Chương 11: Chapter 11: Each with Their Own Scheme
Having walked half the way, a sudden change occurred.
"Crack..."
Lu Li suddenly swung his sword fiercely at the elder, his intense sword qi recklessly scattering, producing a buzzing sound.
Just as Lu Li was about to make his move, the elder, as if prepared, charged towards Lu Li like lightning, both moving in a strangely synchronized manner.
At this point, Master Qing Song stopped pretending and revealed a face full of madness, his whole body emitting a terrifying aura.
"Ha ha... Not bad, lad, you've got a bit of the demon offspring look. But you're still too green in front of this old ancestor, I'll take this body without hesitation..."
As soon as he spoke, the sword light swiftly slashed towards Qing Song's soul.
At the moment of contact, Qing Song's soul immediately split in two.
Strangely, the split Primordial Spirits weakened significantly but still rushed fiercely towards Lu Li's mind.
"Jie jie... Old ancestor has the Soul Splitting Secret Method, just merge with the old ancestor willingly."
Seeing this, Lu Li's expression changed; these old monsters were indeed unfathomable.
Unnoticeably, he activated the Demon Refining Pot hidden deep in his mind, which emitted a faint light.
In just an instant, Qing Song's two soul clusters had rushed into Lu Li's mind, swiftly converging into a soul body.
Just as Qing Song was about to devour Lu Li's Primordial Spirit deep within his mind, he suddenly felt a strong suction force.
This caused his entire soul body to involuntarily fly forward.
"What is this cursed thing?"
Qing Song looked up and saw an ancient pot-shaped object floating in the center of the mind, emitting a mysterious faint light.
"Young friend, spare me this once; I know many secrets that can aid you..."
Qing Song's face showed extreme panic as he started to incessantly beg for mercy.
Lu Li remained unmoved and continued to activate the Demon Refining Pot; within moments, the opponent was forcibly sucked onto the body of the pot.
"Ah..."
Upon contact with the Demon Refining Pot, Qing Song's entire soul body rapidly emitted black smoke and he screamed in agony.
In just a few breaths, the opponent's soul body directly turned into a wisp of green silk, dissipating into the surrounding space.
At this moment, Lu Li had a somewhat odd expression on his face.
"I never expected that some scattered memory fragments of this demon would still remain."
At the instant the demon vanished, a flood of chaotic memories entered his mind.
This individual was not the real Master Qing Song; his name was Sky Splitting Demon, but due to significant memory loss, it was unclear why the demon had come to be in this situation.
The Demon Corpse was also a Qi Cultivation Cultivator nearby whom he had killed and turned into a Demon Corpse to set up this trap.
Lu Li sealed away the memories of the Sky Splitting Demon and picked up the Storage Bag from the ground.
Then, he maneuvered his Flying Sword towards the injured Demon Corpse in the corner.
The intense sword light flickered fiercely at the tip of the sword.
"Roar..."
The Demon Corpse desperately resisted but in vain; amidst the sounds of wretched roars, its head was sliced off.
Dark green liquid splattered all around, and soon the headless Demon Corpse lay motionless.
After finishing all this, he gathered up the remains of the broken Array, and then left.
...
At the moment the Sky Splitting Demon's Divine Soul perished, tens of thousands of miles away, on a deserted island in the ocean, within an underground cave.
"Eh? I can no longer sense that split soul."
A man cloaked in a black robe slowly opened his eyes.
Under the powerful aura he emitted, the surrounding Blood Pool stirred up waves.
At that time, a man clad in a black cloak entered.
"Lord, everything is ready, we can act at any time..."
The powerful man in the black robe slowly nodded, a cold light flashing in his eyes.
...
Nighttime, silence pervaded.
Inside the cave at Sunset Peak.
Lu Li sat cross-legged on a mat, carefully perusing through the memory fragments of Sky Splitting Demon, his face filled with emotion.
Many memories were already very disordered, but he could still find some useful information.
"Blood Spirit Drill? Blood Jutsu, Blood Boiling Secret Technique..."
Before long, he discovered numerous Demon Secret Skills.
Many of them required the consumption of vast amounts of Essence Blood to master, but he found them to be quite practical.
Lu Li then slowly sorted out some useful information from them.
Several hours later, when he finished viewing all memory fragments, he slowly exhaled.
This Sky Splitting Demon was clearly a veteran and mighty demon.
From a humble beginning, he rose by killing and plundering, exploring caves... leveraging his own wisdom to cultivate up to the Purple Mansion stage, which was extraordinary.
How to choose targets, how to leave tracking marks, and even how to dispose of loot afterward broadened his horizons.
Lu Li couldn't help but marvel at how truly cunning and sly the Sky Splitting Demon was, never revealing his true power in public, and retreating thousands of miles immediately if an attack failed.
However, those who frequently walk by the river cannot keep their shoes dry. The demon accidentally fell into an Array masterminded by Master Qing Song, and although he desperately escaped, he was severely injured, leading to his eventual demise on a deserted island.
"However, this Hidden Spirit Secret Technique does seem quite interesting."
Lu Li's eyes twinkled slightly.
Some of these Demon Secret Skills could make up for his shortcomings.
After making up his mind, he took out the Storage Bag.
Since this demon had not nourished the Storage Bag with Mana and Divine Sense for a long time, it had become unclaimed.
He emptied the contents, and soon the ground was covered with various bottles and jars.
A pungent smell filled the air.
"Ugh, that stinks! What is this stuff?"
Lu Li held his breath to see if he could find some useful items.
After a while, only some residue and a few damaged Demonic Magical Artifacts were left on the ground.
It seemed that many things could no longer be used due to a long lack of nourishment by Spiritual Energy.
However, this Storage Bag was more than ten times larger than his own, which was perfect to start using.
After cleaning up the ground, Lu Li started to meditate and cultivate.
...
More than twenty days flashed by.
In the early morning, with gentle sunlight.
Inside the cave at Sunset Peak.
Lu Li stood up and his body shook slightly a few times, his aura suddenly dropped to about the fourth level of Qi Cultivation.
Then his body began to swell, and his features rapidly changed, transforming into a rugged, burly man.
"This Hidden Spirit Secret Technique is really good, worthy of being the foundational secret technique that allowed the old demon to rampage through the Cultivation World."
Feeling the change in himself, Lu Li commented with satisfaction.
Over the past twenty days, he had been trying to cultivate a few secret techniques.
Today, he finally succeeded in mastering the last one.
After mastering the Hidden Spirit Secret Technique, he could conceal his actual cultivation level. Unless cultivators were a major realm above him, it was extremely difficult to detect.
However, this secret technique also had its flaws; firstly, it couldn't change the aura and soul fluctuations.
It still couldn't compare to the "Transformation" function of the Artifact-Raising Pot, which could mimic even the aura with inconceivable effects.
Lu Li then experienced the "Blood Spirit Drill" — a stream of Aura of the Blood Fiend, condensed from his Essence Blood, sealed within his chest. With stimulation, it could shoot out like a Flying Sword, very covert.
The strength of "Blood Spirit Drill" depended on the amount of Essence Blood he sacrificed, but one drop was its limit.
This secret technique made him sense a whiff of danger.
However, this technique consumed Essence Blood too excessively; ordinary cultivators usually possessed only nine drops.
Because Lu Li's physical body was astonishing, comparable to a mid-stage Qi Cultivation Demon Beast with seventeen drops of Essence Blood, which might increase further.
Yet, even then, he dared not frequently use Essence Blood to refine secret techniques. One refined technique as a trump card was enough.
The remaining Blood Jutsu and Blood Boiling Techniques weren't very difficult and he had successfully grasped the basics in just a few days.
After a brief trial, Lu Li walked out of the cave.
He went to irrigate the Spirit Rice on the hillside and was about to visit the Artifact Refining Room to start learning Artifact Refining.
Having been on Golden Qilin Island for nearly a year, some spiritual ore he had prepared initially was still in his Storage Bag.
"Boom..."
Just then, a loud thunder sounded from the sky and the defensive Big Formation around Sunset Peak started shaking violently.
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