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

Chapter 98: The Second Soul Aperture Opens, the Six-Winged Spotted Mosquito
A market outpost in the desolate wasteland.

Li Chunfeng would naturally not cultivate in such a poorly protected place.

After booking a room, they opened a portal and entered Yuan City.

Upon entering the blessed land, silently recite the calming mantra several times, and then enter a state of spiritual tranquility.

Wild beasts roam the wasteland, causing widespread ferocity. Every so often, the government has to spend enormous sums to exterminate entire groups to prevent the beasts from escaping the secret realm. Therefore, the government maintains an open attitude towards adventurers venturing into the wasteland.

Li Chunfeng's massacre will allow him to accumulate at least two Earth-rank magic seeds.

More importantly, the lamp has been upgraded two levels, which is enough to support its master without significantly diminishing its own strength.

[Burning Lamp]: Yaksha Level 7 (Tier 3)
Soul assimilation rate: 31%.

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After reciting the calming mantra more than ten times.

Li Chunfeng also felt that his spirit was full and his body was becoming stronger. His soul was also being nurtured and strengthened. So he sat still and began to practice the visualization method in the Black Lotus Sutra of the Turbid World.

Close your eyes, calm your mind, and focus your thoughts on the black lotus.

The endless darkness and the mysteries of heaven and earth transformed into rays of light, shining down and penetrating my mind inch by inch.

A series of illusions followed.

A gentle breeze stirred, and the water remained undisturbed. He seemed to sit on a calm, still mountain lake, surrounded by an elegant and pristine environment. The morning mist rising from the lake made him appear like an immortal standing amidst the turbid world. The gentle breeze caressed his entire body, and a pure aura emanated from his pores, making him feel as if he were floating on air.

"What an amazing illusion!"

This illusion truly reflected Li Chunfeng's current state of mind—he was about to make great progress in his cultivation and was feeling somewhat elated.

The stronger one's spiritual power, the stronger the various illusions and demons one can visualize will be.

Because these illusions are themselves manifestations of one's own thoughts.

The more profound the cultivation method, the closer one gets to the origin of the rules, and the fiercer and more powerful the counterattacks from illusions during visualization practice become.

And this was only the Burning Lamp Realm. He couldn't even imagine what kind of powerful illusions would arise if he reached a higher realm. Li Chunfeng finally understood that with each realm he advanced, the Black Lotus Scripture of the Turbid World became ten times more difficult to cultivate.

The stronger the god, the stronger the demon.

Mastering the stick, but aiming for the yard!
No wonder no one throughout history has been able to achieve the Yang God status using the "Black Lotus Sutra of the Turbid World".

Fortunately, he was already used to it, and in the small inner world, the inner lamp was always lit, so the illusions did not invade.

No matter how powerful the illusion, it will be severely weakened after being illuminated by the light of the heart's lamp. He can now deal with the rest with ease.

Li Chunfeng conjured up a black lotus in his mind, standing alone in the world, existing eternally.

Let the winds blow from east, west, north, or south, I remain steadfast and unmoved.

"Give back!"

As soon as the thought arose, a vast surge of soul light rushed in, and the mysteries of the Earth-rank, high-grade Divine Soul Path were once again fully revealed before his eyes.

Behind him emerged an infinitely vast phantom of a soul-devouring beast, its long tail piercing straight into the chaotic void.

In the small inner world, the mysterious purple talisman representing the Path of Soul Devouring reappears.

Using the technique of 'Mind's Eye' to observe secretly, the purple talisman vaguely conjured up the image of a divine soul millstone deep within his mind, devouring and crushing all divine souls, returning them to their origin. It then transformed into soul light, soul breath, and the light of innate spirit, nourishing his own divine soul.

A flood of insights surged into his mind, giving him a clearer understanding of the structure of a cultivator's soul. He also gained a complete understanding of the process of refining the nature of the soul, raising its level, and ultimately cultivating a Yin spirit and engaging in astral projection.

The immense spiritual energy brought by the burning lamp was continuously refined, and black lotuses bloomed on the Heavenly Pool. The progress of the "Black Lotus Sutra of the Turbid World" was also rapidly increasing.

His spiritual thoughts surged wildly, reaching 150,000, 160,000, 180,000...

Heart Lamp, Soul Devourer, Soul Fireball, Psychic Shield, Psychic Fist, Ghostly Shadow Escape, Phantom Clone, Beacon Fire and Wolf Smoke—all sorts of magical runes left a deeper imprint on his soul.

Some runes remain ineffective, while others have taken root and are rapidly growing stronger.

For example, the Heavenly Lamp of the Heart is the earliest talent to be mastered.

It became the most loyal guardian beacon within his divine realm.

In addition, the psychic shield is a spell rune that both sides possess, but different individuals, even if they have the same spell, will have different rune meanings.

This time, the connection was clearly achieved, and with each rise in power, the rune belonging to Li Chunfeng was rapidly being completed and its power increased.

His second Heavenly Rank spell was completed.

The telekinetic fist followed closely behind, taking root and sprouting completely.

Li Chunfeng's own soul-based spells, such as the Void Great Handprint, Invisibility of Will, and Battle Will Body, have also made great progress.

All sorts of rules and runes appeared one by one, colliding together to create profound sparks.

However, Li Chunfeng's main attention was not on these runes. His life-soul lamp was now completely perfected, and under the influence of the powerful divine soul energy, he immediately felt a surge of vitality.

He immediately began to practice the Black Lotus Sutra of the Turbid World, mobilizing his soul power and condensing the profound Soul-Tethering Seal.

The soul is the root of the spirit, and the spirit is the branch and leaf of the soul. The spirit cannot live without life, and life cannot flourish without the spirit; this is "destiny".

The three souls reside in the spirit, while the seven spirits reside in the material world. Just as after a person dies, the heavenly soul returns to heaven, the earthly soul returns to the underworld, and the life soul lingers in the grave. The seven spirits dissipate, and the life soul departs, thus ending a life.

The Heavenly Soul and Earthly Soul are often outside, while only the Life Soul resides inside the body.

At this moment, he used his life soul to guide the earth soul back to its place. He didn't know how much time had passed, but suddenly, he felt a sense of fulfillment of fate and cause and effect welling up in his heart. The earth soul had returned to his body.

With a whoosh, the Earth Soul Lamp blazed brightly.

Li Chunfeng suddenly felt a warm, yang energy throughout his body.

The pressure of the divine soul was increasing further, and the power coefficient of the divine soul's mental energy was also increasing accordingly.

This was his peak condition, the strongest he had ever been in. With everything prepared, Li Chunfeng immediately unleashed his full power, channeling the divine soul energy of the Earth Soul Realm, and charged fiercely towards the second soul aperture barrier.

With a soft "pop," the previously incredibly resilient Soul Aperture Boundary was instantly breached, creating an open passage.

Finally, the inner world of the small inner realm and the second soul aperture were connected and opened up.

In other words, Li Chunfeng is now able to form a contract with his second natal demon pet.

After a moment, he slowly calmed his mind and awoke from his meditation, immediately feeling that the space around him was different.

As the Earth Soul Lamp was lit, he seemed to be one step closer to heaven and earth. In the past, there was a thin membrane separating him from the world, but now that membrane was gone.

This is the function of the Earth Soul, representing a person's talent for communicating with heaven and earth.

At the same time, the Earth Soul also determines a person's intelligence, wisdom, and reaction speed. Everyone's endowment is different; some are born mentally challenged, while others are born with divine abilities. This endowment comes from the Earth Soul.

With his soul ignited in the Realm of Ignition, his wisdom will only increase. His grades in the fundamental subjects that have been troubling him will undoubtedly improve significantly, and at least his alchemy teacher will no longer need to worry about his exam results.

At the same time, his lifespan also increased further.

A Taoist book called "Taishang Chu San Shi Jiu Chong Bao Sheng Jing" describes the method of "refining the yang soul to control the yin spirit". It says that those who study Taoism should follow the spirit to control the corpse spirit, use yang to eliminate yin, let the soul refine the spirit, and gradually reduce the yin impurities. This is the way to longevity.

With his life soul, earth soul, and seven spirits united as one, he could easily live to be 250 years old without any problems, barring any additional calamities.

Through the communication of consciousness with the incomplete jade disc, golden, shimmering characters appeared in my mind:
【Black Lotus Sutra of a Turbid World - Level Two: 5 (666/5000)】

Characteristics: The Black Lotus Undying Soul, the Three Souls and Seven Spirits Combined, Divine Thought Transformed into Divine Consciousness, Condensing the Black Lotus Divine Embryo.

[Burning Lamp]: Yaksha Level 5 (Tier 3)
Soul assimilation rate: 56%.

……

This time, the lamp was directly downgraded by two levels.

Li Chunfeng's spiritual power had reached 180,000 strands.

The assimilation rate of the soul orifice increased by 25% in one go.

As expected, continuous feedback caused significant damage to the soul aperture. At this point, the boundary was already very thin. Although there was still 44% assimilation potential left, if he continued to provide feedback recklessly, the assimilation potential might increase by 30 or 40 points instantly, or even be completely assimilated.

The later the stage, the faster the assimilation rate increases.

This is why 50% becomes the critical point for assimilation.

Under normal circumstances, it is most reasonable for cultivators to complete a reciprocal act of giving back within a period of at least several years or even longer.

Where else would someone like Li Chunfeng initiate the act of giving back to his family three times in a single year?

For some cultivators, nurturing and advancing their natal demonic pets is extremely difficult, and they may never receive any support or guidance in their entire lives.

It is only because the Burning Lamp Realm improves so rapidly that this problem is not caused.

Fortunately, Li Chunfeng had made preparations in advance.

Take out the 'Emperor's Dew'.

This is a crystal-clear liquid, like shooting stars in the starry sky, containing boundless vitality.

A single drop of Emperor's Dew can awaken the intelligence of demons in the Demon Realm, increasing the wisdom of the demon race; it is also a rare and precious treasure.

Li Chunfeng drank the Emperor's nectar in one gulp, guiding the vital energy to seep into his first soul aperture, where it began to solidify again after it had become very faint.

The assimilation rate of the soul is rapidly decreasing.

Even the lamp within the soul aperture couldn't help but devour the life essence seeping in.

One day and one night later, the Emperor's energy was completely exhausted, and the assimilation degree of his soul returned to zero.

The lamp also fell into a deep sleep, seemingly having received a great benefit.

At the same time, his other spells also made remarkable progress, especially the runes of his psychic fist, which were now deeply imprinted in his soul. He had mastered this psychic spell.

[Psychic Shield: Celestial Rank, Level 1 (1/1000)]

【Psychic Fist: Earth Rank, Level 9 (1/9000)】

[Invisibility of Thought: Profound Rank, Level 1 (1/1000)]

[Battle Will Spirit Body: Profound Rank, Level 10 (1/10000)]

[Void Handprint: Profound Rank, Level 10 (1/10000)]

It's not surprising that 'psychic fist' can be mastered.

After all, this is a spell based on the power of the soul and mind. Li Chunfeng started cultivating it from the most basic, low-level mortal spell stage and has been working his way up to the current high-grade Earth rank.

He personally oversaw the creation of each stage of the spell runes. He witnessed firsthand how the runes evolved from their initial simplicity to their current complexity and profound mystery, becoming intimately familiar with each stage of the runes.

That's how I was finally able to learn this spell.

Even if not this time, I will definitely learn it next time.

However, some innate spells, such as Soul Devouring, Phantom Clone, and Beacon Fire, are simply impossible to learn no matter what.

However, Li Chunfeng was also inspired. Since he could learn magic from his natal demon pet, his natal demon pet, as long as it was intelligent enough, could naturally learn magic that matched its zodiac sign from him.

I might try it sometime, so I don't have to spend all day eating and sleeping.

Lantern: Thank you so much!

Li Chunfeng breathed a sigh of relief, ending his seclusion.

Upon returning to the desolate wasteland market, he found several people waiting for him.

When he saw the appearance of Hu Yifei and the others, he almost thought that these guys had been bullied outside.

The two girls were alright, they were well protected, but Hu Yifei and Xia Xing had their faces and heads covered in big red bumps, they were almost swollen like pig heads.

"Where have you all been? How did you get into this mess?"

Several people were rolling the cool ointment on their faces.

The two women's faces were saved, but they had a lot of bumps on their bodies and suffered a lot.

"It wasn't even a poisonous mosquito, but I almost got eaten alive in the swamp." Hu Yifei slapped his hands hard on the unbearably itchy bumps in frustration.

Li Chunfeng asked curiously, "What kind of mosquito is so poisonous that it can even break your skin?"

After all, Hu Yifei was already a martial artist at the Refining Organs Realm and had awakened a special physique, so his defensive capabilities were no joke.

"Here, these are the black mosquitoes." Chen Lingsu handed over a flattened mosquito carcass.

Li Chunfeng took it and saw that the black mosquito was as small as an ant and looked unremarkable. It had six spotted wings, a mouth like a poisonous needle, and its long proboscis gleamed coldly even in death, showing its venomous nature.

A thought struck Li Chunfeng, and his 'insight' immediately fell on the mosquito corpse.

[Six-winged Aedes mosquito: Mortal rank, a descendant of chaotic bloodlines, possessing the ability to devour!]

"what!"

I need a monthly pass!
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