Demon Slayer Vanguard

Chapter 418 Demon Slayer Vanguard

Inside the Cuiyun Palace.

Luo Ying casually leaned against the table, her phoenix eyes sparkling as she looked at Gu Fan.

"May I have a look at that magical artifact from before?" she asked with great interest.

"this..

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Gu Fan hesitated for a moment, but still agreed, raising his hand to summon the scissors magic weapon.

The scissors are only three inches in size, with a handle that is dark gold and jet black, covered with fine fish-scale patterns. The blade is reddish gold, emitting a faint golden glow, and five-colored spiritual light flows at the joint, condensing into a precious pearl.

Luo Ying saw the scissors magic weapon, and with a flick of her finger, she summoned it into her palm. She touched the spiritual light on it and couldn't put it down.

Gu Fan's heart sank as he watched.

Just then, Luo Ying glanced at him and burst out laughing.

"What, are you worried that I'll be like that shameless old woman from the Yan family, trying to steal your magic weapon?"

Luo Ying made a sarcastic remark and then tossed the magic weapon to Gu Fan.

"How could that be? I absolutely trust your character, fellow Daoist!"

Gu Fan immediately retorted righteously, but without hesitation, he put the magic weapon away.

To forge this Breaking Illusion Scissors, he sacrificed half of his remaining Xuanling Jade Soul. If Luo Ying were to take it away, he would be devastated.

Luo Ying raised her phoenix eyes slightly and rolled them upwards.

Gu Fan coughed lightly, changing the subject, "May I ask what brings you here, friend?"

"It's nothing."

Luo Ying picked up her teacup, took a sip, and casually said, "I just came to see how your preparations are going, and if you've encountered any difficulties. I never imagined I was worrying unnecessarily."

"Thank you for your concern, fellow Daoist."

Gu Fan bowed in thanks, then said helplessly, "My preparations are adequate, but three months ago I visited the Hall of Transmission and learned that to exchange for cultivation techniques, secret arts, pills, and spiritual materials using a Summoning Immortal Token, one must accumulate double merit points. This is simply too much..."

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"That's so unfair!" Luo Ying chimed in.

Gu Fan hesitated for a moment, then slowly nodded.

In the Luofu Immortal Sect, merit points can be roughly divided into two types: merit conversion and self-exchange.

Merit conversion does not require consuming merit points; instead, when he gains one merit point, he simultaneously gains ten good merit points.

Self-exchange involves submitting valuable resources to the Luofu Immortal Sect, which, after evaluation, can be converted into merit points. These merit points can include spiritual materials, magic treasures, pill formulas, and cultivation techniques.

In addition, if he refines weapons for the Luofu Immortal Sect, he can also gain merit points, which can be considered a supplementary way.

Three months have passed, and he has successfully crafted two magical artifacts.

The "Delusion-Breaking Scissors" is one of them.

The other magic weapon is called the Immortal Imprisoning Rope. Although it is a high-grade magic weapon, it does not contain the Mysterious Jade Soul, nor does it attract heavenly tribulation.

The remaining spiritual materials gave him a headache.

During the process of refining the Breaking Illusion Scissors, he vaguely had a new inspiration and decided to modify the refining idea of ​​the third magic weapon. However, this meant that the spiritual materials he had prepared would not be enough.

It's one thing to accumulate merit by killing other cultivators of the same realm, but now even the merit points for exchanging cultivation resources are doubled.

The good deeds he painstakingly earned only had half the purchasing power of others!

With less than three months left until the extermination of the demonic cultivators, even if he wanted to refine weapons and accumulate merit, the doubled consumption might not be enough time to gather all the spiritual materials.

This frustrated him greatly.

Luo Ying put down her teacup and chuckled, "It is indeed a bit unfair."

"but..

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She then changed the subject: "Fellow Daoist is mistaken about one thing. The fact that exchanging cultivation resources requires double the merit points is not due to the Summoning Immortal Token, but rather to that Blood Ring."

"Blood Ring?"

Gu Fan was taken aback upon hearing this, and then he recalled it as well.

Bai Xiao was referring to the Blood Ring, which doubles the merit points consumed, not the Summoning Immortal Token.

He took out a crimson jade ring, which hovered in his palm, and frowned, saying, "If the Blood Ring isn't exclusive to the Summoning Immortal Token, then what is its origin?"

Luo Ying summoned the Blood Ring to her hand, casually played with it for a moment, and said softly, "The existence of the Blood Ring has nothing to do with the Summoning Immortal Token. Its original purpose was to punish a group of cultivators in the Immortal Sect."

"For those who commit serious crimes but whose crimes do not warrant death, the Immortal Sect will replace their jade rings with blood rings."

Good heavens, the Luofu Immortal Sect is treating me like a criminal!

Gu Fan's eyelids twitched upon hearing this, but then he felt something was amiss: "Since it's a grave mistake, if it only costs double the merit points, the punishment is far too lenient."

"Indeed."

Luo Ying nodded in agreement and explained, "Therefore, cultivators who possess blood rings are conscripted whenever the Immortal Sect goes to war and are sent to the front lines to carry out the most dangerous missions. This is the true nature of the punishment."

"Because they were engaged in external warfare, these cultivators were also known as the 'Demon-Slaying Guards.'"

"However, the missions carried out by the Demon Slayers are the most dangerous, and therefore they receive more merits and good deeds. Some people take this for granted and even become more indulgent."

"In order to punish these people, the Immortal Sect simply doubled the consumption of Blood Rings."

Gu Fan shook his head and smiled wryly: "Then I haven't committed any serious mistake, so why am I also a Blood Ring?"

"This is an unwritten rule."

Luo Ying flicked her fingers and returned the blood ring to Gu Fan: "The Immortal Sect tacitly agrees to send those who hold the Summoning Immortal Token to the Demon Suppression Guard in order to help them accumulate merits as soon as possible. Otherwise, if they just endure it day after day and find that their lifespan is running out when they have accumulated enough merits, how can that be acceptable?"

"The Summoning Order is for recruiting overlooked geniuses, not for mediocre people to coast through life."

Gu Fan nodded knowingly.

It must be said that, aside from the effect of doubling the consumption of good deeds, joining the Demon Slayer Guard was exactly what he wanted.

If you want to quickly accumulate merits to join the Luofu Immortal Sect, there is no better place than the Demon Slayer Guard.

"Besides..." Luo Ying smiled slyly, "Some people say that it was because the severely injured Saint Venerable was angry that he set this rule."

"However, it's best if we don't try to guess what the upper echelon is thinking."

After recalling it for a while, Gu Fan understood.

The Demon Lord of No Life, Shen Ji, had only spread his fame throughout the void by severely injuring a Nascent Soul cultivator from an Immortal Sect and escaping from a Mahayana cultivator.

Listening to Luo Ying's narration, he vaguely sensed her purpose and immediately smiled, "Fellow Daoist, have you come here today to remind me of the Demon-Slaying Guard?"

Luo Ying didn't hesitate and nodded decisively, "That's exactly right."

"Fellow Daoist's mastery of weaponry is truly exquisite, surpassing even his peers in the Immortal Sect. Given time, his potential is limitless. If Fellow Daoist had not made up his mind, I truly would not want him to accept the Summoning Order."

As she spoke, a look of concern appeared in her eyes, like a clear spring flowing gently, and a subtle fragrance wafted over.

Gu Fan immediately became alert, leaning back slightly and quietly frowning.

He didn't believe that he could win the heart of a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator with just a few meetings.

He immediately replied frankly, "I am truly flattered by your kindness, senior. May I ask if you have any instructions?"

Now they don't even call me "fellow Daoist" anymore.

Seeing the wariness in Gu Fan's eyes, Luo Ying pouted and said, "Boring."

Seeing that Gu Fan's expression remained unchanged, she couldn't help but sigh softly: "Alright, I do have a request, but not now, but after you have reached the Nascent Soul stage."

Gu Fan's heart skipped a beat, and he tentatively asked, "Senior, do you wish to refine a spiritual treasure?"

"That's right." Luo Ying nodded and said, "After wiping out the Demon Sect this time, I need to prepare for the Nascent Soul stage. Once I reach the Nascent Soul stage, how can I compete with my fellow disciples from the Immortal Sect without spiritual treasures?"

After speaking, Luo Ying looked at Gu Fan with fervent eyes: "With your talent, if you can reach the Nascent Soul stage, refining spiritual treasures should be a piece of cake."

"Therefore, I am willing to offer you some assistance, fellow Daoist."

"Oh?" Gu Fan asked curiously, "What kind of help can you offer me, senior?"

Luo Ying pointed to the blood ring on the table: "There is a close friend of mine among the Demon-Slaying Guards. I can ask him to protect you, at least so that you won't die easily."

Gu Fan's eyes flickered as he pondered, while Luo Ying patiently waited, fiddling with her teacup, without urging him on.

After a moment, Gu Fan raised his head and looked directly at Luo Ying, saying in a deep voice, "That's not enough."

"Of course," Luo Ying said with a smile. "I will also pay for crafting the magical treasure, but it will be a little less."

She put her thumb and forefinger together and made a gesture.

Gu Fan shook his head and said, "It's still not enough."

Luo Ying opened her phoenix eyes slightly and looked at Gu Fan in surprise.

He chuckled and said, "I need an advance on my payment."