Bachelor [EN]: Chapter 514

‘How is it? We need to deal with Hyunyeop Old Demon’s incarnations before they send a signal,’ one of the two figures said telepathically in a high, thin voice.

‘Hyunyeop King’s incarnations are just a few of his subordinates, forcibly turned into puppets using the Soul Extraction Incarnation technique. Their intelligence is low, so even though their cultivation is at the early Nascent Soul stage, they are no match for cultivators of the same level. If we join forces, dealing with them won’t be a big deal. It seems like heaven is helping us that the Old Demon left his tomb and is acting alone at a time like this,’ another person replied in a gloomy tone.

‘Brother Cheonpung is right. Perhaps he is tracking someone and sent out only his incarnations separately. Moreover, it seems like they suddenly lost their target.’

‘Who knows? As long as it doesn’t interfere with our plan. Hyunyeop King’s cultivation must have greatly weakened since he left the tomb, so now is our chance. In the tomb, he can exert power almost equivalent to the late Nascent Soul stage.’

‘Hyunyeop Old Demon would never dream that the two families contacted us beforehand. The two families are waiting for the Old Demon with the support of their backing sects, so no matter how great his abilities are, he won’t be able to do anything this time. Even if he manages to escape, we will be lying in ambush outside the tomb.’

The thin voice chuckled slyly. ‘Isn’t this the result of our plan for the past ten years? If we eliminate Hyunyeop Old Demon, neither his favorite ‘Jade Flower Madam’ nor his son, who just became a King, will be a match for us. When the time comes, the treasures the Old Demon has collected over the years and the thousands of zombie soldiers sleeping in the tomb can be divided among the three of us. I heard that the Old Demon’s Heavenly Corpse Body is almost complete, and the Heavenly Corpse Pearl, which is essential for cultivation, is likely hidden somewhere in the tomb. We may not have the body of a Corpse King, but if we temper our bodies with it, we can forge an almost immortal body.’

The one called Brother Cheonpung revealed his greed. ‘Hehe, this old one is not interested in tempering the body. Rather, I want the thousands of zombie soldiers in the tomb. If I take them, I can wield my own power in the Wudong Mountain.’

The sharp, high voice laughed lightly. ‘I knew that Daoist Doeun would say that. With your Corpse Spirit Great Art, you can control the zombies as if they were your own body.’

Cheonpung seemed very pleased with the other’s response. ‘Then, since the time is right, let’s trust Brother Gwangsa, who is chasing after the Old Demon, and we will deal with the incarnations.’

The owner of the sharp voice pointed to the green figures wandering around. ‘It would be good to do so since the Old Demon should have left the Seolreung Mountain Range by now.’

Cheonpung checked the time for a moment and agreed. The green figures, who had been growling in anger, felt a huge wave of spiritual energy from behind and turned around in surprise. A cloud of massive demonic energy and a white whirlwind were engulfing them.

***

Han Li stood in front of the stone door hidden behind the waterfall. He stared at the small hole drilled in the lower right of the stone door. He reached into his storage pouch and took out a silver key, inserting it into the hole.

*Swaa.*

The key, which had been only half-formed, completed itself as it entered the hole. Han Li smiled and extended his finger, sending in a blue aura.

*Kukung.*

Soon, the stone door vibrated and opened, leading to a cave. Han Li scanned the front with his spiritual sense and walked in slowly.

After walking about ten yards, he saw a teleportation array, with eight hollowed-out spots around it. They were all empty.

Perhaps anyone who had invaded this place without knowing anything would have tried to fill all the hollowed-out spots of the teleportation array with spirit stones to see where it led. However, doing so would cause the teleportation array to self-destruct.

The person who designed this place was definitely brilliant.

Han Li approached the teleportation array, shook his sleeve, and took out five low-grade spirit stones, placing them in the designated spots and casting a spell. Then, the teleportation array vibrated. He jumped into the middle and disappeared in a white light after a moment.

The teleportation distance was not very far, so Han Li, who had a strong spiritual sense, did not feel any headache or dizziness and emerged into an unfamiliar grand hall.

Looking around, he could see the entire interior of the grand hall at a glance. The grand hall, about twenty yards in size, was very clean and looked completely white, as if it had been carved out of jade. Inside, there were only two green wooden bookshelves and three silver boxes.

‘Is this the Feng family’s secret cave?’ Han Li was a little surprised at the rather small amount.

The wooden bookshelves were made of some mysterious wood, and they were still intact after a long time, emitting a faint woody fragrance. One of the bookshelves had about thirty magical artifacts, mostly mid-grade ones. The other bookshelf had over a hundred jade slips of various colors.

Han Li looked back and forth between the bookshelves and the silver boxes, then immediately approached the bookshelf with the jade slips. He picked up the jade slips one by one and quickly examined their contents. With his powerful spiritual sense, he scanned through numerous jade slips in about an hour, but there were no cultivation techniques.

‘Could it be that Feng Chim lied…’

Han Li shook his head. He had used Dream Manipulation [a technique to extract information from dreams] after obtaining the other party’s consent, so he knew that the other party had not lied.

Han Li looked at the remaining silver boxes and opened them one by one. The first box was full of mid-grade spirit stones. There seemed to be over a hundred of them. The next box was full of rare materials. However, Han Li’s face darkened as he did not find what he was looking for.

When he opened the last box, he was greatly disappointed to find various talismans. However, his expression changed as he checked the contents with his spiritual sense.

*Shhh!*

Reaching under the talismans, he took out a red wooden box about half an inch in size. The surface of the wooden box, sealed with a yellow talisman, had the character for ‘fire’ engraved on it.

Han Li tore off the ordinary sealing talisman and opened the wooden box. As soon as he opened the wooden box, a seven-colored aura of spiritual energy burst out, and inside was a milky white, fingernail-sized bead.

‘A Sharira!’ Han Li revealed a look of joy. In addition to the Sharira [a relic of a Buddhist saint], there were two Buddhist magical artifacts and a yellow jade slip in the wooden box.

‘Subduing Tiger Art, Wheel Turning Scripture, Bright King Incantation…’ Han Li quickly picked up the jade slip and scanned the names of the cultivation techniques written inside. As expected, they were all Buddhist cultivation techniques.

‘I’ve heard of the Bright King Incantation. It’s a rare technique that Vajra protectors [Buddhist guardians] specialize in, but it’s extremely difficult to cultivate. It’s strange that the Feng family’s ancestor had something like this. Show it to me first. I’ll see if it can solve your killing intent!’ The Great Yan Divine Lord, who heard the words ‘Bright King Incantation,’ opened his mouth in surprise.

Han Li was very pleased. He did not know how the Feng family’s ancestor had obtained these techniques, but it would be enough if they could solve his killing intent. He immediately threw the jade slip into the bamboo tube behind him.

While the Great Yan Divine Lord was studying the techniques in the jade slip, Han Li picked out the items in the secret cave and moved them to his storage pouch. It would be nice to take everything, but there was a limit to the amount that the storage pouch could hold, so he had to sort out the items except for the spirit stones. Of course, he took all the magical treasures, and he only picked out the useful materials and talismans. As for the magical artifacts, he did not touch them except for two or three with special functions.

After finishing his work, Han Li began to look at the stacked jade slips again. He wanted to see if there were any interesting cultivation techniques. Time passed, and finally, the Great Yan Divine Lord opened his mouth.

‘The Bright King Incantation is truly strange! How can a Buddhist technique be so overbearing? It’s almost like a demonic technique.’

‘If it’s similar to a demonic technique, then it can’t solve the killing intent?’ Han Li’s expression darkened.

‘Don’t be so impatient. It seems like this technique can solve your problem! However, the Bright King Incantation does not eliminate killing intent, but rather refines it and makes it usable. The cultivation method is a bit dangerous, so if you want to find another Buddhist technique, go ahead.’ The Great Yan Divine Lord told him what he had found and threw the jade slip out of the bamboo tube.

‘If it allows me to use killing intent, does that mean I will have to ascend to the Ancient Demon Realm later?’ Han Li received the jade slip and revealed his wariness.

‘Even so, the Bright King Incantation is a technique that Buddhist protectors used to cultivate, so it wouldn’t be like that. There is a big difference between learning a demonic technique and refining and using killing intent. You will only use the killing intent as a supplement to attack enemies. This way, you can retain the vicious nature of the killing intent while eliminating its negative effects. Tsk tsk! To think that there was such a talent in Buddhism. The skill to create a Buddhist technique by applying demonic techniques is amazing. It can even be seen as a technique that is one level higher than the Great Yan Incantation.’ The Great Yan Divine Lord murmured as if he was impressed. Han Li was puzzled by those words and injected his spiritual sense into the jade slip again, then quickly pulled it out in surprise.

‘The spell is too familiar. It’s like I’ve seen it somewhere…’

‘Where is it?’

‘Ah, I remember. It’s similar to the demon clan’s technique.’ Han Li, who had been silent, remembered something and reached into his storage pouch, taking out a palm-sized copper piece. It was the Demon Scripture Fragment that he had forgotten about for a long time.

Han Li carefully examined the demon clan characters engraved on the copper piece again. As expected, the Bright King Incantation and the technique written in demon clan characters had something in common. Although the Bright King Incantation was much lower in level, it had a similar atmosphere.

Han Li was bewildered.

‘What is that?’ The Great Yan Divine Lord looked at the copper piece Han Li had taken out and asked curiously.

‘Please take a look yourself. I lack the talent to draw a definite conclusion.’ Han Li hesitated for a moment, then sighed and threw the copper piece behind him.

‘This is a demon clan’s character. That means…’ The Great Yan Divine Lord muttered something and then fell silent. This time, it did not take long for the Great Yan Divine Lord to give a definite answer.

‘It seems that the Buddhist technique, the Bright King Incantation, was created by modifying this demon clan technique. Perhaps it was an application of the basic part written on the other copper piece.’

‘I see. But the flow of the Bright King Incantation does not connect to the technique on the copper piece. Could there be another copper piece?’

‘You have a good eye! As you said, this demon clan technique was originally composed of three parts. A piece that deals with the basics, a piece that deals with shape transformation, and finally, a piece that deals with the method of casting spells. The piece you have is the piece that has the last part written on it. It’s a really unique format. How interesting! Moreover, the Three Heads and Six Arms technique seems similar to the ability that the Ancient Demon used before? The rumor that the demon clan, not humans, was the first to come into contact with the Ancient Demon Realm in ancient times was not false.’ The Great Yan Divine Lord chuckled softly, enjoying the new discovery.

‘So, this technique was passed down from the Ancient Demon to the demon clan, and then a Buddhist cultivator modified it. It’s unique that one technique has such a complex origin. However, I don’t know how long the Five Ghosts Locking Body Great Art can seal the killing intent, so I don’t have time to hesitate. I’ll have to cultivate this Bright King Incantation for now and see if there are any other methods.’ Han Li organized his thoughts and made a decision.

‘It could be more dangerous if you waste time looking for other techniques. Moreover, although it is difficult for others to learn the Bright King Incantation, it may be easier for a cultivator with a strong killing intent like you.’

‘I can only hope that’s the case. But it seems like you need a Vajra Sharira [a Sharira of a Vajra protector] to cultivate it. Will it be okay to start cultivating without it?’

‘If it’s a Vajra Sharira, you just got one, didn’t you? You’re really lucky. Otherwise, this old one wouldn’t have told you to cultivate the Bright King Incantation. As soon as your spirit beast absorbs the essence from the Vajra Bird, start refining it right away. This old one will teach you the spell, so refine it like your natal magic treasure. I became interested in Shariras in the past and spent over ten years hiding in a Buddhist sect to research the spell, so don’t worry.’

‘Then I’m relieved. Since I’ve made a decision, let’s leave right away. I’ve had a strange feeling ever since I entered the mountain range. It’s not normal. I need to quickly find another place with spiritual veins and start refining.’ Han Li repeated the Great Yan Divine Lord’s words and spoke. He looked around the grand hall to make sure he had not missed anything, then entered the teleportation array again and disappeared.

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