The Legend of Qingpeng: Starting from the Costinus

Sitting on the futon, Li Qing's fingers gently stroked the jade slip that recorded the materials for refining the Yellow Spring Soul Cleansing Liquid.

But his mind was full of thoughts.

Li Qing thought of the secret method called "Soul Shadow Clone Technique" and a strange light flashed in his eyes.

To him, this secret method is not just a pile of words, but a key to the unknown realm. It carries the ability to split the soul of a cultivator into many, creating a split soul that can act independently.

But behind this ability lies huge risks.

To understand the subtlety and danger of this secret method, one must first delve into its essence.

Separating the soul sounds like dancing on the edge of a knife. If you are not careful, there will be no recovery.

Strictly speaking, such magical powers are forbidden techniques that can only be touched by strong people in the Void Refinement Stage after countless years of practice and when their souls have reached the highest realm of Yin generating Yang and transforming void into reality.

However, the "Soul Shadow Clone Art" broke this convention. It allowed Nascent Soul cultivators with relatively shallow cultivation to step into this forbidden area ahead of time, although this leap brought many instabilities and risks.

For example, the crude means of controlling the split soul in the secret technique, and the root cause lies in the limitations of the creator's own cultivation.

Although that human elder had outstanding talent, he was unable to cross the threshold of refining emptiness.

Therefore, when creating this secret method, one had to compromise with one's own cognitive boundaries.

Although the soul was split, it lacked the profound and powerful means of control of high-level cultivators. As a result, every time the secret technique was used and the soul was successfully split, there was a risk of backlash. It was like groping forward in the dark, with every step being frightening.

However, in Li Qing's eyes, these limitations became sparks that stimulated his desire to explore.

He was thinking about how to combine this secret method with the Yellow Spring Soul Cleansing Liquid to create an unprecedented miracle.

Huangquan Soul Cleansing Liquid can thoroughly cleanse the soul and eliminate all means of control over the soul, and it is more than enough to eliminate the imprint of martial arts techniques.

But Li Qing was also afraid of the effect, as it would erase all memories.

You have to know that his secret is so secret that even immortals would drool at the sight of it, and it cannot be touched, let alone eliminated.

However, by combining the Soul Shadow Clone Technique and the Yellow Spring Soul Cleansing Liquid, Li Qing saw the hope behind it.

If I could first use the Soul Shadow Clone Technique to separate a portion of my pure and flawless soul as a backup for my memory and self, and then swallow the Yellow Spring Soul Cleansing Liquid, and after the imprint of the technique was removed and everything was settled, I could then merge the soul back into the main soul...

However, such a scenario is tantamount to making an exquisite gamble on the brink of life and death.

It not only tests Li Qing's wisdom and courage, but also requires him to have the luck to change his fate.

He knew very well that there were too many variables involved and every step could lead to unpredictable consequences.

But he also understood that only by daring to take risks could he break through the difficulties and reach the unattainable peak of the road again.

Then, Li Qing began to carefully sort out every possible detail, from the separation of the soul to the intake of the Yellow Spring Soul Cleansing Liquid, and then to the reintegration of the soul, striving for perfection in every link.

Li Qing, who was sitting cross-legged on the futon, frowned from time to time, but finally shook his head...

There are still too many unknown factors in his idea.

Just like the location of the mark left by the inner demon.

Almost all techniques will leave a mark after practicing, especially the spiritual and mental techniques, where the mark is most obvious.

For example, the Nine Transformations of Demon Soul that he practiced left a mark that looked like a black flame between the eyebrows of his demon soul.

But when he learned that the inner demon seed was a trap, he also checked his own demon soul, but he never found any traces of the imprint of any martial arts.

Moreover, after practicing the Nine Transformations of Demon Soul for such a long time, he had no idea whether the soul fire he cultivated had diluted the imprint of the demon in his heart.

If Li Qing knew the location of the martial arts imprint, he wouldn't have to go through so much trouble.

All you have to do is be ruthless and give up the small part of your soul that has been branded with the martial arts technique. This is commonly known as abolishing the martial arts technique. It is a simple and crude method.

Of course, this method is only applicable to secret soul techniques such as the Nine Transformations of the Demon Soul.

If it is a secret method like "Soul Returning Method" that can change the characteristics of the soul, it will be troublesome. However, such secret methods always have hidden side effects, and by the time they are discovered, it will be too late to regret.

This is also the weirdness of the Soul Dao secret method. It is easy for people to fall into it unknowingly and there is no way to solve it.

It was just like the trap set by the Heart Devouring Demon that he was facing now, the Heart Demon Seed Traps.

Therefore, since he could not find the exact location of the brand, he had to find another way to remove it.

It is also for this reason that implementing the method he just thought of may bring serious consequences - when the soul is split, the brand may be separated, making all efforts in vain.

Faced with the fact that the imprint of the Heart Demon Seeding Technique was so strange and hard to find, Li Qing felt extremely angry and helpless.

He had already tried every possible means to search and sense, but had not been able to detect any clues about the existence of the mark.

Just as Li Qing was lost in thought, a thought flashed through his mind like lightning!

He couldn't help but start thinking, whether the hidden characteristics of this technique's imprint were related to the Heart Devouring Demon's unique body's talent for concealment that allowed it to almost blend into the void and avoid all perception?

As this idea deepened, Li Qing became more and more convinced that there was a close connection between the two. This similarity made him more and more confident in his judgment.

Moreover, this Heart Demon Seed Path was originally created by the Heart Devouring Demon. Since this Heavenly Demon can create the Heart Demon Seed Path, then if he can make the imprint of the technique the same as his physical body that has the ability to hide, it is not completely impossible!

Once this idea came into being, it spread rapidly throughout Li Qing's mind like wildfire.

Every association and speculation makes Li Qing more determined in his inner thoughts.

Finally, after a sleepless night of deep thinking, Li Qing's mind suddenly became clear.

He suddenly realized that perhaps it was precisely because of the Heart Devouring Demon's unique talent for concealment that the Heart Demon Seed had such special properties that were difficult for people to detect.

This amazing discovery made Li Qing extremely excited.

The reason is simple, it is just too easy to solve the problem in front of me...