Cultivation through Skin Making

Chapter 180: 130. Accident (2.8K words - Requesting subscription)



After several attempts, the "Profound Heart Technique" and "Celestial Sword Visualization Map" of the Sword Sect were labeled as "ridiculous" by Song Yan.

However, he did not entirely dismiss them.

Although they were pieced together, "Soul Opening Eyes" and the "Sea of Suffering," along with the phrase "Profound heart diligently cultivate, divine soul initially unites with heaven and earth," were genuine.

This information was genuinely obtained by the first Sect Leader of Yu Luo Mountain concerning the Purple Mansion Realm.

However, Yu Luo Mountain only had these elements, so they were awkwardly stitched together and then given a name through imagination, later supplemented with various additions from the entire Sword Sect over the millennia, which turned them into their current form.

Song Yan discovered another advantage of the "Remaining Life Dao Fruit," which was: providing crucial information.

He had no idea that the "gray line" was the Sea of Suffering, but during his deductions, he understood it directly.

Earlier, he also didn't know the nameless blood he absorbed was the blood of the "Changwang Tiger," which he only discovered during his deductions.

If the geniuses of the Sword Sect over the past thousand years knew that the "Celestial Sword" was the "Sea of Suffering," they surely wouldn't have foolishly visualized it, because it's obvious there would be an issue.

This shows the importance of information.

A single word can lead to ruin.

However, Song Yan quickly thought of the "Crimson Palace loophole" he exploited, allowing him to sometimes avoid erysipelas and draw upon essence blood.

So now, could he possibly exploit a "Sea of Suffering loophole" to see if he could advance a little further, perhaps triggering something?

Thus, Song Yan started trying again.

As a result, after a thousand attempts, he found it truly had no effect.

But at the same time, he did not leave empty-handed; he at least understood that the sea breeze of the Sea of Suffering contained many "terrifying obsessions," and those obsessions would drag his divine soul into others' most unforgettable experiences if contaminated.

Great joy, great anger, great sorrow, and great happiness, all are extremes that a life can experience.

When you experience such extremes once, perhaps you can barely recognize who you are.

But what if it's twice, thrice, ten times, or a hundred times?

...

The bright moon had passed its zenith, and the light scattered like withered leaves falling.

Leaning against the tree trunk, Song Yan pondered briefly and suddenly made an adjustment:

'Using the "Soul Opening Eyes" technique, visualize the Sea of Suffering, consume the "Cold Ice Hell Bracelet" and the ghosts contained in the "Changwang Tiger Blood" below the Crimson Palace Realm, and begin cultivation...'

If the cultivation succeeded, the ghosts would be consumed; if it failed, nothing would disappear.

Song Yan had understood this rule long ago through countless deductions.

[You stare at the surface of the distant Sea of Suffering, slowly approaching, your divine soul is already detached from the body, but this time, you bring along your ghosts, totaling two thousand eight hundred and eighty-two]

[Before you reach the seaside, the sea breeze of the Sea of Suffering has whistled toward your divine soul, and the ghosts stand in front of you]

[The foremost ghosts quickly fall down, and the ghosts are rapidly consumed]

[In less than six breaths, all the ghosts collapse, once again you face the sea breeze of the Sea of Suffering, you only feel dizzy, countless obsessions not belonging to you madly flood in, you go insane]

[Return the remaining lifespan]

...

Song Yan opened his eyes and remained silent for a long time.

'Nearly three thousand ghosts, managed to last less than six breaths?'

'And I couldn't proceed far on the periphery of the Sea of Suffering, it seems it's not feasible.'

He temporarily dismissed the thought of continuing to try.

Having achieved such results in the first attempt, he was quite satisfied. After the battle in the Desolate Wilderness, he would also visit the Demon Sect as the Puppet Sect Leader to see the "experiences of the former old demons."

Besides this, the Three Kingdoms had also produced many powerful loose cultivators, who also had experience.

For instance, Zhang Han, who is now in the core of the Evil Land, is one such example.

With this resolution, Song Yan began to focus on recovery, preparing for the upcoming battle.

This battle, although his power had greatly improved, would inevitably be a hard fight.

Because his opponent was prepared and no longer careless.

...

...

In the autumn, long grass withered, and everything lay bare.

In the edge town, every household shut their doors tightly and extinguished the candlelight. The notorious name of "Song Devil" loomed like a cloud of darkness over the place, leaving children afraid to cry at night and strong men reluctant to venture out.

Ordinary people have no idea about "true or false goods." They only know that the Cultivation Realm has produced a demon named Song Yan. This demon, with a copper head and iron arms, three heads and six arms, can transform into various demons, loves to eat live humans, and transforms into handsome men and beautiful women to seduce the ignorant and then devour them, extremely terrifying. Recently, every disaster within ten miles and the nearby towns is associated with the 'Song Devil.'

In the distance, at the entrance of the Desolate Wilderness, there is an old tree among the tall grass.

Under the tree sits a giant shadow clad in a spiked armor, with the eerie moonlight highlighting the terrifying wolf head on its shoulders, and beside it sits a fox in a brocade robe.

Suddenly, the giant wolf stands up and looks back somewhat unwillingly, asking in a muffled voice, "Why not go south to find him? Afraid? Hardly so."

The fox in the brocade robe replies, "Don't ask, don't ask, it's not fear, it's just that there's no need to stay here anymore."

"What do you mean?"

The giant wolf is quite dissatisfied with its partner's cryptic ways.

The fox in the brocade robe responds, "It's the meaning of the ancestors."

"The ancestors came?" The giant wolf is stunned, then exclaims in surprise, "So quickly? Impossible..."

"Hehehe..." The fox in the brocade robe neither nods nor shakes its head, continuing its cryptic ways, and adds, "The reason our Fox and Wolf Races' alliance could overthrow the Changwang Tiger Race is due to secrets.

And to achieve this, the ancestors have set the rules in the first place.

What was it again, do you remember?"

The giant wolf's face turns dark, replying in a muffled voice, "For actions outside, don't consult with the Wolf Race, and don't let them know too much."

With that, it starts grumbling aloud.

Despite the grumbling, it still follows the Fox Demon northward, gradually disappearing into the waves of grass without a trace.

...

...

Over a month later, Song Yan almost turned over every stone around the towns near the Desolate Wilderness but never found any remaining Fox Demons or Wolf Demons. Moreover, their criminal activities have completely ceased.

The strike felt like hitting into soft cotton.

Song Yan summoned Granny Red and General Gu for interrogation, and after understanding, he realized both Fox and Wolf in the Northern Land are unlikely to have fled because he killed Granny Red and General Gu. As for the reason, neither Granny Red nor General Gu could guess, only surmising they might be lying low to launch a deadly strike when he is careless.

For a moment, Song Yan wasn't sure where the pair of Fox and Wolf went, but he couldn't afford to waste any more time here, and thus, while remaining vigilant, he quickly returned to Puppet Sect.

On the way, something unexpected occurred: He encountered Qiu Lianyue, the woman who initially became his furnace.

At his encounter, Qiu Lianyue's caravan was surrounded by a group of Jin Kingdom's troops.

The Jin troops found "Wu Kingdom's documents" in the caravan and prepared to rob them directly. In the emergency, Qiu Lianyue loudly shouted "Puppet Sect Leader Song Yan is my man, who dares to touch me," and the Jin soldiers laughed heartily.

They were not unaware that Puppet Sect had changed control. After all, Puppet Sect is as heaven to Jin Kingdom, and the change of its Sect Leader is a significant event, which, almost instantly, made the name "Song Yan" become an existence above the Sovereign in the hearts of Jin Kingdom's ministers and soldiers, absolutely not to be provoked. The Jin soldiers laughed because they found this woman laughable.

However, Song Yan threw down a piece of fiendish "Puppet Sect token" along with a double-headed wolf shadow puppet from a distance. The token and shadow puppet appeared silently in front of Qiu Lianyue, blocking her way.

The ordinary soldiers hardly noticed, even if they did, they wouldn't recognize it, but the leading Captain would.

That Captain glanced at the token and shadow puppet, noticing the Evil Qi on them, looking at the "Puppet" characters on the token, and seeing the appearance of the token blocking in front of Qiu Lianyue, he immediately understood.

He stopped the soldiers advancing, showing respect to Qiu Lianyue and chuckling, "All are misunderstandings, all are misunderstandings..."

Muttering a few words, the Captain noticed no one appeared behind, quickly bowed towards the sky, then waved his hand, withdrawing the soldiers.

The Evil Qi on the token and shadow puppet dispersed, Qiu Lianyue picked them up, looking at the double-headed wolf shadow puppet, she immediately recalled the past days at South Bamboo Peak's Cave Mansion making shadow puppets for that man to earn Contribution Points.

She looked around bewildered, shouting to the skies "Sect Leader Song, Sect Leader Song," but there was no response.

Meanwhile, her side's caravan guards, attendants, etc. were full of fear, shaking all over.

The name "Song Devil" was enough to terrify them to the bone.

Nevertheless, Song Yan did not appear but quietly left.

Reuniting with him again wasn't a soothing thought for Qiu Lianyue, "When immortals fight, mortals suffer" could very well happen to her, causing undue calamity.

And an "unnamed" Puppet Sect token was sufficient to safeguard her across lands, unchallenged in the mundane world, while the shadow puppet... was merely a memento.

Qiu Lianyue quietly put away the token and shadow puppet, and a close maid approached quietly asking, "President, are you really with that..."

The maid dared not speak the words "Song Devil."

Qiu Lianyue paused in silence, slowly shook her head, then gently said, "Used to serve as a servant in Puppet Sect, escaped during chaos, took some items, never thought they'd be useful.

Just shouted out that name to scare the Jin army by pulling tiger skins.

Moreover, how could I possibly know such an immortal."


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