darknovel 27. The Demon's Interest
27. The Demon's Interest
"Tengxie, I didn't expect you to come here."
The gaze of Tunfo Tongzi upon Teng Xielang was calm yet scrutinizing. During this time, he had been engaged in logistics and had not gone out to fight, so he had not witnessed Teng Xielang's changes firsthand. Now, he could indeed sense that the other party was different.
"My stupid little brother is always fighting with people, while the God of War is as cunning and calculating as ever. If there are no changes in the Demon Realm, wouldn't it be too boring?"
Oh, of course, don't be surprised by Kuang Hua's transformation; it wasn't very interesting, so let's skip it... By the way, Tunfo, did you also make a friend back in the Bitter Realm?
Teng Xie said that when Tun Fo was searching for a way to break the seal in the Bitter Realm, he was discovered by a high monk. In order to stop him, the high monk exhausted his energy to forge a divine weapon to kill the demon.
However, during the battle between the monk and the demon, the high monk deliberately lured Tunfo to steal the divine weapon, and as soon as Tunfo got the divine weapon, his memories were sealed by it.
It turns out that this was all a scheme set up by the high monk. The divine weapon was not for slaying demons at all, but for sealing them. The cunning and scheming demon, Devouring Buddha, was tricked by the high monk.
With his memories sealed, Tunfo was born with a new personality, began a completely new life, and also made a close friend.
Of course, now that this matter is brought up, the ending of Tunfo's life is not very good. His friend was also tricked to death by him when he turned back into a demon.
When Teng Xie brought up the matter, Tun Fo Tong Zi seemed completely unfazed, calmly replying, "I didn't expect you to pay so much attention to me. You have indeed changed quite a bit."
People are always drawn to novelty, and so are demons.
"Oh?"
Tunfo glanced at Tengxie, then at the demon who defied Buddha, and said, "What attracts you here is clearly not me."
"What you're saying? Even among comrades, we should get along well."
After a few words of conversation, Tengxie gained a clear understanding of Tunfo; he was indeed a cunning and scheming demon.
Tunfo: We're in the same boat.
"The Demon."
Tengxie turned his attention back to the demon who had defied Buddhism. "Shesheng has mastered the method of killing monks to accumulate karma, and his power has greatly increased. As his elder brother, I am both happy for him and deeply grateful to the demon."
"No, it is Shesheng who is capable of being cultivated... You and Shesheng are brothers, perhaps I also have a method suitable for you."
The demon seemed to enjoy lecturing... and he was indeed so. He was not a king or overlord, but a preacher. His greatest wish was to spread his ideas to the world.
"I have something I'd like to ask the Demon Master..."
"...A technique that combines Yin and Yang? Not a bad idea, but it's also quite a challenge, hmm..."
The demon was erudite. After a moment of contemplation, he said in a deep voice, "I have one Buddhist secret technique and one anti-Buddhist magic here. If you can control the magical artifact and activate the Buddhist secret technique while releasing the magic spell, you will have the possibility of advancing further."
The demon explained the secret magic, and with Teng Xie's current knowledge and sharp mind, he could easily understand it. After asking a few questions, he understood everything.
"You are indeed very talented. If you are interested, I can teach you more."
"Thank you, Demon Master. Your magnanimity truly earns my respect... I am somewhat interested in the method you taught me for using the karma of killing monks to imprison oneself. Could you teach me that?"
"Oh? The sin of killing a Buddha is purely grave, while the sin of killing living beings is chaotic and impure, and has the greatest impact on the mind. Do you intend to temper your will through the sin of killing?"
"Exactly."
"Then listen carefully..."
Before long, Teng Xie mastered another secret technique. Seeing how quickly he learned, the demon became even more excited. However, Teng Xie wanted to take his leave. He hadn't come to join the advanced training course; he was just taking some time out of his workday to learn.
Tengxie: Even after transmigrating, I still have to be a beast of burden, and the most dangerous beast of burden in the demon realm. There's no one else like me.
Just then, Ren Chenfu came over and said he had something to discuss with Teng Xie.
"Demon, thank you for your guidance. Devouring Buddha, let's talk again another day."
As Tunfo Tongzi watched Tengxie and Ren Chenfu leave, he suddenly heard the demon say, "It seems you have a new object of your attention."
"Even the demon is very curious about him."
the other side.
"...Has anyone been inquiring about the Blade Plague?"
This is about Ren Chenfu's search for Teng Xie. "Well, recently there have been rumors about the Yin-Yang Sea Twin Peaks. Our spies investigated and determined that it was someone with ulterior motives who was looking for them."
Upon hearing this, Teng Xie recalled some memories. He knew that the one searching for the Blade Plague was not the Sword of Plague, but someone who coveted the Blade Plague and the Sword of Plague's unique martial arts.
"Mr. Ren, Daowen's swordsmanship is extremely unique. I'm also somewhat interested in the 'Sword Plague.' Please have your spies continue to keep an eye on it. You could release some vague, false information to see if you can glean anything."
"Okay, I'll make the arrangements later."
"By the way, we were talking about Biejian Kuanghua earlier. Speaking of which, how's that kid who made Biejian Kuanghua fall for him doing now?"
Ren Chenfu paused slightly, then said, "That person is called 'Love Spreads Across a Thousand Miles, Hate Never Meets,' a dissolute playboy. The Demon Realm doesn't pay much attention to him."
Teng Xie smiled slightly, "That's a pity. Xiao Penglai only has the Five-Colored Demoness as its top courtesan, which is a bit too much to handle, and the customer base isn't diverse enough."
Upon hearing this, Ren Chenfu couldn't help but chuckle. "This brat does owe us an explanation, but we are currently at a crucial moment in our fight against the righteous path, so it's not worth getting too distracted by this kid."
Let's keep an eye on their movements for now.
"it is good."
After talking for a while, Tengxie took his leave and went to find a quiet place to cultivate.
a few days later.
Tengxie, Shesheng, Guizhi, Huahun, and Panxiong—all the figures currently on the demonic stage—followed the Demon Lord to the summit of a mountain called "Magnetic Heart Source."
On the opposite side, Gui Liang Tianxia, Yan Guiren, a dozen or so Gui Liang retainers, Duan Yan Xifeng with a pale face, and Bo Hanbo supporting her had been waiting for a long time.
There were many familiar faces on the other side, but Teng Xie didn't focus his attention on them.
In the past few days, he discovered something very interesting... that is, his body does not have much resistance to the secret methods of Buddhism.
His cultivation technique is definitely in complete conflict with the sacred energy of Buddhism and the pure energy of Taoism, but his physical body is not.
Just like how the "pardoned child" can cultivate the method of killing monks to gain karma, this is not actually a demonic art, but a kind of extreme Buddhist practice. To be precise, it is pushing the extremes of Buddhist practices to the extreme, and then the extremes will inevitably lead to the opposite.
In other words, the heretic Shesheng Tongzi is similar to Tunfo Tongzi. He can also cultivate Buddhist techniques, but the effect will not be as good. It is only because killing monks to obtain karma is too extreme and he has already turned against Buddhism and become a demon that the effect is so good.
Tengxie was in the same situation as Shesheng. When he was cultivating in seclusion, he thought of this problem and had a sudden inspiration. He poured all his energy into the demonic dragon clone, leaving his body empty.
Then he successfully released the Buddhist secret technique.
This success was not smooth, and the effect was not very good, or rather, quite poor. He was not a gifted Buddhist genius; he was just a useless person who could barely practice Buddhist techniques.
In other words, he doesn't seem to be a completely pure demon.
This didn't surprise him, after all, his original self and She Sheng's father... were not demons at all, but life forms created by the progenitor who created the demon realm.
However, that person's bloodline power was not passed on to his two offspring.
However, it seems that Tengxie and Shesheng still inherited some of his traits.
"This wouldn't have been of much use originally, but with Leng Ruoshuang and a new approach, the situation has changed..."
While Teng Xie was lost in thought, Gui Liang Tianxia spoke in a deep voice: "Yama Hanba..."