37: I'm a righteous cultivator, why would I use someone else's Nascent Soul as food?

Outside the Mandarin Duck Tower.

Shen Nian and his group walked over, each with a different expression.

Shen Nian, leading the way, calculated the gains of the past two days and inventoried the contents of his Storage Pouch.

One Nascent Soul-level demon soul, and two human souls.

Three Half-Step Nascent Soul-level demon souls.

Thirty-seven Golden Core-level demon cores.

Spirit Stones... adding what he had acquired before, he now had a cumulative total of 130,000 Low-Grade Spirit Stones and 20,000 Mid-Grade Spirit Stones. The most valuable item among them was a bottle of Nascent Soul-level Yang Essence Pills carried by the female wolf.

As for the Storage Pouches of the two Nascent Soul Cultivators from Xuan Guang Cave, Shen Nian hadn't opened them yet, simply believing it was better to be cautious. He figured he would open them after leaving Yunzhou and advancing to the Nascent Soul Stage, as he didn't know if they contained any Restrictions or traps.

After all, his Divine Soul wasn't strong... "But this harvest is quite rich. I can use some of the Yao Race's demon cores to speed up Xiao Qinger's cultivation and exchange them for preaching value. If she has a way to absorb the demon souls of those three great demons, I can give them to her too. Her old grandfather should be able to manage it..." Shen Nian thought this as he glanced at Xiao Qinger, who was happily chatting with her father nearby.

For a Human Race Cultivator, absorbing the power contained in a demon core without side effects requires converting the Demonic Power into pure Spiritual Power. Reckless absorption would eventually lead to Demonization. Many Human Race Cultivators adopt this method for rapid breakthrough, but their ultimate outcomes are rarely good, let alone achieving the ascent to the White Jade Capital.

Shen Nian dared to give Xiao Qinger demon cores before because he accounted for the existence of the old grandfather. Otherwise, even when he Cultivated himself during the simulation, he would have to spend time removing the Demonic Power.

As for the remaining complete demon souls and the Human Race Nascent Souls, he wondered what level they could speed up the simulation to.

At this moment, Shen Nian noticed that the two Nascent Souls from Xuan Guang Cave were emitting Sword Intent, and both were Fire Attribute.

"Hmm?"

"Such a good match?"

"If I remove the Impurities and absorb their Sword Intent, will it speed up the advancement of the Great Sun Undying Sword Art?" Shen Nian pondered internally.

He cared greatly about the Great Sun Undying Sword Art.

After all, according to the System's introduction of the later plot, he only managed to injure the Black Feather Demon Emperor's true body using this sword art.

He decided to act immediately!

preaching value is like money—if you need to spend it, you should spend it. You have to spend to earn!

Shen Nian immediately exchanged the remaining 50 points of preaching value in his mind and started the simulation.

[Ding! Year One: Holding the two Nascent Souls, you begin using your own Spiritual Power to remove the Impurities within them, making them perfectly compatible with yourself. This is a time-consuming task, and since you are still one Realm away, you are not in a hurry.]

[Year Five: You reveal a satisfied smile, having finally eliminated the Impurities in the two Nascent Souls, allowing them to perfectly integrate into your body. However, you discover a problem: these things are much larger than Golden Cores and are not easy to swallow. You, who always enjoy a high-quality life, choose to cook them, turning them into two gourmet dishes, and slowly consume them...]

"...What kind of strange habit is this?"

"I am a Righteous Path Cultivator, cooking someone else's Nascent Soul?" Shen Nian's mouth twitched slightly. System, you really don't need to be so vivid, okay?

[Year Ten: You begin improving the Great Sun Undying Sword Art. Simultaneously, you find two phantoms inside the Great Sun located in your Dantian. One is a refined man, and the other is a beautiful woman. They are the transformation of the Nascent Souls you consumed. They sit cross-legged, sweating profusely, each deriving their own Sword Arts and Divine Abilities, striving with all their might to assist you in advancement and deduction. You are somewhat surprised, as this phenomenon exceeds your understanding. Only after receiving the System's explanation do you realize this is a function of the Simulation System. However, their Realm is too low. If the Host consumes a Soul Transformation demon soul, they can gain a certain level of consciousness and help the Host deduce Cultivation Techniques and Divine Abilities...]

"This..."

"This is quite useful." Shen Nian was very satisfied with this function of the System, although he felt a bit like a capitalist.

[Year Twenty: The Great Sun Undying Sword Art makes slight progress. The Great Sun seems to have grown a circle larger, emitting scorching Divine Flames, attempting to provoke the drop of Chaos Blood inside your body, but the drop of blood completely ignores it...]

At the same time, behind Shen Nian.

Guo Dewu walked casually, but a wisp of Divine Sense remained fixed on Shen Nian, his gaze holding a hint of appreciation.

"His Heart-Nature is good. He's not as impatient and jumpy as that Little Bastard..."

"And with such a Body Refining Talent, if he finds a Supreme Body Cultivator to guide him, his future is truly limitless. I wonder what Junior Sister Luo was thinking, bringing him to the Heavenly Sword Sect for Body Refining—isn't this a pure waste?"

"The sect says his Sword Dao Talent is good, but I haven't seen it. His Body Refining seems stronger..."

From the very beginning, he had attached a trace of Divine Thought to the Storage Pouches of Li Jing and the other person. If Shen Nian had impatiently opened them, he could immediately erase the unique methods left behind by Xuan Guang Cave. These were techniques only the Cave Master could leave for Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators to prevent Human Race Cultivators from killing them for treasure without knowing who their enemy was.

I'll wait and see. If he doesn't touch those Storage Pouches today, then I can rest assured and completely eliminate any future trouble for this boy... As for this little girl... Guo Dewu glanced at Xia Youyue, who was staring at Shen Nian's back, stroked his beard, and curled his lips.

"Hmph."

"The Second Mountain is worse than his Ninth Mountain, is that it?"

"Besides being handsome and having good Body Refining Talent, what else does this kid have?"

He felt some dissatisfaction, but he knew her choice might be correct. The Dragon Transformation Pool quota was given away just like that, especially considering Shen Nian was a Body Cultivator. There aren't many things within the entire Great Xia territory that can boost a Body Cultivator, and the Great Xia Dragon Transformation Pool is one of them. He hadn't expected him to give it up.

This showed that at least this boy treated his Junior Sister well—much better than that Little Bastard who only knew how to drink all day.

On the way here, he had sent a sound transmission to Xia Youyue, telling her that if she was willing, she could join the Second Mountain and become his Personal Disciple.

Besides feeling guilty that the Heavenly Sword Sect was restricted when the Demon Emperor attacked back then, and the other Two Major Sects dared not move, there was also the fact that Xia Youyue was truly a Hidden Dragon. Even without the supreme bone, her talent was still that of a Prodigy, reaching the Peak Golden Core stage at such a young age, even a bit higher in Realm than Lin Qingyue.

This indeed made him entertain the idea of taking her as a Disciple.

But it was clear that the girl's mind was entirely focused on Shen Nian; she probably just wanted to be his Junior Sister... Suddenly!

Guo Dewu's expression shook, and his pupils slightly contracted as he looked at Shen Nian's back in disbelief.

"This Sword Intent..."

"Is it radiating from inside him?????"

"Huh???"

Only he, being in the Soul Transformation Stage, could sense that trace of Sword Intent containing Dao Patterns radiating out. Guo Dewu was dumbfounded.

At this moment, Xia Youyue merely looked at Shen Nian's back, her expression indifferent, but a slight shift occurred in her heart.

Because she understood one principle: to become strong, one's circle is crucial. Among her peers in Great Xia, there was no one who could make her feel pressure, until she met Shen Nian.

Having an object to pursue allows her to continuously grow stronger under pressure, because she fears that over time, her hatred will fade until she compromises... "Qinger, you truly have taken on a good Senior Brother. Your father must remind you that we cannot be Ungrateful Wretches. The kindness shown today must be repaid a hundredfold in the future!" Clan Head said earnestly in a low voice. He looked at the white-robed figure and then respectfully at the Immortal-like old man.

A Prodigy favored so highly by the Heavenly Sword Sect's Mountain Master—who didn't hesitate to kill the Nascent Souls of Xuan Guang Cave to solve troubles for him—and who treats his daughter so well, their Xiao Family absolutely cannot disappoint him.

Otherwise, their conscience would be troubled, and they could not bear the consequences.

"Father, I know," Xiao Qinger clenched her Delicate Fist, her Beautiful Eyes showing determination.

Senior Brother has done so much for me. The only thing I can do now is become stronger until I can help him!

"Fellow Daoist, don't worry. Please give me a full-strength punch!"

"So that this bunch of Frogs in a Well knows what I, Luo Zheng, truly rely on!"

As Xiao Qinger stepped into the restaurant, she saw a man with his upper body exposed, radiating golden light, standing in a Horse Stance in front of her Senior Brother, his face full of righteousness.

This scene stunned everyone.

After Luo Zheng saw the white-robed man's attire, he realized something and changed his request: "Ah, so it's a Fellow Daoist from the Heavenly Sword Sect. Then you don't need to punch; use your sword."

"If I, Luo Zheng, even frown, I lose!"