Immortality and Cultivation: Starting with Harvesting the Talents of Demonic Beasts

Chapter 84 The Second Demonic Technique
After a moment's thought, Lin Changheng decided to keep only the [sandbag] and sell the rest.

Because these are stolen goods, and two of them are damaged, it's inevitable that the price will be lowered, but the bottom line is 180 low-grade spirit stones.

If the price drops any lower, I simply won't make a move, otherwise I'll become a sucker.

Three secondhand storage bags, each worth sixty or seventy spirit stones.

After mentally calculating, Lin Changheng gasped, "In total, it's nearly 1,400 low-grade spirit stones."

"After deducting the [Sinking Sandbags] and demonic beast blood that I use myself, I have nearly nine hundred!"

"Indeed, a horse won't get fat without night grass, and a person won't get rich without unexpected wealth! Tsk tsk, it's always faster to be given treasure as a gift!"

Lin Changheng felt a little dizzy.

A master alchemist like him, who would diligently stay in his alchemy room and refine pills for one or two years, would only earn this much. Yet, in less than a quarter of an hour, he had made a fortune.

But soon, he reacted.

He took two deep breaths and silently told himself, "No, no..."

"Huge profits are often accompanied by huge risks!"

"The three thieves who just fought so skillfully must not be thieves for the first time. But if you walk by the river, you will eventually get your shoes wet. One mistake or one slip-up can ruin everything, including your life and property."

"We must proceed steadily and cautiously, avoiding conflict and infighting, in order to achieve long-term success and attain immortality."

Lin Changheng suppressed his desires, and after a moment his gaze returned to calm.

"First, refine the [Sinking Sandbag]."

Without delay, he immediately began a long and arduous ritual that lasted two or three days.

"Phew! The refining is finally complete."

Within the immortal's lair, the sandbags rose and fell as if on cue, their openings bulging, as if wind and sand were brewing, ready to gush out and sweep away at any moment.

Lin Changheng nodded in satisfaction. He could sense the power contained within it. After manipulating it for a moment, he withdrew his magic power, causing it to fall into his hand, and then put it into his pocket.

Then he looked directly at the essence blood in the box.

Without saying a word, they immediately began to seize the spirit.

shhhhhh!
The Yuan Cauldron in his sea of ​​consciousness trembled incessantly, and soon more than half of the essence blood in the box was gone.

Meanwhile, the crimson treasure representing the [Earth Fire Lizard] had solidified and taken shape, teetering on the verge of collapse.

[Earth Fire Lizard Treasure Seed - Fifth Level]

[Can continue refining the demon race's innate talent: Fire Repellent]

With a thought, Lin Changheng plucked the precious seed. He felt a slight warmth in his soul as the [Earth Fire Lizard Treasure Seed] floated lightly into his sea of ​​consciousness, like a feather falling into a fiery lake, causing only shallow ripples, yet it did not melt in the fire!
With his eyes closed, he seemed to see a strange illusion—

Fire lizards floated in the lava, their dark red scales completely shielding them from the intense heat, allowing them to swim freely.
Seeing it spewing forth fiery magma and molten lava, yet remaining perfectly still and unharmed...
And he also possessed this ability.

"The Fire Lizard's talent is now mine!"

[Already mastered: Fire-repelling technique - Advanced]

[Effect: Targets and neutralizes mid-grade fire magic, grants the body fire resistance]

Lin Changheng's eyes flickered slightly.

The former is easier to understand; it can completely eliminate fire spells of rank 1 or lower, and based on previous experience, it should also be able to weaken higher-level fire spells to some extent.

But the latter...

"Ok?"

Lin Changheng tried to use the [Fire-Repelling Technique] and immediately sensed something, directly looking inward.

What did he see?
Not only on the surface of the body, but also on the internal organs, an invisible fire membrane appeared, which reflected the magic power flowing in the meridians and painted a faint red color.

However, once the strange method was subdued, it disappeared deep into the body.

It still exists, just not visible.

It's a passive effect!
As we all know, being "passive" is often more useful than being "active" because being "active" sometimes requires more skill, while being passive does not.

"But the scenarios where internal organ fire resistance is useful don't seem to be many, after all, I'm not going to ingest magma like a fire lizard..."

Lin Changheng thought for a moment, then smiled and said, "But it's better to have something than nothing."

At the same time, Lin Changheng's spiritual root also changed once again. Under the [Spirit Observation Technique], it immediately became apparent.

With the accumulation of two more strands of fire spirit root, the spiritual essence now has a total of twenty-two strands!
The Wood Spirit Root, with its fifteen strands of spiritual essence, has accumulated more than half of its essence.

The earth spirit root has ten strands, and is about to enter the category of low-grade spirit roots.

The dual spiritual roots of metal and water remain unchanged, each consisting of five strands!

……

Although the description was slow, it only took about half an incense stick's time from beginning to end. Lin Changheng glanced at the effects of the five-fold transformation of the treasure seed.

[A mixed-grade demonic beast bloodline, naturally possessing fire element, with perfected spirit-stealing and transformation into the Dao, capable of being refined into the ancestral demonic technique "Fire-Repelling"]

"Good, keep going!"

Lin Changheng once again absorbed the essence blood of the [Earth Fire Lizard].

When only a dozen or so bottles remained to be absorbed, Lin Changheng took out the twenty bottles of [Flame-Tailed Spirit Fox] essence blood he had reserved and continued his work.

[Earth Fire Lizard Treasure Seed - Fifth Level]

[Spirit Stealing: 100/100]

[Biochemical Life: 10/10]

……

[With essence and blood fully absorbed, the transformation is complete!]

【Earthfire Lizard True Core - Supreme】

[Can be refined into a demonic technique that reverts to ancestral form by incorporating the bloodline of demonic beasts: Fire Repeller]

Unlike the previous [Fire Crow Treasure Seed], which featured a magnificent and terrifying image of a giant firebird, this one appeared almost silently, like the [Azure Wood Serpent Treasure Seed].

"But that's enough."

Lin Changheng was not greedy; the new [Demon Magic] was about to be created.

This will be his second demonic technique after the [Poison Transformation Demonic Technique]!

Above the Yuan Ding, a deep red core the size of an infant's fist was formed in an instant.

"call!"

Lin Changheng let out a soft breath, once again experiencing the changes, and how they differed from the [Fire-Repelling Technique - Transformation] he had just used.

They quickly discovered that the effects of the [Targeted Fire-Based Spell Removal] were, well, faster, more powerful, and more... flexible.

Of course, this is not a matter of ideas influencing reality, but rather that the [Fire-Repelling Demonic Technique] is cast too quickly.

It's unclear whether it's because the [Earth Fire Lizard] talent is inherently amazing, or because Lin Changheng's comprehension has been enhanced, but it seems to have been tailor-made for him.

From intention to operation to release, it can all be done in a single breath!
At the same time, Lin Changheng had a profound realization that its power ceiling had been raised once again.

First-tier high-grade fire magic can now be eliminated.

It is a complete elimination, a direct and fundamental elimination from the source of fire elemental power.

In other words, single-level first-tier fire spells will no longer be able to harm him.

It can even negate fire-based shield spells, creating gaps in defense.

It's just that fire shields are relatively rare and not often encountered.

In addition, the body's fire resistance has also increased, although the specific extent is difficult to quantify and judge, but it is indeed much stronger.

The next day.

Lin Changheng went to the outskirts of the neighborhood again.

It wasn't too far away, less than a mile, but it was a deserted area.

Begin testing the [Fire Demon Repelling Technique].

Whether it was the released low-grade first-tier [Fireball Technique] or the activated mid-grade first-tier [Rocket Talisman], they were repelled as soon as they were formed and released.

It turned into a wisp of green smoke, without a trace of flame.

(End of this chapter)