Chapter 480 - 461: The Possibility of Improving the Cultivation Technique (Part 2)

Chapter 480: Chapter 461: The Possibility of Improving the Cultivation Technique (Part 2)

He always felt that the Cyan Dragon Essence Blood had so far only caused his Wood God Skill to mutate and raised the upper limit of his Fire Element Spiritual Root. Its true potential had yet to be unleashed.

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"Grandpa, why did we have to bow our heads to that human? The Demon Saint Pearl has always been our race’s Treasure. A despicable member of the Human Race stole it. We were just taking back what rightfully belongs to us!"

Hu Jiu’er pouted, her cheeks puffed up in a fit of pique.

"You couldn’t act, Grandpa, but I could have! That Cultivator is at the same Cultivation level as me. I could have taken him down with ease!"

"It was just a Nascent Soul Fruit. A new one grows in the Medicine Garden Secret Realm every three hundred years. Our race’s breakthrough to Tier Four is different from that of Human Race Cultivators; we have no use for Nascent Soul Pills at all. The only value of that Spirit Fruit is for trading resources with humans."

Old Hu knew that this junior of his had grown up in the Qingqiu Death Sea. Her outstanding bloodline had fostered an arrogant personality.

"And that piece of Parasol Wood is nothing special to our Qingqiu Mountain. It’s just a cutting from a side branch. As long as we don’t do it too often, it won’t affect the main branch’s growth at all."

In the Qingqiu Death Sea grew a Tier Five Top Grade Parasol Tree that had been alive for an unknown number of years.

It could even be considered the highest-tier Spirit Plant in the entire Cultivation Realm.

Tier Six Spirit Plants had not been seen since Ancient Times.

It seemed the absolute limit this world could accommodate was the peak of Tier Five.

As a Spirit Plant, the Parasol Tree had simple Spiritual Wisdom and was slow to respond emotionally.

But its ability to manipulate the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Power and influence the Earth Veins surpassed even that of an ordinary Divinity Transformation Great Power.

The Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Race had managed to endure through the long ages, and this Parasol Divine Tree was a major reason why.

When it came to guarding the Mountain Gate, the Parasol Divine Tree’s weaknesses were negligible, allowing it to perfectly leverage its strengths.

It was the Qingqiu Death Sea’s greatest trump card against the Moral Sect’s Celestial Punishment Peak Master.

"Don’t think your precious bloodline means you can easily defeat a Human Race Cultivator of the same tier... Humans aren’t like our Demon Race; the gap between their strongest and weakest is immense. This young man’s power is enough to make my cultivated Dharma Eye ache slightly. He is by no means ordinary."

Old Hu spoke earnestly, afraid that Hu Jiu’er’s attitude would one day lead her to provoke a powerful enemy she could not handle.

"Among my peers when I began my Cultivation, my bloodline purity, innate talent, and Comprehension were not the best. The reason I’ve survived to reach the Tier Four Top Grade Realm today is because of these eyes. Even I would have to put in some effort to take him down. Jiu’er, I’m afraid you wouldn’t last a hundred moves against him."

"Is he really that strong?"

Hu Jiu’er tilted her head, still unconvinced.

"Remember, never underestimate the geniuses of this world. Our Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Race has survived to this day by treading carefully. In Ancient Times, there were several Demon Beast Royal Family lines that were arrogant and tyrannical, enslaving humans and building palaces. When a few Divinity Transformation Level Sects rose to power, those Demon Beast Royal Families were the first to be annihilated. In contrast, our Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Race, which was not the most conspicuous back then, has steadily endured."

In his long life as a demon, Old Hu had witnessed too many astonishingly talented human geniuses who could complete a journey in a hundred years that would take a member of the Demon Race thousands.

It made him understand all too well what kind of anomalies could emerge from among the humans, who seemed to have ordinary bloodlines and were utterly feeble without Cultivation.

"What we gave up this time may seem insignificant, and you may feel we lost face by bowing our heads... but in the face of the Demon Saint Pearl, such things are meaningless. Every hundred years, the Demon Saint Pearl can bathe us in a Spirit-Guiding Radiance. Every three hundred years, it can activate a ray of Origin Divine Light. Human Race Cultivators can’t use this item. We can use it the moment we get it back, and it will awaken the Spiritual Wisdom of at least a hundred Low Tier members of the Demon Race."

Hu Jiu’er fell silent. It was unclear if she had taken Old Hu’s heartfelt words to heart.

...

「Nanzhao, Wanfu Mountain, Hundred Skills Sect.」

"Reporting to the Ancestor, we have confirmed that this Bai Zichen is not a Saint Heir from a Super Sect in the Central Domain. He really is from the Northern Domain."

A short, portly Core Formation True Man held up a scroll and quickly reported the results of their investigation over the past few days.

"He gained some fame a hundred years ago because a Nascent Soul Sword Cultivator in the Northern Domain praised him to the heavens. Later, he slew a Nascent Soul Cultivator while still in the Core Formation Realm, which brought him to the attention of the major Sword Sects. It seems he came to the Southern Domain not long after reaching the Nascent Soul Realm."

"So he really is a genius Cultivator. Why would he leave the Northern Domain to come stick his neck out for the Five Elements Sect in Nanzhao... What did the Red Flame Sect and the Celestial Heart Sect say? It’s one thing that we failed to carry out Qingqiu’s request, but now the three of us together couldn’t even handle a mere Core Formation Sect. In the future, more and more sects in Nanzhao will surely defy us."

The Hundred Skills Sect’s Nascent Soul Ancestor, Xin Youhuang, leaned back in his jade seat, his complexion pale and puffy.

His Dharma Aspect had been destroyed, and it would take several years to reform it. The key problem was that during this time, he couldn’t even use fifty percent of his full strength.

"The Red Flame Sect said that Bai Zichen’s strength is astonishing and that they need to have a foolproof plan before making a move. The Celestial Heart Sect wouldn’t even see us; they turned Junior Brother Chen away at the gate and ignored him!"

The short, portly Core Formation True Man was indignant. The three Nascent Soul Sects of Nanzhao were of comparable strength, and none could dominate the others.

So they had established a rule: they would not attack each other but would work together to suppress any sect that could potentially threaten their interests.

They had cooperated perfectly during the previous siege on the Five Elements Sect, but now one was hiding and the other was backing down, leaving the Hundred Skills Sect to be the one at the forefront.

"Fools! Not worth scheming with!"

Xin Youhuang slammed his palm down and cursed. To deal with Bai Zichen, he had ordered his disciples, upon his return to the Sect, to retrieve the Relics of several generations of Ancestors that had long been hidden away.

Anyone who specialized in cultivating a Dharma Aspect would invariably condense a special Spiritual Object within their body after death.

This Spiritual Object could be used to restore them to the state of having a Dharma Aspect, awakening these Cultivators who had been dead for an unknown amount of time.

It might take three or four such Dharma Aspect Nascent Souls working together to fight a single, true Nascent Soul Cultivator.

But even the weakest Nascent Soul Cultivator was still a Nascent Soul Cultivator, fundamentally different from the Core Formation Realm.

Three of the Hundred Skills Sect’s Ancestors had been in the Nascent Soul Realm during their lives. At a critical moment, their Spiritual Objects could be sacrificed in exchange for three Dharma Aspect Nascent Souls.

"Send someone to ask them again. We won’t deal with Bai Zichen for now. We’ll annihilate the Five Elements Sect after he leaves the Southern Domain. Surely they can’t delay on this, can they?"

Xin Youhuang waved his hand, dismissing the man. He had his own selfish reasons for this matter.

The Spirit Land on Two Realms Mountain was perfectly suited for a Secret Technique he was practicing. Mastering it would give him a much higher chance of breaking through to the Mid-Stage Nascent Soul Realm.

’I refuse to believe that a Nascent Soul Sword Cultivator with a boundless future like you will stay in the Five Elements Sect for years on end. No matter how good your relationship is, it shouldn’t interfere with your own path of cultivation.’

The Hundred Skills Sect had the Nascent Soul Relics of its Ancestors, and the equally famous Celestial Heart Sect and Red Flame Sect had their own trump cards as well.

If the three sects had truly worked together, they could have conquered Two Realms Mountain several days earlier last time.

...

The red glow on Bai Zichen’s face receded, but a golden light still lingered in his eyes.

’With the Tripod Song to assist, cultivating the Daoist Classic Cantongqi isn’t too difficult... but after mastering the fifth volume, I’m already finding the last two volumes to be a struggle.’

In the blink of an eye, several months passed.

Previously, when cultivating the Daoist Classic Cantongqi, Bai Zichen had shown little interest in this Cultivation Technique, which was proclaimed to be the Sect’s Fundamental Great Method, and his progress had stagnated.

Even after obtaining the Tripod Song, which completed the entire Cultivation Technique and greatly reduced its difficulty, he had remained uninterested and hadn’t invested much energy into it.

Now, however, things were different.

This was mainly because as his Cultivation increased, his most pressing needs had changed.

Once the idea of setting up a Star River Sword Array using nothing but Tier Four Flying Swords arose, he could no longer suppress it.

’The fifth level of the Daoist Classic Cantongqi isn’t much different from the fourth. The main improvement is in the efficiency of refining my Lifebound Magical Treasure... It seems that to truly have an effect on imbuing a Spiritual Treasure with intelligence, I’ll need to reach the sixth and seventh volumes.’

Of all the Tier Three Flying Swords Bai Zichen possessed, the only two with a chance of advancing were the Great Sun Celestial Furnace Sword and the Snow Forged Sword.

The quality and spirituality of the two swords were about equal.

The advantage of the Great Sun Celestial Furnace Sword was that it had spent an extra hundred years in the Supreme Qingwei Sword Box, nurtured by that wisp of Pure Qi.

Although it was still a long way from becoming a Tier Four Flying Sword, there was no longer any point in comparing it to ordinary Tier Three Flying Swords.

’It’s getting late. I should head out for a bit.’

Bai Zichen picked up a letter beside him, scanned its contents at a glance, and casually summoned a ball of True Flame to burn it to ashes.

On the back of the sealed letter, which a disciple had delivered several days ago, was the insignia of a beating, bright red heart.