Eternal Life: I Can Harvest Demon Beast Talents

Chapter 199: Chapter 168: Marvelous Use of the Demon Technique, First Glimpse of Cruelty

Lin Changheng used both his Magical Power and Divine Sense to probe her, getting a clear picture of her condition.

Tantai Feiyue’s Magical Power foundation was decent—quite substantial, in fact, and it filled her Dantian. She must have used a considerable amount of resources.

The problem, however, was that her Magical Power was excessively impure—an obvious result of consuming a large variety of Elixirs.

When the time came, liquefying her Magical Power would be incredibly difficult.

This would obstruct her from breaking through the Mountain of Qi.

At the same time, the residual Pill Poison would cause her body to weaken and leak, draining her life essence. She would be unable to absorb an infusion of nature’s spiritual energy without it seeping out, making the Mountain of Essence difficult to break through as well.

There were two pieces of good news, however.

First, Tantai Feiyue had heeded Lin Changheng’s warning and hadn’t used a Tier Breakthrough Elixir. This meant she hadn’t prematurely exhausted her potential, preserving her hope of reaching Foundation Establishment.

Second, her progress in the Talisman Dao was quite rapid. She frequently practiced Talisman Painting, exhausting her mind and then recovering. This repetitive cycle had a tempering effect on her Divine Soul.

This would help her break through the Divine Mountain.

Even so, considering her Lower Grade Spirit Root, Lin Changheng estimated that Tantai Feiyue’s Foundation Establishment probability was no more than twenty percent.

If she rashly attempted it now, failure and severe injury were inevitable, and the probability of outright death was not low either.

Realizing this, Lin Changheng couldn’t help but frown.

This gave him a bit of a headache.

Giving her the Substandard Foundation Establishment Pill would only increase her chances by fifteen percent.

Even if he also gave her the Foundation Establishment Spiritual Object, her chances would only increase by a total of twenty-five percent.

This was the limit of what external aids could provide. Ultimately, one’s own foundation had to be solid for such items to be of any use.

But a forty-five percent chance in total, in the eyes of someone with Lin Changheng’s cautious nature, was practically synonymous with Foundation Establishment Failure.

But Lin Changheng was by no means heartless, and he genuinely had feelings for the female cultivator in his arms.

It’s said the path of cultivation is a ruthless one, and perhaps that’s true for those at the very peak, but this was only the Foundation Establishment Stage...

Lin Changheng genuinely felt there was no need to be all alone at a stage as early as Foundation Establishment.

Besides, if Tantai Feiyue managed to break through to Foundation Establishment, given her talent in the Talisman Dao, it wouldn’t be impossible for her to become a Tier Two Talisman Master.

She could be of considerable help to him as well.

With this in mind, he began to ponder possible solutions.

’If only the Nine-leaf Purple Ginseng I have was mature,’ he thought. ’I might be able to use that crowdsourced alchemy method again to refine a Genuine Foundation Establishment Pill. That would increase her chances a bit more.’

But that was just a wishful thought, not a realistic possibility.

Suddenly, an idea surfaced.

It made Lin Changheng’s heart instantly beat a little faster.

The Poison Transformation Demon Technique!

This technique had once purged the crimson powder from Xu Hanji’s body; perhaps it could also neutralize the Pill Poison within Tantai Feiyue.

It could help her Magical Power shed some of its impurities, remove the hidden blockages formed by the Pill Poison, and seal some of the deficiencies in her body.

Lin Changheng was a man of action and began at once.

He pressed a fingertip to the center of Feiyue’s back. The Poison Transformation Demon Technique slowly permeated her body, and the Clear Spirit Qi it generated began to wash through her.

"Mmmh..."

Tantai Feiyue, who had drifted to sleep from the dual impact of exhaustion and satisfaction, couldn’t help but stir at the strange sensation, letting out a soft moan.

「Fifteen minutes later.」

Lin Changheng discovered that the dormant, accumulated Pill Poison in her body was like snow meeting the sun when it encountered the Clear Spirit Qi from the Poison Transformation Demon Technique; it dissolved and was swept away.

He had already cleared out a significant amount!

’It’s working.’

Reassured, Lin Changheng continued to channel the Poison Transformation Demon Technique.

The process wasn’t fast. To eliminate it all would take at least a month, perhaps even longer.

But the fact that it worked was what mattered; the length of time was acceptable.

Before long, Tantai Feiyue slowly awoke. Noticing an unusual sense of comfort in her body, her languid, watery eyes looked up at her man in surprise.

"Don’t ask questions yet. Circulate your Qi Movement and Blood Circulation technique."

Shaking his head slightly, Lin Changheng withdrew his hand. He gave her instructions as a gentle push of his Magical Power lifted her into a meditative posture.

"Alright!"

Tantai Feiyue was no fool. She could feel that her body was much lighter and knew some kind of beneficial change was underway. Without the slightest hesitation, she did as he said.

Instantly, the Magical Power in her body began to surge, and her Qi and Blood circulated along with it, flowing faster through her Qi Veins and meridians.

’Good.’

Lin Changheng praised her internally, then placed his hand on the center of her back and once again activated the Poison Transformation Demon Technique.

This time, aided by the "tide" of her circulating Qi and Blood, Lin Changheng’s purifying Clear Spirit Qi flowed even more powerfully, working more efficiently and reaching deeper into her system.

All the Pill Poison it touched—new or old, stubborn or not—was washed away.

An hour later, Lin Changheng stopped, a look of satisfaction in his eyes.

At this rate, he could clear out ninety-five percent, if not all, of the Pill Poison in her body in less than half a month!

Naturally, the longer he channeled the Poison Transformation Demon Technique, the better the results would be.

The problem was that Lin Changheng had already used up half the Magical Power in his Dantian. Depleting it any further would leave him feeling vulnerable.

So, he decided to stop for the day and continue tomorrow.

Just as Feiyue had said, her deadline was still half a year away. There was no need to rush.

By then, her body would be purer and her Magical Power more refined. Her Foundation Establishment probability would increase by at least another fifteen percent.

Bringing the total to sixty percent!

Most ordinary Loose Cultivators would risk it all for a sixty percent chance.

Not everyone could be as thoroughly prepared as Lin Changheng himself had been, having polished his Essence, Qi, and Spirit to near Perfection, leaving no weaknesses.

Nor could they be like true geniuses with Celestial or Earth Spirit Roots, who had such a naturally high Foundation Establishment probability that success was practically guaranteed.