Chapter 499: Chapter 499

"Heh heh..." Jiang Yuan sneered, "Zhao Sect Leader, with you saying this, if I didn’t know the Soul-Devouring Demon Skill, how could I dare to take this bounty?"

With a sudden movement, Zhao Wuji stood up, then forced himself to calm down, speaking in a deep voice, "It’s not that I distrust you, Elder; the Black Market often has fake products claiming to be the ’Soul-Devouring Demon Skill’ trying to deceive others.

Could you, Elder, demonstrate the Technique so the junior can broaden his knowledge?"

With real skills in hand, Jiang Yuan naturally wasn’t afraid, but he couldn’t agree too readily, so he pretended to ponder, "Once the Soul-Devouring Demon Skill is deployed, it can completely devour and refine the target. Zhao Sect Leader would only see the process without knowing whether I truly refined the lifespan. Even deploying it on the spot, it would be hard to judge its authenticity."

"Elder, aren’t you mistaken?" Zhao Wuji said excitedly, "From what I know, only the Soul-Devouring Demon Skill can completely refine a living cultivator to leave no trace of bones! If I can witness it firsthand, I would naturally believe in the elder."

He clapped his hands, and the door swung open, and the shopkeeper who had led him here stood waiting respectfully for the order.

"Go find a servant, any demon cultivator will do," Zhao Wuji commanded.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yuan immediately stopped him, thinking incredulously that he wanted him to kill someone randomly, "No wonder you failed; a sect leader behaving so recklessly. Enough, enough, I see you are not the best partner for cooperation. I return the Immortal Jade and Bounty Order to you; you better find someone more capable."

"Elder, please wait!" Upon hearing this, Zhao Wuji realized the other party must be an experienced evil cultivator who not only practiced the legendary Soul-Devouring Demon Skill but also acted covertly. More importantly, he believed it was possible to cooperate!

Use his vast wealth and the Wanshou Sect, relying on the Soul-Devouring Demon Skill to gain endless lifespan?

The mere two months of lifespan left felt like a sword hanging over Zhao Wuji’s head, and after the blow from the failure in the Corpse Nourishing Land, he had no plan B, thinking only of seeking life from certain death, wanting to seize even the slightest hope.

Moreover, with strong medications bombarding him in succession through the system appraisal just now from Jiang Yuan, he was already confused, and hearing the elder’s taunt, he had tried to leave.

"Please, elder! Teach me!" Zhao Wuji gestured to his subordinates to leave, and only after the door closed did he respectfully laugh, "I am inept and indeed have mishandled things, please guide me, elder!"

Jiang Yuan glanced at him coldly through a bronze mask, "Times are tight in the city, and during such tumultuous times, if another demon cultivator goes missing, it will surely attract the attention of bounty hunters. How can you be sure you won’t be discovered in a place as crowded as Bamboo Mountain City?"

"What is the elder’s meaning?"

"There are many restrictions on deploying the Soul-Devouring Demon Skill; do you think it’s as easy to devour whomever you want? If you wish to see personally, I suggest finding a rat hidden in the sewer, a minor evil cultivator who doesn’t dare to show their face. Even if it’s devoured, it will be less likely noticed, right?"

Zhao Wuji’s heart skipped a beat, implying using disciples of the Wanshou Sect?

"Haha! I thought Zhao Sect Leader was knowledgeable, didn’t expect you to fall into evil ways, still believing yourself to be from a reputable sect."

Jiang Yuan mockingly instigated, "Do you know why powerful evil cultivators always prefer solitude? Of course, it’s because, apart from the disputes over interests, nothing else can be trusted.

In short, dying with your friend rather than dying yourself. Once you cultivate the Soul-Devouring Demon Skill, you’ll understand. Recruiting those subordinates is only preparing for your own reserve food.

This is also why I came to find you for cooperation—the Bamboo Mountain City sells various evil techniques, creating a mass of new evil cultivators who all become cultivation resources."

Indeed, indeed, my failure in the Corpse Nourishing Land was because it wasn’t vicious enough! Look at these ingenious ideas from the elder!

The Bamboo Mountain City Black Market sells prohibited items aplenty, naturally attracting many fallen cultivators of evil ways; while they still don’t know the true terror of evil cultivators, pulling them in as reserve food.

Consuming a batch every now and then, would it not be easy to have an endless lifespan? Moreover, consuming evil cultivators is more covert, not easily discovered!

Safe, efficient, and easy to recruit new reserve food, now only a set of cultivation techniques is needed for an eternal life filled with wealth and glory!

"To avoid mutual suspicion and worry about being devoured by each other, after I teach you the first layer of the Soul-Devouring Demon Skill to urgently resolve your problem, I’ll leave Bamboo Mountain City.

Every month, you need only contribute three young evil cultivators to me, with our cooperation progressing smoothly ensuring mutual benefit and no further conflicts, I’ll then teach you the second and third layers of cultivation technique."

Having been through the wash of the modern internet, Jiang Yuan casually made up a set of mutually restrictive ’management methods.’

Zhao Wuji was bewildered by the coaxing, the grand vision presented sounding enticingly promising, as if a wonderful future was within reach!

Anyway, losing a couple of sect disciples doesn’t harm him much. Let him devour first!

Devour to prove it to himself!

"Elder, a moment please." Zhao Wuji personally sent a message summoning a disciple through a secret passage, even played a trick to test the strength of this mysterious guest.

Thus, moments later, a common demon cultivator first entered the room.

"Zhao Sect Leader, do not attempt to test my patience." With the system’s detailed inspection, Jiang Yuan could identify the truth at first glance.

No matter how sneaky or shady this person looked, appearing dishonest, if he hadn’t cultivated evil techniques, he simply hadn’t.

"Please forgive, elder; it was my subordinate’s mistake in sending the wrong person." Zhao Wuji observed carefully; indeed, the other party only glanced at the newcomer without any extra moves.

Evidently possessing deep and immeasurable prowess to quickly distinguish kindred, thus no surprise in understanding one’s own details.

Ready to become serious after probing, Zhao Wuji prudently ordered a less reliable evil cultivator from the sect to sneak in through the secret passage, "Elder, this is the Liang San I mentioned!"

[Evil cultivator Liang San: Disciple of the Wanshou Sect, Gathering Spirit Realm Fish Demon. Taken to evil paths, enjoys torturing and killing girls for pleasure to enhance evil technique cultivation, abducting, deceiving and kidnapping over thirty girls, tonight planning to use Teleportation Talisman to sneak into a farmer’s home in Beilun Town to kidnap a girl. Reckless murder, heinous crime]

Jiang Yuan reading rapidly, looked at him as if looking at a dead person.

"Sect Leader, elder." Liang San saluted with confusion, not knowing the urgent message from the Sect Leader summoning him to this important meeting.

Recently, because the Stream Corpse Nourishing Land was discovered, the Sect Leader commanded all sect disciples to remain absolutely inactive, causing even his targeted plans to be unimplemented.

Finally, he heard from others about a small human town near Bamboo Mountain City called Beilun Town; upon personal inspection, he found a farmer family with a little girl, tender and cute at three or four years old, enticingly tickling his desire.

But Beilun Town had a Great Demon statue guarding it, his power too feeble to break through the protective barrier, thus Liang San hastily returned to borrow a Teleportation Talisman from other evil cultivators, planning a direct teleport in to murder the farmer’s family, then slowly torturing and killing the girl.

Before he could take action, suddenly receiving the Sect Leader’s summons came through the secret passage.

In such settings, this occasion generally wasn’t for him to attend, why did the Sect Leader specially call him?

Filled with questions but without suspicion, even when the mysterious elder with a bronze mask approached with a leisurely pace and placed his right hand on his shoulder, he didn’t realize trouble was imminent. Thıs content belongs to Nov3lFɪre.ɴet

"Soul-Devouring Demon Skill!"

Jiang Yuan started rapidly, before the opponent could react, all spiritual power was instantly absorbed.

Unable to even utter a sound, Liang San’s cheeks quickly collapsed, staring at him filled with panic and fear, struggling frantically but unable to escape!