Supreme Alchemist
Chapter 2246 - 2246 2236 Secret Technique

2246: Chapter 2236: Secret Technique 2246: Chapter 2236: Secret Technique All the preparations were underway in an orderly fashion, and the City Lords of the Three Cities took turns sending people to guard the Seal.

Although there were still quite a few strands of golden silk above the dark-colored lava, they were scarce and trembled daily.

However, the Fire Demon Beast still hadn’t broken through the lava to emerge from the Seal.

Zhiyan found this quite strange, realizing the fragility of the Seal, but she couldn’t fathom why the Fire Demon Beast hadn’t come out yet.

The Great Formation had already been laid out perfectly around the perimeter, positioned right at the exit.

Should the Fire Demon Beast step out of the underground hole, it would immediately fall into the attack range.

It must be acknowledged that Ouyang Zhen truly was a genius in the realm of Formation, the seemingly bewildering dimensions of Long Yan’s design were meticulously reproduced by Ouyang Zhen’s hands, to the point that even Zhiyan herself admitted that the newly established Great Formation was identical to the one in her memory.

Although everything was progressing smoothly, Long Yan always felt that something was amiss, so he visited the dark lava site every day.

To his surprise, he discovered that the Black Sun within his body resonated with the fluctuation inside the lava.

The first time Long Yan, unaware of the situation, nearly lost control of his True Qi due to the tumult.

It appeared that his Black Sun and the Fire Demon Beast, both negative entities within the laws of nature, shared the same origin.

It seemed the negative emotions harbored within his Sea of Consciousness were still an unknown quantity.

An elderly man from the Demon Race had once sought out Long Yan, wishing to discuss a matter with him.

“Young man, you must be wondering what I want from you,” the elderly man squinted his eyes slightly; although he sat calmly, Long Yan knew that if he chose, the elderly man could launch a sudden strike capable of Stone Breaking the Sky, not that Long Yan was afraid.

“I reckon there must be something you want to convey.”

Long Yan indifferently pulled out the chair in front of him and sat down.

Now that they were strategic allies, there was no need to dwell on many matters.

Seeing Long Yan’s casual demeanor, the elderly man understood that Long Yan was still angry about their previous intention to withdraw.

“The old man knows you are still angry with us, but we had no choice at the time, after all, that was the ancestor of our Demon Race.”

Indeed, the words rang true.

The Demon Race was composed of beings who had inherited the powers of the five great Demon Beasts.

Yet, Long Yan had always been puzzled as to why the Fire Demon Beast had appeared within the inner world.

The other four great Demon Beasts were usually sealed within the Sacred Continent, something Long Yan had learned from Lingxi.

The Four Great Seals were guarded by the Sacred Beasts of the Four Great Families.

However, the exception was the Fire Demon Beast, which was sealed in this lower world, a fact that Long Yan found particularly strange.

“There’s nothing surprising about that.

He was brought to this world by its creator, Xuanzang.”

This revelation piqued Long Yan’s interest.

The Fire Demon Beast had been brought by Xuanzang?

“The duty of each Demon King is to guard the Seal of the Fire Demon Beast.

However, Qing Luo has been constantly attempting to unseal the Fire Demon Beast.”

The elderly man disclosed to Long Yan the greatest secret of the inner world because, after all, Xuanzang had quickly entrusted his Sarira’s power to Long Yan before vanishing, considering it had been a thousand years, even the most potent True Qi would have turned to dust.

Many origin stories had not been conveyed by Xuanzang to Long Yan.

But now, Long Yan was truly understanding the reality of the inner world from the words of the elderly man.

From the beginning, the inner world was not meant for the Demon Race to inhabit.

The original Demon Race only resided within the Demon Suppressing Tower.

It was only after Xuanzang brought the sealed Fire Demon Beast that he used his Divine Abilities to create the current inner world.

Xuanzang used his mystic power to seal the Fire Demon Beast here, but after all, the Fire Demon Beast itself represents negativity, and its presence invisibly affects other creatures.

Originally reliant on the transformation of Xuanzang’s True Qi, the number of Spirit Beasts and other creatures in this world was not small, yet under the influence of the Fire Demon Beast, they’ve all mutated into Demonic Beasts.

Xuanzang feared that the Demonic Beasts would inadvertently destroy his Seal, so he chose a number of powerful members of the Demon Race to enter the inner world within the Demon Suppressing Tower to guard the Seal and repel the invading Demonic Beasts, which is why they previously selectively allowed some powerful members of the Demon Race to enter the inner world, rather than casually permitting any Demon to enter.

Hearing the elderly man’s story, Long Yan began to roughly understand the initial form of the entire inner world.

So, these members of the Demon Race were actually guardians, and it was only because Qing Luo coveted the power of the Fire Demon Beast that he rashly touched the Seal, which was the main reason the Fire Demon Beast managed to escape.

Of course, whether it’s now or the future, those things are no longer important.

What’s most important now is how to kill the Fire Demon Beast.

A glint of hope flashed in the elderly man’s dim eyes.

“Actually, within my Demon Race, there isn’t just the Blood Demon Technique.”

The elderly man looked calmly at Long Yan, who was a bit confused and didn’t understand what the elderly man was really trying to convey.

“What I mean to say is, I have a way to completely seal this world.”

In an instant, the room fell silent.

Long Yan could clearly hear every sound in the house, his own increasingly rapid breaths, and the noise of water droplets falling from the bamboo leaves outside.

“Do you understand the implications of what you’re saying?”

Long Yan looked at the elderly man with complex emotions, knowing that such a complete sealing of space would definitely come at a cost.

But oftentimes, the cost is very simple—either one’s life or all of one’s Divine Abilities.

“Of course.”

The elderly man looked at Long Yan as if it all went without saying.

It was obvious that the cost was clear, and this Secret Technique was left behind by Xuanzang.

It was also the Secret Technique that a Demon King, upon reaching the Pseudo-God Emperor Realm, must learn.

If one day the Fire Demon Beast escapes from the Seal, they would be this last line of insurance.

Long Yan fell silent.

No wonder this world was actually not under the control of Heaven Dao, but every reigning Demon King, upon reaching the Demon Emperor level, would choose to detach from this world and seek Ascension.

After all, staying might mean losing one’s life.

When it came to death, the elderly man didn’t wish for it either, but now only Xiao Tian was the one who had touched the threshold of the Pseudo-God Emperor Realm.

Although he was still far from truly entering the Pseudo-God Emperor Realm, he must now step forward.

He didn’t want to, but he was the only one left.

“This is also the reason why this old man sought you out today.”

The elderly man took a sip of the tea in front of him and felt somewhat parched when he talked about that Secret Technique.

“I want to ask you to take all of my Demon Race’s kin away at the final moment.”

Long Yan was startled.

Actually, when the key to the Secret Technique was mentioned, he had this intuition, but he did not voice it.

After pondering for a long while, Long Yan gently shook his head.

Under the elderly man’s surprised gaze, Long Yan slowly spoke.

“There’s no need for that.

I’m going to kill it!”