Chapter 833: Extorting the Demon
Lin Feng did not immediately respond to the demon’s words. He furrowed his brow slightly. If the demon were to teach the Three Lives Scripture, he would have to enter Lin Feng’s consciousness, which was very risky.
Lin Feng currently had no idea how powerful the demon truly was. Perhaps the demon was still concealing his methods, luring him in for a fatal strike to erase his consciousness. Lin Feng had to be cautious about this, but as the demon had guessed, he was unwilling to give up on an Emperor’s true scripture.
The demon was not anxious and did not urge Lin Feng, allowing him to consider.
“When one reaches the Heavenly Martial Realm, they can use soul power. Besides better controlling their martial soul, powerful Heavenly Martial cultivators can also attack a person’s consciousness with their soul, as well as defend against it. Is that right?” Lin Feng looked at the demon and asked.
The demon nodded slightly. “Correct. In the Heavenly Martial Realm, one must first achieve Unity of Heaven and Man, with an undistracted mind. Man and heaven and earth become one, the soul merges with the heavens, and the spirit unites with the soul. A person’s consciousness transforms into divine sense, which is the power of the soul. It can attack and defend. Those with strong divine sense can kill as easily as cutting through hemp. With a single thought, they kill without form—this is killing with divine thought.”
“A strong divine sense also requires knowing how to use it. I imagine that techniques for divine sense attack and defense are like martial skills and cultivation techniques, perhaps even rarer. Is that the case?” Lin Feng asked again. He had encountered many Heavenly Martial cultivators, but although these cultivators were stronger than him in realm, they had never attacked him with divine sense. It wasn’t that they were unwilling, but rather that they likely didn’t know how to use such abilities.
“Yes,” the demon nodded. Killing with divine sense was more ruthless and decisive, and divine sense combat was also more dangerous. Powerful divine sense attack techniques were even rarer than strong martial skills.
“Senior, if you want to invade my sea of consciousness with your consciousness, you should understand what I mean,” Lin Feng said calmly. The demon smiled slightly and said to Lin Feng, “You are very clever. Seeing me attack you with divine sense, you immediately thought of cultivating divine sense attack methods. If you cultivate a powerful divine sense attack technique, combined with your own formidable soul power, ordinary Heavenly Martial cultivators will surely suffer greatly when facing you.”
“I hope Senior will grant this wish,” Lin Feng said, slightly bowing to the demon. As his cultivation grew stronger, he would face increasingly powerful martial cultivators. Having a demonic body of an Emperor before him, it would be a great pity not to learn some divine abilities and techniques.
“Fine, I will teach you a set of divine thought techniques. But you still need to open your sea of consciousness and let me impart the divine thought techniques to you,” the demon said indifferently. A set of divine thought techniques might be extremely precious to Lin Feng, but to him, it was nothing. Teaching it to Lin Feng was no big deal.
“A set of divine thought techniques, compared to the Three Lives Scripture, should be much simpler. It won’t take more than a moment, right?”
“You are cautious. A moment is enough to imprint it into your memory,” the demon said.
“Alright, then I’ll trouble Senior,” Lin Feng said, closing his eyes slightly. But he did not dare to be careless. He used the Remnant Soul Heaven Art, gathering tens of thousands of remnant souls into his sea of consciousness as a precaution. Facing a demon, anything could happen, and Lin Feng had to guard against it with all his might.
Instantly, Lin Feng felt a divine thought invade his sea of consciousness. This divine thought was vast and boundless, as if imbued with a terrible, mighty force. But because it had broken through the seal to enter Lin Feng’s sea of consciousness, although vast, it appeared quite weak. Otherwise, it would have already erased Lin Feng’s consciousness and seized control of his body.
Within Lin Feng’s sea of consciousness, the vast divine thought transformed in countless ways, eventually forming a blurry silhouette. It extended a finger and lightly tapped in Lin Feng’s mind, leaving behind a mark. Immediately, Lin Feng felt a sharp pain in his sea of consciousness, and his body trembled slightly. A memory was directly imprinted in his mind, incredibly profound and mysterious.
Soul power guarded the sea of consciousness, and the power of tens of thousands of remnant souls howled. The silhouette in Lin Feng’s sea of consciousness seemed to reveal a hint of a smile, then withdrew from Lin Feng’s sea of consciousness. Only then did Lin Feng open his eyes, a sharp glint flashing and disappearing.
“This divine thought technique is the Soul-Suppressing Art. A person’s divine sense can transform into a bronze bell. When the bell rings, it shatters another’s divine sense and erases their soul. At the same time, it can also transform into an ancient bronze defense, both offensive and defensive. Although you have not yet entered the Heavenly Martial Realm, your soul power is strong, and you have achieved Unity of Heaven and Man. You can begin to cultivate it. However, its power will be far inferior to after your divine sense is born. If you want to cultivate it now, I can wait for you.”
The demon was a figure who had become a spirit over a thousand years. How could he not understand what Lin Feng was planning? By obtaining the divine thought technique, Lin Feng aimed first to prepare for the future and second to cultivate it as a defense against the demon’s divine sense attacks and attempts to seize his consciousness. Since Lin Feng was being cautious, the demon would indulge him and give him time to cultivate.
“Thank you for your understanding, Senior,” Lin Feng nodded to the demon. His figure flickered, retreating several li, then sat cross-legged and began to cultivate the divine thought technique the demon had taught him.
As the demon had said, Lin Feng had not yet entered the Heavenly Martial Realm. Even if he forcibly cultivated with his powerful soul power, he could not unleash its full power. First, his divine sense was not yet formed, and his consciousness could not leave his body far. He could only attack if the opponent was right in front of him. However, defense was easier. He could use the consciousness of tens of thousands of remnant souls to form an ancient bell to guard his sea of consciousness.
Although this technique was good, it was not an unfathomably profound divine thought technique. Otherwise, Lin Feng would not have been able to cultivate it at all. After three days, Lin Feng felt he had made some progress and stopped cultivating. He stood up again and walked toward the suppressed demon.
This Emperor’s demonic body was very patient. Three days was but a fleeting moment to him, who had been waiting for who knows how many years. It passed in an instant, as if nothing had happened.
“How is it? Can we proceed now?” The demon revealed a faint smile. In his dealings with Lin Feng, although demonic light surrounded him, one could not really see his demonic nature. He seemed like an elder, as if his demonic nature had been completely eliminated by a thousand years of suppression, or worn away by time.
“Senior, please forgive my rudeness, but I have one more request,” Lin Feng bowed again to the Three Lives Emperor’s demonic body, appearing very respectful. The demon’s eyes froze, and he said with some displeasure, “What is it now?”
But Lin Feng acted as if he hadn’t noticed the displeasure in the demon’s tone and said slowly, “After I help Senior escape, it will surely cause a great upheaval. I hope Senior can teach me a movement technique so that I can leave quickly.”
“Cunning brat, you really know how to take advantage of the situation.” The demon looked at Lin Feng with some frustration. This guy was clearly extorting him, taking benefits from him, yet he put on a serious face and spoke so grandiosely, even more shameless than himself, a demon.
“I hope Senior will forgive me,” Lin Feng said seriously, bowing slightly to the demon again, polite and courteous, making the demon angry but unable to vent. In this critical moment, he could only let Lin Feng extort him.
“Fine, this time I will teach you a powerful movement technique. It was also created by an Emperor in ancient times, the Carefree Step Art from the Carefree Scripture. But you must promise me this is your last request,” the demon said with displeasure. Lin Feng’s pupils, however, contracted.
The Carefree Scripture. So it was the Carefree Scripture. It must be the ancient Carefree Scripture he and Tang Youyou had heard of in the secret realm. It contained an extremely powerful step technique. Lin Feng and Tang Youyou had even snatched a fragment of the movement technique from someone else. But now, what the Three Lives Emperor’s clone was teaching him would surely be the complete version of the Carefree Step Art, incomparable to a fragment. This filled Lin Feng with excitement, though he did not show it on his face, remaining calm.
“Thank you, Senior, for granting this wish. I promise this is the last request,” Lin Feng said slowly, stepping back slightly. As before, he opened his sea of consciousness and allowed the demon’s divine thought to invade. However, he activated the divine thought technique he had just cultivated, turning the tens of thousands of remnant souls into an ancient bell to guard his sea of consciousness. If the demon tried to erase his consciousness, he would have to break the bell first.
Fortunately, the demon did not do so. Instead, as before, his divine thought formed a body and directly imprinted the mark into Lin Feng’s sea of consciousness, teaching the Carefree Step Art from the ancient Carefree Scripture.
When the demon’s divine thought withdrew, Lin Feng examined the newly acquired memories and was overjoyed. It was indeed the Carefree Step Art, more comprehensive and profound than the step technique recorded on the page he had obtained. The Carefree Step Art cultivated by the Carefree Sect was nothing but an incomplete fragment, yet its power was already terrifying!
PS: Two chapters today, will make up for it tomorrow!