Please, Young Master, Slay the Demon!
Chapter 419 - 99 Is this it? [Request for Monthly Tickets!]_1

Chapter 419: Chapter 99 Is this it? [Request for Monthly Tickets!]_1

Hisss.

Under the moonlight, Chu Liang flicked his finger lightly, and a spark of red-golden fire shot out, landing on the wine jar demon. With a sound like ripping silk, the heavy yin wine jar demon burned to ashes, turning into a mass of flames bouncing up to the sky and then disappeared.

The smoky stench left behind was faint and reeked vaguely of dragon’s breath.

The heat from the divine dragon’s sun constellation fire was so intense, it could be said to be the perfect counter to this yin creature. It was extremely useful.

While cleaning up the wine jar demons, Chu Liang also reviewed his current cultivation achievement.

Just based on the realm of his cultivation techniques, he had the Shushan Heritage fourth realm, White Dragon Heritage second realm, and Fire Dragon Heritage first realm. There was a certain amount of confusion in possessing all at once.

It’s rare for someone to cultivate two inheritances like he did with three in tandem.

The reason behind this is that the blessings between the cultivation techniques overlap.

For example, Chu Liang cultivated the Shu Mountain’s ’Nine Heavens Mysterious Heart Technique’ to the fourth realm, which upgraded his essence, breath, and spirit to the level of the fourth realm. The Shushan Cultivation Method is steady and balanced, with all areas of enhancements not exceptional but not weak either.

If he were to cultivate another Penglai technique at this point, he would have to start from the first realm. Practicing it would hardly be of any benefit because the elevation that he could have received has already been achieved and the addition of essence, breath, and spirit to the existing realm is almost negligible. It is only when he cultivates to the level of the fourth realm that additional blessings that do not overlap might appear.

But it’s also quite limited.

The energy consumption of doing so is completely not worth the effort of upgrading the original cultivation technique to another realm.

Only cultivators at the pinnacle of the sixth realm, who are unable to progress further and conclude the path is blocked, will completely alter their mindset and practice another cultivation technique.

For instance, the once Old Fei.

If Chu Liang were to cultivate the martial arts technique of the Heavenly Gang Sect, he might indeed gain more benefits. This is because martial arts techniques focus on enhancing vitality, which does not overlap with the Shushan Cultivation Method.

Therefore, some cultivators do also practice martial arts, but only as a subsidiary focus, never investing the same intensity of energy.

But dragon race heritage is different.

It stands out by providing considerable benefits that don’t require much energy and don’t overlap with human race techniques. Even at just the first and second realm, it has brought a great deal of convenience to Chu Liang.

Hence, focusing mainly on the human race inheritance while also reinforcing with the dragon race inheritance, is simply an excellent form of cultivation.

Why haven’t more people done this?

You could only say that it’s not because they wouldn’t have wished to.

The truth is, dragon race inheritance is arduous to obtain. With just a few real dragons in existence today, those who have the capacity to seize the real dragon’s inheritance don’t need it, whereas those the dragon race doesn’t recognize have that need.

People like Chu Liang who can gain two real dragons’ full affinity, have always been rare throughout history.

Moreover, another point is fundamentally different from the human race inheritance. That is, despite the inheritance of two real dragons, they bring forth completely different blessings.

The White Dragon primarily fortifies vitality and spirituality, while the Fire Dragon focuses on the divine fire of the dragon breath, leaving Chu Liang with a mighty fire seed.

The divine dragon fire is the equivalent of the Phoenix spirit fire, both under the tip of the top divine fires of Samadhi.

The only difference is the spirituality contained in the Phoenix spirit fire is relatively yin, and it stresses the "destruction" and "annihilation" within the fire path. When cultivated to the extreme, the corresponding great path is "Ash Burn".

While the divine dragon fire contains a more yang spirituality, it accentuates the "scorching" and "light" in the fire path. When cultivated to the extreme, the corresponding path is "Tianyao".

Now, Chu Liang, mastering both divine fires, has some insight into the path of fire.

"Huh?"

Having gutted the last one, Chu Liang suddenly sensed something was off.

Surprised, he muttered to himself, "I haven’t been here for four days, added to tonight, that should total fifty... so why are there only forty-nine?"

"Did someone steal one?"

...

Chu Liang searched up and down the path, but he still couldn’t find the missing wine jar demon. Thus, a pleasant monster-sweeping journey ended in dissatisfaction.

A wine jar demon could be exchanged for a seed of the Drunken Spirit Flower. The seed would bloom in the future, the flower would result in seeds, and these seeds would bloom again... When added from generation to generation, the Wu Dao incense refined from these flower leaves was simply astronomical in value...

The more Chu Liang calculated, the more aggrieved he felt.

It was quite infuriating.

After a night’s rest, Lin Bei came over with a message the next morning.

The Castellan of Taotie City wanted to see Chu Liang.

And it was a formal request through the Foreign Affairs Hall, the person was already at Tontian Peak.

"Hmm." Chu Liang couldn’t help but smirk at the news.

Just a few days ago, he had gone to the Castellan Residence to see the man, only to be led to an ancestral waiting room for guests.

In the blink of an eye, the man was coming to see him.

It really was a situation of power fluctuating between different sides... one never knew who would need to curry favor at any given moment.

Chu Liang got up immediately: "I’ll go at once."

"Didn’t you say last time that he was indifferent to you? Why not sit it out a bit to vex him?" Lin Bei asked.

"No point." Chu Liang shook his head.

The other party could easily arrange the meeting time before coming over. Now the person had come directly, clearly intending for Chu Liang to vex him a little.

Even if Chu Liang made him wait for a whole day, he was likely prepared for it.

Yet, Chu Liang did not do so. Instead, he quickly arrived at Tontian Peak and walked into the quiet room prepared by the Foreign Affairs Hall.

The other party was even slightly taken aback when he saw him.

Huyan Bin was dressed in a brocade robe, with a jade belt around his waist and a folding fan in his hand. His facial features were not particularly handsome, but he had a certain regal air. His cultivation level was neither too high nor too low, also in the late stage of the Fourth Realm.

Given his age, just over twenty, this wasn’t too bad, but considering the nearly countless resources of Taotie City, this talent was only average in the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands.

Despite his average appearance and talents, he had been rumored to have romantic entanglements with many beautiful female cultivators in the Immortal Cultivation World, mainly because of his exceptional personal talents.

"Oh? Young Hero Chu is here?" Huyan Bin got up to welcome Chu Liang as soon as he saw him.

"Young Master seems very surprised." Chu Liang responded with a smile, extending his hand.

The two shook hands warmly for a while before taking their seats.

Lin Bei, standing behind Chu Liang, was a bit taken aback, if someone didn’t know they would think that they were brothers, reuniting after a long time separated.

Wasn’t this too warm of a reception?

"I must admit, I knew when Young Hero Chu came to Taotie City last time, but unfortunately I didn’t see you. I’m truly embarrassed to be asking to see you today." Huyan Bin unreservedly admitted.

"No big deal!" Chu Liang waved his hand, "Back then I wanted to see you for my own benefit, now you want to see me for your own. Let’s not beat around the bush."

"Young Hero Chu is indeed wise," Huyan Bin greatly admired, "It was worth my keeping an eye on you."

"Keeping an eye on me?" Chu Liang was confused.

"Yes, in fact, I had many plans that I was unable to spread widely in the Nine States. When I saw you issuing a notice on the Seven Star Mansion Report, I suddenly realized that you were an innovative thinker." Huyan Bin clapped his hands, "That was when I started to pay attention to you. And when I investigated your background, I was surprised. You gathered quite a fortune using a variety of ingenious ways in just a few months, you are truly a genius!"

"I wouldn’t say genius. I just stood on the shoulders of giants," Chu Liang said.

Thinking Chu Liang was referring to Shu Mountain as his "giant", Huyan Bin laughed and said, "Young Hero Chu is too modest. The support from the sect is undoubtedly essential, but not everyone possesses such ingenious ideas."

"So when I heard that you were planning to set up Red Cotton Peak, I began to feel a sense of crisis." Huyan Bin said, becoming serious, "If it were anyone else, just setting up a small market, why would Taotie City care? But seeing that it was you who were organizing it, I had an inexplicable feeling...in time you could truly threaten my family’s position. For this reason, I prevented your initiative."

"So, I am really flattered." Chu Liang chuckled, "So could you explain why you came today? I am all ears."

"Then I will get straight to the point." Huyan Bin didn’t beat around the bush, and bluntly said, "Taotie City will relax all restrictions and can even set up branches of its own shops on Red Cotton Peak, but Whale Guild’s businesses cannot leave."

He paused before adding, "I confess I didn’t expect Young Hero Chu to actually become sworn brothers with the Gang Leader of Whale Guild. But even so, it would be unrealistic for the Whale Guild to move all its businesses to Shu Mountain, it would lead to a severe weakening... Since this issue arose because of me, I will personally withdraw the ban. I only hope that everything remains the same."

"Is that all Young Master had in mind?" Chu Liang suddenly asked.

"Hm?" Huyan Bin asked back, "Does Young Hero Chu have any other suggestions?"

Chu Liang immediately said, "Give me another 300,000 Vermilion Bird Coins."

"What?"