20: Eating meat to practice, the sword spirit is born

Demon meat is difficult to digest.

Just like the Yellow-skinned demon from before, Gu Changsheng ate for a full month before he could barely finish it.

Even with the [Wine and Meat Pass Through the Gut] technique, which enhances absorption, progress was still slow.

After all, if stomach digestion is slow, nutrient absorption is naturally limited.

Now, with both combined, the accumulation of Qi and blood will undoubtedly reach another level.

As long as there is enough demon meat, the Golden Body, Dharma Idol, and Blood Dragon can be condensed quickly.

"This time, my luck is really good.

The Yin Toad technique just happened to solve my problem.

Next, it's time to hunt demons extensively and cultivate by eating meat."

A golden Dao appeared before Gu Changsheng's eyes.

At this moment, Gu Changsheng suddenly felt a chill all over his body.

Thick Yin Qi mist permeated the surroundings, enveloping the entire village.

"Hmm? Why did such dense Yin Qi suddenly appear?"

Gu Changsheng felt a sense of alarm.

He counted the days on his fingers and realized that today was precisely the Mid-Autumn Festival—the day the Gates of Hell open wide.

Legend has it that this day is the day with the densest Yin Qi of the year.

Countless vengeful spirits would crawl out from the crevices of the underworld to wreak havoc on the human world.

"This place isn't right; I need to get out early."

Gu Changsheng walked quickly for a while but found that he couldn't get out.

A ghost wall!

He thoughtfully took out a dried snake tongue.

"This Yin Qi has a hallucinatory effect, confusing my senses, which is why I can't get out.

However, it doesn't affect real-world smells.

I just need to follow the scent trail from when I came, and I can easily get out."

Black Qi poured into the snake tongue, Gu Changsheng's nostrils twitched slightly, and a faint black path appeared in his mind, which was the way he came.

After walking for a while, the sound of gongs and drums came from the Yin Qi mist.

A team of Yin Messengers stood in two rows, and in the center, a majestic man dressed in City God attire slowly rode in a carriage.

"The City God is on tour, all ghosts retreat!"

"Mighty..."

The leading Yin Messenger shouted loudly.

However, Gu Changsheng felt increasingly uneasy, his aura suppressed to its limit.

He quietly activated the Spirit Eye Technique.

Upon closer inspection, the Yin Messengers had turned into skeletal bones, walking with a creaking sound.

What they held in their hands were not staffs, but clearly wolf-tooth clubs ground from white bones.

The City God's aura was still terrifying, but with a green face, fangs, and a ghostly aura, he no longer looked like a righteous deity.

"The City God has turned into a ghost? What on earth happened here?"

Questions swirled in Gu Changsheng's mind.

At this moment, the City God ghost looked towards the rock where Gu Changsheng was hiding, and a blood-red light burst from his eyes.

Not good, he's been discovered!

Escape!

A great terror enveloped his heart, and Gu Changsheng's body was stained with blood-red light.

The fifth-order Blood Shadow Technique was pushed to its limit.

However, space seemed to be stagnant, the thin Yin Qi turned into glue, and he was a rat trapped on a plank.

'Oh no...'

Gu Changsheng gritted his teeth and persevered, a hint of blood-red flashing in his eyes.

Spinal Blood Dragon, burn!

The Blood Dragon, accumulated for a long time and nearly fully formed, erupted with monstrous blood-red light.

Gu Changsheng's speed suddenly increased.

In just a few breaths, he left the village.

Looking back, the original Xiao Huai Village was shrouded in dense Yin Qi, and only a blurry phantom could be seen.

At this moment, Gu Changsheng's back was wet, and his face was pale.

The Blood Dragon, nurtured for a long time, had been completely burned away just now, barely allowing him to escape.

It was then that he noticed Xiao Huai Village was surrounded by three mountains and located in a low-lying area.

According to Feng Shui, this was a place that suppressed great evil.

Using human popularity to suppress great evil, once the popularity dissipated, the Seal would naturally develop a loophole.

"That City God ghost must be at least one major Realm higher than me.

Just a glance from him made my heart pound.

I have a premonition that this City God ghost is not the most powerful entity here... What exactly is suppressed beneath Xiao Huai Village?

Before the True Core Realm, this place cannot be touched..."

A fox's head poked out from Gu Changsheng's arms, its eyes full of fear.

"Ying ying ~"

"It's a good thing you hid quickly and knew to burrow into my arms.

Otherwise, you would have ended up like that donkey."

The large green donkey he had ridden there had long been swallowed by the dense Yin Qi mist.

"Let's go, we can't stay here long."

Gu Changsheng transformed into a blood-red rainbow and disappeared from the spot.

Three days later, a figure landed in the courtyard.

"This time I got the Yin Toad technique and a toad corpse, but I consumed most of my accumulated Blood Dragon. I wonder if it's a gain or a loss... It's safer to just stay in Chenping County."

Gu Changsheng made up his mind not to wander around outside for no reason, but to cultivate Sword Cultivator steadily at home... At noon, the stove blazed with a strong fire, and a rich aroma burst from the large iron pot.

A large basin of toad legs was served.

As an immortal, one naturally cannot neglect their palate.

Gu Changsheng had long drawn portraits of several famous chefs in the county, improving his cooking skills to the third order.

He casually picked up a toad leg, took a big bite, and the intense umami flavor and rich juices exploded in his mouth.

"This Yin Toad doesn't look great, but it tastes really good.

The meat is much more delicate than a weasel's."

After one toad leg, a warm current rose from Gu Changsheng's abdomen.

The blood spirit, curled up in the heart space, circulated throughout his body, extracting traces of Qi and blood, nourishing his spinal dragon bone.

Gradually, a Blood Dragon phantom slowly took shape.

"I didn't expect the Qi and blood to generate a fraction of a Blood Dragon so quickly.

Last time, eating a whole yellow-skinned weasel barely condensed a fraction.

And that was a month later.

It seems my digestive and absorption capacity has increased by at least a hundredfold compared to before.

And this is just one toad leg."

Gu Changsheng looked at the toad legs in the basin, his eyes shining.

Demon meat is a great tonic.

Originally, with his digestive capacity, eating less than half a toad leg would have made him full.

Now, he was still far from his limit.

Gu Changsheng picked up another toad leg and put it into his mouth.

"This tastes really good, maybe I should add more cumin..."

Soon, four toad legs were eaten.

Gu Changsheng broke out in a sweat, and Qi and blood surged within his body.

He bent down, his spine taut like a long bow, with a Blood Dragon circulating throughout his body.

"Haha, one Yin Toad allowed me to condense three-tenths of a Blood Dragon.

Last time it took a hundred days to reach this level.

It's too fast.

Now, all I need is enough demon meat..."

Gu Changsheng's gaze shifted, and the white fox next to him shivered in fright, its small paws digging at the ground.

"Haha, you're not afraid that I'll eat you, which is why you haven't transformed, are you..."

Gu Changsheng grabbed the white fox by the scruff of its neck and lifted it up.

The white fox struggled, kicking its four legs wildly.

Gu Changsheng said with malicious intent: "At most one year, if you don't transform, you'll just be wasting my secret medicine.

Be careful, I might serve you braised fox legs."

The white fox nodded repeatedly, tears welling up in its eyes, which made Gu Changsheng laugh heartily.

At this moment, a clap of thunder outside the house, and torrential rain poured down.

Walking outside, the human-faced fruit tree, planted for several years, trembled continuously, and a sharp Qi surged in the Void Realm.

Buzz buzz—

The wind rustled the branches, producing a sword cry resembling the vibration of a sword blade.

Rumble—

A flash of lightning illuminated the world as if it were daytime, making it impossible to open one's eyes.

In the blink of an eye, a delicate child, carved from pink jade, had appeared under the human-faced fruit tree.

Dressed in a green robe, with sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes, he bore an eighty percent resemblance to Gu Changsheng, with two tender horns curving on his head.

The Sword Cultivator was complete!

The Sword Spirit was born!