Chapter 892: To Step Through the Gate of Heaven

Chapter 892: To Step Through the Gate of Heaven

Although they wasted a lot of time, Ye Qing did not consider their little excursion to be wasted effort. After all, he now knew that the Six Livestocks Market wasn’t some sort of trap created by an ancient titan or a Sage. It made him feel much more at ease.

After bidding Feng Qingyou goodbye, Ye Qing traveled to his residence immediately. He was pleasantly surprised to find out that his residence had a melodious name called, “To Speak of Falling Cassia”.

His residence wasn’t big. It was ancient, traditional, and built as its name suggested. There was a cassia tree at the center of the courtyard, and the entire residence was filled with a floral scent because it was in full bloom. It was both poetic and picturesque.

There was a praying mat beneath the cassia tree. Clearly, that was where he was meant to meditate and practice.

Ye Qing did not hesitate. As soon as he took a seat, he closed his eyes and meditated until his mind was completely calm and free of distractions. Then, he produced the Animitta Heavenly Demon’s heart from Nine Heavens and began refining its demonic qi.

Thump thump...

As soon as Ye Qing began refining the Animitta Heavenly Demon’s heart, it began beating as if it had suddenly come to life. As the heart started beating, thick, terrifying demonic qi spilled out of the heart and flooded the entire courtyard.

The demonic qi didn’t maintain a stable form. Instead, it manifested all sorts of reflections of the red dust; joy, anger, sorrow and happiness; the Seven Emotions and Six Desires and more. It was like a fantastical dream.

For a time, the courtyard became as rowdy as humanity and as anomalous as the hell of a demonic nation.

Despite the commotion, Ye Qing remained completely unmoved. His eyes shut tight and his expression calm, he inhaled and exhaled demonic qi at a steady rhythm. From time to time, his body would emanate mysterious, rhythmic ripples that made him look like a living celestial.

Crack crack...

Time passed quickly. An indefinite amount of time later, Ye Qing suddenly opened his eyes.

As soon as he opened his eyes, cassia flowers started falling even though there was no wind, and the entire courtyard grew dimmer than before. His eyes were bright and pure, but for whatever reason, the brightness seemed to contain infinite darkness, and the purity infinite desires.

The next moment, Ye Qing’s eyes deepened until it looked deep and boundless. It felt as unreachable as the sky, and as vast as the earth, endless and borderless.

A formless demonic lotus bloomed at the center of this infinite space. Sitting on top of the demonic lotus was a grand, towering silhouette who seemed to be looking down on the living.

He was well aware that he was still lacking in understanding regarding the martial way and experience regarding the world around him. Until he made up for his flaws, it was plainly unrealistic to think that he would become a Trueman in a short time.

That was if he did not enter the Six Livestocks Market, however. Things were different now.

The Six Livestocks Market was the manifestation of the ancient Venerable Six Livestocks’ corpse and spirit. Not only did it possess its own rules, it contained Venerable Six Livestocks’ martial will and experience of the world as well. To practice here was akin to receiving a personal lesson from Venerable Six Livestocks himself. Therefore, practicing here would greatly cut down the time he needed to gain the understanding and knowledge he needed to become a Trueman.

That was what Ye Qing was planning to do. He was going to spend the rest of his time practicing and tearing down the barrier that stood between him and the Trueman stage. He would become a Trueman before his time was up.

Having made up his mind, Ye Qing rested for a moment before resuming his practice once more.

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“Hahaha! Thank goodness! I’ve finally pushed the Skin Painting Soul Sealing Technique to the adept level!”

Inside a residence named Clear Lotus, Tao Chong was sitting in front of a pond full of lotus flowers and laughing like crazy. It was to the point where he was this close from shedding tears of joy.

It wasn’t sentiment that provoked such a reaction. It was excitement and delight.

The improvement did not just mean a massive boost in strength. It meant that his days as a slave were finally coming to an end.

The Skin Painting Soul Sealing Technique was a secret art taught to members of the Tao Clan only. It was generally known that it could be used to sew human skin to one’s body, steal souls and seal souls to strengthen the practitioner. However, there was one more thing it could do that outsiders knew nothing about.

At the adept level, he would become one with the painted skin and be able to use it as a substitute. Not only could he transfer any and all damage he suffered to the painted skin, he could even use it to block a fatal blow.

However, few members of the Tao Clan were able to reach the adept level of the Skin Painting Soul Sealing Technique. That was also why few outsiders were privy to this secret.

But of course, the ability was not without a huge cost. After all, he had become one with his painted skin. If the painted skin died, then he would suffer huge damage as well. Still, it was a more acceptable outcome than spending his whole life serving another master.

With his talent, it should have taken him decades at the very least to push the Skin Painting Soul Sealing Technique to the adept level.

However, this was the Six Livestocks Market. Anything was possible.