Good people never claimed to be good people.
Lin Yu desperately wanted to say this, but he didn’t dare.
At that moment, he could only pray that what Xie Linlang said was true; otherwise, he was truly doomed.
With escape hopeless, Lin Yu simply took the initiative to ask Xie Linlang.
“Senior, what exactly do you want to do? Perhaps I can help in some way.”
Xie Linlang pointed with his hand, and the pure white liquid in the demonic furnace lightly fell into his palm.
He carefully sensed it for a moment, remained silent for a long time, and then let out a sigh.
He truly hadn’t expected that Shen He’s Portable Jade Pendant was actually the True Spirit Bone of a Tribulation Transcendence Realm crane demon.
The so-called True Spirit Bone was the true bone condensed from all the essence and cultivation of a Demon Race’s body.
As a Demon Race’s cultivation deepened day by day, the True Spirit Bone would grow smaller and smaller, while its power grew greater and greater.
Once the Demon Race finally passed the Heavenly Tribulation and entered the Mahayana Stage, their entire body of demon bones would be thoroughly tempered, ultimately receiving the guidance of immortal light and ascending to immortality.
However, the True Spirit Bone in Shen He’s possession should have belonged to a Crane Demon that had lost its beloved.
Because this True Spirit Bone carried no trace of resentment or hatred—only deep, hopeless longing and affection.
Since the crane demon had lost all will to live before its death, devoid of any vitality, the jade pendant formed from the True Spirit Bone also possessed the property of shielding vitality. This was why it had been mistaken for a protective jade pendant and passed down through generations.
Xie Linlang felt a touch of sorrow. Love and hate, longing unfulfilled—even a great demon at the Tribulation Transcendence Realm, just one step away from ascending to immortality, could die of heartbreak.
No matter how wonderful the immortal realm was, it held no beloved one; the mortal world might be full of suffering, yet they could be buried together under the same sky.
“What do I want to do?”
Xie Linlang’s expression shifted slightly. He said in a drawn-out voice, “Since I didn’t perish and have returned to the human world, I’ll give it another try.”
Shen He’s appearance, personality, and habits were so similar to Pei Ji’s. Perhaps it really was heaven taking pity on him for being a good person for so many years, granting him his heart’s desire?
Even if Shen He wasn’t Pei Ji reincarnated, what if Pei Ji truly returned through reincarnation one day?
By then, if he himself had already fallen, he would die without peace.
With this thought, Xie Linlang rallied his spirits. He asked Lin Yu, “Do you have any pill refining materials? Also, bring out all the high-grade materials from the Pill Room. I need to select some properly.”
Lin Yu hurriedly agreed, “Alright, alright. You want to refine pills? Would you teach me a thing or two?”
Xie Linlang said casually, “How much you can learn depends on you.”
Soon, Xie Linlang opened Lin Yu’s Storage Bag and pulled out a large pile of pill refining materials. He also retrieved some potentially useful ones from the temporary Storage House behind the Pill Room.
Lin Yu probed, “What pill do you intend to refine?”
Xie Linlang thought Lin Yu was talking nonsense.
He was a remnant soul now—what he wanted to refine most was the Nine Revolutions Return to Truth Pill, which could rebuild his immortal body!
Xie Linlang ignored Lin Yu and picked through the pile of materials.
“…What pill have you been refining lately? Why do you have so many treasures that only Tribulation Transcendence Realm cultivators would use?”
It was truly strange. Lin Yu, a mere Nascent Soul Cultivator, actually possessed materials that even Tribulation Transcendence Realm big shots would use. Was Silent Night Palace that wealthy?
Lin Yu felt inwardly dismal.
Indeed, he’d recently been tormented by a Tribulation Transcendence Realm big shot to the point of wanting to die!
At this thought, Lin Yu suddenly perked up and said urgently, “Senior, this disciple has a very pressing pill issue. Could you perhaps offer some guidance?”
Xie Linlang swiftly processed the materials and asked absentmindedly, “What problem?”
“Someone came to this disciple wanting a Bone Transformation Pill that would allow the consumer to speak human language, but it must be of Tribulation Transcendence Realm quality…”
“Which demon clan big shot cultivates to the Tribulation Transcendence Realm without refining their first Throat Demon Bone, unable to speak human words?”
Xie Linlang couldn’t help laughing at such a rare tale. “Give me a name, and I guarantee that demon clan’s senior’s joke will spread for a century.”
Lin Yu cursed Pei Jiye madly in his heart, but since it involved Silent Night Palace’s secrets, he couldn’t elaborate. He could only vaguely say, “Due to some accident, that senior suddenly underwent Cocoon Transformation at an inappropriate time…”
Xie Linlang understood. Cocoon Transformation was a unique cultivation method of the demon race, available only to those with low strength and impure bloodlines who weren’t yet qualified for normal evolution.
It was said that each Cocoon Transformation could at least double a Demon Race’s strength.
The specifics were a demon race secret; Xie Linlang had only glimpsed related information in a sect senior’s travelogue from the Tribulation Transcendence Realm.
“Then, as long as there’s enough time, once that senior sorts out the demon power in their body, they should naturally be able to speak again.”
Xie Linlang said indifferently, “The demon race has plenty of time above all else. Unlike human cultivators, they’re not limited by lifespan and forced to break through step by step within a finite time.”
