The Lord of Void and Real
Chapter 1097

Chapter 1097: Chapter 1094: Hidden Injury Chapter 1097: Chapter 1094: Hidden Injury Shen Luo thought about this and summoned the Ghost General guarding not far away, flipping his hand to sacrifice the Pure Yang Sword Embryo before soaring into the sky.

He circled the area and discovered a small city outside the mountain range. After probing with his Divine Sense, he soon determined that this place was a small city within Chizhou and that this mountain range was the Five Consecutive Mountain Range of Chizhou.

“Chizhou! I only used the Yimu Xuandun once before being controlled by demonic thoughts, but I actually managed to travel so far!”

Shen Luo murmured to himself, shocked in his heart.

Although Dengzhou and Chizhou are adjacent, the Spring and Autumn Pavilion is at least four to five hundred li away from this Five Consecutive Mountain Range. Even though his Yimu Xuandun had reached a high level of mastery, it wouldn't cover such a distance even with ten successive uses.

“Master, when you previously used the Yimu Xuandun, the Demonic Qi infused into the Yi Wood Escape Light, causing a sudden surge. It's probably for this reason that you were able to travel to this distant place,” the voice of the Ghost General sounded.

Shen Luo was startled by this, and after a moment of contemplation, he quickly pieced together some possibilities from the somewhat blurry fragments of his memories, combined with the previous state of his body. Indeed, it was likely as the Ghost General had said.

“Could it be that Demonic Qi can also amplify the power of the God's Powers I deploy? That would mean there's some use to demonic qi after all,” Shen Luo pondered in secret, but immediately shook his head, dismissing the idea.

No matter the benefits of this Demonic Qi, it belonged to crooked paths and heretical practices. Just the first outbreak had almost caused a catastrophe. It would be best to detect its traces as soon as possible and find a way to purge it.

Without further hesitation, Shen Luo spurred the Pure Yang Sword Embryo, transforming into a streak of red light and flying towards Qinghua Mountain.

In no time, the Spring and Autumn Pavilion came into view.

More than a month had passed, and the Heavenly and Earthly Spiritual Qi of Qinghua Mountain had thickened significantly and was still increasing.

Shen Luo nodded slightly and quietly returned to his Cave Mansion without alarming anyone.

On the ground of the Secret Chamber, the Jiuli Devil Armor was still lying quietly there.

Shen Luo breathed a sigh of relief, bending over to pick up the armor, but then he seemed to think of something, stopped his action, and with a raise of his hand, a blue light wrapped around the Devil Armor, moving it to one side.

In the shattered prohibitions surrounding the Secret Chamber, two Communication Talismans buzzed around inside like headless flies.

With a wave of his sleeve, Shen Luo sent out a blue light, gathering the two Communication Talismans towards him. Upon probing with his Divine Sense, he found that one was from Qin Ming, asking about the sudden onset of the evil aura before, and the other was from Qin Ming, querying about his own situation as he had not heard back for a long time.

After pondering for a moment, he communicated through Divine Sense with Qin Ming at the front mountain, “I was activating an evil path magical treasure just now. There's no issue, don't worry.”

Regarding the event of being possessed by Demonic Qi, Shen Luo did not want to tell anyone.

Although the Demon Clan had reappeared in the Three Realms, they were, after all, an alien race, wary of by many Cultivation Sects. If others knew he was tainted with Demonic Qi, it would definitely not be a good thing.

Inside a Secret Chamber at the front mountain, Qin Ming was attempting a breakthrough to the Grain Avoidance Stage when he suddenly heard Shen Luo's voice in his mind. The worry that had gripped him these days finally subsided.

“As long as you are all right, that's good.”

“I can't always rely on Junior Brother Shen. I also need to increase my cultivation level as soon as possible and then recruit more disciples to restore the former glory of the Spring and Autumn Pavilion,” Qin Ming immediately resolved to himself, continuing to meditate with eyes closed, aiming to break through the bottleneck of the Grain Avoidance Stage.

In the Cave Dwelling in the back mountain, Shen Luo first repaired the damaged prohibitions and then set up two more, even taking out the Liangyi Micro-dust Array and arranging it outside the Cave Mansion.

Only after taking every possible defense did he take the Jiuli Devil Armor into the Secret Chamber.

Shen Luo did not immediately attempt to use the Devil Armor to draw out the Demonic Qi within his body but instead sat down cross-legged, closed his eyes, and began healing his injuries with cultivation.

The meridians that had been blocked were now cleared, but as he returned on his sword flight, he faintly sensed his body was somewhat heavy, obviously the aftereffects of the previous Demonic Qi explosion had not been entirely eliminated.

He formed hand seals and activated his mana to turn it into strands of blue mist, which circulated throughout his body, leaving no inch untouched. Indeed, he discovered quite a few hidden injuries.

Identifying the problem made it much easier to deal with. Shen Luo took healing pills, and with the Nameless Cultivation Technique and the Great Unsealing Technique, he quickly cured all the hidden injuries.

He continued to operate the Nameless Cultivation Technique, with streams of blue light flowing around his body, but the feeling of heaviness remained significantly.

“The hidden injuries have clearly been healed, so why does my body still feel abnormal?”

Shen Luo had a vague guess in his mind, closed his eyes again, and activated the Mysterious Technique Divine Wood Grace taught to him by Yuan Tiangang, with wisps of green light emerging from his body.

Soon, he opened his eyes, his expression as dark as water.

His guess was correct, the previously purified and pure vitality was now tainted with quite a bit of black and red malevolent Qi, obviously due to the Demonic Qi invasion.

However, these strands of black and red malevolent Qi did not affect the operation of his vitality, which is why he hadn't noticed them before.

But with his vitality like this, it definitely wouldn't be good.

“Divine Wood Grace has the effect of purifying one's vital essence. Let's see if it can refine away those malevolent auras,” Shen Luo closed his eyes once more and activated the Divine Wood Grace.

Wisps of Wood Ether Aura from all directions converged towards him, causing the green light on his body to become more and more intense, slowly radiating a profound jade green glow from inside out.

“Duot!”

Shen Luo let out a light shout, a breath of turbid air expelled from his mouth. His vital essence ignited a bunch of green flames, enveloping those strands of black and red malevolent Qi.

This was not about burning his vital essence but rather pushing the refining effect of the Divine Wood Grace to its maximum to form a refining flame.

Under the burning of the green flames, the malevolent Qi within his vital essence actually began to reduce slowly.

After an indeterminate amount of time, Shen Luo stopped his practice, and the green light on his body gradually faded away.

He opened his eyes, fell silent for a long time, and let out a sigh.

The black and red malevolent Qi in his vital essence had been mostly expelled by him, but a stubborn strand of black and red light remained, impossible to eliminate no matter how he operated the Divine Wood Grace.

Fortunately, after expelling most of the malevolent Qi, Shen Luo's body had returned to its original state, no longer feeling that heaviness.

However, that single strand of black and red malevolent Qi was still like a thorn in his throat, discomforting.

“The only thing to do now is to raise my cultivation level as much as possible, strengthen my spirit, and prevent the Demonic Qi from erupting again,” Shen Luo pondered for a long time, unable to find a solution, so he decided to proceed with this plan for the time being.

Having found evidence of the Demonic Qi Invasion, he no longer needed to try to provoke the Demonic Qi with the Jiuli Devil Armor.

With this thought, he took out the Slayer's Broken Sword and stored it in his Dantian.

This treasure possessed the power to suppress evil and break demons, so it was best kept in the Dantian, should the Demonic Qi erupt again in the future, activating this treasure might suppress it a bit.

After doing all this, Shen Luo's mood finally began to stabilize a bit.