I am the villain in the book

If, according to the typical web novel plot from my previous life, powerful enemies are usually meant to be killed by the protagonist, while powerful demonic beasts are usually meant to be subdued by the protagonist.

Apart from Qing Xian, who had already taken human form, the White Feather Crimson Bird was the first demonic beast comparable to a Third-Rank realm expert that Wei Changtian had encountered. If he could truly subdue it for his own use, it could indeed play a significant role.

At the very least, with its size, if it could charge back and forth in the enemy ranks, its destructive power would not be less than that of a Second-Rank expert.

However, the idea of "subduing a great demon" is ultimately too idealistic, and the practical difficulty is indeed quite high.

Not to mention that this silly bird went crazy and wanted to fight as soon as it saw me, without even thinking about running away or begging for mercy.

Even if Wei Changtian could really beat it to near death, leaving it with a breath to "negotiate", this bird probably wouldn't understand human language.

Could Yunmu Mushroom save demonic beasts?

Could the Puppet Pill work on demonic beasts?

Wei Changtian didn't know these things, after all, Yang Liushi and Li Wutong had never taken the Puppet Pill.

So, it's better to just kill it directly, at least it can improve my cultivation a bit.

...

Glancing at the crowd on the shore, Wei Changtian wielded his saber and cut open the White Feather Crimson Bird's head, taking out two round beads, one large and one small.

Both beads were crystal clear red, but one was like a ruby, while the other had a more mysterious and hazy feeling.

A demonic core and a demonic spirit core.

Both were of excellent quality.

After putting away the two cores, the familiar white mist gradually rose from the demonic corpse.

Wei Changtian didn't want Zhang San and the others to discover his "Demon Absorption" ability, so he turned his head and lightly shouted:

"Zhang San, General Lu, Captain Huang!"

"Close your eyes for now!"

"Huh?"

The few people who were about to come over were stunned. Although they didn't know what Wei Changtian wanted to do, they knew that the latter didn't want them to see it.

So, after hesitating for a moment, the three of them still obeyed the order, turned their backs, and closed their eyes.

As for Yang Liushi, who was excluded, she lifted her skirt and continued forward, quickly crossing half of the lake and standing with Wei Changtian on the still-unsunken demonic corpse.

"Young Master, are you alright?"

Yang Liushi asked as she gently helped Wei Changtian brush away the black ash and blood stains on his body.

She couldn't see the white mist, but she knew that Wei Changtian wanted to absorb the demonic beast's cultivation, so without waiting for the latter to answer, she whispered:

"Young Master, hurry up, the demonic corpse will sink to the bottom of the lake in a little while."

"Mm."

Although being in the water didn't affect the use of Demon Absorption, Wei Changtian didn't want to take a cold bath in the middle of winter, so he quickly sat down cross-legged and began to absorb the surrounding white mist containing the demonic beast's cultivation.

He had done this kind of thing too many times.

Since he obtained Demon Absorption, he had never cultivated again, and his realm improvement was basically all thanks to this golden finger.

It's just that he had previously absorbed small demons with decades of cultivation, and this time it was a great demon with nearly a thousand years of cultivation.

If there was any difference between the two, it might be that the time was slightly longer.

After a hundred breaths.

The demonic corpse had sunk halfway into the water, and there was still 30% of the white mist left.

Feeling that he had reached his limit, Wei Changtian opened his eyes, heavily exhaled a mouthful of turbid air, and his expression was a little excited.

I didn't expect to directly reach the mid-stage of the Third Rank.

This wave is not a loss, no, it should be said that it's a huge profit!

It had been more than half a year since Wei Changtian forcibly broke through to the Third Rank realm with the True Dragon Forehead Scale, and during this period, Wei Changtian's small realm had always remained in the early stage of the Third Rank.

It wasn't that he was lazy, after all, he killed all the demonic beasts sent from the Ten Thousand Mountains without missing a single one.

It can only be said that there is indeed a world of difference between the Third Rank and the Fourth Rank.

Not only is there a qualitative change in strength, but there is also a qualitative change in the difficulty of improving cultivation.

The true energy required for each small step forward in the Upper Three Ranks realm is massive. If he hadn't encountered this White Feather Crimson Bird this time, Wei Changtian would probably have had to wait another half a year to step into the mid-stage of the Third Rank.

"Young Master, it seems that this time's harvest is not small."

Beside him, Yang Liushi, seeing his expression, smiled and said: "This servant congratulates Young Master on taking another step forward in cultivation."

"Hey, thanks to this silly bird."

Patting the bird's head under his feet, Wei Changtian stood up: "I didn't expect to encounter such a good thing when entering Tianshan. It would be even better if there were a few more times."

"Hehehe, Young Master is greedy."

Yang Liushi's smile deepened: "Where are such common millennium-old great demons? In the Ten Thousand Mountains, I have only seen them twice, except for the Demon King."

"This White Feather Crimson Bird should have been lurking in the depths of the lake, but I don't know why it suddenly appeared tonight."

"Maybe it's a heaven-sent opportunity for Young Master?"

"Opportunity?"

Upon hearing "Heavenly Dao", Wei Changtian couldn't help but curl his lips.

If it were Xiao Feng, then he would 100% believe that Heavenly Dao was giving his own son a great gift again.

But I am not the Son of Heavenly Dao, so this kind of thing will definitely not happen to me.

That's right.

Since it won't be a heaven-sent opportunity, then why did this silly bird suddenly appear?

For a moment, Wei Changtian's thoughts returned to this question that had been bothering him for a long time.

He was just about to discuss this matter with Yang Liushi, but before he could say anything, a crimson light suddenly shot out from the demonic corpse's mouth.

Hmm?

Wei Changtian's brow furrowed sharply, his gaze followed the red light, and his peripheral vision caught Yang Liushi with the same expression.

Obviously, Yang Liushi could also see this red light.

So, this strange phenomenon has nothing to do with Demon Absorption, and it is definitely not a hallucination.

Hiss... What is this again?

Having killed so many demonic beasts, Wei Changtian had never seen such a situation, so he was just cautiously watching, without acting rashly.

And under his and Yang Liushi's gaze, this red light hovered slightly in the air, and then shot towards the shore at an extremely fast speed.

"Not good!"

Wei Changtian's pupils shrank, his gaze swept over Lu Huang and the other two who were standing on the shore with their eyes closed, and he opened his mouth to remind them to dodge.

However, before he could shout, he saw the red light had already passed over the heads of the three people, continued forward, and finally disappeared into a stone crevice.

...

"What the hell was that?"

Wei Changtian muttered in a low voice, and then jumped up and wanted to go over to check the situation.

Yang Liushi followed behind him, her expression a little puzzled.

"Young Master, that stone crevice seems to be where I put my luggage."

"Luggage?"

"Yes, the wind and snow were too heavy just now, so I hid all the luggage in the stone crevice."

"You mean that red light was aimed at our luggage?"

"This servant doesn't know..."

As they spoke, the two quickly arrived at the location where the red light disappeared. There were indeed several large and small packages of luggage placed between the two huge rocks on the left and right.

What does this mean??

It was already outrageous enough that a demonic beast spat out a strange light after death.

As a result, this red light is also aimed at this place?

Are you kidding me??

Wei Changtian touched his nose, completely unable to think of how to explain everything just now.

Yang Liushi was the same at first, but at a certain moment, she seemed to remember something, and suddenly squatted down and hurriedly rummaged through a pile of luggage.

Then, her back suddenly paused...

"What's wrong?"

Wei Changtian didn't know what she had found, so he went around to the side and squatted down to look.

And at this look, he was also stunned.

Only to see that what Yang Liushi was holding in her hand was the round bead that the little fox in the mountain god temple had given to the former this morning.

However, compared to the previous pure white color, at this time, there was actually a red light in the round bead.