Becoming a Saint by Touching Corpses - Chapter 511 - 488: The World’s Malice
Chapter 511: Chapter 488: The World’s Malice
Thus, these small worlds were previously limited to True Disciples in the late Qi Refining stage, but now they also include Inner Sect Disciples in the middle stage of Qi Refining.
“Cultivators above Foundation Establishment level entering will experience strong backlash? Does that include the Qian Yuan Small World?” Upon hearing this, Lou Yi felt a heaviness in his heart.
His true cultivation was at the early stages of a Martial Saint, on par with Foundation Establishment and Demon Generals. Would he also suffer a backlash?
“That’s right, I heard from my father that the Qian Yuan Small World has a master under Elder Qian Yuan of the same name.
Anyone wishing to enter this small world must receive his and the Sect Leader’s consent first,” Bi Yaoyao explained, “However, most small worlds are unmastered and may not have this restriction.”
“Why is this so?” Lou Yi thought of the Yin Sha Realm, where he experienced no adverse reactions upon entry.
“It seems related to Elder Fake Pill, making the entire world develop a counter-consciousness. I’m not quite sure, just heard it offhand from my father,” Bi Yaoyao said.
“The Qian Yuan Small World has been within our sect for thousands of years, with many generations of elders, each bearing the title ’Qian Yuan’,” Bi Yaoyao said, “Each generation that inherits the title does not easily change it.
But my father mentioned that this title is both a help and a hindrance for cultivation…”
“It seems achieving the Fake Pill is closely linked with the small worlds.” Upon hearing Bi Yaoyao’s news, Lou Yi couldn’t help but fall into deep thought.
Information about the Fake Pill is scant; it’s essentially a sect’s untransmittable secret.
If he couldn’t figure it out, he decided not to dwell on it and waited for a task from the Qian Yuan Small World to be issued.
After the sect eased the access thresholds, the various small worlds of the Corpse-Driving Sect have gradually entered the Inner Sect Disciples’ field of vision.
Such as the Qian Yuan Small World, the Floating Sinking Small World, the Galaxy Small World, the Holy Light Small World…
The tasks issued by these small worlds are generally not very complicated.
They might include searching for various Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, or even simple tasks like staying for a few days to acclimatize.
Of course, these tasks aren’t as easy as they appear on the surface.
In the small worlds, any challenge must be faced alone or with companions, as the sect can’t offer timely support—the risk of falling is not low…
Additionally, there is one more point.
No disciple is permitted to disclose their origin to the natives of the small worlds without good reason; violators will face severe sect punishments.
Lou Yi waited for some time and finally received a task in the Qian Yuan World: to acquire a Fire Lingzhi over a hundred years old.
The reward contribution for the task wasn’t high, only five points, which was appallingly low considering the risk of entering a small world.
Thus, besides Lou Yi, no one else was willing to accept this task.
’It’s Elder Qian Yuan who doesn’t want anyone going to his small world?’
Regardless, to obtain the Three-Hearted Exquisite Pearl, Lou Yi had to go to the Qian Yuan Small World.
Before setting out, Lou Yi used his divination talent to cast an augury for the trip.
The augury indicated fortune amidst misfortune, which gave Lou Yi some peace of mind.
The reason for not sending a clone was due to the Grandmaster’s array monitoring.
Lou Yi didn’t dare to gamble; if mistaken for a spy, the consequences would be dire.
The teleportation array for the Qian Yuan Small World was located on the Zhidao Peak of the Corpse-Driving Sect, and it was Lou Yi’s first time going there.
Zhidao Peak was one of the sect’s Thirteen Peaks, and it was said to be densely equipped with teleportation arrays to various small worlds, hence the vigilant guard of two black-robed elders and several stewards stationed at the foot of the mountain.
Lou Yi presented his Disciple Token to them, and after confirming its accuracy, followed a steward who was waiting nearby up the mountain.
Many ancient buildings resembling Daoist temples were established on the mountain.
Yet Lou Yi sensed that the temples were nearly empty, devoid of human presence.
“This is where the array for the Qian Yuan Small World is located.” After walking for a while, they reached a mid-mountain position, and the steward pointed to a Daoist temple.
The black plaque on the temple lacked any writing, making it difficult to identify which temples led to which small worlds if spies entered.
Lou Yi had just entered the doorway of the temple.
He felt a surge of obscure array fluctuations swept across him.
With his current Array Dao cultivation, he couldn’t discern the mystical aspects of this detection array.
It was said that this array was established by the first few generations of sect leaders of the Corpse-Driving Sect, capable of instant detection of even a Golden Core Master or a Great Demon sneaking in.
With no issue detected by the array, Lou Yi followed the steward further inside.
Inside the temple, paved paths of bluestone led everywhere, with single-story dilapidated stone houses all around, the red paint on the walls faded, and weeds everywhere.
The two wandered around until they stood before an unassuming stone house with a closed door.
The steward took out a bronzed token.
As his spiritual power flowed through it, the token began to spin in the air, projecting a red light onto the stone house’s door.
With a creaking sound, the door opened, and Lou Yi entered the stone house.
Inside was a Hexagram Array drawn with intricate black lines, with a prominent groove in the center of the formation.
As the steward inserted a white rhombus crystal.
A few breaths later, the black lines began to flow rapidly, glowing brightly.
Lou Yi felt a sense of the world spinning and then vanished from the spot.
After what seemed like either a long time or just a moment, the scene in front of Lou Yi completely changed.
Weeds were everywhere, trees stood unevenly, and a number of flying insects were startled by Lou Yi’s sudden appearance, buzzing frantically out from the grass.
’My body feels much lighter, is the gravity in this world low?’
This thought had barely crossed Lou Yi’s mind when an overwhelming sense of fear gripped his heart, causing his scalp to tingle.
’Not good!’
Without a second thought, he swiftly dodged to the side.
He even used his accompanying martial skill, Body into Sword, turning himself nearly into a sharp rainbow beam!
At the same time, he activated both his Petrification Talent and his Glazed Armor, becoming fully armed.
But it was all in vain.
In the void, a bluish-purple lightning bolt suddenly appeared above Lou Yi, in a curved wave-like shape, carrying an unstoppable heavenly might, striking the rainbow beam without hindrance!
“Damn it!”
In an instant, Lou Yi felt his body losing all sensation.
His proud and mighty defenses crumbled like paper under the lightning bolt.
His body was instantly covered with dense, terrifying cracks, seemingly on the verge of shattering!
On the Attribute Panel, the section with Lou Yi’s name turned from pure green to an unprecedented red-purple color, making one’s heart uneasy.
Fortunately, there was still a faint + symbol at the end. While his consciousness remained, Lou Yi continually pressed the + symbol in his mind.
In the blink of an eye, over a thousand points of energy were consumed from the panel!
Simultaneously, the Regeneration Talent activated.
A large amount of cool energy appeared inside his body, rapidly healing Lou Yi’s injuries.
His body, once covered in cracks and severely damaged, seemed as if it was instantly glued together, the gaps shrinking smaller and eventually restoring to its original state.
Breathing a sigh of relief, Lou Yi was glad that no second lightning bolt appeared.
Yet he could still sense the overwhelming malice of the world.
Not only did his head feel like it was splitting apart, but his cultivation was also completely suppressed.
His Qi Cultivation was only at the third level stage, and his Body Cultivation was only at the first level.
Meanwhile, his Martial Arts Cultivation was barely at the level of a Blood Warrior, with his Blood Qi plummeting to rock bottom, and the vital energy within compressed into a single point, almost unusable.
Since the strength of his flesh belonged to himself, the effect was minimal, and the toughness and hardness of his shell remained.
But for Lou Yi, with insufficient cultivation, it was instead a significant burden.
As a result, he had trouble moving, needing to stop and catch his breath, heavily panting after just a few steps.
At least the small piece of flesh on his head could still breathe, absorbing the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi, allowing his cultivation to gradually recover.
He felt that returning to peak condition was only a matter of time.
First, Lou Yi divined his current situation, receiving a message of ’minor success’ in his mind.
He sat where he was, closing his eyes to recover.
Several hours later, after the cooldown of his divination talent ended, he used it once more.
This time, he divined the location of the ’Three-Hearted Exquisite Pearl’: in the south.
Using the bright sun overhead as a reference, Lou Yi quickly found his direction.
Alone, he trekked through the dense forest, the crisp ’thud-thud’ sound accompanying his steps on the fallen leaves.
Suddenly, a fierce wind rose behind him.
Lou Yi tried to move aside.
But due to the severe suppression of his cultivation, his body’s movements couldn’t keep up with the speed of his thoughts.
And he was abruptly pounced on the ground, a gnashing mouth lunging at his neck!
’Crack!’
The clear sound of teeth breaking rang out, and the shadow that ambushed Lou Yi let out a miserable scream.
“Roar!”
It leaped from Lou Yi’s body, its gaze hesitant and unsure, suddenly not daring to pounce again.
It was a large tiger with white eyes and a black-striped forehead, two zhang in length, with orange-black stripes all over its body, and eyes as large as copper bells, but blood oozed faintly from its mouth.
At that moment, an angry shout came from afar.
“Bold beast, how dare you hurt someone!”
A figure rushed over as swiftly as the wind.
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