Chapter 357 Mother and son share the same heart
Ji An looked at the demon cultivator lying motionless on the ground with his fur on fire, and slightly adjusted the direction of the Fire Dragon Burning Heaven Technique.
The fire dragon flew past Xiong Ba's head, but the demon cultivator remained motionless, his posture unchanged.
"Don't think you can get close by playing dead!"
Ji An shouted that he really had no intention of killing this demon cultivator; he wanted to capture him alive and interrogate him.
The demon cultivators had disappeared for several years, and now two of them suddenly appeared and attacked him, casting a shadow over his heart.
The demon cultivator remained lying on the ground, offering no response.
Ji An infused his magic into the apricot-yellow flag, once again enjoying the protection of the magical artifact.
Red clouds rose from beneath his feet, and he rode the clouds into the air, adjusting his angle to unleash the Golden Light spell.
The golden moon blade was unleashed, spinning as it swept towards the demon cultivator's two hind limbs. Without demonic power to protect him, relying solely on the strength of his physical body, those two legs would surely be lost.
"Aww!"
The excruciating pain jolted Xiong Ba awake. He looked up as if from the dead, let out a mournful howl, and then fainted again.
"He must be truly unconscious."
Ji An, using the limits of his object manipulation technique, grabbed the demon cultivator's two legs and pulled them to his side, stuffing them into his storage bag. He immediately felt much more at ease.
"I'm already this strong?"
He chuckled softly, his pride soaring like an airplane taking off, and nodded affirmatively.
Adjusting his angle again, he repeated the process, severing the demon cultivator's two forelimbs one after the other. The demon cultivator did not wake up when his body was attacked, clearly having fallen into a deep coma.
Ji An used his icy wind technique to extinguish the flames on the demon cultivator's body; the remaining downy hairs might be used to make a talisman brush.
He then used the Rejuvenation Technique to heal the demon cultivator's injuries, preventing him from dying from excessive blood loss. He couldn't do the interrogation himself, so he had to go back to his sect and ask a professional to do it.
A vibrant emerald light shimmered on the wound, the shadows of the grass swayed, and the bleeding quickly stopped and a scab formed.
Upon discovering that the demon cultivator was no ordinary person, Ji An no longer had the mind to absorb the Wutu Qi and hurriedly cut up the other black eagle and put it into his storage bag.
He activated the Flaming Banner, carrying the limbless demon cultivator, and sped eastward. Just to be safe, he released the Golden-feathered Eagle and the Golden-haired Demon from his spirit beast pouch, saying:
"Keep a close eye on it. If the bear shows any signs of waking up, signal it immediately!"
The golden eagle let out a soft hiss, and the golden-haired eagle straightened its body and nodded gently.
"Squeak!"
While flying, Ji An fell into thought. When he cut the black eagle, he did not discover the existence of the demon core.
At this moment, he couldn't help but wonder what kind of existence demon cultivators were.
The sky darkened quickly, the crescent moon rose, and its cool light shone down, covering his hair with silver frost.
Traveling day and night, Ji An returned to Chiyan Peak at the end of the morning.
During the entire journey back, the demon cultivator remained unconscious.
He took the teleportation array to Ningcui Cliff and flew towards Yingri Peak on a cloud.
Stopping at the entrance of a cave with many crisscrossing scratches, Ji An stared for a moment, feeling as if he were in a sea of fire.
"Sword intent."
He sighed softly. Senior Brother Lin wasn't a pure sword cultivator, yet he could comprehend sword intent, which made him practically no different from a sword cultivator.
He condensed his voice into a line and said in a low voice:
"Ji An requests an audience with Senior Brother Lin."
A dozen or so breaths later, a red light screen lit up at the entrance of the cave, and then vanished like a bubble.
Lin Jiuxiao stepped out and said enthusiastically:
"Junior brother is a rare guest, please come in!"
He was very polite, and Crimson Flame Peak provided a large amount of Green Leaf Wine, which accelerated the expansion of his Wood Element Divine Palace.
If he can elevate the Mu Mansion to its perfect state as soon as possible, he can prepare to reach the Five Qi Gathering stage sooner.
Ji An waved his hand, pointed to the giant bear with its limbs amputated at his feet, and said:
"Yesterday I left the sect to go to Divine Eagle Cliff to practice Qi cultivation, but I was ambushed by this demon cultivator. I would like to trouble my senior brother to interrogate him."
"This is actually a demon cultivator? And he even dared to ambush you!"
Lin Jiuxiao was somewhat surprised. In previous years, the ancestor had personally investigated various families and discovered many demon cultivators.
When a demon cultivator transforms into human form, he is no different from a cultivator; when he transforms into a demon beast, he truly resembles a demon beast.
However, these demon cultivators were all minor figures, and no useful information was obtained after searching their souls.
Divine Eagle Cliff is only about 600 miles away from the sect, and falls within the sect's sphere of influence.
To actually launch a sneak attack on cultivators right under the sect's nose is truly outrageous.
Lin Jiuxiao's expression was solemn as he placed his hand on the giant bear's head, a gray light shimmering on the surface of his palm.
After a moment, he withdrew his hand, gently shook his head, and said:
"Among the demon cultivators at the Chaoyuan stage, there is not a significant difference in realm between me and him. If I were to search his soul, I might not be able to break through his sea of consciousness."
Even if they succeed, they'll probably only get some fragmented information.
He looked at Ji An, and his opinion of this junior brother rose several notches.
Despite being ambushed by an enemy of equal rank, the opponent was able to win the battle and capture the enemy alive.
This is an extremely difficult task for most of the fellow disciples who are not good at combat.
"Let's go ask our ancestor for help."
Ji An nodded. "Okay."
The two rode on the clouds and flew towards Chaoyang Peak.
Ji An asked, "Senior brother, isn't the Soul Searching Technique a form of magic?"
"yes."
"But why haven't I seen it in the sect's training hall?"
Lin Jiuxiao chuckled softly:
"The so-called soul search, as the name suggests, is to search for the soul of a living being."
To be precise, this spell is a standard demonic cultivation technique.
However, because it was so useful, it was circulated among various sects and even some powerful families, and it was a secret known to all the major forces in the cultivation world.
But it is, after all, a demonic cultivation technique; it wouldn't look good to openly display it.
"That's true, but I'd like to learn this spell. What should I do?"
Lin Jiuxiao glanced at it and said:
"What would a Spirit Farmer like you do if you were to learn this spell? This spell requires constantly searching a cultivator's soul to improve, and it has always been only learned by the high-ranking members of the Enforcement Hall who have reached the Chaoyuan stage."
"Hey, it's good to have some magic! If I encounter a similar situation again, I can just use soul-searching."
Ji An paused for a moment, then said:
"Does that mean it's not possible to practice this spell using demonic beasts?"
Lin Jiuxiao shook his head and explained:
"The sea of consciousness of demonic beasts is completely different from that of cultivators. The information that can be searched is extremely chaotic. It must be a demonic beast that has reached the Chaoyuan stage and has been enlightened. Otherwise, even if you search its soul, you will not get any useful information."
It is absolutely impossible to improve one's soul-searching skills by searching the souls of ordinary demonic beasts.
If you want to learn the Soul Searching Technique, report to the Ancestor and he will teach you.
When I learned this spell, I swore an oath to the Great Dao that I would not teach it to anyone, nor would I target ordinary cultivators; otherwise, I would have no hope of attaining the Great Dao and my cultivation would not advance an inch.
He believed that soul-searching was only effective on beings with logical thinking; otherwise, it would only yield meaningless fragments of information.
The two talked for half an hour before arriving at the Wuji Hall on Chaoyang Peak.
Ji An shouted:
"Disciple Ji An greets the Ancestor."
"Come in."
Ji An dragged the demon cultivator into the main hall and explained the whole story.
"There were still some who slipped through the net!"
Master Zhengyang snorted coldly and slammed his hand heavily on the bear's head.
In his view, attacking sect cultivators within the sect's sphere of influence was a blatant provocation!
Moreover, the person attacked was one of his most valued disciples, and he absolutely could not be harmed.
He ruthlessly unleashed his soul-searching technique, and the giant bear immediately began to convulse, as if it were having an epileptic seizure.
A moment later, Master Zhengyang withdrew his arm with a gloomy face and said:
"This demon cultivator is a member of the Heavenly Demon Alliance. This organization was founded by the azure dragon that attacked Qingxu Zhenren and Nanshan Zhenren."
Their stronghold information was blocked by the Azure Dragon, so I couldn't find it. I could only confirm that it was somewhere in the Hundred Thousand Mountains.
Furthermore, I also learned that another Golden Core cultivator had appeared in the Heavenly Demon Alliance. It turned out he was a rogue cultivator named Chen Sheng.”
"As for why you were ambushed, it's because the Heavenly Demon Alliance set up a kill list, and you and Jiuxiao are both on the list."
"What merit or ability do I possess to have been placed on their kill list!"
Ji An gritted his teeth, feeling a pain in his balls; he felt this was a completely undeserved disaster!
How did I, an honest and law-abiding farmer, offend them?
"Hehe, I found out why you were put on the hunting list. It's because you dealt with the demonic insects that the demon cultivators released against the sect, preventing the sect's spiritual fields from being further damaged."
Ji An frowned and said:
"The question is, how did the demon cultivator know that it was me who dealt with the demonic insects?"
He wondered to himself, could there be a spy from the Heavenly Demon Alliance among the sect's disciples?
There are too many ways to find out that it was you who did it.
Master Zhengyang turned his head and said:
"Jiuxiao, order the Enforcement Hall to strengthen patrols within the sect."
"Yes, ma'am."
"I still need to go out and absorb Qi. Ancestor, will that Golden Core stage demon cultivator cause me trouble?"
Ji An smiled bitterly to himself, lamenting his bad luck. First, he was targeted by the Golden Feathered Eagle Demon King, and now he had provoked another Golden Core power.
Now that he has established the Earth Element Divine Palace, he will inevitably need to go out to improve his cultivation.
"Probably not. The demon cultivators' memories show that the Golden Core stage demon cultivators are currently ostracizing those who initially followed the Azure Dragon."
This is just a demon cultivator who has just entered the Golden Core stage; the damage he can cause is limited. Your defensive measures can easily withstand his attacks for a while.
After pondering for a moment, Master Zhengyang took out a piece of cyan jade pendant and said:
"This is the child jade of the Mother-Child Jade Set. I can send messages to it through the mother jade, which is more convenient and faster than the golden sword for communication."
When you encounter danger, it can trigger Ziyu's power, allowing me to determine your direction.
However, the communication range of the mother and child jade is only 500 miles. In deep mountains, dense forests, or underground caves, the transmission between them will be affected. You must keep this in mind.
Come, I'll teach you how to use it.
This disciple held an increasingly important place in his heart, and he would do everything he could to protect him.
Ji An quickly learned how to use Ziyu, and cupped his hands in greeting:
"Thank you for the treasure, Ancestor!"
This is practically like mobile phone communication! The signal is poor in complex environments.
He couldn't understand the principle behind it at all; after all, the Golden Sword of Communication relied on the sect's protective array!
(End of this chapter)
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