Qin Zhen gathered her mind, crossed her legs and entered meditation, repeatedly formed mudra with her hands, tried the five seals and ten postures one by one, and observed the subtle changes of the true energy. Wei Shiqi leaned on the window sill, looking at the undulating mountains without thinking or thinking. The six-winged water snake hung on his shoulder, dozing lazily. It had grown a little more, and it looked like a snake. It was not as good as before. So cute and small.
Puppies and kittens are the cutest when they are ignorant and stumbling around when they are young, but they are not so lovable when they grow up. The same is true for children. But some women are exceptions.
After an unknown amount of time, Wei Shiqi raised his hand and rubbed the six-winged water snake's cool body. The water snake seemed to notice something, its wings fluttered slightly, and it flew up quickly, got behind the screen of the Eight Female Immortals in the corner, and coiled up its body. , buried his head deeply.
The setting sun was intoxicating, and the familiar old song rang in Wei Shiqi's heart. When he listened to the song, he was still young, holding his Walkman, and listened to it over and over again, mesmerized.
That godlike Walkman seems to be called "Aihua".
The Dazhui acupoint suddenly jumped, and the Shanhe Yuanqi Lock woke up from its slumber. A small fish-shaped Yin Lock swam in his meridian orifices, greedily devouring the demonic essence, not knowing how to satisfy it, and essence and blood burst out wherever it passed. The flow dyes the fish body into bright red and penetrates into the lock.
The heartbreaking pain surged in like a tide and seemed to be endless. Wei Shiqi remained calm and did not even frown. He had tasted the taste of the Yin Locks a million times under the Demon Suppressing Tower, and he had already tasted it. Numbness and pain in the body will only make him wake up, live soberly, or die soberly.
Qin Zhen was so close, she was fully focused, immersed in her own world, and didn't notice anything strange.
The Yin Suo went around and around, swallowing up all the demonic essence in his body. Satisfied, he lay lazily in the acupoint, swallowing Zangxue Sword Pills in his mouth, and fell asleep after a while.
Wei Shiqi's face was as pale as paper and he was on the verge of collapse. Refining the Mountain and River Vitality Lock required a large amount of demonic energy and blood essence. If the Yin Suo's appetite could not be satisfied, all the essence and energy from his body would be sucked dry, and he would surely turn into a human being. A skeleton, a mummy.
Although his "Vajra" body has been completed, every time he performs sacrifices, it is like walking on the edge of a knife, shocking every step.
A half-human, half-demon hybrid is ultimately very different from a pure heavenly demon. The mountain and river vitality lock extracts the demonic essence from the sky demon and can still feed it back to the world, but he can only barely feed the Yin Lock to keep a glimmer of hope.
Wei Shiqi looked back at Qin Zhen and saw that her hands were constantly forming mudras, changing erratically and unable to stop for a moment, so he walked lightly out of the quiet room, came to the soup boiling room alone, closed the door, and He took out a wolf leg from the Penglai bag and threw it on the table.
He couldn't remember whether it was Guo Kui's or Wei Yungya's leg. The mountain and river vitality lock extracts the demonic essence, and the sky demon's body shrinks accordingly. When the demonic essence is exhausted, the remaining flesh and blood is advantageous to Wei Shiqi, and all becomes food in his mouth.
He took out the drowning dagger, with trembling hands, he laboriously cut off a piece of hard meat, tore it off piece by piece, stuffed it into his mouth, chewed it randomly a few times, and swallowed it straight up his neck.
A wave of heat suddenly rose from his belly, spreading continuously throughout his body.
The flesh and blood of the sky demon is a great tonic. Such a small piece is enough to restore the Yin Lock and cause hidden injuries, replenish the true energy, and support him to continue to sacrifice the mountain and river vitality lock. Taoist Ziyang spent a lot of money and allowed him to use the flesh and blood of the heavenly demon in the demon refining pond without hesitation. If not for this, he would not be able to survive now.
Wei Shiqi put the wolf legs back into the Penglai bag, drank several bowls of hot tea, turned off the fire, extinguished the candles, walked out of the soup boiling room, stepped on the moonlight on the plank road, left Wuya Temple, and meandered all the way up Guanri Cliff. , came to the Demon Suppression Tower.
Everything was silent, the moon was in the sky, and the pale moonlight shone on him, as if he was wearing a silver robe.
In the dantian, the demon pill slowly rotated, and the shadow of the snake rose from his back, standing with its head held high, but its tail was still buried in his body, unable to come out.
Gu Zhiluan's old face poked out from the stone niche, stared at Wei Shiqi, his eyes flickered, and he sighed slightly. He stretched out his hand and flicked it, and countless talismans suddenly lit up in the Demon Suppression Tower. The "Water Moon" magic circle suddenly opened, and the demonic energy surged. The snake opened its mouth and sucked it out.
After a few breaths, Ba Snake retracted into his body. Wei Shiqi took a deep look at the valley, bowed slightly, turned around and disappeared into the vast night.
As he walked on the road step by step, everything inside his body was turned upside down. When he returned to Wuya Temple, all his true energy had been converted into demon energy following the demon pill.
The distant mountains are undulating and shadowy, like the iron spine of a beast. His heart is restless, violent, bloodthirsty, turbulent, and manic. Every time he absorbs the demonic energy and tempers the demonic essence, it pushes him towards the unknown abyss. He is aware of his own changes, but he can only watch and endure them, unable to control them.
This is the price that must be paid to practice Tianhu Ksitigarbha Kung Fu and to sacrifice mountains and rivers vitality locks.
Unconsciously, Wei Shiqi walked slower and slower, "Are you waiting for me?" he stopped and asked.
Yu Yao was startled and had to walk out from behind the shadow of the tree. She wrung her hands together and hesitated. She suddenly ran forward, threw herself into his arms, and whispered in his ear: "I saw you going to suppress the demon." Damn, you don’t look good... It’s been hard, right?”
"Just get used to it." Wei Shiqi buried his mouth and nose next to her neck, breathing in the cool and fragrant breath of her body. He was silent for a long time, and his heart gradually calmed down.
"Does it have to be like this?" Yu Yao asked cautiously.
Wei Shiqi said vaguely: "To get something, you must pay a price..."
Yu Yao stretched out her arms and hugged him so tightly, as if she wanted to rub herself into his body.
"I need them." Wei Shiqi thought.
