Chapter Forty-Nine: The Demon Turns into a True Face
In the time that followed, I used the "Qi Tracing Method" several times, on the one hand, to speed up my familiarity with its various uses, and on the other hand, to conduct a thorough investigation of the distribution of friends and enemies around me.
I found that the situation on the scene was not optimistic, as time passed, too many demon beasts had gathered on the periphery, and the number of primordial demon beasts was already quite considerable.
If they all of a sudden come together, it will be difficult for me to get out of it.
At the same time, I was trying to find the primordial demon beast that kept contacting me, but nothing came of it.
No matter which one I "look at", I feel that the other person is very similar, but I don't feel like it, which is a very contradictory feeling.
Mainly because of his lack of strength, he can't transmit sound, and it is inconvenient to communicate, otherwise he wouldn't have to work so hard at all.
Since I can't ask for it from the outside, then I'll try to explore inward, and try to see if I can find the legendary demon fruit that is not yet ripe!
So after another complete recovery of spirit, I locked the scope of the exploration of the "Tracing Qi Method" between myself and the cloud wall.
At first, there was nothing to discover, and sure enough, as the primordial demon beast said, it could only be discovered when they reached their realm.
But I wasn't discouraged, and I scrutinized the area over and over again.
Finally, after the demon pill in my body shrank again, my physical strengthening and realm consolidation seemed to have reached a certain critical point, and a fog appeared in my mental image.
Yes, a separate cloud of fog, "seeming" is very illusory. No matter how much I concentrated, I couldn't peek into its interior.
I'm guessing it's where the Demon Fruit is, but I'll have to know for sure.
So, I raised my hand and pretended to inadvertently stretch out towards the location where the demon fruit was suspected to be growing, while observing the reactions of the demon beasts around me with the "Qi Tracing Method".
Sure enough, as my hand swiped, those primordial demon beasts and ordinary beasts didn't have any special reactions, but those primordial demon beasts became restless one by one.
Especially the closer my hands got to the mist, the more agitated they became.
At this moment, I had a feeling that if I persisted in reaching out there, some of them would inevitably burst out!
That kind of result is not what I am willing to face now, at least until the demon fruit is ripe, I will not take the initiative to turn against them, it is too unwise.
At this point, since the goal has been achieved, there is no need to continue to stimulate their nerves.
So my outstretched hand continued to glide lightly in a casual gesture, but cleverly avoiding the mist.
Suddenly, as my hand moved away from the Demon Fruit, the restless feeling that had risen around me disappeared.
So I calmed down again and began to meditate, waiting for the moment when the demon pill in my body completely disappeared.
In this process, my strength has always been steadily improving, and I simply let go of my mind completely, and unscrupulously plundered the aura of the surrounding heaven and earth.
And this place is indeed suitable for cultivation, with the existence of the cloud wall, and the aura of the nearby heaven and earth should also be much stronger, otherwise the demon fruit will not always appear near the cloud wall.
Naturally, there were powerful demon beasts who were dissatisfied with my actions, but after discovering that I had not revealed my intention to turn into a demon fruit, they chose to ignore it.
This kind of wanton absorption of the aura of heaven and earth is really hearty and incomparable.
After enduring a long period of pain all over my body, I finally ushered in the feeling of relief that the aura of heaven and earth entered my body again.
This feeling is like a lifetime away!
I don't know how long it took, but I found that the demon pill in my body had disappeared, and all of it had turned into the purest life energy and rolling demon qi to fulfill me.
However, the predatory absorption of the outside world by my body has always continued, and since the body lacks the influence of the demon qi released by the demon pill on my perception, I immediately noticed that there seemed to be another existence nearby that was competing with me for the ownership of the aura of heaven and earth.
And the source of that contention seems to be where the demon fruit is!
I've finally found the signs!
In fact, I've always wondered what the growth process and even ripening of such a magical fruit as the Demon Fruit rely on as nutrients?
Doesn't it absorb the aura of heaven and earth?
Of course, I don't believe this kind of speculation, but I haven't been able to find this sign in the previous several Qi tracing methods.
It can only be said that either it has grown until this stage and began to absorb the aura of heaven and earth, or it is because I have been absorbing the demon pill of Zhu Gangguan in my body before, and my external perception has been affected to a certain extent, and it is slightly dull, so I have not been able to detect it early.
Of course, there is also a possibility, that is, with my plundering of the aura of the surrounding heaven and earth, the intensity of the aura near me has reached a very considerable level, and after the growing demon fruit feels it, it begins to absorb it out of instinct.
Either way, it made me feel a burst of joy in my heart, and I didn't hesitate to use the "Qi Tracing Method" at the moment, and began to visit the demon fruit in an all-round way along the fluctuations of that aura.
The fog from before reappeared in my mind, and it was fading, and the outline of one of the plants was already looming, faintly visible.
After just a few breaths, this strange plant suddenly appeared in front of my eyes!
It is crystal green throughout, as if carved from jade, and constantly exudes vitality.
The whole plant looks a little like an iron tree, with a large cluster of reddish fruits gathered in the middle of the leaves that are stretched out at the top.
Obviously, this fruit is undoubtedly the demon fruit!
These demon fruits are about the same size as pigeon eggs, but they are not equal.
I counted them a little and found that there were more than a dozen, which was a lot less than the number of demon beasts waiting outside.
The demon fruit in the middle looked the largest, and the surface of the fruit was more red, and it was very close to full maturity.
Eventually, I carefully "touched" the demon fruit through the aura fluctuations controlled by the "Qi Tracing Method" and discovered some strange things.
One of the most obvious points is that almost all of the energy required for the growth of this demon fruit comes from the nearby cloud wall!
The second is a mysterious substance that is also unknown to me that is constantly being absorbed from below.
In the end, the two merged into one, creating a strange fruit with the effect of turning into a demon fruit.
As for its devouring of the aura, it seems to be really out of an instinctive thirst for energy, and after sensing that the concentration of the aura of the surrounding heaven and earth has reached a certain threshold, it instinctively absorbs it.
During the entire exploration of the Demon Transformation Fruit, I had always maintained the same state of ignorance and unconscious meditation as before, so the primordial demon beasts around me did not notice anything abnormal.
At this moment, after several explorations, I found that the energy fluctuations around the demon fruit suddenly became more frequent, and the red color on the surface of the fruit increased rapidly, obviously one step closer to the overall ripening of the demon fruit.