"No—!!"
Grandma Jade Spider let out a shrill, desperate scream. Her Protective Spiritual Light dimd, and her Spider Silk Magic Robe was torn apart.
PSHCK!
Her stooped, withered body was severed at the waist.
"If you don’t have the skills, don’t try to ambush people."
Qin Xuan flicked his wrist, shaking off the non-existent dust from his sword, his tone aloof.
A violent suction force surged forth.
In an instant, only two withered bone fragnts remained on the ground.
A dark blue Jade Order she had been carrying, however, clattered onto the scorched ground.
Qin Xuan summoned the Jade Order to his hand, then pointed at the withered skull and initiated a Soul Search.
He wouldn’t have known if he hadn’t searched, but what he found was a shock.
’Good heavens, am I a wanted man now?’ Qin Xuan was stunned.
No, that wasn’t right. It wasn’t him.
It was Aao Peak, the Demon Flood Dragon he had impersonated.
In the months he had been gone, Demon Flood Dragon Island, which originally belonged to the Demon Race, had been completely taken over by the Blood Demon Sword Sect and the Cyan Cloud Sect.
Every mber of the Demon Race on Demon Flood Dragon Island had been drained of their blood by the Demon Cultivators.
’Aao Peak’ was wanted for dereliction of duty and was suspected of harming his own kind.
He was jointly wanted by the three great Royal Families: the Black-Horned Ink Flood Dragon, the Cyan-Scaled Chi Python, and the Longevity Spirit Turtle.
On top of that, Ye Lan of the Cyan Cloud Sect had also issued a bounty order.
"Whoever brings the head of the Demon Flood Dragon Aao Peak may join the Cyan Cloud Sect and cultivate Outer Path Divine Techniques!"
Instantly, the entire Bone-Eroding Demon Sea went into a frenzy.
Everyone was scrambling to find a trace of the Demon Flood Dragon Aao Peak. After all, fulfilling a Purple Mansion Star Order was for the Sect, but acquiring Outer Path Divine Techniques was for oneself.
Qin Xuan felt incredibly lucky.
Thankfully, he had perford the Soul Search and had not ventured out recently.
But as he delved deeper into the mories, he realized sothing was terribly wrong.
’I can understand the three Royal Families wanting Aao Peak dead, but what the hell is this about them also putting a bounty on Qin Xuan of the Holy Sect???’
Qin Xuan understood instantly.
’Fuck, it’s that impostor!’
’You little shit. You’d better pray I don’t find you, or I’ll make you regret it.’
He was now at the Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishnt Fifth Level.
With the Three Daoist Rank Divine Techniques he possessed, he was finally qualified to take a seat at the table and claim his share.
’I wonder who got their hands on the remaining Earth, Wind, and Fire Secret Techniques.’
’Whatever. I’ll restore my Demonic Essence first.’
Qin Xuan sat cross-legged, forming a Mysterious Dharma Seal with his hands and holding them before his Dantian.
The air above his head rippled, and a pillar of pure, brilliant starlight descended like a waterfall, pouring into his body through his Hundred eting Acupoint.
He was enveloped in a soft, dense starlight. A gentle, aqua-blue light flowed around him as his aura recovered at a visible rate.
The starlight circulated, and in just a few breaths, his spent energy was completely replenished. His Qi chanism was back at its peak!
"This Water Secret Technique is as useful as I’d hoped." Qin Xuan opened his eyes, satisfied. A blue light glinted within them.
He quickly cleaned up the scene, erasing all traces of the battle.
He stored Grandma Jade Spider’s withered bones in his Black Flood Dragon Reverse Scale Space.
Then he resud his seated position. His gaze hardened as it fell upon the turtle egg in the center of the Blood Pool, which emanated a grim Demonic Qi.
...
「Ten days later.」
CRACK!
A crisp sound suddenly echoed throughout the Cave Mansion.
A thin crack split open on the top of the ink-patterned turtle egg in the Blood Pool.
A delicate little hatchling, covered in a slippery mbrane, was struggling to squeeze out of the crack.
The hatchling turtle was only the size of a palm. Once free of the shell, the mbrane slid off its body. Its tiny eyes were still squeezed shut.
Qin Xuan flicked his finger, sending a wisp of pure Demonic Essence into its body.
"Nnngh..." The little turtle let out a weak cry and slowly opened its beady eyes.
The first thing to enter its newborn sight was Qin Xuan’s face.
It instinctively stretched its head out, affectionately nuzzling the tip of Qin Xuan’s extended finger.
It was as if it truly saw him as its parent.
Unlike an ordinary, turquoise-colored Longevity Spirit Turtle,
this hatchling, spawned through the Blood Sacrificial Spirit Slave Evil Technique, had a Turtle Shell that was a deep, ink-green color.
The natural Dao patterns on its carapace weren’t silvery-white, but a strange, lacquer black!
"Tsk, you were born so dark,"
Qin Xuan said, "Oh well. From now on, your na is Xiaomo."
The Divine Soul Brand had been deeply embedded from the very start of the ritual.
The little turtle, now nad Xiaomo, gave its master a blank look, seemingly not understanding.
Then, it lowered its head and began to nibble on the fragnts of its dark green eggshell scattered nearby.
CRUNCH... CRUNCH...
With each crunch, with every piece of eggshell it devoured, Xiaomo’s weak yet pure aura grew a little stronger.
Once it had devoured every last fragnt of its shell, a dark green light flashed around its body, and its aura abruptly stabilized.
Its Cultivation had actually jumped straight to the Qi Cultivation First Layer!
’Not bad, little guy. Just what kind of bloodline mutation did you awaken to have your Cultivation increase so quickly?’
Qin Xuan’s eyes lit up.
He then took out the withered bones of Grandma Jade Spider he had stored away and found that the little creature ate them without hesitation.
Having just hatched, it couldn’t eat much before it was completely stuffed, its little Turtle Shell looking fit to burst.
To Qin Xuan’s surprise, however, the little one’s aura had risen slightly again!
’This little one’s future is limitless.’
Based on his initial assessnt, Qin Xuan believed Xiaomo must have awakened so sort of devouring-type bloodline mutation.
Combined with the innate longevity of a Longevity Spirit Turtle...
’This thing is going to be a monster!’
Qin Xuan was thrilled, his eyes gleaming with excitent.
He partitioned off an area within his Black Flood Dragon Reverse Scale Space, dedicated to raising the Longevity Spirit Turtle.
He also placed a broken piece of Turtle Shell the size of a washbasin next to it for Xiaomo to munch on.
After finishing all this, Qin Xuan wiped a hand across his face. With a CRACKLE and POP of his bones, his aura abruptly beca sinister and murky, and his posture beca stooped.
He had beco Du Legu, dressed in a Gray Robe, and he slowly walked out of the Cave Mansion.
’I’ve taken on Du Legu’s appearance. Surely I’ll be fine this ti, right?’
The half-man-tall Cyan Mushroom Beast bounced along behind him.
Qin Xuan prided himself on his perfect disguise.
At first, no one paid him much mind.
’You’re hunting the Demon Flood Dragon Aao Peak and Qin Xuan of the Holy Sect. What’s that got to do with , Du Legu?’
He made it all the way to the coast.
"Du Legu! So this is where you’ve been hiding! Die!"
The shout was like a clap of thunder exploding next to his ear.
The sound waves rippled across the surface of the sea.
A Giant Python Demon Cultivator at the Human Dao Foundation Establishnt Fourth Level appeared, its entire body covered in thick, cyan Scale Armor. With its verdant, vertical pupils locked onto him, it opened its gaping maw and lunged.
Its fangs were bared, and a thick, bloody Evil Qi unique to the Demon Race washed over him, so foul it made him want to vomit.
Qin Xuan’s heart skipped a beat.
’The Demon Race is targeting Du Legu too!’
Qin Xuan reacted instantly. With a flick of his wrist, he delivered a backhanded strike, his sword moving as fast as a striking viper. A glint of cold light condensed at its tip.
Godslaying Swordsmanship: Bone-Piercing Nether Spring!
The Cyan-Scaled Chi Python’s verdant pupils shrank to pinpricks, its expression one of pure terror.
PSHCK—
The Cyan-Scaled Chi Python’s tough Scale Armor lted away as if it were butter before a hot iron.
Wherever the sword’s tip made contact, a bone-deep chill spread, and crystalline cracks of ice rapidly appeared in its flesh and even its ridians.
’So fast...’
The Cyan-Scaled Chi Python’s enormous body stiffened, that single thought the last to cross its mind.
BOOM!
Its entire serpentine body exploded.
A rain of scarlet blood fell with a SPLASH, obscuring the sky and dyeing a patch of the sea red.
By the ti onlookers could react,
’Du Legu’ had already vanished, leaving behind only a crimson afterimage that had yet to fade.
...
Disguised as the Demon Cultivator Shi Huaizhong, Qin Xuan walked across an unnad island.
"Did you hear? Du Legu of the Profound Cliff Du Family seems to have inherited so Unparalleled Swordsmanship."
"He killed a Cyan-Scaled Chi Python of the sa Realm with a single sword strike!"
"That’s not right. It was clearly an Outer Path Divine Technique."
"Du Legu of the Profound Cliff Du Family obtained an Outer Sword Technique Divine Technique in the Bone-Eroding Demon Sea!"
"The Demon Race is so unlucky. The two humans and one demon beast they’ve put a bounty on all have incredible fortune. Even the weakest of them, Du Legu, now has the power to slay a Royal Demon Cultivator..."
A few Cultivators chattered away under a withered old tree.
Their voices carried with exceptional clarity across the deathly silent island.
Qin Xuan heard every word.
It all clicked for Qin Xuan.
No wonder the Cyan-Scaled Chi Python had ambushed him the mont he appeared. It seed all three of his damn identities had managed to pick a fight with the Demon Race.
The Demon Flood Dragon Aao Peak, the fake Qin Xuan, and Du Legu of the Profound Cliff Du Family.
All of them were on the Demon Race’s wanted list!
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