I am just a mortal, why do you all worship me as a saint?

Chapter 435: The Long-Awaited Old Man

Chapter 435: The Long-Awaited Old Man

Without hesitation, the four demon lords immediately agreed: "As you command."

Although they all vaguely felt that something was wrong, and although the Demon Emperor's words were resolute and domineering, they still felt strange. Why did their Demon Emperor seem to have become a bit... dull?

This feeling was somewhat inconsistent with his previous arrogant, violent, and intolerant personality.

However, the four demon lords did not say much and withdrew after receiving their orders.

Even if the Demon Emperor is truly acting strangely, what can they do? Question him on the spot? If they dare to do that, being reduced to ashes would be considered a mercy from the Demon Emperor.

The Demon King watched their departing figures. Suddenly, he grinned.

A hint of bloodlust and cruelty flashed in his eyes.

Beside them, the Yin Horse Demon Lord and the Ten Thousand Demon Emperor seemed to be connected by a black line that no one else could see.

Immediately, the Yin Horse Demon Lord vanished into black smoke.

He couldn't be too flamboyant. If those bastards from the immortal realm hiding in the Xuan Tian Realm discovered him, they would definitely spare no effort to kill his clone.

Yinma Demon Lord certainly couldn't give them that opportunity.

Now, he's in the shadows, and so are the bastards of the immortal realm. Let's see who forces whom into the open first.

During this period, he unceremoniously borrowed the body of the Demon King.

Anyway, the Demon Emperor himself no longer needs it.

……

In the backyard of the Gu Family Medical Clinic in Yunling City, Gu Heng held six or seven ancient books from a distant clan, yet still of excellent quality. He then sat down on a rattan chair and slowly began to peruse them.

It took him almost an hour to sort through the pile of glittering gold and silver jewels before he finally found what he wanted. These ancient books were very old and completely different from modern books.

These are the "techniques" he wanted!

Gu Heng can now cultivate, but he doesn't have a cultivation technique to use yet. A cultivator without a cultivation technique is really at a disadvantage.

Without cultivation techniques, even with high levels of skill, one cannot unleash much power, since cultivation techniques are the most fundamental thing.

He read through them one by one.

Gu Heng meticulously perused various texts, including the "Dragon and Tiger Elixir Classic" and the "Green Wood Treasure Book," intending to "circulate qi throughout the body and sense the flow of qi in the meridians" according to their descriptions, even though he had no idea what "circulating qi throughout the body" meant.

However, once you become a cultivator, there should be some kind of power within your body that you can perceive. Anyway, cultivation is just a stream of consciousness. Although the system provides a cultivation interface and even creates data visualization tools like "experience bars," there are always some things that cannot be visualized.

I can only try things out of curiosity.

But after several attempts to sense the power within his body, his face immediately darkened.

I felt nothing at all!

"These cultivation techniques can't be fake, can they...?"

Then I continued to look through the other books, and the results were the same in each one.

In other words, these techniques were useless to him.

Gu Heng then began to feel troubled.

These are all things from the Ancient Secret Palace, and they should all be treasures. But are these so-called "cultivation techniques" just like a play script, which looks interesting but is only interesting?

That's really discouraging. I thought these ancient books could serve as references, and maybe even help me create my own technique. I didn't care about the final product, as long as I could complete the task.

"Sigh, it seems this task won't be easy either."

Gu Heng sighed.

These ancient books seem to be of no use now.

At this moment, the little white dragon slowly flew to the backyard, then raised its little dragon claw and pointed to the door.

"Hmm? Are there any more visitors?"

Gu Heng had instructed his pet helper to call him whenever someone knocked on the door, since Xiao Bai could understand human speech, just not speak.

He went to the front yard, opened the gate, and saw an old man who was over seventy years old.

It's that calligraphy master, Old Gu Tou.

"Young Master Gu!" The old man was dressed quite smartly, with neat hair and beard. When he saw Gu Heng, he clasped his hands in a fist and bow.

"What brings you here, sir?

Gu Heng hadn't seen the old man for a while. The old man had excellent handwriting, and he was also quite lucky. The young master of the Lu family in Yunling City was willing to condescend to be his apprentice, which Gu Heng envied to death.

Judging from his attire, he really does have the air of a scholar.

But Gu Heng is no longer envious.

He and the little girl are already cultivators.

This old man looks quite robust, but he probably doesn't have many days left to live. He felt it was a pity that he couldn't help the old man cultivate, since the old man was one of the few acquaintances he had since coming to Yunling City.

"Young Master Gu, I was planning to ask for your opinion."

Old Gu entered the house at Gu Heng's invitation, and as soon as he sat down, he spoke impatiently. This was because he had recently obtained some rather explosive intelligence!