The path to immortality through demonic cultivation begins with devouring snakes to become immortals

"Fresh!"

Li Xiaobai laughed. He really was a complete novice. The pheasant actually had questions for him.

"Ask away, and I'll answer anything you know!"

For a moment, Li Xiaobai's desire to teach was greatly satisfied...

"Um... your bone age can't be just over a year old, right? And how can your bloodline be ninth-tier! Actually, what I'm most curious about is, given how fierce you are, how big of a snake must your true form be!"

The pheasant rubbed its hands together, looking at Li Xiaobai with curiosity.

Li Xiaobai: "..."

"I also spent a long time in the egg. Not long after hatching, my bone age is real, and my bloodline is real too. However, my bloodline is the kind that can evolve, not the fixed kind."

The pheasant's beak was so wide open you could practically stuff a light bulb inside!

A bloodline capable of evolution? What kind of species is this?

"To put it simply, it should be considered a mutation. As for my original form..."

A flash of shame and indignation crossed Li Xiaobai's eyes, but he still raised his head and pointed to a small hill not far away: "About this size."

"Damn! It's so big! It must be a hundred feet long!!" the pheasant exclaimed.

Even if you plucked every feather from his head, he still wouldn't have guessed that Li Xiaobai was pointing to a tree on a hill, a branch on that tree, and at the very tip of that branch, a small twig about thirty or forty centimeters long…

"Well, I'll show you sometime."

Li Xiaobai had a very shameless expression.

He knows nothing! He was hibernating back then.

In fact, Li Xiaobai is not unable to grow up at all; it's just that... the fingertip blood and life essence from the soul of the upper realm, combined with his bloodline, produced a series of inexplicable reactions.

Under such a reaction, the benefits he gained were enormous! Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to fight against beings with higher bloodlines with a ninth-order bloodline, and fight his way from the edge of the Hundred Thousand Mountains all the way here.

But the price is that he doesn't grow up for the time being.

Under the cover of night, Li Xiaobai and Shanji walked side by side toward the north. Naturally, their journey was not peaceful. Despite their robberies, the leather bags did not bulge at all.

The main reason is that this time the pheasant has learned its lesson. Every time he refines those spiritual herbs and rare treasures, he must do so to the point where he can withstand the pressure! Then he starts urging Li Xiaobai to eat more.

Li Xiaobai naturally accepted all comers.

Even without killing enemies or devouring flesh and blood, just consuming these rare and precious materials actually increased his Heavenly Revelation Points to over 20,000!

And the even better news is!

That morning, Li Xiaobai looked at the rising sun and asked the pheasant why it didn't crow towards the sun. The pheasant was completely bewildered.

What crowing? I don't crow!

Li Xiaobai was also dumbfounded. You're a big rooster, and you're saying you can't crow? Before he could ask, he saw the pheasant stretching its neck towards the sun.

Li Xiaobai thought he was going to crow! But who knew! This guy grabbed Li Xiaobai by the collar: "Brother Xiaobai, it's true! It really is! That wretched she-devil didn't lie to us!"

"True Dragon Marrow?!" Li Xiaobai instantly perked up.

"Yes, a very powerful aura of precious energy, and it has a unique fragrance! I never imagined that after countless eons since the extinction of true dragons, I could still smell the scent of a true dragon!"

The pheasant was really excited.

Li Xiaobai remained silent.

The Yuanhui mentioned by the pheasant is 129,600 years! It is said that the last great war between the demon race and the human race was one Yuanhui ago.

So, dragons have been extinct for so long?

"Does a dragon have a smell?"

"Of course!" the pheasant said with certainty. "Once we get out, I'll take you into the Demon Forest. There are many elders there; they've lived a long time and know a lot."

"According to legend, snakes and fish have a fishy smell, and so do dragons, but a true dragon smells like the natural fragrance of mountains, clouds, and the deep sea! I just caught a whiff of the true dragon marrow."

The pheasant looked completely captivated.

Then he leaned closer to Li Xiaobai and smelled it, tilting his head in confusion.

He noticed it the first time he saw Li Xiaobai.

Li Xiaobai's demonic aura was indeed strong, and the reflection of his true form in his pupils was indeed that of a snake!

The pheasant had seen other snakes before, and even those that had transformed still had some flavor.

But why doesn't Xiaobai smell fishy or foul? Instead, it smells like a fresh mountain air mixed with a slight bloody odor.

"Stop smelling it."

Li Xiaobai helplessly shrugged: "I told you I'm a mutated new species of snake. Our species of snake doesn't have any smell. Find the True Dragon Marrow, brother! This concerns the future of your best brother!!"

"Ah, right, right, right!!"

The pheasant took another puff of Li Xiaobai's liquor, then dragged Li Xiaobai away into the distance.

They detected it! Human cultivators at the third rank can fly on swords, but these people can't! Where did they get their sword-flying skills?!

Li Xiaobai does exist, but no one taught him, and he doesn't know how.

Therefore, demon cultivators can only briefly levitate after reaching the fourth rank, except for those who already have wings.

Three hours later.

Li Xiaobai's handsome face was numb.

He must have run at least 500 li (250 kilometers) with the pheasant! Running for his life! And he's still not there?

Li Xiaobai asked in surprise and disbelief, "You managed to find treasure from this far away?!"

The pheasant patted its chest: "I don't know, it's an innate ability! But I can definitely sense it!"

"It's not far now, it's not far now!"

Another hour has passed.

Two dogs' heads peeked out from a naturally formed cave.

Three burly figures sat cross-legged in the dim light, each possessing the aura of a peak third-tier cultivator! Even though this aura wasn't being released outwards, it still made the other third-tier demons keep their distance.

The pheasant didn't speak, but used its divine sense to transmit its message to Li Xiaobai: "Brother Xiaobai, it really is them! These three guys are together again!"

"Brother Xiaobai, look, the one sitting in the middle is the designated disciple of the Demon King Jiaohan, named Yuan Yuan. His true form is a water monkey with a fourth-grade bloodline."

"The woman on the left is a disciple of the Demon King Chi Li, a peacock. Don't let her appearance fool you; her bloodline is nearly at the third rank!"

"The one on the right is Tao Mu, the son of the Demon King Tao Cheng. Don't let his fourth-rank bloodline fool you; the Demon King Tao Cheng's lineage is rumored to inherit the bloodline of the ferocious beast Taotie. This man is very strong!"

Li Xiaobai nodded.

Judging by its spirit and energy, it's not something an ordinary demon can compare to!

Aside from Xi, this was the most human-like demon Li Xiaobai had ever seen! Its external features had absolutely no characteristics of a demon.

Even the pheasants! Pheasants have a tuft of colorful hair on their heads, like a rooster's comb.

Surrounding these three were more than a dozen spiritual herbs! All of them were grade five spiritual herbs!

They were raising spiritual herbs in captivity, waiting for the herbs to fully exert their medicinal power under the nourishment of spiritual energy before consuming and refining them.

"Brother Xiaobai, look at that."

Li Xiaobai followed the pheasant's gaze and his eyes immediately narrowed!