Warding Of Evil Spirit

Chapter 8 A Brief Discussion on the Turning Point

After hearing the young Daoist's question, Elder Ding paused, then his gaze swept across the Demon-Suppressing Cave.

"Replying to Daoist, there are countless demons suppressed in the cave, and life and death among them are extremely difficult to contend with. To say that they all died today is probably not entirely true. However, they were already afflicted by the accumulated turbid evil, so even if they escaped, they couldn't harm the spiritual objects in the mountain… As for the Chunyu family's child, no body has been found; perhaps he was rescued."

The Daoist clapped his hands and nodded slightly, saying, "Elder, your explanation is clear and logical. Ultimately, the Chunyu family's child is the most suspicious. However, since the matter occurred in the Demon-Suppressing Cave, our Jieyun lineage cannot directly intervene. We will trouble Elder Ding to retrieve the spiritual objects from the Chunyu family and Tingchang Mountain."

Having said this, ignoring Elder Ding's stunned expression, the Daoist turned and walked in another direction. After taking a few steps, the Daoist seemed to remember something else.

"By the way, Elder Ding, the escaped prisoners... those who should be brought back must be brought back. The lives of ordinary scum are nothing, but letting them escape like this is a disgrace to our sect."

At this point, Elder Ding finally came to his senses and was about to speak when Daozi waved his hand.

"Elder, don't see me off."

As soon as the words fell, a sky-blue sword light appeared on the spot, enveloping the young Daozi's figure, and in an instant, it transformed into a streak of light and soared into the sky!

When Elder Ding raised his hand, behind the clouds was a clear blue sky, and Daozi's figure was nowhere to be seen.

...

In the vast wilderness, Chu Weiyang, carrying a basket on his back, was struggling forward with increasingly difficult steps.

A sudden, hearty meal did not make Chu Weiyang strong quickly; on the contrary, due to the erosion of the evil energy, Chu Weiyang's current state of illness was even worse than before when he was confined in the stone cave.

He could feel the increasingly clear, stagnant sensation of lead and mercury solidifying throughout his body, along with a slight stinging pain brewing in his flesh.

This feeling made Chu Weiyang realize that what Steward Ma had said was likely true.

Whether it was the assessment of Chu Weiyang's physical condition or the "prophecy" that he might go mad because of it.

Unfortunately, the chaotic memories of his vibrant past life were of no help. At this moment, the only things Chu Weiyang could ponder and repeatedly digest were the words Guo Dian and Steward Ma had once spoken.

He "greedily" and "hungryly" tried to find more clues from those fragments of words.

A moment later, Chu Weiyang suddenly stopped, slamming the basket to the ground.

The considerable force jolted Steward Ma, jolting him awake from his daze.

"Something's not right!"

Steward Ma was somewhat bewildered.

"Wrong? What's wrong?"

Chu Weiyang's empty eyes showed a rare surge of intense emotion as he gripped the edge of the basket tightly.

"I overlooked it, and you overlooked it too. We both overlooked the effects of the 'Five Viscera Qi-Nourishing Essence Technique'! Guo Dian once said that the people of the Hundred Flowers Pavilion, while practicing this technique, didn't grasp its true meaning and went astray."

"Regardless of whether they went astray or not, doesn't this prove one thing: the different foods consumed do affect the effectiveness of the technique!"

"In fact, I've already had a similar subtle feeling today. Eating pig feed from the cave is very different from eating half a carcass of fresh meat; the nourishing power contained within my magical energy is vastly different!"

"Then is it possible that when I consume a certain precious material that can dispel evil, the meat of a certain demonic beast, a certain mystical herb, or even a certain precious elixir, while circulating the technique to refine my magical energy, the medicinal properties of the precious material are also gradually nourishing my body, and in this ebb and flow..."

"Furthermore, you also said that the evil energy within my body is not turbid evil, but pure evil energy."

“Sha Qi is also one of the various Qi. Sword Qi, Pill Qi, Yuan Qi, and even Poison Qi can all be cultivated through techniques and refined into magical power. There’s no reason why there shouldn’t be a method in this world that uses Sha Qi as its foundation!”

Upon hearing this, Steward Ma was suddenly stunned.

He didn’t immediately fall into deep thought, but instead looked at Chu Weiyang with an extremely unfamiliar gaze, as if he had only truly recognized this person at this moment.

Then, after blinking and pondering for a moment, Steward Ma slowly replied,

"Considering the underlying principles, there seems to be no problem."

"The materials for transforming evil... I need to think about it carefully. But speaking of which, spiritual herbs and pills all have similar properties, the only difference being the degree of their effectiveness. As for demon beast meat, very few can transform evil, but as long as a demon beast has cultivation, its flesh and blood are extremely nourishing, so eating more is always a good idea!"

"As for cultivation methods based on evil energy, that falls under the category of demonic cultivation, and I know very little about it. But the ability to refine evil energy... such a powerful cultivation method must be a major sect's true teaching, a supreme scripture, even within the demonic sects."

"However, you have inspired me. There's no need to consider cultivation methods that purely refine evil energy, but we can consider some related cultivation methods that are analogous to evil energy..." "

For example, our sect's sword cultivation methods often use Geng metal to generate evil energy. When nurturing the sword embryo, perhaps evil energy is used for tempering and nourishment."

"For example, the methods of beast taming, the methods of raising Gu poisons, including some poison and medicine manuals, all require the nourishment of evil Qi to increase their progress and power by thirty percent!"

Thinking of this, Steward Ma suddenly raised his head and looked at Chu Weiyang solemnly.

"I can help you properly without any tricks. If I can teach you to advance to the Foundation Establishment realm, perhaps that evil Qi won't harm your life. On the contrary, it will be an aid to you!"

"I am useful. I can teach you the methods passed down from my sect! The real swordsmanship!"

He grinned.

This time, without twisting his face, Chu Weiyang really smiled.

He smiled and looked at Steward Ma.

"Are you really willing to teach me the swordsmanship of the Qian Yuan Sect?"

Hearing this, Steward Ma also smiled, with a hint of sarcasm.

"I'm just the manager of the Demon-Suppressing Cave, a dying manager, a cripple whose life has been decided by others."

Manager Ma pressed, "Then please don't kill me? I want to live too."

Chu Weiyang was still smiling, amused by Manager Ma's unprecedented humility. The young man didn't directly answer the question; he simply patted the sword at his waist, then lifted his bundle, indicating the several sword manuals inside.

"Then you must teach me carefully, Manager."

Hearing this, Manager Ma nodded vigorously, as if he had been unconscious for a day and had only now truly come back to life.

"I'll prepare well. Back when I was training at the mountain gate, I was extremely skilled in swordsmanship! And you are an exceptionally intelligent person! I will definitely teach you properly! I'm not a cripple! Not a cripple!"

As he spoke, Manager Ma's shoulders trembled, almost as if he were about to go mad again.

Chu Weiyang's smile grew increasingly subtle. He stopped watching Manager Ma's performance, picked up his basket, and walked forward.

In the distance, the sunlight gradually turned a pale yellow.

A ray of setting sun spread across the water, half of the river shimmering green, half crimson red.