In those years when I was a mortal and a demon

"Why, Brother Shi, do you still want to spare his life?"

"Now he only has this little soul consciousness left. Even if he can be saved, I don't know how many realms he will fall. There is no possibility of recovery. He will become a useless person."

"Do you think he will be grateful to you for saving his life, or will he use the power of the Stone Demon Clan to take revenge?" Lu Yuan asked back.

"Fellow Daoist Yuan, you have misunderstood. All high-level members of our clan who have reached the level of a divine general or above have left their own soul tablets in the Holy City. Once you kill his soul consciousness, the clan will know immediately." Shi Die explained quickly. She was not as stupid as Lu Yuan imagined.

Hearing this, Lu Yuan also frowned. After all, this was the territory of the Stone Demon Clan, and there were more than a dozen people at the Demon Sect level. Moreover, Shi Man had a father at the Demon Lord level. If the old Stone Demon knew about it and returned, he would be in trouble.

"So my suggestion is that Fellow Daoist Yuan should retain this trace of Shi Man's soul consciousness for the time being, and during this period you can safely refine the mountain giant's true blood, and it will not be too late to kill him after the matter is accomplished." Shi Die continued.

"That's fine, but his soul consciousness can only last for a few months at most before it disappears. If you want to keep his soul consciousness indestructible, you must at least reach the realm of Demon Lord."

"In a few months, with Brother Yuan's ability, the blood he can extract will be enough for the two of us. By then, the body of the mountain giant will be yours."

Shi Die smiled, then exchanged a glance with Shi Xiao. They both suddenly opened their mouths at the same time and sucked fiercely at the two halves of Shi Man's body!

A large amount of blood-colored essence mixed with gray-white stone gas from Shi Man's broken body rushed madly into the two people's mouths.

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"I want one too!" Seeing Shi Xiao and the other two doing this, Lu Yuan immediately understood. Green fire appeared on his body and he turned into a sky-devouring beast. A large amount of dark green mud instantly covered half of his body.

"Brother Yuan, I have lost a lot of energy this time. Please let me replenish it!" The half body occupied by Lu Yuan was the one that Shi Xiao had swallowed before.

"Isn't there still half left? Besides, in order to stimulate the power of the Zhenyuan Mace, I have also lost a lot of vitality." The Sky-Swallowing Beast that Lu Yuan transformed into said as he released a large amount of green mist.

When Shi Xiao saw the green mist, he immediately dodged it like a snake or scorpion. Together with Shi Die, he carried the other half of the body and hid far away, for fear that Lu Yuan would turn against him and take this half too.

After about half a day, Lu Yuan devoured all the essence in Shi Man's half of the body and regained his human form.

At this time, he was playing with a few black storage bracelets in his hands. Naturally, there were quite a few magic stones in them. A rough estimate was that there were at least several million.

With a slight move, Lu Yuan took out several things from it.

A hexagonal token, several crystals, and some unknown materials.

After studying it, he found that there were several Stone Demon Tribe's skills in the crystal, including the "Mountain God Technique" practiced by Shi Man. As for the materials, Lu Yuan also figured out their origins through the memory of Blood Flame in the magic core. They were all extremely rare refining materials in the demon world, but most of them were earth-based.

Only a fist-sized piece of blood-colored metal made Lu Yuan most satisfied, because this thing was actually the famous Mingluo Blood Gold in the demon world. This spiritual object has a wide range of uses. It is not only the best auxiliary material for displaying the blood path magical power, but also a must-have for practicing the blood path's top magical power "Blood God Son".

Although Lu Yuan has no use for this item, there are many demons in the demon world who practice the blood path technique, so its trading value is extremely precious.

It is rumored that the Blood Light Saint Ancestor of the Demon Realm attaches great importance to this item. If someone who possesses this item presents it, he or she can use it to establish a relationship with the Saint Ancestor.

As for the last token, it was the forbidden magic weapon that controlled the formation in the holy land. And surprisingly, the method of using this thing was not complicated. The only special thing about it was that it had to be activated by the innate stone energy unique to the Stone Demon Clan.

After a few more hours, after Shi Xiao and the other man had absorbed the essence of Shi Man's half body, they adjusted their breathing a little and began to discuss the follow-up matters with Lu Yuan.

According to Shi Xiao and the others, they hoped that Lu Yuan would extract the true blood of the mountain giant as soon as possible.

But Lu Yuan naturally would not agree. After all, his goal was to refine that body as his fifth transformation.

"It may not be easy to deal with now. After all, the power of heavenly thunder remains in the mountain giant's true blood, which also needs to be dissolved and separated by thunder magic, and it will take some time for the true thunder in my body to recover." Lu Yuan shook his head.

"How long will it take?"

"It will take at least ten days or half a month. If you two fellow Taoists are not in a hurry, you may as well wait. Anyway, the earth attribute intelligence in the holy land is so strong that it will be extremely helpful for your recovery."

"This..." Shi Xiao and the other two hesitated.

Because the soul tablet that Shi Man left in the Holy City must have had problems. Once discovered, it would definitely cause a big uproar. If Shi Xiao and the others did not show up in the Holy City, they would definitely be suspected.

So they dared not delay for a moment, just wanting to get the real blood and rush back to the Holy City as soon as possible. However, Lu Yuan said that they would have to wait for another ten days or half a month, which was a bit too risky.

The two exchanged glances for a long time, and finally Shi Xiao spoke somewhat embarrassedly.

"Brother Yuan, this has been too long. Shi Man is almost as good as dead now. To be on the safe side, why don't we go back to the Holy City first to see if there are any abnormalities. Brother Yuan, you can stay in the Holy Land and slowly recover and refine your true blood. When the time is right, we will come back to pick you up, okay?"

Lu Yuan was very satisfied with this method. He had originally wanted to refine the body of the mountain giant by himself, so the fewer obstacles there were, the better.

Of course, Lu Yuan still showed some dissatisfaction on his face.

"You two are going to leave me here alone?"

"Fellow Daoist Yuan, this is an extraordinary period and we have no choice but to do this. How about this, I will give you the magic stone materials left by Shi Man as compensation? Although you have contributed a lot in this battle, many of the things left by Shi Man involve the secrets of our clan. As the saint of our clan, I should not let you take them away no matter what." Shi Die said sincerely.

Lu Yuan hesitated for a moment and nodded: "That's fine."

"Thank you for your understanding, fellow Daoist." Seeing Lu Yuan agreed readily, Shi Die let out a sigh of thanks.

However, a hint of barely perceptible doubt flashed across Shi Xiao's eyes beside him, but it quickly disappeared.