Chapter 253 The Secret of Bloodthirsty Divine Art

"Oh? Why don't you tell me about your situation?"

Fang Chen did not expect that a few words could fool another person. He turned around with interest and looked at the leader of the red-robed and masked men.

"My name is Zhu Hao. My early life experience was similar to his. We were both mortals on an unknown island. Later, we were captured by the demon cultivators and became slaves."

At this point, Zhu Hao glanced at Lu Lingquan and continued, "But I'm not as lucky as him. I circulated in the slave market for several years before I was finally spotted by Duan Xuesheng's men, who bought me and trained me as a killer."

"Wait a minute, since those demon cultivators are interested in you, do you all have spiritual roots?"

Fang Chen stopped Zhu Hao from continuing and started asking the two of them.

Tianyu turned to look at Fang Chen, wondering why he asked that.

Everyone in the world of cultivation has spiritual roots. As long as they are born from parents, they all have a wisp of innate energy produced by the combination of yin and yang. No matter how much innate energy is left, it will eventually turn into spiritual roots.

The more innate energy that remains, the better the spiritual root aptitude.

But he knew that Fang Chen must have his reasons for asking this, so he did not raise any questions.

He was right.

Fang Chen learned from Dian Chu that the demon cultivators in the Star-Moon Sea would regularly take away the spiritual roots of mortals. No matter whether it was Lu Lingquan or Zhu Hao, they were already quite old when they were abducted as slaves, and their spiritual roots must have been taken away by the demon cultivators.

But now they have all become foundation-building cultivators, and they are obviously not following the path of physical cultivation.

That means they have regained their spiritual roots.

"Of course we don't have spiritual roots. Every year, the Demon Cultivator Alliance detects the spiritual roots of all newborns in the Star-Moon Sea. Those who have spiritual roots are picked out from thousands. If we have spiritual roots, we don't have to be slaves and can directly join various demon cultivation sects."

Zhu Hao answered this question.

After hearing what he said, Tian Yu immediately understood the purpose of Fang Chen's question, and couldn't help but complain: "No spiritual roots? You were fooled by the Demon Cultivator Alliance, right? Everyone has spiritual roots. If you don't have spiritual roots, how did you become cultivators now?"

"Senior, you may not know that outside the Star-Moon Sea, naturally everyone has spiritual roots, but the Star-Moon Sea is full of exiled criminals, and not everyone has spiritual roots. The reason we can become cultivators is mainly because the Demonic Cultivation Alliance has the means to grant spiritual roots."

Lu Lingquan replied immediately.

"Nonsense, let me see what's going on."

How could Tianyu believe the explanation from the Demonic Cultivator Alliance?

He simply closed his eyes and probed into everyone's body with his spiritual sense. After a moment, he said with disdain, "Sure enough, your spiritual roots were taken away and then replaced with spiritual roots cultivated later in life. This is the method used by the Saint Clan."

"The spiritual roots were taken away?"

Zhu Hao and Lu Lingquan looked at each other. This was a situation they had never thought of, but seeing Tianyu said it with such confidence, they had already chosen to believe it in their hearts.

"It's just like what I thought. I met another group of demon cultivators before. They were from the Sea Demon Gang. They were all body cultivators. They also told me that their spiritual roots were taken away by the righteous immortal sect, and then they were exiled to the Star-Moon Sea."

Fang Chen also told what he knew, and then continued to reason based on the information he obtained today.

"At the time, I had a vague guess that this was a trick used by the Demon Cultivator Alliance. After listening to what you said, I finally determined that the spiritual root test was a ritual to take away your spiritual roots. So, they had already taken away your future and left you as destitute as dogs. If they offer you a bone now, you will feel that this favor is as heavy as a mountain."

Fang Chen shook his head as he spoke, and he sighed, this Demon Cultivator Alliance really had good tactics, and they must have used this method to raise a lot of assassins.

"Is that so?"

As soon as Fang Chen finished speaking, the people present began to identify themselves with his words, and they all felt that they were very consistent with their own experiences.

So not only Zhu Hao and Lu Lingquan, but also those red-robed and masked men, after cursing for a long time, expressed that they would turn over a new leaf and fight the Demon Cultivator Alliance to the end.

"Very good, I am glad that you can turn back from your mistakes."

Fang Chen nodded, approving of their behavior.

"So what are you going to do with them?"

When Tianyu saw this situation, he didn't know what to do.

He originally wanted to place restrictions on these people and then send them back to the Blood Demon Palace as undercover agents, but now the situation has made it impossible for him to do so.

"Send them back to Ghost Island. Long before Yuehua Fairy City was established, there were rules for these people. Old Zheng is also aware of it. He just needs to follow the rules."

Fang Chen was not worried. He just needed to follow previous practice and turn these people's contributions into negative numbers, allowing them to work for free for a period of time.

It just so happens that they are already magic cultivators, and can serve as permanent residents on Ghost Island to assist Zheng Pingkang in better building Ghost Island.

"You've even considered this?"

Tianyu was a little surprised. He had communicated with Fang Chen a lot before and knew that before the establishment of Yuehua Fairy City, he was only at the fourth level of Qi training.

It's amazing that you can think about things so far in the future.

"It's mainly because we encountered a similar situation at that time. You should have seen the six patrols of Yuehua Fairy City. They were originally members of the Sea Demon Gang, but they were not the main culprits. So when we first established the contribution system, we took this into consideration."

Speaking of these six patrols, Fang Chen was very satisfied with their transformation. There were few conflicts between the residents of Yuehua Fairy City, but it was inevitable that trivial matters would occur. Originally, such matters were not within the scope of the patrol's duties, but they still took the initiative to mediate and maintain the stability of Yuehua Fairy City.

The dual transformation of labor and thought took effect on them, so Fang Chen naturally wanted to promote it.

"Have you established a system specifically for six people? You are really thinking long-term. If it were me, when I was at your level of cultivation, I would have killed such people directly and solved the problem once and for all."

Talking about the past, Tianyu also felt a little nostalgic. At that time, he believed in fighting violence with violence, and he was very happy traveling around the world.

Later, he moved towards the top of the world step by step. As his cultivation and age improved, his mentality became much calmer.

"At that time, I had more than a thousand people under my command. It was no longer a small force, so I naturally had to consider the long-term."

Fang Chen also said with a smile.

"What a pity, your cultivation is still too low. If you had already condensed the golden elixir, then the world of cultivation would really be saved."

Hearing Fang Chen say this, Tianyu sighed and became a little melancholy.

"How could that be? I am definitely not the only knowledgeable person in the world of cultivation. It's just that most of them are excluded from the mainstream voice. For example, isn't that the case with the sword cultivators of Lingxiao Sword Sect? Only by uniting them can the world of cultivation have a glimmer of hope."

Fang Chen never thought that if he condensed the golden elixir, he would have the ability to save the world of cultivation.

It is not one person's fault that the world of cultivation has become what it is today, and it is definitely not something that one person can change.

He can only do what he can.

“It is this process of unity that perhaps only someone like you can accomplish.”

Tianyu also agreed with Fang Chen's statement, but he also felt that people like Fang Chen would play an irreplaceable role in uniting the knowledgeable people in the world of cultivation.

"Maybe. I still have a question for them. After that, I'll ask you to teleport them back to Ghost Island."

Fang Chen did not agree with this, but he did not object either. Instead, he turned around and turned his attention back to Lu Lingquan and others.

"Are you all from the Blood Demon Palace? Do you have the real blood-devouring magic?"

Li Daoxuan of Taiji Immortal City has been conducting research on the Blood-sucking Divine Art, but has not achieved any results.

Speaking of which, Li Daoxuan's talent lies in all kinds of light. He is extremely sensitive to light, so he can sense the pure yin and pure yang power in the sun and the moon, and then improve the Five Elements Formula into the Yin-Yang Five Elements Formula.

As for the improvement of magic, the only successful one was the Red Sun Technique.

But the Blood-sucking Divine Art is a completely different system, and he cannot conduct experiments on human bodies like the magic cultivators do, so the progress is naturally very slow.

Fang Chen also knew this, so apart from asking about the progress on a daily basis, he did not urge them.

However, after experiencing the impact of the spiritual root grade on the speed of cultivation, he urgently wanted Yuehua Xiancheng to master a method to improve the spiritual root grade. For Yuehua Xiancheng, where basically all the spiritual roots are five elements, this method is of great significance.

Originally, he was planning to start with the Tianyanxi Method, but this secret technique could only be used by him and could not be promoted on a large scale.

After much thought, he felt that only the Blood Demon Palace's blood-sucking magic best met his requirements.

"The real Blood-sucking Divine Art? The Blood-sucking Divine Art is the Blood-sucking Divine Art. How can there be any real or fake one?"

While Fang Chen was thinking, Lu Lingquan and Zhu Hao looked at each other again, not quite understanding what his question meant.

"There was once a true disciple of the Blood Demon Palace who spread a so-called blood-sucking magic skill among the righteous immortal sects. However, all the cultivators who practiced that blood-sucking magic skill eventually had their spiritual roots taken away by that true disciple..."

Fang Chen told Lu Lingquan and Zhu Hao what he had learned from Lin Qingshan.

"Uh... If my guess is correct, this true disciple should be Duan Xuesheng, the one who sent them to hunt me down. The Blood Devouring Divine Art is the Blood Demon Palace's guardian talisman. He would never tell anyone who is not a disciple of the sect about its magical powers."

Unexpectedly, after Fang Chen finished speaking, Lu Lingquan and Zhu Hao's faces became very strange. Lu Lingquan first pointed out the identity of the person that Lin Qingshan followed.

"So, everything he said was false?"

Fang Chen also heard what Lu Lingquan wanted to express from these words and couldn't help but ask.

"Yes, there is no distinction between the parent and the child of the Blood Devouring Divine Art. However, as long as one practices the Blood Devouring Divine Art, there is a possibility that the spiritual roots will be taken away by disciples who have also practiced the Blood Devouring Divine Art but have higher attainments. The spiritual roots strengthened by the Blood Devouring Divine Art can also become nutrients for practicing the Blood Devouring Divine Art."

Zhu Hao nodded solemnly and revealed all the secrets of the Blood-sucking Divine Art.

"Sigh~"

Fang Chen took a deep breath. According to this statement, all the disciples of the Blood Demon Palace could be regarded as cultivation resources for the Palace Master of the Blood Demon Palace.

Also, even though he obtained the real Blood-sucking Divine Art, he had no way of practicing it.

Once you can't resist the temptation, you will become nourishment for the Blood Demon Palace.

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