novelraw Chapter 178 : – Chu Huaixu: So I’m an Evil Cultivator
Chapter 178 : – Chu Huaixu: So I’m an Evil Cultivator
Chapter 178: Chu Huaixu: So I’m an Evil Cultivator
In the main quest 【Origin Spirit Realm】, it clearly stated that there was a chance to obtain an item — the Fragment of Xuanhuang Origin.
This item wasn’t listed under the quest rewards.
Aside from the 500,000 Experience Points, there was also 1 designated Special Attribute Point and a Heaven-grade 【Mystery Chest】.
In 《Borrowed Sword》, the so-called 【Mystery Chest】 was essentially a loot box—opening it would randomly grant a special item or reward.
The chests were divided into four grades: Heaven, Earth, Mystic, and Yellow.
“Items from Heaven-grade chests are guaranteed to be good!”
He had played 《Borrowed Sword》 for so long and never obtained one.
“I did get an Earth-grade chest once and pulled a 【Earth-grade Technique Upgrade Voucher】. That had me thrilled the entire night.”
After closing the quest interface, Chu Huaixu heard a voice transmission.
“Chu Huaixu, come out for a moment.”
The Sixth Elder, Li Chunsong, stood in the courtyard waiting.
He pushed open the door and bowed. “Sixth Elder.”
These days, every time the Dead Gambler saw him, his attitude was especially kind.
Just like Old Niu in the past, he had started treating Chu Huaixu like one of his own.
In a way, it was his own mistake that changed Chu Huaixu’s fate and brought him to the Dao Gate.
However, in the past, he had always lost his bets. Wasn’t Chu Huaixu also now “defying the heavens and altering fate” for him?
It could be said they had helped each other succeed...
“I’ve come this time under the orders of the Sect Master and Little Martial Uncle.”
“They intend for you to take on a few sect missions to slay demons outside the mountain before entering the 【Origin Spirit Realm】, to temper yourself,” said Li Chunsong directly.
Chu Huaixu blinked at that.
Truth be told, he wasn’t very interested.
He had only just reached peak First Realm. The missions available to him were mostly group missions.
All about killing low-tier evil cultivators.
These kinds of “field monsters” didn’t offer much Experience Points.
And they were like rats—slinking in the dark, hard to find.
Killing them was quick. Finding them took effort and wasted time.
With all that spare time, he had plenty of other ways to farm Experience Points.
For inner sect disciples, however, such missions were considered good opportunities.
After all, one needed to earn Sect Contribution Points, and it served as a form of training.
Sometimes evil cultivators carried treasures. Kill them and it became your spoils—a way to make money, in a sense.
But with the Medicinal Cauldron in hand, Chu Huaixu had no need to worry about Contribution Points.
Once he cleared the 【Origin Spirit Realm】, he could ascend to the Second Realm. By then, 【Dao Birth One】 might even be able to refine Second-tier Spiritual Pills. That would mean even more profit!
Thus, he didn’t bother to hide his disinterest. Right in front of Li Chunsong, he looked completely unmotivated.
The Sixth Elder of the Dao Gate looked at his attitude and scolded with a laugh:
“I get it. You think it’s troublesome. You feel there’s no need to take on such things at this critical juncture, right?”
“Let me tell you something—the Sect Master has thought it through thoroughly. There’s a deeper reason he wants you to slay demons outside the mountain.”
“A battle on the arena is nothing like a fight to the death.”
“Defeating your opponent and killing your opponent—those are two very different things.”
“You brat, up until now, you probably haven’t killed anyone yet, have you?”
At that, Chu Huaixu found himself unsure how to respond.
Following the principle of ‘less trouble is better than more,’ he figured claiming to have never killed anyone was more reasonable—so he nodded.
But he quickly asked, “So, inside the 【Origin Spirit Realm】, we’ll have to kill people?”
“You’re sharp. Picked up on that right away,” said Li Chunsong, pleased.
He continued, “The situation inside the 【Origin Spirit Realm】—you’ll be informed once you return from demon-slaying.”
“You need to see for yourself what evil cultivators are like to understand what kind of beings you’ll face next.”
Chu Huaixu digested this, then immediately sensed something: “So, the evil cultivators in the world... are related to the 【Origin Spirit Realm】?”
Li Chunsong replied, “You’re quite perceptive. From a certain perspective, there is a connection.”
“That place... could be said to be the very root of evil cultivation!”
“Understood. This disciple will head to the Disciples’ Courtyard shortly to select a sect mission,” said Chu Huaixu.
Li Chunsong nodded, satisfied.
After a few more words, he soared away.
Chu Huaixu stood in the courtyard, looking up at the sky.
“From a certain perspective, the 【Origin Spirit Realm】 is the root of evil cultivation?” he pondered.
“Why say that?” He was a bit puzzled.
He was increasingly unable to grasp just what this mysterious place truly was.
“It contains the Fragment of Xuanhuang Origin related to the Nine Realms Grand Dao... something akin to the power of the Heavenly Dao?”
“And it’s tied to the Heaven-and-Earth Calamity.”
“And now, evil cultivation too?”
But Chu Huaixu didn’t believe the Heaven-and-Earth Calamity referred to evil cultivators.
How to put it...
——They’re not worthy!
The evil cultivator population in the Xuanhuang Realm hadn’t developed to that point.
“Maybe it’s because there’s never been a Ninth Realm evil cultivator!”
From the information he currently had, the secret of the 【Origin Spirit Realm】 had always been controlled by the Four Great Sects and the Royal Court of the Moon Country.
In other words, the Fragment of Xuanhuang Origin was... more or less monopolized by them?
“Unless other regions can also obtain these things.”
“If not, then aside from the Four Great Sects and the Moon Country’s Royal Court, no other force can nurture Ninth Realm experts.”
“That’s actually pretty terrifying!”
“It basically means that the highest combat power is entirely under the control of these few major powers!”
“No matter how other factions struggle, they’ll never make big waves.”
Chu Huaixu knew very well how powerful a cultivator of the Ninth Realm was.
Someone like the current Sword Sovereign—who could kill a Ninth Realm expert while only at the peak of the Eighth Realm—was one in a million.
That was why he was said to rival the First Sword Sovereign.
“The further along in cultivation, the greater the difference between each minor realm.”
“Unlike the First Realm—where the difference between sub-stages was actually pretty minor. Being at the peak didn’t mean you were overwhelmingly stronger than someone at the Eighth Heaven,” thought Chu Huaixu.
As for evil cultivators—he had actually killed plenty while playing 《Borrowed Sword》.
The Four Great Sects saw themselves as righteous leaders. Slaying demons and devils was just part of the job.
And the cultivators from Spring and Autumn Mountain were infamous for being... ‘perverse.’
Thus, when it came to demon-slaying, Spring and Autumn Mountain was always very enthusiastic.
Because if they didn’t slay demons and devils, they themselves would look pretty demonic...
Killing more villains was the only way to prove that they just looked like villains—but were actually righteous!
“And one of the key traits of evil cultivators... was that killing made them stronger!” Chu Huaixu recalled.
At that thought, he suddenly smiled.
Because...
“I’m the same,” he thought.
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