This Is Not the Female Demon Lord I Remembered
Chapter 56 - s: Lying and winning feels great

Chapter 56: 56 Chapters: Lying and winning feels great

"Master, doesn’t our Taoist Sect have secret legacies?" Su Youyi asked with some confusion.

"Actually, we don’t. When I was young, your master and I explored a secret realm together, and each of us gained something. The two legacies of the Taoist Sect were your master’s gains," Fang Zhi explained with a smile.

"Yes, at that time I was just a Loose Cultivator. The condition for inheriting the Taoist Sect’s legacy was to join the sect and pass it on. The two of them, one being the Chief of Complete Heaven Sect and the other the Chief of Sword Cleanse Heavenly Pool, along with not qualifying in terms of aptitude, only your master qualified to receive the legacy," Chen Hua explained proudly.

"Ha! It was Zhou Jianren and I who let you win! What do you mean my aptitude didn’t qualify!?" Fang Zhi’s nose nearly twisted in anger upon hearing this.

"Oh?" Chen Hua glanced at Fang Zhi sideways.

"Are you looking for a fight again?"

"Come on, Zhou Jianren isn’t here right now, I want to see who you can find to help you this time!" Chen Hua was eager as their tradition was to have small spats every three months and big ones every three years. Ever since he could no longer win a duel against Chen Hua alone, he shamelessly pulled Zhou Jianren into teaming against him, denying him the joy of an easy victory.

"Ha! You think I’ll just fight because you say so? I certainly will not!" Fang Zhi decided defiantly, knowing the outcome even if he were to use his toes to count. Calling this cowardice? This is adapting to the Heavenly Mechanism!

"Ptui!"

Such a cowardly response naturally led to Chen Hua’s merciless mockery.

"I’ll endure it! Next time Zhou Jianren is here, let’s see if you still dare to boast!" Fang Zhi’s forehead veins throbbed, deciding not to stoop to this ’dog’s’ level.

Meanwhile, the three juniors enjoying the spectacle were having a great time, especially with Su Youyi occasionally bringing out melons and sweets, truly enjoying themselves.

"Cough cough, where were we? You, you beast, you interrupted my train of thought again!" Fang Zhi did not want to lose face in front of the juniors, hastily interjecting.

"I can’t be bothered with you!" Chen Hua disregarded him completely, too lazy to even give him a proper look, treating it as the vain howl of a defeated dog.

Liang Yi and the others exchanged looks, the atmosphere had been serious, how did it turn comedic?

"Xiaoyi, didn’t I give you a jade tube before?" Chen Hua turned to Liang Yi and asked.

"Yes, but I haven’t had a chance to look at it yet," Liang Yi took out the jade tube he received before inheriting the Taoist Sect legacy from his Storage Ring.

"No need to look, the jade tube contains a Cultivation Technique ’Imperial Spirit Decree’ from the Devouring Spirit Sect. The current techniques of the Devouring Spirit Sect were created based on it. Many ideas therein even impressed me; makes me a bit curious to meet that Sect Hierarch."

Liang Yi looked at the jade tube in his hand and reluctantly put it away.

"After Zhiqing explained the situation to me, I granted him access to all our sect’s secrets, and he indeed unearthed some useful information," Fang Zhi resumed his wise figure, signaling his beloved disciple to add more.

"I not only reviewed our sect’s secrets, but I also went to the Zen Sect and Xuanzhou Immortal Dynasty to browse their secrets. Due to time constraints, I haven’t been to other sects yet," He Zhiqing stood up and explained.

"The Abyss was severely damaged and sealed by the sages of the first two epochs using unknown methods, and it shriveled in the north of Desert North. And its minions are precisely the Devouring Spirit Sect."

"Human nature is complex, and the world never lacks those who seize opportunities for treachery. Thus, in ancient times, there were already people secretly leaning towards the Abyss, becoming its lackeys. At that time, the name of the sect is untraceable, only knowing that those who turned towards the Abyss gathered together into one sect."

"From my guess, the Abyss during the First Epoch might have been repelled, but the Cultivation World of the First Epoch also paid a irreversible price and eventually faded away over time. Gradually, people inherited the legacy of the First Epoch, and the Second Epoch began to prosper."

"However, the First Epoch only managed to repel and severely injure the Abyss, not eradicate it. Thus in the Second Epoch, the Abyss returned. According to records, the overall strength of the Cultivation World in the Second Epoch was not as strong as in the First Epoch, but I don’t know what means they used to heavily injure and seal the Abyss again."

He Zhiqing laid out all he had read and inferred.

"Does that mean, every time the Abyss returned in each epoch, there were always people who joined the Abyss and formed a sect?" Liang Yi speculated.

"Yes, that should be correct," He Zhiqing took a sip of Spiritual Tea, feeling a bit dry after so much talking.

"But, the Abyss hasn’t returned yet, right?" asked the young Su Youyi, raising her hand.

"That I don’t know. The Xuanzhou Immortal Dynasty recorded the emergence and disappearance of Demon Spirit Sect during its early establishment, but afterwards, there was no news until now with the emergence of the Devouring Spirit Sect. Perhaps something unknown has occurred."

"Fang Lao Dao, don’t you always boast about how formidable your divinations are, why not calculate it?" Chen Hua continued to look askance at Fang Zhi.

"You think I haven’t calculated? The star fate of the Devouring Spirit Sect is somehow obscured. I could force a calculation, but it would come at a cost. Are you going to pay for it?" Fang Zhi retorted straight back.

"As long as the Abyss shows no signs of disturbance, then this Devouring Spirit Sect is just a clown jumping on the beam, not worth my time to divine. Instead of that, I’d better calculate when you, you bastard, are going to have a violent death!"

"Although the way you put it doesn’t sound like something a human would say, the first part is somewhat correct. If the Abyss shows no disturbances, as long as the Sect Hierarch of the Devouring Spirit dares to show up, I could directly draw my sword and slay him," Chen Hua stroked his chin.

"Humph!" Fang Zhi couldn’t refute as, strength-wise, this ’dog’ had the right to be arrogant.

"You guys don’t have to be too worried. Xiaoyi brought back that incomplete technique which I and Fang Lao Dao have analyzed together. We now have some understanding of the Devouring Spirit Sect’s underpinnings; at least they can’t perform roles of people from the Seventh Realm."

"They completely devour a person’s Divine Soul and then preserve it in the Sea of Consciousness, creating an environment identical to all they have witnessed. It’s like dreaming, where the time in the dream runs faster than in reality; this way, they can completely impersonate a person," Liang Yi shared their research findings.

"As for how to detect them, we still don’t know for sure. It’s only possible to identify them before they have devoured someone, just like the last time you encountered," said Fang Zhi as a reminder.

"Ding! Hearing a vast amount of secrets, obtaining information about the Devouring Spirit Sect."

"Ding! Task completion increased by 40%."

"Ding! Congratulations on completing the mission [Underhand Shadows]!"

"Ding! Congratulations on completing the mission [Banished Immortal’s Wrath]!"

"Indeed, good deeds get rewarded!"

Liang Yi laughed so hard his eyes couldn’t even open. If he had to find this out by himself, who knows how long it would have taken. Thankfully, with his senior brother’s help, things are indeed comfortable now.