313: Chapter 313 The Demon's Ambition

Lin Ming stepped forward and placed one hand on the spirit-testing bamboo.

One segment lit up.

Two segments lit up.

Three segments lit up.

Four segments lit up.

Five segments lit up.

After that, it stopped at five segments.

If an outsider saw this scene, their first reaction would definitely be that there was something wrong with the spirit-testing bamboo.

As a Disciple of Master Yun Hua, Lin Ming only having an Aptitude of five segments was something they certainly wouldn't believe.

Especially considering the strength Lin Ming had displayed over the years.

This led most people to believe that Lin Ming's Aptitude was at least at seven segments.

However, only Lin Ming and his Revered Master knew that the five segments before them were indeed Lin Ming's cultivation Aptitude.

It had been personally tested by his Revered Master with him, and only he and his Revered Master knew about this Aptitude.

"Kacha..."

With the end of the Aptitude test, a stone door behind him opened.

Seeing this, Lin Ming entered through the stone door.

The room behind the stone door stored a series of resources.

Cultivation Techniques, techniques, equipment formulas, Pill Formulas, and a whole range of other things were categorized here.

And Lin Ming could only choose one thing from among them.

Lin Ming casually picked up a Cultivation Technique.

"Ten Thousand Refined Blood Soul Sutra."

Good heavens, wasn't this the core method of the Blood Fiend Sect?

The Inverse Demon Cult had even gotten their hands on this.

Lin Ming took a quick look; this "Ten Thousand Refined Blood Soul Sutra" was incomplete, only containing the first four layers, just enough for a cultivator to Cultivate to the Sea-Opening Realm.

However, while it was a remnant for others, it wasn't for Lin Ming; he could use the Wordless Heavenly Book to fully deduce it, and even strengthen and upgrade it to surpass the original version.

But there was no need for that.

Lin Ming casually set the Cultivation Technique back down.

"Wuji Yin-Yang Sutra" Upper Volume · Remnant

Lin Ming also saw this Cultivation Technique and remembered that he knew from the memories of the Old Man in the Ring that the Inverse Demon Cult had indeed obtained the upper volume of the Wuji Yin-Yang Sutra from somewhere, and what they had was not a remnant, but complete.

But what Lin Ming saw now was a remnant.

Either that old man didn't know very clearly.

Or the Inverse Demon Cult had intentionally divided the upper volume of the Wuji Yin-Yang Sutra.

One of the reasons Wuji Pavilion destroyed the Inverse Demon Cult back then might have been because the other party coveted their Legacy.

However, from the old man's memories, he didn't see the reason why Wuji Pavilion destroyed the Inverse Demon Cult.

Or perhaps the old man's memory was incomplete, missing a part, and that missing part might contain what Lin Ming wanted to know.

Hongchen Pavilion's "Chayin Sutra," Canghai Sword Pavilion's "Dustless Sword Sutra"...

Lin Ming's expression became increasingly strange.

These Cultivation Techniques covered both the Righteous Path and Demonic Path, from first-rate Sects to top-tier great Sects; they all had a portion of their techniques here, even if they were all incomplete.

But from this, one could see the ambition of the Inverse Demon Cult.

Inverse Demon Cult, the two words "Nimo."

They believed that the Demonic Path of the current Qingxuan Realm had taken the wrong path and was not the true Demonic Path.

Therefore, they were determined to find the path of the true Demonic Path.

To overthrow the existing Demonic Path of the Qingxuan Realm.

From the old man's memories, he knew that before being destroyed, the Inverse Demon Cult had secretly begun to eliminate some weaker Demonic Path forces and hunt down Demonic Path Loose Cultivators, conveniently pinning the blame on Righteous Path forces.

Originally, the Inverse Demon Cult's idea was even more aggressive: to go to war with all demonic Sects, eliminate them all, and then have the Inverse Demon Cult re-establish a new Demonic Path and walk the correct path.

Finally, they would destroy all Righteous Path forces, and the Inverse Demon Cult would rule the entire Qingxuan Realm.

However, due to the issue of strength, it was rejected.

Instead, they started with the weak, eliminating them step by step.

This was probably why those demonic Sects didn't welcome the Inverse Demon Cult.

Lin Ming guessed that the Inverse Demon Cult collected these Cultivation Techniques perhaps to find inspiration and forge a new, correct Demonic Path.

However, Lin Ming didn't see any Cultivation Techniques from his Yuanxu Mountain here.

Next were techniques, as well as some auxiliary Legacies like Pill Formulas.

And these auxiliary Legacies did not exceed the fifth rank at most.

This made Lin Ming realize that the Inverse Demon Cult should have done this intentionally; only a portion of the things were stored here, and the rest should be waiting for him further ahead.

Puppeteer Legacy

Lin Ming also found something he was interested in.

Puppeteer Legacy from the first to the fourth rank

Lin Ming pocketed it.

He could only take one thing.

Since it was the rule of the game, Lin Ming would temporarily abide by it.

Of course, it was also because there was nothing else here that interested Lin Ming.

He only hoped that the next things wouldn't disappoint him.

As for Ancestor Qingxuan's Legacy, Lin Ming used the means his Revered Master had given him to check.

It wasn't here.

Anything involving Ancestor Qingxuan's Legacy should be properly kept.

Lin Ming's gaze fell on the passage leading to the upper floor.

Let these things stay here for now.

Meanwhile

At the very top of the high tower

The burly man who was the first to step into the passage appeared there.

At this moment, he was sitting cross-legged on the ground, a look of struggle appearing on his face.

...

Spirit Storage Ninth Heaven Puppet

As soon as Lin Ming came up, he saw a Puppet waiting for him.

A Spirit Storage Ninth Heaven Puppet, but this Puppet gave Lin Ming the feeling that it was much stronger than the Puppets they had encountered outside the high tower.

"Kacha..."

The passage behind him closed.

In an instant, a surge of killing intent manifested from the Puppet.

The Puppet moved.

In an instant, the Puppet conjured five illusory figures, attacking Lin Ming together.

A dark red aura emerged with them.

This little trick couldn't fool Lin Ming.

Lin Ming saw through the Puppet's true body at a glance.

Raising a hand to strike, Lin Ming and the Puppet's true body collided.

The five illusory bodies swarmed toward Lin Ming from five directions.

"Sizzle..."

Five bolts of lightning

The five bolts of lightning pierced through the five illusory bodies and also destroyed the dark red aura within them.

These five illusory bodies were just a feint.

These five illusory bodies weren't meant to cover the Puppet itself, but to cover the attacks hidden within them.

If it were someone else, they might have actually fallen for this double scheme.

But unfortunately, it encountered Lin Ming.

This so-called double scheme was no different from being stripped bare in front of Lin Ming.

Dark red aura erupted from the Puppet, surging to swallow Lin Ming.

Bursts of lightning tore the dark red aura apart.

Both sides fell into a brief stalemate, their powers constantly clashing, neither giving an inch.

The Puppet retreated.

At this moment, the Puppet took the initiative to retreat.

In the process of retreating, its hands underwent a change.

The Puppet's hands directly transformed into two sharp blades.

The two sharp blades then fell with the force of a violent storm.