Proving Immortality Starting with Hextech Runes

"A soul-binding hairpin?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Xu's heart tightened.

He quickly activated his divine sense and probed into the warm, smooth jade hairpin in his hand.

A careful examination of the jade hairpin with divine sense revealed a faint, pale blue light at its core.

Through the light spots, you can vaguely see the image of a small, blurry figure.

"Qingling!?"

Chen Xu could barely make out that it was Qing Ling's appearance, and his breath caught in his throat.

The light was so faint that it seemed it would go out completely at any moment.

If Wen Tianhe hadn't pointed it out, he would never have imagined that a wisp of Qing Ling's remnant soul was sealed inside the hairpin.

Chen Xu looked up at Wen Tianhe, suppressed his thoughts, and cupped his hands in greeting:

"May I ask, Sect Leader, how can we save her?!"

Wen Tianhe looked at Chen Xu but didn't reply immediately, seemingly assessing something.

He watched the tragedy unfold with a cold eye, and originally thought Chen Xu would react very emotionally.

For example, angrily questioning oneself, or even cursing oneself a few times.

But he was somewhat surprised that the kid was so calm.

After a long silence, he slowly spoke: "A remnant soul cannot enter the cycle of reincarnation."

"If we want to save her, we can only imprint a ghost cultivation technique into her remnant soul and make her switch to the ghost path."

"But the path of ghost cultivation..." Wen Tianhe's voice carried a hint of warning.

"Because the cultivation process is special, it requires absorbing Yin and death energy, and even devouring the souls of cultivators."

"Therefore, whether in Nanjiang or Yunzhou, cultivators of the Ghost Path are met with hostility and are not tolerated by cultivators of the Righteous Path."

"Once exposed, they will be attacked by everyone."

Upon hearing this, Chen Xu felt a glimmer of hope.

As long as Qingling can be saved, everything is negotiable. As for the matter of ghost cultivation being intolerable to righteous cultivators...

The First Saint Spear, which is the clone of himself with gray hair, also contains the Heavenly Evil Divine Thunder, a demonic treasure that is specifically designed to counter righteous cultivators.

They are inherently incompatible with righteous cultivators...

However... Wen Tianhe came specifically to inform me of this method and revealed the secret of the jade hairpin, which was definitely not out of kindness, but must have a deeper meaning.

Thinking of this, before Chen Xu could speak, Wen Tianhe's calm voice rang out again:

"I happen to have a ghost cultivation technique in my hand, called the 'Ghost Soul Refining Demon Technique'."

However, to cultivate this method, one's soul must reside within a demonic beast's body, coexisting with its physical form.

From then on, he could only focus on cultivating the "Ghostly Demon Refining Technique" and the cultivation methods of the demon race. He could no longer cultivate any other human cultivation methods.

Improving one's cultivation level is not only limited by the practice itself, but also by the limitations imposed by the demon race's bloodline.

But the advantage is... having a demon body makes it harder to expose one's identity as a ghost cultivator.

Furthermore, if one can cultivate to the Core Formation stage using this method, one can condense a human form ahead of time, concealing all ghostly and demonic energy, becoming indistinguishable from an ordinary person.

The conditions and prospects are clearly advantageous and disadvantageous.

Wen Tianhe had cast the bait; now, all that was left was to wait for Chen Xu to take the bait.

Chen Xu remained silent for a moment, even though he had always disliked trouble.

But Qingling was truly sincere to him. And Qingling's plea for help before she died.

The thought of saving her had been lingering in Chen Xu's mind. He felt that if he didn't save her, his mind would be troubled and he would be prone to inner demons.

Thinking of this, Chen Xu asked, "How can I obtain this method?"

Wen Tianhe seemed to have anticipated this question, and a slight smile appeared on his lips:

"Simple. Become my disciple and take me under your wing."

"Then, a month later, the ruins will open, and you must enter... and kill all the cultivators of Moyun Valley, leaving none alive."

Slaughter all the cultivators of Moyun Valley!?

Chen Xu's pupils contracted slightly. This time, both factions sent five hundred cultivators each to enter the ruins.

Could it be that Wen Tianhe is trying to take this opportunity to absorb blood essence?

But none of that matters anymore. No matter how many people are from Moyun Valley, just kill them.

Qingling, I'm determined to save her!

After some thought, Chen Xu asked:

"Is this... a transaction?"

Wen Tianhe seemed to have not expected Chen Xu to ask such a question.

Finally, he nodded slightly and said calmly:

"It is naturally a transaction."

Chen Xu was also somewhat surprised upon hearing this.

Just as Wen Tianhe acknowledged that this was a transaction, Chen Xu sensed a response from the [Dual Purpose] Hextech Rune.

The gist of the statement is that the deal with Wen Tianhe has been finalized.

The profits obtained after the transaction is completed will be doubled.

I wonder if having twice the "Ghostly Demon Refining Technique" would mean doubling the number of techniques, resulting in two scrolls.

Or has the content of the cultivation technique undergone a qualitative change, becoming a higher-level version?

The description of the Hextech effect is too abstract, and it is difficult to guess how it will be presented in the short term.

He suppressed his thoughts and then bowed deeply to Wen Tianhe:

"Disciple Chen Xu greets Master!"

Wen Tianhe nodded slightly, acknowledging the master-disciple relationship.

He flicked his wrist, and a black jade token and a black jade slip flew toward Chen Xu.

"This is an elder's token. Holding it grants you the privilege of receiving offerings from the elders and the right to enter most of the forbidden areas within the sect. From now on, this Ink Talisman Peak will be under your jurisdiction."

"The jade slip contains the first half of the 'Great Art of Refining Demons from Ghosts,' which is enough to stabilize her remnant soul and allow her to initially solidify her physical form and possess a body."

"The second half will be given to you once you have completed the work on the ruins."

"Come find me at the main peak one month from now, before the entrance to the ruins opens."

As soon as he finished speaking, Wen Tianhe's figure transformed into two streams of light and vanished without a trace.

Seeing Wen Tianhe leave, Chen Xu casually accepted the storage bag left behind by Qing Yi and then returned to his cave.

He felt somewhat uncomfortable with this Green Bamboo Pavilion; his original cave dwelling was much more comfortable.

After returning to his cave, Chen Xu activated numerous restrictions.

Only then did he take out the jade slip containing the first half of the "Great Method of Refining Demons and Souls".

"It didn't double? Does it mean the profit only doubles after the transaction is complete?"

Chen Xu pondered this in his heart, but just as he probed into it with his divine sense...

A blue orb of light, containing feather-shaped particles, appeared unexpectedly next to the jade slip.

This is... the "Masterpiece Upgrader"?

Before Chen Xu could react, the blue orb of light suddenly transformed into a stream of light and merged into the black jade slip.

A layer of pale blue light appeared on the surface of the jade slip, but it returned to normal in an instant, as if nothing had happened.

Chen Xu was filled with doubt and suspicion, and immediately immersed his divine sense into the jade slip to investigate.

Only then did they discover that the first half of the "Great Method of Refining Demons and Souls" recorded therein had completely disappeared.

Instead, there is the more mysterious "Great Codex of the Underworld Demons," the first half.

The recorded content not only includes methods for stabilizing the remnant soul and solidifying the body, but its exquisite and profound nature also far exceeds imagination.

Even a mere sweep of his divine sense revealed its obscurity and incomprehensibility.

However, since Chen Xu did not have time to see the contents of "The Great Art of Ghostly Demon Refining", he could not compare the differences between the two.

But this upgraded "Netherworld Demon Ceremony" must be much stronger than the original technique.

What shocked him even more was that if Qingling cultivated this "Netherworld Demon Ceremony", she would no longer coexist with the demon body.

Instead, it occupies a dominant position, and can freely transform between human and demon forms.

It can also directly summon and command the soul of the host monster to fight together.

It's simply an unparalleled ghostly secret technique that reverses Yin and Yang and seizes the creation of heaven and earth!