Braised Dragon with Soy Sauce

Chapter 102 Demon Pill

The castle resembles a palace carved from white jade, with its main structure constructed entirely of hard white jade. The walls and pillars are intricately carved with exquisite patterns, like a masterpiece by an artist.

The floor is made of rare cloud-patterned stone, shimmering with a mysterious light. The doors, windows, and roof are all constructed of precious wood, like a magnificent crown inlaid with rare treasures. The entire castle is the epitome of luxury.

Even though he had exhausted the treasury and military supplies for this war, it was impossible for him to have given away all his private wealth. After decades of plundering, there must still be a lot of wealth buried deep inside.

Since Lord Liao was killed while leading troops in battle, all the wealth he had amassed remained in his castle.

His wives, concubines, and children, who remained in the castle, were like frightened birds, completely unprepared to become prisoners overnight. As a result, everything in the castle was preserved intact.

After strolling around the magnificent lobby on the first floor, Mo Yuming did not linger for long before heading to the second floor.

The second floor mainly consists of bedrooms and studies, with a row of bedrooms of various sizes surrounding the veranda.

Upon opening the door, one would find that each bedroom contained a large, soft bed, wardrobes filled with all sorts of brightly colored women's clothing, and tables piled with cosmetics and other women's items.

The room was decorated with glittering jewels, which was vulgar and tasteless. Most importantly, the doors were not bolted, so anyone could push them open and enter.

An outsider can tell at a glance who the original owners of these bedrooms were.

Mo Yuming walked past these rooms with a look of disgust, heading towards the innermost room, which was the residence of City Lord Liao.

Pushing open the intricately carved black and gold wooden door, Mo Yuming was immediately struck by a giant screen that was over ten feet tall and three feet wide.

The screen's frame is carved from rare purple sandalwood, and the front of the screen is a single piece of top-quality cloud-patterned stone. The cloud-patterned stone has naturally formed textures, with lines of varying thicknesses and shades intersecting to form a huge topographical map.

If you look closely, it is a map of a vast, multi-mile-long magical mountain range.

Besides the continuous Monster Mountain Range, the map also includes Zhongyuan City, Shangyuan City, the Heartless Grand Canyon, Gu'an City in Yingzhou, and parts of the Zhenglan Kingdom.

At this moment, Mo Yuming was attracted by the huge map of the Monster Mountain Range.

The mountains, rivers, peaks, and valleys in the picture are clearly visible. While the details are not exactly identical, the similarity is at least 80% or 90%.

A naturally formed stone pattern with such amazing precision is truly a rare treasure.

The city figures in the picture were added later by human hands. Craftsmen used the inlay and filigree method to meticulously embed the houses and city walls into the stone with gold and silver threads in proportion. They also used openwork and pasting techniques to make the artificial and the natural blend together very harmoniously. It is a perfect work of art and can be considered a masterpiece.

Mo Yuming has been in this world for several years. Previously, he was trapped at the bottom of the valley, and his knowledge and experience were very limited.

After arriving on the ground, he spent most of his time in Wushuang Castle, and his understanding of the outside world was rather one-sided. He felt that the humanistic atmosphere of this world was rather poor, and he only knew how to pursue profound skills and immortality.

But upon seeing this screen, Mo Yuming's perception of the world underwent a significant change. It wasn't because the screen was exquisitely crafted, but rather because the technique of inlaying patterns with gold and silver threads greatly impressed him.

The houses and buildings, inlaid with gold and silver threads, are extremely exquisite. Their size, proportions, and structural perspectives are all very precise, and the layout of the city is also very harmonious with the surrounding environment.

It's immediately obvious that the artist behind this piece is someone with extremely high artistic cultivation.

Looking at the wood carvings on the screen's frame and the color of the material itself, they match the painting perfectly, clearly showing that the artist put a lot of thought into creating this work.

The back of the screen is engraved with an article that mainly explains the origin and production details of the screen. Although the content of the article is rather plain and simple, the overall layout of the article is very reasonable.

The handwriting is also neat, beautiful, vigorous, and powerful, with each character flowing smoothly and freely.

At this moment, Mo Yuming was immersed in the artistic charm of the screen.

He began to re-examine the world and realized that beyond the pursuit of profound cultivation and immortality, there was such exquisite artistic creation.

The fact that such artistic objects are displayed in the mansion of a remote town is enough to prove that, apart from the lack of advanced science and technology, the world's material civilization is relatively sound.

It wasn't as Mo Yuming imagined; besides profound skills and spiritual power, there wasn't much else.

Behind the screen was a huge, luxurious study. It was more like a treasure vault than a study, because although the room was designed as a study, it didn't feel very much like a bookish place.

The walls were lined with exquisitely crafted display shelves, filled with rare and exotic treasures scavenged from all over, though most of them were commonplace luxury items such as gold, silver, and jade.

None of these dazzling array of objects could arouse Mo Yuming's interest. Mo Yuming's gaze swept over them almost instantly, without giving them a second look.

However, a few items placed in an inconspicuous corner caught Mo Yuming's attention: a black wooden box, a dark iron block that emitted a faint blue light, a rusty longsword, and several old, worn books.

Mo Yuming took these items down from the shelf and placed them on the huge, luxurious desk in the middle of the study. He then sat down on the chair, which had an exaggerated shape that resembled a dragon throne.

Mo Yuming first picked up the dark wooden box. The box, only the size of a palm, was made of dark wood and felt heavy in his hand. The wood grain was clear and delicate, and the texture was hard.

Upon opening the wooden lid, one could see a pale yellow demon core inside. The thumb-sized demon core emitted a faint fragrance, and Mo Yuming felt slightly dizzy after just one sniff.

Mo Yuming quickly closed the wooden box. This was clearly a demon spirit's inner core with hallucinogenic properties. Demon beasts were rather special creatures, existing somewhere between humans and magical beasts.

It is a species with a strong bloodline inheritance and is very intelligent. Humans often call monsters "demon spirits". Demon spirits can transform into humans at a very young age and can subtly and vividly imitate human speech and behavior.

Some demons often mingle among humans, and all their words and actions are no different from those of humans.

The white ape that Mo Yuming saw in Yishi Valley was actually a type of demon spirit.

Unlike the magic crystals of magical beasts, the formation of demon cores is somewhat similar to that of a human's dantian, which can only be formed after one's cultivation level reaches a certain height.

Furthermore, the demon core of a demon spirit can be released from its body and used as a magical artifact.