Chapter 108: Chapter 107: Celestial Demon Secret Scripture! Boatman, Actor, Entering a Dream to a Song

The Demon Dragon nudged the ring with its head, as if telling Su Bai there was something good inside.

A thought sparked in Su Bai’s mind, and he sent his Divine Thoughts probing into it.

He was immediately greeted by the sight of a vast space!

It was filled with a haphazard pile of miscellaneous items!

"This is..."

Su Bai stared blankly for a moment before a look of delight appeared on his face.

’A Spatial Storage Magical Artifact?’

He had heard about such treasures before, during idle chats with his colleagues at the prison.

Unfortunately, he’d never had a way to acquire one.

’To think my power has already surpassed the Divine Platform Realm, yet I’m only just now getting my first Spatial Storage Magical Artifact. I guess that’s a first of its own kind!’

Su Bai thought, a little self-deprecatingly.

It suddenly occurred to him.

In the battle to destroy Paradise Hall, he’d killed so many experts of the Spirit Transformation and Innate Realms, yet he hadn’t performed that time-honored tradition—looting the corpses!

’How unprofessional of me!’

’Some of them must have had storage magical artifacts.’

’I was so careless!’

’Just handed a huge windfall to those guys from the Prison Suppression Bureau and the Demon-slaying Bureau!’

"Quick! Go check the other Demon Beast corpses!"

Snapping out of his reverie, Su Bai hurriedly commanded the Demon Dragon.

Upon receiving the order, Hei Wushuang immediately acted like a little puppy, approaching every Demon Beast corpse.

It gave each one a thorough sniff with its nose.

Meanwhile, Su Bai began to examine the Spatial Storage Magical Artifact Hei Wushuang had taken from the Fox Emperor’s body.

As the ruler of the Fox Race, the Fox Emperor had naturally amassed quite a collection of treasures over the years.

But the vast majority of them were things Su Bai had never seen before.

The most numerous items inside the ring’s space were Blood-Colored Jade Beads.

Some were as large as a bowl, while others were as small as an eyeball.

They all swirled with a red halo of light.

Their material was unusual, and their purpose was unknown.

Su Bai guessed that the Fox Emperor must have used some special method to extract the Essence Blood from his slain enemies, refining it into these Blood Beads.

They were a kind of trophy.

There were also three weapons.

A large black bell, a sharp golden sword, and an Ink Jade Folding Fan.

The materials were all unique. They felt heavy in his hand, far superior to the Treasure Saber issued by the Prison Suppression Bureau.

In the northwest corner of the space were jar after jar of fine wine.

The fragrant aroma of wine wafted from the jade containers.

Su Bai casually took out a jar. When he opened it, he found the liquor inside was blue and had an exquisite aroma.

There were also several red fruits, locked away in a golden chest placed in the very center of the space.

When Su Bai opened it, the Demon Dragon stared greedily, drooling everywhere.

Su Bai took a closer look, then tossed them all to the Demon Dragon.

After swallowing the fruits, the Demon Dragon’s bloodline was enhanced, and its strength grew.

It eagerly resumed its task with renewed excitement.

Before long, it had scavenged quite a few items from the bodies of the other Demon Kings.

The majority of it was Spiritual Materials, Jade, Elixirs, gold, and jewels.

There were also a few weapons, but their quality wasn’t particularly good.

Once everything was collected, Su Bai began the lottery draw.

In the end, Su Bai obtained ten million Experience Points and two hundred thousand Tier Two Experience Points.

After that, he began to extract the Cultivation Techniques these Demon Kings had possessed in life.

Most were Fifth or Sixth Grade, with only a single Seventh-grade one.

There were no impressive Cultivation Techniques.

Su Bai ignored them and moved on to extracting the Fox Emperor’s Cultivation Technique.

The scene changed...

Su Bai saw an innocent-looking white fox that, from the moment of its birth, possessed the phantom image of eight tails—a sign of overflowing talent.

Before it even began to cultivate, the previous Fox Emperor of the Fox Race directly appointed it as Crown Prince.

After that, it cultivated diligently for hundreds of years, finally achieving a breakthrough in its Cultivation and reaching the Divine Platform Realm.

It became the new emperor of the Fox Race.

But long-term secluded cultivation made the Fox Emperor’s heart grow increasingly cold. He didn’t even care when his own daughter was born.

Later, he discovered that his daughter, Bining, had actually married into the Human Race, committing a great taboo of the Demon Race.

He personally took action, executing her to make an example of her.

And in the end, he died a miserable death at Su Bai’s hands.

’That Fox Emperor was truly cold-hearted.’

Snapping back to reality, Su Bai couldn’t help but frown.

Then, he inspected his rewards.

[Divine Technique: Xiaoyue! (Seventh Grade), Realm: 6th Layer! (15,805 / 2,450,000)]

A Seventh-grade offensive Divine Technique, its power was even greater under a full moon.

’Not bad.’

Next, Su Bai extracted the Cultivation Technique from the member of the Purple Thunder Blade Sect.

[Cultivation Technique: Purple Thunder Celestial Saber! (Seventh Grade), Realm: Returning to the Essence! (130,000)]

A Seventh-grade Sword Skill that had surpassed the Returning to the True Realm, with 130,000 Experience Points!

’Nice!’

Next, Su Bai began to extract the Cultivation Technique of the Chi Hou Great Venerable.

In the vision...

A red True Hound, growing step by step from its youth.

Until it joined the Sun and Moon Pavilion. There, the red True Hound was noticed by the powerful being who had founded the pavilion and was bestowed with an extremely special Cultivation Technique.

After cultivating this technique, the red True Hound rose rapidly, breaking through to the Divine Platform Realm in a short period of time.

In the end, it became the renowned Chi Hou Great Venerable.

When the vision ended, Su Bai wore a look of shock and suspicion.

’Who exactly is the person who founded the Sun and Moon Pavilion?’

In the vision, the wild and arrogant Chi Hou Great Venerable had shown absolute respect every time he saw this person, not daring to overstep his bounds in the slightest.

Clearly, this person’s power was immense, perhaps a formidable expert beyond the Divine Platform Realm.

Then, Su Bai inspected the Cultivation Technique he had obtained from the Chi Hou Great Venerable.

[Cultivation Technique: Celestial Demon Secret Scripture! (Eighth Grade!), Realm: Returning to the Essence! (0)]

After obtaining this Cultivation Technique, Su Bai took a moment to carefully comprehend it.

A look of shock immediately appeared on his face!

This special Eighth-grade Technique wasn’t an ordinary combat technique; it was one that could continuously enhance a bloodline!

With sufficient energy, it could cause the bloodline of a Demon Race member to undergo repeated transformations!

That was precisely the case with the Chi Hou Great Venerable.

Throughout its life, it had hunted countless living beings.

After killing an opponent, it would use the Celestial Demon Secret Scripture to refine their body and Divine Spirit into a special form of energy.

This energy would then be devoured, becoming nourishment for its bloodline’s transformation.

’No wonder the Sun and Moon Pavilion is so powerful!’

’And no wonder it attracted so many from the Demon Race to join...’

Su Bai finally understood why there were so many Demon Kings and top-tier Great Venerables in the Sun and Moon Pavilion.

As a Demon Beast’s bloodline improved, so too did its natural aptitude. This led to greater cultivation efficiency, and naturally, greater strength.

If the higher-ups at the Sun and Moon Pavilion let slip even a hint about the Celestial Demon Secret Scripture, it would undoubtedly attract countless members of the Demon Race.

’It seems the mysterious figure who founded the Sun and Moon Pavilion is no small fry.’

Su Bai mused internally.

To be able to produce the Celestial Demon Secret Scripture for the powerful Demon Race members in the pavilion to cultivate, this person had likely already transformed their own bloodline to its absolute limit.

Their power was not to be underestimated.

Unfortunately, this Eighth-grade Technique was of little use to Su Bai.

After he finished taking stock of his gains, the sky began to lighten.

The brilliant colors of dawn draped over the mountains like a thin mist.

Su Bai realized it was getting late.

He rose and left the Purgatory Demon Cave.

As for the Demon Dragon?

It was better to let it roam free.

In a few flashes of movement, Su Bai was back in the Imperial City.

It was still early, long before the prison roll call.

Su Bai used his Divine Thoughts to blur his facial features and began to wander around the city.

A moment later, he stood on a jade-paved veranda. Peering through the fine mist rising in the early morning, he saw a small boat in the middle of the lake, slowly approaching.

The boatman was a middle-aged man.

He had dark eyes and brown hair, wore a conical rain hat, and poled the boat with a bamboo rod.

The sparkling ripples were like stars adorning the ocean.

Fish leaped from the water, their scales flashing like rays of dawn through the clouds.

Gazing at the beautiful scene before him, Su Bai’s interest was piqued.

With a casual wave, he paid a bit of broken silver and sat at the bow of the boat.

The Boatman worked the wooden oars, and the small boat slowly drifted away...

The crisp morning air filled his lungs.

Su Bai gazed at the beautiful scenery all around and the waterside pavilions that lined the banks.

His Heart Spirit grew tranquil and serene.

At a certain moment.

From a pavilion on the lakeshore, the beautiful strains of an actor’s song drifted over.

Gentle, delicate, and moving.

It was like the music of lofty mountains and flowing streams, like a gentle breeze caressing the face.

Su Bai took out a jar of fine wine and, with a smile, took a drink.

The blue liquor flowed through him like a warm flame, dispelling the lingering chill of the morning.

Su Bai lay back on the bow, hands clasped behind his head, a hint of tipsy contentment on his face.

In a daze...

He saw the stars in the sky, which seemed to be reflected in the water below.

One magnificent dream after another flickered through his mind.

It became hard to distinguish dream from reality.

At this moment, a line of poetry surfaced in his mind.

"Drunk, not knowing the sky is in the water, a boat of pure dreams presses on the Star River."