Demon Meridians

Since Sheliuying left, the demon masters within the perilous peaks have not been idle.

Kou Qiyu's demon-serving Shadow Dove's medical skills are comparable to those of the Demon Refining Elder, and he can easily handle many difficult and complicated diseases.

Logically, a demon tamer should only have one demon servant, but it is clear that Kou Qiyu has more than one.

Meanwhile, Xu Jinnian, the old demon refiner, was getting weaker and weaker after his body was damaged by the poison of the demon gu. This could be seen from He Wenwen's increasingly foul-smelling face.

Even his usually talkative junior brother, Xu Caiyou, no longer dared to provoke him easily.

Since returning, He Wenwen has locked herself in the alchemy room, spending all her time with her demon-refining furnace until the world was dark.

He had a pretty good harvest on this trip, with a bunch of demon cores and demon bones. He planned to use them to refine some usable items and also to strengthen his demon claws.

Recalling their battles with the Gu worms, they were already so difficult to deal with at the level of sub-Gu worms. The most lethal force should have been the Demon Slayers, but Lan Fengguang...

The firelight made his cheeks glow red. He pointed at the demon-refining furnace, and the next second the fire began to twist and deform, demonic energy leaked out, and suddenly slammed into his chest.

With a loud bang, Xu Caiyou, who was eavesdropping outside, was so startled that she fell to the ground with a thud.

"It's been five days already. Is Senior Brother trying to forge a powerful weapon to kill Gu?"

The next day, just as dawn was breaking, Xu Caiyou, who was still asleep, was awakened by a loud bang. For a moment, he thought the house had exploded. Without even putting on his clothes, he ran out, covering his head.

As a result, half of He Wenwen's alchemy room collapsed, thick smoke billowed, and the scene was a complete mess.

He Wenwen sat in the corner, coughing violently. His hands and body were covered in blood, making his face look unusually pale. Yet, he was smiling.

"Senior brother—"

Xu Caiyou cried out and lunged forward, but He Wenwen kicked her away.

"No, cough cough... don't touch me!"

"Senior brother! What are you doing? You scared me to death! You...you're vomiting blood? And so much blood? Is it all your blood? Ugh—"

Having grown accustomed to He Wenwen's bad temper, Xu Caiyou ignored his disdain and pounced on He Wenwen again, tears streaming down her face as she wailed at the top of her lungs.

He Wenwen's head was buzzing from his noise, and a feeling of nausea arose spontaneously. Despite her aching body, she kicked him away.

Get out of my way!

Xu Caiyou fell flat on her face and immediately became quiet.

"Cough cough..." He Wenwen coughed violently again. His right hand was burned and his back was throbbing with pain, as if he had hit it. He stood up with the support of the wall, walked to the Demon Refining Furnace, and reached out his burned right hand to feel out a golden object in the ashes at the furnace mouth.

Xu Caiyou's eyes lit up immediately. She wiped away her tears and was about to step forward, but He Wenwen glared at her and pulled her back.

“Go and invite Uncle Lan over, and tell him… cough cough… I might be able to help him stand up again.”

As soon as she finished speaking, Xu Caiyou jumped up in disbelief and ran off without saying a word, shouting, "I'm going right now!"

He Wenwen looked at the thing in his hand, and casually flicked it. It turned out to be a rope about three inches long, but it seemed to be alive and wriggling slightly. He named this thing Demon Tendon, which might be able to help the demon slayer who was crippled.

Lan Fengguang himself wasn't actually that pessimistic; he'd even started researching how to unleash the power of the Demon-Slaying Sword from his wheelchair. Luckily, it was Xu Caiyou who came, getting straight to the point. If it were He Wenwen, seeing him so resigned to that broken wheelchair, she might have just turned around and left.

Sure enough, after listening, Lan Fengguang was only excited for a moment before calming down and following Xu Caiyou to the small courtyard where they were currently living.

In the courtyard, He Wenwen sat beside the demon-refining furnace, holding a golden rope in his hand. Seeing Lan Fengguang arrive, he hesitated for a moment before stepping forward and handing over the demon tendons, saying, "It's just an experiment, there's no guarantee of success, but I can guarantee it will be stronger than you are now, however..."

"But what?" Lan Fengguang looked at the slightly wriggling demon tendons in his hand and gave a wry smile. "It's enough if it's stronger than it is now."

He Wenwen didn't continue speaking, but nodded, "Uncle, come with me."

The two arrived at a room. Xu Caiyou wanted to go in, but He Wenwen kicked her out without any mercy.

On that day, Lan Fengguang lost both legs in the battle with the Gu woman, and he had no feeling below his knees. He Wenwen split the demon tendons in half and buried them directly in his knees. As soon as the demon tendons saw blood, they burrowed even deeper. Lan Fengguang suddenly opened his eyes and felt a sharp pain in his legs.

He groaned and pressed his hands down on his trembling legs, as if they might move on their own at any moment.

As the demonic tendons gradually penetrated deeper into his bone marrow, the pain instantly spread from his knees. For a moment, Lan Fengguang wished he could cut off his legs with a single stroke.

Cold sweat poured down his forehead, and he felt dizzy. He clenched his teeth and endured it without uttering a sound.

Even He Wenwen was sweating bullets for him. His demon tendons were refined from demon bones and demon cores. His original intention was to refine a demon tendon for use by demon slayers who were accustomed to demon power.

Its side effects are similar to those of the demon-slaying artifacts they use, with long-term reliance on them shortening one's lifespan. However, for a demon slayer like Lan Fengguang who is obsessed with powerful abilities, the value of having the ability to kill demons far outweighs the value of living to a hundred years old.

To put it bluntly, the Demon Slayer lineage consists of fearless madmen; otherwise, they wouldn't be able to become Demon Slayers.

Xu Caiyou scratched her head outside, waiting for almost two hours. During that time, the other demon slayers heard the news and all rushed over, wanting to see what kind of treasure He Wenwen had refined.

Although this person has a bad temper and is not easy to get along with, he has completely inherited Xu Jinnian's abilities, and it is no exaggeration to say that he is the next Demon Refining Elder.

A group of people pressed their faces against the door to listen for any noise. Inside the house, Lan Fengguang looked as if he had died again. His face was as pale as paper, and cold sweat had soaked through his clothes. He felt a dull pain in his knee, but the pain was much less than before.

He leaned back in his wheelchair, closed his eyes and rested for a long time before slowly opening them. He saw that He Wenwen in front of him was also tense and sweating profusely. He was really startled by Lan Fengguang's reaction and almost thought that Lan Fengguang would die here with him.

Seeing that Lan Fengguang had opened his eyes, he snapped out of his daze, gasped, and asked nervously, "Uncle Lan, how are you feeling?"

Lan Fengguang shook his head, and He Wenwen's heart instantly jumped into her throat.

Did it fail?

Lan Fengguang braced himself with both hands and stood up directly from his wheelchair. "This thing of yours almost killed me, but... it seems to actually work."

As he spoke, he slowly took a step, and the feeling of regaining control of his legs made him feel as if he had been reborn.

"As expected of Xu Jinnian's successor."

He Wenwen finally breathed a sigh of relief and said, "This thing is called Demon Meridian. Uncle Lan may need some time to get used to it."

Upon hearing this news, the demon slayers were greatly encouraged and rushed to He Wenwen's residence. Even though she had a sour face, they all felt incredibly warm towards her.

Xu Jinnian saw this and smiled with satisfaction.

"Your disciple is indeed incredibly talented," Kou Qiyu said with a smile as he watched He Wenwen grow increasingly agitated from afar.

Xu Jinnian nodded and said, "Him? Hehe..."

He Wenwen did not keep the method of refining demon tendons to herself, but strangely, apart from Xu Caiyou who could barely refine a usable demon tendon, none of the other senior disciples of demon refining could refine this thing.

Moreover, Xu Caiyou's demon tendons have a certain probability of success, and they are not always successful. Their strength is also somewhat different from that of He Wenwen's.

So He Wenwen was annoyed by the constant nagging, but she couldn't just let it go. She only regretted that she had created this strange meridian to cause trouble for herself.

Although his irritability was written all over his face, demon slayers still flocked to him seeking demon tendons, and all of them brought their own materials.

Under the eaves, a mosquito buzzed as it flew toward Kou Qiyu and Xu Jinnian.

Kou Qiyu's gaze changed slightly. Mosquito stopped in front of him and blinked to display a line of small characters.

—Something unusual has happened at Yanshi Ridge; Yang Palace may not be safe.

The two exchanged a glance, their expressions grave.

"The Gu King is about to awaken," Xu Jinnian sighed.

Kou Qiyu shook his head, "It might not be the Gu King; it could be another sub-Gu."

“One Gu woman forced us to relocate here, Gu Lang swept through the two major demon clans of Yin Palace, the other Gu children are not easy to deal with, and there is also a Gu King…” Xu Jinnian frowned.

"Does Liao Wanchuan's record contain any methods to deal with the Gu King?" Kou Qiyu asked.

In recent days, Xu Jinnian has been studying the notes left by Liao Wanchuan, trying to find a way to deal with the demonic Gu.

But nothing was gained.

“Those who couldn’t withstand the demonic Gu back then were all burned. I don’t know what went wrong that allowed them to come back to life.” Xu Jinnian shook his head.

After a moment, he paused and then said, "Perhaps there are some that we don't know about that slipped through the net, but this demonic gu, back then Liao Wanchuan was so focused on exterminating demons that he didn't leave himself any way out, so how could he have a way to break it?"

“Sigh…” Kou Qiyu sighed deeply, looking worried.

"Is there anyone left in Yang Palace?" Xu Jinnian asked.

Kou Qiyu looked towards the direction of Yang Palace and replied wistfully, "They are all people who are unwilling to leave."

We must live and die with Yangdian.

There's no way Wu Fei could be among these kinds of people, but he insisted on going back after reaching the dangerous peaks.

Even he thought he was probably going crazy.

However, his actions surprised his demon servant, Hu Feng.

The last time she faced Wu Fei, he forced her to run away, which made her unhappy for a long time. This time, it suited her just the way she wanted.

All the monsters that could be taken from the Monster Garden were taken away; what remained were mostly sick and weak cubs.

As a demon tamer who had lost his demon servant, Old Man Yi Xin was already quite old, and dying here was a fulfillment of his wish.

However, Kou Feng, ever since his demon servant died saving him and moved here, has not left with the main force, which shows that he has already decided to die.

As someone who had been through it all, Yi Xin couldn't dissuade him and could only sigh and let him go.

Not long after, Wu Fei also returned.

The two had known each other since childhood and became demon tamers at the same time. Even though Wu Fei was extremely unwilling to come back, he still couldn't help but worry about Kou Feng.

"You really don't plan to come back with me?" Wu Fei asked earnestly, following behind Kou Feng.

Kou Feng didn't look at him. He cleaned the animal den again and again. There were five or six thin kittens and puppies there. He had now settled them outside to sunbathe and play.

He seemed not to hear Wu Fei's words, and seeing a foul-smelling pool next to him, he began to bring over a bucket to clean it.

"What's the point of you doing all this now? If the demonic insects from Yanshi Ridge attack, we'll all die." Wu Fei kicked his bucket away.

Kou Feng paused, then replied calmly, "You shouldn't be here. Get out of here!"

“Come with me, and then the two of us will carry Old Man Yi.”

Yi Xin couldn't help but curse, "You brat, what does this have to do with me? You guys go ahead, this old man isn't going anywhere."

"Did your demon servant save your life so you could die?"

Kou Feng paused, his gaze suddenly turning cold.

"Huang Shan is dead! She died saving you! How can you be so self-destructive, throwing away the life she gave you? Who do you think you're doing this to?"

"Then tell me what I should do?" Kou Feng roared. "Huang Shan is dead! She's dead! You simply can't understand, the one who should have died was me!"