Mythical Ape, Black Mountain Bear Lord.
Jiang Yuechu's gaze lingered on these two names for a moment.
The Black Mountain Bear Lord was immensely strong, thick-skinned and coarse-fleshed; just looking at the title, she knew it was a Demon that followed a powerful and fierce path.
As for that Mythical Ape... The Classic of Mountains and Seas states: "Its form is like an ape, with a white head and red feet, named Zhu Yan (Mythical Ape); when it appears, great warfare follows."
But how could a Pig Demon be related to the legendary Vicious Beast, the Mythical Ape?
Forget it.
Whether it's a mule or a horse, you'll know once you take it out for a spin.
Her mind stirred.
"Infuse, Mythical Ape."
A familiar sense of dizziness struck her.
Everything before her eyes was once again swallowed by boundless darkness.
Jiang Yuechu was not panicked; with the experience from the previous two times, she had now figured out some patterns.
When a Demon is upgraded from Imprint to Crimson Dye, she can see, or rather, experience some of its memories from before its death.
Although she didn't know what use it had, it was fine as a pastime.
[Year 1, you were born. You are a small wild pig on Mount Fuling. You are weak, but you can eat a lot.]
[Year 3, you are still very good at eating. Your kin all think you are a glutton.]
[Year 10, there was a heavy rain in the mountains. You hid in a cave and were struck by a bolt of lightning. You didn't die; instead, you gained Sentience. You thought it might be because you were thick-skinned and coarse-fleshed.]
[Year 15, you learned Transformation. You turned yourself into a fair and plump young man and went to the town below the mountain to steal steamed buns. As a result, an Old Daoist Priest chased you and beat you across three streets.]
[Year 30, you heard that Su Manor's sword technique was unrivaled in the Region. You wanted to secretly learn it, so you infiltrated Su Manor as a handyman, secretly watching people practice swordsmanship every day.]
[Year 31, you met Su Wan, the youngest daughter of the Su Manor Master. She always liked to sneak you pastries from the back kitchen. You thought this girl was nice, just a little silly.]
[Year 32, you and Su Wan met secretly on the back mountain. She taught you how to read and told you stories from outside the mountains.]
[Year 33, the Su Manor Master discovered your relationship. He wanted to break your legs. Su Wan knelt on the ground and begged him. Watching her cry, you felt pain in your heart, and for the first time, you had the thought of running away with her.]
[Year 34, you drank too much and revealed your true form in front of Su Wan. She was terrified, but she didn't leave. She just held your massive pig head and cried all night.]
[Year 35, the people of Su Manor discovered your Demon body. They beat you half to death and threw you down the mountain. You lay in the mountain stream, listening to them curse you as the beast who defiled Su Wan.]
[Year 36, you swore that you would learn Su Manor's sword technique and use their swords to shut them all up.]
[Year 37, you admitted that you weren't cut out for it.]
[Year 38, you gradually discovered that your Bloodline seemed unique. Whenever you activated your Demonic Power, countless scarlet tentacles would sprout from your back, incredibly tough, not only helping you fight enemies but also allowing your Cultivation speed to far surpass your peers.]
[Year 50, relying on your Bloodline Divine Ability, you became a famous Great Demon in the vicinity.]
[Year 51, you returned to Su Manor, but found that the place was long deserted. You heard that shortly after you left, Su Wan was burned alive because she had given birth to a pair of Pig Demons.]
[Year 52, you found your two children. They had been adopted by an old hunter. You killed the old hunter and took them away.]
[Year 63, you felt that Heaven and Earth were unkind. Why should the Yao Race be born only to be regarded as evil heretics and slaughtered by others? If humans can kill Demons, why can't Demons control humans?]
[Year 70, you utterly despised the Human Race, yet you were obsessed with the sword to the point of madness.]
[Year 150, a Demon claiming to be from the Western Regions Demon Court found you. He told you that your Bloodline was special, naturally meant to wield arms, bring chaos to the world, and shouldn't waste time in this remote backwater. He advised you to join the Demon Court, saying that without the aid of the Demon Court's Secret Techniques, you would never hope to enter Core Formation in this lifetime.]
[You refused. You didn't want to leave this land.]
[Year 300, you frantically Cultivated, only to find that what the envoy said was true: your Cultivation Level stalled at Bone Resonance, and the further you went, the harder it was to increase it even slightly.]
[Year 350, you sat on the mountain peak, watching the sun gradually set in the west. Suddenly, you felt that perhaps the Demon Court's envoy had a point. You decided that once your eldest son grew a little older, you would go and take a look at the Western Regions.]
...Consciousness returned.
Jiang Yuechu slowly opened her eyes and let out a long breath of Stale Qi.
Crimson Dye enters the painting; flesh and blood are reborn.
On the Scroll Painting, the outline of the Pig Demon was rapidly filled with scarlet ink.
[Consuming three hundred and fifty years of Dao Cultivation.]
[Successfully Crimson Dyed the Mythical Ape, obtaining a gift from the Demon.]
[The Blood Food Technique has reached Supreme.]
[Obtained Talent: Defiled Earth Golden Body (This is a talent of the Pig Demon race. Its body is like defiled earth, fearless of weapons, water, and fire, enhancing Skin Defense.)]
[Obtained Divine Ability: Flesh and Blood Armament (This is a Mythical Ape Bloodline Divine Ability. It can mobilize one's own flesh and blood to attach to weapons, greatly enhancing the sharpness and resilience of the weapon.)]
The writing slowly faded.
Jiang Yuechu suddenly opened her eyes.
The dense scent of blood made an indescribable hunger rise in her belly.
It was stronger than ever before.
She stretched out her hand and pressed it onto a mutilated Demon corpse.
Blood Food Technique, Activate!
Boom—
Blood-colored mist instantly erupted from her pores.
The blood mist condensed in mid-air, forming several tentacles that instantly wrapped around the Demon bodies on the cart.
In just a few breaths.
A corpse turned into dust.
A trace of satisfaction flashed in Jiang Yuechu's eyes.
Besides the increase in speed, the efficiency of the conversion also seemed to have improved!
She no longer hesitated, extending both hands simultaneously and pressing them onto the mountain of corpses.
Creak—
The entire flatbed cart shook violently.
Corpse after corpse of Demons turned into dust under the blood-colored tentacles.
In the time it takes for a stick of incense to burn.
The flatbed cart was completely empty, leaving behind only some bloodstains of unknown origin.
Jiang Yuechu retracted her hands and exhaled a breath of Stale Qi.
The stream of Qi actually carried a faint smell of blood.
The next instant.
Boom—
The Qi and Blood within her body screamed wildly at this moment.
Beneath her skin, countless small snakes seemed to be frantically wriggling, causing her blood vessels to bulge everywhere, making her look a size larger overall.
It was as if, in the next moment, her entire body would burst open like an air sac inflated to its limit, transforming into a sky full of blood mist.
"Damn..."
She cursed softly, enduring the tearing pain throughout her body, sitting down cross-legged, and glancing at the Panel.
[Realm: Bone Resonance Perfection]
Sure enough.
Bone Resonance Perfection.
In the path of Martial Dao, reaching this step is considered hitting a Bottleneck.
Her entire body's Qi and Blood had been refined to the peak of this Realm.
To move forward, the only path is Core Integration.
If she didn't quickly step into the Core Formation Realm, this overflowing Qi and Blood would be like a bursting flood, eventually flowing away for nothing, completely wasted.
A flash of realization crossed Jiang Yuechu's mind.
Core Formation is imminent!