Longevity by Grinding Skills

Chapter 543: Chapter 543: How Could Plundering Be So Inconvenient?

Xu Yunfan was naturally happy to go along with this. The death of a Primordial Sect disciple at the Qi Cultivation Stage was of no consequence.

However, the death of a Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator would be somewhat troublesome. It wasn’t that he couldn’t kill them, but the cleanup would be messy. Once he learned a Secret Technique from the Scripture Pavilion for erasing karmic traces, he wouldn’t have to worry so much. If he could find a way to refine it into his Celestial Secret Treasure, the Chaotic Concealment Star Ring, he might even be able to kill without incurring any karma, which would be excellent.

At that point, even if a Golden Core True Monarch came to investigate, they wouldn’t be able to find anything.

After all, a Foundation Establishment Daoist Master was considered a mainstay, even within the Three Sects.

Golden Core True Monarchs were high and remote, so it was the Foundation Establishment Daoist Masters under them who did the actual work. If those workers went missing, wouldn’t their superiors get anxious?

At this moment, Liuu Yunhua felt a wave of bitterness and resentment. This was completely different from what she had imagined.

Xu Yunfan had absolutely no intention of showing her any tenderness.

She was, after all, one of the most charming and graceful figures of Hundred Desires Peak, yet now she had fallen into Xu Yunfan’s hands.

Who wasn’t afraid of death? Cultivators feared it even more. They cultivated with valiant diligence, all for the sake of breaking out of their cage and stepping into a new world.

But now, the situation was out of her control. Resistance was impossible. As a Primordial Sect Disciple, Liuu Yunhua certainly wasn’t going to play the part of a die-hard.

He paused, then added, "Don’t even think about trying to fool me with a fake. A True Skill of this caliber has its own Dao Rhyme and Law, which I can perceive. If even one part is wrong..."

’All I have to do is try it out, and the Attribute Panel will tell me if it’s real or fake.’

His gaze swept over Liuu Yunhua’s desperate and fearful eyes, then flicked to the trembling Pu Yu beside her. He said flatly, "As it happens, I’ve acquired a Celestial Secret Treasure. I doubt anyone knows the two of you came looking for me. If you give me a fake, you’ll both become two piles of thunder-ash at the bottom of Thunder Valley on Divine Sky Peak, never to be reborn."

Liuu Yunhua’s body trembled violently, and the last shred of hope in her eyes was extinguished.

She had completely misjudged him.

She had thought he was just a small fish from the Divine Martial Realm, but he turned out to be a man-eating shark.

This Peak Master of Divine Sky Peak before her—his methods were ruthless, his mind was meticulous, and his strength was extraordinary, far exceeding all her initial estimates.

Her "Unbreakable Inner Realm" could block the Hundred Desires Devouring Essence Technique, but it absolutely could not stop this killing blow, infused with the Divine Sky Tribulation Thunder that Xu Yunfan had personally condensed!

The Divine Sky Nine Heavens Profound Vault Undying True Scripture.

Back in the day, it was the very technique that made the Divine Sky Nine Heavens True Monarch one of the top experts at the Mid-Stage Golden Core.

Chu Chengnan’s faulty intelligence had turned her from the hunter into a prisoner, and now, she was completely deprived of the means to even struggle.

’That bastard! Chu Chengnan deliberately misled me.’

She didn’t doubt Xu Yunfan’s determination or ability in the slightest.

Her life was hanging by a thread, and all her schemes had turned to dust.

Her pride, her status as a Peak Master, the dignity of a Foundation Establishment Daoist Master—in the face of death, before the threat of having her soul annihilated and never being reborn, all of it was as insignificant as dust.

Her body slumped, as if the last bit of support had been pulled from a leather sack. Her previously tense, defiant posture relaxed completely. Her shoulders drooped, and her head hung so low it was nearly buried in her chest.

The caustic sneer and forced composure on her face vanished, replaced by endless exhaustion, fear, and the despair of someone who knew when they were beaten.

Xu Yunfan watched, his expression cold and indifferent.

’Women were the best actors, especially beautiful ones. And this one was from the Primordial Sect, a woman who cultivated a Dual Cultivation Method centered on Charm.’

"I... I... Junior Brother... I was foolish... Junior Brother, spare my life!"

Her voice, laced with sobs, was filled with the frantic terror of someone groveling and resigning to their fate.

"I’ll hand it over! I’ll hand it over! I’ll hide nothing! Please, Junior Brother, for the sake of our shared sect... no, for the sake of my cooperation, I beg you to be merciful!"

To save her own skin, she had even resorted to a ridiculous reason like "the camaraderie of fellow sect members."

Among those of the Demon Dao, the most unyielding were the greenhorns. The true "Old Demons" who had cultivated to Mid-Stage Foundation Establishment, or had even been reincarnated, mostly understood the principle of "as long as there is life, there is hope."

Dignity?

Integrity?

Those were things you could only talk about after you survived.

Once their vital spot was struck, they would immediately go limp, displaying the most submissive posture, retracting their cold fangs, and waiting for a chance to strike back.

And Primordial Sect Disciples were the best at this.

Xu Yunfan was not surprised by this at all.

It was a trait etched into the very bones of Demon Sect Cultivators.

When faced with absolute, irresistible power, they surrendered faster than anyone, their posture more humble and obedient than any other.

But beneath this facade of humility and obedience hid a chillingly venomous hatred and fangs waiting for the chance to bite back.

If they found no hope of survival in a desperate situation, their survival instincts would turn these Demon Sect disciples into battle-crazed berserkers who fought without a care for their own lives.

"Begin."

Xu Yunfan withdrew the lightning from his fingertip and sat down cross-legged. With a point of his finger, a gentle thread of Divine Thought pierced the space between Liuu Yunhua’s eyebrows, establishing a one-way information channel that he completely controlled.

Liuu Yunhua didn’t dare to delay. Enduring the intense pain in her Divine Soul and the weakness of her body, she focused all of her Heart and Spirit on recalling, condensing, and inscribing the technique.

This was her only chance.

Strands of the Spell, containing profound meaning, flowed like a trickling stream through the channel of Divine Thought and into Xu Yunfan’s Sea of Consciousness.

She didn’t dare to be the slightest bit slow, much less include any falsehoods, because the aura of the Divine Sky Tribulation Thunder felt like it was hanging right over her head, ready to fall at any moment.

She even took the initiative to add her unique insights into the Yin Yang Law, gained over two lifetimes of cultivation. She included her experience in breaking through to Mid-Stage Foundation Establishment to construct her "Yin-Yang Inner Realm," the obscure key points encountered when circulating the Cultivation Technique, and the potential for backlash and Heart Demon tribulations to watch out for when domineeringly plundering Essence Qi. She supplemented all of this as clearly and in as much detail as possible.

Xu Yunfan couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow slightly, glancing at Liuu Yunhua in surprise.

’He really hadn’t expected her to go this far.’

’But on second thought, it made sense. Only by living could one have any chance at all. Death was the end of everything.’

’This woman is really something else.’

A sense of wariness grew in Xu Yunfan’s heart. ’If I let her go, I’ll never be able to rest easy.’

Time passed in the deathly silent and oppressive cave residence.

There was only the faint fluctuation of the flowing Divine Thought and Pu Yu’s suppressed breathing.

Xu Yunfan closed his eyes, Concentrating his Spirit. His Sea of Consciousness was like a boundless Star Sea as he carefully "read" every Rune and every section of the Spell flowing into it.

As the information poured in, the profound scroll of the Foundation Establishment Chapter of the Heaven and Earth Interchange Yin Yang Separation and Reunion Scripture slowly unfurled in his mind. He began to cross-reference and compare it with the Hundred Desires Devouring Essence Technique he already knew and his own primary Cultivation Technique, the Divine Sky Nine Heavens True Scripture.

The more he cross-referenced, the clearer everything became, and a trace of admiration rose in his heart.

’This True Scripture really lives up to its reputation.’

Unlike the Hundred Desires Devouring Essence Technique, which focused on the one-sided, domineering plunder through sexual union between men and women...

The Heaven and Earth Interchange Yin Yang Separation and Reunion Scripture was based on a much more profound concept, and its targets for plundering were not limited to just other people.

’It felt... a bit inhuman.’

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