Exploring Immortality Cultivation

On a nameless deserted island, a campfire blazed. Two young people, a man and a woman, sat very close to each other. One was completely wrapped in a yellow robe with a mask on, while the other was almost naked.

This should have been a very romantic picture.

However, it became rather horrific if one of them appeared to be only fourteen years old.

Wang Qi sighed softly, "Miss, don't you think you should conjure some clothes right now?"

"I don't practice the Fog Demon Path. What's the point of an illusion that can be seen through at a glance?" the little dragon girl, wearing only a scarf, retorted, "If you think I should wear clothes as a courtesy, then I apologize. The scales that should have turned into clothes were shattered in the battle just now."

Wang Qi pointed at the pinkish-purple scarf: "That is..."

The little dragon girl's face turned red with anger: "What's wrong with you? Can you just point at the reversed scales? Don't you know that dragons have revered scales and touching them incites fury?"

Seeing the little dragon girl's bristling appearance, Wang Qi remembered the knowledge about the dragon clan's revered scales shared by Mao Zimiao and then shut his mouth.

Suddenly, the little dragon girl snorted, "I know what you human males like. Just go ahead and look."

Wang Qi almost choked on his saliva: "Do you have some kind of misunderstanding about humans?"

"I know, for you humans, not wearing clothes is an expression of lust for mating," the little dragon girl said. "In any case, we dragons don't care about clothes. I won't mind."

Wang Qi shook his head: "Sorry, but I'm not interested in non-mammalian species—and I have to say, your understanding of humans is really strange."

Dragons are at the apex of the reptilian evolutionary tree, obviously lacking mammary glands. Just look at that little dragon, flat as a mirror, nothing to see! My Youjia is much better than that! The lower body? Sorry, dragons don't have specialized reproductive and excretory openings, only cloacas. I consider myself not a pervert, and I'm not keen on those reptilian practices.

Well, since the little fellow doesn't mind being looked at, Wang Qi couldn't be bothered to be discreet either. He asked, "Okay, Miss, let's get acquainted again," and stretching out a hand as a friendly gesture, he said, "What's your name?"

The little dragon uttered a long chant, the sounds twisting until her tongue nearly tied in a knot. Wang Qi almost thought it was a language like German. He said, "Um, miss, since we're both in human form, could you give me a name that I can actually pronounce?"

"Yue Luo Liu Li," the little dragon girl said. "If it's too cumbersome, just calling me Liu Li will do."

"Yue Luo Liu Li... Liu Li..." Wang Qi repeated, then said, "I thought dragon clan members would have surnames like Ao or Long..."

"Ao Tian? That's a name used to fool you humans," Yue Luo Liu Li said with disdain. "The Demon Clan civilization has collapsed, so most of the demon clan took a character from the sound of their original form or mimicry to use as their surname. This is proof that most of the current demon civilization depends on the human clan. As the dragon clan's civilization is still intact, we naturally have our own surnames. Why should we take a human surname?"

Wang Qi, curious, asked, "May I know what Saint King David's original name was?"

Yue Luo Liu Li let out several melodious dragon chants, then said, "Translated into human terms, it would be called 'Guardian Saint Changkong'."

The little dragon clearly had not passed the Chinese proficiency exam, with a translation very much lacking in elegance. However, Yue Luo Liu Li's words amused Wang Qi. Then, the little dragon spoke, "Now that we've exchanged names, isn't it only proper for you to show your face? Human demon."

"To be honest, in human language, 'human demon' is not a nice term; I hope you can be careful with your words." Only then did Wang Qi realize that he had maintained the Yellow Robed King's system and so he deactivated it: "My name is Wang Qi, a disciple of the Immortal Alliance Wanfa Sect."

The yellow robe dissipated, and the force blocking the little dragon's spiritual sense vanished. The little dragon instantly widened her eyes in astonishment and exclaimed, "Qi Storage... Human demon?"

"Foundation Establishment, Foundation Establishment Cultivator!" Wang Qi corrected tiresomely: "I am a cultivator, understand? Foundation Establishment, get it?"

At that moment, the little dragon had no energy left to listen to Wang Qi's nonsense. Her mind was filled with a giant "What the hell," and her face was a big "I'm so confused."

Holy Emperor! Are all the people from the highlands monsters?

A Qi Storage Stage actually overturned a group—yes, a group! A group of divine power demon beasts and demon gods!

"No!" The little dragon suddenly became alert: "You must have had the help of a Primordial Spirit elder, right?"

"Primordial Spirit? Sorry, no," Wang Qi said the truth. It wasn't a Primordial Spirit indeed; there was a crippled Mahayana and a remotely present Innate Saint. He thought for a while and raised the ring on his hand: "You've felt it, right? This broken remnant soul is my reliance."

The little dragon fell into a stupor.

Since the little dragon was beside him when Zhen Chan contacted Wang Qi, she also sensed it. In Yue Luo Liu Li's view, even if that remnant soul was in its prime, facing an army of the Sea Clan of that magnitude would have caused some trouble, let alone now when it was barely able to live independently.

A Foundation Establishment Cultivator should only be at the level of a Qi Storage dragon clan, equivalent to a dragon infant, like the ones that just hatched from the egg,

A dragon clan infant, if it went berserk and stimulated its talent, indeed had a slim chance of biting a Transformation Demon Beast to death, but the odds were overwhelmingly against it, and at best, it would be a Pyrrhic victory.

Yet the human demon on the highland had a method to contend against an army of the demon clan?

This, this, this...

This defied the Heavenly Dao!

Looking at the expression on Little Dragon Girl's face, Wang Qi was somewhat triumphant. He said, "Hey, hey, Liu Li, Liu Li!"

Only then did the Little Dragon Girl snap back to reality. She forced out, "Not all humans at the Foundation Establishment level are this strong, right?"

"Of course not." Wang Qi boasted, "Among my peers, maybe there are two or three who can compete with me?"

Little Dragon nearly fainted—two or three more? Could it be that the human clan, relying on cultivators below the Primordial Spirit stage, could sweep aside all other clans except the dragon clan?

Of course, what Wang Qi did not reveal were special combat techniques like the Heart Demon Curse or the Divine Plague Curse Technique. Such laws could neither grant longevity nor be integrated into one's body, so they could not be considered a part of one's cultivation. No matter how powerful, they were external resources. Moreover, he could not use these two spell techniques when sparring among his own people.

In some sense, the Heart Demon Curse and the Divine Plague Curse Technique could really be considered heaven-defying spells that disregarded levels.

Additionally, with the help of the captives he had just blood sacrificed, the magic artifacts that had exploded, and the assistance of the Innate Saint Mian... Wang Qi at that moment could indeed be regarded as a Primordial Spirit stage cultivator.

Since Yue Luo Liu Li did not ask, Wang Qi naturally would not say—of course, even if Yue Luo Liu Li did ask, Wang Qi would not tell her the truth. Not to mention that those two spell techniques were top secrets of the Immortal Alliance, even the existence of Mian was currently kept confidential. If the Little Dragon Girl was under a misconception, let her be. Wang Qi raised another matter, "Speaking of which, I only knew that the West Sea Dragon King wanted to kill you before coming, but I didn't know why he wanted to kill you..."

"You know?" Yue Luo Liu Li's eyes lit up, but then she looked wary, "The Holy Emperor has decreed that I must meet someone trustworthy before I can reveal the truth. You may not be trustworthy."

Wang Qi chuckled, "Isn't that a bit ungrateful? Turning against me just like that? I just saved your life."

Yue Luo Liu Li shook her head, "It's not that I'm unwilling, but rather I cannot. It may be impolite to say this, but... I cannot trust you. I don't know if you are a Parasitic Beast. If you want to use force, go ahead, but no matter what, I will not speak."

"Use force... you're really hinting at something, aren't you?" Wang Qi shook his head, "Heard of the Ten Thousand Immortals Illusion Realm? I can call a high-ranking member of the Immortal Alliance for you from afar."

Yue Luo Liu Li still shook her head, "I'm aware of your human clan's Illusion Communication Technique, it truly is wondrous. But I cannot entrust the Holy Emperor's task to an illusion—I can't even be sure if there really is a high order cultivator on the other end, or if it's an illusion technique you're using to deceive me."

"Damn... how come whatever I say you won't believe?" Wang Qi shook his head. Suddenly, he remembered something.

After the battle of Divine Capital, he and Feng Luoyi had a long conversation. Feng Luoyi revealed that Zhao Qingfeng's previous life was indeed killed by several top Carefree experts working together, but the past lives of Shu Rongrong and Lu Wan were unknown in origin.

Parasitic Beast... the remnant soul of an Immortal residing in a human body and then gradually manifesting, devouring the original self of the Banished Immortal...

Wang Qi looked at Yue Luo Liu Li and muttered, "It couldn't be you, could it?"

"What?"

Wang Qi immediately took out a spirit pistol and two special Spirit Rhinoceros Bottles from his Storage Bag. These two Spirit Rhinoceros Bottles were given to him by Feng Luoyi before he set sail; they contained the Banished Immortal Enlightenment Technique. Each Spirit Rhinoceros Bottle could only store one Banished Immortal Enlightenment Technique, after which it needed nine months to recover. And he only had four of these precious bottles in total, meaning each use was one less he had.

Wang Qi first stuffed the two Spirit Rhinoceros Bottles into Yue Luo Liu Li's hands, then said, "Feel them carefully, are the auras inside these two bottles exactly the same?"

Yue Luo Liu Li felt a trace of Immortal Spirit Qi within the Spirit Rhinoceros Bottles, and suddenly burst out, "Who the hell are you? Why do you have this?"

Seeing Yue Luo Liu Li's reaction, Wang Qi was overjoyed. He said, "Feel it carefully." As he spoke, he inserted a Spirit Rhinoceros Bottle into the spirit pistol and pointed it at Yue Luo Liu Li's head, pulling the trigger.

Immortal Spirit Qi was the highest quality of spiritual energy. The stream of such energy flowing into Yue Luo Liu Li's severely injured physical body was so sublime that it nearly made her moan in pleasure. Just like water running into parched land, the spell was completely absorbed by Yue Luo Liu Li.

But the Little Dragon Girl didn't feel the slightest joy.

Yue Luo Liu Li suddenly launched herself at Wang Qi and pinned him down, transforming her hand into a dragon claw to grab his throat, shouting, "Who on earth are you? Why do you have the technique of the Parasitic Beast?"

Wang Qi smiled, his hand breaking free from Yue Luo Liu Li's restraint, and inserted the other Spirit Rhinoceros Bottle into the spirit pistol, then pointed it at his own temple and fired, "Like your dragon clan, someone who wishes to protect this world."

"What..."

"Parasitic Beasts, in our human clan, are called Banished Immortals. You see, I'm not one," said Wang Qi, "Unfortunately, our human clan is also on guard against Banished Immortals, hunting them and—also studying them."

"Perhaps on this matter, we can have a good talk."

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