Chapter 51: Magical Means
Zhang Qian found a flat place, sat down cross-legged, stretched out his hand, and the illusory Demon Pagoda appeared in his hand.

At this moment, more than a thousand demons were suppressed in the pagoda. Zhang Qian pondered carefully for a while, and realized the great magical power of the Demon Pagoda again. He let out a long breath, and then said to himself with some regret: "It's a pity that my cultivation is not high now. The manifested Demon Pagoda is very illusory. It can only suppress 3,000 demons. If there are more, the Demon Pagoda will collapse."

Calming his mind, Zhang Qian practiced his cultivation method for a while. As soon as he thought about it, the Demon Pagoda in his hand suddenly began to spin, followed by bursts of tragic wails mixed with curses emanating from the Demon Pagoda.

Bang bang bang...!
After a while, there was a popping sound like popping beans in the Heavenly Demon Pagoda. The wailing gradually weakened and turned into pleas for mercy.

Unfortunately, since Zhang Qian planned to grind those weak thousand demons into demon essence, he had no intention of letting them go.

No matter how the demons inside begged for mercy, it was of no use. Under the suppression of the Demon Pagoda, these demons had no power to resist at all, and were all ground into wisps of fleeting demon essence.

The demon in the pagoda shuddered when he saw this scene, and his little thoughts were hidden away.

At this moment, there was no other demon in the pagoda except Demon Shadow, and the rest had all turned into demon essence.

brush!
A wisp of vague demonic energy appeared in Zhang Qian's palm.

Looking closely, Zhang Qian discovered that this trace of the devil's essence was somewhat uncertain. At first glance, it seemed to be just an illusion. But when he scanned it with his mind, he found that this trace of essence was real. This trace of essence was the origin of the devil.

Zhang Qian stretched out his fingers and touched it lightly. He felt a burning sensation from this trace of the devil's essence. An instinctive greed came from deep within his body, as if urging him to quickly devour this trace of the devil's essence.

"Back then, Luohou fought one against four in the great war between Taoism and demons. Although he was defeated in the end, his body exploded and turned the entire western land into a wasteland. I wonder how much demon essence Luohou swallowed to make his body so strong."

Whoosh!
Taking a deep breath, Zhang Qian directly absorbed the demonic energy in his hand.

Boom!
As soon as this trace of demonic energy entered Zhang Qian's body, an inexplicable roar sounded from deep within his flesh, and then the blood in his body instantly boiled.

Boom boom boom!
This trace of the devil's essence rushed through Zhang Qian's blood and soon merged into his blood. His weak ancient dragon loach blood was like a glutton, directly devouring this trace of the devil's essence.

Hee hee hee…!
After swallowing this trace of the devil's essence, the ancient dragon loach's blood suddenly became hot, making Zhang Qian's whole body turn red, and beads of sweat emerged from every pore.

Every drop of sweat was mixed with a tiny trace of black and red substances, which were impurities in his blood.

hum!
His body shook, shaking off all the sweat beads. Zhang Qian only felt a faint sense of satisfaction coming from deep in his blood, but more of it was a hunger for the devil's essence.

"What a miraculous Heavenly Demon Essence! Just this trace of it has tempered my bloodline very well. If I can grind all the Heavenly Demons in Shangyuan Bajing Palace into Heavenly Demon Essence and devour it, how powerful can my body be?"

The essence of the devil is a kind of devil's origin. There will be no consequences after swallowing it, and it can directly make up for the lack of blood origin.

"The demon cultivators all follow the path of bloodline evolution. I must not expose the magical power of the Heavenly Demon Pagoda to others. Otherwise, if others know the magical effect of the Heavenly Demon Essence, I am afraid that I will end up in a bad situation."

His heart tightened, and Zhang Qian made up his mind not to tell anyone the true magical use of his Heavenly Demon Pagoda.

After taking out the elixirs given by Li Qingque, Zhang Qian hesitated for a while and ultimately did not take them.

"I'd better wait until I have devoured enough of the Heavenly Demon's essence before taking these elixirs. It would be a bit of a waste to take them now."

Having made up his mind, Zhang Qian continued to devour the remaining Heavenly Demon Essence. After an unknown amount of time, the remaining more than a thousand strands of Heavenly Demon Essence had been completely devoured by Zhang Qian.

At this moment, Zhang Qian's body shape has changed slightly, and is changing into Ye Lingxiao's body shape. He seems to be full of explosive power and looks very agile.

However, after he swallowed so much demonic energy, the feeling of hunger and thirst deep in his blood not only did not disappear, but became stronger and stronger.

There is no way. Zhang Qian's bloodline is from the extremely noble innate creature, the ancient dragon loach. It is only a drop of essence and blood, which is too weak. Moreover, it will become more and more difficult to improve such a noble bloodline.

After Zhang Qian swallowed more than a thousand demon essences, his extremely weak ancient dragon loach bloodline became only slightly thicker, even barely visible.

But even so, his physical strength has greatly increased, and the power of his clenched palms is much greater than before.

“Perhaps as my bloodline continues to improve, my Tai Gu Long Qiu Ling Ji will also be able to break through the innate level and become an existence comparable to Tai Chu Ling Ji.”

Zhang Qian seemed to understand something. He glanced at the demon figure trembling in the Heavenly Demon Pagoda and asked, "Where is the passage to the second palace?"

"My Lord Demon, the passage is behind this barren mountain. Once you walk over, a door will appear that will lead you to the second palace."

Zhang Qian smiled slightly: "You don't have to be afraid, I won't kill you. Let me ask you, what is the situation of the demon in the second palace?"

"Thank you, Lord Demon, for not killing me. The Second Palace doesn't have any other tricks. It's just targeting the monks' appetite. Lord Demon has the pagoda in his hand, so it should be easy for him to get through."

"appetite?"

With doubts in his heart, Zhang Qian took two or three steps to the back of the barren mountain. Following the guidance of the magic shadow, Zhang Qian walked to an ancient stone platform.

hum!
The void shook, and an illusory portal appeared, directly taking Zhang Qian in.

brush!
The world was changing, and when his body stabilized, Zhang Qian looked around, and suddenly a gleam of light flashed in his eyes.

In front of him was an endless orchard filled with countless rare and precious medicinal herbs, as well as numerous innate and acquired spiritual roots with terrifying spiritual energy.

Zhang Qian even saw an ancient tree with gnarled branches not far away, which was full of baby-sized fruits, which were clearly the legendary ginseng fruit.

Next to the ginseng fruit, there are neatly arranged innate peach trees, which are full of innate peaches with fairy fragrance. Just by smelling the aroma, Zhang Qian felt as if he was floating in the air, as if he was about to ascend to heaven!

"These demons are really good at this. With just one look, they know what I want to eat deep down in my heart, and the illusion they created is so real!"

No matter whether it is the ginseng fruit or the innate peach, they are Zhang Qian’s most secret desire in terms of appetite. As soon as he came to the second palace, the demon in this palace immediately knew his deepest desire, and then manifested the corresponding demon illusion.

"Master Demon, you don't have to be surprised. We, the Heavenly Demons, are born with this ability. Do you still want to continue tempering your character?"

Zhang Qian waved his hand and said with interest: "I have the Heavenly Demon Pagoda in my hand. As long as the pagoda is manifested, I will not be deceived by any Heavenly Demon illusions. But I still want to taste what these fruits taste like."

(End of this chapter)