Fellow Daoist Entrusts His Child: Immortality Begins with Nurturing a Demoness

Chapter 112 Master Luo is wronged, but not to this extent (5000-word chapter, please subscribe~)

Good news! The blockhead has finally seen the light! Master Luo is finally getting married.

Bad news, the bride isn't her.

Mo Xue's lips trembled slightly, her empty almond-shaped eyes staring intently at Luo Fanchen, as if waiting for an explanation.

"Master Luo, you and Fairy Ruoxue are getting married."

"Ahem, there's a reason for this."

Luo Fanchen coughed lightly, feeling a little embarrassed for a moment, but then realized there was no need to feel guilty, so he explained.

"It's just a compromise. As you know, Fairy Ruoxue has already reached the late stage of Foundation Establishment in her cultivation of the Profound Chapter. Even if your Master Luo wanted to climb higher, he couldn't."

"I see."

As Mo Xue blinked her almond-shaped eyes, she wrapped her slender arms around Luo Fanchen's waist from behind, holding him very tightly.

Her soft, delicate body pressed against his back, the faint fragrance of gardenias lingering around Luo Fanchen's nose. The two were very close, and the girl's body temperature was transmitted to his heart through her dress.

Soft, warm, and very comfortable, but it's a little uncomfortable.

"Then, Master Luo, will you still marry Fairy Ruoxue?"

Mo Xue's pretty face was taut and wrinkled, her heart aching with unbearable bitterness, and she did not let her guard down for a moment.

In her eyes, Master Luo's excellence was no less than that of Fairy Ruoxue. The two were a perfect match, and this was just a temporary measure. But who knows what would happen in the future? Once Fairy Ruoxue truly experienced Master Luo's merits, she might just make the best of a bad situation.

very dangerous!

If Fairy Ruoxue perfectly fulfills all of the world's fantasies about fairies, with delicate branches and abundant fruit, noble elegance, and beauty surpassing even celestial beings, then with such a fairy occupying the position of the main wife, what is there for her and Qiuyun to compete for? Even if they were tied together, they wouldn't be a match.

"Master Luo? Why aren't you saying anything?"

Mo Xue's voice trembled, and she tightened her arms around him, her shoulders trembling with tension.

"You two won't get married, will you? The matter of becoming Daoist partners is just to fool True Person Tuo Yuanxi, right?"

When Luo Ye didn't respond for a long time, Mo Xue became increasingly anxious. Her heart was pounding with fear and unease. She forced a smile and kept asking questions without realizing it, her voice already tinged with sobs.

"No, it's not."

"Mo Xue, I will marry Fairy Ruo Xue and become the head of the Ming family."

"How could that be? Master Luo is lying! Didn't you say you would accompany me to join the Daoist sect and together we would achieve Foundation Establishment and Core Formation?"

Mo Xue choked back tears, large tears soaking Luo Fanchen's back. Her fingertips unconsciously dug into Luo Ye's waist, leaving visible marks, like a cat unconsciously extending its claws after being stressed.

The relentless questioning was extremely oppressive, and Luo Fanchen's back was sore from being pressed so hard that he couldn't help but smile.

With his current cultivation level, he could stand and let Mo Xue pinch him without feeling any pain, but it's amazing that he always gets hurt by the girl's pinching.

"Of course I'll accompany Mo Xue."

Luo Fanchen wrapped his large hand around Mo Xue's small hand at her waist, half-guiding and half-forcing her wrist, turned her around and pulled her into his arms, gently soothing her along the curve of her beautiful back.

"My relationship with Fairy Ruoxue is merely a transaction where each of us gets what we need; it exists in name only."

Luo Fanchen did not hide anything and recounted the whole story in detail.

Mo Xue buried her pretty face in Luo Ye's chest, as if trying to struggle, but was held in his arms by a pair of strong arms, so she went with the flow, sobbing and crawling in Luo Ye's arms.

"Help Fairy Ruoxue win the chief position, and after she comprehends the profound chapter, cultivate the Ming family's second Foundation Establishment cultivator."

After a while, Mo Xue finally sorted out what had happened, and pouted and snorted: "If it's about Foundation Establishment, the first thing I'll do after I join the Daoist sect is help Master Luo establish his foundation. I won't need to compromise with others."

Her voice was sarcastic; from being nominally famous to having real power, it only took one night.

Even if Master Luo and Fairy Ruoxue were truly innocent, the position of the main wife was taken away for no reason, which would be enough to make her feel bad for a long time.

"More than just foundation building"

"I understand, Mr. Luo. I was just being willful."

Luo Fanchen was interrupted by Mo Xue, and his expression faltered slightly upon hearing this, his heart filled with confusion.

What did this girl understand?
"Master Luo did it all for me, right? He compromised and married Fairy Ruoxue, taking over the mess that is the Ming family, all for my sake."

"Master Luo, you must be feeling very wronged and upset. If I had even a fraction of Fairy Ruoxue's cultivation, if I could reach the Foundation Establishment stage, I could protect you. Why would I have to let you suffer like this?"

Mo Xue covered her mouth and choked up. In the past two months, she had been forced by that damned old hag Camel Bee several times because she missed Master Luo.

She could understand Master Luo's forbearance and compromise. Master Luo was only at the seventh level of Qi Refining. Under the attack of Liu Xia and the Tuo family, it was already the limit for him to protect himself. How could he have the spare strength to save her?

Only Ming Ruoxue can save her; she has the ability to protect Master Luo and bring her back.

With a Golden Core cultivator personally taking action, Master Luo must have paid a heavy price. Putting myself in his shoes, she would have done everything in her power to save Master Luo if he were in trouble.

"It's not that I feel wronged."

Luo Fanchen felt inexplicably guilty, but Mo Xue softened her tone and took the initiative to hug him tightly, her pretty face gentle and tolerant.

"It's alright, Mr. Luo, I'm not angry, I just need time to process this."

Mo Xue forced a smile onto her small face. Even though she had figured things out, the intense jealousy and bitterness still made her feel uneasy. But she knew that now was not the time to be willful. Master Luo must be feeling even worse than her.

She won't give up! She just needs time to calm down and regroup.

"What kind of Fairy Ruoxue? If you can't be involved in love, then just cultivate your Dao of Forgetfulness. Why do you have to come and bring trouble to my Master Luo!"

Mo Xue muttered something under her breath, her chin slightly raised.

She needs to carefully consider a good strategy to win over Master Luo before she becomes someone who is only nominally in power!
"Master Luo, I'm a little tired."

Mo Xue took the initiative to release Luo Fanchen. Her eyelashes trembled slightly as she forcefully suppressed the pent-up feelings in her heart. After informing Master Luo that she needed to go into seclusion for a short period of rest, she prepared to return to the spirit ship with the spirit puppet: "Master Luo, I want to try to break through to the sixth level of Qi Refining and stabilize my sword intent."

"Brother Luo, you'd better keep up the good work! If I surpass you, you'll be secretly tied up!"

Mo Xue winked playfully, and Luo Fanchen shook his head indulgently, saying with a hint of amusement, "Once Mo Xue breaks through, I will give her a thorough check-up."

"Feel free to do any random checks, Master Luo might just give you a shock!"

Mo Xue returned to the spirit ship first. The room that the spirit puppet had arranged for her was right next to Luo Fanchen's. After returning, she first practiced breathing exercises for a while, and then immediately spread out the letter paper and began to write and deduce.

She must win this time!
On the other side, watching Mo Xue leave, Luo Fanchen also took out a Xuanjing (mysterious crystal), a spirit talisman, and a first-grade low-level bronze mirror, and arranged them in the four directions to form a simple communication spirit array.

He chanted the incantation, took measured steps, and settled his center at the bronze mirror. Amidst the swirling spiritual light, a blurry figure gradually formed, its face indistinct. It was none other than Li Miaoyun, who was anxiously awaiting Luo Fanchen's reply.

"Sir, did your trip go smoothly?"

"Yes, I have rescued Mo Xue. Master Tuo Yuanxi personally presided over the justice. Gengjin Cave Heaven has been sealed off, and Tuo Tian has been confined for three years."

Luo Fanchen briefly recounted what had happened, his tone calm, but Li Miaoyun listened with a pounding heart.

More than ten Foundation Establishment cultivators killed a Foundation Establishment cultivator named Camel Bee; this was practically venturing into a dragon's den and a tiger's lair. Only you, sir, have the ability and means to bring Mo Xue back.

"Thank you for your hard work, sir."

Li Miaoyun pursed her lips, still feeling somewhat shaken.

"I will be going to Luoshen Pavilion with Fairy Ruoxue. I will be staying at the Ming family's Feiyunfang for a long time. I probably won't be going back. I have something to give you. I hope you can come over and bring Qiuyun with you."

“No problem, I will listen to you, sir. I will travel through the four sects’ territories using the teleportation array and arrive in two weeks.”

"Alright, also please inform the three pavilion masters that there are some things that may require their assistance."

Luo Fanchen stroked his chin, carefully weighing the options in his mind.

His entry into the Ming family will likely face considerable opposition, and Ruoxue Fairy's rivals will not miss this opportunity for his upcoming wedding.

He needs Foundation Establishment cultivators to help him out.

For the next few days, Luo Fanchen spent his time on the spirit ship.

A second-tier high-grade spirit ship traveling at full speed, passing through three teleportation arrays, would take about half a month. During this time, Mo Xue would stay in the pavilion for most of the time, remaining in seclusion.

Only at night would Mo Xue quietly climb into the covers while he was falling asleep, whimpering as she tried to hold him close until she drifted off to sleep.

He tried to persuade her many times, but the girl always used the excuse that "I only get into bed once every seven days, and Master Luo already owes me so many times" to stay in bed.

Luo Fanchen couldn't very well drive him away, so he simply slept with him in the same bed.

Fortunately, it was just sleeping together. At most, when he was pretending to be asleep, Mo Xue would quietly peck his cheek and neck, then blush and curl up in his arms to fall asleep peacefully. She was shy but also a little innocent, as if she was slowly savoring a delicacy, only daring to take small bites.

"Mo Xue is still a child after all. Although she likes him, she is completely ignorant about matters between men and women."

Luo Fanchen smiled and shook his head. Recently, Mo Xue hadn't been focusing on cultivation; instead, she was busy writing and drawing something.

During his visits, Mo Xue would quickly put the entire stack of gold paper back into her storage bag as if she were doing something wrong, and give him an innocent smile.

It was a little strange, but he didn't pay too much attention to it; teenage girls always have their own secrets.

It was still early before Luo Shen Pavilion arrived, so Luo Fanchen continued refining the Luo River Pill to quickly restore his cultivation level. At the same time, he took the rare opportunity to open the Demoness Record to check his progress.

Name: Luo Fanchen

【Shouyuan: 31/100】

[Cultivation Level: Qi Refining Stage 7]

[Technique: Lesser Yang Wood Transformation Technique, Level 4 (300/300)]

【术法：火咒诀精通.大圣至人幡法初学（300/300），三分元气剑熟练（200/300）】    【一阶上品制符师（120/300）】

[Supernatural Power: Awakening of Insects, Mortal World]

[Physical Constitution: Sudden Rise of Killing Intent (Sword Bone)]

[Currently available enchantresses to bind: 0; Current accumulated admiration points: 1550]

[Ling Moxue's admiration value: 4, Luo Qianqiu's admiration value: 1]

"Phew, not bad."

Luo Fanchen pursed his lips. The improvements on the Demoness Record only included proficiency in cultivation techniques and spells. In reality, he had already fully mastered the state of overflowing true essence and the tricks to activating the Awakening Insect Divine Power.

If one wields the Soul Banner, in terms of Qi cultivation alone, one should be virtually invincible.

"The Lesser Yang Wood Transformation Technique can be broken through."

Luo Fanchen weighed the proficiency of the Shaoyang Wood Transformation Technique. Although it had reached a bottleneck in its proficiency, it had not turned gray. This meant it was at a level that could be improved with admiration points. It should only be a minor bottleneck and wouldn't have any additional techniques like the Kui Mu technique.

He did not immediately break through his cultivation technique. He planned to sublimate the Soul Banner and then use the power of the Soul Banner and the feedback from the breakthrough in his cultivation technique to try to break through to the eighth level of Qi Refining. Moreover, with the Luohe Pill, he was at least 50% confident of breaking through.

"Is Yangmu Zhi Simo Xue really going to kidnap me back?"

Luo Fanchen shook his head with a self-deprecating smile. He looked at Mo Xue's position. The girl's name changed from peach pink to fiery red, burning like a wave of flames. Last time, when she broke through to level three, he was still unable to resist. What kind of qualitative change would occur when she reached level four?
I'm a little worried, but Mo Xue is already mature enough that it's hard to persuade her anymore. I can only take it one step at a time.

As long as he can maintain his lead in cultivation, Mo Xue shouldn't have much of a problem.

"It can be bound to a demoness, which seems to offer an upgrade?"

Luo Fanchen was slightly taken aback. At the same time, he noticed that the position of the bound demoness had changed from gray to light green, which could be upgraded.

Can the number of bindings be increased simply by providing admiration points?

He estimated that he needed about 1,500 admiration points to improve his chances of getting a spot, and he was unsure whether the improvement rate would double in the future.

"Never mind, I'll keep it for practicing cultivation techniques."

Luo Fanchen pursed his lips and quickly rejected the idea of ​​directly increasing the number of bindings.

The reason is simple: apart from Mo Xue, he has no one else to bind with for the time being. Luo Qianqiu's admiration value is insufficient and too dangerous. Even if he discovers a new demoness and raises his admiration value to three, it will be a long and arduous process.

These 1,500+ admiration points are hard-earned and should be prioritized for improving combat power.

For example, the three magical techniques that Luo Qianqiu bestowed upon him.

"Three Righteous Paths."

Luo Fanchen murmured, finding it hard to imagine what righteous techniques a rebellious witch could give him.

He lit the calming sandalwood incense, and amidst the rising white smoke, he circulated the Lesser Yang Wood Transformation Technique. The True Essence of the Wood element flowed through the six meridians, passing through the spiritual seed and slowly entering the seal pattern. Instantly, three beams of spiritual light converged into a bell shape, appearing and disappearing.

The phantom of the Soul-Summoning Bell gradually took shape, upon which lay Luo Qianqiu's dantian essence, invisible to those who had not yet reached the dantian stage.

The bell rang three times, and three beams of spiritual light converged, slowly entering Luo Fanchen's brow, achieving a similar miraculous effect to a jade slip used for transferring power.

"The Art of Withering and Flourishing?"

Luo Fanchen slowly closed his eyes, and a large number of mysterious and profound seal characters flooded into his mind, eventually converging into three scrolls of gold paper.

Three methods: Gathering Spirit Technique, Withered Seal, and Transforming Prosperity and Withering into Wood Technique.

These represent control over killing, sealing techniques, and movement and escape techniques, respectively. These three methods are independent of each other, yet they all originate from the same school and can be collectively called the Withering and Flourishing Technique.

When performing a spell, one must use true essence or spiritual energy to circulate it through the six meridians, and condense it into the true meaning of life and death according to the method before the spell can be performed.

The Spirit Gathering Technique is of the Yang aspect, directly manipulating the aspect of life and vitality that symbolizes decay and flourishing. It can gather nearby wood-elemental spiritual power, catalyze and command wood-elemental spiritual objects to fight enemies, and can also perform secondary compression and condensation to form a spiritual explosion bombardment.

The Desolate Seal symbolizes withered desolation, specializing in attacking meridians and spirit, making it suitable for assassinations. It is incredibly swift with almost no wind-up.

Once hit, it can deplete the opponent's true essence, erode their meridians, and seal their cultivation, achieving an effect similar to the Yin Yuan Finger. Of course, its sealing ability is far inferior to the former, but it excels in attacking the soul at the same time.

The final technique, "The Flourishing and Withering Transformation into Wood," is a profound movement technique.

It emphasizes taking two steps, "withered" and "prosperous," transforming the body into a wisp of bluish-gray airflow, as swift as a passing breeze, unfathomable. Its miraculous effect is more than five times that of the Smoke and Cloud Escape technique. Moreover, at crucial moments, it can achieve a short-term state of rapid speed through the burst of wood-attribute spiritual power.

At the same time, it can also consume half of one's essence and blood to transform the body into wood, achieving the effect of teleportation, which can be used as a way to save one's life.

"Exquisitely crafted, a superior-grade magic scroll?"

Half an hour later, Luo Fanchen had memorized all the names of the spells and gods, and slowly opened his eyes, praising them endlessly.

He summoned the Record of the Eight Desolate Demonesses once more, focusing his gaze on magic.

Sure enough, a new technique called "Withering and Flourishing Technique" appeared in the spellbook. Its color was gray, indicating that it had not yet been mastered. Its grade was constantly changing, cycling from low to high grade spellbooks. Finally, the text was distorted and fixed as a Taoist scripture.

There is no distinction between upper, middle, and lower; it only contains the two characters "Dao Jing" (道经).

[The Cycle of Withering and Flourishing: Law, Divinity, Escape (0/500 Not Completed)]

This method is indeed divided into three types, and their proficiency cannot be improved individually; it can only be improved by enhancing the Withering and Flourishing Technique itself.

Luo Fanchen casually glanced away, almost spitting out his drink in shock at the level of proficiency.

How dare he? He only needs 500 admiration points to reach the beginner level of cultivation?
"This is the Daoist scripture? It's a gold-devouring beast!"

Luo Fanchen clicked his tongue, thankful that Kui Mu couldn't be upgraded; otherwise, to reach the level of mastery he had now, he would have had to spend a massive amount of admiration points.

Without much hesitation, he spent 500 admiration points to cultivate the Withering and Flourishing Technique.

A myriad of profound insights flooded his mind. He slowly closed his eyes and entered a state of profound enlightenment. During this time, Ming Ruoxue used her spirit puppet to summon him. After seeing his enlightenment, she left on her own. It wasn't until five days later that his enlightenment finally ended.

"Wow—this method is truly exquisite; it is indeed the righteous path."

Luo Fanchen slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air. Only after mastering the Withering and Flourishing Technique did he truly understand its profound mysteries.

This is not a technique, it is clearly an unformed cultivation method.

This method was by no means a random technique chosen by Luo Qianqiu. It was the true meaning of life and death that she comprehended after breaking through the barriers of life and death and the transformation of withered trees into spring. It was the culmination of her life's work.

"This method may possess the appearance of profound mystery."

Luo Fanchen stroked his chin. Luo Qianqiu, limited by his cultivation level, could only comprehend the essence of the three aspects of law, spirit, and escape. Once he reached the Nascent Soul stage or even the Divine Transformation stage, perfecting this law might allow him to create a completely new profound chapter.

"Does it take a thousand admiration points to reach proficiency?"

Luo Fanchen reviewed the Withering and Flourishing Technique again, and after improving it to the initial learning stage, the improvement was doubled to a thousand points.

This method is incomplete, and simply using it will not improve proficiency. Only by carefully studying its underlying true meaning can one gradually improve, which is an extremely long process. But it is precisely because of its incompleteness that it can be used by others.

Otherwise, how could someone who merely cultivates Qi possibly want to practice Taoist scriptures and techniques?

"This method will be very beneficial to me. I can use it for Foundation Establishment and Core Formation in the future. I'll go all in!"

Luo Fanchen did not hesitate. The Withering and Flourishing Technique was indeed exquisite, and many of its core mysteries were actually similar to the Lesser Yang Wood Transformation Technique.

Improving this method allows for application to other methods, greatly saving time, and making future practice of the Lesser Yang Wood Transformation Technique twice as effective.

He spent another thousand Admiration Points to upgrade the Withering and Flourishing Technique.

"So that's how it is; it can be used to circulate qi."

With his technique improved, many subtleties appeared in his mind. Luo Fanchen whispered to himself, and all the previous obstacles and hurdles he had encountered became clear.

This enlightenment lasted for seven days. During this time, Ming Ruoxue visited him personally. Seeing his second enlightenment, she was quite surprised. She silently cast a spell to increase the concentration of spiritual energy in his room before leaving gracefully.

Luo Fanchen only awoke from his epiphany when the spirit ship was about to dock.

"It's done."

Luo Fanchen slowly got up. The weakness in his body had long since subsided. He first circulated the Lesser Yang Wood Transformation Technique, and then switched to the Withering and Flourishing Technique to circulate his Qi. Immediately, a dark spiritual power of green and gray was brewing at his fingertips.

Sometimes it glows brightly with green light, full of vitality; other times it is dim, gloomy, and desolate.

"Gathering Spirits!"

Luo Fanchen chanted softly, his hands forming the Kui Mu Incantation. The surrounding wood-attribute spiritual energy resonated, instantly becoming active as if boiling. The spiritual plants outside the screen grew rapidly, and a few tender buds soon grew into giant, intertwined vines, filling half of the partition.

The giant vine is as flexible as an arm, able to grow large or small and change into various shapes; it seems that controlling spirit trees is probably similar.

"Certainly--"

Luo Fanchen transformed the Kui Mu Technique into the Ling Gong Technique, and the giant vine gradually withered until it transformed back into a tender bud.

At the same time, pale green spiritual energy and vitality gathered from his fingertips, condensing into a bright green sphere.

The surrounding air swirled around the sphere of light, gradually distorting, and the lamps, jade tables, and chairs in the cubicle were also drawn towards the sphere of light.

The green orb is extremely yang, upright and honest, naturally attracting external objects. With the infusion of true essence, it possesses different levels of attraction and can be further condensed and compressed through gravity to form a wide-range spiritual explosion that is extremely powerful.

It is somewhat similar to the Purple River Chariot Technique, but the former is extremely yin while the latter is yang. Its power and range are slightly weaker, and it lacks the corrosive effect of soul poison. However, it has the advantage of being able to avoid and devour the opponent's spells through attraction, and it can compress itself a second time.

"Not bad, slightly weaker than the Soul Banner, but as a righteous method, it is more than enough."

A smile appeared on Luo Fanchen's lips, then he pondered for a moment.

The Placenta Cart Technique is extremely Yin, while the Spirit Gathering Technique is extremely Yang. Can the two be combined to further enhance their power?
Although the Purple River Chariot Technique is powerful, it is somewhat ineffective against Foundation Establishment or strong defensive formations. If it can be further enhanced by the Spirit Gathering Technique, causing Yin and Yang to repel each other, the power of the Spirit Explosion will be far more than simply one plus one equals more than two.

The second-tier Soul Banner's Purple River Chariot Technique, combined with his Spirit Gathering Technique when his true essence is overflowing, might be able to break through the Foundation Establishment stage's protective spiritual energy.
(End of this chapter)