Haha, you've gone mad!
After Mo Zuili finished recounting the existence of her biological father and the Mo family, the old man flew into a rage again: "Your mother is the Phoenix Saintess! The Demon Queen! As her child, you should have received the best resources and education in the Demon Realm from a young age. You despicable and shameless human cultivator! How dare you raise you by his side and torment you for so many years."
Mo Zuili thought about Mo Yuan and the Mo family's status among humans, and the resources that had been piled on her since childhood, and thought that she was not doing badly.
How come, according to the old man, Mo Yuan was abused and pushed away by himself since childhood?
After the old man finished scolding, he saw that Mo Zuili looked innocent and clueless, which made him even angrier.
With a wave of his hand, he tossed a spear to Mo Zuili, saying, "The Phoenix Flame Spear is made from the tailbone of a phoenix and the essence of a phoenix. It's much better than that tattered whip you're wearing."
Mo Zuili thanked the old man, who continued, "You've suffered for over a decade among humans. Now that you're here, wait for the Nirvana Fire to completely devour your cultivation and regenerate you. Once successful, you'll regain your demon form, removing the filthy human blood from your body, and then..."
Mo Zuili hurriedly interrupted, stating her position: "Wait, senior, I have other things to do and cannot be reborn in Nirvana at this time. I only want to know if there is a way to prevent my cultivation from being devoured by Nirvana and to allow me to continue cultivating. If there is no way, please let me out."
Hilarious! The novel describes a phoenix rising from the ashes, surviving nine deaths and one life.
All I need to do is become strong enough to find Qi Shuyan and bring her home, and then help her resolve the problem of her cultivation level constantly regressing.
It's not worth going to your death!
The old man continued to curse and grumble for a long time, but seeing that Mo Zuili's attitude was really firm, he finally had to compromise and no longer allow Mo Zuili to be reborn on the spot.
"Humans and demons are different, and the two races have different cultivation methods. I don't know much about human cultivation. The fastest way for demons is to devour their own kind to cultivate. Instead of painstakingly absorbing spiritual energy only to be rejected by it, you might as well improve your cultivation by devouring. Nirvana Fire has the effect of devouring all poisons. With Nirvana Fire in your body, you don't have to worry about the poison and resentment brought by devouring."
Mo Zuili imagined herself devouring a strange, multicolored, and seemingly poisonous monster covered in red feathers, and found it hard to accept: "Senior, do you have any other methods?"
Seeing Mo Zuili's disgusted expression, the old man wailed, "It's because you were raised by that despicable human from a young age that you were corrupted. As Yingyan's child and the future heir of the demon race, you can't even accept being devoured."
After wailing, he still tried to persuade her, "The best way is for you to stay in the ruins, and I will use my last bit of strength to protect you so that you can be reborn."
"Then I'd rather not." Mo Zuili quickly waved her hand.
Finally, I met a demon. Although he was a bit short-tempered, he was still willing to answer my questions.
Mo Zuili simply sat down and asked all the questions she could think of, as well as all the foreshadowing and hidden clues about the phoenix and dragon race that were not revealed in the novel.
When the old man couldn't answer any of the questions, he said impatiently, "Why do you have so many questions, little girl? Listen to me, go back to the Phoenix Clan in the Demon Realm. There, whatever you want to know, someone will answer for you, the princess who is the heir."
After saying this, the old man gazed at Mo Zuili one last time and sighed, "All these years I have been waiting for a destined person to inherit my mantle, and in the end I have found Yingyan's child. This old man can die without regrets. Little girl, remember this: if you encounter danger in the future, just go to the Demon Realm, take off the Azure Dragon Bracelet that conceals your aura, and the Phoenix Clan will sense Yingyan's bloodline and protect you."
Mo Zuili stood up, but before she could say goodbye, another wave of familiar dizziness washed over her.
"Xiao Li".
Chu Qing caught Mo Zuili safely the moment she was teleported out.
This body is still in too poor condition; it takes half a day just to get out of a ruin.
Supporting Chu Qing's arm, Mo Zuili heard Shen Ling, who had woken up at some point, say weakly from behind, "I have mistakenly entered this place. I had no intention of offending you, senior. Please..."
"Heh." Jiang Kunyue sneered, not wanting to pay any attention to Shen Ling, and turned to say, "Chu Qing, I will spare his life today for your sake, but your disciple is definitely related to the Demon Clan. He has a faint demonic aura on him, so you should investigate him carefully."
Seeing that Mo Zuili had recovered, Jiang Kunyue directly asked him to leave: "Take your two disciples and leave. You're both injured, so don't wander around in the depths. Don't you know your own cultivation level? I'm going to sleep for a while longer. It's really bad luck to encounter the demons as soon as I wake up."
On the way back, Mo Zuili told Chu Qing about the Nirvana Fire within her body and the method of devouring that the old man had suggested in the ruins, and inquired about cultivation methods.
After listening, Chu Qing pondered for a long time and said, "I don't know much about the demon race and have never heard of the existence of Nirvana Fire. It has the effect of devouring all poisons and can even devour your cultivation. Compared to cultivating in the way of the demon race, Nirvana Fire can be compared to a kind of poison. You can fight poison with poison and improve your cultivation by taking pills. Nirvana Fire can devour the poison brought by the pills."
However, this can easily lead to an unstable foundation, causing your cultivation level to become inflated in the future.
Chewing on the Rejuvenation Pill, Mo Zuili pondered a way to break the deadlock along the way.
When she first transmigrated, Qi Shuyan left incomplete information, and Mo Zuili was unsure whether she would return to this body after she left.
Considering the tragic end of Zitui in the novel, Mo Zuili decided to cultivate diligently, fearing that her cultivation would be completely lost and she would collapse after Zitui returned. She also feared that she would be forcibly killed by the power of the plot before Zitui even returned.
Later, in order to take the initiative to find Qi Shuyan and bring him home, Mo Zuili began to try to find a way to detoxify herself and get rid of her weak body with low cultivation.
It has now been verified that there is no plot-related power, but it also provides information not mentioned in the novel, which can improve cultivation, but there are side effects.
This side effect is permanent. What happens after it's pushed back?
She, such an ambitious prodigy, returned only to find that her cultivation was superficially high but her foundation unstable. How could she possibly ascend to heaven and attain enlightenment?
Back in front of the familiar courtyard, before Mo Zuili could come to a conclusion, she heard Chu Qing's calm voice call out, "A-Ling, come with me."
Mo Zuili swallowed the Rejuvenation Pill and laughed self-deprecatingly, like "haha." Her life was truly miserable; she still had to figure out how to handle the fact that the male lead's bloodline had been exposed.
In the novel, the demon race also values bloodlines. The closer one's bloodline is to that of the Demon Ancestor, the purer the bloodline, and the faster one's cultivation speed.
In most novels, for the purpose of showing off and getting revenge, the protagonist usually awakens the worst kind of bloodline, which gradually evolves later on.
But "The Beginning of the Lone Wanderer" is different; it follows the dark genius genre, so Shen Ling's bloodline awakening unlocks a hidden version—the Ghostly Vengeance Bloodline.
This is an unorthodox bloodline among the demons, believed to be a lineage that stole the energy of the Demon Ancestor in ancient times, and was punished by the Demon Ancestor, causing a backlash.
Normally, demons absorb demonic energy to cultivate, but the Ghostly Vengeance lineage cannot absorb demonic energy; they can only devour their own kind.
Therefore, the demon race has an extreme aversion to the Ghostly Vengeance lineage.
The demons of both the human and demon races hate this bloodline to the core.
The Ghostly Vengeance lineage can not only devour demons, but also the souls of humans and demons for cultivation.
Normally, if you lose a fight and are killed, you can be reincarnated as a human again. But if you lose to the Ghostly Vengeance Clan, your soul will truly be scattered and you will lose everything.
Demons cultivate by absorbing demonic energy, making them inherently violent and unpredictable. The Ghostly Vengeance lineage is the most prominent among them; they will become hungry if they don't devour the souls of their own kind or other human-demon hybrids. When hungry, they lose their minds, go berserk, and launch indiscriminate attacks.
The fact that they can steal the Demon Ancestor's energy shows the formidable strength of the Ghost Vengeance lineage. After eating their fill, their cultivation speed increases by leaps and bounds. Who can withstand their indiscriminate, frenzied attacks?
As Shen Ling's junior sister and the novel's chosen female lead, she was naturally the first to discover Shen Ling's bloodline mutation.
He was even the first person to see Shen Ling go crazy and lose control, almost being devoured.
Why do I say "almost"? Because he was once a genius, and although he was a talisman cultivator, his combat ability was not weak. At the critical moment, all kinds of magic treasures and talismans flew around, and he even took the opportunity to whip Chen Ling a few times.
When Mo Zuili first saw the part where he stood up straight, he was so happy that he cried and even wanted to spend a fortune to reward him.
The next paragraph then highlights the male protagonist, Shen Ling, regaining some consciousness. He suppresses his impulse and is praised by readers as a "real man" even if it means self-harm. The paragraph also describes his pitiful big eyes and his flustered, flushed face covered in sweat.
Mo Zuili: ...I knew it.
Chu Qing arrived in time and was shocked and furious to discover that Shen Ling was a demonic bloodline.
My first thought was to execute the demons on the spot.
However, upon closer examination of the explanation provided by the author, it was discovered that Shen Ling's condition was incorrect and that she was not a demon hiding her bloodline and disguising herself as a human.
After temporarily subduing Shen Ling and suppressing her madness, Chu Qing had a talk with her.
Still harboring a strong sense of justice, Shen Ling, not wanting to harm her junior sister again and cause trouble for her master, chose to go to the Demon Realm to find clues about bloodline mutation after regaining her senses.
Before heading to the Demon Realm, Shen Ling thought of her family and the brothers she had known, and wanted to say goodbye.
However, he was betrayed by his brother and hunted down by his family because of his bloodline.
Other readers were all lamenting Shen Ling's plight, saying it was utterly tragic.
Only Mo Zuili saw through the surface and realized that Shen Ling was about to embark on a journey of leveling up, showing off, and slapping faces in the Demon Realm. She wondered, "Where did things go wrong? You can see through two-faced friends and families that don't treat you like family just by looking at your bloodline. It's a good thing to see it clearly as soon as possible."
The junior sister and master, who were truly close to her, had been helping her find a solution.
Seeing Shen Ling walk towards Chu Qing, Mo Zuili immediately raised her hand and called out, "Master, I'll go too."
The two turned their heads, their eyes filled with doubt.
"Senior Jiang said that Senior Brother has demonic energy on him, but how could Senior Brother, who is an upright person, fall into demonic possession? The only thing I can think of is that when we returned to the Shen family, Senior Brother was ambushed by someone using the Spirit-Locking Smoke that demonic cultivators love to use. If he is tainted by demonic energy because of this, I also need to hear how Shen Zhi harmed Senior Brother. Maybe I will fall into the trap myself."
His words were reasonable and well-founded, and Shen Ling couldn't think of a reason to refuse. Chu Qing was also a good-natured person who always indulged his disciples.
Mo Zuili then got on, secretly observing Shen Ling along the way.
His expression was solemn, and his brows were furrowed with deep sorrow.
Entering Chu Qing's courtyard, Mo Zuili had already thought of a solution. She turned to Chen Ling's side and whispered to comfort him, "Senior brother, don't worry, I believe in you..." He is an upright person and would not willingly fall into demonic possession.
Before she could finish the second half of her sentence, Mo Zuili saw Shen Ling kneel down.
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