Vampire Cultivation Notes

Chapter 106: Qi Refining Reaches Its End, Origami Secret Technique Appears

Dong Liuzhi understood now, and secretly laughed to himself that the Lord of Wangyue Island, with his Taoist peaceful magic, was actually also studying the Blood Hand Old Demon's techniques.

That makes sense, it's already quite remarkable that the "Blood Heart Freedom Secret Record" technique alone can help one break through to the Foundation Establishment stage.

Adding to the Blood-Handed Demon's formidable record, it is said that he slaughtered almost all the late-stage cultivators of Taipingfang City in a single day. Even the Demon Tiger of yesteryear did not kill as many as the Blood-Handed Demon. Later, when the Seven True Immortals of the Upper Sect were mobilized, they were unable to capture him. Instead, they had to issue a warrant for his arrest, which made the Blood-Handed Demon even more famous.

On the surface, the local cultivators on Xiaoxin Island never mentioned that person, but in reality, everyone was astonished by his behavior.

"Since the island owner has everything he should have, then I won't hide it from him."

Dong Liuzhi took out a crudely made jade slip from his storage bag and handed it over, saying, "This contains a blood sacrifice technique from outside the island. It originally belonged to Jinwu Shangren. Seeing that there are more and more outside cultivators now, he was afraid that the technique would depreciate in value in the future. Also, he was short of money at the time, so he secretly sold it to me."

"Now I'll use this opportunity to offer myself up to the island owner at a lower price, just don't mention that it came from me."

"I must also remind the island lord that this method is incredibly powerful, capable of easily summoning evil beings of the same level as oneself, but using it will shorten one's lifespan."

Blood sacrifice, shortened lifespan...

No wonder Dong Liuzhi brought up the matter of "The Secret Record of Blood Heart Freedom".

Li Jie accepted the jade slip with satisfaction and immediately opened it with his magic power, wanting to see what kind of evil creature it could summon.

"A blood sacrifice to the soul?"

Li Jieqing's heart suddenly stirred.

"...The full version?"

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Having completed the transaction, Dong Liuzhi walked out of the bamboo forest and arrived at the island's ferry terminal.

On the open ground by the shore of Blood Bamboo Island, several thousand kilograms of spirit charcoal were being carried by a bull-horned zebra, panting heavily as it boarded the boat.

On the other side, in the bamboo forest, seven or eight members of the Yu family worked together to use their object manipulation skills, dragging out their stock of blood-stained bamboo paper.

The spiritual paper manufacturing process, which was developed two years ago, has now been completed.

"Indeed, the main reason is the quality of the raw materials. Blood Bamboo Island has only been established for ten years, yet the blood bamboo it cultivates is comparable to those ancient bamboo forests that have been around for decades. Moreover, it grows back quickly even after being cut down time and time again. I really don't know what kind of bamboo cultivation secret technique the Moon Gazing Island Master used..."

As Dong Liuzhi touched the hundreds of reams of spirit paper that had come closer, a trace of greed inevitably arose in his heart.

But it was quickly suppressed again.

He was a merchant with considerable assets, so there was no need for him to take risks.

The Yu family members who brought the funeral paper money were of all ages. They stood silently to the side, because the charcoal manager from two years ago had chased them away without warning, so they were all told to be careful.

After Dong Liuzhi finished counting the supplies, the ship boarded and then sailed away from the port.

From the outer side of Blood Bamboo Island, Huang Chong'er suddenly went into the sea and followed, heading south all the way to Dong Liuzhi's boat. He ate the spirit fish that the Yu family had deliberately released to block the way, and killed the poisonous creature, which sank to the bottom of the water.

Since Dong Liuzhi was willing to come over despite the trouble, Li Jieqing didn't mind helping to cut away the things in the way.

After clearing the way, Huang Chong'er ignored everyone's shouts on the water and headed straight back to Blood Bamboo Island.

The Dong Liuzhi caravan had just left.

Another small boat glided across the northwest of the Snake Sea, and a little girl came to deliver a pot of spirit rice. Just then, she encountered a yellow worm entering the island. The paper makers, charcoal burners, and others on the island all retreated and made way for her.

"The island lord in this forest has taken over so much territory, and he even wants that demon to go south to eat our clan's spirit fish! It's utterly absurd!"

As the yellow worms passed by in a triumphant manner, the little girl handed the spirit rice to her father, who was making paper, and spoke up angrily from the side.

Her father was of poor aptitude and had long since given up cultivation. Fortunately, he still had the identity of a cultivator and was looking for a papermaking job on Blood Bamboo Island to earn some money for the Yu family.

Hearing his daughter's words, he shook his head and said, "You don't understand. Don't get involved in these things. Go back and calm down."

"Why don't you understand? If it weren't for that powerful monster causing trouble, this place would be ours!"

The girl's unfiltered speech reflects the mindset of the next generation of the Yu family.

Back then, many cultivators from the Yu family sacrificed their lives to reclaim the wasteland, and they also fought hard to defeat their old rival, Venerable Jinwu. Now, if this Serpent Sea doesn't belong to them, whose does it belong to?

Moreover, recently, the patriarch Yu Mingwu mortgaged several prime spiritual fields on the main island to obtain elixirs, successfully breaking through to the ninth level of Qi Refining at the age of eighty. The celebration spread throughout the entire Northern Lands. Not only was his breakthrough at such an advanced age considered auspicious, but with his strength at the ninth level of Qi Refining, he was also a prominent figure in the Northern Lands, and could enjoy a lifespan of one hundred and fifty years.

Although Yu Fanqian is currently only at the seventh level of Qi Refining due to her constant travels, she is still a dignified late-stage Qi Refining cultivator.

In the eyes of the Yu family, as long as the family can produce a few more late-stage cultivators, then the Lord of the Serpent Sea will be truly deserving of the title.

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"With the refinement of true energy through a hundredfold process, perfection can be achieved. My magical power has reached its limit..."

Five years later, his 100th birthday passed silently in this monotonous practice.

Li Jieqing stopped circulating his magical power inside the giant stone pavilion and opened his eyes.

This massive stone pavilion, with its shell built by yellow worms, has a rustic and rough design, and recently they have started to paint its exterior.

Upon discovering that Li Jieqing had woken up in the attic, the big head of the yellow worm peeked over from the window. Seeing that Li Jieqing had not given any instructions, it turned around, swishing its tail, and went to continue painting the wall.

"This fellow is becoming more and more spiritually aware; is it perhaps the benefit of eating too much spirit rice over the past few centuries?"

Li Jieqing glanced out the window and then looked away.

With "Blood Sacrifice to the Spirit" around, and having been brainwashed by Huang Chong for years, I'm not afraid of his betrayal.

When Li Jieqing thought of the "Blood Sacrifice to the Spirit" technique, a playful look appeared on his face.

It turns out that what the old Taoist priest had back then was just a fragment, which he used in conjunction with the Beast Taming Nail to create a set of beast taming techniques.

The real "Blood Sacrifice to the Gods" comes from outside the island.

—Although almost all the techniques on Xiaoxin Island were introduced from outside the island.

Over ten years ago, Xiaoxin Island underwent a cataclysmic event, and Taipingfang City was reduced to ruins. Amidst the chaos, Jinwu Shangren obtained the complete version of "Blood Sacrifice to the Spirit" and secretly began his cultivation.

This method involves using one's own essence and blood to nurture a spiritual creature, which is then used by oneself.

Origami, leatherworking, and corpse refining are all part of this art, the fundamental method of a demonic sect outside the island.

In extreme cases, as long as one is willing to sacrifice their lifespan, even a cultivator in the early stages of Qi Refining can create paper figures, shadow puppets, and walking corpses that are in the later stages of Qi Refining.

His combat strength is comparable to that of cultivators of the same level.

That's why Dong Liuzhi spoke with great fear of this method when he was selling it.

This method should be banned. When everyone is practicing it, if you don't sacrifice your life and others do, you'll be killed. Even if everyone sacrifices their life, if you don't sacrifice enough, you'll still be killed. Cultivating immortality is just a lonely and pointless endeavor.

Fortunately, Li Jieqing was not afraid of shortening his lifespan.

Originally, he was just wondering where Jinwu Shangren got his paper cranes and paper soldiers. They were so varied and eye-catching in Xiaoxin Island, a rural place where people only knew how to use flying swords. Now he could do it too.

"The speed at which the Blood Bamboo matures is similar to that of Spirit Rice, about twenty-four times faster, thanks to the Ruyi Green Lotus. Over the past five years, we've focused on maturing a batch of century-old Blood Bamboo, which is enough to make paper figures according to the description in 'Blood Sacrifice to the Spirit'..."