, Lunar Embrace, Qiongqi, Taowu, Chaos, and others, crafting nine great clones, undeniably formidable, but ultimately, he lost!"
"Lost to greed, where there is sacrifice there is gain. Divine techniques can be many, but they must be refined; they can be varied, but there must not be too many. Instead of choosing the strongest divine technique, choose the one most suitable for oneself... rather than blindly pursuing strength!"
"Nine divine techniques, finally merging into one, evolving into a supreme lifebound divine technique, that is the best choice. If each divine technique is selected for strength, eventually they would fight separately, which wouldn’t be ideal!"
Lu Xuanji contemplated with clarity, no longer confused about the choice of essence blood.