Attaining Immortality, Starting From Slaying Demons

[Slaying the Condensation Elixir Completion Peacock Demon, total lifespan of 6,100 years, remaining lifespan of 1,726 years, absorption complete]

[Slaying the Nascent Pill Realm Peacock Demon, total lifespan of 5,200 years, remaining lifespan of 807 years, absorption complete]

[Slaying the fledgling Peacock Demon, total lifespan of 4,200 years, remaining lifespan of 2,820 years, absorption complete]

[Remaining Demon lifespan: 5,837 years]

...

The others busied themselves within the Secluded Valley.

Shen Yi found a quiet spot, sat down with his legs crossed, opened the panel, and reviewed the notifications he had received before.

These peacock demons were clearly no ordinary creatures; their lifespans were significantly longer than those of demons at the same level.

Shen Yi spread a thin booklet in front of him and flipped through it until the last page.

In addition to the demon lifespan and Demon Core, there was a change in the section about martial arts.

[Condensation Elixir: Carefree Wind-Riding Technique: Uninitiated]

[Condensation Elixir: Dual Yin-Yang Truth: Uninitiated]

The former was the very skill that allowed Yan Xingkong to traverse Qingzhou freely, while the latter came from a casual glance earlier.

The two old Daoists were not bad at all; at least they didn't shrink back when it was time to act.

For such a Great Demon, aside from the Demon Core, there must be other valuable items. By offering some of them as a reward, it wouldn't be like taking advantage of someone for nothing.

Perhaps it was because he was accustomed to practicing Body Refining techniques.

Now, whenever he saw such cryptic martial arts, Shen Yi involuntarily recalled the sensation from previous deductions of the Four Harmonies True Gang and Intercepting Veins and Capturing Dragons.

He subconsciously shook his head, deciding to focus on practicing the Nine Transformations of the Immortal Demon first. Although it required greater consumption, its benefits were extremely stable.

He placed the fully solidified Peacock Demon Core into his mouth, and the vast Demon lifespan poured in.

[The first year, you mobilized your intent to kill, crushing towards the consciousness of the Mountain Lord...]

This process had been repeated many times before, and it hardly ever carried any surprises, only a matter of how much Demon lifespan it consumed.

Shen Yi simply withdrew his gaze, acutely attuned to the changes within his body.

He could distinctly feel another consciousness awakening within his flesh, sensing something amiss, then starting to flee in terror.

Until it was completely surrounded by the intent to kill.

As the Demon lifespan decreased, that consciousness slowly vanished.

[The two hundred and third year, the Mountain Lord's consciousness perished, you begin attempting the fourth transformation of the Immortal Demon]

Following that, the Demon Core in his mouth gradually dissolved, and a new power began to solidify within his body.

The rate at which the Demon lifespan was being consumed became alarmingly rapid.

Seven hundred years... one thousand four hundred years... two thousand years...

Until a piercing bird call resounded in his mind, and the power was finally contained within his body.

[The two thousand four hundred and thirtieth year, another fierce demon emerges within your body, far more ferocious than the previous ones]

[Transformed into the South Guest Immortal, Spirit Birds Descend on the Jade Terrace, Qinglin cuts through mountains and rivers, Crimson Feather devours flesh and bone, with a thought of slaughter, beings tremble, with a thought of compassion, all things revive]

This time's enhancement did not shock Shen Yi as much as before, yet it allowed him to truly feel that he had crossed the threshold.

Although it was only the fourth transformation of the Immortal Demon, still two transformations shy of grand mastery in martial arts,

it allowed his physical body to completely transcend the level a Nascent Pill Realm demon should possess; he was now genuinely comparable to a Condensation Elixir Completion.

"..."

Shen Yi's eyes half-closed, his palms spread over his knees.

A blue light flickered in his right palm, while a crimson brilliance emanated from his left.

Two completely opposite forces roamed throughout his body, obeying his command like arms and fingers. He activated the crimson light, and the soreness in his arms from drawing the bow instantly vanished, as did the fatigue from days of relentless running.

He exhaled lightly.

And once again marveled at the profound mysteries of the demon's divine skills.

The sharp blue light danced at his fingertips, seemingly capable of cleaving everything before him in an instant with just a casual flick.

As for the lifespan of over 2,400 years bestowed by demons, it seemed plentiful, but in reality, it was even less than he had guessed. Comparing the inner cores of the Mountain Lord and the Toad Lord, he had thought it would take several hundred more years to suffice.

[Remaining demon lifespan: 3,407 years]

Shen Yi opened his eyes, withdrew the blue and red lights, and turned his gaze to the panel.

Then it lingered on the Xiaoyao Riding the Wind Technique.

Having just acquired a Sky-breaking Sun-piercing Bow, if he could pair it with such a peculiar movement technique, as long as he didn't provoke any of those dozen or so Embrace Pill Realm Demon Monarchs, he estimated there wouldn't be any demon in Qingzhou capable of threatening his life.

With this thought, Shen Yi once again infused his demon lifespan into it.

...

[Year one, you open the Xiaoyao Riding the Wind Technique, and as you ponder the abstruse text, you nod thoughtfully, a glint of lucid stupidity passing through your eyes.]

Shen Yi gritted his teeth.

Here it comes! That familiar feeling he hadn't experienced in a long time.

[Year three, you can recite the text on the page backwards and forwards, yet your mind is blank; though you have practiced numerous light body techniques, the methods recorded here are clearly unlike anything you have seen before.]

[Year twenty-two, you stand up, your legs do not move, you merely close your eyes slightly, allowing the breeze to brush past your body. When you open your eyes again, you find yourself three yards away, a look of shock flits across your eyes – this is not any ordinary light body technique, but rather the Teleportation Art, yet when you try to replicate the sensation, you can't find the feeling again.]

[Year forty-seven, your impatient mood finally calms after years of trying, and with a turn you decide to head back home. With one step, your figure transforms into a breeze, reappearing ten yards away.]

[Xiaoyao Riding the Wind Technique, minor achievement]

Shen Yi suddenly hears an almost imperceptible sound of wind by his ears becoming clearer.

As if he had fused with the environment around him, feeling increasingly lighter, and it appeared that with just a slight intention, he could rise upon the wind.

Even the Jade Dew in his inner core began to circulate involuntarily.

Only when the panel flashed the message did he snap out of his trance.

The demon lifespan continued to slip away.

The progress was as slow as always.

With Shen Yi's current understanding of martial arts, he had become extremely familiar with most techniques and the manipulation of energy.

But this Condensation Elixir Realm movement technique clearly went beyond that scope.

It resembled more the divine abilities of immortals in tales, who ride the clouds and command the mist… perhaps an exaggeration, yet this ability to become one with the wind could hardly be considered merely a light body skill.

It's no wonder Yan Xingkong, left with only one leg, could still run so swiftly.

The reason the opponent couldn't move might not have been that Shen Yi had shattered his legs, but rather the final blow that sealed the opponent's sea of qi.

Suddenly, all the whispers of wind in his ears vanished.

Shen Yi looked up just in time to see the final prompt pass across the panel.

[Year seven hundred and thirty-two, you vanish from the spot and quickly reappear without moving a foot; but in your heart, you know you can appear a hundred yards away in an instant if you wish. You are no longer riding the breeze – you yourself are the carefree and unfettered wind.]

[Xiaoyao Riding the Wind Technique, completion!]

[Remaining demon lifespan: 2,675 years]