[The Path of Lust Can Also Be a Path to Immortality] (Chapter Nine)

Author: Liudaomu, March 15, 2017, Chapter 9. A mid-grade talisman brush, crafted from the tail hair of a level-two spirit beast and the ribs of a level-four demon beast, was dipped in cinnabar made from the blood of a level-one demon beast. It smoothly drew the Ice Shield spell array, a unique technique created by Zixue, on talisman paper made from

demon beast hide. Spiritual power was instantly poured into the tip of the brush, then evenly channeled through the tail hair of the level-two spirit beast, the triangular elk, onto the specially curved lines of the spell array.

"A skilled craftsman must first sharpen his tools!" This saying was indeed true. For

the past two days, Shou'er had been repeatedly drawing the Ice Shield spell array, Zixue's unique technique, on mid-grade demon beast talisman paper in his stone house using the mid-grade talisman brush, steadily increasing his success rate.

By the second night, when all 150 mid-grade demon beast talisman papers were used up, he had actually successfully crafted 49 beginner-level mid-grade Ice Shield talismans.

The success rate exceeded 30%, far surpassing his expectations. If nothing unexpected happened, his success rate would definitely improve significantly after practicing a few hundred more times, resulting in considerable profits. Just

as Shou'er was in high spirits, he vaguely sensed that the little lewd monkey in his spirit beast pouch had also awakened and was communicating with him telepathically, wanting to come out to forage for food. He patted the spirit beast pouch and released the little lewd monkey.

As soon as the monkey appeared, it squeaked and reached out for food.

Where could he find spirit fruits for it in the middle of the night? He rummaged through his storage ring and found only piles of level-four snake meat that could be made into a delicacy.

He took out a large piece and set up a grill in the fire pit in the stone house to roast it.

While holding the level-four snake meat, Shou'er observed the changes in the little lewd monkey after its awakening: its fur seemed to be even more silvery and shiny than before, and its eyes seemed clearer and more spirited, as if it had become more intelligent than before.

However, it didn't seem to have grown any bigger.

Shou'er silently scanned its body with his divine sense, sensing the changes in its aura.

Clearly, its aura seemed several levels stronger than before.

"It seems its cultivation has improved somewhat after drinking the marrow of a level four silver snake, or perhaps it has even advanced.

I wonder what level of spirit beast it is now?" Shou'er muttered to himself.

Shou'er usually fed this mischievous monkey spirit fruits. If it hadn't increased its cultivation after drinking the marrow of a level four silver snake, he wouldn't have thought to feed it roasted snake meat this time.

Shou'er figured that since it could drink the marrow of a level four silver snake, it could definitely eat snake meat.

They were essentially the same type of food. Sure

enough, as soon as the snake meat was roasted, before it could even cool down, the mischievous monkey eagerly reached for it with its paws, squeaking.

Shou'er used a gentle breeze technique to cool the snake meat down and handed it to the monkey. It snatched it, grabbed a large piece of snake meat, pushed open the door, and ran out, as if afraid Shou'er would steal its food.

This lecherous monkey had lived with Shou'er in the Spirit Beast Valley for over two years and was extremely familiar with its surroundings. Shou'er usually didn't bother with it, letting it come and go as it pleased.

Naturally, he wouldn't worry about it this time either.

Seeing it run out the door carrying snake meat, he stopped worrying and began his daily routine of drinking level-four silver snake marrow, meditating, and refining it. A

bright, jade-like moon hung high in the night sky, its silvery light spilling onto the rooftops of a row of simple stone houses in the Spirit Beast Valley.

Under the moonlight, a small silver monkey sat on the rooftop. After finishing the snake meat in its hand, it fiddled with the gray storage pouch at its waist. Instantly, a large white egg appeared between its paws. After trying to bite it for a while without finding a starting point, it had a flash of inspiration. It took out a large porcelain bottle from the storage pouch, picked up the bottom of the bottle, and smashed it hard against the eggshell. With a "crack," a small gap appeared in the eggshell. It happily aimed its mouth at the gap and slowly lifted the large egg. The egg white inside then flowed slowly into its mouth through the gap.

After taking a big gulp, the little monkey quickly put the large egg and the porcelain bottle into its storage pouch. Soon, wisps of rising spiritual energy began to rise from its body.

Under the moonlight, the silver monkey imitated Shou'er's meditation posture and began to slowly refine the rising dense spiritual energy.

Gradually, the silver monkey seemed to absorb even the wisps of blue moonlight essence into its body.

The next morning, when Shou'er woke up, the little monkey was fast asleep in his arms.

Shou'er shook his head helplessly and put it back into his spirit beast pouch, letting it sleep.

Today was the day he had agreed to exchange with Luo Ling for a beginner-intermediate ice shield talisman, a beginner-intermediate demon beast talisman, and demon beast spirit blood cinnabar.

After saying goodbye to Senior Brother Zhong, Shou'er rushed out of the spirit beast valley.

As he approached the market, the cautious Shou'er hid in the woods and made a simple disguise.

After waiting for more than half an hour in the agreed alley, he finally saw the familiar, mature figure of a woman dressed in a green dress in the distance.

For some reason, Shou'er's heart started pounding as soon as he saw that figure.

He remembered the ambiguous actions Luo Ling had taken towards him when they parted that afternoon; those intimate actions always made Shou'er's heart flutter whenever he thought of them.

"That vixen,

" Shou'er pretended to curse in his heart, but he still couldn't hide his eager anticipation for Luo Ling's arrival.

Luo Ling saw him from afar, and a radiant smile bloomed on her face.

Shou'er forced a calm expression to conceal his inner turmoil.

As soon as Luo Ling arrived, she narrowed her almond-shaped eyes, brimming with desire, and looked Shou'er up and down.

Shou'er asked nervously, "Sister Ling, what's wrong?" "Hehe, why are you covering your left eye again? You're such a handsome boy, why are you deliberately dressing up to look ugly? Are you afraid that girls will cling to you?" Luo Ling's tone was clearly teasing.

"No,...no,...no.

My left eye tears up when it's exposed to wind,

" Shou'er stammered. "

Is that so? Come here, let me take a look.

" Luo Ling said, reaching out to grab Shou'er's hand and pulling him deeper into the alley, behind a secluded wall of a shop.

Once they reached the wall, Luo Ling ripped the cloth covering Shou'er's left eye off it. She then stared intently at his bright, handsome eyes, his high nose, and his firm lips, scrutinizing him closely.

"Shou'er, you're so handsome. I wish you were my child.

I could love you every day.

" As she spoke, Luo Ling pressed her voluptuous body against Shou'er's chest.

Her full, rounded breasts pressed against his chest.

Her flat, soft belly pressed tightly against his crotch.

Shou'er smelled Luo Ling's mature feminine fragrance and felt the firm, elastic flesh against his chest; his lower body gradually reacted, and soon he became erect.

Afraid that Luo Ling would discover his embarrassment, he quickly pushed her away, forcing himself to remain calm, and said, "Sister Ling, let's get down to business, shall we? I brought some mid-level ice shield talismans that I've finished crafting.

" "Oh? How many were successful?" Luo Ling asked as if nothing had happened, as if nothing ambiguous had occurred just now.

"Forty-nine.

" "Not bad! Such a high success rate? We're sure to make a profit.

Give them to me, I'll go to the market in a bit, pay a spirit stone, and rent a stall to sell them.

" Luo Ling commanded.

As she spoke, she took out the monster hide talisman paper and cinnabar she had made from her storage bag and handed them to Shou'er.

Shou'er took out the forty-nine talismans from her bosom and handed them to Luo Ling.

As soon as she received the talismans, her attention was immediately focused on the talismans that exuded a slight chill. She actually stared at the talismans carefully, just like she had stared at Shou'er earlier, and a look of surprise involuntarily appeared on her face.

She suddenly looked up and said, "Shou'er, how long will it take you to refine these two hundred new beast hide talismans and cinnabar I gave you?" "About two or three days.

" "Good, then let's meet again at the Windblade Rat cave entrance in three days. I'll give you the newly made talismans and cinnabar then.

Then we'll go kill a few more Windblade Rats.

" "Okay.

" "Shou'er won't say any more. I can't wait to try selling them.

See you in three days.

" With that, Luo Ling hurriedly flew away, showing no lingering affection for Shou'er.

"Money-grubbing woman!" Shou'er thought bitterly, feeling an indescribable disappointment.

He vaguely felt that Luo Ling's ambiguous behavior towards him earlier was just a way to quickly get the mid-grade Ice Shield Talisman from him.

This woman seemed to be more enthusiastic about spirit stones than about him.

Shou'er put the cloth back on to cover his left eye, cursed Luo Ling twice more in his heart, and left the market dejectedly.

Having finally met, it was already so soon they had to part ways. He returned to the Spirit Beast Valley feeling empty,

and began another arduous journey of talisman crafting.

As his talisman-crafting skills improved, so did his success rate.

The next afternoon, when he had successfully crafted his fifty-third Ice Shield Talisman and fed it to the spirit beasts, he specifically went to check on the hatching progress of the level four snake eggs in the Triangular Deer talisman array.

To Shou'er's surprise, when he used his waist token to open the breeding talisman array and stepped inside, he saw a small silver snake coiling and swimming in the pool.

Smelling Shou'er's scent, the snake quickly coiled and swam towards him.

As soon as it got close, it affectionately wrapped itself around Shou'er's leg and kept rubbing its head against him.

It seemed the blood oath had been very successful; the little silver snake already considered Shou'er its family.

Suddenly, through the telepathic connection between them, Shou'er realized that the little snake wanted food from him.

"Strange, according to the records of cultivating demonic beasts, shouldn't young snakes only start eating for the first time after their first molt, ten days later? Why does this little silver snake want to eat now? Could it be that level four silver snakes are different from ordinary snakes?" Shou'er muttered.

However, she had already started thinking about what to feed it.

"Ordinary young snakes eat small fish, small frogs, and small mice, but where am I going to find these small animals in such a short time?" Shou'er pondered a solution.

"How about trying some meat...?" Shou'er reached into her pocket and took out a large piece of level four snake meat from her storage ring. She used her sect's small flying sword to cut the meat into small strips, picked up a strip, and fed it to the little silver snake. The little silver snake swallowed the level four snake meat in one gulp.

Then it continued to tilt its head back, open its mouth, and ask Shou'er for more.

"Oh dear, thankfully it doesn't understand anything and didn't recognize that this is its..." Shou'er stopped overthinking. As long as the little silver snake wasn't shy, he didn't mind feeding it the meat of a level four silver snake. Normally, the meat of a level four silver snake would increase the cultivation level of any spirit beast, making it a rare and valuable food.

After feeding the little silver snake, it wrapped itself around his leg, unwilling to leave Shou'er.

But Shou'er thought: it had only just hatched and had no fighting power whatsoever. Hiding it in the spirit beast pouch every day wouldn't be good for its growth; living in the natural environment would be more beneficial.

So Shou'er didn't take it away but continued to let it live under the protection of the triangular deer. Shou'er

had personally witnessed the astonishing fighting power of a level four demon snake, and he planned to raise this little silver snake as his fighting spirit beast.

Neither of his two current spirit beasts is skilled in combat: the little monkey, mainly good at finding rare and precious treasures and keeping him company when he's bored; and the triangular deer, primarily his mount, a herbivorous, warm-blooded spirit beast, also not skilled in combat.

Therefore, Shou'er places all his hopes for future allies in battle on this little silver snake.

Besides its ability to spew ice spikes and unknown poisonous mist, the most powerful feature of this level-four demon snake is its invisibility, its most practical skill.

Shou'er wanted to test if the newly hatched silver snake had inherited its mother's superpowers, so he used his mind to communicate with it, asking it to become invisible. The little snake obeyed and began to try.

However, the effect was poor; it only managed to make some of the scales on its back transparent.

It seems its level is not high enough and it needs to advance further.

He then used his mind to communicate with it again, asking it to spew ice spikes and poisonous mist.

The little snake struggled to open its mouth for a long time, but only managed to spit out a drop of liquid.

"Sigh, I was too impatient.

This little silver one has just hatched and is still too small.

It will probably need to eat some spirit meat for a while before it can advance." Shou'er walked to the small pit he had dug to hatch the snake egg and saw that the spirit stones had long since been used up and turned to dust.

"Huh? Where's the snake eggshell? Why is it gone? The triangular deer is a herbivorous spirit beast, so it definitely wouldn't be interested in snake eggshells.

Could it have been eaten by this little silver one?" Shou'er was full of doubts.

"Since this one has hatched successfully, I might as well hatch another one. Anyway, my spirit beast pouch has four spirit beast spaces, so I can bring two fighting little silver snakes with me when I go out to fight monsters.

Hehe, wouldn't that make me invincible?..." Shou'er thought happily, and then took out a large snake egg from his storage ring.

He surrounded it with spirit stones, dripped his own blood on it, smeared the entire eggshell, covered it with withered grass, and then left.

Little Silver followed him all the way to the exit of the formation, only reluctantly watching Shou'er leave from afar when it encountered the barrier.

Shou'er couldn't bear this farewell scene; he dared not turn back to look at Little Silver's longing eyes, yearning for his closeness.

With a determined heart, he lowered his head and ran for his life, finally escaping Little Silver's sight.

"Sigh, as expected, it's a spirit pet bound by blood, treating me like family.

Compared to that mischievous monkey I picked up halfway and forcibly bound by spirit control magic, Little Silver's loyalty is many times stronger.

That mischievous monkey has always been resentful and defiant towards me.

It's only because of the suppression of spirit control magic that it hasn't dared to rebel.

" Shou'er compared the two spirit pets in his mind, and he felt that the spirit pet bound by blood was much more loyal.

That mischievous monkey had a lot of grievances against him and could betray him at any time.

Speaking of this little lewd monkey, Shou'er used his divine sense to sense the spirit beast pouch. The little lewd monkey had already woken up sometime earlier and seemed to be feeling uncomfortable in the spirit beast pouch.

He patted the storage pouch and released the mischievous monkey. Now that he was alone in the spirit beast valley, he wasn't afraid of others seeing his spirit pet.

Honestly, even if the inner sect senior brothers saw it, they wouldn't recognize that this little lewd monkey was born from the two level-two treasure-hunting spirit beasts in the Spirit Beast Valley, because the difference between the two was too great. No one would think that this little lewd monkey was a treasure-hunting spirit monkey.

On the contrary, he would never dare to expose his senior brother Zhong's little treasure-hunting spirit monkey, because people would recognize it at a glance.

Relishing the satisfaction of hatching the little silver snake, Shou'er suddenly remembered the seven-day agreement he had made with the branch of the Southern Rou Kingdom's Refining Masters Association to make the invisibility cloak. It seemed that the time had come.

He was really eager to try out the effect of wearing the invisibility cloak.

Shou'er had made up his mind. Tomorrow was his turn to leave the valley, which was also the three-day agreement with Luo Ling.

He could go to the branch of the Southern Rou Kingdom's Refining Masters Association in the market to pick up the invisibility cloak first, and then go to Luo Ling to exchange the refined mid-grade talismans for talisman paper and cinnabar, and also kill a few more wind blade rats.

That night, Shou'er continued to diligently draw talismans in the stone house, while the little monkey secretly slipped out again.

It easily climbed onto the roof of the stone house, then fiddled with the gray storage pouch at its waist, taking out a large, cracked egg. After drinking a mouthful of the egg liquid, it emitted a white mist of spiritual energy and began to meditate and refine, mimicking Shou'er's posture.

It continued to absorb the essence of the blue moonlight under the rooftop… The next morning, Shou'er got up early, put the sleeping little monkey into his spirit beast pouch, and hurriedly left the Spirit Beast Valley.

He had many things to do today and couldn't afford to waste time.

After a quick disguise near the market, he eagerly headed towards the branch of the Southern Rou Kingdom's Refining Masters Guild. As soon as

Shou'er entered the shop, there were no other customers since it was still early.

The refining cultivator with late-stage Qi Condensation cultivation who had served him a few days earlier recognized him immediately because he was very special—he had only one eye.

"Young friend, you've finally arrived.

Yesterday was the expiration date of the seven-day agreement, and I was worried when you didn't come..." the welcoming cultivator asked with concern.

"Thank you for your concern, fellow Daoist.

Is my cloak finished?" Shou'er was more concerned about the invisibility cloak.

"Alright, alright, it was actually delivered from the Ancient Sword Sect branch the day before yesterday.

You've come at the perfect time, I'll get it for you right away.

" After about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, the cultivator came down from upstairs with a small wooden box and handed it to Shou'er, saying, "Try it on first and see how it looks. If you're satisfied..." Shou'er knew, of course, that they were urging him to pay, so he quickly took out 210 low-grade spirit stones from his storage ring and placed them on the nearby counter, saying, "Okay, I'll try it on now.

" He opened the wooden box and took out a silver-gray long cloak, examining it carefully. This cloak was indeed worthy of being crafted by a Foundation Establishment level Earth-grade weapon refiner; not only was the workmanship exquisite, but the snakeskin cloak's scales also shimmered with a mysterious, ethereal light, clearly indicating it was no ordinary item.

He put it on, infused it with spiritual energy, and at that moment, the shop's receptionist held up a large mirror. Shou'er stood in front of the mirror, but couldn't see a trace of his own reflection.

He moved left and right, but the mirror still didn't show his body, not even the slightest change.

"Not bad, not bad, this is exactly the effect I wanted.

But are there any precautions I should take when using it?" Shou'er asked.

"This invisibility cloak is only effective against cultivators in the Qi Condensation Realm or demonic beasts below level three.

Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators have already formed a powerful divine sense in their sea of consciousness, so this invisibility cloak is difficult to evade their divine sense scan.

However, because this cloak is inscribed with intermediate-level concealment arrays and intermediate-level invisibility arrays, even Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators can only perceive it vaguely with their divine sense and cannot see it clearly..." The receptionist explained in detail.

... Shou'er, clutching the newly acquired invisibility cloak, walked excitedly out of the market.

With this strange costume in hand, he couldn't help but imagine the various wonderful uses of this invisibility cloak.

"If I wear this invisibility cloak to secretly see Su Yan, she shouldn't notice, right?" Shou'er thought to himself.

"Brother Shou'er, is that you?" Liu Shou'er had just stepped out of the market when he heard a familiar, sweet female voice calling him from behind.

He recognized the voice all too well; it was Xiao Su Yan, the person closest to him in the Dao Shen Sect.

"No way? She can recognize me just from behind?" A chill ran through Shou'er. If that were true, what was the point of his disguise? But after a moment's thought, he understood: in the entire Dao Shen Sect, only the clever Xiao Su Yan could recognize him from behind.

Senior Brother Zhong only focused on pretty female cultivators; he probably wouldn't recognize him from behind.

Since his disguise was ineffective in front of Xiao Su Yan, Shou'er decided to rip off the cloth covering his left eye before she could turn around and discover his disguise.

Then, he put on a bright smile and turned around.

"Xiao Su Yan, you just came from the market..." Shou'er turned around and only managed to say half a sentence before he froze, because behind him was not just Xiao Su Yan.

There was also the graceful Su Yan he had been longing for.

But what was annoying was that there was a male cultivator standing on either side of her, protecting her.

Seeing Shou'er's somewhat dazed expression, Su Yan quickly came to his rescue, "Brother Shou'er, you just came from the market, right? What good things did you buy?" "Yes, yes.

I bought two defensive talismans.

Su Yan, what did you do at the market...?" Shou'er stammered, not daring to look at Su Yan again.

His heart was pounding so hard it felt like it would burst out of his chest whenever he saw her.

He quickly lowered his head; seeing Su Yan reminded him of the erotic dream he'd had that night, and how he'd just planned to wear an invisibility cloak to spy on her.

The thought of this embarrassing incident made his face burn like a ember.

"Oh, we accepted a sect mission to hunt level-two demonic beasts at the Merit Hall, but the low-grade magic weapon flying sword the sect provided was too poor, so we went to the market and bought a few decent magic weapons... Brother Shou'er, what do you think of my new mid-grade wooden staff?" Su Yan said, walking up to Shou'er and handing him a wooden staff radiating the spiritual energy of the Yi wood element.

Su Yan possessed both water and wood spiritual roots, so this staff was naturally a suitable magic weapon for her attributes.

Shou'er was flustered and had no time to appreciate it. He only held it in his hand for a moment before exclaiming, "Not bad, not bad at all!

It's really not bad!" "Hehe, I carefully selected it, of course it's not bad! Brother Shou'er, are you busy later? If not, how about we go hunt level-two demonic beasts together?" Su Yan was in a good mood after buying a new magic weapon that suited her well, so she warmly invited Shou'er.

"It's alright, it's alright.

I was just looking for something to do.

Since that's the case, I'll go with you.

" Shou'er was eager to go with Su Yan, so how could she refuse? However, thinking of Luo Ling who was still waiting for her at the entrance of the Wind Blade Rat Cave, Shou'er secretly apologized in her heart: "I'm sorry, Sister Ling, the situation is special this time, so I can't keep the appointment. I will definitely apologize to you next time we meet.

" "Sister Yan'er, his cultivation is too low.

It would be bad if he accidentally got hurt by a level two demon beast. Don't

you think so?" A tall, thin young male cultivator standing next to Su Yan said disdainfully.

"Yes, yes, Sister Yan'er, with his cultivation, he would probably be out of breath just using the Wind Riding Technique to fly a few hundred miles to the depths of the Mengwu Mountains. Where would he have the strength to help us fight level two demon beasts? He would probably only be a burden to us.

" Another slightly fat male cultivator standing next to Su Yan also looked at Shou'er with disdain.

"This..." Little Su Yan was at a loss after what the two said, and looked to her older sister Su Yan for help.

Shou'er also secretly glanced at Su Yan, hoping that his long-admired dream girl would say a word for him. Obviously, the two male cultivators were also Su Yan's admirers, and they would definitely listen to her. As long as she said a few good words for him, those two guys wouldn't say anything more.

"Yan'er, hunting level two demonic beasts is not a joke, it's a very dangerous mission.

You'll be lucky if you can take care of yourself..." Su Yan said calmly.

Shou'er only heard half of the sentence, and his heart turned ice-cold.

His head exploded with a "boom".

He felt as if he had been suddenly pushed off a cliff, and he wanted to die.

He didn't care about being looked down upon by others. He believed that he had his own cultivation goals.

People with different paths cannot work together! But today, he was looked down upon by Su Yan, whom he had always respected as a goddess.

This feeling was too bitter and painful for him.

Shou'er suddenly understood a truth: it wasn't that he didn't care about anyone's contempt, the key was whether the person who contemplated him was the one he cared about most.

Being despised by the person he cared about most was an unbearable feeling, no matter how strong his will was.

"Brother Shou'er, I'm sorry.

How about I ask you to go hunt low-level monsters alone next time?" Su Yan apologized, her face flushed.

Clearly, she cared about Shou'er's feelings.

After all, she was the cultivator closest to Liu Shou'er in this Dao Divine Sect.

"Hahaha, it's alright, it's alright! I just remembered that I actually made an appointment to hunt the level one monster, the Wind Blade Rat.

I forgot just now.

Hahaha! Little Yan'er, I have to hurry up and keep my appointment.

You guys go ahead and do your work, goodbye!" Shou'er forced back the tears that were about to fall from his eyes, lowered his head, and ran away as fast as he could.

He dared not look at Su Yan again, afraid she would see the tears welling up in his eyes.

Su Yan watched Liu Shou'er's dejected and sorrowful figure flee, her nose stinging with tears. "Brother Shou'er, I know you are the most hardworking.

Even if the whole world looks down on you, I won't! I know you will become incredibly strong one day!"... Heartbroken, Shou'er ran aimlessly, his mind a jumbled mess, not knowing which way to go, just running with his head down.

Suddenly, he felt a familiar, comforting feeling.

He sat down forlornly, looked around, and was immediately stunned: he had unknowingly returned to his dilapidated stone house in the Spirit Beast Valley.

It seemed that subconsciously, he had regarded this dilapidated stone house as a warm haven where he could lick his wounds alone.

"I must become strong! I must make all those who once looked down on me regret their contempt.

" What man doesn't have self-respect? What man doesn't want to be strong? What man is willing to be despised every day? Especially by the woman he cares about most? Although Liu Shou'er was only fifteen years old, he was essentially a man.

Shou'er lay on the tattered bed, once again seriously contemplating his path of cultivation.

He had never suffered such a heavy blow to his confidence before, and therefore had never seriously considered his future.

Should he continue to be looked down upon every day, drifting aimlessly? Or should he accomplish something great that would earn him the admiration of thousands? Should he continue to be indifferent to cultivation? Or should he desperately strive to improve his cultivation at all costs, to gain the respect of others? "I must become stronger, at all costs!" Shou'er finally made his decision.

"How to become stronger?" Shou'er began to ponder the most crucial question.

Thinking of this question, he involuntarily recalled the ancient Heavenly-level dual cultivation technique, the *Origin True Scripture*, and the hint: "To cultivate this technique, one must first cultivate the body.

One must first cultivate the body into a 'Desire Body.'

To become a 'Desire Body,' one must devour and refine the demonic core of one of the world's most lustful spirit beasts: dragon, jiao, or snake.

"

Thinking of this, Shou'er couldn't help but take out the goose-egg-sized, level-four silver snake demon core, radiating a powerful spiritual energy, from his storage ring.

At the same time, he carefully took out the ancient animal hide scroll containing the *Origin True Scripture*.

From the vast spiritual energy emanating from the demon core, Shou'er knew that as long as he refined this level-four silver snake demon core, his cultivation would definitely break through at least one level.

Moreover, his body would transform into the physique necessary for cultivating the ancient heaven-level dual cultivation technique, the *Origin True Scripture*.

However… when Shou'er carefully read the scroll again and saw the keywords "lustful spirit beast" and "desire body," he hesitated.

Because even from the literal meaning, he could roughly guess what this so-called "desire body" physique would be like in the future.

If his guess was correct, he would definitely become like Luo Ling's man, constantly indulging in lust and unable to extricate himself.

Tang Zhong's excessively lewd appearance flashed before Shou'er's eyes once more, sending a shiver down his spine. Tang Zhong's grotesque appearance was not what he desired.

However, he guessed that the so-called "lustful body" probably looked something like that.

Shou'er put the demon core to his lips, then took it away.

He put it to his lips again, pondered for a while, and then took it away again.

He was definitely willing to become stronger, but if he lost his moral compass and became lost in lust in order to become stronger, it seemed to violate the first precept of the Liu family's ancestors: "Of all evils, lust is the worst!" While he was going back and forth, he suddenly felt a violent change in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and the spiritual energy in the small stone house seemed to be completely drained away.

"What's going on?" Shou'er was shocked and quickly put the demon core and the ancient scroll into his ring, opened the door, and rushed out to see what was happening.

A quick glance around revealed that a series of funnel-shaped clouds were slowly forming in the sky above the main peak of the Dao Shen Sect. The swirling clouds gradually thickened and solidified, drawing in spiritual energy from a radius of dozens of miles around.

"What...what is that?" Shou'er had never seen such a celestial phenomenon before.

Worried about a change occurring at the main peak, he hurriedly used his Wind Control Technique to rush out of the Spirit Beast Valley and head towards the main peak.

Along the way, figures gathered at the large plaza at the foot of the main peak, all pausing to watch.

At the same time, Shou'er heard the discussions of the many senior brothers and sisters who were gradually gathering: "That's...that celestial phenomenon, spiritual energy gathering into a funnel-shaped cloud! Could it be a Core Formation phenomenon?" a knowledgeable middle-aged senior brother exclaimed in surprise.

"Indeed, indeed, it is the phenomenon that only occurs when a Golden Core is formed! I was fortunate enough to witness the Golden Core formation of Peak Master Qiu of West Peak decades ago, and it is very similar to this scene.

" "So, a senior has successfully formed a Golden Core? Does anyone know who it is?" "I heard that Fairy Ya is currently in seclusion trying to break through to the Golden Core stage.

Could it be Fairy Ya...?" A cultivator seemed to remember and exclaimed in surprise.

"Heavens, it's actually Fairy Ya! How enviable!

" A female cultivator said with envy.

"Alas, Fairy Ya has become even more distant from us, becoming more and more unattainable.

" A male cultivator said dejectedly.

"You? You only have the cultivation of the early Foundation Establishment stage and you dare to covet Fairy Ya? Don't you even take a piss and look at yourself in the mirror? You're like a toad lusting after a swan!" a female cultivator angrily accused.

... "Everyone, everyone, I've heard that this is the time for us to comprehend the Dao of Heaven during the Core Formation phenomenon! Such a great opportunity is the time to elevate our state of mind, fellow Daoists, don't miss it!" someone kindly reminded them.

So everyone stopped arguing and began to watch the increasingly thick spiritual clouds in the sky, starting to comprehend the Dao of Heaven, hoping to glean a glimpse of

heavenly secrets and understand the Great Dao. Shou'er was also among those comprehending the Dao of Heaven, and he happened to be facing the most difficult choice he had ever made since he

began cultivating immortality. He also hoped to comprehend a hint from Heaven so that he could make his final choice. Shou'er stared at the swirling, chaotic clouds that were spinning faster and faster, his mind as tangled as a knot of yarn, impossible to untangle! He simply let his mind wander aimlessly.

Amidst the chaotic information in his mind, he tried to find a moment of enlightenment that could instantly awaken him from his dream! "Those who act for the greater good are not bound by trivialities; those who accomplish great things are not afraid of small evils!" He didn't know how long he had been searching through the boundless information in his mind when he suddenly remembered this proverb he had seen somewhere.

He only remembered that he was deeply moved when he saw it, so he carefully memorized it, leaving a trace in his mind.

He pondered the sentence repeatedly, and it seemed to fit the difficult choice he was facing at the moment: "In order to cultivate the Great Dao, occasionally indulging in sensual pleasures should be what is meant by 'those who accomplish great things are not afraid of small evils!', right? Besides, with my temperament, even if I swallowed the Silver Serpent Demon Core and became a 'desire body,' I might still be able to control my mind. I am confident that I will never become like Tang Zhong, who is obsessed with lust.

" The strange phenomenon of Fairy Ya forming her core lasted until noon before slowly dissipating. Everyone dispersed, and many people sensed a trace of the edge of the Great Dao from this phenomenon, thus gaining enlightenment.

Shou'er considered himself one of those who benefited from this enlightenment.

He felt that the saying, "Those who uphold righteousness are not bound by trivialities, and those who accomplish great things are not afraid of small evils!" might be guidance from Heaven.

And he did not fail Heaven's favor, ultimately making his own choice! In Spirit Beast Valley, Shou'er left a note on the door of Senior Brother Zhong's stone house: "Senior Brother Zhong, I intend to go into seclusion for a few days. I hope you will be lenient with me regarding the trivial matters in the valley. I will repay you after I emerge from seclusion.

Thank you in advance.

" He turned and went into his small, dilapidated stone house. Now that he had understood, he no longer hesitated. He took out the level-four silver snake demon core, the size of a goose egg, from his storage ring and swallowed it in one gulp! He silently recited in his heart, "Those who uphold righteousness are not bound by trivialities, and those who accomplish great things are not afraid of small evils!" [To be continued]

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