Su Xi smiled and said, "Do you feel like you don't want to practice magic now? It's too late."
Shi Hao asked: "Too late?"
Su Xi said: "Yes, you now have both the Immortal Ice Art and the Mysterious Charm. Whether you like it or not, you are now practicing both the Tao and the Devil. More importantly, Tao and the Devil cannot coexist, and they are now in your body, just in balance.
"But if your Taoist foundation continues to improve, while your Demonic foundation stagnates, then the Taoist internal force will destroy the Demonic power in your body without any scruples. In that case, you will surely die, and vice versa. Why, didn't your little wife tell you this just now?"
Shi Hao said: "In other words, I must improve both techniques at the same time?"
Su Xi said: "That's right. Once your Taoism foundation is upgraded to the seventh level, your Demonic foundation must also be upgraded within at least three days. Otherwise, you will die suddenly or become disabled. Hehehe!"
Shi Hao smiled and said, "I understand!"
The Fire Charm Girl tilted her face to the other side: "You don't care?"
Shi Hao sighed and said self-deprecatingly: "If I cared, could I change anything?"
The Fire Charm Girl chuckled, "Of course nothing can be changed. By the way, since your little wife taught you the Six Styles of Immortal Power, I can't keep it to myself. I have a set of 'Broken Veins and Burning Heart Finger' and 'Soul Chasing and Soul Locking Step', which can be used in conjunction with the Mysterious Charm.
"In addition, there is a unique secret method called 'Evil Shadow Disguise'. It can use magic to control and change the muscles of the face, so that you can change your appearance appropriately, making it impossible for others to recognize you at a glance.
"Since you are now practicing both magic and magic, perhaps you can use the two sets of foundations that exist in your body at the same time, which are supposed to be incompatible, to do something unexpected."
Next, Shi Hao began to learn the Heart-Burning Finger, Soul-Chasing and Soul-Locking Steps, and the Evil Shadow Disguise Technique from the Fire Charm Girl.
Different from the "Six Styles of Immortal Power", the "Cutting Veins and Burning Heart Finger" does not have any specific moves, but a large number of luck techniques. It is called a method, but it can also be applied to knife and sword techniques.
There is a knife in his hand, which is the Heart-breaking Knife.
There is a sword in his hand, which is the Sword of Cutting Off Meridians and Burning Hearts.
The Soul-Chasing and Soul-Locking Step is a unique light skill that can lock onto the enemy's energy. Its power is even greater when combined with the Heart-Severing and Heart-Burning Finger.
"Yes, you learn very quickly!" After Shi Hao learned them all, the Fire Charm Girl smiled and said, "It seems that you are really talented in martial arts. You really deserve to be our man."
The Fire Charm Girl said, "Remember, you must practice the Mysterious Charm Art to its peak before you can start advancing to the seventh level. If you haven't practiced the Mysterious Charm Art to its peak and you rashly advance to the next level, you will not be able to fully absorb the magic source needed to advance to the seventh level."
"If that happens, there is a high chance that you will go astray. Although many people become more powerful after going astray, your soul and mind will be eroded by the evil spirits, and you will gradually become a different person."
"As for the ceremony required to advance to the seventh level, in addition to one hundred living souls, an extremely yin land is also required..."
She began to teach Shi Hao the rituals for advancing to the seventh level, and also taught him some odd and ends of the magic sect's secret techniques that might come in handy. These techniques were strange and bizarre, but also amazing.
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"The main ingredients are one Great Cold Peony Bud, one Water Moon Wonderful Lotus, and three Lihuo Tian Leaves. The auxiliary ingredients are three liang of borneol, two liang and seven qian of Kitano Chrysanthemum, and three liang of Bingshi Teng..." Shi Hao wrote down the immortal recipe written by Fairy Shengxuan.
The other things were easy to talk about, but he had never even heard of the Great Cold Peony Buds, the Water Moon Lotus, and the Fire Heavenly Leaves.
The paper also wrote about the method of alchemy, but Shi Hao had never tried it before and was not sure whether he could really make a seventh-grade elixir even if he found these things.
Fairy Shengxuan stood ten feet away and said, "If there is still something you don't understand, you can come back later and I will teach you."
Shi Hao was surprised and asked, "Can I come here again?"
Fairy Shengxuan glanced at Su Xi on the other side. Su Xi smiled and said, "At this point, there is nothing to hide. Besides, we are counting on him to help us out after he advances to the fourth rank."
Fairy Shengxuan continued to look at Shi Hao and said, "After you leave, you will find a small gray stone. The stone is round, perfectly round, and you will know it at a glance. It is placed on a pillar. You wait beside it and wait for it to fall off by itself, then you can take it away.
"That stone is called Jade Purity Stone. Every day, you need to expose it to the sun for half an hour and the moon for half an hour. It doesn't matter if it's a rainy day. Just place it in the open air and it will absorb the essence of the sun and the moon.
"It is the medium for entering this Yuanshi Cave Heaven. As long as it is a full moon night, you put your spiritual consciousness into the stone, and we will naturally be able to sense you and take you in."
The Fire Charm Girl said with a grin, "Don't ever lose that Jade Purity Stone. If you lose it, we won't forgive you one day when we get out."
Fairy Shengxuan said calmly: "In addition, the passage of time in Yuanshi Cave Heaven is completely different from the outside world. It is located at the beginning of yin and yang, outside of heaven and earth. You will understand this after you go out."
The Fire Charm Girl threw him a coquettish look and said with a smile: "Your little wife and I are waiting for you here, don't let us down."
Fairy Shengxuan said coldly: "Even if we are both his wives, you can only be his mistress."
The Fire Charm Girl smiled sweetly and said, "That's not up to you."
Fairy Shengxuan raised her eyebrows and snorted, "That's not up to you."
Then, the two of them stared at Shi Haolai together.
Shi Hao was startled and quickly bowed to them: "Madams, you have the final say, you have the final say..." He didn't dare to take this job at all.
The Fire Charm Girl laughed and said, "Coward!"
Fairy Shengxuan glanced at Shi Hao and said softly, "Send him out!"
Two girls were seen flying into the air. Fairy Shengxuan was dressed in fluttering white and looked stunningly beautiful, while the Fire Girl was charming and lovely with a natural allure.
A chilly chill emanated from the area surrounding the Saint Xuan Fairy, and blazing flames emanated from the area surrounding the Fire Charm Girl.
They looked at each other and attacked each other with all their strength. The icy air and the flames collided. Although Shi Hao already had the foundation of an eighth-grade warrior and practiced both Taoism and magic, he still felt that the earth-shaking atmosphere made his scalp tingle.
With a swish, a crack appeared in the bursting mysterious energy. Fairy Shengxuan and Fire Charm Girl shouted at the same time: "Go!"
Shi Hao activated his internal strength and with a whoosh, he broke through the space crack that was wide enough for only one person to pass through.
Shi Hao flew out from the black and white crack. The light flashed and disappeared, and he fell into darkness.
He took a deep breath, waved his hand, and a ray of fire appeared in his palm.
With the help of the firelight, he found himself in a mysterious palace underground.
Ye Ziyin and Su Xi had disappeared. He saw bronze walls carved with mysterious patterns all around him. In front of him, there was a stone platform with a stone pillar on it. On the pillar there was actually a round stone.
The boulder is about the size of a pigeon egg and is round like a ball.
Shi Hao knew that this was the "Jade Purity Stone" mentioned by Fairy Shengxuan.
With the fireworks in his hand, he stood in front of the stage and waited. Not long after, a soft crisp sound came from the Yuqing Stone.
He didn't know what the two women in Yuanshi Cave Heaven did, but he actually saw the Jade Purity Stone falling from the stone pillar.
Shi Hao quickly reached out and caught it. The Jade Clear Stone fell into his hand. It looked like an ordinary gray-white stone, but its extremely round shape made it look different.
It is a very wonderful impression, as if when you see it for the first time, you can feel that there is nothing else in the world that can be so perfect and round.
This underground bronze palace began to shake.
Shi Hao didn't dare to stay any longer, and he used the Soul-Chasing Step. His figure was like a phantom, and he flew out rapidly with a mysterious flame.
As soon as I got outside, heavy rain poured down, and with a boom, lightning streaked across the sky, illuminating the night sky.
Shi Hao looked back and saw that the mysterious bronze hall collapsed with a loud bang. Layers of earth and rocks rolled in and swallowed it.
As Shi Hao ran, he thought: "Why is it still late at night and raining heavily outside?"
Shi Hao clearly felt that he had stayed in Yuanshi Cave Heaven for many days, but when he came out, he encountered the familiar rainstorm and the familiar late night.
Lightning flashed across the sky, rain fell heavily, and thunder roared.
Thunderbolts fell from the sky, shining brightly, as if bringing unprecedented changes to this darkness.
The stunning moment illuminates the world—
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Chapter 8: Hidden Dragon Emerges from the Abyss
The heavy rain hit the collapsed land temple, crackling and splashing dense water.
The temple wall was shattered into bricks and stones, scattered all over the ground. Not far away, a burly figure as tall as two people was staggering, covered in blood.
Taoist Lan He was covered in blood and wounds. There were several corpses lying around him, all with broken bones, having died from his divine power.
However, Zhao Haisong and the "Rat and Bat Evils" only fought around him and did not confront his divine power head-on.
"I don't know what you're fighting for!" Zhao Haisong sneered disdainfully, "Just to save two useless children, you're going to become an enemy of the imperial court and even ruin your own life."
Taoist Lan He roared, "Scum!" He punched out with a huge fist from above, smashing down on Zhao Haisong's head, and raindrops flew around the fist.
Zhao Haisong held a goose-feather knife in his hand, and his figure flashed away in the rain like a fish.
The Ghost Hook Rat and the Knife-Winged Bat, two of the two evil rats and bats, attacked at the same time, one hook and one knife, breaking through the air from both sides and landing on the back of Taoist Lan He.
Even with the divine power protecting him, Taoist Lan He was still staggering in the splattering blood.
Finally, a cold light flashed on his body, and he returned to his original appearance. He was no longer the burly figure that was two people tall. The criss-crossing wounds on his body seemed to have found many cracks at this moment, and blood was spurting out.
Taoist Lan He's robe was torn, but he was still furious. He turned around and punched the Ghost Hook Rat.
The knife-winged bat beside him laughed, and with a flash of knife light, Taoist Lan He's arm fell to the ground.
With a swish, Zhao Haisong's goose-feather knife pierced into Taoist Lan He's ribs and came out from his chest. He then quickly pulled it back, and blood spurted out like a column.
Taoist Lan He stumbled and threw himself towards Zhao Haisong regardless of everything, trying to strangle Zhao Haisong's throat with his other hand.
Zhao Haisong chopped off his other hand with another blow, kicked him to the ground, sneered and pointed the knife at his throat with contempt: "Do you have any last words to say?"
In the storm, Taoist Lan He gasped: "You, you barbarian court lackeys, sooner or later, you will not be well..."
With a flash of the knife, Zhao Haisong cut his throat and watched him with disdain as he took his last breath.
Ghost Hook Rat waved the black iron hook and said with a smile: "This guy is quite tough."
Zhao Haisong sneered and said, "You are overestimating your own abilities and are seeking your own death." He bent down and fumbled in Taoist Lan He's arms. Soon, he took out a tiger-shaped talisman stone.
Turning back, he saw the Rat and Bat twins staring at the talisman stone in his hand. Zhao Haisong smiled and said, "Don't worry, I won't monopolize this magic weapon, but there is only one magic weapon, and it's not easy to share it among three people. After we catch the two kids, we will estimate the price of it and divide it among the three of us."
The blade-winged bat smiled and said, "Brother Zhao is very loyal. We can trust him."
Ghost Hook Rat laughed and said, "Let's catch those two kids first. Hehe, that girl is quite pretty."
The three of them turned their backs to the body lying on the ground and rushed forward. Guigoushu cursed, "Damn, this rotten weather. The rain was light just now, but now it's getting heavier."
Their clothes were soaked. There were lightning and thunder in the sky. In the distance, thunderbolts streaked down from the night sky, illuminating the world. On the other side, the deep pit was so dark that even the light from the lightning could not fill it. It seemed as if a demon shadow would crawl out of the pit at any time.
After running for a while, they found two bodies lying on the ground. One of them was a constable from the Six Gates that they brought with them, and the other was one of the four warriors who came with Taoist Lan He.
The man's body was covered with wounds, almost no part of his body was intact. He glared with anger and stabbed the constable's chest with an iron knife. The fatal blow was beyond the constable's expectation, so that even though the constable had many companions to help him, he was unable to escape this desperate gamble.
Zhao Haisong couldn't help but said, "A bunch of trash."
He continued forward, running more than ten feet in the rain, and saw the body of another warrior. He ran for a while and saw the third warrior also fell to the ground.
Both of them were hacked to pieces, but even so, one could still see the unyielding anger frozen on their faces, from which even rain could not wash away the blood.
Zhao Haisong cursed: "These desperate criminals are really a bunch of idiots. They fought like this for two useless children."
He couldn't understand what these people were thinking, he just thought they were extremely ridiculous.
Ghost Hook Rat laughed and said, "Three of them are dead, and there is only one left beside the two children. It seems we don't need to take any action... uh." His voice suddenly paused.
They talked as they moved forward, and in the blink of an eye, they had flown over ten feet and saw a dead body lying on the ground. It was the constable from the Six Gates they had brought with them.
The constable fell to the ground, his face full of shock.
Zhao Haisong squatted down and saw that there were no injuries on other parts of the body except for a bloody hole on the forehead. The skin at the hole was a strange charred black color, as if it had been burned by fire.
Zhao Haisong asked: "What kind of skill is this?"
The blade-winged bat said, "It looks like the martial arts of the Demon Sect."
Zhao Haisong stood up and ran forward with the two evil rats and bats. Soon, another corpse appeared, and it was still one of their people who died.
I saw this man covering his throat with both hands, no blood was flowing out from between his fingers, his face was distorted and full of fear.
Zhao Haisong pulled his hand away and saw another charred hole, which was not big.
The corpse just now had a hole in its forehead with blood oozing out, but this man was just ugly and charred, without a single drop of blood oozing out.
Ghost Hook Rat said: "What a weird fingering technique!"
Zhao Haisong frowned, stood up, and ran away. Soon, they saw two more bodies.
The two bodies fell together.
Zhao Haisong ignored the two fallen bodies of the constables, stepped over them and moved forward.
A thunderbolt flashed in the air, illuminating the cliff ahead. They saw a tall figure with his back to them and his head raised facing the cliff, standing still.
From the back, it was a young man, shirtless, with his shirt tied around his waist.
There were four bodies lying beside him. The last few people Zhao Haisong brought with him also died here.
Further down the cliff, the hunted girl and boy were huddled together, one on each side, supporting a middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man was also covered in blood, with a knife stuck in his abdomen and chest. It was obvious that he would not live long.
Their eyes also turned to the young man.