novelraw Chapter 110
Chapter 110
Some people refused to listen. Some had no choice but to act this way.
This patience truly paid off for Yan Ling. Judging by aptitude alone, she undoubtedly had a better qualification to receive the Nascent Soul inheritance of Cold Blood Peak.
Her attributes matched. Her age was appropriate.
When Su Yulong and Wei Zhong both fell, and the True Disciple forces reshuffled, she did not rush to act. She estimated that the rest of the True Disciples were competing over the legacy left behind by the “Whale’s Fall”
Once they had fought each other nearly to exhaustion, only then would she act. That was how she maximized benefit. She truly lived out the phrase “move only when the time is ripe.”
Thus, at Five Yin Peak, the grand-disciple of Real Personage Red Cloud could not endure the environment any longer and took the initiative to request a return to the sect headquarters. This coincided perfectly with her intention.
Now was the time to inherit the fallen rival’s “legacy.” Her voluntary retreat was only to wait for opportunity. With events changing so quickly, she could no longer afford to keep hiding.
Both sides agreed instantly and decided to return four years early.
As for Wang Yu, he could clearly see everything from a third-party perspective. This was thanks to his usual habit of observing the details of daily life.
Moreover, his role of deep participation before withdrawing gave him a higher vantage point.Even without meeting this True Disciple Yan, he was sure of his judgment.
The sixth year of the Spider Mountain mission arrived on schedule. It was also the fifteenth year and tenth month of Wang Yu’s Outer Sect life.
This period was peaceful. Nothing happened, and he cultivated quietly for more than four years.
During this time:
The Beast Control Seal reached perfection after six months. This secret technique was mainly used to plant a Spirit Seal on beasts that had lost the ability to resist. The stronger one’s divine sense, the stronger the beast one could control.
It could not exceed a major realm. For example, a Foundation Establishment first-layer cultivator could control a Foundation Establishment ninth-layer beast, but once it advanced to Core Formation, it was impossible. The backlash of divine sense would occur.
He kept only one first-rank early-stage Snowjade Fox, controlled with the Beast Control Seal. The other two spirit beasts were beneath his notice. He sold them to the cultivators from Fierce Nether Peak who came for routine inspections, earning four thousand spirit stones.
At the same time, his second-rank low-grade Invisibility Technique reached perfection after three years.
The so-called “Void Concealment” level seemed faintly connected to the power of space, though only superficially. This spell consumed true essence. Even with his cultivation, he could only sustain it for half an hour.
It was quite similar to when he used the Night Concealment Mantra across realms back then.
His techniques grew stronger, but his cultivation realm as an energy source was falling behind.
Over the four years, he also spent the remaining six months of Idle Slot Four on the Mysterious Yin Hand and made some progress.
Additionally:
His Body Refining art Flood Dragon Force, already perfected, advanced rapidly after he obtained first-rank dragon-blood essence. Wang Yu used a pill furnace to refine secret medicine, pairing it with his perfected art, and his progress soared.
He had reached the seventh stage of “Nine Dragons Tendons,” equivalent to late Qi Refining in body cultivation. Do not be misled by the idea that body refining is unrelated to spiritual root aptitude. It still required a basic foundation.
After all, body refining also absorbed spiritual qi. Fragmented roots could not handle it.
The third-rank Flood Dragon Inner Core was too advanced for him to refine. However, by cooking secret medicine together with it using Cold Flame, he extracted traces of power. This minor leakage was enough to push his progress far beyond what the art itself described, without harming the core’s usefulness.
As for the Idle Slots, the first and second were untouched. His Cold Blood Technique was about to truly ascend in this very month. With both slots working together, twenty years had been shortened to ten, and success was imminent.
The third slot advanced more than halfway.
Idle Slot Four: Demonic Embryo Mysterious Origin Curse
“Demonic Embryo Mysterious Origin Curse (60/100): practiced 96 times a day, master in 4 years.”
This secret art aimed to cultivate the essence of a Demonic Embryo. Its true target was the spiritual roots. By daily chanting the curse infused with Heavenly Demon's Evil Thought, Wang Yu’s mutated Five Element Roots underwent further transformation.
His original metal, wood, water, fire, earth roots were all less than an inch in size.
The water root had mutated into dual Yin and Ice attributes, measuring four inches, comparable to a four-element mixed root.
Now strands of black-red curse marks crept along his roots. Strange mist shrouded them. Below, a fine black tendril sprouted and began intertwining with others, like an umbilical cord nurturing the fetus. The secret art was sixty percent complete, more than half finished.
The final form would bind the roots together, forming the Demonic Embryo.
At that time, his spiritual root essence would be altered and imbued with Heavenly Demon traits. Based on the curse’s profundities, he could devour the essence of others to strengthen his own aptitude.
The closer the bloodline, the better the effect. With siblings of the same womb, it could achieve a perfect replication.
For unrelated strangers, only ten to twenty percent would remain. Yet quality could be supplemented by quantity. This method could be repeated.
Once cultivated, Wang Yu’s situation would change drastically.
Soon.
As for cultivation, his progress was steady step by step. In four years, he barely absorbed three improved supreme-grade Cold Blood Pills.
The Idle Slots contributed fifty-eight units of spiritual power. Pills increased forty-five units. His own cultivation gave one unit. Altogether he grew by one hundred four units.
He was now at Qi Refining eighth layer with four hundred four units of spiritual power.
At this rate, to reach Qi Refining ninth layer, requiring seven hundred units, he needed twelve more years. To reach Qi Refining perfection, another twelve years.
This was neither fast nor slow, about equal to a triple-root cultivator with full resources. He calculated carefully.
Now aged thirty-two, by fifty-six he should break through to Foundation Establishment. With the Ghost Eye accelerating his efficiency, his pace had quickened even more.
Plenty of opportunities. Full resources.
Reaching this stage was enough for pride.
With six years in Spider Mountain nearly tallied up, it was time to leave and return to the sect.
If all went well, he might advance to the Inner Sect.
Promotion from Outer to Inner only had two requirements aside from connections.
First, late-stage Qi Refining cultivation. Second, recorded expenditure of over ten thousand contribution points.
He had not met the second yet. But with the fall of True Disciple Su, he could rely on a Foundation Establishment cultivator’s recommendation. Counting fully, he had been in the sect for sixteen years. That was firm loyalty.
Paying some recommendation fees to gain Inner Sect identity was worth it. At the very least, after breaking through to Foundation Establishment in the future, he would gain greater benefits.
Yes, he had already decided. He would walk the demonic path from now on.
Even if he returned to the Taihu Spiritual Domain, he would devote himself to the Blood Reversal Sect. Only the demonic path suited a cultivator with Wasted Spiritual Roots like him.
In the righteous path, a secret art like the Demonic Embryo Mysterious Origin Curse would certainly be banned. It was unthinkable.
Only here could he change his fate.