Celestial Demon Starting from Attribute Points-Chapter 61: Impermanence

The Tiger Demon, as the name suggests, is a ferocious tiger that has turned into a demon. In this world, "being a lackey for a tiger" is no longer just an idiom but a reality. Those killed by the Tiger Demon become vengeful spirits, who then lure the innocent with lies to be eaten by the Tiger Demon, turning into new vengeful spirits.

Taishui, commonly known as Tissue Ganoderma, is a fungal conglomerate that cannot move and has strong regenerative abilities. Even if you cut a piece of it, it can grow back. Legend has it that its flesh has the effect of "prolonging lifespan, even granting immortality," but this is not true. Even in this Otherworld, Li Xuan has not found any signs of "immortality" from Taishui.

As for the Tiger Demon Taishui, it is... a Taishui grown from the corpse of a Tiger Demon whose circumstances are unknown.

The Tiger Demon was a previous demon, but it died.

And a new demon has grown from the corpse of this dead demon.

This... is a mutated demon.

Originally, beings needed to be eaten by the Tiger Demon to become vengeful spirits. And these spirits likely have little power, aside from deceiving and gathering intelligence, with no substantial attack capabilities.

Now, the Tiger Demon Taishui can use demon skills to kill silently and transform people directly into ghosts more terrifying than vengeful spirits.

These ghosts retain some memories and powers from their past lives, possess strong regenerative abilities, and during a certain period after resurrection, become invulnerable to weapons, making them extremely hard to kill. However... they fear fire.

After obtaining the "Tiger Demon Taishui" demon blood, Li Xuan naturally understood much information.

Without any hesitation, he directly switched out the "Fog Lurking Specter Leopard" demon blood and replaced it with the "Tiger Demon Taishui" demon blood.

Immediately, his Spirit Attribute increased to an unprecedented 46 points.

A hard-to-describe sense of harmony sprouted in his mind.

Previously, he merely had a "photographic memory," but now he developed a sense of "being one with knowledge and action." In simple terms... he felt that as long as he knew something, he could do it immediately. His cognition and practice abilities had fused perfectly, reaching an indeterminate level that he still needed to test slowly.

As for his appearance, Li Xuan did not know what his upper body looked like, but he could see his own legs...

The bones in those legs seemed to have vanished, transforming into two limp tentacles lying on the ground, while his boots tilted outward from the tentacle ends, making him look rather demonic...

However... Li Xuan felt that these "tentacles" merely looked like tentacles; in reality, they lacked any functional capability of tentacles and seemed as if his legs had suddenly fused with some bizarre demon fungus.

Simply put, he couldn’t move his legs anymore!

In addition to this, lines of unprecedented information appeared, surfacing in a hint-blue font form.

[You have infused two types of similar demon blood (Spirit): "Aberrant Monkey," "Tiger Demon Taishui," triggering enhancement effects!]

[The first column of demon blood is "Aberrant Monkey," and the "Aberrant Monkey’s" Illusion Skill is enhanced!]

[Retracting demon blood does not require a wait, and replacing demon blood requires one hour. Current remaining change time countdown: 119:59]

These lines of information were filled with many testable points.

However, Li Xuan had no mood or time for exploration right now.

He just wanted to see if he could turn the mummified Liu Yingyi into a ghost, so he could learn much information about the court and have a strong Secret Martial Arts Dual Cultivator underling.

With that thought set, an illusion dummy appeared abruptly before him.

This illusion dummy felt a bit different compared to the previous one.

Li Xuan didn’t bother to test the difference and continued to rapidly perform the Demon Skill [Ghost Creation].

Whoosh...

A near-transparent white dense smoke emerged from his palm and hovered over his five fingers, resembling a small pale ghost wrapped in a white sheet in his palm.

This small ghost, while complex in principle, was essentially made from some demon power mixed with spore-like elements unique to the Tiger Demon Taishui.

Condensed as a little ghost, it disperses into invisibility.

Li Xuan handed this little ghost to the illusion dummy, wanting it to deliver it to Liu Yingyi’s corpse.

Previously, he made a mistake.

He was used to using illusion to change appearance and kill, but in a moment of nervousness, forgot that the illusion dummy could deliver items and probe for danger. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have needed to open the iron box personally but let the illusion dummy do it.

However, at this moment... as the little ghost floated onto the illusion dummy, it dissolved into a mist, twisting and disappearing instantly.

Evidently, these two demon skills cannot stack...

The plan for the illusion dummy to hold the little ghost failed.

Li Xuan, helpless, summoned the little ghost again and blew on it.

The little ghost floated away with the wind.

However, with the wrong wind direction, the little ghost drifted crookedly.

Li Xuan could only adjust his position.

He decided to test it for only half a stick of incense time and stop if nothing happened afterwards.

...

Fortunately, Li Xuan was lucky.

After several attempts, the little ghost touched many mummies in the distance.

However, another embarrassing situation arose.

Those mummies did not immediately turn into malicious ghosts but underwent slow changes.

Clearly, [Ghost Creation] is a process that requires time.

Li Xuan, doing this kind of work for the first time, had no experience and didn’t know how long it would take.

Once half a stick of incense had passed, he stopped as he said he would.

He needed to return to Xiongshan County immediately.

Otherwise, if the plague reached Xiongshan County, the consequence waiting for him could be a ruined home!

He could wait no longer!

As for the Hundred Flowers Mansion, he decided not to return there.

Because the present Hundred Flowers Mansion had possibly fallen into chaos.

Of course, he worried for the safety of Cao Shuda, Cao Wen, and Cao Yi after all the time spent together, naturally developing some bonds. But if he encountered this plague, he would die as well. What could he do then?

This plague, whoever it infects will die, and it is extremely difficult to detect in the early stages. But once the initial approximately half-day period passes, the plague will explode, taking your life within the next half-day.

"I hope you all stay safe."

He muttered silently, then took a deep breath, withdrawing the demonic blood of the "Tiger Demon Taishui."

Li Xuan’s pair of tentacles returned to normal, transforming into legs.

He left behind the mummified corpses in the midst of ghostification and hurriedly headed south.

To avoid getting lost, he needed to retrace his steps first, then approach Hundred Flowers Mansion. He would not enter through the west gate but would circle from the north gate to the east gate, and then quickly return to Xiongshan County.

As for the original network of relations?

At this moment, he couldn’t care less.

With a natural disaster looming, survival comes first!

Swish!

The young man ignored his exhaustion, turning into a gust of wind, racing against time.

"The plague must absolutely not spread to Xiongshan County, nor to the Li family!"

...

...

Cao Mansion.

"What’s going on?"

"This is..."

Cao Shuda looked into the mirror, which showed red lumps forming under his armpits, around his groin, and at his neck, an unspeakable itch spreading.

He stared in horror.

’I remember now, these were the signs on those many dead guards from yesterday.’

’It’s a plague, but definitely not an ordinary one!!’

’Mr. Su was right, there are demons over there, unfathomable demons, I shouldn’t have gone...’

’I...’

Clenching his fists, a wave of intense regret surged through him, but it was soon overwhelmed by an even stronger itch.

He was a brave man, and knowing he couldn’t escape, he wanted to quickly arrange his affairs to protect his family as much as possible. He hurriedly looked toward his desk, intending to move over, but only took a step before stumbling heavily to the floor.

He struggled to crawl over, raising his hand to grasp a pen, dipping it in the inkstone.

He was fortunate to have had the foresight to prepare the ink in advance, otherwise, he couldn’t have written now.

The brush was stained black.

Cao Shuda raised the pen to write, but as soon as the tip touched the paper, his body could not help but tremble, contorting as excruciating pain and itch struck simultaneously.

The prefect of Hundred Flowers Mansion realized that writing down his last affairs was utterly unrealistic!

"Ahhh!!!"

He screamed twice, clenching his teeth to endure as he hastily scrawled crooked marks across the paper, then wrapped it with the ink stick and hurled it out the window, shouting hoarsely, "Madam! Find Madam!!!"

Outside the door, the waiting maid was trembling with fright at the noise from inside... she already knew something had happened to her master.

Seeing the object thrown out, her scattered wits returned slightly.

The maid trembled as she picked up the ink-wrapped paper, muttering repeatedly, "Madam, Madam... yes, find Madam!"

Not daring to enter, she dashed off toward the main lady’s chamber.

...

Meanwhile, in the main lady’s chamber.

Cao Wen and Cao Yi were huddled in fear.

Since their father returned last night, he had isolated himself, warning them not to come near, saying there might be a plague.

Since then, from last night to today, the two have felt as though they were watching the gates of hell gradually open...

First, a guard reported that guards were dying by the hundreds.

Then, they began saying that people were dying somewhere in the city.

One family perished at a time, one building perished at a time...

Recalling their father’s words, the two felt like they were dreaming.

"Madam! Madam!"

The frightened maid’s cries sounded from afar.

"It’s Li’Er!" Cao Yi’s terrified eyes suddenly brightened, a glimmer of hope shining through.

Li’Er was their father’s maid; there must be good news from their father.

The main lady cracked the door open.

The maid named Li’Er raised the paper wrapped around the ink stick, saying, "Master... Master is infected. He threw this out the window."

The words "Master is infected" nearly made the main lady faint.

Cao Wen, even more agitated, cried out "Father," and tried to rush out.

But he had only taken two steps before the main lady stopped him.

The main lady clutched her son and daughter’s hands tightly, telling the maid through the door crack, "Read it!"

The maid finally unrolled the paper and glanced at it, seeing only two crooked characters: Leave the city!!