White-Robed Chief

“Honorable Master Jiang.” Chu Li made a fist salute. “Thank you for your contribution!”

As he was speaking, he put his hand on Jiang Ziwen’s chest and activated the Heavenly Demonic Spirit Devouring Technique. Immediately, strands of life force began to seep into Jiang Ziwen’s Heavenly Demonic Orb, creating a channel for transfer. The life force from Jiang Ziwen’s Heavenly Demonic Orb then continued to surge into the Heavenly Demonic Orb in Chu Li’s chest.

Chu Li could clearly see that as Jiang Ziwen’s Heavenly Demonic Orb became larger, his own Heavenly Demonic Orb was getting smaller and smaller.

At Level Eight, the Heavenly Demonic Orb was the size of a mung bean. Now, it had shrunk close to almost the size of sand. The shrinkage kept on going albeit with small margins.

Jiang Ziwen glared at him furiously without even once blinking.

Chu Li closed his eyes and savored every moment. This Heavenly Demonic Spirit Devouring Technique was magical. It seemed like this technique grants users the ability to directly devour Heavenly Demonic Orbs without any side effects.

It seemed that this might be a flaw of Heavenly Demonic Power. If anyone were careless, they could be consumed by someone of the same cultivation level just like that.

In no time, Jiang Ziwen’s Heavenly Demonic Orb became the size of a basketball. When Chu Li stopped devouring, he flashed a smile. His Heavenly Demonic Orb had fallen back into a dormant state again.

Chu Li knew that once it awakens once more, he would achieve Level Nine Heavenly Demonic Power.

Having reached Level Nine, his cultivation had improved by multiple folds from his prior state, and not just by twice.

Back then, Chu Li would have difficulty even when he dueled with a century-year-old master, barely managing narrow wins. However, after achieving Level Nine Heavenly Demonic Power, he could beat even a three-hundred-year-old master. He would run rampant when battling those below the boundaries of an Enlightened Master. In fact, he had even gained enough power to defeat an Enlightened Master.

He was just not sure whether he was strong enough to hold off Saint Sun Mingyue. Sun Mingyue’s cultivation was inscrutable. When stood in front of her, Chu Li felt like he was standing before towering mountains, but he was not sure how that would feel like now.

On the thought of that, Chu Li was so delighted that he wished he was facing King An right now. He would have him slaughtered and then flee back here. By doing so, he could lure his problems here and let other people deal with it. He wanted to see if the Emperor would dare to come here and hunt him down himself!

However, before leaving the Fu Dynasty, he must first make a detour to the Fu Dynasty capital.

In the future, if he planned to flee to the Fu Dynasty to avoid the Emperor’s pursuit, he had to enter the Fu Dynasty capital. With an Enlightened Master stationed here, he presumed that the Emperor would not dare enter the Fu Dynasty capital.

On the thought of that, he made a fist salute and said, “Honorable Master Jiang, I’m sorry to have offended you. I’ve left the both of you one level of Heavenly Demonic Power, which should be enough to protect yourselves. I shall leave now, take care!”

As soon as he finished speaking, he unblocked Jiang Ziwen and Yu Xuanshi’s speech acupuncture points. He gave a fist salute to the two elders before he turned away.

“Zhe Ying, you can’t escape this!” Jiang Ziwen said in a deep voice. “Senior Brother Bai and the others will come and catch you!”

Chu Li smiled and said, “My two Honorable Masters, you can tell Honorable Master Du and the rest that there’s no need to waste their time. I’m headed for the Qiu Dynasty, Zheng Dynasty, Li Dynasty or even Ji Dynasty right away. Tell them not to worry about me. I have enough martial arts power to defend myself now. ”

“Ha! Let’s see how long you can escape!” Jiang Ziwen said coldly.

“I won’t be too high-profile. I’ll be careful not to showcase too much in front of people. Who in this world do you think can catch me? Haha!” Chu Li could not help but burst into laughter.

“I hope you can bear it!” Jiang Ziwen sneered.

After Chu Li gave a fist salute, he turned around to leave.

As he walked, he looked at the Heavenly Demonic Orb in his body but it was motionless. It was like he had lost control of it. So, he gave up and simply stopped paying attention to it. Then, he initiated the Scripture of Life and Death again, making the Heavenly Demonic Energy of his whole body fade away.

He did not restore his Du Feng appearance as he still appeared as a middle-aged man with coarse facial features and headed west. He roughly knew the location of the Fu Dynasty capital.

He had to return to the Fu Dynasty capital as quickly as possible and get back to Adjacent Town. He must then find a way into the Inner Mausoleum to obtain an Enlightened Master’s energy. He needed that in case of a showdown with the Emperor.

…

Yu Xuanshi and Jiang Ziwen ignored the weakness that plagued their body and mustered their Heavenly Demonic Power despite it being only one level. On the way, they encountered a few martial arts Innate Masters who deliberately stepped forward to fight them. There was little they could do except to endure a few punches and kicks before making an escape.

They had devoured the forces of those punches and strengthened their cultivation to some degree which should be sufficient in sustaining their journey.

At dawn, three days later, their clothes were soaked as they entered the Heavenly Demonic Sect valley gasping for breath. They headed straight to the main hall.

Elder Du and the rest had already received news that they were returning. When the four of them came out of the hall to welcome them, they were all shocked.

They saw that the two had only one level of Heavenly Demonic Power left.

“Junior Brother Yu, Junior Brother Jiang!” Elder Du frowned. “What happened?”

Jiang Ziwen responded grudgingly, “What? Can’t you see!”

Yu Xuanshi smiled bitterly, “We were crushed in the hands of Zhe Ying. He devoured our Heavenly Demonic Orbs!”

“Goodness!” Although the four of them may have already expected that answer, they still found it hard to believe as they confirmed it in person.

Xu Yuxuan shook his head. “He’s really a freak now, and he has lost his mind too! We’ve been reckless, and he pounced on our mistakes! We estimate that he should’ve perfected Level Eight now. He’s even capable of reaching Level Nine.”

“That’s impossible. He doesn’t have apperception of inner state, so it would be useless even if he swallowed as many Heavenly Demonic Orbs,” Elder Du explained.

Yu Xuanshi sighed. He glanced left and right before he said, “This kid told me a secret.”

“What’s the secret?” Elder Du asked anxiously. “Is it really not him? It’s someone else’s impersonation, right?”

Yu Xuanshi and Jiang Ziwen stared at him.

Elder Du quickly waved his hand, “Alright, alright. It should be him. Then tell me, what’s the secret?”

“He said the act of consuming Heavenly Demonic Orbs using the Heavenly Demonic Spirit Devouring Technique is not restricted by the inner state. He said it can directly advance you to a higher level.” Yu Xuanshi sighed. “Judging by his current level, this should be true.”

“Hmm?” Jiang Ziwen and the other four people looked at him with their mouths agape.

The inner state had always been the limiting factor of Heavenly Demonic Power’s cultivation speed. Otherwise, one could have easily had rapid progression when cultivating Heavenly Demonic Power. Even if a large amount of accumulation is needed in the later period, it is much faster than the ordinary mind.

Especially at the start of cultivating Level Three and Four, inherent requirements were very low but because it was limited by the inner state; the cultivation speed was not faster than ordinary martial arts. Otherwise, it was difficult to imagine how quickly one could reach the third level.

Yu Xuanshi nodded. “That’s what he said.”

Everyone was silent as they gauged whether this statement was true.

“This kid is now eighth-level.” Jiang Ziwen scoffed, “At the beginning, he was only fifth-level. He did not even obtain apperception of the inner state before the Heavenly Demonic Statue!”

It was apparent that he believed Chu Li’s words.

Everybody sighed.

“Sigh… Lots of issues will surely arise now within the sect!” Elder Bai shook his head pitifully.

All of them had always regarded the Heavenly Demonic Spirit Devouring Technique as a small skill. Most people did not even cultivate it, because devouring was originally an ability which comes with Heavenly Demonic Power. Hence, there was no need to waste energy cultivating the Heavenly Demonic Spirit Devouring Technique.

Besides, there were prohibitory laws in the sect so people generally do not practice it.

What Chu Li said was as if he had opened a door, a shortcut to the top levels. Once this information had been made public, who would not be tempted by it? Unless they were people like them who had worked their heads off to reach Level Nine.

“This secret must be concealed!” Elder Li said in a stern voice. “Otherwise, even the prohibitory laws of the sect may not be enough to suppress this behavior!”

Everyone nodded slowly.

For them, the knowledge of this did not really matter. They had cultivated for so long and were about to reach the top, so they did not need the Heavenly Demonic Spirit Devouring Technique.

“Let’s get going!” Elder Bai turned to look at the other three. “If he spreads this out …”

Looking concerned, the other three elders nodded slowly.

“Senior Brother Bai, I think we should ask the Sect Leader to deal with this personally!” Jiang Ziwen said, “You may not catch him if you go!”

Elder Bai and the other three furrowed their brows and remained silent.

Yu Xuanshi nodded. “This kid is too cunning. He knows you four very well too. I think you won’t be able to catch him. It’ll be a better idea to ask the Sect Leader!”