We bear people have power

Under Gongsun Jing's guidance, Lingxiu began to inscribe talismans on the Azure Dragon Sword, meticulously and with complete concentration. Coming from a poor background, she naturally understood how rare this opportunity to become an immortal was, and therefore studied with exceptional diligence.

Guan Bo watched the two little demons and the five monks cleaning the Black Wind Cave with boredom. Life was really getting boring.

With eighty-one days left, Guan Bo didn't know what to do each day except nurture the runes in his head.

Gongsun Jing looked at him and said, "All you do all day is eat and sleep. Don't you need to cultivate?"

"What's the point of practicing? Besides wind manipulation and healing spells, I don't know any other magic. I could use those two moves with my eyes closed." Guan Bo lay on the ground in a panda-like pose, looking like he was a "useless bear."

Unless there's a special need, Guan Bo always appears in his panda form. This is because this form has plenty of flesh, so he won't feel uncomfortable lying on the ground.

Gongsun Jing asked curiously, "But you have already taken human form. Shouldn't you be purifying your demonic power every day, polishing your demon core until it is flawless, in preparation for the next tribulation?"

"Demon core? What demon core?" Guan Bo was completely bewildered.

"Isn't the Heavenly Tribulation of Transformation just a lightning tribulation triggered when a demon condenses its demon core?" Gongsun Jing was even more confused than Guan Bo.

Guan Bo: 0_0?

Seemingly having discovered something extraordinary, Guan Bo quickly activated all his demonic power, circulating it throughout his body.

A moment later, he couldn't help but shout, "Damn it, where's my demon core?!"

Guan Bo circulated his demonic power throughout his body, and apart from a golden rune on his head, there was nothing else.

Gongsun Jing asked curiously, "How could you not have a demon core? Then where did you get all this demonic power?"

Guan Bo carefully sensed it and found that when he had a thought, demonic power was generated from every corner of his body, but there was no specific energy output point.

Guan Bo explained the situation to Gongsun Jing, who was even more surprised, as this was truly an unheard-of situation.

"Before you became a demon, didn't you collect the essence of the sun and moon in a fixed location?" Gongsun Jing asked.

Even demons that haven't yet developed sentience will store their demonic power in a special part of their body when absorbing the essence of the sun and moon. This location varies depending on the demon's species. This part is where the demon core will eventually condense, making it unique.

Before becoming a demon... it would be a miracle if Guan Bo knew what the situation was like.

Having just transmigrated, I found myself as a panda. Just as I learned how to dig bamboo shoots, a black bear spirit found me and took me to Black Wind Mountain.

What happens before spiritual awareness is awakened? What is the process of absorbing the essence of the sun and moon?

Sorry, I don't know anything about it.

When Gongsun Jing saw Guan Bo burying his head in his hands and saying "I don't know anything," she couldn't help but ask, "How exactly did you survive your tribulation? You're a monster who doesn't even know how to cultivate. It's as if all the gods and Buddhas are protecting you if you can survive the heavenly tribulation."

These words reminded Guan Bo that this might be a trick played by the Bodhisattva. But is a demon without a demon core still considered a complete demon?

"Ah, what a philosophical question." Guan Bo finally decided not to think about it, but he still needed to figure out the matter of cultivation.

"What is the use of a demon core? What will happen if we lose a demon core?" Guan Bo asked Gongsun Jing.

Gongsun Jing felt inexplicably confused. A panda spirit in human form was asking herself what use a human cultivator's demon core was, and she felt that something was wrong.

"Demon cores have many uses, and they vary from demon to demon, but there's one crucial point: without a demon core, one cannot transform into human form. Try it out and see if your demonic power is different when you're in human form," Gongsun Jing reminded her.

Guan Bo readily complied, quickly rolling over and transforming into a young boy. He activated his demonic power again, carefully sensing the difference, and indeed discovered it.

“My demonic power seems to come from this robe,” Guan Bo said hesitantly.

Indeed, the surging demonic power coursing through his body truly emanated from this white robe with black patterns. It's just that this treasure was always worn close to his body, so he hadn't noticed it before.

"The robe? Then take it off... and go into the cave to try it on yourself."

Gongsun Jing blushed briefly as she finished speaking, seemingly recalling the scene when Guan Bo took off his clothes to cover her during their first meeting.

Guan Bo was focused on figuring out the situation and didn't pay attention to Gongsun Jing's embarrassment.

He dashed into the cave like a gust of wind, snatched the robe from his robe, and tossed it aside. Naked, he began to channel his spiritual energy. This time, the sensation was much clearer; wisps of demonic energy emanated from the robe, even transmitting through the air. Guan Bo tried it through a wall, finding little obstruction. He then tried moving away from the robe, but the Black Wind Cave wasn't very large; even at its furthest point, he could still feel the unimpeded transmission of demonic energy.

After confirming that the robe was the source of demonic power, Guan Bo tried to reveal his true form. However, he then discovered that he could not transform into his panda form without the robe on him.

When Guan Bo revealed his true form while wearing the robe, he discovered that the robe was attached to his body and could not be torn off to trap his enemy.

"How strange that I didn't notice this before. What's going on with me?"

Guan Bo quickly ran out of the Black Wind Cave and told Gongsun Jing what had happened.

Gongsun Jing said that she had never seen such a shameless... wrong, she had never seen such a bizarre monster.

"Judging from your situation, it's likely that your demon core was directly refined into a magical artifact by the Heavenly Tribulation. Therefore, once you take off this robe, you naturally cannot revert to your original demon form, because you have already completely transformed into a human." This was Gongsun Jing's guess.

"So you mean I've actually become a human, and I'm no longer a monster?"

"I don't know either, but if you want to confirm, you might try practicing a cultivator's techniques. If you can, you might truly transform into a completely human. But at the same time, you can still use demonic power. If I really had to describe it, it would probably be human..."

"Shut up! Don't say that word and we're still friends!" Guan Bo had already figured out what Gongsun Jing's word was, and he absolutely could not accept it.

"Fine, I won't tell you. But since you're human... anyway, you're no longer a demon, would you like to try some human cultivator techniques?" Gongsun Jing tempted.

Guan Bo also longed for the cultivation techniques of human cultivators, such as Gongsun Jing's ability to fly on a sword and enter and exit the azure sky.

“But the law cannot be easily passed on, so obediently become my mount. Then I will teach you everything.” Gongsun Jing blinked her big eyes and looked at Guan Bo expectantly.

Guan Bo was too lazy to pay attention to this woman who was tempting him to fall into depravity, so he simply went to the side and took out the scroll of silk to study.

I previously thought the Black Bear Spirit had sent me to Black Wind Mountain to retrieve a treasure, and that the Golden Elixir was the key. But now it seems that the cultivation method recorded on this scroll of silk has a deeper meaning.