To Become an Immortal, First Become a Demon

Chapter 54

Cultivation is indeed a painstaking and time-consuming process. Even if Li Changmeng wants to speed it up, he can't. However, this doesn't mean there's no way at all.

"Greetings, Elder Li. Are you here to look for some scriptures?"

Outside the Sutra Pavilion of the Qingmiao Sect, an old man at the Great Perfection of Qi Refining respectfully greeted Li Changmeng.

The old man guarding the Sutra Pavilion was also an elder of the sect. Most people, even other Foundation Establishment elders, wouldn't deliberately act arrogantly in front of him. But Li Changmeng was different. As a disciple of Feng Qi and such a young Foundation Establishment cultivator, the old guard truly respected him from the bottom of his heart.

"Yes, I have some thoughts about cultivation and want to find some scriptures to verify them."

"Please feel free, Elder Li. Just don't take the scriptures out of the pavilion."

The old cultivator directly let Li Changmeng pass and enter the Sutra Pavilion. Even though this was against the sect rules, well – after all, he was the sect master's disciple.

Entering the Sutra Pavilion, Li Changmeng went straight to the third floor, where various cultivation techniques from other sects collected by the Qingmiao Sect were placed. Originally, there weren't many cultivation techniques on this floor. But after Feng Qi broke through to the Core Formation stage and swept away the surrounding Foundation Establishment forces, quite a few cultivation techniques from other sects were collected.

The definition of cultivation techniques from other sects was that no one in the sect had cultivated them to the Foundation Establishment realm, meaning there was no inheritance.

Li Changmeng swept his spiritual consciousness across, and the names of the cultivation techniques were imprinted in his mind one by one. Most of them were orthodox cultivation techniques, ranging from profound to shallow, with everything available.

However, these were not Li Changmeng's targets, so his spiritual consciousness continued to sweep downward. Finally, in a corner area, Li Changmeng found the cultivation techniques he wanted.

"Blood Fiend Yin Demon Art," "Soul Devouring Qi Uniting Method," "Nine Revolutions Heavenly Yin Reverse Death Art," "Mind迷惑诀"

The names of most of these cultivation techniques made people want to practice them. And indeed, many people who practiced evil cultivation techniques were attracted by their names.

Li Changmeng didn't pick and choose. He took these cultivation techniques one by one and started to read them. Each cultivation technique consisted of two parts: a spiritual consciousness jade slip and a carved jade slip.

To understand the cultivation techniques more quickly, Li Changmeng chose to directly read the spiritual consciousness jade slip. Holding the jade slip of the cultivation technique in his hand, he probed his spiritual consciousness into it, and all the information inside was clearly revealed.

The "Blood Fiend Yin Demon Art" cultivates by absorbing blood qi. The higher the quality of the blood qi, the faster the cultivation speed. If there is no high-quality blood qi, using a large amount of ordinary blood qi can also achieve a fast cultivation speed.

The "Soul Devouring Qi Uniting Method" extracts the souls of living beings and transforms them into spiritual power. As long as there are a large number of souls, one can quickly improve one's cultivation level. It also comes with the refining process of an exclusive magical tool, which can absorb the souls of others in battle.

I won't go into details about the specific features of other evil cultivation techniques one by one. He also couldn't stay in the Sutra Pavilion for too long. After skimming through all the cultivation techniques, he selected these two.

One cultivates blood qi, and the other cultivates the soul. It can be said that it fully utilizes the functions of a living being without any waste.

There were also some other evil cultivation techniques, such as those that devour essence, absorb lifespan, draw on the feng shui, or are purely for killing. Some had too many restrictions, and some were simply unbearable to look at, so Li Changmeng had to give them up.

After concentrating on memorizing the two cultivation techniques, Li Changmeng left the Sutra Pavilion and returned to his own cave abode, announcing that he would go into a long-term seclusion.

In fact, in another place, two figures walked out of Cangyun Mountain. One had a gray face and white hair, and the other was a young boy with yellow hair. Both of them were Li Changmeng's clones, and they had no cultivation base and had already removed their Dao foundation, so they could practice other cultivation techniques.

"You practice the Blood Fiend Yin Demon Art." "You practice the Soul Devouring Qi Uniting Method."

The young boy clone was carried on the back of the gray-haired clone. The two clones had a natural connection in their hearts, and their conversation was actually just for show in front of others.

The path to immortality is long. If one wants to attain the position of an immortal, what should one do? The answer is – to become an immortal, first become a demon!

Cultivation techniques that don't rely on resources and can achieve quick results are simply tailor-made protective cultivation methods for Li Changmeng, who has clones.

The two clones went down the mountain together and came to the old place – Linhao City.

"From the perspective of ordinary people, Linhao City is indeed very prosperous."

The passers-by around subconsciously distanced themselves from this grandfather and grandson who were talking nonsense. With a self-deprecating smile, Li Changmeng entered the city. After waiting until evening, he found the wealthy household with the worst reputation nearby.

Luo Shizong was sound asleep and had no idea that his death was imminent.

The door was quietly opened. Perhaps it was a premonition of death that woke him up, and Luo Shizong woke up. The door was already open at this time, and at the door stood two figures, one big and one small. With their backs to the moonlight, only the outlines of their shadows could be seen, like unknown monsters, and something like snakes seemed to be stretching out towards him from the shadows.

"You..."

As soon as he opened his mouth, Luo Shizong was choked by the throat. At this moment, he could finally see clearly what it was. Several white tentacles had completely restricted him.

The figures in front of him were two monsters! However, at this time, Luo Shizong was already dead. With a slight exertion of the tentacles, he was completely killed.

"Even without a cultivation base, relying on magical powers, one can still have strength far beyond that of ordinary people."

The gray-haired clone didn't retract the Jade Hand of Spiritual Communication but directly used it to absorb Luo Shizong's blood qi. And the young boy clone stepped forward, pressed against Luo Shizong's face, and quickly absorbed his soul while he had just died.

Soon, only a thin layer of human skin was left on the spot. The two clones looked at each other. Just by killing one person, they had leaped to the first level of Qi Refining, and a wisp of spiritual power had been refined.

Evil cultivation techniques are truly astonishing in terms of efficiency. Excluding the influence of Li Changmeng's own talent, if an ordinary person with lower talent were to practice, perhaps after refining a dozen or so people, they could reach the first level of Qi Refining.

Ordinary people? In the cultivation world, they are the cheapest things.

The Demon's Den in the Tianxing Domain is the territory of the evil forces. There, most ordinary people even live a life of being completely captive.

Linhao City has a population of over a hundred thousand. If all of them were turned into cultivation resources, what realm would these two clones reach?

Thinking of this, Li Changmeng let go of his previous hesitation. Before, he just wanted to find some evil people to use for cultivation. But once he tasted the sweetness. Evil cultivation techniques can lead to rapid progress. Any selection of resources is a delay to his own cultivation speed.

He didn't know when the disaster caused by the Hairy Man would break out and affect him. However, before it breaks out, the higher his strength is improved, the better it is for him. The best result would be that his own strength could protect his own beliefs from being destroyed by other cultivators.

So, Li Changmeng decided to start a killing spree. Under the night, Linhao City became even more silent. As his cultivation level increased, Li Changmeng's speed of refining resources also became faster and faster. At first, he refined one person at a time, but later, when he activated his spells, he absorbed everything in his path.

By dawn, there wasn't even a rooster left in the entire Linhao City. Only the howling cold wind quietly blew.

"Your lives are taken by me, Li Changmeng. I will bear all the karma."

The two clones stood at the gate of Linhao City, surrounded by thick black qi. At this time, Li Changmeng truly felt that under the Heavenly Dao of this world, there was protection for ordinary people. After refining an entire city in one night, the karma on his body was so thick that it even manifested.

But he had no regrets because overnight, both clones had reached the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage!

Outstanding talent, evil cultivation techniques that can achieve quick results, and sufficient resources – these three things had led to the leap from ordinary people to the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage in one night.

"I almost fell into the abyss myself."

Only when facing the empty city and the thick karma on his body at this moment did Li Changmeng, who was indulging in the rapid improvement of his cultivation level, realize that evil cultivation techniques could only be used to protect the Dao and not be the main cultivation method.

This thick karma made him feel that there was a faint oppression from the heavens and the earth on him. Moreover, if he wanted to reach the Core Formation stage, he needed a million ordinary people to break through the shackles caused by karma.

"A million... it's not difficult, but the shackles will also become bigger and bigger. With this level of cultivation now, perhaps hunting cultivators will be more efficient."

Surrounded by thick black qi, under the dawn light, the two clones were like demons on land, heading towards the other side of the Qingmiao Sect, in the direction where there was no Core Formation force.

The demon had just revealed its sharp teeth...

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