Chapter 369: Chapter 5: Parasitic?
“The Demon King’s spiritual essence contained something akin to an infant and was deeply connected to the demon beasts, as if it was a transformation of their spirit.”
“Wang Sheng certainly wouldn’t overlook this detail. After parting ways with Zhu Xiao, he captured several demon beasts before returning to Qingshan Village.”
“Once back, he first sought out the village elder.”
“The village elder was already over ninety years old, nearing a century, but with Wang Sheng’s help, his body remained robust—though that was just a facade. He had consumed too much of his lifespan in earlier years, and despite Wang Sheng’s efforts to replenish some of it over the years, he was nearing his limit.”
“There was no way for Wang Sheng to replenish his lifespan.”
“When one’s lifespan ends, not even immortals can save them unless there is a way to extend it.”
“Unfortunately—”
“Elder, are you really unwilling to pursue spiritual cultivation?”
“If the village elder was willing to cultivate, although it would be difficult to reach the Grandmaster Realm, becoming a Martial Artist and living longer wouldn’t be a problem at all.”
“There’s no need. I’ve experienced a lot in this life, and having watched Qingshan Village grow into what it is now is already enough…”
“The village elder’s wife passed away a few years ago, also due to the end of her lifespan, from injuries sustained during childbirth when they were young. The elder had managed to save his wife then but not their child. His wife also suffered severe complications and couldn’t have more children.”
“Wang Sheng was the only reason the elder had managed to hold on.”
“In fact, Wang Sheng had asked the elder’s wife the same question, only to receive the same reply.”
“The loss of their child had left the elder’s wife heartbroken. If not for the village elder, she probably would have chosen to leave earlier, so facing the end of her life, she was quite at peace.”
“Zhou Zhengwen felt the same.”
“After his wife passed away, he no longer accepted any life extension methods but quietly awaited death.”
“With the development of the village and Liu Jian’an having descendants, one of whom carried the Zhou surname, he had no regrets.”
“Wang Sheng sighed inwardly, no longer insisting, at least believing the elder felt himself fortunate.”
“He then brought out the corpse of the Green Lion Demon King from his Sleeve Universe.”
“This is the body of a Demon King, elder, please see to its distribution!”
“Naturally, the village elder wouldn’t be able to handle it himself. Wang Sheng had called him over just to inquire, it seemed that the elder’s mind was firmly made up.”
“Seeing the body of the Green Lion Demon King, the elder smiled, aware that what Wang Sheng had offered was not simple.”
“It could be used by the Martial Artists in the village to enhance their strength.”
“Shortly after, some Martial Artists arrived.”
“The physical body of the Green Lion Demon King wasn’t as large as imagined but was incredibly heavy; it took two stationed Grandmasters and about a dozen Martial Artists to move it.”
“As for how to handle it, Wang Sheng didn’t interfere.”
“If he hadn’t thought about how it might be useful to the village, he would have destroyed the evidence and not brought it back.”
“Watching the village elder slowly walk away with the aid of a walking stick, Wang Sheng sighed.”
“There’s not much time!”
“He himself had a lifespan of over 2500 years. How many more scenes like this would he witness?”
“Shaking his head, he cast aside these self-inflicted worries.”
“With the Demon King’s body sent off, he had his own matters to handle, dealing with the village affairs was incidental.”
“He had captured quite a number of demon beasts this time.”
“Since they were caught on the fly, they weren’t many and not very strong, the most powerful being equivalent to a seventh or eighth-grade Martial Artist.”
“To find stronger demon beasts would take some time, and he had only intended to observe the situation, so he hadn’t put much effort into it.”
“If he really found anything abnormal, then he would look for more powerful demon beasts.”
“These ordinary demon beasts weren’t very powerful, but unlike the Green Lion Demon King, they were filled with fear in the presence of stronger beings.”
“But Wang Sheng had no sympathy.”
“Each demon beast essentially had human blood on its hands.”
“His Divine Thought spread easily, allowing him to enter these demon beasts’ spiritual origins.”
“If the Green Lion Demon King’s spiritual origin was an ocean, these weaker beasts’ were more like lakes or even small ponds.”
“The main difference was that they were purer.”
“Wang Sheng quickly completed his investigation.”
“Soon, he found anomalies, even inside these weaker demon beasts’ spiritual origins.”
“And it wasn’t just an isolated case, but every one of them.”
“After a while, Wang Sheng withdrew from their spiritual origins and again left Qingshan Village.”
“When he returned three days later, he brought back even more demon beasts, varying in strength from First Grade to Grandmaster Level.”
“I really want to see what’s going on!”
“Using the same method, Wang Sheng entered the spiritual origin of each demon beast and obtained results similar to the first time.”
“Inside every demon beast’s spiritual origin, there were abnormalities. The top-tier Demon Kings hosted an incarnation resembling an infant, while ordinary demon beasts… Grandmasters seemed to be forming into human-shaped tumors, non-Grandmasters into flesh balls or flesh granules.”
“The first time he had entered the spiritual origin of an ordinary demon beast, Wang Sheng discovered something akin to a flesh granule.”
“Each ordinary demon beast’s flesh granule varied in size. After discovering this, Wang Sheng went out and captured many more demon beasts.”
Every demon beast’s Spirit Origin contains that kind of thing.
And as their strength increases, the flesh granules also grow larger.
First Grade Demon Beasts are almost invisible, but after Ninth Grade Demon Beasts, it’s like a fist-sized meatball.
For Demon Beasts at the Grandmaster Level, the size of the meatball continues to increase, and its shape changes, seemingly transforming into another form with pits and bumps like a tumor.
Wang Sheng, who had seen inside the Spirit Origin of the Demon King, knew this was evolving toward the form of a “baby.”
Great Grandmaster Level Demon Beasts are not easy to find, even Wang Sheng hadn’t found one, but he was quite sure that perhaps the meat tumors of the Great Grandmaster Level would turn into “babies.”
This was a gradual, step-by-step development.
“What exactly is going on here? Not a single demon beast has escaped this…”
Wang Sheng had also been researching these flesh granules and meatballs extensively these days.
But in reality, he hadn’t obtained much useful information, at most just knowing that these flesh granules and meatballs were one with the demon beasts’ Spirit Origin.
However, he had already found out that information from the Green Lion Demon King, so it wasn’t very significant.
Facing this situation, he felt somewhat stumped.
There were absolutely no clues; the only thing he knew was that this situation was mostly abnormal.
“I’ll research a bit more; if there’s still no result, I’ll give up.”
If he really couldn’t figure anything out, he wouldn’t continue.
Time quickly passed by a month, and he finally made a new discovery: these flesh granules and meatballs seemed to not only exist in the Spirit Origin.
They seemed to also affect the demon beasts’ physical bodies.
“Regrettably, whether it’s ordinary demon beasts or Grandmaster Level demon beasts, the impact isn’t very profound, and it’s hard to detect.”
A month was a short time for Wang Sheng, but examining demon beasts was quite easy.
He had pretty much seen through those meatballs and tumors thoroughly; there simply wasn’t much value in researching them.
Of course, with so many comparisons, he could still see that the stronger the strength, the stronger the connection between the entities like meat tumors in their bodies and the bodies of the demon beasts.
If there were powerfully strong Demon Kings, more could likely be discerned.
“It’s a pity!”
If that “baby” inside the Spiritual Origin Ocean of the Green Lion Demon King had stayed, there wouldn’t have been so many issues.
“Hopefully Zhu Xiao has some good news!”
Great Grandmaster Level Demon Kings are definitely rare, and not so easy to find; locating one would probably take a relentless amount of time.
In fact, it was so, as after two or three months, Zhu Xiao hadn’t provided any updates.
Clearly, there hadn’t been any definite news of a Demon King emerging during this period.
But Wang Sheng wasn’t too anxious.
Because he had a new target.
There wasn’t much news on Demon Kings, and even Grandmaster Level demon beasts weren’t easy to find, but there was a Grandmaster Level spirit beast by his side.
He hadn’t thought of it initially, but on reconsideration—the Demon Clan and the Spirit Clan were from the same lineage, if the Demon Clan had that thing, what about the Spirit Clan?
So, he found Da Bai.
“Da Bai, come here!”
When Da Bai was in the yard, he was basically the size of a house cat, idly playing with Yun Xiao, as if chasing butterflies.
Hearing Wang Sheng’s words, the two of them stopped and came over to Wang Sheng’s side.
“Meow”—having shrunk, Da Bai even disguised himself, even his voice was that of a house cat, which he supposedly learned from Yun Xiao.
“I need to do something, don’t resist.”
As he spoke, his Divine Thought extended out, searching for the Spirit Origins of Da Bai and Yun Xiao.
It seemed because he already had connections with Da Bai and Yun Xiao, entering their Spirit Origins was quite easy.
“It’s the same here too!”
Although he had speculated it, seeing it for himself, his heart wasn’t as calm as he expected.
The spirit beasts’ Spirit Origin was the same as the demon beasts’, containing tumors and meatballs inside.
“However, it seems the growth of these tumors and meatballs in spirit beasts is much slower than in demon beasts.”
Da Bai and Yun Xiao were equivalent to the Grandmaster Level, but the things in their Spirit Origins were far from being tumors, just appearing as slightly smaller meatballs, probably corresponding to Seventh or Eighth Grade demon beasts.
“So, are these tumors and meatballs not something good?”
The things in the spirit beasts’ Spirit Origins were similar to those in demon beasts, but it seemed the Spirit Origin of spirit beasts suppressed the growth of these tumors, hence the situation Wang Sheng observed.
Suppressing growth suggested that these entities were being rejected by the Spirit Origin and were not something good.
“But apart from that, there are no other differences!”
Essentially the same, but one suppresses while the other allows free growth.
Wang Sheng couldn’t figure it out!
Ultimately, he sighed, “For now, I can only let nature take its course!”
He felt in his heart that this thing was like a parasite, but there was no way to solve it…