If the sect doesn't accept geniuses, they will become giants once they leave?

Chapter 265: Demon in the Heart
"Good medicine tastes bitter, what do you know?"

Lily Jiang snorted coldly, then sat back down, lazily crossing her legs, her bare jade feet swaying gently.

"So? How did you do this?"

"It's a long story," Li Yanmo said, sitting down with a solemn expression. "But we can also keep it short. Which version do you prefer?"

Lily Jiang raised her eyes, “Do you want to lick my feet yourself, or do you want me to put my feet in your mouth?”

"Well, actually, I have mastered an ancient method," Li Yanmo's eyes suddenly became clear, "which can remove the golden elixir from the other person's body without damaging the other person's foundation."

“I don’t believe it… Although I really want to say so, but you see the guy in the foundation-building platform is so anxious to show it, it seems to be true,” Lily Jiang raised her eyebrows, “In other words, those strange golden cores in your spiritual energy vortex are all the golden cores that you snatched away?”

"How can something that is consensual be considered robbery? They even spend money!" Li Yanmo rolled his eyes.

Lily Jiang was stunned, and after thinking for a while, her expression became strange. "Could it be that you are using this method to help people form high-quality golden elixirs? The person in Meizhou who specifically targets Dayu Jindan stage is you?"

"That's right——" Li Yanmo gave a thumbs up.

Lily Jiang realized the horror of Li Yanmo's method and couldn't help but take a breath, "Are you planning to do the sect's business next?"

"Of course, but the charge will be a little higher," Li Yanmo pinched his fingers.

"Okay, starting today I'm going to charge too, and it'll be much more expensive," Lily Jiang immediately resumed her elegant sitting posture, with her hands folded neatly on her thighs, "Did you see the sign outside? I don't need to explain the value of the two words 'Shennong'."

"Sister, if you really want the spirit stones, just ask me directly," Li Yanmo said with a strange expression.

Although Jiang Baili seems unreliable, she saved Li Yanmo's life. Li Yanmo was able to live until now thanks to Jiang Baili's help. If Jiang Baili needs spirit stones, he will never be stingy.

“You… don’t understand any fun at all. Killing a wealthy man is a very refreshing thing,” Lily Jiang smacked her tongue unhappily, and returned to her previous lazy look, “There’s nothing wrong with the seal, but your injury is not getting better.”

Li Yanmo scratched his face, but did not feel disappointed.

If the wounds that had scarred the Chi Che world for nearly a thousand years could be healed so easily, Emperor Yu would not have resorted to methods like Nan Ke's Dream, but would have cured him directly.

Lily Jiang took out the pipe and slowly filled it with herbs, “Also, in the next few days…it’s better for you not to go to Baidi City.”

"Why?"

"The princes and princesses returned to Baidi City not long ago. They've slain countless demons over the past few years, so they should be rewarded according to their merits. But guess what? Not only did Emperor Yu not reward them, he also put all of them under house arrest."

Li Yanmo was stunned and couldn't help but complain, "Could it be that these princes and princesses agreed to run away together, and then were discovered by Emperor Yu?"

Lily Jiang rolled her eyes at Li Yanmo and said, "I think you have a deep prejudice against Dayu. After all, Dayu is an ancient dynasty that has existed for hundreds of thousands of years, and that emperor is the most powerful emperor in history. It's not unheard of for the princes and princesses to agree to run away together. Just like that, there is no need for Emperor Yu to confine the princes and princesses at this time."

"Really? So how did Emperor Yu solve the problem of the princes and princesses running away together?" Li Yanmo vaguely felt a sense of crisis and urgency, but still couldn't help asking out of curiosity. "There are many ways. He captured the one who ran the fastest and made him emperor. He used alienation tactics to make the princes and princesses confess the mastermind and make him emperor. He also simply drew lots to choose the emperor. There was also the one who reported the others' attempts to run away the latest and made him emperor," Lily Jiang puffed out smoke carelessly. "There were so many cases, and the princes and princesses learned a lesson."

"What's the point?"

"The imperial family has always been the most ruthless. Don't even think about cooperating with your brothers and sisters. The only way is to kill them."

Li Yanmo felt that his prejudice against Dayu was definitely not his own problem.

The kettle whirred on the stove.

Li Yanmo stood up, picked up the kettle, and poured himself a cup of hot water. After pondering for a moment, he asked tentatively, "Will the demon star affect the mind of a cultivator?"

Lily Jiang, who was puffing out smoke, had a slightly changed expression, “Who…is this the case? This is a bit troublesome to explain.”

"I have plenty of time."

Lily Jiang pinched the pipe and rubbed it gently with her thumb and index finger. “As a rule of thumb, the higher the cultivation level, the stronger the will. It is almost impossible to become unconscious and not know what you are doing.”

"But there is another special situation. The higher the cultivation level, the more susceptible one is to its influence. After reaching the fusion stage, the influence will be so great that the cultivator himself can directly realize that he is being affected."

Li Yanmo's eyes twitched, "Is that the demon star?"

"Yes and no. I think you should have guessed it. This vast world is pieced together by many small worlds nurtured by immortals. Once a problem occurs in one world that affects other worlds, Emperor Yu will take action to pull out that world and return it to the small world that has not yet had any problems, so as to maintain balance," Lily Jiang continued after careful consideration.

"Those small worlds that were pulled out have been functioning as part of the greater universe for a long time. They cannot be destroyed at all. We can only keep them as far away from the ground as possible in the form of stars."

"But they are, after all, part of this vast universe. Even if they are far away from the ground, they still function as part of this world and influence it."

"When a cultivator reaches the fusion stage, both his body and soul are immersed in this vast world..."

Li Yanmo, who had already learned the specific principles of cultivator cultivation from Nv Yao, immediately understood the dangers involved. "After reaching the Fusion Stage, cultivators are directly exposed to the corruption of the demon star. To nurture a small world during the Tribulation Stage, one must first draw upon the power of the universe itself, and in the process, they will inevitably absorb the corruption of the demon star."

Jiang Baili glanced at Li Yanmo's foundation-building platform. "The competition between cultivators in the Fusion Stage is about the depth of their integration with the laws of heaven and earth. The closer they are to the laws of heaven and earth, the more adept they will be at manipulating them. The competition in the Tribulation Stage is about the strength of their small worlds. The stronger the small world they nurture, the more thunder tribulations they will endure, and the greater the power of the world they will exert."

"Good and evil are always in balance. Whenever Emperor Yu removes a world for the sake of peace in the universe, a demonic star will appear in the sky."

"There's no turning back now."

"Even if you take every precaution when nurturing a small world, you can't prevent monsters from being born within it."

"If there is a demon in your heart... you will inevitably move closer to the demon."

(End of this chapter)