Chapter 310 - Only… Can You Defeat the Inner Demons! (1/2)

The wooden fish sounded and the bell rang.

The three paper effigies transformed into a young girl, an old woman, and a middle-aged woman, respectively. They sat cross-legged around Youqin Xuanya, raised their Dharma artifacts, and chanted the ‘Grand Pure One’s Heart-Calming Incantation’ in unison.

Under the activation of the immortal power that was of the Golden Immortal, the incantation condensed into small green words that revolved around Youqin Xuanya.

However, in the blink of an eye, the pain on Youqin Xuanya’s face had mostly disappeared. Her body was no longer trembling. That would not treat the cause of the problem.

Li Changshou pointed at the door of her Cave Abode and used the barrier to seal it before walking forward.

He took out a meditation cus.h.i.+on from his sleeve and sat five steps behind Youqin Xuanya. He used a simple incantation technique and carefully probed Youqin Xuanya’s essence soul.

Upon doing so, Li Changshou realized… Her toxic mind was in a mess. Her mental demons had grown to a very serious state.

Li Changshou could not help but feel puzzled.

Back then, his evaluation of Youqin Xuanya was that she had a flawless Dao heart and would never have any mental demons in her life. However, Youqin Xuanya had proved him wrong.

Indeed…

one can never be too sure about something and jump to conclusions.

I should include this in the next version of the Steadiness Sutra in the future. It also serves as a warning

How should I deal with other people’s mental demons?

Li Changshou made seven to eight plans in a row. Those were originally prepared for his master and junior sister. He did not expect to use them on his toxic junior sister…

Moreover, his cultivation level was much higher than Youqin Xuanya’s. It was a piece of cake for him to do that. There was no risk at all.

However… I should stabilize myself first. After all, it’s a mental demon. I have to respect him.

There was a saying in the Primordial World:

After the Demon Ancestor, Rahula, died, his demonic thoughts did not die. Therefore, he condensed a Great Dao Demonic Resistance and prevented the Qi Refinement cultivators from cultivating.

Therefore, Li Changshou did not dare to be careless in the face of Youqin Xuanya’s mental demons.

Li Changshou raised his hand and tapped seven times on his chest, using the Seven-Star Demon-Expelling Array to protect his essence soul.

Then, he used his merit to put on underwear, long-sleeved s.h.i.+rts, and boots for his essence soul. He also put on a Christmas hat, a pair of protective gla.s.ses, and a mask. He was fully equipped.

Li Changshou still felt that that was not enough. His essence soul held onto the Sea G.o.d’s Divine Power Treasure, and a wisp of Heavenly Dao power was added to his body. His essence soul shone with a brilliant golden light!

Set off!

Hence, he released a wisp of his essence soul, which was about one-tenth of the power of his essence soul. He carefully entered Youqin Xuanya’s unguarded sea of consciousness and headed towards her inner demon.

In a daze, the clouds and fog rose.

Li Changshou saw a dark world.

That was the manifestation of Youqin Xuanya’s mind. It was similar to a dream. Youqin Xuanya’s Dao heart was trapped by her mental demons.

The sounds of killing and shouting entered his ears with the wind. The world was filled with black smoke as groups of soldiers fought everywhere. There were immortals fighting in the sky, while mortal soldiers were fighting on the ground. The corpses were piled up like mountains and oozing rivers of blood. Both parties seemed to have fallen into a frenzy. They did not retreat because of the large number of casualties…

Is this her inner demon? That doesn’t seem right.

Li Changshou frowned as he looked at the place. Everything looked lifelike, but there was no aura of a demonic resistance. After some calculations, he realized that those images were just a scene in Youqin Xuanya’s memories.

Youqin Xuanya’s Dao heart was trapped there.

Was it because of the memories regarding the war in the mortal world that had triggered the mental demons?

Li Changshou was not in a hurry. He was just an innocent bystander. He wandered around the battlefield and searched for Youqin Xuanya.

Not long after, Li Changshou discovered Youqin Xuanya’s spiritual will in a corner of the battlefield.

She stood at the edge of a cliff. Her icy-blue dress was dyed red with blood. Behind her, there were two figures leaning against each other. In front of her, there were blurry shadows.

That was naturally the scene that Youqin Xuanya had imagined, and the scene… was very tragic. Aren’t the two people behind Youqin Xuanya, me and Ling’e?

Naturally, they were also the “Senior Brother Changshou” and “Junior Sister Ling’e” that Youqin Xuanya had imagined.

Junior Sister Ling’e is fine. Her dress is neat and tidy, but there are faint bloodstains at the corners of her mouth. There are thousands of wounds on “Senior Brother Changshou’s” body!

No, to be precise, the entire “Senior Brother Changshou” is pieced together from wounds. He barely has a human form and is almost dead…

What the h.e.l.l?

Can’t you just hope for me to be in a better state?

Li Changshou was speechless. He almost turned around and left.

At the edge of the cliff, the black shadows kept attacking

Youqin Xuanya, who was covered in wounds, raised her sword fingers and continuously activated more than ten flying swords that barely repelled the black shadows’ attack.

At that moment, Youqin Xuanya did not have much immortal power left. She was on the verge of collapsing.

The danger of the mental demons was that Youqin Xuanya did not know that everything was fake.

If her mental projection in this place collapsed, or if she was killed by the mental demon, her mind would be imprisoned there forever.

A lighter consequence would be cultivation deviation, while a terrible consequence would result in her peris.h.!.+

Among the black shadows, Li Changshou saw Yuan Qing, the “kind man” who had died in the hands of Youqin Xuanya. He saw the fierce Elder Wan Linyun, the old man who guarded the sect, and so on.

The so-called mental demons were nothing more than an obsession in one’s heart. If he wanted to save Youqin Xuanya, Li Changshou only needed to get rid of the demonic-resistance and give her a hand to save her.

However, doing so would make her waste this opportunity Although the mental demons were dangerous, if he defeated them, her Dao heart would become stronger and her Dao realm would improve.

Li Changshou looked at “Senior Brother Changshou”, who was lying in the arms of “Junior Sister Ling’e” and the corners of his mouth twitched.

Tsk, this toxic girl has such a strong desire to protect.

How can I help her obtain this opportunity?

At that moment, Li Changshou had a flash of inspiration and immediately understood how to guide her.

That wisp of consciousness quietly entered “Senior Brother Changshou’s” obsession.

The lips of the deformed “Senior Brother Changshou” trembled slightly. The extremely weak and intermittent voice transmission entered Youqin Xuanya’s ears. “Charge to the 4th… Ahem, I, I’ll retreat to the 6th…

“Junior Sister Youqin… a ferocious beast under the cliff has been alarmed. Later, when I tell you to jump… You’ll bring Ling’e and me behind and jump backwards…”

It could be said that he had gotten immersed in acting out the scene in an instant and his ability to come up with lines was fully displayed!

Youqin Xuanya pursed her lips and nodded secretly. In the intense battle with the inner demon, a wave of fierce attacks suddenly erupted and forced the inner demon in front of her to retreat.

Suddenly, the cliff began to tremble. Li Changshou turned to look at the bottom of the cliff, and he could not help but have his vision turn black.

A Qilin’s head, which was thousands of feet wide, was rus.h.i.+ng over from below. Below the cliff, there was a black, poisonous pool!

Youqin Xuanya had subconsciously imagined that situation. The Qilin was the same! Have I been poisoned?