Chapter 46: Drained
The inner demon screamed, "This is different! You evil creature must be planning something bad! Are you still planning to take the treasure house? You still want to steal-"
I can't get entangled with him anymore. I must find a way to fake my death and get away. This guy is too dangerous.
Suddenly, like a dog with a fishbone stuck in its throat, it stretched out its neck, its face flushed red, and howled twice before revealing its true form, falling straight to the ground and not moving.
Jian Shiyuan found it funny.
Are you pretending to be dead?
He touched the inner demon's body with his toes, but it seemed to be truly dead, with no reaction. Its body gradually grew cold and stiff, even emitting a black aura.
Jian Shiyuan squatted down, still looking like a monitor, his long nails like blades, gently scratching the soft belly of the inner demon.
The inner demon's original form was thin and dark, standing over two meters tall. Its skin was covered in distinct brown-yellow circles, like tattoos. Jian Shiyuan counted them; there were sixty-seven. It had an odd appearance, resembling a hairless leopard, with a round head, a long tail, and sharp teeth. It wasn't cute, but it wasn't ugly either.
Jian Shiyuan slowly and gently stroked the opponent's abdomen and jaw, and then stopped at its forehead.
"Dead? That's perfect. I can peel off the skin and make some clothes. I can knock off the teeth and use them for decoration. And this tail is perfect for cutting and making wine—"
As soon as he finished speaking, the "corpse" of the inner demon began to emit a foul odor.
It's almost like putting a line of words on my face: "I'm not fresh anymore, can't be eaten or used"
Jian Shiyuan continued quietly, "It stinks? Then grind the bones into powder and use it to fertilize the fields."
The inner demon's tail stiffened.
Jian Shiyuan poked the inner demon's forehead with his finger and said calmly, "Your acting is good, but unfortunately I'm not interested in playing with you anymore. If you don't get up, I will really turn you into a corpse."
The inner demon remained motionless.
You little bastard, you still want to cheat me?
Jian Shiyuan said calmly, "If I tell others that the inner demon can repair the soul, what will happen to you?"
The inner demon shuddered and suddenly opened his eyes, just in time to meet a pair of playful golden eyes.
The long black hair draped on the side of Jian Shiyuan's face, making the golden eyes shine even brighter. In an instant, the inner demon faced the monitor in his memory. That monitor was also used to using the simplest words to express the cruelest meanings.
The inner demons are just insignificant little monsters. Once the news of their ability to repair the soul gets out, they will surely face the disaster of genocide!
The monks fought to the death for the treasures of heaven and earth to repair their souls. Once they knew that the inner demons could also repair and strengthen the souls,
The inner demon looked up at Jian Shiyuan in pain and despair, "Please, don't."
Its pupils were filled with the image of Jian Shiyuan, who was different from the monitor in the memory inheritance. Jian Shiyuan always had a gentle smile on his face. Looking at his expression, one would definitely misunderstand that he was a kind-hearted person.
It was a deceptively gentle smile.
The inner demon just felt terrified. Jian Shiyuan in front of him was far more terrifying than the monitor.
The adults' methods frightened it, but the human in front of it, both in character and methods, made it shudder.
The most terrifying thing is that he does not have the arrogance and conceit of a strong man. He is good at disguising himself, and he can also bend down and even be interested enough to be willing to play a show with his prey.
Intelligent, cunning, able to see the big picture from details, and patient.
When did this kind of monster appear in the human race?
The inner demon knelt on the ground respectfully and said, "I will tell you whatever you want to know. Please don't reveal this news."
Jian Shiyuan said "hmm" in an ambiguous tone.
The inner demon lowered his head and asked nervously, "How did you discover that the inner demon can repair the soul?"
"Oh, my soul was injured, so I wanted to use your inner demon to see if I could repair it. As you can guess, my experiment was successful."
The inner demon felt a twisting pain in its stomach and lowered its head even more humbly.
Try it?
How the hell can you just try this? Aren't you afraid of inviting a wolf into your house and having it devour your soul? Who else would dare to damage their own spiritual platform and invite in the demons when their soul is damaged?!
"How did you come up with the idea of using the inner demon to repair the soul?"
Thousands of years have passed, and no cultivator has ever discovered this secret. The cultivators regard the inner demon as a scourge and avoid it as much as possible. How did he think of using the inner demon to repair his soul?
Jian Shiyuan's tone remained calm. "Mutual growth and mutual restraint, a cycle of repetition. You can devour the soul, so naturally you can also repair it. Just like Madam Ruyi's soul refining technique, taking the souls of others to nourish yourself. Originally, I just wanted to imprison a few inner demons, open their abdomens to extract their souls, and use their souls to repair my own body."
As he spoke, he curled his eyes.
The inner demon felt cold all over.
This human race is so scary. He originally wanted to trap the inner demons and dig out the undigested souls in their stomachs. Maybe he even wanted to force the inner demons to hunt other people's souls in order to repair themselves.
Jian Shiyuan continued, "Then, I remembered something. You only appear when a cultivator is in danger, such as when their cultivation goes awry or they're seriously injured. You seem to be very afraid of fighting normal cultivators head-on."
Hearing him say this, the inner demon slowly raised his head.
Jian Shiyuan's golden eyes curved slightly, as if he was smiling, his lips slightly opened, and he uttered words that made the inner demon pale with horror.
He said, "Why should you be afraid? Within the spiritual realm, you are like fish in water. As long as you seize the opportunity, you can drain the opponent's soul. It's only natural that they should be afraid of you. Moreover, if you are killed, you won't die at all, which is equivalent to no loss. You can just keep attacking the cultivator's soul, tiring them, taking advantage of their annoyance, and then kill them with a single blow. Isn't that more effective than a sneak attack?"
"To launch a surprise attack, you need to wait, a long time. And your inner demons are clearly not patient creatures. What compels you to be so patient and wait for the opportunity to strike?"
"I think you're afraid that a monk in good condition will actually kill you, right?"
The inner demon trembled all over.
What kind of monster is this? How can you deduce so much from just this little detail?
He is very perceptive and clever!
"If we truly kill you, your secret will be exposed, and you'll be truly dead. Once you become the potion that repairs the soul, your entire clan won't be enough for the monks to hunt down."
The inner demon's mind was in a mess. It stared blankly with its eyes wide open, and all it saw was Jian Shiyuan's appearance.
It wanted to ask all the questions at once, "How do you control the illusion? No one can control our illusion. No monk has ever been able to do it."
Jian Shiyuan snapped his fingers, and countless pale green teeth fell from the sky. The inner demon looked up and looked at the teeth of its own kind. It tried to sense the remaining information on them and found that each tooth belonged to a different inner demon.
"So many"
There was only despair and fear in its eyes.
Jian Shiyuan remained calm, "You are number 433."
Even without him saying it, the inner demon understood what he meant. It grabbed a handful of teeth and trembled, holding them in its arms.
Was it discovered through testing with so many inner demons?
So scary, so smart.
It was a little incoherent, "No wonder you are more familiar with the inner demon than I am. You know that we can't self-destruct in the illusion. No wonder, wuwuwu."
It looked up at Jian Shiyuan again and said in self-deprecation, "How could you mold your soul into someone else's appearance? No human has ever been able to do that without causing you pain? The moment you humans move your soul, you experience excruciating pain. How could you endure this?"
Jian Shiyuan smiled, "You'll get used to it."
The inner demon was completely convinced.
What else can such a person do except surrender?
It even thought that maybe he could really steal the treasure of the Lord Monitor.
It held its teeth, almost resting its forehead on the ground, "Inner Demon Tiao Tiao, I am willing to be your servant, please command me."
Seeing that it had completely surrendered, Jian Shiyuan asked directly, "What do I need to do if I want to act as a monitor?"
The inner demon said respectfully, "The Secret Demon has locked onto your appearance. You need a suitable body. It must be born with the appearance of the monitor, otherwise it will not pass the first test. It cannot be a dead object like a puppet, it must be a living body."
Jian Shiyuan thought of the player's body, and he could create a body that looked like a monitor.
"You can mold your soul into the form of an adult. Then all you need to do is transfer your soul into the prepared body. However, the human body cannot be separated from the soul for long. To ensure the safety of your original body, I suggest—"
Before he finished speaking, Jian Shiyuan summoned the other half of his soul.
The inner demon broke apart.
Holy shit, how come he has two souls?!
Jian Shiyuan raised an eyebrow, "Is this okay?"
The inner demon couldn't believe it. It carefully observed the two souls and took a long time to confirm that the two were originally one, but were cut apart by some force.
The inner demon misunderstood.
What a ruthless man! In order to obtain the treasure of the adults, he actually split his own soul into pieces!
I give in!
The inner demon swallowed his saliva and said, "Yes, yes—"
"but!"
It paused, "There are dozens of traps in the lord's treasure house. We need to be fully prepared, otherwise we will definitely die on the spot."
Jian Shiyuan said, "We'll see when the time comes."
Anyway, the player's body can be resurrected indefinitely as long as there is enough energy.
The inner demon was stunned.
How could he be so confident? Was he a master of traps? Did he not care about the traps set by the Secret Demon?
But if you think about it carefully, it makes sense. Jian Shiyuan is so smart that it's normal for him to be a part-time master of machinery.
Bullshit!
Even the master of mechanisms of the human race, Huan Qing, did not dare to be so confident that he could pass through the master's treasure house intact.
Outrageous, how can he be so confident and so calm???
Regardless of what the inner demon thought, Jian Shiyuan spoke again, "Tell me how to use the magic tide to enter the treasure house."
The inner demon exhaled, "Ordinary demonic waves cannot open the portal to the demon world. Only demon general-level monsters can open the portal directly to the demon world."
"The demonic tide that will involve the demon generals, which you humans call the 'Crimson Moon Demonic Tide', only occurs once or twice a year. We need to prepare before the Crimson Moon Demonic Tide begins, using human monks to attract the demons' attention and quietly sneak through the portal."
"The portal is usually located behind the demonic tide. The Scarlet Moon Demonic Tide has at least hundreds of thousands of demons. Breaking through the encirclement is extremely difficult."
The inner demon didn't believe that any human could break through the siege and enter the portal.
Even a highly accomplished cultivator would struggle to cope with the attacks of hundreds of thousands of demons, let alone fight their way out. Human cultivators had faced the Scarlet Moon Demon Tide several times, only to be forced to retreat again and again, and no one had ever been able to hold a city.
No, there was a time when Shu Zheng, a female cultivator from the human race, exhausted her cultivation, transformed from a human into a ghost, and then into an earth spirit, desperately defending a city for a full seventy days.
Jian Shiyuan wasn't worried. Instead, he asked, "Oh? Do I have to fight my way out? Can't I disguise myself as a monster and sneak up on me?"
Inner Demon: You are worthy of it.
Having already accepted the information that Jian Shiyuan would disguise himself as the monitor, the inner demon accepted his behavior of disguising himself as a monster and sneaking into the rear.
Inner Demon: "It's possible, but I don't know if it's feasible. The demon generals are not stupid, and they may see through your disguise."
Jian Shiyuan was still smiling, "It's okay, I'll give it a try."
The inner demon got a headache when he heard him say "try it", and he found out the secret of the inner demon with just a try.
Having said so much, the two of them were in the same boat. Once Jian Shiyuan was discovered, it would be doomed to die. The inner demon gave up on itself. It looked at Jian Shiyuan and couldn't help asking again: "Have you really thought about entering the adults' treasure house?"
Jian Shiyuan smiled faintly, "I'm just curious."
After being cheated by Jian Shiyuan so many times, my inner demon has developed "curiosity PTSD" and I feel dizzy when I hear these two words.
"It would be terrible to be caught stealing—"
Jian Shiyuan raised an eyebrow. "How do you know I was stealing something instead of taking back something that originally belonged to me? Read my name carefully several times."
The inner demon muttered to himself several times, then suddenly raised his head, "You!"
Only then did it realize that the homonym of Jian Shiyuan is "surveillance officer"!
The inner demon was in a state of confusion. It looked at Jian Shiyuan, thought for a moment, and then lowered its head as if to release the pressure. "Don't joke, you are completely different from adults."
No one is as perverted as you.
Jian Shiyuan remained silent. He simply smiled and said, "By the way, I'm very curious about your innate magical powers. Can you teach me how to penetrate someone's consciousness?"
Inner Demon: Holy shit! Holy crap!
You even didn't let go of my innate magical powers? I really don't have a single drop left!
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