I Secretly Cultivate Immortality in the Martial Arts World
Chapter 50 ·Supreme-Grade Magic Treasure, Eight Desolations Suppressing Mountain Tower!
“Spirit stones? I don’t have any.”
“Don’t have any?” Wu Jun’s brows shot up.
“Looks like we didn’t beat you enough a few days ago to make you understand!”
He gave a signal, and the two lackeys beside him stepped forward with sinister grins.
One on the left and one on the right reached out to grab Wu Nian’s arms, intending to teach him a lesson first.
At the very instant their hands were about to touch Wu Nian’s sleeves—
Ling Wuchen moved.
He did not use the slightest bit of spiritual power.
This body’s spiritual power was too weak; forcing its use would only be a burden.
He merely shifted his footwork in an extremely subtle manner, evading the two grasping hands.
At the same time, his right arm extended, index and middle fingers together, lightly poking a spot beneath the ribs of the lackey on the left.
“Ah!” The lackey only felt a numbness beneath his ribs; half his body instantly went limp.
With a thud, he dropped to one knee, his face full of shock.
Before the other lackey could react, Ling Wuchen’s left leg had already swept out like a whip.
It struck directly against his shin.
The force was controlled with perfect precision.
“Ah!” The second lackey screamed, clutching his leg and rolling on the ground.
In an instant, the two lackeys at Qi Refining Third and Fourth Layer were already down.
Wu Jun stared in stunned disbelief, hardly able to believe his eyes.
Since when did Wu Nian have such sharp and efficient skills?
Moreover, those two moves clearly did not use spiritual power—they were entirely within the realm of mundane martial techniques!
“You…” Wu Jun was both shocked and furious. He subconsciously took half a step back, shouting with false bravado, “Wu Nian! You dare to hit people?! You’ve gone too far!”
As he spoke, he circulated the spiritual power in his body. The aura of Qi Refining Sixth Layer erupted.
A punch carrying faint yellow earth-attributed spiritual light smashed fiercely toward Wu Nian’s face!
Facing this punch, Ling Wuchen’s expression remained calm.
He did not even dodge. At the moment the fist was about to strike, his body shifted slightly, avoiding the strongest part of the punch.
At the same time, his right hand shot out like lightning, five fingers locking onto Wu Jun’s wrist pulse!
Wu Jun only felt a numbness in his wrist, and the condensed earth spiritual power instantly dispersed by more than half!
Before he could even feel shock, a clever force transmitted from the opponent’s fingertips.
His entire body was involuntarily pulled forward, stumbling.
Ling Wuchen followed up by raising his knee and lightly striking.
“Ugh!” Wu Jun groaned, his abdomen wracked with pain as if his internal organs had been displaced.
Ling Wuchen walked over to Wu Jun, who lay limp on the ground, his face filled with fear and pain, and crouched down to look at him.
“Still want the spirit stones?”
Under that calm, emotionless gaze, Wu Jun felt his scalp go numb. He shook his head repeatedly, unable to speak clearly.
“N-no… no more… Brother Nian, I was wrong, I won’t dare again…”
“Get lost.” Ling Wuchen uttered a single word.
As if granted amnesty, Wu Jun fled in a scramble with the help of his two lackeys, not daring to look back.
Silence returned to the courtyard.
A thin, timid servant girl who had been hiding in the corner of the side room, her face pale with fright, finally stepped out trembling.
She had been bought by Wu Nian’s mother while she was alive. Her name was Xiao Cui, only twelve or thirteen years old, and she was quite loyal to Wu Nian.
“Y-young master… are… are you alright?” Xiao Cui looked at her young master, her eyes filled with shock and unfamiliarity.
The frighteningly efficient movements just now, and that cold, calm aura—
were completely different from the silent, timid, and submissive young master in her memory.
Ling Wuchen glanced at Xiao Cui. Wu Nian’s memories gave him some impression of the girl.
His expression softened slightly. “I am fine. Go boil some hot water.”
“Y-yes!” Xiao Cui quickly responded and hurried to the kitchen, though her mind was full of thoughts.
Young master seemed… different?
Could it be that after nearly going into qi deviation a few days ago, he had gained some enlightenment from misfortune?
Ling Wuchen paid no attention to the girl’s thoughts.
He walked to a stone stool in the courtyard, sat down, and closed his eyes, beginning to carefully sort through the memories of this body.
At the same time, he attempted to use the Mystic Sword Sect’s secret method to slowly guide the chaotic and weak five-element spiritual power within this body along the familiar pathways.
……
Southern Sea No. 73 mortal world, Taiyi Dao Sect, Longevity Peak.
Five years had passed.
Gu Yan’s cultivation had steadily risen from Nascent Soul Seventh Layer to Nascent Soul Ninth Layer, only one step away from the Transformation Spirit realm.
Yet this single step felt like an insurmountable chasm.
He frowned slightly, sensing the flow of spiritual energy in the surrounding heaven and earth.
Longevity Peak, and even the entire Taiyi Dao Sect mountain gate, had, due to the influence of various spiritual herbs brought by the 《Fortune-Blessed Immortal Lord》 entry, a spiritual energy concentration far exceeding any other place in this mortal world.
However, as his cultivation reached the peak of Nascent Soul Ninth Layer, the once abundant sensation of vast spiritual energy pouring into his body and steadily pushing his cultivation forward was gradually becoming thinner.
It was not that the spiritual energy had decreased, but that his own “container” had grown larger.
The amount required had reached a far more astonishing level.
From Nascent Soul Ninth Layer to Transformation Spirit was not merely an accumulation of quantity.
It was a leap in the essence of life.
The total amount of spiritual energy required, and the quality demanded of it, far surpassed any previous minor realm.
“Spiritual energy… is starting to become insufficient.” Gu Yan understood clearly.
This was an inevitable bottleneck when reaching a certain height in cultivation.
Especially in this mortal world, where the total amount and activity of heaven and earth spiritual energy could not compare to the true Spirit Realm.
If not for the continuous environmental transformation brought by the 《Fortune-Blessed Immortal Lord》 entry, it would likely have been difficult even to cultivate to the late Nascent Soul stage.
What pressured him even more was the entire Taiyi Dao Sect.
Under his guidance and allocation of resources, the Immortal Dao had already been fully popularized within the sect.
Now, regardless of their original martial aptitude, all disciples had stepped into the threshold of Qi Refining.
Several elders had even reached the late Qi Refining stage and were preparing to impact Foundation Establishment.
Thousands of disciples cultivating simultaneously consumed an enormous total amount of spiritual energy.
If viewed purely from the most utilitarian perspective of cultivation, Gu Yan might have chosen to control the spread of the Immortal Dao.
Or even nurture only a small number of elites, concentrating most of the spiritual energy resources on himself to achieve the fastest breakthrough to Transformation Spirit.
But he had never entertained such a thought.
Standing at the peak, overlooking the halls and pavilions of the inner sect’s three peaks in the distance, Gu Yan’s gaze was calm.
He did not regret spreading the Immortal Dao widely.
Firstly, he had always had some intention of establishing his own foundation.
Watching a sect that originally only practiced martial arts gradually transform into a true cultivation sect in his hands—
that sense of building and achievement could not be replaced by simply pursuing personal breakthroughs.
It was like playing a strategy game: aside from expanding armies and advancing technology, building one’s own base into a prosperous place and watching its people live in peace was itself a kind of enjoyment.
Secondly, he always remembered where he came from.
Passing down the path of cultivation was, to some extent, leaving more possibilities and sparks for this homeland that was regarded as a backyard by the upper realm.
In the future, if he truly could contend with the Azure Wave Sect and even the Tianyan Dao Sect behind it, or even successfully seize control of this world—
a Taiyi Dao Sect possessing its own cultivation inheritance and promising potential would be an important foundation and source of confidence.
Thirdly, and most importantly—
he had the red entry 《Fortune-Blessed Immortal Lord》 as his foundation.
Insufficient spiritual energy was a problem, but not necessarily a dead end.
The entry’s effect would grant a good item every year, enough to gradually improve the environment.
Perhaps once he broke through to Transformation Spirit, or when the entry triggered again to obtain something capable of gathering spiritual energy, this problem would be resolved.
As he was thinking, his heart stirred.
Counting the days, today was once again the day the Fortune-Blessed Immortal Lord entry would trigger.
As expected, the next moment—
【Entry “Fortune-Blessed Immortal Lord · Red” effect triggered. You have obtained a supreme-grade magic treasure: Eight Desolations Suppressing Mountain Tower】
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