The Confucian and Taoist Sages of Mortal Cultivation

Chapter 129 The Power of the Cangyuan Diagram

"Husband!" When Deputy Island Master Kan saw that her husband's golden core had been removed, she immediately cried out in alarm and used a blue flying sword to slash heavily at the purple tongue.

The purple tongue was incredibly resilient, easily deflecting the flying sword and carrying away Vice Island Master Yuan's body and golden core.

At the same time, Yang Qingyuan also manipulated the Cangyuan Diagram to successfully absorb half of the blood from the tumor.

But then, the remaining blood rushed towards the blood demon's mouth, condensing into a blood-red cocoon.

The next moment, with a "rip" sound, a burly figure with three heads and six arms burst out of the blood-red cocoon.

The Duan family patriarch and the others looked closely and saw that the strange man's three heads resembled those of Vice Island Master Yuan, the bald giant, and the cold and beautiful Taoist nun.

Three of the arms held two ice blades and a tattered blue shield, all of which were Vice Island Lord Yuan's magical weapons.

On the monster's bare chest was a gaping maw full of sharp teeth—the remains of the Blood Demon.

However, at this moment, the aura emanating from the Blood Demon's remains was only around the mid-stage of Core Formation, far inferior to before.

"They're really hard to kill." Yang Qingyuan frowned, picked up his Spring and Autumn Annals pen, and unleashed a shower of ink.

An ancient seal script character for "water" emerges from the ink and then disappears into the Cangyuan painting; it is the "water" mantra from the Zhenyan Calligraphy Scroll.

With the blessing of the "Water" mantra, the power of the Cangyuan Diagram more than doubled, and it swelled to a size of ten feet as it fluttered in the wind.

The three-headed, six-armed Blood Demon was extremely wary of the righteous energy emanating from the Cangyuan Diagram, and immediately retreated to avoid its seven-colored light.

"Give me back my husband's life!"

The deputy island lord beside him glared angrily, eager for revenge. With a flick of his sleeve, he scattered a bright orange seal.

This seal exudes a rich earth-attribute spiritual power, clearly making it a rare and precious ancient treasure.

The seal swelled in the wind, growing to the size of a small mountain, and with immense force, it crashed down heavily on the Blood Demon.

Undeterred, the Blood Demon threw out his throwing knives and blue shield magic weapon in an attempt to block the yellow seal.

A large yellow seal descended from the sky, easily suppressing the flying knife and the blue shield, and continued to smash towards the Blood Demon.

The Blood Demon raised its three heads, roared, and clouds of blood emanated from its body.

Yang Qingyuan was very familiar with this Blood Cloud Divine Power; it was the "Asura Blood Cloud" divine power recorded in the "Blood Spirit Great Law".

Blood-red clouds surged into the sky, firmly supporting the large yellow seal, preventing it from falling even slightly, and causing the seal to sizzle as it was corroded.

"Damn it!" Enraged, Vice Island Master Kan disregarded his ancient treasures and immediately controlled a blue flying sword to stab at the Blood Demon.

The Blood Demon did not dodge, but instead opened its blood-red maw and spat out its purple tongue again, accurately knocking away the blue flying sword.

The purple tongue charged forward relentlessly, aiming for the lower abdomen of Deputy Island Master Kan.

"not good!"

The deputy island lord felt a blur before his eyes and couldn't see the trajectory of the purple tongue's attack at all, which terrified him.

At the critical moment, a blood-stained blade shot out from the side and slashed at the tongue.

Although the blood-stained blade did not sever the tongue, it did manage to alter its trajectory, causing the tongue to miss its target and only knocking off Vice Island Master Kan's hairpin.

The next moment, Blood Cicada unveiled the Hidden Spirit Veil and appeared out of thin air behind Blood Demon.

It turns out that Yang Qingyuan had secretly released Xue Chanzi from Cangyuan Tu when he subdued the tumor, allowing him to use the Hidden Spirit Veil to sneak behind the Blood Demon.

A dense aura of malevolence emanated from Xue Chanzi. He raised his right hand, extended his five fingers, aimed at the Blood Demon, and uttered a low shout, "Hundred-fold Blood-Piercing Arrow."

Five jets of blood shot from his fingertips, slicing through the air before disappearing in a flash.

The next moment, five large holes appeared on the blood cloud protecting the Blood Demon, and three heads and two legs were pierced by a blood-red arrow.

This Hundred-Arrow Blood-Piercing Arrow is a secret technique attached to the sixth level of the Blood Spirit Great Art. It can be used silently and is a means of achieving victory by surprise. However, it requires the consumption of a cultivator's essence blood or the spiritual blood in the blood cloud to cultivate.

These five blood-piercing arrows were crafted by Blood Cicada from the essence blood of five level-six demonic beasts he hunted in the outer sea. As such, they were incredibly powerful and easily pierced through the Blood Demon's body.

"burst!"

Blood Cicada made a hand seal with one hand, then pointed at five blood-piercing arrows.

The blood-piercing arrow exploded, transforming into countless sharp, blood-red spears that pierced the blood demon's body from the inside out, turning it into a hedgehog.

But the gaping maw full of sharp teeth wriggled again, detached from the body, and tried to escape again using the same trick.

Unfortunately, Yang Qingyuan already knew its methods and immediately commanded the Cangyuan Diagram to descend from the sky.

The Cangyuan Tu projected a dazzling seven-colored light, firmly covering the Blood Mouth and pulling it into the painting.

Yang Qingyuan raised his hand and summoned the Cangyuan Map back into his hand, then carefully examined it.

But at this moment, the rivers and seas in the painting have turned into a blood-red color.

And in the sea of ​​blood, there was also a fleshy tumor full of tentacles.

As for the bloody mouth, it was embedded in the rock face of a mountain cliff.

"Ah!" The Duan family patriarch leaned forward, glanced at the painting, and exclaimed in amazement, "Is this the method of Confucian cultivators?"

"This is truly an eye-opening experience for me!"

"I never expected that Fellow Daoist Yang, who has only just formed his core, would be able to subdue this remnant of the Blood Demon. I am truly ashamed."

"But then again, Fellow Daoist Yang, could this Blood Demon's remains possibly leap out of the scroll?"

Yang Qingyuan chuckled and said, "Fellow Daoist Duan, there's no need to worry. This Blood Demon's remnant body is only at the Core Formation stage; it's simply not capable of breaking out of the painting."

"When I go into seclusion, I will use my righteous energy to refine the scroll several more times, and I will surely be able to obliterate this remnant of the Blood Demon."

Upon hearing this, the Duan family patriarch breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's wonderful!"

"Because of my own selfishness, I almost let this remnant of the Blood Demon escape, causing a great disaster. Fortunately, Fellow Daoist Yang was there, otherwise I would be ashamed to face the creatures of the Chaotic Star Sea."

Little did they know that Yang Qingyuan had not revealed all his thoughts.

This remnant of the Blood Demon is of the same origin as the Blood Spirit Great Art, and is a top-tier material for refining the Blood Cicada's natal magic weapon, so it naturally cannot be destroyed by righteous energy.

The Duan family patriarch was unaware of Yang Qingyuan's plan. He casually handed the short hammer in his hand to Yang Qingyuan and introduced, "Just now, I noticed that the magical power fluctuations on Fellow Daoist Yang's body seemed to be lightning-attribute magical power."

"This ancient thunder hammer is incompatible with my attributes. It can only unleash its full power in Fellow Daoist Yang's hands. Therefore, I am giving it to Fellow Daoist Yang as a way of repaying your life-saving grace."

Upon hearing this, a glint of light flashed in Yang Qingyuan's eyes.

Although this hammer did not show its power in the previous battle, it was because the Duan family patriarch had been imprisoned for too long and no longer had the magic power to drive the thunder hammer.

The fact that this thunder hammer can protect its owner and shield the Duan family patriarch from the remnants of the Blood Demon is enough to prove that this treasure is definitely a top-tier ancient artifact.

"No need," Yang Qingyuan finally waved his hand and refused. "Your descendants have already promised to use that Heavenly Thunder Bamboo as payment."

Upon hearing this, the Duan family patriarch was first taken aback, then said in surprise, "So Fellow Daoist Yang has taken a liking to that thousand-year-old Thunder Bamboo."

"In that case, I'll give it all to Fellow Daoist Yang."

"After all, that bamboo is only about a foot tall and too small to be used for refining weapons."

It turned out that when the Duan family patriarch saw that Yang Qingyuan was able to defeat the remnant of the Blood Demon with his early Core Formation cultivation, he realized that Yang Qingyuan had great potential and thus decided to befriend him.

Yang Qingyuan could not refuse, so he had no choice but to accept the thunder hammer. He then took out a box from his storage bag, handed it to the Duan family patriarch, and introduced it, saying, "As the saying goes, courtesy should be reciprocated."

"This box contains three level-five demon cores, which are a small token of my appreciation."

"Fellow Daoist Duan can use this to refine healing pills—"

The Duan family patriarch did indeed need healing pills, so he did not refuse and reached out to take the box.

Meanwhile, Deputy Island Master Kan also collected the strange corpse formed from the fusion of her husband and disciple into a separate storage bag, then flew towards Yang Qingyuan and bowed respectfully.