Cultivation through Skin Making

Winter passed and spring came; in the blink of an eye, more than three months had gone by.

In the dark hall, two demon shadows convened once more.

"The end of the Desolate Wilderness is the Mountain and Sea Demon Country, and that wilderness is vast and endless, with no terrain to hide in. I've asked around, and there have been no human appearances in the Mountain and Sea Demon Country."

"Then he didn't go northward."

"Apart from this, traces of human habitation were found deep in the mountains."

"So does that mean Song Yan is living deep in the mountains?" the giant wolf growled, its fur twitching like needle pricks, saliva dripping from its fangs showing its impatience.

"Perhaps, perhaps not." The red-robed fox humanely extended its sharp claws, massaging its brow, "This human must have some other destiny, otherwise I can't understand how he could have processed the Changwang Tiger Blood."

"Once we catch him, everything will become clear." The giant wolf grinned fiercely.

The red-robed fox said, "Recently Yu Xuanwei has disappeared, and her Lucky Commerce Association isn't watching. Very strange. Does she no longer need the Soul Gold Stone?"

Known as Gu General to outsiders, the giant wolf replied, "That's just perfect, with no one to repair the teleportation array, the lad, if needing to escape, would have to run from the Desolate Wilderness."

Called Red Granny, the red-robed fox muttered, "It seems advantageous, yet it all feels too smoothly strange. If Yu Xuanwei hadn't disappeared, I would have wanted to kill her."

Gu General ignored this, changing tactics and exclaiming, "That lad is crafty!

Hu Zhenzhen, Gu Huangzi, the entire Three Kingdoms searched for him for so many years without success. We should take a break, tighten the mouth of the Desolate Wilderness, and wait for one of the Purple Mansion kings of the Fox Wolf Races to come; we'll surely scoop him up from the Three Kingdoms.

You go ahead if you must. I am here to relax in this small place, to reward myself."

With that, he licked the overflowing slobber from his scarlet tongue, splattering saliva with vigorous claps.

Red Granny felt discontented, contemplated, "I'll stir up things again, see if I can flush him out.

Plus... if you go feasting and guzzling in the Three Kingdoms, I'll join you."

Gu General sneered, "I'm not afraid of Song Yan."

Red Granny smirked sinisterly, "My Fox Race Secret Technique can also be used on others for transformation.

I will be beside you, turning you into Song Yan's likeness.

Whatever you do will be attributed to Song Yan.

I'll even pick some little ones, let them impersonate Song Yan, go do misdeeds.

Thus, Song Yan will earn a notorious name, everyone will be after him, let's see where he will hide."

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A month later...

Sword Sect, Misty Sea, Warm Water Island.

Plop!

Boom!

A heavy noise sounded, followed by cheering applause.

Junior Sister Lili shouted, "Uncle Luo is amazing."

Song Yan joined in clapping and praised, "Uncle Luo, where did you get this from?" looking at the ghostly blue giant shark still twitching in the mud before him.

Plop! Plop!

The ghostly blue giant shark was still thrashing with its gigantic tail, over three feet long, indeed a massive creature, its mouth full of interlocking seed teeth densely packed, the bloody gums chilling, yet the most striking feature was the overall feeling this giant shark gave.

Anyone seeing this giant shark would certainly find it brutal, but their first feeling would be 'hazy.'

Yes, hazy.

It was enveloped entirely in a peculiar mist, all its outlines blurred from afar.

this being on land; if in the sea, it would surely be an indistinct shadow.

The man known as Uncle Luo was a burly fellow with a bristly beard, now standing with his hands on his hips laughing heartily, "This is a rare good demon beast!"

He gave a thumbs-up, spoke in a low voice, "Ghost Shark, caught near the coast; usually lurking at the seafloor, somehow surfed with the tide to the shore this time, that's when I seized the chance to capture it. I've waited a whole year."

Song Yan glanced at this bristly-bearded strongman, knowing he was now the Su Family's top expert Luo Wangsun, having the same status as the Su Family Ancestor, though being of loose cultivator origin using a long spear.

When the Su Family Ancestor roamed the Jianghu, he met Luo Wangsun by chance, they quickly became close friends.

Later, Luo Wangsun was brought back to Sword Sect by the Su Family Ancestor, now settling with the Su Family, marrying a Su Family lady, though not bearing the surname Su, thereby becoming the Su Family's Old Ancestor.

Some people, in such circumstances, would nurture ambition to annex the Su Family.

But Luo Wangsun was truly a great man, even with the Su Family Ancestor gone, he didn't seize, even diligently gave away power to avoid gossip.

Returning after Jingzhe, seeing slight tensions brewing between the Su and Sun families, he took initiative to avert escalating conflicts by venturing alone with his spear to the coast.

This was just his return.

Song Yan observed the ghost shark and curiously asked, "Uncle Luo, is this a Crimson Palace Demon Beast now?"

Luo Wangsun darkened face, "It's not so easy to catch a Crimson Palace Demon Beast, even if captured, there's no use.

Young one, you know the Sect Leader?

The Sect Leader's First Central Palace uses this creature's blood, otherwise, why is he called Sword Emperor Waterber?"

He raised his brows in a breezy laugh, then heavily patted Song Yan's shoulder, "Disciple valued by Sun Kuye, timidly fled, bewildered, Sword Heart lost to even control the sword, but once breaking through the fog, returned proper, Sword Qi vibrant.

"Your name, Luo Wangsun is as well-known as thunder, haha."

Song Yan hurriedly said he was unworthy.

Luo Wangsun laughed and said, "The Su and Sun families were originally one; you and Lili together are quite a match. Lili is a good girl; don't let her down!"

An Li couldn't help but lower her head and blush again.

Luo Wangsun laughed heartily, then looked at An Li and said, "I'll leave the Ghost Shark to you. Help your uncle make a Crimson Palace Pill; just one is enough. Don't rush, start with ordinary blood and use the Essence Blood last."

Song Yan fixed his gaze on the Ghost Shark, feeling a slight stirring in his heart.

The blood used by Water Sword Emperor to fix the First Central Palace couldn't be too bad.

Though it didn't quite align with the soul capturing lineage of the "Changwang Tiger," being named "Ghost" and a "Shark Demon," it could certainly make up the shortfall in his Escape Technique, complementing the "Kan Water Escape," which was quite good.

But the only drawback was that Essence Blood couldn't be used.

But no rush, since he only needs an instant to digest the blood, so he can wait and see.

If absolutely necessary, he could still use it directly.

Normally, he would have to go outside, risking being hunted down, to search for suitable Demon Beast Essence Blood, but now... there were strong individuals from the Sword Sect sending various demon beasts to him, allowing him to choose at will.

Can't deny, this life is quite comfortable.

...

Luo Wangsun quickly slaughtered the Ghost Shark, then took a small bottle to fill with Essence Blood, while ordinary blood was directly filled into a large jar.

Before leaving, he said, "Lili, no hurry. I still need a few months to prepare, then I'll breakthrough to the late stage of the Crimson Palace."

He then looked at Song Yan and said, "Originally, there should be a copy of the records for refining this Ghost Shark Crimson Palace Pill with Kuye Sword Master's records. Can you get it?"

Song Yan nodded.

After Luo Wangsun left, he went to Red Leaf Island and successfully retrieved the Alchemy Notes, but some herbs recorded in the notes were too precious, belonging to the Sect Leader's personal stash.

The two began discussing substitutes.

This discussion lasted for half an afternoon.

Until dusk, the two went to an open square in front of Warm Water Island.

These cultivation squares were mostly located on the protruding points of the Profound Vein over the Misty Sea, where Profound Qi was abundant and mixed with a touch of Water Profound. Water Profound Root cultivators would see their speed exceed that of ordinary Profound Root cultivators here.

The field was arrayed with many meditation mats, the two found two side-by-side spots, sat down together, and started meditating with closed eyes.

When moonlight filled the sky, the two exhaled deeply, exchanged a smile, and hand in hand returned home.

Because they were returning from the square, they first arrived at An Li's junior sister's bamboo lodge.

Song Yan voluntarily let go of her hand, waved with a smile, and said, "Good night."

An Li junior sister bit her lip, suddenly raised her hand, and pulled him by the corner of his clothes.

Song Yan was startled for a moment, but let junior sister pull him, and together they entered his bamboo hut.

Voices of conversation echoed in the dark.

"Senior brother, are you thirsty?"

"Uh? A bit."

"Me too, where's the water?"

After they drank the water.

An Li junior sister took a deep breath and said, "Senior brother, have you learned Dual Cultivation?"

Song Yan shook his head and said, "No, but isn't there a record in our 'Profound Transformation Sword Manual'?"

An Li junior sister anxiously said, "Have you seen it?"

Song Yan said, "I've seen it."

"Oh." An Li junior sister let out a long breath and said, "Fortunately, fortunately."

Song Yan said, "What's wrong?"

An Li junior sister awkwardly chatted, "I happened to see it too."

The air suddenly fell silent.

An Li junior sister took another deep breath and said, "Senior brother, let's try it, anyway, we are Dao partners, sooner or later we must Dual Cultivate."

Song Yan secretly sighed softly and then said, "Okay."

An Li junior sister recited like reviewing, "A person should not have an imbalance in Yin and Yang, leading to illnesses. If indulging in passion…"

After reciting, she removed her sword robe, lifted her dress, and climbed onto the bed.

Song Yan followed suit, sensing junior sister's nervousness, he whispered softly, "Focus a bit, circulate the incantations."

For a long, long time...

An Li junior sister collapsed softly onto the bed, feeling her waist and hips tingling.

Song Yan pulled up the quilt, embracing her from behind as if hugging a soft and gentle cloud.

The two embraced in the spring night, inseparable, enjoying the tenderness and love, reliving the accelerated heartbeat just now, when suddenly, from afar, there was a rumbling explosion in the sky, closely followed by numerous flying swords soaring into the air.

An Li junior sister's body shivered, hurriedly got up, but was pulled back by Song Yan, then he put on the sword robe, took a flying sword, quickly came to the door, leaned slightly to listen outside, only to hear someone in the distance shouting, "Song Devil! Song Devil is attacking!!"