My bathroom leads to the celestial realm.

4. The cultivation world is too dangerous.

The scholar looked down into Xu Yan's eyes, raising an eyebrow in surprise: "Tell me, how did you do that?"

You're quite disappointed that the demon didn't devour my soul, aren't you?

Xu Yan thought this to herself, but pretended to be confused.

This scholar almost lost his life. He desperately wanted to confront him, but he was at the mercy of others and had no choice but to submit. He was now at their mercy, and not yet at his wit's end. Wouldn't it be unwise to confront him directly?

Follow your heart; following your heart is the safest bet.

"What did you do to me?" Xu Yan looked weak, as if she was about to kick the bucket.

He had an insane sense of self-importance, the kind that could kill a bull with a single punch.

But he knew this was just an illusion. The scholar had killed the silly eagle with a single sword strike. He was no match for the eagle, so how could he be a match for the scholar?

Be rational, keep hiding!

"Nothing much!" The scholar was in a good mood, even showing a faint smile. "Tell me how you manipulated this demon core. If you tell the truth, I will not only spare your life, but also bestow upon you great wealth!"

Such arrogance! No wonder he's a high and mighty cultivator!

Xu Yan glanced at the corpse beside him, his mind already made up.

If I don't say I can live a little longer, but if I do say it, I'm afraid I'll lose my life on the spot—this simplistic trope was written to death eight hundred years ago.

Who are you trying to fool?

Hmm? That's not right!

He had always thought that the one on the altar was also dead, but now that he was sharp of hearing and sight, he realized that the person was still alive and seemed to be able to hold on for a while longer.

Seeing that he didn't answer, the scholar's face immediately darkened: "You won't listen to reason, so you'll have to suffer the consequences!"

"Wait, wait, wait a minute!" Xu Yan quickly stopped him. "What exactly are you trying to do? Turn people into monsters?"

This scholar's thought process is truly extraordinary; he actually came up with a demonization experiment in the style of cultivating immortality? What the hell is he thinking?

The scholar's tone turned cold: "Will you talk or not!"

Xu Yan changed the subject: "Is it possible that I originally had demon blood?"

The scholar refused to believe it, snorted coldly, and pointed a finger at Xu Yan. A burst of true energy dispersed the demonic power within the latter's body, causing him to feel excruciating pain all over his body, as if a thousand ants were gnawing at his heart.

Xu Yan felt indescribably uncomfortable all over, like a shrimp about to be steamed, twisting and struggling desperately.

The toad, trembling with fear, quietly took two steps back.

Only when Xu Yan nearly lost control of his bladder did the scholar stop his supernatural powers: "Will you talk or not!"

"Shut up!" Xu Yan cursed, "Who do you think you are?!"

The toad spirit's expression changed drastically, and it trembled as if it wanted to flee. Its gaze darted back and forth between Xu Yan and the scholar, as if it could already see the former dying tragically at the hands of the scholar.

Xu Yan regretted it after he finished cursing.

What happened to the promise of forbearance? What happened to the promise of playing it safe? Why did you act so impulsively and disregard everything?

No, that's not right!

He is used to planning things out before acting, this is definitely not his normal reaction... His mind must have been affected by the devoured demon soul.

That's right, we were affected!

The scholar tormented Xu Yan twice more, and each time Xu Yan was in unbearable pain and couldn't help but want to confess. But as soon as he stopped, his will to survive took over.

If the scholar had cut off his hands and feet, he probably would have gotten the answer by now, but he was a cultivator and didn't have such a bloody habit.

This put the scholar in a difficult position.

It would be easy to crush this kid with one finger, but the secret of how to manipulate the demon core would also be lost.

After pondering for a moment, the scholar suddenly stared into Xu Yan's eyes: "Tell me, are you human or demon?"

Those eyes seemed to possess a magical power, and Xu Yan's thoughts gradually became hazy: "It's a person..."

The scholar smiled with satisfaction: "How do you manipulate the demon core?"

Xu Yan was not in his right mind and involuntarily told the truth.

But he only remembered the pain and the biting and swallowing, and didn't pay much attention to anything else. His thoughts were also affected, and he was not as quick-witted as usual, so he spoke incoherently.

The scholar had planted many inner cores in different people, and similar situations had occurred more than once, until he learned that Xu Yan had been possessed.

There are two different ways to possess another body. One is to achieve a miracle through great force, relying on the strength of one's soul to take over the spirit platform, crush the original owner's consciousness, and occupy the new body.

Generally, it is a high-level cultivator who possesses the body of a low-level cultivator or mortal.

However, the soul and the body complement each other. It is not so easy for a soul to take over another's body. The soul from outside needs to be constantly tempered before it can slowly merge with the body. There are quite a few examples of people who successfully take over a body but cannot integrate with it.

Secondly, if their cultivation levels are similar, their souls will devour each other, with the winner taking all and the loser dying and their cultivation fading away.

The former has significant potential problems, but its advantage lies in the absence of risk; the latter is fraught with danger, but it has considerable advantages in terms of physical integration.

That thunder eagle has at least a hundred years of cultivation. Even if the scholar himself went up, he wouldn't dare say he could win for sure. How could a mere mortal turn the tables and devour the demon's soul?

Are you kidding me?

Any cultivator with a modicum of common sense would scoff at this, right?

However, after several investigations, he found that the soul and body were perfectly integrated, and it was not like the body he had just possessed.

The Thunder Eagle and the Demon Core share the same origin, so it's not surprising that it could manipulate the inner core after possessing another body. But to devour a demon soul with a mortal body... could the secret to manipulating the demon core be to overcome the strong with the weak during possession and devour the demon soul in return?

What a joke! A backlash isn't that easy, especially when the weak overcome the strong.

This kid definitely has some kind of secret hidden inside!

Unable to get the answer he wanted, and unwilling to give up, the scholar changed his approach and once again used his bewitching magic: "Little child, do you know who I am?"

"It's a Celestial Master!" Xu Yan replied blankly.

Although his mind was slow, a question still arose in his mind: Wasn't this person a scholar? How did he become a Taoist priest? Is it fake?

"Not bad!" The scholar smiled kindly, but his expression was somewhat strange due to his unfamiliarity with the place. "I am Zhuiyunzi, a cultivator from the Jade Void Palace of the Lingxiao Sect. In your previous life, you were my disciple, but due to being troubled by love, you had to undergo physical liberation and reincarnate. It has been a hundred years since then!"

"Now that the calamity has passed, our master-disciple bond is not yet severed. I have come specifically to guide you back into the Lingxiao Sect, to return to my tutelage!"

He then used his finger to cut the rope and personally helped Xu Yan up.

Unexpectedly, Xu Yan showed a hint of disdain: "The story you made up is so bad, I'd be surprised if you even got a contract with a certain website!"

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The scholar's pupils dilated: What kind of nonsense is this? How could this kid look down on me?

He suppressed the urge to kill the kid and used his mind-controlling magic again, repeating the story several times until Xu Yan remembered it firmly and he was convinced that the brainwashing was successful before dragging him to the campfire.

Dealing with a mere mortal is a piece of cake, isn't it?

But the scholar never expected that Xu Yan's dull mind, filled with question marks, would actually start a brainstorming session.

As fate would have it, Xu Yan mistook his present life for his past life and couldn't help but wonder: he was just a struggling writer with no master and no disciple. Could this cheap master have mistaken him for someone else?

If even the disciple can be mistaken, then this immortal master's cultivation is perhaps a little lacking!

Forget it, whatever, it's a mistake if it's a mistake!

No matter how you look at it, he's just a mortal. He doesn't know anything about his past life or the causes and effects of the past. Even if the truth comes out in the future, it will be that this cheap master is the one who made the mistake, not that he is the one who impersonated him!

Thinking of this, Xu Yan immediately felt at ease.

I don't know why, but suddenly I feel like I'm an eagle.

The demon core immediately spewed out demonic power, circulating throughout its limbs and bones.

After turning his head, Xu Yanling was shocked, the confusion in his eyes disappeared, and he instantly regained his senses.

What just happened?

Realizing his own abnormality, Xu Yan immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

It was quite a coincidence.

Zhuiyunzi always regarded Xu Yan as a mortal and was very careful when using bewitching techniques, for fear of damaging his soul.

Little did he know that Xu Yan came from the information explosion of the present world and was a writer who frequently searched for all kinds of knowledge online. The amount of information he came into contact with in a day was more than that of an ordinary person in this world in a lifetime.

The soul is a very mysterious thing; even without cultivation methods, it can grow on its own through extensive knowledge and experience.

Moreover, after absorbing the essence of the Thunder Eagle, his soul made great progress, which is why he was able to retain some thinking ability after being hit by the Bewitching Spell!

Thunder magic also has the effect of dispelling evil and breaking illusions. By chance, it broke the bewitching spell, which allowed it to escape a calamity by accident.

The cultivation world is too dangerous, Mom, I want to go home!