Chapter 1298: Demon Hand
On a platform at the back mountain of the Qing family, Liu Ming, Qing Cong, and Qing Gu stood side by side. Liu Ming stood in the middle with Qing Cong and Qing Gu on his side.
The three of them stood silently, watching the scene of the rejoicing Qing Family’s cultivators in the Qing Family Manor ahead.
After a while, Qing Cong sighed and said.
“I never thought that I can witness our family overcoming the lifespan struggle in my lifetime. With Family Master Liu leading this family, the prosperity of my Qing Family will be just around the corner.”
“Elder Qing Cong, judging from your tone, it seems that you intend to retire?” Liu Ming said with a slight surprise.
“Hehe, with Family Master Liu and Elder Qing Gu overseeing the family, I’m at ease with the future of the family. As I said before when you came out of the Illusive Secret Realm, I don’t have much lifespan left, so I can only give it a go with the remaining lifespan.” Qing Cong said firmly with a flash in his eyes.
“Since that’s the case, I won’t stop Elder Qing Cong. From today on, Elder Qing Cong, feel free to cultivate in seclusion.” Liu Ming nodded.
“Thank you, Family Master Liu, for your understanding.” Qing Cong smiled slightly and cupped his fist to Liu Ming. Then, he turned into an escape light and flew toward a peak in the back mountain.
Qing Gu looked in the direction Qing Cong left. He couldn’t help being a little dazed.
“Brother Qing Gu, now that Elder Qing Cong is going to cultivate in retreat, I need your help in the affairs of the family.” Liu Ming’s calm voice sounded.
Qing Gu’s heart trembled. He retrieved his gaze quickly, cupped his fist, and said, “You’re being too polite, Family Master. These are my duties.”
“I’m relieved to have Elder Qing Gu’s promise. By the way, Ancestor Mo Tian left some notes about the cultivation of the Heavenly Illusive Technique in the Middle Sky Continent’s demon family. Unfortunately, I’m not specialized in illusion, so it’s useless for me. I will give it to Elder Qing Gu today.” Liu smiled lightly and handed over a green jade slip to Qing Gu.
Qing Gu was startled when he heard Liu Ming’s words. He hesitantly took the jade slip and read it with Divine Thought.
After a while, an ecstatic look appeared on Qing Gu’s face. He bowed to Liu Ming and said,
“Thank you for the generous gift, Family Master. Qing Gu will remember the favor deep in my heart. In the future, if you have any order, I, Qing Gu, will execute it without any hesitation.”
The cultivation insights recorded in the jade slip were important to him. Every single word pointed to the cultivation origin of the Heavenly Illusive Technique. With these cultivation experiences and the Three Illumination Water, Qing Qu was guaranteed to break through to the Celestial State later stage within a hundred years.
“Okay, I’m relieved when you say that. Although I’m the Qing Family Master now, I really don’t want to manage the family affairs. I will leave these matters to you.” Liu Ming said plainly.
“Understood. Don’t worry, Family Master Liu.” Qing Gu hastily agreed.
“Also, here are two lists of materials. I need the items listed urgently. Get the members of the Qing Family to collect them at all costs. No matter how much demonic crystal it costs, we must strive to obtain them.” Liu Ming handed over 2 jade slips to Qing Gu and said with a solemn face.
Qing Gu was stunned. He hurriedly took the jade slip and scanned it with Divine Thought before taking a slight breath.
The lists on the 2 jade slips were all rare items. Some were even legendary items, which were hard to come by.
“Treat this matter as the top priority for the Qing Family from now on. If you encounter difficulties in finding those items, you can come to me at any time.” Liu Ming added after giving it some thought.
“Got it!” Qing Gu trembled in his heart and hurriedly agreed.
The two chatted casually for a few moments before Qing Gu left.
“Being able to recognize one’s strengths and weaknesses and utilize talents, it seems that you are quite suitable for wielding power.” Mo Tian’s figure appeared next to Liu Ming in a flash.
“I’m just copying what the others did. Let’s not talk about this. I have already taken control of the Qing Family according to your strategy. However, the materials needed to refine the demonic body are too difficult to find. I’m afraid even if I use all power of the Qing Family, I still can’t find all the materials.” Liu Ming changed the subject.
“Don’t worry about it. Slowly improve the strength of the Qing Family. I noticed that 2 members of the Qing Family have attained the Real Pellet State perfect stage. I have a set of techniques that is compatible with the Heavenly Illusive Technique. It can increase their chances of advancing to the Celestial State. As for the materials to forge the demon body, it doesn’t matter if you can’t find them. I know there is a place having the materials I need to forge the demon body.” Mo Tian’s eyes flashed.
“Where is that place?” Liu Ming asked with a hint of surprise.
“You don’t need to worry about this right now. Your priority right now is to cultivate to the Celestial State intermediate stage as soon as possible.” Mo Tian replied with a strange face as if he wanted to avoid answering this.
Liu Ming sneered in his mind without asking more, then he returned to his cave house.
Although Liu Ming was the family master, he still lived in the previous cave house.
Now that the family affairs had settled down, Liu Ming had to redirect his thoughts into his cultivation.
Liu Ming’s current cultivation had reached the bottleneck of the Celestial State early stage. With the cleansing effect of the Three Illumination Water, his spiritual power became more refined. If he wanted to increase the chance of advancing to the Celestial State intermediate stage, the best approach now was to improve his mental power.
Liu Ming returned to the cave house, took out a thick book, and began to study it carefully.
This was the information about Tuo Zang Mountain Range that Liu Ming asked Qing Gu to collect. He could see the distribution of demonic beasts in the Tuo Zang Mountain Range.
At this moment, a black light flew out from Liu Ming’s sleeve and settled on his shoulder. It was the Soul Absorb Voodoo.
“Little guy, it’s time for you to do some work.” Liu Ming gently stroked the head of the Soul Absorb Voodoo and said lightly.
A few days later, a black escape light quietly flew out of Qing Family and headed toward Tuo Zang Mountain Range.
Apart from Qing Gu, no one in the Qing Family knew that Liu Ming had quietly left.
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Time flew by quickly. In the blink of an eye, more than a hundred years had pa.s.sed since Liu Ming became the Qing Family Master.
During this period, under the lead of Liu Ming, the power of the Qing Family soared higher in the Middle Sky Continent. The 2 Real Pellet State later stage demons had successfully condensed the nature aspect and advanced to the Celestial State.
As such, the Qing Family, including Qing Cong who was still in seclusion, had a total of 5 Celestial State cultivators.
In addition, countless new members advanced to the Crystallization Period and Real Pellet State. The power of the family had greatly increased.
Among them, Qing Gu advanced to the Celestial State later stage more than 10 years ago with the help of the cultivation insights provided by Liu Ming and Three Illumination Water.
Under Mo Tian’s guidance, Liu Ming used Soul Absorb Voodoo to enhance mental power, then he continuously soaked in Three Illumination Water to improve the purity of spiritual power. Liu Ming also advanced to the Celestial State intermediate stage a few years ago.
The previously low-key Qing Family entered the list of the top families in Zang State. Liu Ming, who had only been the Qing Family Master for more than a century, gained a great reputation with his far superior strength compared to those of the same level.
In the Qing Family Manor, in a secret underground cave far away from the main hall, a black ball of mist composed of dense demonic qi was slowly rotating.
Below the black mist ball, there was a hexagonal array of more than 60 meters in size. The array was surrounded by densely packed purple-black crystals, which exuded wisps of black silk-like mist continuously. The mist intertwined into black chains and submerged into the black mist ball above.
Liu Ming sat cross-legged in front of the array. He squinted his eyes and stared ahead with full concentration.
A low-pitched incantation sounded faintly from his mouth. Liu Ming made gestures with both hands and launched symbols from time to time.
The surface of the hexagonal array was engraved with various complex runes. After the symbols were submerged into the array, the array flashed. Countless dense black runes emerged and started bouncing.
Suddenly, all the black chains shook. A strange whinning sound came from the black mist ball, echoing in the sky.
It was a small piece of crystal clear hand bone that was entangled with black chains.
The black patterns on the surface of the hand bone flashed. A mini white figure about a foot in size emerged, screamed in horror, and struggled desperately. However, under the restraint of the black chains, the figure failed to escape.
The true demon imprint on Liu Ming’s forehead flashed. A palm-sized rune flew out of the imprint and disappeared into the mini white figure in a flash.
The mini white figure wailed and hid into white hand bone again.
Then black and white spiritual lights appeared on the surface of the hand bone. Under the spiritual light, countless flesh buds wriggled and grew crazily. A palm took shape in a blink of an eye.
The flesh buds only stopped growing when they reached the wrist.
Then, black scales appeared on the surface of the palm. Circles of demonic patterns were engraved on the shiny surface.
At this moment, a black shadow emerged from Liu Ming’s body.
It was Mo Tian.
As soon as Mo Tian appeared, his face showed fanaticism. He turned into a black light and submerged into the black-scaled palm.
“Bang bang bang!”
The black chains that wrapped around the palm dissipated one by one, then the black-scaled palm clenched a few times, looking quite agile.
“Not bad. Even though it is only a small part of the demon body, it gives me a feeling of being reborn.” Mo Tian’s voice came from the palm.
“After collecting materials for so long, I can finally condense this palm. The cost is quite hefty.” Seeing this, Liu Ming stood up and looked at the black-scaled palm flying back and forth in mid-air, showing a hint of distress.
It took so many years for the entire Qing Family to gather the materials to condense this small part of the demon body. The demonic crystals consumed by the array alone were nearly tens of millions.
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