Please, Young Master, Slay the Demon!
Chapter 383 - 67 Confusion?【Votes for the month!】_1

Chapter 383: Chapter 67 Confusion?【Votes for the month!】_1

After rewarding himself and despite the late hour, Chu Liang was not tired. He ventured out to the Jinhua River again to fend off more Wine Jar Demons.

These Wine Jar Demons were like a certain kind of creature with extremely low intelligence, following specific behaviors.

For example, only one would exist within a certain stretch of the river, and the others would move downstream until they found their own territory. Furthermore, they disappear during the day and reappear at night to hunt for ghosts.

Chu Liang started to wonder, what would happen to these Wine Jar Demons if he stopped hunting them?

They would likely extend along the river course, but what would happen after they had devoured enough spirits?

Could they grow indefinitely?

Although he was curious, he did not leave a Wine Jar Demon to see what would happen. There would inevitably be a time when he would not be able to hunt them down. When that time came, he could just wait a few days and see what happened.

He was currently in desperate need of Wu Dao Incense, so the more he could hunt, the better.

Once the plantation of the Drunken Spirit Flowers reached a certain scale, he could rely on its natural growth to become self-sufficient, so he wouldn’t have to tire himself out as much.

It was just like the Berry Playground now - even if Chu Liang had not planted new Gold Pattern Flowers for several days, he could still allow the fields to rest and rejuvenate through crop rotation.

This was called the fallowing system.

After defeating the Wine Jar Demons, Chu Liang still felt unsatisfied. He wished there were ten or eight more for him to fight.

Chu Liang whispered to himself, "I am so hardworking."

Then he returned to Silver Sword Peak and went to sleep.

When he woke up, he suddenly felt a change in himself.

Thoroughly circulating his True Qi throughout his body, Zhou Tian, he discovered the origin of the change – he had broken through.

However, it was not the cultivation realm of the Nine Heavens Mysterious Heart Technique that had broken through, but the realm of the Dragon Blood Secret Method.

The current Chu Liang was following both the cultivation technique of the Human Clan and the Dragon Race, two parallel cultivation paths that didn’t conflict... he did not have to follow either path himself.

Without doing anything, he got to be well-fed and well-clothed.

The divine beasts have a simple and crude cultivation method. Since Chu Liang had acquired the White Dragon Inverse Scale and thus the Dragon Blood Secret Method, breathing itself was an act of cultivation. Till this day, he finally reached a new realm, marked by an additional gold stripe on the white scale on his wrist.

Internally, he could feel his Dragon Breath’s purity had increased. In the palm of his hand was a ball of white-gold Dragon Breath, its golden color increasingly intense.

Stepping out onto the open ground, Chu Liang tried punching the mountain wall, and with his incredible strength, he left a massive crack in the mountain wall, causing half of the mountain to resound with the impact!

Boom——

The robustness of his physique was now at a terrifying level. If it was a contest of sheer strength, probably no Body Cultivator or Martial Arts Cultivator of the same realm would match him.

He was like a humanoid dragon returning in full form!

This was only the second realm of the Dragon Race, yet his physical strength was already equivalent to the fourth realm of Human Clan.

Of course, this did not mean that the Dragon Blood Secret Method was superior to the cultivation technique of Heavenly Gang Sect, but that divine beasts have a smooth early stage of cultivation, making it easy for them to reach their talent’s peak.

Stronger creatures like the Four Symbols, the Four Evils, and other divine beasts of the same caliber had the potential to cross Heaven’s Gate just by growing up safely.

The weaker ones, like... the Golden Fur Beast, could reach the Fifth or Sixth Realm despite their stupidity, which was unimaginable to the Human Clan.

However, it was extremely difficult for divine beasts to advance once they reached the Seventh Realm because their comprehension fell short compared to the Human Clan. Any further insights into the Dao would be as hard as scaling the heavens.

Therefore, the Human Clan held an absolute advantage in the realms beyond the Seventh, especially in the Eighth Realm.

Chu Liang even wondered if it was because humans had to face many obstacles and take one step at a time to break through to Heaven’s Gate, and in the process, they developed a profound understanding of Spiritual Energy and the Dao, which allowed them to succeed.

Otherwise, why couldn’t the spiritually enlightened creatures attain insight into the Dao?

Possibly, it’s because their cultivation progress came too easily, making it difficult for them to understand the concept of enlightenment. Similar to how those who are not used to using their brains can’t start using them when needed.

This realization served as a warning to Chu Liang.

Although the Big Head Baby was beneficial, he can’t rely too much on them for his cultivation. He needed a sufficient understanding of the Cultivation Technique himself.

Even if he gets busier in his future cultivation, he must circulate Zhou Tian at least once a day.

No, twice!

He must work hard until he is wholly drained and strive to move himself!

Then, he thought, could he now be considered to have both the physique of a divine beast and the wisdom of the Human Clan?

He was strong both in the early stages and the later stages of cultivation.

This sounded impressive.

But isn’t the Jiuli Tribe just as mentioned by Minister Zhang?

Such a powerful tribe, how did they perish in history...

Could it indeed be god’s punishment sent down from the Immortal Realm?

...

The next day, he once again visited Tontian Peak.

Wen Yulong sent him a flying message yesterday afternoon saying the Flame Demon Battle Armor was ready and could be picked up. But Chu Liang didn’t check it until the evening, and had waited until the night had passed to go get it.

"Senior Brother Chu! You’re finally here!" Wen Yulong’s eyes lit up immediately when he saw Chu Liang.

Seeing his impatient display, Chu Liang knew the crafting of the Flame Demon Battle Armor must have been very successful, so he also broke into a smile.

"Looks like it turned out well?" He asked with a smile.

"Hehe." Wen Yulong gave a mysterious smile and then he retrieved a small brocade box, "Open it and take a look."

Chu Liang accepted the brocade box and opened it to see a dark red scale ball about the size of a fist inside.

Its shape was somewhat similar to that of a large pine cone.

Fortunately, he had heard some things about high-grade magic armor artifacts in the Immortal Cultivation World, which can be condensed into this kind of pill for storage, so he didn’t ask what it was.

Chu Liang picked up the scale ball and channeled his True Qi into it.

Whoosh——

The scale ball shimmered and spread out. The red scales opened up into pieces of armor, wrapping around Chu Liang’s upper body like a long snake, shielding half of his body in the blink of an eye.

After the brilliance faded, it had transformed into a set of flame-colored light armor.

Ignoring everything else, the design alone was far more aesthetic than the original Flame Demon Battle Armor.

"How is it? The previous armor was too ugly, so I disassembled each piece of it and redesigned it completely. Isn’t it nice?" Wen Yulong looked for praise.

"It’s amazing! It’s one of the best treasure armors I’ve ever seen." Chu Liang didn’t withhold his compliments.

Not that I’ve seen many treasure armors up close.

Only the Jiuli Soul Armor and the Flame Demon Battle Armor.

Wen Yulong stepped back a few paces after hearing Chu Liang’s satisfying praise, saying, "I didn’t alter the original defense effect significantly, so you don’t need to test that. But I added a new set of Array Runes, you can try activating them."

Hearing his words, Chu Liang really felt a newly added layer of Array Runes that required active activation, so he gently infused True Qi.

Boom——

Thanks to his previous experiences dealing with Wen Yulong, he only gently infused a tiny strand of True Qi... he wished he could divide it into quarter strands.

But the armor suddenly shook and then ignited a ring of Demonic Flame Abyss Fire! It swirled around him, covering a distance of ten feet, like a blooming red lotus!

"Wow." Chu Liang himself was startled and quickly asked: "What’s going on?"

"The original Flame Demon Battle Armor could stimulate Demonic Flame Abyss Fire, but its intensity was low, just enough to dissolve other’s True Qi." Wen Yulong explained, "So, the Flame Demon Battle Armor is powerful in defending against Divine Skills, it can dissolve True Qi attacks. But when it comes to close-range heavy attacks it’s practically defenseless."

Chu Liang was aware of this.

The Flame Demon Battle Armor is not that thickly armored type of heavy armor, it just uses a layer of Demonic Flame Abyss Fire to dissolve True Qi, it is not strong in close combat defense, he had discovered this a long time ago... after all, he had personally punctured through several of them.

However, he never expected a single suit of armor to cover all his needs.

The Jiuli Soul Armor excels in close combat defense but is slightly lacking in defending against remote attacks, which is perfectly complemented by the Flame Demon Battle Armor, this was all within his considerations.

But it seems that Wen Yulong had other considerations.

"I was thinking, how can I enhance its close combat defensive ability?" Wen Yulong said, "Limited by the material of the armor, it would be difficult to bolster its defense. So I thought the best defense is offense, and I directly remodeled the Array Rune that generates Demonic Flame Abyss Fire."

"Anyone who wants to fight you in close combat will get burned by the flames. This way, it can become immune to all close combat attacks." He smiled confidently.

Chu Liang also nodded in agreement, "That’s the thinking of a genius."

It made perfect sense.

As long as people are reluctant to engage you in close combat, doesn’t that count as holding them off?

Feeling satisfied with the power of the new Battle Armor, Chu Liang then asked: "Alright, how do I turn off this fire?"

He had explored the Array Rune for quite a while and couldn’t figure out how to retract the flames. If it continues to burn like this, who knows how long it will last.

He asked casually, but saw Wen Yulong’s smile falter, revealing a puzzled expression, "Turn off?"