Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?
Chapter 279 - 238 The Sutra of Innocence_1

Chapter 279: Chapter 238 The Sutra of Innocence_1

"The White List?" Li Xuan raised his dark eyebrows, displaying a curious expression. "What is that?"

"The Liudao Division has a Black List, and naturally, it would have a White List. The Black List contains all the most wanted criminals, whereas the White List is the opposite."

Qiu Qianqiu explained in a casual tone, hands behind his back, "In reality, it’s just an internal ranking within the Liudao Division. It’s a list sorted according to an individual’s martial prowess, their record battling demons, case-solving ability, and so forth. Right now, you’re seventeenth on this White List."

Li Xuan wore a skeptical expression, "Is this a mistake? There are so many experts within the Liudao Division, including three heavenly-level ones. How could it be my turn?"

Upon hearing this, Qiu Qianqiu burst out laughing, "The rankings are not based solely on martial power. And individuals such as the Fumo Zhonglangjiang, those who oversee one side aren’t actually responsible for handling cases, are not counted."

Li Xuan thought to himself that even so, he shouldn’t be included. The Liudao Division had dozens of people almost at The Fourth Gate or even surpassing the power at The Third Door, just below the rank of the Fumo Zhonglangjiang.

"The cases you’ve handled might be few, but they are all significant ones that caused a stir across the world. In the mission at the Underground, the number of demons you exterminated was enormous. Thus, your ranking is quite high. If not for your low cultivation, you might have been within the top ten."

Qiu Qianqiu continued, "Do you know why the Supervisor would let you take charge of the case involving an insider in the demon tower this time? Besides your noble character, your ranking on the White List is also one of the reasons. In short, in the future, if there are any significant cases, they will prioritize asking you to handle them. As long as you’re capable, there will be plenty of merits."

Only after finishing this did Li Xuan relax, and then he started to feel a bit proud of himself. Within just a few months since he had arrived in this world, he had already made a name for himself.

On the other hand, Li Xuan also felt some anxiety. He knew the reason he had been able to solve big cases was due to the help from the red-cloaked female ghost, making his foundation shaky.

"To a certain extent, people like you are the real anchors of the Liudao Division, like a Dinghai Needle."

Qiu Qianqiu paused for a moment before adding, "Enough with the nonsense, I came to find you because I was afraid you would waste more money in the book collection building again."

He took out a cloth bag from his sleeve and gave it a shake. Three scroll-like items fell out from it.

"I have collected three top-end visualization charts of Thunder Style suitable for your current stage. All of them are infused with the true meaning of Martial Law. One of them is even created by a heavenly-level expert. You can pick one from them."

Li Xuan’s eyes immediately brightened, thinking that if that were the case, these were far superior to the Visualization Charts in the Book Collection Building.

Feeling enthusiastic, he opened the first scroll to find a ’Picture of the Azure Phoenix’ depicted inside.

A Divine Bird Azure Phoenix, amid billions of thunderbolts, was shown with a destructive vibe, rushing down from the high sky!

Li Xuan was spiritually astonished, almost believing that what he was seeing was real. He imagined himself standing where the thunderstorm was striking, watching as the world was being destroyed by the bluish-purple Thunderbolt.

The view endowed him as if he could see a sword cutting through the sky, the sword aura extending thousands of meters slashing down, shattering everything of his.

When Li Xuan’s consciousness revived, he felt a surge of joy. This chart was suitable not only for him but also his Divine Blood Azure Phoenix.

This Visualization Chart should be what Qiu Qianqiu referred to, the one created by the heavenly-level expert.

Not only did it demonstrate a type of thunder named ’Divine Thunder of Yushu’ to the fullest, but it also concealed a significant volume of ’Yi of the sword’ rendered at the ’Soul’ phase.

Yun, Shi, Yi, Yue, Hun, God - This true meaning of Martial Law had reached the fifth ranking without a doubt.

Li Xuan had lost interest in the other two scrolls, but he still patiently opened the second one.

When the first line entered his field of vision, Li Xuan was taken aback.

"Is this... The Sutra of Innocence?"

Qiu Qianqiu was startled and then hastily snatched it back, looking somewhat embarrassed, "Wrong one, it should be this scroll."

He shook out another scroll from the cloth bag.

Li Xuan chuckled and wagged his eyebrows, "The Sutra of Innocence? The one that involves castrating yourself? Uncle Qiu, how did you come by this?"

He had a long-standing fame for this Cultivation Technique because the predecessor of this scripture was called ’The Kuihua Scripture’. It was produced by a famous eunuch in the former Zhao and became famous in the Later Zhao era. At that time, there were over a dozen top fighters in both the orthodox and heretic schools who relied on ’The Kuihua Scripture’ or even an incomplete version of it, unmatched across the world.

The cultivators of ’The Kuihua Scripture’ were continuously besieged, each of them dispersed. During the previous dynasty, a top expert collected the broken copies of ’The Kuihua Scripture’, elaborated on its basis, and compiled ’The Sutra of Innocence’, which was even more powerful than ’The Kuihua Scripture’.

In the present times, many martial arts sects have developed countermeasures for ’The Kuihua Scripture’, so its cultivators are not as predominant as in the early years, where they swept all rivals with an extraordinary sword speed just upon entering the door.

However, ’The Sutra of Innocence’ remains one of the top-tier Cultivation Techniques in the world. The cost might be substantial, but the gains after the sacrifice are usually proportional.

In terms of might, the ’Hunyuan Celestial Scripture’, which was passed down in his family, was somewhat inferior.

"I obtained it in the Western Region. Someone accidentally came across the complete ’The Sutra of Innocence’. However, they lacked patience and started to wreak havoc everywhere just after entering the door and eventually died by my hand," said Qiu Qianqiu, with a calm look on his face and complex emotions in his voice, "For some time, I considered cultivating this technique. However, after serious contemplation, I found that it fundamentally didn’t suit me, so I gave it up."

During that time, he was so eager to take revenge on his family that he even practiced Virgin Power, so naturally, he didn’t care about the cost of ’The Sutra of Innocence’. After all, there wasn’t much difference.

"I see." Li Xuan had a spark in his eyes. "I heard this thing not only mandates castration but can also turn a man into a woman. Uncle Qiu, could you lend this scripture to me for a look, or perhaps transfer it to me?"

"What do you want with this? Why would you be interested in this ’Sutra of Innocence’?"

Qiu Qianqiu seemed a bit flustered, his gaze filled with astonishment and doubt.

In the previous case of the Winged Demon, although it was eventually confirmed that Luo Yan was Demoness Zidie. However, Li Xuan’s preferences were still up in the air.

What if the child had always thought Luo Yan was a man, which is why he took a fancy to her?

If it’s possible that Li Xuan castrated himself for the ’Sutra of Innocence’, how could he explain it to Mrs. Liu?

"Just curiosity; I heard that the ’Sutra of Innocence’ is the supreme scripture of Light and Thunder Style, I want to see if there is anything worth learning or referencing from it, to broaden my knowledge range."

Li Xuan thought of course he was interested. It was the passion of a wuxia enthusiast.

As a person familiar with Jin Yong’s wuxia, of course, he wanted to see what the contents of ’The Kuihua Scripture’ was like! Whether there’s a saying that ’To cultivate this divine skill, one must be castrated. If not castrated, success can still be achieved’.

Although the ’Sutra of Innocence’ of this Immortal World and the ’Kuihua’ of Jin Yong’s wuxia might not be exactly the same.

However, this reason definitely cannot be spoken aloud.

Qiu Qianqiu, however, frowned, his gaze still casting a somewhat doubting look at Li Xuan.

Seeing this, Li Xuan understood and then chuckled helplessly. "Uncle Qiu doesn’t think I’m going to practice this skill, do you? To be honest, I’m already engaged to the young lady of the Xue Family. I have also started training in Great Rectitude and ice and thunder; why would I learn ’Innocence’?"

Qiu Qianqiu thought about it, thinking it right, the prospects of Great Rectitude could indeed suppress ’The Sutra of Innocence’.

He was just surprised that Li Xuan ultimately chose Xue Yunrou rather than that little girl from the Jiang Family.

"Alright, it’s harmless for you to use it as a reference. The stone from other mountains can indeed be used to polish jade, it will indeed benefit your cultivation of Thunder Style. Also, the seventh person on the current blacklist cultivates the ’Sutra of Innocence’. His evasive maneuvers and sword speed have reached the peak, no one in our Liudao Division has been able to conquer him. Given the current state of your cultivation, there may be some hope for the future."

After giving it some thought, Qiu Qianqiu could not completely rest assured: "I can give this book to you, but Xuan, you must make a solemn vow, you will never practice the ’Sutra of Innocence’ in your lifetime, otherwise you will be childless..."

As soon as these words left his mouth, Qiu Qianqiu felt a bit improper. After practicing the ’Sutra of Innocence’, wouldn’t that result in being childless?

But at the moment, he could not think of a suitable vow. If it’s practiced, you won’t die a natural death? Struck by a thousand bolts of lightning? This was too harsh.

Li Xuan couldn’t help but chuckle at Qiu Qianqiu’s reaction. But since he had no intention of castrating himself, he fulfilled Qiu Qianqiu’s wish and made a vow that if he practiced this skill, his taste buds wouldn’t function properly for the rest of his life.

As a food lover, this was a lethal and binding oath.

He then looked at the other two Visualization Charts and realized why Qiu Qianqiu had put them on par with the first one.

In terms of power and lethality, the two types of thunder surpassed the ’Divine Thunder of Yushu’.

However, Li Xuan chose the first chart, not just for the Yi of the sword inside the Visualization Chart, but also because the ’Divine Thunder of Yushu’ and ’Shenxiao Juemie Thunder’ were of the same origin, which made the transition easier.

In addition, the future advancements of the ’Divine Thunder of Yushu’ also held infinite potential, representating pure yang and toughness.

After meeting with Qiu Qianqiu, Li Xuan rushed to the Artifact Refining Pavilion to customize two high-grade magical instruments for his Fumo Vajra.

He had given up on collecting merits to exchange for a supreme magical implement.

Only because once Fumo Vajra had completed the evolution as Leng Yurou had described, the Organ Puppet would tremendously benefit him, possibly promoting his overall combat power to the level of The Third Gate.

This might be more suitable for his current situation than a supreme magical implement.

However, after asking the head of the Artifact Refining Pavilion, he learned that custom creation was not as good as direct exchange.

Because many people who practiced Mechanical Techniques had created high-grade magical instruments for Organ Puppets, several sets of such items were stored in Treasure Tower.

Moreover, they were quite cheap. Twenty major feats could exchange for a large fumo shield, and fifteen major feats could exchange for a fumo sword.

It wasn’t that they weren’t good enough, but rather, there were too few Third Gate puppets that could utilize them.

Compared to the robust material of magical instruments, Organ Puppets were prone to wear and tear and were not easy to preserve. So by now, they had become rare

Li Xuan was overjoyed. He didn’t hesitate and exchanged for the set of shield and sword from the Artifact Refining Pavilion. He also spent five more major feats to exchange for a set of external armor suitable for Fumo Vajra.

He was now looking forward to the major upgrade of Fumo Vajra more and more.