13. Exit customs!

There is no sense of time in cultivation.

Especially when spending a long time in the perpetual darkness of the Blood Kitchen.

To Bai Feng, it felt like just a blink, yet six days had already passed.

Swoosh——

As a white stream of breath exhaled from his mouth,

he opened his eyes, and what he saw was an entirely different scenery——

At this moment, he could clearly perceive the energy of hundreds of miles around, the dense demonic energy continually penetrating the earth veins, and even the intricate rune patterns within the surrounding magical artifacts and spiritual tools!

The most important thing is...

Under his inner sight.

An oval sphere, as transparent as an eggshell, floated above his dantian.

Through the hazy Qi Sea, upon closer inspection, it seemed as if the center of the sphere was nurturing a small world, where demonic resonance flowed and nine-colored auspicious clouds gathered.

This was the "Nine-colored Demon Pill" he had formed upon breaking through the Foundation Establishment Stage and stepping into the Core Formation Stage!

It was also the pinnacle of grade pills that every devil cultivator in this world dreamed of obtaining!

"With the potential of this mortal body, breaking through the Foundation Stage and condensing a core in six days is not surprising."

"What I did not expect is that by merely retracing Bail Qingling's old path, I managed to condense the highest level Nine-colored Demon Pill, a feat even he couldn't achieve..."

"If the Bail Qingling in the game had possessed this Nine-colored Core with 'infinite mana,' the outcome of his duel with Mu Xinlan would have been....uncertain, right?"

Bai Feng mused to himself.

"Open the status panel."

Name: Bai Feng (Taoist title: Qingling)"

Physique: Innate Formless Demon Seed

Age: 120

Cultivation: Core Formation Stage (this life)

Kung Fu Divine Power: "Supreme Receiving Technique" (usable), "Sky Demon Dragon Transformation Scripture" (unusable), "Blood Sea Sadness Song Technique" (unusable), "Jiuyi Incineration Heaven Technique" (unusable)....

Support Skills: Alchemy (Lv89), Gu Path (Lv95), Beast Mastery Technique (Lv60), Artifact Refining Technique (Lv90)...(Note: The max skill level in the current world is 99.)

Points: 5000.

.....

"Ah."

"Already at the Core Formation Stage, yet still lacking the mana to drive Bail Qingling's life-bound demon technique 'Sky Demon Dragon Transformation Scripture,' and the two heaven-defying divine skills 'Blood Sea' and 'Sad Song'?"

Bai Feng felt a bit disappointed.

"Let it be, although I can't control divine skills now, I can still manipulate and use some low-level magical artifacts and Gu Techniques."

"Indeed, what made Bail Qingling terrifying and feared by cultivators of both righteous and demonic paths wasn't his magic powers but those insidious and sinister Gu Techniques that were impossible to guard against!"

"In the game, he even used Gu Techniques to cross a major realm and slay the old ancestor of the Youquan Gate in the Unity Period!"

"By the way......"

"According to the timeline, tomorrow Xiao Chen, that kid, will enter the Blood Kitchen early, attempting to take my head for merit."

"And in this Blood Kitchen, there's exactly one Gu seed very suitable for him, surely it can efficiently send him off...saving me the trouble of doing it myself!"

Bai Feng tapped his fingers in the void.

A spiritual thought shot out.

As if drawn by some attraction, a golden Gu insect flew out of a purple narrow-mouthed Gu bottle in the corner of the wall of its own accord.

This Gu insect was about the size of a thumbnail, with nine wings on its back and eight legs on its belly, its whole body curled up, completely still, as if in hibernation.

Bai Feng placed the Gu insect inside a black Gu bowl, embedded a magical formula, and hid it in the Purple Mansion Space.

Having traversed to this moment, he finally felt at ease for a while.

His mind was clear as a mirror.

As this great villain now reborn from filthy soil, it was bound to stir chaos in the entire world line.

Therefore, only by eliminating the protagonist Xiao Chen early could the risk be minimized.

In other words.

Winning over girls can wait!

But Xiao Chen——must die!

....

....

In the first level of the Blood Kitchen, after two hours, Bai Feng collected all 383 types of Gu insect materials and 33 mid-grade defensive magical artifacts in the Purple Mansion.

Bai Feng stepped into the basement once more.

This time, as he passed through the massive skeleton gate that looked like a "capital view," surprisingly, he no longer felt a shred of fear.

Instead, he strode in leisurely, as if strolling through his garden.

After passing through the corridor, he skillfully reached the third underground level.

"Look! The demon head is here!"

"Kill kill kill! Use your will to curse this demon head to death!"

"Bail Qingling! Even as ghosts, we will hunt you to extinction!"

"Lord Bai, spare my life! We are, after all, brothers of the Demon Path, remember? I even treated you to a meal!"

......

As Bai Feng's figure approached,

the annoying and piercing noises of curses, wailing, and pleas for mercy surrounded him once more.

Yet this time,

there was no ripple in Bai Feng's heart.

He even felt amused.

The soul bodies confined here were mostly once-renowned experts of the righteous and demonic paths, their futures once bright.

But due to reckless arrogance, each sought to take his life, seeking fame across the Nine Provinces, only to end up as these pitiful figures neither human nor ghost.

Bai Feng's gaze swept across the faces, twisted in rage, suffering, and anguish within the Detention Soul Flag, finally landing on a handsome young man with a Taoist bun.

Unlike the others, who were emotionally unstable and wailing loudly,

the young man's soul body was sitting cross-legged in quiet serenity within the soul prison of the flag.

"Hey, this guy, he has the face of a protagonist."

Bai Feng rested his hand on his chin, lost in thought.

It turned out, this young man was none other than Xiao Chen's older brother—Xiao Yi!

In the game's background story, Xiao Chen was born in a highly spiritual mountain village under Kunlun Mountain in Yunzhou's eastern region—Xiaowang Village.

At the age of ten, the left protector of the Evil Extreme Sect from the Demon Path, Li Qianjue, slaughtered the village's residents to practice a forbidden demon technique, leaving none alive.

Fortunately, Yu Xuzi, the sect master of Kunlun Dao Sect, arrived in time to save the last two orphans of Xiaowang Village—brothers Xiao Chen and Xiao Yi.

Their talent was extraordinary, and it wasn't long before Xiao Yi volunteered to go undercover in the Demon Path, only to be caught by Bail Qingling while out gathering materials and brought back as an experiment.

The reason Xiao Chen agreed to go undercover in Cangming Sect was half for winning over a girl, and the other half to find his brother!

Bai Feng squinted his eyes, continuing to reminisce.

"In the game, after players playing Xiao Chen kill Bail Qingling and explore this place, they trigger the side mission to rescue Xiao Yi."

"By then, Xiao Yi's soul body had already been refined by Bail Qingling, merged with the Detention Soul Flag. Hence, after violently breaking the flag, Xiao Yi also perished."

"The side mission ends with.... "

"In his final moment, Xiao Yi passes on all the Demon Path Cultivation Methods he secretly learned within the Detention Soul Flag over the years to his brother, setting Xiao Chen on the dual path of 'Taoism breeds demons'.... "

"Ah, the bond between brothers is indeed touching."

Bai Feng sighed slightly.

After a long silence.

He ultimately came to a difficult decision:

"So be it."

"I'll send the brothers on their way together, so they'll have each other for company...."