Chapter 97: Refining the Bright God Pill, Eerie Altar, and Half-Step Sensing Profound

Xu Guang remained silent. His footwork was incredibly fast, and with inconceivably rapid punches, he shattered the old man’s limbs. At the same time, his power surged into the old man’s body, destroying his internal functions, but he did not deal a killing blow.

This was his first time leaving an enemy alive, simply because he was too curious about Sensing Profound.

Only after confirming there was no more danger did Xu Guang finally speak. “Are you in the Sensing Profound Realm?”

After being crippled, the old man seemed to have gone mad, his eyes hollow. “You! You deserve to die! I’ll kill you! You’ll die a horrible death!”

He kept screaming the same two sentences over and over. Xu Guang grew a little annoyed and struck down with his palm. He looted the corpse and performed Blood Refining, his proficiency so great it was almost heartbreaking.

This Blood Refining was different from before; it unexpectedly only extracted half a drop of blood. It was black, and upon introspection, he could see the blood was covered in all sorts of complex patterns. This was—Blood Seal!

He did not start studying it here, but instead looked at the other spoils of war.

The old man had many things on him, surprisingly including a Secret Manual. Generally speaking, unless one was a desperado who wandered the world, no one would carry a Secret Manual on them.

Besides that, there was a diary.

Xu Guang’s expression turned strange, but he couldn’t wait to start reading it.

He read the diary first. The old man didn’t mention his own name in it, so Xu Guang temporarily called him Brother Nameless.

Brother Nameless was a disciple of the Sheep Demon Sect, one of the Earthly Branches Twelve Sects. Because he was too old and had long failed to successfully break through to Refining Viscera, he abandoned his entire family and spent a vast fortune to buy the Sensing Profound poison—Hua Wuming!

He poisoned an Outer Elder of the Sheep Demon Sect, stole a Demon God Statue capable of connecting to the Profound World, along with a corpse of a Profound World Sheep Demon, and hid in this place to cultivate Sensing Profound.

However, because his family members died tragically and he fell into a Knowledge Barrier, he had gone somewhat insane, writing in his diary every day during his moments of lucidity.

Xu Guang sighed inwardly as he looked at the dates. He thought, “No wonder. This Brother Nameless really wasn’t a decent person.”

Then, he looked at the cultivation technique from the Sheep Demon Sect.

To his disappointment, this bizarre cultivation technique named the Sheep Demon Scripture was not a true Profound Skill. However, just like the Eight Desolates Invincible Scripture, it contained a lot of information about Sensing Profound, and it was incredibly detailed.

This skill was a path of Mutated Sensing Profound. Through the refinement of demon fiend organs from the Profound World, one could forcefully establish a connection with the Profound World. The price was becoming neither human nor ghost.

Xu Guang couldn’t help but think of the Eight Desolates Invincible Scripture. It seemed that cultivation technique must have been created by some practitioner of Mutated Sensing Profound. They were truly full of tricks, teaching people to castrate themselves for who knows what purpose.

At the same time, he also learned of the old man’s realm. He surprisingly wasn’t at Sensing Profound; at best, he could only be described as Half-Step Sensing Profound.

Sensing Profound had three basic requirements: Profound Skill, Martial Intent, and Blood Seal.

Martial Intent fused with Blood Seal, and under the guidance of a Profound Skill, one condensed a Profound Seed. Through this, they could perceive the Profound World, draw in Profound World Strange Power, undergo a physical metamorphosis, and achieve Sensing Profound.

The Demon Skill couldn’t guide him to form a Profound Seed, which was why he needed the heart in the cave, using the heart of a Sheep Demon to forcefully plant an alien Profound Seed.

This person had converted most of his essence blood into Blood Seal, possessed the Sheep Demon Scripture which could substitute for a Profound Skill, and had comprehended a movement-type Martial Intent. He only needed to convert all his remaining essence blood into Blood Seal to become a complete Sensing Profound and undergo his first drawing-in metamorphosis.

Xu Guang couldn’t help but wonder, “Does this mean he’s still technically at Refining Viscera? Yet he forced me to use almost all my methods, nearly pushing me to unleash all my Bloodline Powers like Blood Eye, Soul Summoning, and Painted Hide. How terrifying.”

It seemed that right now, the Celestial Eye could not observe Blood Imprinters.

As he read the Secret Manual, he compared it to the old man’s physical condition, carefully studying his bodily changes. Finally, he concluded that Mutated Martial Dao was sheer garbage.

It was an opportunistic path—using a part of a Profound World Demon’s body to replace a part of one’s own, using a single point to cover the whole, thus allowing oneself to break through to Sensing Profound.

But this was not without its drawbacks. Profound World Demons were immortal and indestructible; unless destroyed by the power of a Sensing Profound Strong Person, a Refining Viscera Power Master mutating themselves would only become a host for the Alien Demon. If their mind was not firm, they would go insane and become half-human, half-ghost.

The Sheep Demon before him had his mind polluted by the Alien Demon, causing him to go somewhat mad.

Of course, true Mutated Martial Dao wouldn’t be this unbearable. It was just that the version Brother Nameless practiced was garbage.

Worried that Sensing Profound might have other special methods, Xu Guang carefully searched the corpse again before throwing it into the swamp, having the giant crocodile lure a few other crocodiles to tear the body apart on the spot.

Only after watching the old man’s corpse be swallowed into the crocodiles’ bellies did Xu Guang relax and take out the items he had looted.

However, just as Xu Guang was preparing to leave, he suddenly noticed a pigeon!

In this desolate wilderness, who would use a pigeon to send messages?

He instantly thought of Brother Nameless. He immediately commanded the messenger owl to kill the pigeon in the sky, then retrieved the envelope and read it carefully.

It was indeed a letter addressed to Brother Nameless. The letter asked about the progress of his breakthrough and requested him to assassinate someone. However, the assassination target was not mentioned; only the time and location were stated.

Xu Guang put away the envelope and walked down the mountain.

As for the heart in the underground cave, Xu Guang ignored it. According to the records in the Sheep Demon Skill, if no one absorbed the thing, it would naturally wither and die before long. As for the Demon God Statue, the Sheep Demon Sect could sense it. Taking it might cause trouble, and Xu Guang didn’t want to touch such a bizarre thing anyway.

On the way, Xu Guang pondered who could be a target worthy of an assassination by a Sensing Profound Realm expert. For some reason, he had a feeling that the person Brother Nameless was supposed to assassinate was someone from Feiyun City, though he didn’t know exactly who.

When passing by the water pool again on his way back, Xu Guang hesitated before deciding to dive in and take a look himself. The water pool was very deep, and simply diving was a strenuous task. The water pressure here, in particular, was absurdly high. Even after diving a full several thousand meters, Xu Guang still couldn’t see the bottom. The water here was completely crimson.

It was like molten iron melted from iron sand.

After pondering for a moment, Xu Guang swam back up. His current strength didn’t seem sufficient to explore the bottom of this pool just yet.

Carrying the iron sand on his back, he carefully studied the iron ore again and instructed the messenger owl to continue collecting iron sand.

He planned to ask his master to smelt and forge this iron sand into his big spear once he returned.

…

At the City Guard’s Mansion.

Duan Jue pinched the letter in his hand, a hint of coldness in his eyes.

“My Lord, who do you think they want to assassinate?” Xu Guang asked in a low voice from the side.

Duan Jue looked at Xu Guang in silence, then suddenly smiled. “You don’t need to worry about this matter. By the way, you shouldn’t have a courtesy name yet, right?”

Xu Guang remained silent.

Duan Jue smiled faintly. “When I met Zong Kang, he was about your age. Later, I gave him the courtesy name—Ning De…”

Xu Guang seemed to understand something. He cupped his fists. “Please bestow a name upon me, My Lord.”

“Haha, what do you think of Yixuan? You value camaraderie, possess righteousness, and keep your strength hidden rather than flaunting it. The name Yixuan is a perfect fit.”

Duan Jue looked at Xu Guang with a beaming smile, his eyes filled with the warmth of looking at his own junior.

“Thank you, My Lord.”

Pausing for a moment, Xu Guang experienced a shift in his mindset for the first time. “Does My Lord have any arrangements for me to carry out?”

“Go on. Cultivate well after you go back, and don’t run around recklessly.”

Xu Guang was silent. He could tell that Duan Jue’s care for him was genuine. Since Father Xu passed away, he hadn’t felt this kind of emotion again.

To him, his acquaintance with Duan Jue hadn’t been long, but their relationship was like that of father and master.

Duan Jue had taught him many principles. Some he agreed with, while others he found absurd. He wondered if the Great Harmony of the World was something that could be achieved in the present world.

“This subordinate, in fact…”

“That’s enough. Your so-called strength would not withstand a single blow before an expert Above Profound Sense. Go back and cultivate.”