Chapter 27: Instant Refinement

After a turn in the mountain road and another detour around a canyon, Chou Nu slowed down his steps and said, “Qingfeng, we’ve entered the demonic domain. Be careful.”

Ning Xuan nodded.

Chou Nu added, “The demonic qi in the demonic domain is chaotic and everywhere. I can’t lock onto the location of the demons through the demonic qi. I need you to perceive and guard against everything.”

Ning Xuan nodded again.

He had actually felt the gloominess here as well.

It was clearly just after dawn, but there was always a chill when the light fell on his body.

As the two of them walked forward, the chill grew stronger. Wisps of mountain miasma, like ghosts, dragged their long tails and slowly swept past. The demonic qi here was gradually getting thicker.

How could the demonic qi not be thick in a place where three demon lairs were crowded together?

Suddenly, Ning Xuan stopped and quickly looked back at a patch of shade under a tree.

Chou Nu also stopped immediately.

Ning Xuan raised his hand and pressed down, then suddenly took a step forward. His figure swept towards the shade like the wind, and he shouted, “Demon, reveal yourself!”

Swish!

A slash, missed.

Only a few falling leaves.

Ning Xuan stood under the leaves, tilted his head and looked at his big brother, and said, “Heavenly Master, my perception was wrong. There are no demons here.”

Chou Nu let down his guard and smiled, “Don’t be nervous.”

Ning Xuan returned his saber to its sheath, placed the ten-foot-long Beast-Slaying Saber on his shoulders, and let his hands hang down leisurely, saying, “I’m not nervous.”

Seeing him like this, Chou Nu thought that the young man was just being stubborn. He had made a move out of nervousness and felt that he had lost face, so he was pretending to be relaxed to regain some face. So he said again, “The first time I saw a demon, I was so scared that I wet my pants. The urine dripped down my pant leg. My master pointed at me and laughed out loud… Qingfeng, you are much better than me.”

Ning Xuan looked at his comforting big brother and suddenly said, “Could it be that my perception is still wrong now?”

Chou Nu said, “Demons have strong qi and blood. The stronger they are, the stronger their qi and blood.

Heavenly Masters cannot perceive this kind of qi and blood, but martial artists can.

There is an ox, a sheep, and a monkey on this mountain. The monkey can hide its tracks, the sheep can create illusions and shift its visual distance, and the ox can summon gusts of yin wind. But the specific details can only be known after fighting.

Among them, the monkey is the biggest threat to us. You just need to perceive whether there is any strong qi and blood approaching. If there is, you can shout and tell me.”

Ning Xuan nodded and said, “I understand.”

After the three words fell, he took a deep breath, and his big brother’s human smell was clearly inhaled into his nose.

Just now, he had been startled and pretended to have discovered a demon. In fact, it was just a test. In fact, he had already summoned the Heavenly Demon Record when he ran to the shade of the tree.

A demonic qi emanated from his body, but the demonic qi was mixed in the demonic domain. In this way, even if he was right next to Chou Nu, Chou Nu would not have discovered that there was a demon next to him.

Of course, if Chou Nu had called him out, it would have been the demon hidden in the shade of the tree. He would just have to perform a little and then retract the Heavenly Demon Record.

‘In the demonic domain, I can summon the Heavenly Demon Record depending on the situation.’

Ning Xuan silently noted this down.

Then, he perceived his current constitution of 4.7, and the “Swallow’s Union” he had comprehended, and secretly wondered if the leader of the Ghost Shadow Horse Monkeys could withstand a single slash from him.

After he had figured out the Ghost Shadow Horse Monkey’s demonic art and background, the next step would be to refine it in an instant.

At this time, he was relaxed.

He liked to challenge those of a higher level the most.

His constitution was 4.7, and the Ghost Shadow Horse Monkey leader’s constitution was 3.5. This was called challenging a higher level.

Manfeng Mountain, deep in the mountains, behind a curtain of hanging vines.

The black mist was heavy, and the fishy wind blew in gusts. Faint screams and wails could be heard from within.

A few oil lamps were hanging on the walls of the cave passage, but it was unknown what kind of oil it was.

As the dim light deepened, there was actually a large hall built of stone inside. The throne in the center of the hall was extremely luxurious, made of animal skins inlaid with gold beads and gems. On both sides were four smaller stone chairs, one of which was also empty. The other three were occupied by a demon each.

An ox head, a sheep head, and a monkey head…

On the huge table in the hall, there were some leftover limbs, but they looked like they were from wild beasts, not humans.

In front of the hall, a few small demons were fighting over a leg, their mouths red with blood from tearing and biting.

The three demon leaders were talking while looking at the empty seat in the center.

The sheep demon smacked its lips, causing the saliva in its mouth to roll, and then sighed, “Eating these tasteless wild beasts every day, but those delicacies are locked up in the back mountain and can’t be touched.”

The ox head patted the stone armrest and said in a muffled voice, “When that lord arrives, we can start the banquet. If that lord eats happily, he might even recite some scriptures for us to listen to, and even pass on a scripture for us to comprehend. At that time, we can also be enlightened and take another step forward.”

As it spoke, it turned its head to look at the monkey demon next to it and said, “Is that nest of Mountain-Crashing Bear demons really wiped out?”

The monkey demon said, “My trusted subordinate went there in person and saw it clearly. That fellow killed all the big king and the second king of the bear demons. He must be a tough one.”

The ox head said, “I’ve heard of the Mountain-Crashing Bears of Black Wind Mountain before, but I didn’t expect them to be such cowards. It’s good that they were wiped out, it saves us the food for the banquet.”

As the three demons were talking, the wall lamps on both sides of the passage suddenly began to shake.

A small monkey demon ran in from the outside and said, “Great King, Great King, a… a strong demonic qi is coming from afar.”

The ox demon was stunned and asked, “How strong?”

The small monkey demon said, “Stronger… stronger than all the great kings.”

In the demonic domain, the sense of smell of demons was extremely sharp, especially for their own kind. They could even cast a “qi net.” As long as there was an invasion by an outside demon, they could detect it immediately.

The ox demon leader said, “You two brothers sit here, I’ll go and take a look.”

After speaking, it snorted, raised its hand and grabbed. Incense fire rolled in its left hand, and soon condensed into a gray banner. It looked at the banner and said, “It’s best if it’s willing to join us. If not, my Yin Wind Banner is not to be trifled with.”

Immediately, it shouldered a ghost-headed broadsword, held the saber in one hand and the banner in the other, and strode out.

When it reached the entrance of the cave, it stood on a high ground and looked into the distance.

Although it hadn’t seen it yet, it could already feel the approach of the strong demonic qi.

However, what puzzled it was that there was actually a human smell next to this demonic qi.

Just as it was puzzled, it finally saw two figures walking in the canyon.

A Taoist in a purple robe with a ghost mask, and a martial artist in neat clothes with a ghost mask, carrying a saber on his shoulder.

And just as it saw the two people, the two people also seemed to have noticed it.

The next moment, the two people disappeared very abruptly.

The ox demon leader was stunned, but its reaction was also fast. It hurriedly plunged the Yin Wind Banner in its hand into the ground, and then looked left and right, trying to find the other party’s location, so that it could use the power of the treasure.

And just then, it suddenly felt the demonic qi abruptly appear behind it.

It waved its hand.

In an instant, gusts of yin wind, like a handful of fine knives, went towards the back.

The Yin Wind Banner suddenly billowed. With this billow, the yin wind cast by the ox demon suddenly became much, much stronger. Sand and stones flew up in an instant, and even head-sized rocks were lifted into the air.

The yin wind, a thousand cuts to scrape the flesh and blood. This was extremely fatal to the Taoists here. Once it was used, the Taoists would not be able to move forward at all.

And if it was used in an open space, the Taoists could only hope that the Taoist boys could resist a little, otherwise, they might die before they could even use their skills.

If the Yin Wind Banner was added, it would be even more fatal.

Immediately, the ox demon leader turned around.

But it saw that the two people were indeed behind it.

The ghost-masked martial artist stood in front of the Taoist.

The Taoist closed his eyes and raised his hand.

A large golden seal had appeared in mid-air at some point, and it was in his hand.

With a clang, the large seal was thrown out roughly.

The ox demon leader wanted to dodge, but it found that it seemed to be in a nightmare. It clearly wanted to run but couldn’t. Its hands and feet were completely out of its control, and it was hit by the large golden seal on the spot.

It felt dizzy and let out a painful cry of “ouch,” and fell to the ground.

This time, it felt even more like it was in a nightmare.

It was as if it could see everything clearly, but its three souls and seven spirits had left its body. It could see, but it couldn’t do anything.

The Yin Wind Banner lost control and immediately stopped.

The ghost-masked martial artist took three steps in two and appeared in front of the fallen ox head in an instant. He drew his saber and beheaded it.

Bang!

The ox demon leader, dead!

Ning Xuan raised his hand and dipped it in the ox blood.

[Yin Wind Ox]

[Heavenly Demon Life Attribute Gate, Ox Order, Common Family, Yin Wind Species (Constitution): 3.5]

[Heavenly Demon Record: Perceive that the Heavenly Demon has arrived, follow its essence and blood, observe the root of its life and nature, forcibly refine the record. If the refinement fails, the body and dao will be destroyed. If the refinement succeeds, it can be used for one’s own purposes.]

[Refine the record?]

Ning Xuan recalled the performance of this ox demon just now.

It summoned the yin wind, and then used the gray banner to expand the yin wind.

And in the nightmare, treasures could not be brought in.

The demonic art was already clear, and when refining the record in the nightmare, the time outside was static. He had already experienced this twice. The first time, he might have been ignorant, but the second time, it was confirmed.

Since that was the case…

‘Refine.’

Ning Xuan closed his eyes.

He took a turn in his dream.

And then…

He opened them again.

A new record had already been added to his [Heavenly Demon Record].

The Yin Wind Ox demon was refined in an instant.