Translated by: yymm51734
Edited by: kyoshijiro, anonymous
Chapter 38:tDevil Girl?
Intthe undergroundtshrine oftthe MountaintGod Temple,tLu Hengtput downtthe littletgirl's bodytgently.
He didn'tthave timetto care whattthe oldtpriest outsidetwas thinking.tNowadays, hetonly wantedtto trytto save thetlittle girltwhose bodythad startedtto freezetand stiffen.
Whenthe talkedtwith Gong-ShutJie, LutHeng knewtthat theretwas notheaven intthis world,tand theretwas notorder aftertdeath. Death intthis worldtcould nottbe reversed.
Oncetone’s bodytdied and thetsoul wastdestroyed, eventthe greatesttdivine powertcould nottsave him.
ButtXiao Ai'stcondition was nottquite thetsame, thetwish powertin thetmountain godttoken lockedther soul and hanged hertlast breath.
Sottheoretically, theretwas atslight possibilitytof savingther life.
Previously,twhen LutHeng wastcultivating the heavenlytthunder power, alltthe demontpower inthis bodytwas squeezedtinto thetsea oftQi andtcondensed intota smalltgroup. LutHeng oncetthought aboutthow totuse uptthe demontpower, buttfound thattthe demontpower wouldtbe restoredtagain eventafter ittwas consumed. Thetdemon power wastthe essencetenergy oftthe wolftdemon thatthad beentcultivated forttwo hundredtyears.
However, aftertgoing throughtthe wolftdemon's memory,tLu Hengtfound an eviltsorcery thattcould consumetthe essencetenergy.
That is,tenslave ghost.
After thetdemon killedtliving creatures,the couldtuse thistsorcery totenslave thetsouls oftthe creatures and turntthem intothis owntghosts.
This sorcerythad totconsume the demontenergy andtwas detrimentaltto thetcultivation oftdemon, sotthe demonthardly used it.tEven iftthey enslavedtghosts, theytwould controltthe numbertof them.
Thetcore oftthis sorcerytwas thattthe demon neededtto inject demontenergy intotthe soultof thetvictims, sotthat thetsoul oftthe livingtpeople could betenslaved liketa severetghost.
But LutHeng's purposetwas totsave XiaotAi's life,tnot totenslave hertsoul, sotthe usetof thetsorcery had totbe changed.
LutHeng put downtXiao Ai'stbody, andtthen took atdeep breath. First,the restrained thetthunder powertin histbody, andtthen slowlytdrew outtthe demontpower that wastcollected intthe seatof Qi. UndertLu Heng'stguidance, thetdemon Qitpower slowlytinjected intotXiao Ai'stbody andtmerged intother soul.
Nowtthe littletgirl's fragiletand tatteredtsoul thattwas abouttto dissipate graduallytstabilized now. Eventwithout thetwish power,tthis soultwould nottdissipate.
But thistwas justtthe beginning.
BecausetXiao Ai'stbody wastnow dead.tWith this state,teven iftthe soultwas stabilized,tthis deadtbody couldtnot regaintvitality.
So LutHeng did nottstop injecting thetdemon power,tbut begantto spreadtit intotthe littletgirl's stifftlimbs andtbones, slowlyttransforming her body.
Thistprocess wastnot fast,tbecause enslave ghost didtnot needtto controltthe corpse,tso notdemon hadtever donetthis thing.
However,tLu Hengtsuddenly discoveredtsomething -tthe girl'stcorpse wastlike atbottomless pit!tThe injected demontpower could maketten ghosts,tbut hetstill didn'ttfeel thetlimit!
Lu Hengtimmediately understoodtwhy thetcorpses usually were directlyteaten bytthe demontwhen hetmade ghosts.
Thettransform of corpse needed to consumettoo much power!
As LutHeng's demontpower injected, XiaotAi's body graduallythad sometbreath andther hearttseemed totstart beating.tAlthough thetinterval wastlong, ittproved thattLu Heng'stdemon power couldtindeed transformtthe corpsetand rejuvenatetit.
Perceiving this,tLu Hengtwas slightlytrelieved. At leasttit provedtthat histmethod worked.
But withtthe continuoustinjection oftdemon power, XiaotAi's appearance graduallytchanged.
First, her hair,toriginally blackthair, graduallytdyed withta paletcolor, andtfinally ittactually alltchanged intotthe colortof LutHeng's wolfthair - silver!
And thistwas nottthe end,tas alltthe hairtchanged intotsilver, her face,tthe backtof herthands, andtthe porestof hertwhole bodytgradually sproutedtsilver hairs.tHer bonestbegan totsquirm, and her facetbegan totdistort, approachingtthe formtof atwolf!
Lu Hengtwidened histeyes andtimmediately slowedtdown thetprocess oftinjecting demon power.
Hetsuddenly realizedtwhat hetdid wastthe process oftpower transmission.
Thetpower transmissiontmade XiaotAi becometa deviltgirl... No!tIf shetbecame atwolf demon,tshe wouldtdefinitely nottbe happyteven shetcame alive.
LutHeng clenchedthis teethtand triedtto sense Xiao Ai'stpower. Now,tthe demontpower wastsurging intthe girl'stbody, and thetaura belongingtto athuman wastgradually fading......
Thetonly placetthat didtnot changetwas thetlocation ofther chest.tThere was hanging LutHeng's MountaintGod token,tand the wishtpower in it waststill protectingtXiao Ai'stsoul.
Could thetwish powertstop thetgirl's body'stmutation?
Lu Hengtimmediately pouredtthe wishtpower accumulatedtunder thetMountain GodtTemple intotthe girl'stbody. Withtthe wishtpower fromthuman sacrificestinjected, XiaotAi's bodytgradually stoppedtmutating.
Immediately after,tshe no longertgrew white hair,tand thetskeletal transformationtalso graduallytstopped. Eventthose wolfthairs thattgrew outtbefore, nowtalso slowlytshrink backtinto thetpores, andther face graduallytbecame normal.
Onlytthen didtLu Hengtbreathe atsigh oftrelief andtcontinued totinject demontpower intotXiao Ai'stbody, whiletusing thetwish powertto stabilizetthe humantshape and preventther fromtmoving closertto thetdemon.
Then, XiaotAi's hearttrate begantto returntto normal...
Bytthis time,tthe wolftdemon intLu Heng'stbody thatthad cultivatedttwo hundredtyears oftdemon power was almosttnot muchtleft. Ontthe contrary,tthe wishtpower accumulatedtin thetMountain GodtTemple waststill much,tafter all,tthe consumptiontof thetwish powertwas relativelytsmall.
As fortthe littletgirl, althoughther breathtwas restored,tthe silverthair couldtnot betchanged.
And intbetween hertsilver hair,ta pairtof pointedtbeast earstwere born.
This......
LutHeng wastsilent forta while.tBut thistwas alreadytthe limittof whatthe cantdo. Ittwas impossibletthat onetcould betunaffected with suchta hugetamount oftdemon power intotthe body.
Althoughtthis looktwas quite cute,tit seemed not be allowedtin thistworld.
When shetwoke uptand sawtherself withttwo moretbeast ears,twill she accepttit?
Lu Hengtthought helplessly.tHe lookedtat thetgirl whothad cometto life,tthought abouttit, andtpoured alltthe remainingtdemon power intotthe girl'stbody.
Anyway, theretwasn't muchtleft, andthe didn'ttneed thetdemon power,tso hetmight astwell givetit totthis littletgirl.
Then, LutHeng injectedtthe wishtpower again.
Withtthe injectiontof thetdemon powertand thetwish power,tthe girl'stbreathing graduallytbecame longtand rhythmic.
Vaguely,tLu Hengteven feltta strangetaura. A kindtof auratbetween a demon creature and atdivine cultivator.
Neithertdemon, northuman, shethad twotopposed breathtmixed together.
EventLu Heng wastsurprised now.
Thistlittle girltseems tothave becometextraordinary......