Chapter Twenty-Three: Crooked Ways
Before watching Wei Zheng slay the dragon, Li Hongru was a materialist concept.
With increased contact, one side of the world has opened up the other.
Outside of Chang'an City, there are too many areas.
Not only Datang, but also other countries.
originally thought that the foreign country was just not as prosperous as Chang'an, but Li Hongru didn't expect that there were monsters rampant outside, and he never thought that there was still a demon country in the world.
Rika's words opened up a new world for him.
He was also very interested in the ability to slay demons.
This is a different way to become stronger than studying and practicing martial arts.
Reading to a certain extent can evolve the original spirit, and practicing martial arts can cultivate martial arts, and all roads lead to the road.
But there are still too many people who are not qualified enough, or lack the means.
When faced with a monster attack, it is difficult for them to wait for rescue.
If you don't want to die, you can only improve yourself.
No matter what way they use, as long as they can become stronger and kill demons, they will choose anything.
Borrowing the power of monsters was just a last resort.
Behind every demon slayer, there are more or less sad things.
The same goes for pear blossoms.
She stretched out her right hand, and after stretching it three times in a row, her well-proportioned and white right hand had turned into a black chicken-like claw.
Hard, sharp nails protruded from her hands, dense black veins bulging into the palms and backs of her palms.
She casually took a piece of green brick from the performance, and with just a slight pinch, the green brick shattered into dust.
This is a performance brick for playing with broken boulders on the chest, and some hands and feet are done in some positions.
But it's also a real brick.
When performing, it is just smashed, far from being enough to crumple bricks into dust.
After the mutation of the opponent's hand, the power is so great that it is terrifying.
"Could it be that you also used the power of monsters when you swallowed snakes?" Li Hongru asked.
"Not bad!"
Rika nodded.
At this time, her body had reached a certain limit, and it was difficult for her to perform the 'snake swallowing technique' again, so she had to choose another way to enhance Li Hongru's trust.
Fortunately, Li Hongru was more receptive and believed what she said.
"I once took advantage of an eagle demon, and I used some of its abilities accordingly."
Pear Blossom's claws are extremely powerful, devastating, fierce and uncast, sharper than swords, and her claws contain poison, which is extremely dangerous.
The power on her claws comes from the Harpy.
And so is the ability to swallow snakes.
As long as you can adapt and use it reasonably, you can slowly use some of the power of the monster.
"Every time we use the power of a monster, our body will also suffer a certain amount of backlash, either we control the power of the monster, or the power of the monster controls us."
"If you fail, will you be controlled by the power of the monster?" Li Hongru asked.
"Maybe it's a direct death, or maybe we lose our original sanity and turn into a demon who is shouted and killed, and then killed by other demon killers, or people from the court!"
Pear Blossom said lightly.
She had a calm countenance, accustomed to the situation, and did not resist much.
From the beginning of borrowing the power of demons, every demon slayer has an awareness.
But as long as the demon is eliminated, few people have many good ends.
or die while exterminating demons.
Or as they age, their bodies degenerate, and they slowly lose control of their power and turn into demons.
Or frequently use the power of monsters, exceeding the body's load, resulting in early death.
It is difficult to get rid of demons, and there are many possibilities for a good death.
"Do you still want to learn this snake swallowing technique with me?" Rika smiled.
"I don't want to, I don't want to," Li Hongru shook his head violently.
On the one hand, he has a heart for exploring secrets.
On the other hand, seeing that Pear Blossom swallowed different snakes, he thought about asking if it belonged to some kind of refining method, and saw if he could touch the refining ability required by Taiwu.
The other party is indeed refining.
Every time you swallow a snake and refine a snake, Pear Blossom's eagle claw skill will increase some power.
But every time Pear Blossom devours a snake, it will also affect the body.
It's an ability that needs to be controlled, and it's an ability that needs to be practiced over the years.
She also needs to constantly replenish the needs of her body for growth, borrowing the effect of drugs to buffer and adapt.
When the original money was exhausted and not improved to the level of her desired ability, she could only go to the street to sell for money.
This is a powerful way of cultivating, but it is also a very flawed way of cultivating.
Starting with demon blood and a certain part of the demon's body, he continued to cultivate, in exchange for a moment of strength.
Li Hongru naturally refused.
"That's a pity, I still have the materials for the iron-eating demon beast, if I practice well, I can swallow gold and eat iron."
Rika smiled.
She shook out the secret, no matter whether Li Hongru studies or not, she also needs to have a corresponding return.
If she could rely on the levitation technique to eat, she would not be able to perform snake swallowing every day.
Swallowing the snake improves the function of the claw, the broken and damaged body suffers further backlash, uses the money to buy medicine, performs the snake swallowing to earn money, and improves the ability during the performance, continues to regurgitate the body, and continues to buy medicine......
Rika feels that her current self is stuck in a dead loop.
Without other ways to earn money, it may be difficult for her to bear it, and it is not impossible for her to die at a young age.
"Tell me about the dangers of borrowing the power of monsters, and I'll see if I can hold it!"
Li Hongru didn't need any snake swallowing techniques, he didn't need to refine any snakes.
When the refusal was fast, he suddenly heard the gold devouring iron mentioned by Pear Blossom, and he couldn't help but be interested for a while.
The little golden lump in my stomach was still there.
Li Hongru felt that it was difficult for manpower to provide Taiwu's needs, and it was time to go crooked.
If it can be used, he will have many ways out.
If he can't use it, he will need to expel the power of the monster in his body at that time.
Asking Rika about it, he seriously considered everything and looked for a way out of the road.
When the other party mentioned that he only needed to spend money to buy medicine to expel the borrowed monster ability, he immediately agreed.
It is difficult to climb the avenue, and it is difficult to have a fairy fate.
Yuan Shoucheng's fortune-telling annotation may be correct, and like Pear Blossom, Li Hongru feels that he is also stuck in some kind of dead loop.
No matter how clever he is, he can't resist the shortcomings that are inherently difficult to make up.
He can only have a chance to break through with the help of some possible strength.
After making two preparations, Li Hongru has a small family background and can afford to buy drugs to wash away demonic power, and he is quite bold at this time.
He even thought that Taiwu's data might be due to some unknown monster power, which stimulated something in his body.
"A promising scholar like you should not look down on this kind of power."
Rika forced a smile.
This is probably because she talks a lot, which causes the other party to suddenly become interested.
Devouring gold and iron is not a good ability, and practicing to that high level is just gnawing some high-grade weapons into potholes.
After all, people are not monsters, and they can only choose some of these abilities to temper, and it is difficult to develop like monsters.
Without the iron-like armor of the Iron Eating Demon Beast, it is difficult to exert much of this ability to devour gold and iron, and it is impossible to bite off the opponent's weapon in a fierce battle.
But she also asked Li Hongru for help, and finally explained everything clearly.