Becoming a Demon

n me a fright! Oh, right, Tai Lang to save Yu Gui and You Nan—"He reached out and touched my cheek: "…In the mortal realm, I was too restricted, my magic reduced to less than one-tenth... That corpse...My brother said to Old Mrs. Shen: "Look, look, this temper is all bred in your Shen family!"

"So, I had to wait for you to come..." Old Mrs. Shen said with a wry smile, shaking her head.

She turned to me, gripping my wrist tightly.

Her hands were slender, with a few faint age spots, but her fingers were long and delicate, one could imagine the graceful manner in which she would have chanted incantations in her youth.

"Mu Xiao Qiao, you and your mother are very similar in temperament... You two were born knowing the Taoist principles of 'wu wei'..."

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To be without action, yet achieve results; to possess but not cling; to grow but not dominate – this is the concept of "wu wei".

That is to say, not claiming ownership of all things, not boasting about one's achievements, and not dominating or controlling everything.

"Wuwei is not about doing nothing."

Instead of simply knowing rules, one should understand them and adhere to them.

From the grand scale of celestial bodies, all things in the universe, beings across the three realms, and their cycles of birth and death, down to the smallest actions like drinking and eating, speaking and acting, every deed and every word.

Not striving, not grabbing, not greedy nor extravagant, not complaining nor angry.

"When your mother was young, we thought she wasn't ambitious... But she was the most gifted and insightful person. ... That's why only she could use it! Now I give it to you."

Old Mrs. Shen tightly clutched a long, rectangular wooden box in one hand.

She handed me the box, and I pressed down my pounding heart as I opened the heavy lid.

Yellow brocade, jade flawless.

Inside was a finely crafted and exquisitely beautiful jade ruyi.

The tail of the jade pendant dangles with tassels, its shape slightly curved. The head has auspicious clouds and lingzhi mushrooms, with a circular point in the center.

Symbolizes the Three Pure Ones, with the heart revering the Three Treasures.

It is said that Ruyi was the weapon of Huangdi when he fought against Chiyou. It possesses powerful magical powers, such as warding off evil spirits and revealing scriptures. It is a treasured item of immortals.

And this jade Ruyi faintly has purple auspiciousness, such a magic weapon in the circle is priceless.

"This is the most important magic artifact of the Shen family, the Purple Sky Ruyi... This thing has always been well hidden, only the head of the Shen family and the heir know about its existence." Old Mrs. Shen said in a low voice.

"This is a talisman for warding off demons, the only artifact in this circle that can stand against that corpse demon... Come here, let me teach you the incantation..." Old Madam Shen didn't have time to explain in detail and hurriedly told me how to use it.

I understand her concerns.

She felt that her time was short.

"Auntie... have you finished handling the Shen family's affairs" I asked, frowning.

"The Shen family, the Shen family... Oh... who should I entrust this to Qingrui's capabilities are sufficient, but her hostility towards you is too great, and her thoughts are too muddled. I fear she will provoke the Emperor! She already angered the Emperor last time, though he eventually spared her, she remains stubborn!"

I frowned slightly and comforted her, " ... As long as she doesn't provoke me, I won't cause her any trouble. You don't have to worry about me going after her. After all, the Shen family is my mother's clan."

"Little Qiao... Why don't you take the surname Shen" she sighed.

I smiled, but didn't answer.

Luckily, my surname is Mu.

In the grand scheme of things, everything happens for a reason.

This ring is our fate, my fate with his.

"Grandma Shen, you rest first. I'll go take a look at the formation." I helped her lie down.

She stared at me, her eyes full of complex emotions that I couldn't decipher.

She said word by word: "Xiao Qiao, remember, we have to do... for the 'country'!"

"Sheji... She for the earth god, Ji for the grain god, Sheji later became a synonym for the country."

Such a lofty ideological awakening, I find it very difficult to achieve.

The array of the Qingyu Taoist Temple was laid out within a side hall, where the black piece of ominous wood was sealed by a circle of mages using the Yin-Yang Eight Trigrams Formation.

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Shen Qingrui sat cross-legged in the middle, facing the ferocious wood. The three-clear bell before her had cracked a seam, and there were bloodstains and dragging marks around the ferocious wood.

"What's going on Has anyone already been sacrificed" My brother whispered.

Next to him, a young Taoist priest nodded fearfully: “Seven in total… all of them… rolled away by a single tongue…”

What can we do We dare not venture into the unknown, let alone a space inhabited by corpse demons!

It eats anything! Isn't it a death sentence to go in there as a living person!

"Little Qiao, wouldn't the Sishu family's corpse swamp be this Corpse Demon's food bowl There are always so many limbs and flesh churning in it. It's really disgusting!" My brother whispered.

I was twirling the jade ruyi that Old Mrs. Shen had given me, feeling like I was holding a short sword.

The qi within the body was being drawn in by the jade ruyi, a tiny stream flowing from the meridians in the palm of the hand, converging onto the jade ruyi.

If we could destroy that section of the vicious wood, would that mean the corpse demon would have one less point to shift and escape

Since it's called Zi Xiao Ruyi, shouldn't it be able to summon celestial power with incantations Otherwise, how did the legendary Huangdi defeat Chiyou

Zixiao also means Zifu, which refers to the palace of immortals and also to the microcosm within a person's body.

I pinched the Purple Micro Suppression Demon Seal with one hand and held a Ruyi as my sword, a burst of qi erupted from the tip of Jade Ruyi, scattering the oppressive atmosphere in the side hall.

To wield the air as a sword.

I was slightly surprised looking at the Ruyi in my hand. I didn't expect this magical artifact to be so effective!

Grandma Shen left this to me, she's so generous!

"Little Qiao..." My brother looked at me in surprise, the jade ruyi before him already congealing a sword outline shimmering with purple qi.

Jiang Qiyun suddenly appeared behind me, he chuckled and raised his hand to stroke my face: "Grandma Shen is right... blood sometimes surpasses many things... This jade Ruyi recognizes you."

"What should I do then"

He smiled faintly and uttered two words, "Demolition."

I watched him raise his hand and form the incantation. Purple Qi converged and slowly merged into the blade of my sword.

"Have you memorized all the Bao-gǎo I've had you recite Do you remember the Pu-huà Bao-gǎo" He gave me a withering look.

I'm a bit ashamed. I can recite the decrees of the Underworld deities by heart, but the other divine pronouncements...

I whispered, “...Read with me, please. I'm afraid of making a mistake.”

He chuckled softly and shook his head. “I need to get ready to tear open that space, no time to chant with you… I’ll teach you again, you have to remember…”

He hugged me from behind as he spoke.

H u g .

His icy chest pressed against my back, his chin grazing my temple.

He clasped my wrist, pulling me completely into his embrace.

"Heartfelt devotion and surrender. The Supreme Jade Pure King of the Nine Heavens Response Yuan Mansion. Transforming to fill the ten directions, preaching while sitting on nine phoenixes..."

Crystal-clear and melodious voice, enchanting and ethereal sounds.

His breath, his words permeated my entire being, causing me to unconsciously follow his words and softly recite them.

The Unsui transforms into fine dust, issuing commands swiftly like wind and fire. With a pure heart and vast aspirations, with wisdom subduing all demons... Great saint, great compassion, supreme emperor, supreme path. The Heavenly Venerable of Universal Thunder Sounds from the Nine Heavens, manifests and purifies all.

Thunder rumbled like drums on the horizon, and the sword's purple aura crackled with power.

"Don't be afraid." He brushed my ear lightly, "You are my wife...have a little bit of the Underworld Queen about you...hm"

The originally tense atmosphere was rendered flustered by the suggestive lilt at the end of his voice, causing her ears to flush crimson.

"Understood." I looked at the menacing wood before me and said to Shen Qingrui, "Get everyone out of here—"amanism. This mask was used during sacrifices to heaven... See, why are the eyes carved so large here""I don't understand, this looks like something from thousands of years ago. I remember it from my...