Please, Young Master, Slay the Demon!
Chapter 184 - 81 Shao Yin [Additional Update]_1

Chapter 184: Chapter 81 Shao Yin [Additional Update]_1

Chu Liang came over naturally for a reason.

After a brief rest, he was concerned about a heap of things waiting to be done, so he dragged himself up again.

Firstly, he had to pass on some items for Senior Sister Jiang. He sent a carrier crane to Jiang Yuebai but hadn’t yet received a reply.

Then, he had to form his Core. He needed to refine an External Elixir and had prepared two sets of materials for Core Formation, including two Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasures needed for the superior Golden Core, as well as a piece of Immortal Ascending Grass for the top-grade Golden Core.

But once he prepared all these, he realized he didn’t have the Fourth Realm’s Cultivation Technique. The specific method for Core Formation was also included within it. He only remembered when all was said and done.

The basic techniques for each realm in the "Nine Heavens Mysterious Heart Technique" were not given to disciples in advance. They usually provide one new technique when you reach the next realm.

This thing doesn’t cost money. All the Peak Masters have it in hand; Chu Liang forgot to ask for it from his master and had to make the trip again.

Who would’ve thought from afar he would hear Empress Feng screaming his name as though she wanted to send him away, so he hurried in to see what was happening.

Coming through the door, he first surprised Wang Xuanling and Xu Ziyang. Luckily, they were both cultivators; at a glance, they could distinguish between humans and ghosts. Otherwise, they might have mistaken him for a returning spirit.

"You’re alright?" Wang Xuanling was the first to respond.

Although Chu Liang was injured, it was far lighter than Xu Ziyang’s, so naturally, it couldn’t be considered a big deal.

Xu Ziyang also asked: "Junior Brother Chu Liang, when did you leave Immortal’s Lake?"

Empress Feng’s crying ceased abruptly.

The atmosphere became slightly awkward. Chu Liang quickly processed the unusual situation and said hurriedly: "Senior Uncle Master Wang, Master, Senior Brother Xu, I just encountered an accident and just returned to Shu Mountain!"

"Just returned?" Wang Xuanling glanced at Empress Feng and immediately understood.

Chu Liang must have returned earlier.

Otherwise, how can Empress Feng be so calm and still try to deceive with this... blatantly unscrupulous!

"Yes, why don’t you tell us how you got back, disciple. Your master here was worried sick about you!" Empress Feng quickly said.

"Ah..." Chu Liang also said, "I have something to report to my Master, and since Senior Uncle Master Wang is here, he might as well hear it too."

With this, he narrated all the incidents he had just relayed to Empress Feng, all over again. During the whole process, Empress Feng acted as if she was hearing everything for the first time and even exaggerated her reactions with interjections like "um," "ah," "oh," and "good heavens."

Hearing these things, Wang Xuanling’s initial anger was diluted.

"Tianyuan Tomb... Jiang Kui?" Wang Xuanling pondered when he heard the name, "The Tianyuan of the Eighth Realm with the surname Jiang in the Mortal Realm must come from one of the Three Great Ancient Families, and wouldn’t be many in number. If I go back and flip through the records of many years, I will certainly find the life story of this Senior Jiang Kui."

"I don’t know what he meant by saying that the Ba Disaster was caused by him. By nurturing the Immortal Ascending Grass with his own life and helping the future elites of the Human Clan, he has done an immeasurable amount of good deeds. The achievements made by those cultivators who took the top-grade Golden Core must include his contribution."

"Indeed." Chu Liang nodded in agreement.

"As for that little girl, she’s very strange. There’s even a chance that she is the Disaster Demon from Immortal’s Lake!" Wang Xuanling speculated again, "It turns out that the underground waterway leads directly to the Southern Sea, no wonder nothing was discovered."

When Mirror Sky Eight Diagrams sealed off Immortal’s Lake, the giant fish might have already escaped.

Ordinary Disaster Demons would often cause natural disasters when they leave Immortal’s Lake, shaking heaven and earth. People only needed to search in a specific area, so they were usually hard to hide. This gave the people from Nine Heavens Immortal Sect an established impression that the Disaster Demon was still in Immortal’s Lake.

"As for that Immortal Qi Jing, I don’t know who he is yet." Wang Xuanling finally said, "I just hope he is not using the power of the Ba to harm the Mortal Realm."

Chu Liang didn’t tell them about the Immortal Qi Jing entrusting him to deliver something to Senior Sister Jiang. If he did, it might have helped to confirm his identity.

But compared to Wang Xuanling and Xu Ziyang, Senior Sister Jiang obviously had a closer relationship with him. Before discussing it with Senior Sister Jiang, he did not plan to spread the news.

After pondering all of these matters, Wang Xuanling looked deeply at Chu Liang.

"I heard you had the chance to escape, but chose to stay behind to rescue your fellow disciples. The Immortal Ascending Grass you got this time can be considered a stroke of luck, but it’s also a reward you secured through compassion and bravery. Keep cultivating well, your future is boundless." He said sincerely and glanced at Empress Feng, "Don’t learn from your master."

"Hey!" Empress Feng glared, "You old geezer, talking bad about me to my face? Do you think I don’t have a temper?"

"Hmph." Wang Xuanling swept his sleeves and turned to leave, saying to Xu Ziyang, "Let’s go!"

The master and disciple left Silver Sword Peak in huge strides.

"Alas..." Empress Feng sighed in disappointment, "The twenty thousand Sword Coins just flew away."

Chu Liang chuckled.

In the matter of shamelessness, he really did have a lot to learn from his master.

...

After receiving the "Nine Heavens Mysterious Heart Technique - Golden Core Chapter", Chu Liang headed directly to the Pill Furnace Pavilion to find Senior Sister Chen Su. He remembered her promise to refine an external elixir for him free of charge.

As expected, Chen Su wasn’t there. She had just returned from the Immortal’s Lake and certainly couldn’t rush back to the Pill Furnace Pavilion immediately.

A deacon disciple of the Pill Furnace Pavilion sent a message for Chen Su, informing her that someone was looking for her. Shortly after, Chen Su hurriedly arrived and was clearly delighted upon seeing Chu Liang.

"Junior Brother Chu! You are okay, this is really great!" Chen Su laughed, "We heard that the turbulence in the Immortal’s Lake was caused by a Disaster Demon, and many powerful figures from the Nine Heavens Immortal Sect went there to rectify the situation. We’ve been worried about your safety."

"I am lucky, not only nothing happened, but I also managed to gain an Immortal Ascending Grass through this disaster," Chu Liang replied with a smile.

"What? You also got an Immortal Ascending Grass!" Chen Su’s eyes lit up, then she added, "You sacrificed yourself to save your fellow sect members. It is indeed right for you to get this Immortal Ascending Grass first."

"I have come here to ask Senior Sister Chen to refine the external elixir." After exchanging pleasantries, Chu Liang got straight to the point.

"No problem!" Chen Su replied.

Chu Liang then took out the materials he had prepared.

"Dark Sea Golden Lotus?" Chen Su looked at this heavenly material and earthly treasure in surprise, "This is too extravagant for core formation... Plus, you want to cultivate the Divine Sky Lunar Yin Golden Pill?"

"Yes," said Chu Liang.

He planned to practice with his first attempt at core formation and use this golden core for the puppet. It would certainly be better for his own body to retain the Shao Yang Golden Pill.

"It’s indeed quite rare for a man to cultivate Lunar Yin Golden Pill..." Chen Su smiled, "Aren’t you worried about the possible impacts?"

"Impacts?" Chu Liang asked, "Are there any drawbacks?"

"Once the external elixir transforms into an inner core, it becomes a part of your body, and naturally, the golden core’s properties will have an impact on your body," Chen Su explained, "If a man cultivates the Lunar Yin Golden Pill, his personality might gradually tend towards being introspective and calm, and even might gain some feminine characteristics..."

"Hmm..." Chu Liang frowned in deep thought.

Anyway, this golden core would be in the puppet’s body and not necessarily affect him. Besides, he would have two golden cores later on, so even if there is an impact, it should be able to neutralize it. It didn’t seem like a big deal.

Seeing him silent, Chen Su added, "Of course, you may have just happened to get this Dark Sea Golden Lotus and don’t want to look for new heavenly materials and earthly treasures. If you don’t mind these minor effects, it’s not impossible to proceed. After all, the Lunar Yin Golden Pill is not Lunar Golden Pill, the impact won’t be that extreme."

"There’s also a Lunar Golden Pill?" Chu Liang looked at her, he hadn’t heard of this before.

"Of course, the Lunar and Solar Golden Pills are the most extreme and their effects are the strongest," Chen Su said, "But in our Shu Mountain, these two types of golden pills were abandoned long ago."

"Why?" Chu Liang asked.

"Because these two types of golden pills have too great an effect on the body," Chen Su explained, "Even if a woman cultivates the Lunar Golden Pill, she will gradually lead to a path of gloominess, cold indifference and unemotionality. If a man cultivates it, it’s even more horrifying as his whole being will gradually feminize. The Solar Golden Pill, on the other hand, makes one impulsive and violent, leading to a path of self-destruction by desire. For instance, the eccentric Lunar Sect within the Nine Heavens Immortal Sect exclusively cultivates the Lunar Golden Pill, hence they always keep a distance from the other Immortal Sects."

So that’s how it is...

Chu Liang finally understood why there was no Lunar or Solar Golden Pill, they had been abandoned due to their extreme side effects.

After giving it some thought, he said, "Please refine the Lunar Yin Golden Pill for me, Senior Sister Chen Su."

"Alright." Seeing his determination, Chen Su didn’t say anything more and started preparing for the refining process.

The refinement of an external elixir was the simplest in alchemy and only required the essences to be aggregated. After all, after consumption, the individual would have to undergo a process of dissolving and re-aggregating it.

But as Chen Su looked at the materials provided by Chu Liang, she suddenly felt her hand trembling.

The Dark Sea Golden Lotus, as the core formation material, was already extremely luxurious, let alone an Immortal Ascending Grass that could refine a top-grade golden core. How many alchemy disciples on Shu Mountain had the opportunity to encounter Immortal Ascending Grass?

The process of refining the external elixir usually required the disciple undergoing core formation to watch from the sidelines as it didn’t take long and it would also prevent the misuse of materials. Chu Liang, standing by and observing Chen Su’s nervousness, comforted her by saying, "Senior Sister Chen, don’t think too much about it. I have prepared two sets of core forming materials, so it wouldn’t matter even if you fail once."

Chen Su said, "We can prepare the other stuff, but if we fail, where can we find another Immortal Ascending Grass?"

Hearing this, a thought suddenly dawned on Chu Liang.

Yeah.

What about that stalk of Immortal Ascending Grass that I planted? How is it now?