Chapter 75 — The Youth's Properties
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 1 of 4
Granny Zhu's primal qi surged and roiled; behind her materialized an eight-armed, eight-aspect celestial god, identical in every particular to that of Fu Yundi's Eight-Aspect Celestial God Art. Shen Mu studied it closely and could discern no difference whatsoever.
"The Creation Chapter of the Grand Nurturing Nether Demon Scripture is truly remarkable — worthy indeed of being a technique that can make one a god or a demon.
" After voicing his admiration, the Blind Elder asked: "Is this the Creation Celestial God Art from the Creation Chapter?
" Granny Zhu nodded, and the voice that issued from her mouth was still Fu Yundi's: "The Creation Chapter of the Grand Nurturing Nether Demon Scripture is divided into the chapters of Heaven, Earth, Man, God, Demon, Ghost, and Spirit. This is precisely the Creation Celestial God Art, which excels at imitating other techniques. " The Blind Elder fell silent for a moment, then said: "There is something I ought not to say, but Shen'er is already fourteen years old, so it must be said.
Shen'er has been made the Young Cult Master of the Nether Demon Cult, and one day he will surely leave the Wasteland. When will you pass the Grand Nurturing Nether Demon Scripture on to him? " Shen Mu, too, had his misgivings: for more than two years now, Granny Zhu had never taught him the Grand Nurturing Nether Demon Scripture, had not even so much as mentioned the matter.
Granny Zhu sighed: "If he cultivates the Grand Nurturing Nether Demon Scripture now, I fear it will warp his mind and consciousness. This technique carries too heavy a demonic nature.
" The Blind Elder nodded. Venerated as the sacred text of the Nether Demon Cult, a technique capable of making one a god or a demon, the Grand Nurturing Nether Demon Scripture was naturally steeped in a profound demonic nature; even an adult in full possession of his wits would likely be seduced by the thousand bizarre demonic arts recorded within its pages and stray from the right path.
Take, for instance, that night watchman of the cult who had cultivated the Perfect Innate Art: he had misconstrued the proper method of cultivating it and had taken to raising strange serpents to devour the innate qi of newborn infants, until he perished at the hands of Granny Zhu and the Blind Elder. "In truth, if one could comprehend the Grand Nurturing Nether Demon Scripture from beginning to end, then cultivating this sacred text would be no different from cultivating an orthodox technique, and one would not commit evil. But if one's understanding deviates by the slightest margin, one will go astray — and yet, perversely, one can still bring it to completion.
" Granny Zhu found this a sore headache as well: "What is more, its power is extremely strong, and stranger still, it leaves behind enormous flaws — yet it has the advantage of being quick to master. That is the very reason the Nether Demon Cult came to be called the Nether Demon Cult. At the very beginning, the cult was called the Heavenly Sage Cult; legend has it that a sage descended from heaven and established the cult, intending to teach and enlighten all living beings, and it was for this purpose that the techniques were handed down.
Later, many of the believers cultivated them wrongly, and the techniques grew ever more bizarre and sinister, until the cult came to be called the Nether Demon Cult. Shen'er has always had a will of his own, but if I hand him the Grand Nurturing Nether Demon Scripture rashly, I am afraid he will twist the meaning of the text. " She suddenly soared into the air and sped toward Crimson Dragon City, her voice drifting back: "I will go on ahead to the city to make preparations and await the vanguard of the Kingdom of Jingping!
Once the two of you reach the city, find somewhere to settle down first! "