Attaining Immortality, Starting From Slaying Demons
Chapter 1014 - 652 Talking Nonsense (A bit stuck, securing full attendance first, still writing)_2

Chapter 1014: Chapter 652 Talking Nonsense (A bit stuck, securing full attendance first, still writing)_2

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[Remaining Demon Lifespan: One Hundred and Eight Tribulations]

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The immense Demon Lifespan brought out from Hongze was consumed more than half in just a short time.

The speed of consumption was so fast that it once again unsettled Shen Yi, who had just enjoyed a few good days.

The quality of the demonic beasts outside was indeed high, each boasting lifespans of multiple tribulations, even up to nearly twenty like Zi Ling. But every one of them had a master, and killing them was truly troublesome.

Shen Yi had no plans to refine Zi Ling and the Lion-Tiger Beast into a Town Stone to send to the heavens as spies.

Back in Hongze, even the Dragon Palace Crown Prince could tell that the Town Stones lacked the breath of life, let alone real Immortal Generals.

Lady Qinghua, who served a similar purpose, and those were different.

Rather than using the body of a Town Stone, she sculpted her own Golden Body Dharma Identity bit by bit with Incense Willpower. The Yin God within it even originated from the inner core, merely controlled by a Demon Soul.

If he carelessly sent Zi Ling back, he might risk "covering one’s ears whilst stealing a bell" and startling the snake in the grass.

There could have been time to drag things out, but if that Immortal General saw his own mount returning as a puppet, under such provocation, he might very well immediately send troops to the Mortal Realm to slay him.

Shen Yi had other uses for these two Demon Souls and corpses.

Although Ye Lan had agreed to let him join her lineage, she clearly didn’t truly intend to teach him anything, simply providing him an identity to conceal himself out of courtesy for a colleague.

Of course, the Taixu Dao Fruit that he should strive for still must be pursued after entering the fold.

But Shen Yi wouldn’t pin all his hopes on someone he had only met a few times. He had yet to fully understand the Dragon Tiger Scripture.

Previously pressed for time, with the help of Ke Shisan and An Yi, he succeeded in seizing the Arhat Fruit Position.

But these two Hall Masters were, after all, only at the Unity Realm Stage.

Using their aura and enduring eighty-one tribulations, he successfully infused the nature’s spiritual energy with the essence of a dragon and tiger, manifesting it into that amber-colored fruit position.

But where were the dragon and the tiger?

Shen Yi vividly recalled that when the two Bodhi Sect disciples came to assassinate him, the Golden Body in the Illusionary Realm hall had a dragon and a tiger tethered with chains.

Those two monks must have seen other Dragon Tiger Arhats, not just concocted them from thin air.

Why didn’t he have any?

Now, with the sixth-grade corpses of the Dragon Demon and Tiger Demon, Shen Yi started to contemplate refining the Dragon and Tiger Great Pill that was previously lacking.

Well, he would return to Jianyang Prefecture first.

He looked up at the sky and saw that the Imperial Court’s might still stirred, indicating that the court had not yet withdrawn.

It was not wise to linger here, lest he be mistaken for a Bodhi Sect disciple and dealt with.

Shen Yi gathered his focus and shot forward, his form darting toward Jianyang Prefecture with a group of friends from Hongze!

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Jianyang Prefecture, a secluded residence in the western part of the city.

The size and appearance of this residence were orderly, lacking any standout features, yet also without any faults to find.

It was just like his identity at the Demon Slayer Bureau, emphasizing profound concealment, never drawing the notice of others.

Led by several government officers, Shen Yi slowly entered the residence.

The arrangement by the Government Office signified that his process of taking up the post of Demon Slayer Officer was finally complete. From this moment on, he was truly a government officer of the Imperial Court.

Shen Yi had no particular demands regarding his living quarters and was quite satisfied with the seclusion of this place.

As the government officers bowed and took their leave,

he chose a courtyard at random and settled under a large tree. He first summoned the Spirit Light Rat Demon to guard the area.

Only then did he take out parts of Zi Ling and the Lion-Tiger Beast’s corpses and, following the content of the first volume of the Dragon Tiger Scripture, began to attempt the alchemy of the Dragon and Tiger Great Pill.

Though it was called alchemy, no furnace was needed.

According to the Scripture, this process was known as transcendence.

When a practitioner subdued a great evil demon, while they took its life, they couldn’t erase its sins. They needed to use profound techniques from their sect to transform the demon into the most pure primordial power, to enhance the practitioner’s body. The practitioner then bore the sins through hardships in the world.

Shen Yi had no time to bear Zi Ling’s sins; he only wanted her Essence Yuan.

Now at the Arhat Realm, executing this matter became that much simpler.

He reached out his palm slightly, and a golden stream gushed out like a great river, grasping the corpse of the Purple-Bearded White Dragon, enveloping it to begin the refinement.

Under the pressure of his realm, in less than half a month, the massive corpses were melted by the Golden Light in several batches.

When all was done, two fist-sized glimmering glass beads radiating flecks of golden light remained suspended in the courtyard.

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"Is this an Elixir?"

Shen Yi pondered for a moment, wondering why it was different from what the scriptures described. Shouldn’t it be the size of a broad bean?

Perhaps it was because the realms of these two Demonic Beasts were too high?

He shook his head, summoned it over, and while opening the panel, he infused the vast Demon Lifespan into the already perfected Dragon Tiger Scripture. At the same time, he opened his mouth, and both the Dragon Pill and the Tiger Elixir transformed into a liquid that surged into his mouth.

[First Tribulation: You swallowed the Dragon and Tiger Great Pill and re-experienced the familiar aura of the Dragon and Tiger...]

As he watched the text appear on the panel, Shen Yi’s brow furrowed slightly, puzzled.

Still no Dragon or Tiger?

Could it be because there was no soul?

Shen Yi had long been accustomed to encountering snags in his cultivation, but he hadn’t expected even the True Skill of the Bodhi Sect to have issues.

But it didn’t matter, he thought. He would just have to troubleshoot slowly, and he would find the cause.

With this thought, he decisively condensed his Demon Origin and began to reconstruct his Demon Soul.

Zi Ling was alright, needing only two tribulations, but the Lion-Tiger Beast required a full eighteen.

"There’s such a big difference, there must be a problem."

Shen Yi recalled Ye Lan, thinking that even if their Dao Fruit ranked among the top ten, with his own fruit position ranked only thirty-first, there shouldn’t be such a vast disparity.

Aside from the intimidating strength of the Taixu Dao Fruit, it was highly likely there was a problem with his own Dragon Tiger Fruit Position.

He had endured the eighty-one tribulations; he couldn’t possibly reap a defective product.

"Sigh."

Shen Yi took a deep breath, steeled his heart, and shaped two Demon Souls, sending them directly into the panel.

[Second Tribulation: As you watched Zi Ling and the Lion-Tiger Beast beside you, you recalled the Dragon and Tiger Arhat Golden Body you once saw. Without hesitation, you used mana as chains to bind the two Demon Souls to yourself, walking through the world together.]

"What the hell is Master doing?"

In an inconspicuous corner of the yard, the Spirit Light Rat Demon watched the surroundings while curiously glancing at Shen Yi.

The man had clearly harvested the Dragon Tiger Fruit Position and had even manifested a Golden Body before. Why was he refining the Dragon Pill and Tiger Elixir again? Had he encountered some problem in his cultivation?

Unfortunately, these practitioners had never seen a true Dragon Tiger Arhat, let alone be of any help to him.

"Tsk, I don’t understand and wouldn’t dare to ask."

The Spirit Light Rat withdrew its gaze and vigilantly monitored the surroundings.

"Master, the Little Demon knows it was wrong!"

"The Little Demon is guilt-ridden!"

Shen Yi closed his eyes and steadied his spirit, with the wailings of the Lion-Tiger Beast echoing in his mind. Having once reached the Fifth Grade Realm, it was already suffering so much. As for Zi Ling, it couldn’t even speak a complete sentence, reduced to nothing but piercing screams.

The reason for their intense pain—

—was because Shen Yi had discovered something very interesting.

[Third Tribulation: As you walked through the world with a Dragon and a Tiger at your side, you at last felt less lonely. But the tribulations your fruit position within could withstand had reached their limit. Without an epiphany, the idea of advancing simply through grueling cultivation was as difficult as reaching the heavens. However, you suddenly found that the two Demon Souls beside you seemed able to bear the tribulations for you...]

With the power of eighty-one tribulations, the Dragon Tiger Fruit Position was vast like the ocean, yet Shen Yi could clearly feel his strength had risen by yet another tribulation.

There was hope!

As for the two Demon Souls without the scripture’s protection facing the tribulations directly, the extent of their torment was evident from the continuous cries of agony.

"Zi Ling knows what she did wrong! She truly knows!"

"Master! There is no Dragon or Tiger! Indeed, there is none!"

In just a short time outside, Zi Ling and the Lion-Tiger Beast had already endured two full tribulations, surviving through the long span of over two hundred thousand years.

The howls had turned into pleas.

Shen Yi raised an eyebrow; he had never experienced such an effortless extrapolation.

But it was clear how painful this matter was.

It even forced the Suppression Stone Society to lie.

No Dragon or Tiger?

Then what was this advancement all about?

Just nonsense.