novelraw Chapter 127
Chapter 127
This hidden karst cave inside the cracked cliff was about a hundred acres wide, with great differences in elevation. Many stalactites still hung from the cave ceiling.
The deeper one went, the lower the height became.
Yet within the cave there was a hot spring, precisely at the lower part. It was quite vast, covering about thirty to forty acres.
If a person walked into the water, there would be no more than three feet between the top of his head and the cave ceiling, but his whole body could still be immersed in the hot spring. The water reached up to the neck, and the deepest part was only five to six meters.
Warm-water fish and shrimp swam in the spring. It was absolutely an ideal place for seclusion.
Wang Yu carefully inspected every corner. After confirming there was no hidden danger, he arranged the Eight Directions Bewilderment Spirt Formation at the entrance of the cave.
With a flick of his finger, a high-grade magic sword flew out of his storage pouch. Strengthened by spiritual power, it pierced the rock like cutting tofu and swiftly carved out a vertical rectangular boulder.
He then inserted the five fingers of his left arm directly into the stone and gently pulled.
Like pulling out a scallion, he yanked out the many-thousand-jin boulder with ease. Repeating this action again and again, in less than half an hour he had created a neatly shaped stone chamber.
He set Wang Wu down. Using fingers imbued with spiritual power, he struck several points on his body. This not only severed the circulation of key meridians but also dislocated all of his joints.In just a few breaths, this so-called late-stage Qi Refining cultivator became a useless cripple, worse than a mortal.
With another wave of his hand, five chains as thick as wrists pierced into the cave wall. Each faintly carried spiritual fluctuations, clearly also magical artifacts.
The sharp triangular tips of the chains suddenly pierced through Wang Wu’s four limbs. The fifth chain locked around his neck, like tethering a dog.
“Ah…!!!”
The pain woke Wang Wu, who had been sleeping like a dead pig. His memory was still stuck on that night, when he was beaten savagely by the black-armored man. Now upon awakening, he was completely confused.
He realized his limbs were in excruciating pain, and he had lost all feeling in them. Even the spiritual power in his dantian and Qi Sea was completely stagnant, utterly unusable.
Shock and anger surged, quickly turning into fear.
“This… what is going on, who are you?!”
“How dare you treat me like this! I am Wang Wu, I am the future of the Spirit Vulture Sect, you cannot touch me.”
“That’s right… demonic path, the Spirit Vulture Sect has dealings with the demonic path. You are a disciple of the Blood Reversal Sect… you cannot touch me.”
When Wang Yu saw his disgraceful appearance, he was dazed for a moment. A feeling of defeat welled up, as if mocked by a clown. He would have preferred if Wang Wu had been stronger, sharper.
Instead, it only took the lift of a finger to resolve him.
This made all the deaths that occurred when he was away from the Wang Clan feel like a farce, meaningless.
But it was too late to talk about this now.
Still, the information in Wang Wu’s words was worth pondering. He thought Wang Yu was from the Crimson Kite Demonic Domain, which meant they were the masterminds of the recent large-scale abductions, not the Blood Reversal Sect.
Judging from their past relations, the two sects must have been cooperating, with one playing a supporting role. No wonder no true experts had appeared.
“Moreover, all those abducted were young women. Mortal women, immortal seedlings, all were taken. Was it to cultivate skilled personnel, or to use them as furnace cauldrons?”
He puzzled over it briefly, but did not dwell. After all, the matter had little to do with him. It was enough to guard the few acres before his eyes.
“Beast. Raise your head. Look at me.”
Those fearful and terrified eyes lifted up to meet his. Wang Yu could not help but smile. He liked those eyes.
Serves you right.
“You… who are you?”
“What, you do not recognize me, cousin?”
Wang Wu’s pupils shrank violently. Ignoring that head of white hair, he indeed saw the shadow of an old acquaintance.
“Wang… Yu… it is you!”
“You damned spirit slave, release me at once.”
“So, you do know.”
This person was indeed strange. He could bow and yield before unfamiliar experts, yet he could not endure seeing someone familiar step on his head, even to the point of completely ignoring the current situation.
Wang Wu knew he had been captured and turned into a Spirit Slave of the Demonic Sect.
He still used a detestable tone when speaking to him.
"Utter nonsense."
Shaking his head, Wang Yu summoned the Golden Whip into his hand and lashed down fiercely. A bloody mark immediately appeared across Wang Wu’s body, blood flowing in streams as he howled in agony.
Whip after whip, Wang Yu lashed him mercilessly. The more he struck, the more delighted he became.
After beating Wang Wu into unconsciousness, he pried open his jaw, pinched with two fingers, and pulled out a bright red tongue.
Wang Wu awoke from the coma, coughing blood without end.
This time, only fear remained in his eyes.
"Speak rudely again, and you will not speak at all in the future."
He tossed in a supreme healing pill. Within moments, all wounds had scabbed over and his breathing steadied.
Wang Yu waved his hand, setting down a Blood Mist Concealment Formation, then left the stone chamber at a slow pace. The coming days would have plenty of entertainment.
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[Idle Slot 1: Cold Blood Spirit Ascension Art (No Further Derivation Possible)]
"Cold Blood Spirit Ascension Art (9/100): 48 session per day, master in 9 years and 3 months."
[Idle Slot 2: Cold Blood Spirit Ascension Art…]
The next day.
After checking the status of Idle Slots 1 and 2, Wang Yu sighed lightly. As an upgraded version of the Cold Blood Technique, it was a second-rank Foundation Establishment cultivation method, theoretically sufficient to support his breakthrough to the Core Formation stage.
But what he valued most was its effect of enhancing spiritual root aptitude. Once perfected, the effects would trigger, and at that time it would be best to replace it with another second-rank cultivation method.
According to current experience, Idle Slot derivation was determined by the underlying foundation of the cultivation method. Generally speaking, forcing it to advance by one major rank was the limit.
It was impossible to push derivation upward without end.
Therefore, stronger cultivation methods, techniques, secret arts, and strange skills were all things he needed.
Using a second-rank cultivation method to cultivate the Qi Refining realm greatly sped up progress.
Each day he could harvest eight wisps of spiritual power. Now, in the seventh month since his promotion to an inner disciple, his cultivation progress had advanced far faster than before.
At this pace, together with the improved Cold Blood Pill, within three years he could increase his cultivation by more than one hundred thirty streams of spiritual power. In at most six years, he could break through to the ninth level of Qi Refining.
He planned to remain in seclusion in this Black Mountain Demon Land for ten years. After seizing Wang Wu’s spiritual root aptitude, his cultivation speed would increase even further.
Once his aptitude was improved, he would advance by leaps and bounds, fully bringing out the outstanding effect of the Idle Slots.
At that time, he would truly be reborn, with a life completely transformed.
Several more days passed.
Within the warm spring of a cave, Wang Yu floated on the surface of the water, his silver-white hair spreading beneath him. Upon his chest lay a little fox with pink eyes, licking its paws.
Through careful nurturing over this period, aided by supreme beast-nourishing pills, the Snowjade Fox’s strength had surged forward. It had just broken through to the middle stage of first-rank, unlocking more of its bloodline secret arts.
It could now barely assist Wang Yu in battle, which was good news.
Among demonic beast bloodlines, this Snowjade Fox should be considered above average, carrying the potential for Foundation Establishment. It could accompany Wang Yu for a long time and was worth cultivating.