Demon Taming: Start by synthesizing a Lantern Ghost with Divine and Demonic Talents

Chapter 196: Sacrifice and Dragon Qi
Li Chunfeng officially took over the tribal shaman's scepter, and the seven-colored flames above his head burned brighter and brighter.

This extraordinary sight brought the entire tribe's sacrificial activities to a climax.

Amid cheers from the crowd, the new shaman was officially accepted.

Li Chunfeng also sorted out the information that appeared in his mind the moment he made eye contact with the mysterious being.

It was a bizarre sacrificial ritual.

This is a skill belonging to the spirit witch.

Li Chunfeng's involvement brought about a different change to the Dragon Horn Tribe's Fire Festival rituals this year.

With the return of Taiyi and Randeng, they also brought back a large amount of materials from the Abyss Giants.

Li Chunfeng, recalling the scene he had just witnessed, decided to try out the sacrificial ritual.

Nowadays, the sacrificial materials are readily available. The corpses are too fragmented, and even if they are brought back to the Earthly Realm, their value will be greatly reduced. So, let's be generous this time and use the corpses and crystal cores of the abyss monsters as offerings.

"The Dragonhorn Spirit Clan's priests probably never used more extravagant offerings than these."

When Li Chunfeng communicated with Jiao Xuan, Jiao Xuan heard that it was a sacrificial ceremony bestowed by the Dragon God, and immediately went all out to assist without saying a word.

Li Chunfeng then inscribed a sacrificial formation on the altar.

The offerings were placed on the altar within the array.

He raised his hands high, striking a pose befitting a shaman, and began the sacrificial ritual.

The flames churning over the hearth grew denser, forming a faintly visible dragon-shaped totem. Upon witnessing this, the tribespeople were all deeply moved and knelt in worship.

Li Chunfeng saw that the flames formed a vortex, which was filled with a strange power that seemed capable of causing everything to sink.

Immediately, the vortex of flames spread downwards, completely enveloping and swallowing the offerings.

At the same time, Li Chunfeng felt a sudden dizziness, and without any resistance, he experienced a moment of confusion, his consciousness being pulled into it.

This feeling was only momentary. When Li Chunfeng regained consciousness, he found himself in a chaotic space.

Beneath their feet was solid ground, and in front of them stood a massive, triangular altar surrounded by divine chains crackling with crimson lightning.

In the very center of the altar lay the corpse of a third-tier abyssal behemoth, the offering that had been presented earlier.

This space is somewhat different from the dark space that Long Mou saw when they made eye contact before, but the crimson divine chains are exactly the same.

He was pulled in without resistance, and although he was a little scared, he didn't sense any danger and knew that this was the final step of the sacrificial ritual.

He immediately began reciting the final sacrificial prayer, "...sacrifice!"
As the last two words were uttered, they seemed to become the supreme law in the altar space. In an instant, countless mysterious runes rose up on the entire altar, thick fog churned, and crimson lightning was mixed in.

After the fog dissipated, the altar was completely empty.

Three orbs of light appeared before him, from which he could choose one.

[Fortune] [Dragon Energy] [Inheritance]!
After a slight hesitation, Li Chunfeng chose the luck he was most familiar with.

A mysterious, seven-colored aura flew out from the altar and was suppressed by the broken jade disc as soon as it landed on his head.

The luck value was increasing rapidly, climbing from 680 to over 1,800 before stopping.

It increased by nearly 1,200 strands of luck, which is comparable to the gains from directly refining the soul of an abyss behemoth.

"If we sacrifice the soul of the abyss behemoth, how much fortune would we gain?"

Li Chunfeng couldn't help but think that way.

However, the soul of the abyssal behemoth can also aid the growth of the divine embryo, something that fortune cannot match.

Then, his eyes lit up and his consciousness returned to his body.

"Could that eye be the legendary Dragon God's Eye? The Spirit Realm truly lives up to its reputation as a Middle Thousand Great Realm comparable to the Earthly Realm. The waters of this realm run very deep."

After the sacrifice, Li Chunfeng returned with good fortune.

The flames in the hearth suddenly spread outwards, reaching above the heads of many more people.

Some of the flames landed on the young men and women, and Li Chunfeng clearly sensed that a special energy had awakened within them. Totem-like patterns began to appear between their eyebrows, then spread to their foreheads, faces, necks, torsos, and limbs... following a specific route to transport their qi and blood.

Some of the lucky children who have awakened their totems are seeing their aura grow at a visible rate.

This year, the number of teenagers who awakened totem power once reached more than 300.

Taiyi sniffed the air and gave Li Chunfeng a questioning look. "Master, their auras are somewhat similar to those of a true dragon?"

"Are you sure?"

"Hmm... I'm not quite sure either." Taiichi scratched his head, unsure.

After all, he has not yet transformed into a dragon; he is still a demon race with the bloodline of a true dragon.

Li Chunfeng's heart skipped a beat. "Could this be the 'dragon aura' that appeared in the sacrificial ceremony, one of the three items?"

Before the sacrificial ceremony ended, Li Chunfeng quickly sorted out the remaining second- and first-tier giant monsters with broken bodies to prepare for the sacrifice. There were over a thousand of them in total. He only kept some intact ones to sell in the Earthly Realm.

As piles of giant monster corpses were placed on the sacrificial array, cheers erupted from the crowd.

"Good luck!"

"Good luck!"

"Good luck!"

Li Chunfeng initiated the sacrificial ceremony again.

My consciousness went black, and I was pulled into the sacrificial space, where a familiar procedure was followed.

This time, Li Chunfeng chose [Dragon Qi]!
A dragon-shaped radiance flew over, and Li Chunfeng felt a heat between his brows, then felt nothing more.

"The source of power for the Spirit Race resides within their bloodline. When they are young and still immature, it remains dormant until one day, when the time is ripe, it will gradually awaken under the call of the fire. I am a pure human, and even if I have transformed into a Spirit Race being, I do not possess the essence of the Spirit Race, and therefore I do not have the power of my bloodline to awaken."

He offered sacrifice again, this time condensing the dragon energy into a ball, returning to reality, and casually swirling it onto Taiyi.

Flames immediately ignited above Taiyi's head, and Taiyi immediately sat down cross-legged to refine this dragon energy.

After a while, he jumped up and said, "Master, my progress in the 'Nine Transformations of the Dragon Scripture' is incredibly fast."

Li Chunfeng examined the incomplete jade disc.

[The Nine Transformations of the Dragon Sutra: The Third Transformation of the Dragon (11.3% → 15.2%)]

Characteristics: Bloodline inheritance, body refining techniques. Can transform into the body of a celestial dragon, soaring through the heavens and diving into the abyss.

"It worked for you after all; this has brought you this opportunity."

So many opportunities were found in such a small Dragonhorn Spirit Clan tribe. Li Chunfeng realized that not only the Dragonhorn Spirit Clan, but also many other spirit clans in the Spirit Realm were vast treasure troves waiting to be explored, and he couldn't wait to make his mark.

The Fire Festival ceremony ended amidst cheers, but the festival was far from over, with singing and dancing filling the village.

When men and women reach marriageable age, the girls display their graceful dance moves, while the men enthusiastically show off their physiques to their desired partners, each one resembling a monkey eagerly showing off its red bottom to woo a mate.

"So wearing brightly colored clothes has this meaning too."

From this day forward, Li Chunfeng officially took over the work of the tribe's shaman.

Jiao Xuan then laid down his burdens and spent his days wandering around the tribe, enjoying his old age.

The shaman holds the reincarnation of the totem; only the shaman can activate the totem imprint in the warriors' blood.

The totems of the Spirit Clan's beliefs are all revelations passed down from their ancestors.

Each spirit possesses immense potential, which represents bloodline and vital energy, while totems are the embodiment of mobilizing vital energy.

Without totems, Elven warriors cannot mobilize their vital energy and cannot unleash their full potential.

Similar to the fundamental techniques of the Earthly Realm.

Therefore, if the tribe's flame is extinguished, the totem warriors' strength cannot grow, forcing them to become wandering warriors. They either have to join a completely new tribe, be reintegrated into a new faith, and then pay a huge price to change their totem.

They either continue to wander until their strength diminishes and they eventually die in some corner of the wilderness.

This is also the choice of the vast majority of wandering warriors. If it were just a cultivation technique, they could simply change their cultivation method. However, when a cultivation technique is linked to faith, it is not so easy to give it up.

There are many types of spirit witches.

Skilled spirit shamans can refine demon cores from demonic beasts, transforming runic seeds into their own power, and thus wield magic. They are known as battle shamans, and their physiques are generally very strong. Larger tribes are capable of training battle shamans.

There are also poison shamans who are skilled in using poison, fortune shamans who can predict good and bad fortune, medical shamans who can heal injuries and illnesses, and blessing shamans who can buff warriors, and so on.

Many tribal shamans cannot specialize in just one skill; they often need to know a little bit of everything.

Looking at it this way, it seems that the Eldar have quite a few drawbacks.

However, the Spirit Race also has a clear advantage: they are born with innate talents and abilities derived from their bloodline.

For example, the Dragonhorn Spirit Clan's innate ability is amplification. If they are totem warriors, they amplify their physical strength, making even young people exceptionally powerful. If they are spirit sorcerers, they amplify their spiritual power. The stronger the bloodline, the greater the amplification.

Li Chunfeng didn't engage in any of the usual "new broom sweeps clean" tactics; a single sacrificial ceremony was enough to elevate his prestige to its peak.

He was the undisputed leader in the tribe.

But he still started with the most basic things.

Now his own fortune is linked to that of the Dragon Horn Clan; if the Dragon Horn Clan becomes powerful, his fortune will also increase.

Developing a tribe is also a form of self-cultivation.

The first task was to teach the children who had awakened their totems. Experienced totem warriors from the tribe would teach them how to use the power of the totems, while also having them practice the enlightenment meditation of the Earthly Realm.

Visualization techniques are naturally somewhat difficult for a Spirit Clan youth who has never attended school.

Once Li Chunfeng told the children that this was a cultivation method that would give them the opportunity to become shamans in the future, there was no need to supervise them anymore.

Secondly, he established schools in the tribe to impart various kinds of knowledge. He had literate elders teach all the children to read and write, and Taiyi taught them various etiquette and basic spiritual knowledge.

"A large clan must have its own rules, and etiquette must be learned!" Some elders in the tribe fully support this. If any child misbehaves, their parents will lift up their legs and give their bottoms a good spanking without the teacher even having to say anything.

Li Chunfeng's third action was to begin a comprehensive transformation of the Dragon Horn Tribe, starting with its basic environment.

The tribe was instantly transformed into a massive factory, demolishing the old stone houses one by one and beginning to build a new home from the inside out, following the plans transmitted from the Earthly Realm.

It even has energy lines installed, built entirely in the style of the Earthly Realm.

This process also greatly satisfied Li's hobby of stacking blocks.

This also allowed 'architectural skills' to shine. The entire tribe was united and thriving.

Li Chunfeng instructed Kaixuan to publicize the tribe's open policy, attract refugees from surrounding areas, and provide equal treatment to the tribe's inhabitants.

In fact, after news spread that the Dragonhorn tribe had killed a large group of attacking abyssal monsters on the day of the Fire Festival, the surrounding refugees and even the small tribes of Elven races had long been eager to join them. Now, hearing that the Dragonhorn tribe was recruiting people on a large scale, wandering Elven races came to the Dragonhorn tribe with their families every day.

The tribe's population is growing.

Seeing this change, Kai Xuan felt both gratified and under immense pressure.

Every additional person means one more mouth to feed, and the pressure on food supplies is undeniable.

These refugees may well include spies from other hostile tribes, but the shaman said "all comers will be accepted"!

a few days later.

Li Chunfeng disposed of all the corpses of these abyssal monsters intact, bringing them back to the Earthly Realm to sell to the Supreme Pill Dao Company in exchange for Fish-Dragon Grass.

The rest were sacrificed.

After the troll's soul was completely refined, and with the proceeds from the sacrifice, his fortune reached a total of 30,000.

This is still due to the consideration of 'dragon energy'; otherwise, there would be even more.

Li Chunfeng's Black Lotus Divine Embryo successfully completed the eighth refinement and entered the ninth refinement stage.

Within the Black Lotus Divine Embryo, a Yin Spirit has essentially taken shape, its divine soul gradually materializing, existing between the realm of illusion and reality. Once it emerges from its physical form and achieves true Yin Spirit status, it will be able to leave its body and travel freely, greatly enhancing the power of its divine soul and mental energy, while also unleashing half the strength of its physical body for physical attacks.

The Nine Refinements of the Divine Embryo are only one step away from the Yin Spirit's transformation.

This step is also the most difficult; a slight mistake could be fatal.

At the same time, this process cannot be done with the help of outside forces; everything must be done by oneself.

It should be understood that an egg broken from the outside is food, but an egg broken from the inside is life.

Life is the same.

External pressure brings challenges, while internal growth brings opportunities. If you wait for others to break you down from the outside, you're destined to become someone else's prey. If you break down from within, you'll find that your growth is akin to rebirth.

There are supposedly 60 million soul cultivators in the Earthly Realm, but among a thousand soul cultivators, there might not be even one Yin God Master.

The Yin Spirit Realm is a watershed moment in the cultivation of the soul; cultivators who wish to completely change their destiny can only rely on themselves.

The true meaning of life is to be your own ferryman.

Li Chunfeng was not in a hurry to let his soul break free of its shell. He continued to nurture it until it naturally emerged, which was the best option.

With a thought, he brought up the incomplete jade disc, specifically the [Deriving Method] section.

This time, Li Chunfeng did not deduce "Star Devouring" because 30,000 dao of luck was not enough to deduce the Xuan-level "Star Devouring - Nebula Body Refining Method".

Huang Jie's "Star Devouring - Stellar Body Refining Method" is sufficient for his current stage of cultivation.

He turned his attention back to spatial magic.

'Spatial perception', 'Void walking', and 'Shattering Void Blade' are all very helpful.

The entry for 【Derivation】 also includes high-level spells such as 'Mirror Flower Water Moon', 'Drawing a Circle on the Ground as a Prison', and 'Pocket Dimension'.

In addition, there are other earthly supernatural powers such as "Heaven and Earth in a Pot", "Taking Something Out of a Bag", "Space Wormhole", "Heavenly Vortex", and "Chaotic Revelation".

Li Chunfeng considered the current situation.

Ultimately, they chose to deduce a 'space wormhole'!
[Spatial Wormhole: A wormhole can be opened at any time within the same world, leading to a parallel, non-intersecting space, achieving instantaneous teleportation.]

'Void Walking' is a void escape technique, belonging to short-distance void instantaneous escape.

A 'space wormhole' is the real portal to anywhere, enabling instantaneous long-distance travel.

If the results are remarkable, perhaps we won't need to wait to refine the 'Heavenly Starship' to travel to the Eastern Continent and bring back Mosquito Daoist.

Earth Yuan Realm.

The annual Qingyun Ranking Competition has come to a close once again.

Unbeknownst to many, two years had passed since Li Chunfeng's generation.

New talents always surpass the old. Although there are still many people in the world of mountains and seas who have a deep memory of the glory of Li Chunfeng's era, it does not stop them from admiring this year's Qingyun Ranking.

Some people even compared the popularity of this year's Qingyun Ranking to that of Li Chunfeng's year.

This is because another outstanding talent emerged in this year's cohort.

He is a member of the Witch Spirit Clan.

He awakened the powerful ancestral witch Zhuo Jiuyin's talent, with a human face and snake body, his whole body was red, and his eyes were vertical.

With eyes open it's daytime, and with eyes closed it's nighttime; he has the supernatural power to control time.

He was unbeatable among his peers from the very beginning.

Almost everyone in the four great realms was talking about this young man named Zhuofan.

Many people even discussed him online, comparing him to Li Chunfeng, who shone in the previous two sessions, and left comments on Li Chunfeng's video account, which had not been updated for a long time.

Li Chunfeng was not in the Earthly Realm, so naturally he couldn't see it.

Lu Yun'er was still angry, so she took out a recording bead, edited the video quickly, and then uploaded a battle video.

It was Li Chunfeng who single-handedly confronted the third-tier abyssal behemoth, the Myriad-Erosion Demon Fish, and its subordinates in battle.

The battle was overwhelming, with endless clones, the powerful Stellar Transformation technique, and finally, a single blow killed the third-tier giant monster.

Those who saw it fell silent.

A third-tier abyssal behemoth, comparable to a sixth-tier being. This Thousand-Erosion Demon Fish was by no means weak, especially since it led such a large horde of behemoths, yet it couldn't hold out for long before being completely wiped out.

People have come to a conclusion.

Li Chunfeng, who had only been competing on the Qingyun Ranking for two years, had already reached the third level of cultivation and possessed the combat power of the sixth level!

What kind of genius can reach this level?

Countless of Li Chunfeng's peers, who had been quietly following him, became depressed after reading the article.

"The gap between us and him is widening!"

However, this video was only released for a short time before it mysteriously disappeared from the entire internet before it gained any traction.

Only the Celestial Court could achieve this level of skill.

Lu Yun'er then received a call from Dean Jiang Wei, who scolded her.

The exploration of the Spirit Realm is a secret mission, and it's not time to make it public yet.

Lu Yun'er felt somewhat wronged, but also extremely frightened, fearing that she might implicate Li Chunfeng. Fortunately, the video did not reveal much information.

In addition, Li Chunfeng has always disliked being in the public eye, so Lu Yun'er paid more attention to this aspect when editing the video.

“Originally, some tasks would not have fallen to them. Since Li Chunfeng is doing so well in the Spirit Realm, let’s give him the task of setting up the Star Guiding Array as well.”

Lu Yun'er redeemed herself by taking charge of liaising with Li Chunfeng.

When Li Chunfeng returned to Yuancheng, he learned of the incident. He was unconcerned and instead comforted the young girl.

The mission slip sent by Lu Yun'er was encrypted. Li Chunfeng used a special decryption method he learned during his special training to open the slip. After reviewing the mission details, he was astonished.

"So the plan for the Earthly Realm is this massive!"

Those who have truly infiltrated the Spirit Control Realm are far more than just these third-tier novices.

There are quite a few similar cases where teacher Qi Huaxuexia personally descended to the mortal realm.

They are the main force on this trip.

After accepting the task, Li Chunfeng knew that the matter was of great importance and that he could not act rashly.

Otherwise, if a huge commotion is triggered, the Dragon Horn Tribe, which has just begun to show signs of improvement, will be completely ruined.

"We need to think this through carefully!"

"Drip drop~"

Just as I was about to leave, a long-awaited message arrived.

Han Fan and his brother are finally online.

"I apologize, Fellow Daoist Li, I have been in seclusion recently, which has delayed your business."

"It's alright. Let's get straight to the point. I need the subsequent cultivation techniques. What do you need?"

“What I need most right now are spirit herb seeds… but we are separated by two realms and cannot teleport. I’ve heard that in the higher-level Abyss City, more worlds have merged together. I wonder if we can meet in the second-level Abyss City?”

"Fellow Daoist Han is so eager to enter the next level of Abyss City, it must mean that your strength has improved considerably and you are absolutely confident in entering the next level of Abyss City."

"...I still can't compare to Fellow Daoist Li, who finished the Foundation Establishment stage so quickly. Let's get back to the main topic. Although my permissions have been upgraded again, sending messages across realms is still quite expensive. I need fourth-tier pill formulas, whether for the Soul Path, Qi Path, or Body Refining Pills, it doesn't matter. Could you provide them, Fellow Daoist?"

Li Chunfeng was surprised. Could this person be like me, cultivating the three paths of body, qi, and spirit at the same time?
It seems they've truly risen to prominence!

Li Chunfeng naturally had made preparations for the items to be traded.

After thinking for a moment, he sent Han Fan four fourth-order pill formulas.

The two body-refining formulas are: one for Blood Refining Realm cultivation and the other a secret formula for Body Refining Soup. The two Soul Refining Formulas can be used to refine elixirs for Yin Spirit Realm cultivation.

After a while, Han Fan sent back a large amount of information: "Fellow Daoist is very generous. These pill formulas will be of great use to me. Thank you very much."

Then the broken jade disc vibrated a few times, and a new cultivation technique appeared.

[Nine Revolutions Chaotic Will Sword Body Technique: Thirty-sixth Level / Eighty-oneth Level]

Features: A divine and demonic body-refining method that can enhance one's sword-wielding spiritual root aptitude.

Li Chunfeng was overjoyed, "Now I can finally form my core!"

"Thank you for your help, fellow Daoist."

(End of this chapter)