Cultivation through Skin Making - Chapter 739 - 260. I gain benefits, you substitute death (5.1K words - requesting subscription)
Chapter 739: 260. I gain benefits, you substitute death (5.1K words – requesting subscription)
That is the center of the storm, the entrance to the abyss, a place devoid of light, where Liu Venerable glimpsed into his past life, right at that center. Unfortunately, he only saw the entrance and hadn’t thoroughly delved inside when his Divine Sense shattered, and blood flowed from his eyes.
The blood ran down, soaking his hemp garments.
Beside him, Yun Linzi and Ming Ruyin, witnessing this scene, only felt their scalps tingle, a chilling emotion growing in their hearts.
The air was quiet to the extreme, with only a few muffled groans of pain coming from Liu Venerable.
“Leave quickly.”
Liu Venerable squeezed out two words.
Yun Linzi asked blankly, “Venerable, where to?”
Liu Venerable trembled as he said, “Leave the Western Nether Realm, leave immediately.”
As he spoke, he remembered something and said harshly, “Before leaving, pass the Circulation Heaven Robbing Technique to the Long Night Emperor!”
His status was evidently unusual, and Yun Linzi and Ming Ruyin immediately followed his words and hurried into action.
As for Song Yan, although Liu Venerable did not explicitly state it, these two already understood the severity of the matter, and now was not the time to speak of it.
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A month later…
The Long Night Emperor obtained the Circulation Heaven Robbing Technique.
It is a Forbidden Technique for assisting in the refinement of an area of the Cultivation Profound Realm.
It can be said that, with this Magic Technique, his refinement of the Tyrant’s Aura would increase several dozen times, but of course… this area of the Cultivation Profound Realm would also dry up a hundredfold, even a thousandfold faster. If cultivated to a higher level, it would be even quicker.
The Long Night Emperor’s narrow eyes stared at this Forbidden Technique.
He had yet to look through this Jade Scroll, but he knew that such an exaggerated Magic would surely have hidden dangers, a certain backlash.
He… would rather slow down than cultivate this Forbidden Technique.
The Long Night Emperor looked up…
He respectfully bent his short deformed body to conceal the resistance in his eyes and to express his reverence for the Sword Palace Upper Envoy who had left far away.
The Nine Cranes Ancient Bronze Ship had flown very high, and with a soft sound, it left the Western Nether Realm and sailed into the vast and lonely Star Sea.
Liu Venerable still covered his eyes, even though they were already bandaged and medicated. Yet, fresh blood still occasionally seeped out, along with his power.
He did not appear before the Long Night Emperor again, allowing him to see his injuries, but remained on the Ancient Ship.
At this time, he leaned against a cold window, with unhidden footsteps approaching from the side.
It was Ming Ruyin.
Ming Ruyin held a Qi Box in her palm and asked, “Liu Venerable, do you need to place a Star Eye?”
The “Star Eye” is a special Secret Realm, shaped like sand, and once cast down, it can secretly monitor activities around the Cultivation Profound Realm from above. Perhaps it cannot notice the detailed events within that Cultivation Profound Realm, but it can perceive major occurrences within.
Liu Venerable said, “You are quite smart.”
Ming Ruyin said, “Song Yan is deeply involved, either his past life itself is a formidable power; or someone is protecting him, preventing outsiders from peeping; or an even more terrifying presence has set its sights on him, which is why it acted to protect him when you attempted to peek, severely injuring you…
But since it is able to reach this extent, all we can do is retreat immediately, for this has exceeded our range of control. Staying even a moment longer could mean a life-threatening danger.”
Liu Venerable nodded slightly and said, “Continue.”
Ming Ruyin said, “But you are not resigned, so you want the Long Night Emperor to test the waters for us.
However, since Song Yan is deeply hidden beneath the Nine Earths, unless… unless heaven and earth decay, will he emerge.
So, you passed the Circulation Heaven Robbing Technique to the Long Night Emperor, letting him accelerate the process of heaven and earth’s decay.
But… why did you not even leave a Star Eye?”
Liu Venerable said, “The Three Lives Shadow is a technique with strong backlash, but I have found a substitute for the backlash, so normally, it should not fall on me… But at that time, all the puppets bearing the backlash for me exploded.”
Ming Ruyin: …
Liu Venerable said, “These waters are too deep, for now, we shall just watch from afar, the reason for provoking the Long Night Emperor is the fear that we might see nothing.”
After speaking, he rubbed his eyes while saying, “Will the Long Night Emperor practice it?”
Ming Ruyin smiled and said, “Of course, he has no choice.”
Then, she curiously asked, “Venerable, what exactly did you see?”
Liu Venerable said indifferently, “This is not something you should ask, nor something I can tell.”
Ming Ruyin nodded, then withdrew.
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On the other side…
The Long Night Emperor sought a desolate place, his Divine Sense probing into the Circulation Heaven Robbing Technique.
Although he did not plan to cultivate it, a quick scan was possible.
For a long time, after scanning the entire thing, he had to marvel at the mystery of this Cultivation Technique, but simultaneously, the “backlash” was also very apparent.
The cost of accelerated cultivation is madness.
In other words, if he wholeheartedly cultivates this Technique, he will soon solidify his initial Realm of the Realm Spirit and quickly progress to Middle Stage, but… he will become uncontrollably angry and violent, and even though he was violent enough now, it would absolutely not compare to after cultivating this Technique.
It was then that his expression suddenly changed, for he noticed that there seemed to be some content behind the Circulation Heaven Robbing Technique.
He curiously looked over.
Scenes emerged one after another: the scenes depicted the destruction of the Cyan Nether Merchant Association, with two figures frantically massacring the Cyan Nether Merchant Association, one of whom… was him.
The Long Night Emperor stared blankly at that figure.
He already saw that behind the Cyan Nether Merchant Association was a powerful Bai Family, and he also understood that the one masquerading as him was that Ming Linzi. Originally, he sought refuge with the Celestial Wondrous Sword Palace to find shelter, but now this batch of cultivators “bearing the name of the Celestial Wondrous Sword Palace, yet their conduct was absolutely not that of the Celestial Wondrous Sword Palace” have pushed him to the most dangerous front line.
