Longevity starts with learning

Chapter 317 Branded Demon Puppet
"Fellow Taoist, senior, senior, please spare my life..."

"Excuse me, the little one was forced..."

In the forest, Chu Mu stood with a knife in his hand. Two black-robed demonic cultivators in front of him knelt on the ground. They did not have the demeanor of a foundation-building cultivator at all. They kowtowed and begged for mercy with snot and tears.

"To shut up."

Chu Mu scolded.

The sound stopped suddenly, and they opened their mouths, but neither of them dared to speak anymore.

"I ask, you answer."

"Understood?"

Chu Mu spoke up.

"understand."

The two responded quickly.

"Aren't you two promoted to Foundation Establishment normally?"

Chu Mu asked, he was really curious about this.

Although he was not afraid of several Foundation Builders surrounding him, he would never be too relaxed.

After all, in this world of immortal cultivation, every foundation builder has basically grown up after experiencing the survival of the fittest countless times.

The methods may be strong or weak, but no matter in terms of character or fighting skills, they are definitely extremely rich.

Several people were surrounding him, and even if he could win, it would never be easy.

But just now... it was almost overwhelming, so relaxed that he could hardly believe it.

Except for the so-called venerable, who was still a little resistant, the rest of the people watched the show almost the whole time and were at a loss.

This kind of foundation building...except for cultivation, everything else is probably inferior to ordinary Qi-training monks.

Chu Mu asked.

The two people who looked like they were willing to do anything to survive just a second ago were now hemming and hawing and speechless for a long time.

Chu Mu was confused when a voice suddenly came from the horizon.

"No need to ask, these two are just demon puppets."

Immediately afterwards, Xu Changqing was seen falling from the sky, holding a ball of bloody flesh in his hand, and the appearance of the so-called venerable just now could be vaguely seen.

"Golem?"

Chu Mu was slightly curious.

"Everyone in the demonic way will kill them, and there are a few immortal cultivators who will take the initiative to fall into the demonic way."

"Like these two people, they have been planted with a slave mark or a certain brand since they were young, and then used magic methods to forcibly raise their realm."

"They are just cannon fodder, they have no realm, and their lifespan is not even as good as that of ordinary people."

Chu Mu was thoughtful, glanced at the mass of blood and flesh in Xu Changqing's hand, and then asked: "Is there any clue?"

"This person's sea of ​​consciousness has a brand of imprisonment, and soul-searching techniques cannot touch the core of his memory."

"I'm going to take him to the real person and ask the real person to take action."

Chu Mu's eyes moved slightly, but he finally nodded.

"The true devil's energy is given to Taoist friend Xu for your use in tracking the devil's path."

"In addition, Xu will give you an explanation for this matter."

Xu Changqing stopped and said two words without beginning or end.

After saying that, the flying sword suddenly appeared, hovering in the air, Xu Changqing jumped up, the sword light flew past, and headed towards the capital of Chu.

Chu Mu glanced at the two people kneeling in front of him, raised his hands and held them empty, while the magic power was flowing, the soul-searching technique was operating.

There was no accident, just a glimpse of some fragmented memory fragments, and the man's soul suddenly exploded.

He glanced at the other demon cultivator who had collapsed to the ground in fear, and stood there, slightly meditating. What happened just now flashed in his mind like a replay.

What is certain is that there must be an internal response from demon cultivators in Chu Capital City.

The second thing is that demon cultivators must have some way of sensing the energy of real demons.

Furthermore, he raised his hand and held the compass in his hand.

Judging from what just happened, those demon cultivators all have special concealment methods that can hide them from the compass's detection.

While his thoughts were flowing, Chu Mu's eyes were fixed on the other demon puppet who was still alive.

He raised his hand to seal the spells, and each spell turned into a series of restraints, completely binding the demon puppet man in front of him.

Immediately, his consciousness was like a knife, intruding into the man's body almost unscrupulously, exploring and experimenting with the hidden roots.He didn't believe that a mere instant cannon fodder demon could practice any advanced concealment techniques. It must be some kind of concealment method that was planted!
The compass in his hand is floating aside.

As Chu Mu's experiment continued, a very close black spot also appeared on the compass.

It appears for a while and disappears for a while, which is quite strange.

This process lasted for about a quarter of an hour before the suspended compass completely returned to silence, and the black spots representing the demonic cultivators no longer appeared.

The demon puppet man collapsed to the ground, his body covered in blood and flesh, and his breathing was weak.

Chu Mu squatted half in front of the body, his eyebrows could not hide his surprise, and there was a hint of curiosity.

According to what Xu Changqing said just now, these demon cultivators are all man-made demon puppets, and they are of no use at all.

According to his usual thinking, he originally thought that the foundation was built by using some evil methods to pile up cultivation and forcibly break the mirror.

But the result before him didn't seem to be what he expected.

This so-called evil method is more like a complete... practice system!
In this demonic cultivation body, there is no trace of the two immortal cultivation systems of Qi training and body training.

And the source of its power...

On its body, there are light black complex lines, almost like inscriptions, filling the inside and outside of its body.

The surface of the flesh, flesh, bones, and even organs are all engraved with densely packed light black complex lines.

The source of this demonic man's power comes from these countless interlocking light black lines.

But what puzzled him was that these countless lines were completely outside his awareness.

Weapon patterns, runes, array patterns, pill patterns...

None of them matched, it was completely another system beyond his cognition.

"The demon puppet...is worthy of its name."

Chu Mu murmured to himself, his eyes filled with surprise.

The human body is equivalent to the puppet skeleton, and this complex pattern is equivalent to the weapon pattern pattern.

The weapon pattern pattern is what gives the puppets and instruments power.

These lines give strength to the human body.

Using people to make puppets...

Qi training, body training, spirit training, bloodline...

This is obviously a complete system of cultivation. Even if it has great flaws, it is by no means...waste as Xu Changqing said.

only……

Why is such a complete system such a waste?
Chu Mu inspected it carefully again and found that the lines were imprinted with demonic energy. These lines made excellent use of the characteristics of the demonic energy and perfectly concealed the demonic seeds. This was also the fundamental reason why the compass could not detect it.

"The demon species is incomplete..."

In the end, the answer was presented to Chu Mu.

There is no doubt that the demon species is the core of the branding inscription system.

The incompleteness of the demon species is obviously the fundamental reason why these demon puppets have no realm but no strength.

Use the true devil's energy to condense the demon seeds, and in the current world of immortality, the true devil's energy is not uncommon.

In fact, even the existence of demonic cultivators has obviously been deliberately blocked by major forces.

If it hadn't been for this incident in Chudu, he might still not be able to recognize those groups of true demon energy.

"There should be...there are other flaws..."

Chu Mu withdrew his consciousness and looked at the bloody flesh in front of him, thoughtfully.

Such a branded and engraved pattern system brings strength, but at the same time, the demonic energy is also eroding the body.

Moreover, unlike the orthodox system of cultivating immortals such as Qi and body training, while practicing, it also strengthens, nourishes, and even transforms the essence, energy, and spirit.

Such a branding system seems to only corrode, but not nourish and transform the human body.

This also means that even if the demon seed is intact, the demon puppet man in front of him is really as Xu Changqing said, but he only has the foundation-building realm combat power and his lifespan is probably not as good as that of ordinary people.

"If you want to detect traces of the demon species, you have to break through or bypass the isolation of this branding system..."

Chu Mu was thoughtful, the compass was floating on the palm of his hand, and while it was spinning, with the appearance of the demon species, the black dot that had disappeared so close to him reappeared on the compass.

Immediately, he raised his hand and flicked it, and a wisp of fire light floated down. The demon puppet man, who was already bloody and fleshy, instantly turned into a ball of fire.

After a few breaths, the fire went out, leaving nothing but a pool of charred black...

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(End of this chapter)