Cultivation: I Have a Golden Talisman-Chapter 42: Cyan Yuan Demon Tree Skill

’This Dao Pattern Spirit Jade Golem from Feng Ling was probably prepared by her maid, Wan’Er,’ Fang Cheng guessed inwardly as he absorbed the Creation Points from it.

He had asked Wan’Er to search for Dao Pattern Spirit Jade, and to his surprise, that charming young girl had responded with a congratulatory gift.

His Creation Points had increased by 1300 out of nowhere, which was enough for him to comprehend the Cyan Yuan Demon Tree Skill.

"Husband, do you like this golem?"

Ye Yan asked with a smile, seeing Fang Cheng turning the Spirit Jade Golem over in his hands.

Fang Cheng nodded. "I’ve loved Dao Pattern Spirit Jade since I was a child."

A trace of tender affection flashed in Ye Yan’s eyes. "I’ll have people keep an eye out for you," she said. "The Ye Family does business in the marketplace, so it shouldn’t be hard to find more."

Fang Cheng laughed heartily, pulled her into his arms, and rewarded her properly.

Ye Yan’s cheeks flushed crimson. She squirmed in his embrace and cooed, "We still haven’t looked at Mother’s gift."

They opened the gift box from Madam Ye and found a cyan Profound Pattern Tree Species and a jade slip inside.

Ye Yan was very knowledgeable and immediately recognized it. "A Spirit-Devouring Tree Species!"

"Spirit-Devouring Tree?" Fang Cheng asked, confused. "What kind of tree is that?"

Ye Yan gave him a charming glance and explained, "This tree is ranked among the ten great Demon Trees of Yun Country. It can devour Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, a cultivator’s Magical Power, and even their flesh, blood, and soul. Its flowers can become parasitic on a cultivator’s body, multiplying endlessly until the host is reduced to ash."

Fang Cheng was stunned. He hadn’t expected the Spirit-Devouring Tree to have such power. It must not have been easy for Madam Ye to acquire this seed.

This seed was likely intended for him to practice the Cyan Yuan Demon Tree Skill.

Ye Yan handed the tree seed to Fang Cheng, then took out the jade slip and pressed it to her forehead.

The next moment, a bashful expression appeared on Ye Yan’s face. She gave Fang Cheng a coquettish look and said, "Husband, you should take a look at this jade slip."

Fang Cheng took the jade slip and looked. Inside was a vividly illustrated Dual Cultivation Secret Method.

He smiled. "It seems my mother-in-law wants me to help you resolve the Profound Yin Cold Qi in your body as soon as possible."

With that said, he flicked his finger, sending a stream of light into the jade slip. With the chime of a bell, the jade slip flared with brilliant light, and countless gleaming golden words and images shot out, suspended in the air.

The opening passage read: *When the Mystic Gate first opens, the Great Furnace shines. Smelt the rigid to forge the male; melt the supple to form the female. Thus are the two bodies cast, male and female, a model of Yin and Yang’s two halves. The male, by nature firm, sets the law; the female, by nature yielding, follows the way...*

The entire Secret Technique had thirty-six forms, divided into four sets of nine: standing, lying, sitting, and moving!

Fang Cheng watched with great interest, a self-taught master in the making.

Ye Yan, blushing and unbearably shy, hurriedly snatched the jade slip back and dispersed the glowing light.

Fang Cheng laughingly tried to snatch it back. Ye Yan’s slender waist twisted like a snake as she dodged nimbly, and the married couple immediately began to roughhouse playfully.

...

「Several days later.」

Fang Cheng walked out of the Jade Tower and found an empty space in the woods at the edge of a cliff.

He took out the Spirit-Devouring Tree Species, which he had long since refined, and planted it in the soil.

He then activated the Heart Method of the Cyan Yuan Demon Tree Skill. Guided by a subtle connection, he sent a fierce surge of Magical Power from his body!

Suddenly!

A verdant green sapling burst from the earth. In the blink of an eye, it grew beside Fang Cheng, transforming into a small tree ten feet tall and as thick as a bowl, its canopy spreading out gracefully.

The dark green trunk was covered in jet-black Demon Patterns, looking both bizarre and full of vibrant life!

At that moment, Fang Cheng clearly sensed that his Magical Power and soul had formed a close connection with the Demon Tree.

The Spirit-Devouring Tree automatically devoured the surrounding Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, as if an invisible vortex of Spiritual Qi was swirling around it.

And as long as Fang Cheng was under this tree and circulated the Cyan Yuan Demon Tree Skill, he could easily refine the Spiritual Qi within the Spirit-Devouring Tree, converting it into pure Demon Path Magical Power.

The speed of his cultivation was so fast it left him dumbfounded!

However, not everyone had his kind of opportunity...

The entry stage of the Cyan Yuan Demon Tree Skill required 900 Creation Points.

He dumped 1300 Creation Points into it in one go, directly raising his comprehension of the Cultivation Technique to the Small Success Realm!

That was why the effect was so astonishing.

If an ordinary person were to practice this skill, they would need to expend great effort to suppress their demonic thoughts. Only as their understanding of the Cultivation Technique increased could they gradually let go and cultivate freely.

Otherwise, the final outcome would be either cultivation deviation or having their soul tainted by the Demon Tree, turning them into its puppet.

This was also the drawback of almost all Demon Skills!

Cultivating them offered rapid advancement, like traveling a thousand miles in a single day. But the hidden dangers were immense, and it was far too easy for things to go wrong.

The Mystic Sect’s True Method, on the other hand, emphasized harmony between heaven and man, gradual progress, and techniques that were balanced and peaceful. Although advancement was slow, it didn’t carry so many risks.

Fang Cheng sat cross-legged under the Demon Tree. In just under half a day, he had converted all the Magical Power he’d cultivated with the One Qi Technique into that of the Cyan Yuan Demon Tree Skill.

The Magical Power cultivated from the Cyan Yuan Demon Tree Skill was far superior in quality to that from a trash Cultivation Technique like the One Qi Technique.

Now, when Fang Cheng used his Sword Technique, its power was several times greater than before!

Moreover, his cultivation speed had also increased tremendously. Supplemented with pills that boosted Magical Power, like the Essence Supplement Pill, it probably wouldn’t take long for him to break through to the Late Sensing Stage.

For core disciples of top families like Feng Ling, Ye Yan, and Dong Fangzhuo, there were almost no bottlenecks throughout the entire Sensing Stage.

What they were concerned with was which legacy technique they would use to break through to the Life Talisman Realm!

Upon reaching the Late Sensing Stage, one had to choose a main Cultivation Technique to condense a "Life Talisman" in their Qi Sea.

This "Life Talisman" determined the foundation of their future Great Dao. Moreover, once a Life Talisman was formed, their Magical Power would undergo a qualitative breakthrough, and their strength would change dramatically.

But condensing a "Life Talisman" was the first great hurdle facing the countless cultivators in the world!

Within the Yinluo Sect, anyone who became an Inner Sect Disciple had the opportunity to choose one of the nine great cornerstone techniques to cultivate.

And if they could use one of these nine cornerstone techniques to condense a Life Talisman and break through to the Life Talisman Realm, they would be named a True Disciple!

Cultivating a Demon Skill was extremely risky, and the more powerful the Demon Skill, the greater the risk.

Therefore, for Demon Cultivators, comprehension and temperament were no less important than they were for Mystic Sect cultivators.

Just like with Ye Yan cultivating the Black Water Profound Talisman Scripture. Even with the protection of an expert at the Life Talisman Realm like Madam Ye, problems still arose.

After finishing the conversion of his Magical Power, Fang Cheng slowly withdrew his energy, leaned back against the Spirit-Devouring Tree, and gazed out at the scenery of the Abyssal Marsh.

Below Cangwu Mountain, clouds and mist drifted about. In the distance, where the mist thinned, one could see the vast, boundless Daze, a truly magnificent sight.

’Such a blessed land for cultivation... I wouldn’t have even dared to dream of it before.’

That small courtyard in the Yinluo Sect Marketplace was worlds apart from this place—like comparing mud to the clouds.

Atop the nearby Jade Tower, a graceful figure sat languidly.

Her long hair cascaded down like a waterfall, soft and glossy, accentuating her stunning, vixen-like curves. She was bewitchingly seductive.

Ye Yan was dressed in black satin today, which made her snowy skin seem even more dazzlingly white.

The long black skirt pooled beneath her. Nestled within its folds were her bare feet, exquisite as jade. The soles were slender and elegant, the insteps full and smooth.

She casually tucked a lock of dark hair behind her ear. As she did, her wide, black silk sleeve slid down to her elbow, revealing half of a long, fair arm as smooth and perfect as lotus root.

Her coquettish, laughing voice drifted down, "Husband, come up and watch the sunset with me..."

Her pleasant voice was syrupy sweet but also carried a hint of lazy charm, while her face showed a look of both weariness and shyness.

The two had been ’cultivating’ together for several days, and Fang Cheng had personally witnessed the entire process of a dignified, cold beauty from a noble family transforming into a clinging little vixen.

If Fang Cheng hadn’t also been practicing the Celestial Fire Body Forging Technique, a powerful Body Refining Technique, he really wouldn’t have been able to handle her.