517: Chapter 27 Heavenly Book and Wonderful Methods

According to the records in the scrolls, it was indeed a volume of the Heavenly Book.

However, this so-called Heavenly Book did not contain any Cultivation Techniques or miraculous Spells; it was more like a special Magic Treasure with two primary functions:

First, it carried a portion of power that, once fused with a person, could be triggered to increase their strength.

Second, it could act as a medium to resurrect the Beast God through sacrifice. To say 'resurrect' wasn't quite accurate, as the Beast God hadn't truly died but was instead under a Seal. Therefore, more accurately, it was to summon a portion of the Beast God's Soul.

The more volumes of the Heavenly Book gathered, the more powerful the summoned Soul of the Beast God would be.

As for whether the Soul of the Beast God could be controlled after being summoned, that was another matter entirely.

Compared to the original work, this setting had been modified beyond recognition!

Meng Li felt a wave of disappointment.

Fusing with a Magic Treasure to increase strength was not what he needed.

As for summoning the Soul of the Beast God...

He vaguely remembered that the Beast God was a hopeless romantic who, due to being betrayed, was obsessed with destroying the world.

Moreover, this fellow was set to be incredibly powerful; even Mysterious Dao at his Peak with the zhu xian sword couldn't defeat him.

Judging by how the Heavenly Book had been modified, the TV drama's setting for the Beast God, especially regarding his strength, likely wouldn't be changed much.

Meng Li would have to be out of his mind to summon that guy.

However, he could still keep this volume of the Heavenly Book. He remembered that the Ghost King of the Demonic Path seemed to want to summon the Beast God, and according to the domestic drama's setting, the other party would most likely collect the Heavenly Books to cause trouble. By taking this volume in advance for his collection, he could likely avoid some trouble later.

Thinking this way, Meng Li directly put the Heavenly Book in his hand into his storage ring and continued searching through the Dripping Blood Cave.

Before coming here, he had specifically inquired about the situation. Rumor had it that this was the base of the Black-Hearted Old Man, containing many Demonic Path treasures and ancient texts.

Whether this rumor was true or false, Meng Li couldn't be sure for now, but he remembered that the Hehuan Sect's hehuan bell was here. This Magic Treasure, like the blood-devouring pearl, was a key item that drove the plot. No matter how outrageous the drama's modifications were, they wouldn't go as far as making it disappear.

Therefore, the hehuan bell was most likely here.

With this thought, Meng Li turned his gaze toward the two skeletons at the scene.

One was dressed in black robes, sitting and leaning against the foot of the main seat above.

The other was dressed in red, lying on its side across the black-robed skeleton's lap.

These attire characteristics were very distinct; with a bit of thought, Meng Li knew who they were—the great Demonic Path cultivator Black-Hearted Old Man, who had founded the Blood Refining Hall and unified the various demonic sects, and Lady Jin Ling, the founder of the Hehuan Sect.

It was said that the two were a pair of deeply devoted lovers, making the hehuan bell and the blood-devouring pearl a sort of 'couple's set' in the world of Magic Treasures.

Shortly after, Meng Li saw a small box beside Lady Jin Ling's remains. His mind stirred, and with a wave of his hand from a distance, he flipped the box open.

As expected, there was a golden bell inside.

Meng Li reached out and used telekinesis to take the golden bell.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the golden bell left the box, a cloud of black poisonous gas emerged and drifted toward him.

Meng Li raised an eyebrow and flicked his sleeve, striking out a burst of magic power to disperse the black gas. He then took the golden bell and examined it briefly, noticing a line of small characters on it: 'The golden bell rings clearly, but the blood-devouring pearl misleads; a lifetime is always spent in the plea of infatuation.'

This was the hehuan bell.

However, this Magic Treasure was of no use to him. After all, he didn't plan on using the Infatuation Curse, so he would just keep it as a collectible for now.

After thinking this, Meng Li put the hehuan bell into his storage ring and continued searching the area. As it turned out, leave aside Magic Treasures and Secret Manuals, there wasn't a single useful thing left.

This made Meng Li frown.

The Black-Hearted Old Man was, after all, a figure who had once unified the Demonic Path. Even if his base didn't hide as many treasures and manuals as the rumors suggested, it shouldn't be this pathetic, right?

Aside from one volume of the Heavenly Book, there was only one hehuan bell, and that even belonged to Lady Jin Ling.

Furthermore, compared to the stone mountain seen from the outside, there was a significant discrepancy in the internal capacity and volume of the Dripping Blood Cave.

Was it not fully explored, or was there some other hidden mechanism?

Suspicious, Meng Li focused his Divine Thought and began to scan the surrounding stone walls and the ground.

A moment later, he truly discovered a hidden mechanism: beneath the circular stone platform in the center of the Dripping Blood Cave, there was another space that appeared to be a storage room, containing quite a few things.

Meng Li immediately cast the Earth-Traveling Immortal technique, passing through the stone platform to enter it.

Arriving in the storage room, he used the light from the night-shining pearls inside to examine the place carefully.

Looking around, there were only two shelves and a pile of boxes, all arranged neatly with corresponding labels.

The two shelves held many boxes labeled as Magic Treasures and Secret Manuals, while the pile of boxes contained Materials, gold, silver, and jewelry.

The shelves for Magic Treasures and Secret Manuals were each divided into five levels, labeled Blood Refining Hall, Hehuan Sect, Wandu Sect, Ghost King Sect, and Changshang Hall.

Meng Li's eyes brightened slightly. He first walked to the shelf for Secret Manuals, casually picking up the first box on the left from the Blood Refining Hall level. Opening it, he found a well-preserved manual inside, with four large characters written on the cover—Blood Refining True Skill!

He flipped it open and read carefully, quickly understanding its contents.

This Blood Refining True Skill was created by the Black-Hearted Old Man and was the foundational Cultivation Technique of the Blood Refining Hall. As the name suggested, it focused on blood refining, divided into the Blood Demon Realm and the Blood Fiend Realm, which corresponded to the Yuqing Realm and Shangqing Realm of the Taiji Xuanqing Dao.

The Black-Hearted Old Man had once Cultivated it to Perfection, reaching the Shangqing Realm Peak, which allowed him to unify the five sects of the Demonic Path.

However, Meng Li did not intend to learn the Blood Refining True Skill.

Because it was a notch below the Taiji Xuanqing Dao, and the cultivation process required absorbing a large amount of blood, making it a textbook evil art.

After reading, he put it back in its original place and opened the next box.

This box contained a signature Spell of the Blood Refining Hall—the Blood Crow Technique!

As the name implied, once cast, it could transform into one or even many blood-sucking crows to attack.

Further on was the Blood Bat Secret Art, a secret method for breeding and controlling bats. The tens of thousands of bats in the Wanfu Ancient Cave had been bred by the Black-Hearted Old Man using this secret method to serve as a line of defense for the Dripping Blood Cave.

Following that were still more Blood Refining Hall Spells, such as the Blood Curse Technique and the Blood Light Escape...

After finishing the Blood Refining Hall level, Meng Li looked down at the Hehuan Sect level.

The Wind and Moon Treasure Scripture was the foundational Cultivation Technique of the Hehuan Sect. While increasing cultivation, it could also nourish the complexion and maintain youth. The fact that most Hehuan Sect Disciples were handsome men and beautiful women was related to this.

The Hehuan Secret Code—as the name suggested, this was a manual regarding the union of men and women.

Meng Li studied it seriously and benefited greatly.

The primary content of this manual was a secret technique of Yin and Yang mutual assistance—The Great Joyful Union Technique!

After mastering this method, using it during union with the opposite sex could greatly enhance the pleasure and simultaneously increase cultivation. The effect of increasing cultivation depended on the situation; if the cultivation levels of both parties were similar, they would naturally progress together. If there was a gap, the weaker party would benefit more.

However, increasing cultivation through secret techniques was ultimately not the Righteous Path. Frequent use would lead to a shallow Foundation, thus requiring consolidation afterward.

Besides The Great Joyful Union Technique, the manual also contained methods for healing through Yin and Yang mutual assistance, as well as means to enhance pleasure.

After reading it, Meng Li decisively put the entire manual into his storage ring for safekeeping.

What Demonic Path evil art?

This was clearly a supreme Miao Fa that pointed directly to the Great Dao of Yin and Yang!