Volume 4: Great Puppetry Chapter 11: Demon Cultivation (First Update)

  "Two senior brothers, no injuries, right?" Jiang He put away the Wansheng calabaza and asked with a smile.

  "I don't dare, I don't dare. Greetings, Master Gaoyuan." White and Cai Masters hastily paid their respects.

  "Haha, no need to be polite, brothers, we're all from the same school."

  Jiang felt a bit apprehensive in his heart, but this role reversal was quite interesting to watch, especially Cai Shixiong's expression, which was full of knots and contradictions.

  "Cai Shixiong, just say what you want to say, it's hard to hold back." Jiang He said with a smile.

  Cai Shixiong sighed and said: "Earlier, Bai Shixiong said you're not simple, I didn't quite believe it. Now it seems, Bai Shixiong's judgment is still better than mine."

  "Ah, when did you find out, Bai Shixiong?" Jiang He asked.

  "It was when you blocked the Great Ape's attack that I felt you didn't take the Great Ape seriously at all, and later when you returned safely, I knew that you were absolutely a master." said Bai Shixiong.

  Exposed, Jiang He's triumphant smile slightly subsided. Changing the subject, he said: "Two senior brothers, I think this Maoshan treasure is not easy to obtain. The deeper we go, the more ferocious the demonic beasts will be. It's better for both of you to stop going to Maoshan."

  "We were just thinking of this idea, so we'll take our leave now." said Bai Shixiong.

  "Well, it's fine this way."

  Poor me, I'm going to be alone again. Jiang He sighed and continued on his way.

  As expected, the three-stage demon beasts on Mount Da Yao were indeed numerous. From time to time, there would be flying demon beasts of the third stage that would intercept Jiang He, and Jiang He would slaughter them all the way, feeling extremely exhausted. Another night passed, and Jiang He descended to the foot of Yanghua Mountain, finding a cave to rest in.

  "Senior brother, you said that this time Master let us come out to find a suitable Golden Spirit Beast, but we encountered the emergence of treasure. Shouldn't we go back and report to Master?"

  In the middle of the night, Jiang He suddenly heard voices talking from a distance, followed by footsteps approaching, but these footsteps were extremely light, not like human feet stepping on the ground, but more like the paws of a wild beast treading on the ground.

  "It's better not to report it, even if we tell Master, he won't go and investigate the treasure." Another voice said.

  "How can it be? Our current cultivation is so low, if Master can get some elixirs from the treasure, our cultivation speed will be greatly improved." The previous voice said.

  "Do you know what? We demons are not tolerated by the cultivators. Once they discover our existence, I'm afraid they will wipe us all out." The second voice said with hatred.

  Jiang's heart skipped a beat as he realized it was actually a demon cultivator.

  In this Xianxia world, there are three factions: the Xianmen (Immortal Sect), the Modao (Demon Sect) and the Yaoshou (Monster Beasts). The relationship between these three is that the Demon Sect and the Immortal Sect are mutually hostile, but when facing the Monster Beasts, they will form an alliance. However, when facing the Yaoren (Evil Cultivators), all three factions will stand on the same front line to jointly eradicate them.

  It's not because the demon cultivator is too powerful, but because the demon cultivator's ideology cannot be tolerated by ordinary cultivators.

  After the demon beast's primordial infant, it transformed into a human. This proves to humans that they are the spiritual leaders of all things. However, demonic cultivators are human cultivators who practice the demon beasts' techniques and slowly transform themselves into the shape of demon beasts!

  This practice is seen by practitioners as saying that humans are no better than beasts, so practitioners must thoroughly eliminate evil practitioners.

  The reason why the demon beasts annihilate the demon cultivators is much simpler. These human cultivators disguise themselves as demon beasts, which is not a good intention, so they must be killed. Therefore, most demon cultivators hide in places where humans and beasts are scarce, and only dare to come out after their cultivation is successful.

  As a traverser, Jiang He didn't have such prejudices against these demonic cultivators, but he also didn't want to meet the two of them. After all, once they met, the two would inevitably fight him.

  As the voices of the two people drew closer, Jiang took out a Cloud Water Symbol and slapped it on himself. A mass of water vapor slowly rose around Jiang's body, which could refract light and create a simple stealth effect. As for whether it could deceive the eyes of these two people, only trying would tell.

  "Big brother, there's a cave here, why don't we go in and take a rest?"

  "Alright, take a short rest."

  Then the two of them entered the cave. Although it was very dark inside the cave, Jiang He still saw the figures of the two people clearly.

  They can no longer be called two people, but rather two beasts. One is a goat-like beast and the other is a bison-like beast. Although they have taken on beastly forms, they still have human faces. The face of the mountain goat demon is slightly more tender, while the face of the bison demon is more mature.

  Refining Qi period demon cultivator. As their cultivation level increases, their body undergoes changes and grows dense fur all over, but their face remains hairless, so you can still tell by looking at it.

  The demon cultivator in the foundation-building period also started growing hair on his face. If one didn't look closely, he might even be able to deceive a cultivator.

  Jindan stage demonic cultivators can truly transform their bodies into those of demonic beasts with no differences, and also return to human form.

  Jiang He noticed that the four hooves of these two had not changed completely, and their cultivation was obviously not very high.

  "Huh, brother, look at this crack on the mountain cave, it looks very new, as if it just cracked open." The mountain goat demon said in surprise.

  "And also the gravel in this cave, it's all very new. Is it possible that this cave was just opened up by humans and not formed naturally?" The Wild Ox Demon King was also shocked.

  "This is the foot of the mountain, and the rocks are so solid that it must have taken a great deal of power to open up this cave." The goat demon sighed.

  "It's at least the foundation-building stage, judging from these scattered stones. This person should have just left not long ago. We must go back and report to Master, we can't let our fellow disciples travel outside for now, wait until these people finish their treasure hunt, then come out to find the Golden Spirit Beast."

  The buffalo demon thought for a moment and said.

  The mountain goat demon said: "Then let's go, I always feel that it's too unsafe outside, and it's safer to return to the mountain gate."

  Two demons emerged from the cave, one in front and one behind. Jiang He watched them leave, feeling a bit sentimental, wondering why these two people would choose to become demons.

  Jiang He rested for a while and his spirit recovered. He started to sit in the lotus position, according to the records of the True Demon Heart Sutra's methods, and began to cultivate.

  "Ah! Ah!" Two mournful cries suddenly came from a distance, and judging by the sound, it was clearly those two demon cultivators who had just left. Jiang was startled, and as he rushed out of the cave, he saw that the two demon cultivators were lying on the ground in the distance, with a young cultivator holding a flying sword standing beside them.

  Jiang and several others felt the scene, and saw those two demon cultivators. They were both cut in half at the waist, but they hadn't died yet. They were rolling around on the ground in agony. The hair on their bodies slowly retracted, revealing their normal human form.

  After a brief moment, the blood flowed out, and the two demon cultivators thoroughly died. However, their eyes were still staring at that cultivator. That cultivator looked like he was only around twenty years old, but his face was full of evil energy.

  "Since you are unwilling to be human, I will send you to become ghosts!" The young monk said coldly.

  Jiang's heart rose with a wave of anger, saying: "Don't you think you're being too cruel?"

  "What? Did I hear that wrong? You say everyone who practices the dark arts must be executed, yet you call me cruel?" The young cultivator asked incredulously upon hearing Jiang He's words.

  Jiang He let out a sigh and couldn't argue with him about anything. The deaths of these two demon cultivators had given him a huge shock, so he turned around and left immediately, hurrying on his journey through the night.