Chapter 55 Mutual Benefit (Seeking Recommendations)

  Lao Hei's mealtime had arrived, and he went to one of the Tianmo. With a loud whoosh, a wisp of semi-transparent smoke was sucked into his belly.

  It didn't stop sucking, and the volume of that heavenly demon became smaller and smaller. It didn't struggle at all, still floating there motionless. This shows that all its abilities were controlled by the magical power of the immortal prison, even the right to howl and cry out was ruthlessly stripped away.

  Looking at this scene, Su Che thought to himself: "This is called one retribution for another, Tian Mo loves to devour the souls of other living beings, but now he has become someone else's prey."

  Soon, this heavenly demon's body was only left with a small air mass the size of a baseball, and finally, this last bit of residue, Lao Hei didn't want it anymore.

  The old black man explained voluntarily: "Master, the purest power of Tianmo has basically entered my belly. The last bit of residue contains all its evil thoughts and negative emotions, which are of no benefit to me, so I don't want it."

  "Is it really that good?" Su Che was overjoyed and curiously asked: "You can even separate its thoughts and emotions, why couldn't you do the same with the demon soul you swallowed a few days ago."

  "This is still determined by the special nature of the extraterritorial Tianmo." Laohei continued to explain: "The innate talent of the Tianmo is to devour souls, and even among their own kind, they will devour each other. For them, how to devour and devour more does not pose any hidden dangers; however, humans and demon beasts do not have this innate talent. Even if humans and demon beasts cultivate a certain devouring technique, due to racial characteristics, there will still be various restrictions. To be precise, it should be called 'devouring' rather than true devouring in the classical sense."

  "Ingestion and phagocytosis, who would have thought there was such a difference." Su Che slightly understood a bit more.

  "The principle inside is very complicated, and it can't be explained in a few words." Lao Hei continued: "In short, if I devour the souls of humans or demons, I need a process to digest them. However, when absorbing the power of Tianmo, the restriction will be much smaller."

  "Alright then, swallow hard." Su Che laughed and said: "Your strength has increased, which means my skills have improved."

  "Alright, master."

  Lao Hei walked up to another Tianmo and continued his devouring path.

  Two heavenly demons went down, Old Black licked his lips and rubbed his belly, saying: "This feeling is still good, no matter what you eat, it won't feel bloated!"

  "How is it, how does it feel?" Su Che was more concerned about how much the strength of Lao Hei could increase after devouring two Tianmo.

  Lao Hei replied: "Of course there will be some improvement. I estimate that if I swallow two or three tens of these level of Tianmo, I'll be able to advance."

  "Alright, let's continue."

  Su Che couldn't help but feel invigorated, Old Black was about to advance another level, which would be equivalent to the strength of Qi Refining Fourth Layer. With him around, he could at least secretly calculate his opponents up to Qi Refining Fourth Layer, and if necessary, even take on a Qi Refining Fifth Layer opponent.

  Next, Su Che continued to circle around the transmission array, continuing to search for low-level Tianmo tracks. This piece of true empty land was very beneficial to himself, within a thousand zhang distance, the branch density of Tianmo was very low, and each time he lured Tianmo would not exceed three.

  With fewer than five, there won't be any danger, and Su Che and Lao Hei can easily take them down one by one.

  After several hours, Lao Hei had devoured more than 20 low-level Tianmo. In the Xianyu, more than 20 small auras floated about, each one as big as a skin ball. Each aura was a Tianmo whose strength had plummeted to its lowest point, with only a trace of their original power remaining, like newborn calves, posing no threat to any cultivator.

  So, these demonic children are completely useless now?

  Lao Hei's answer is: It still has some use, let's keep it for now, after all, it's just a small gas tank that doesn't take up much space.

  "Master, I'm going to level up, you'd better retreat to the transmission array." Lao Hei reminded.

  Su Che understood that during his promotion, he couldn't help himself fight against the enemy, so he retreated to a stone pillar under the transmission array, took out a meditation mat and sat down on the spot, and also took Dan medicine to start cultivating, not wasting any time. However, this kind of cultivation in such an environment requires maintaining sufficient vigilance, and the effect is definitely not as good as closed cultivation in a safe state.

  In the Xianyu, Laohei was like a beast crouching on the ground, making strange noises in his mouth, and his body surface also reacted strongly. Under the grayish-black fur, it seemed as if there were air masses wandering back and forth...

  It wasn't clear how much time had passed, but Su Che, who was meditating with his eyes closed, was suddenly startled awake by a loud roar in his mind. His attention quickly shifted to the first layer of the Xianyin Prison, where he saw that Lao Hei had already stood up and was now letting out a furious roar towards the sky like a demon.

  Not far away, the two prisoners, Han Youming and Lu Cheng'an (Lu Lao Da), who were taking care of a dozen or so spiritual grasses, were scared to squat on the ground, holding their heads and not daring to breathe.

  These two people have long been tamed by Lao Hei and are deeply afraid of him. Lu Cheng'an has no special talents and can only follow Han Youming to learn the skills of planting spiritual grass, currently just helping out with some minor tasks.

  Bang!

  The mouse's tail swung out with a crisp whip-like sound, and Old Black immediately reported: "Master, the upgrade was successful!"

  "Good!"

  Su Che was overjoyed, but still a bit greedy, and asked: "Can I continue to devour?"

  "It can't be helped for now." Lao Hei's momentum dissipated, and he said with a hint of guilt: "Sorry, Master. I was too optimistic earlier... The fact is, although I can devour the power of the Tianmo, my body still has human and demon bloodlines. If I consume too much of the Tianmo's power, these two bloodlines will be assimilated by the Tianmo's bloodline, and in the end, I'll become a genuine Tianmo from another realm. Master, this means you have two choices..."

  "I get it!"

  Su Che nodded heavily, having already understood that he was now faced with two choices, which were the directions for Lao Hei's future development: If he wanted to rise quickly, then he would choose to wildly devour the power of the Tian Mo, allowing him to become a high-level Tian Mo, and even possibly becoming a powerful Demon God.

  Above the Demon God, what kind of demon would exist, Su Che temporarily did not know.

  However, Su Che thought that since the Xianyu Pagoda guided him to create such a person with a mixture of human, demon and magic spirits, there must be a reason for this. If he were to rush into it, he would likely take a wrong turn and strangle the future that Lao Hei was supposed to have.

  "Laohei, endlessly absorbing the power of Tianmo may be a foolish and short-sighted act." Su Che had thought it through clearly and said in a low voice: "You are so loyal to me, I must take responsibility for your future. I still choose to steadily improve and protect your human and demon beast bloodline."

  "Thank you, master!"

  Lao Hei fell to the ground with a thud and kowtowed three times.

  This shows that he himself is also unwilling to choose the path of Tianmo, but as a vessel spirit, he must unconditionally obey his master's orders and cannot hide or disobey in the slightest.

  "Get up, don't kneel down at every turn. Between us, this sort of thing isn't necessary." Su Che said softly: "Lao Hei, although you call me Master, in fact, I've long since regarded you as my own kin. In this world, you are the one I trust and am closest to. Perhaps, in this aspect, no one can surpass you."

  "Master..." Old Hei lay on the ground, whimpering softly, with tears as big as beans quietly falling to the ground.

  Lao Hei was truly moved, because he was in Su Che's mind, and he knew more clearly than anyone else that Su Che's words were absolutely true, to put it precisely, this wasn't a speech made by a glib talker, but Su Che's genuine voice.

  Then Su Che asked: "So, is it still necessary for us to continue capturing Tianmo?"

  "Of course, we must catch!" Lao Hei stood up and replied loudly: "And we must catch them in a big way, with all our might, crazily! Master, these demons are not only great nourishment for me, but I've just thought of a method that will also bring you enormous benefits."

  "Oh, tell me about it."

  "No need to say more, just watch and you'll understand." As soon as the words left his mouth, Old Black exerted himself with a loud shout and began to drum up enthusiasm...

  "What are you doing? You're as constipated as a toilet." Su Che asked with a smile in his heart.

  "Huh? No way!" Old Black suddenly lost his enthusiasm, scratching his head and saying: "Wait a minute, I'll try another method."

  "I'm in no hurry, take your time." Su Che said with a gentle smile.

  In the prison, Lao Hei sat down for a while, then stood up and walked a few steps, waved his arms, and scratched his ears...

  It wasn't until half a time had passed that he suddenly shouted: "Done!"

  As soon as he let out this cry, Su Chi immediately felt a warm current gushing from his brow and circulating throughout his body.

  "It's just Xianyu's warm current, what's so strange about it?"

  As soon as this idea was born, Su Che realized that the so-called Xianyu Warm Current was actually the life force of some creatures in Xianyu. Then, where did these life forces transmitted to him come from?

  "It's from me." Old Hei received Su Che's thoughts and immediately gave an answer.

  "Who?"

  Su Che exclaimed in surprise: "My body is fine, without any illness or injury, why are you taking away your own life force?"

  "Master, the method I've thought of is to convert the excess demonic energy into life force and then transfer it to you. The effect of life force can't be limited to just healing wounds; it can also strengthen and transform your physical body. The effect will definitely be stronger than that of marrow-washing pills and other medicinal pellets, and there won't be any negative side effects. Moreover, there's reason to believe that sufficient life force can even cleanse the residual medicinal toxins from your body, eliminating the hidden dangers left behind by excessive consumption of medicinal pellets. You should know that the stronger and purer one's physical body is, the higher the success rate of foundation-building will be in the future!"

  Su Zu thought carefully and nodded: "Logically speaking, it should be so. But, taking away your life force, won't it harm you?"

  "This is where my old black friend's cleverness comes in! Just now, I was racking my brains and thinking about this very thing." Old Black proudly puffed out his chest: "I really did think of a good method, utilizing the advantages of the three tribes of humans, demons, and beasts as one, borrowing from human and demon beast bloodlines to transform the excess heavenly devil energy absorbed into the body into vigorous life force, and then transferring it to you, my master. In fact, it won't consume any of my original life force..."

  Lao Hei explained it for a long time, and Su Che finally confirmed that this was a mutually beneficial good method.

  "Lao Hei, you're indeed clever!" Su Che was also extremely excited. Unexpectedly, he could directly benefit from the Domain Outside's Tian Mo, an extremely evil creature.

  "Then let's continue!"

  Su Che stood up, with a majestic wave of his hand: "Seize Tian Mo!"

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