Wasted Spiritual Root to Embark on Demonic Cultivation

Chapter 182

"So this is the ancient treasure your Guan Clan obtained before?"

Guan Yingdong and Guan Yingxue both revealed bitter expressions.

"Master, I tried to persuade the clan head, but he seemed possessed, utterly unwilling to give it up."

Wang Yu frowned. Persuasion is wasted on one doomed to die. Still, the way the man met with calamity was beyond his expectations. What kind of so-called opportunity was this, that could cost a life? "And what of Yellow Sand Daoist and the Old Demon Earth Puppet, who were demanding this treasure?"

"They… no longer wanted it."

"They no longer wanted it?"

The Guan sisters were equally confused. If those two Core Formation cultivators had not given up, the Guan Clan would have bound their clan head, beaten him, and tossed the treasure out regardless.

But since the other side did not want it anymore, hope of luck arose, and no one stopped the patriarch from clinging to the treasure at the risk of his life.

This was what led to his current, demon-like state.

At this moment, another Guan elder who maintained the binding spell wore a pained expression."Because of the threat of those two Core Formation experts, the Guan Clan recently paid no attention to the situation in Eastern Extreme Capital.

But… major events occurred there as well. The details are unclear, but we heard that some ancient treasure able to bewilder the mind is at work."

As he spoke, spiritual light appeared at his fingertips, forming the image of blood-colored shackles, clearly a set with the manacles restraining the clan head’s limbs.

Wang Yu: "…"

You people really know how to cause trouble.

"So what you mean is?"

The Guan elder hesitated for a long while, then finally spoke.

"Could we place the patriarch temporarily in the City Lord’s Mansion? There is a third-rank formation here… our Guan Clan cannot keep him suppressed for long."

"Fine."

Wang Yu thought for a moment, then agreed. It was not a great matter. However.

"You may leave him here, but I cannot guarantee his safety. If he loses control, or if other changes occur… then do not blame me for putting the bigger picture first."

"Understood, understood!"

The elder nodded repeatedly, giving the twin sisters a glance. Soon, only Wang Yu and the struggling clan patriarch remained in the hall.

"What a pity."

Wang Yu shook his head. He would not touch that thing. Instead, he activated the formation to extend diamond chains, locking the clan head inside a prison.

The City Lord’s Mansion had such buildings, though their function was ordinary, nothing mysterious. What he pitied was the waste of someone who could have been useful under his eyes.

After instructing Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Offering Hall to watch him, Wang Yu resumed his grand-lordly posture, neither leaving his mansion nor caring for outside matters.

Yet within just a few days, shocking news spread.

In Eastern Extreme Capital, blood-colored phantoms drove blood lightning, ambushing and killing three renowned Core Formation cultivators.

Pitch-black demonic vines lurked in the ruins, using flesh-and-blood fruits as bait, luring in five Core Formation and thirty to forty Foundation Establishment cultivators to their deaths.

A six-eyed corpse infant, over fifty meters tall, slew eight Core Formation and over a hundred Foundation Establishment cultivators in a single battle, its baleful might nearly surpassing the Core Formation level.

This was one of the lethal monsters hidden inside.

The only reason it was subdued was that it was accidentally bound by the blood-colored shackles and finally slain when a Core Formation cultivator of the Yellow Springs Monastery extracted its soul.

Yes, people from the Yellow Springs Monastery had appeared. It was as if some restriction had been broken. According to Cloud Dream Pavilion’s information, the Joyous Union Sect had also dispatched Core Formation cultivators.

In addition, Jin Miaoshan from Golden Abundance Tower, and a protector of the Nether Mountain Sect from the Crimson Kite Demonic Domain, had all set their sights on Eastern Extreme Capital.

So many hegemon-level powers were now involved. Wang Yu felt lingering fear, thankful that he had not grown greedy.

This grand feast of slaughter was far from over.

…

…

Several months later.

"City Lord, Senior Jin Miaoshan has come to visit."

Wang Yu’s eyes lit up. The treasure-bearing child had arrived.

"Quickly, invite her in."

It had been some time since they last met. Jin Miaoshan’s brows no longer carried sharp brilliance. Instead, her exhaustion was plain to see, her once-radiant eyes now dim.

The alluring golden robe that once clung to her form was replaced by a wide, concealing black robe, showing no generosity at all.

"Daoist Jin, such a distinguished guest graces my humble home. The tea here may not suit your taste, so perhaps…"

Jin Miaoshan rolled her eyes helplessly.

"City Lord, I just arrived, and already you wish to send me off? Have you forgotten that today’s outcome is all thanks to you?"

"What nonsense is this, Fellow Daoist." Wang Yu said with displeasure.

"If not for your failure to control your own people, how could this have come about? The fault lies not with me, but with you."

This time Jin Miaoshan did not argue. After a pause, she silently laid out treasures one by one.

"The two high-grade Core Formation spiritual treasures I promised you are all here. The rest of the contract has likewise been fulfilled."

Wang Yu did not answer. Instead, he carefully examined the two treasures.

High-grade Core Formation Spiritual Treasure: Molten Heart Fruit

High-grade Core Formation Spiritual Treasure: Ten-Thousand-Year Tree Heart

From the names alone, it was clear: one was of fire attribute, the other of wood, and both were far from ordinary.

Each item was worth more than two million spirit stones and belonged to the kind of priceless treasures that people would bankrupt themselves to acquire at a premium.

Wang Yu did not care whether they matched the attributes of his cultivation method.

Fire and wood were extremely popular among the five elements. As long as the Treasure Exchange Gathering was of sufficient level, exchanging for Core Formation spiritual materials with yin or ice attributes would be as easy as turning over a hand.

This was far smoother than the path he had taken during Qi Refining.

Golden Abundance Tower was also one of his fated opportunities.

Seeing Wang Yu immersed in the brilliance of the treasures, Jin Miaoshan could only sigh speechlessly. She said:

"Here is also the One-Pattern Condensing Essense Pill you ordered, I brought it for you along the way."

Hmm.

Wang Yu showed a doubtful look which made the other party even more displeased. She said: "Have you forgotten the content of our contract, why put on such an act."

Indeed, they had signed a hundred-year pact not to harm each other.

It was written in black and white and witnessed by the Nether River Contract. Strictly speaking, Jin Miaoshan could be considered his partner. After enjoying the convenience of Golden Abundance Tower during this time, it would be too harsh to make Wang Yu return to bitterly searching for resources on his own. It is easy to go from simplicity to luxury, but hard to return from luxury to simplicity.

The identity of Golden Abundance Tower’s heir-apparent was even higher than the True Disciples of Nascent Soul sects. Leaving aside that she had tricked him out of a great sum, she was in fact a golden thigh to hold on to.

As hostility faded, Wang Yu began to reflect on himself.

Face was not as important as resources.

"Do not be offended, fellow Daoist. This Wang has lived half his life on the edge of danger. After being suppressed for so long, my temperament has grown overly suspicious."

At this time.

Wang Yu personally served tea, but Jin Miaoshan did not care to drink it.

"City Lord, purchasing a One-Pattern Condensing Essense Pill, are you about to break through to mid Foundation Establishment. I saw in the stone stele compiled from threefold intelligence reports that Eastern Extreme Capital may contain a Spirit Transformation inheritance.

"If fellow Daoist can break through, perhaps you could go contend for it."

What kind of joke was this.

Spirit Transformation cultivators were already the pinnacle experts of this world. Even Nascent Soul overlords yearned for such a legacy. If Eastern Extreme Capital really held it, it could only exist in the core area of the imperial capital.

Now outside, Core Formation cultivators were dying in droves, and you want me to go.

Speaking of which, Jin Miaoshan carried many treasures.

Among them was one that could conceal her from his divine sense. What her true realm was, he had never been able to tell. Judging from her attitude, she not only wanted to lure him but also intended to venture in herself.

Wang Yu quickly thought it over and then smiled.

"if Daoist Jin wishes to go, then go. Wang is living well enough in Jade Spirit City. Besides, the ruins are not going anywhere. Why insist on going now."

Jin Miaoshan had just opened her mouth but suddenly stopped.

She said with a sneer: "City Lord is still trying to test me. Not going will be your loss. By the way, here is the corpse-refining art you wanted. Together with the pill it totals 360,000."

360,000. That was very expensive.

But if it was a third-rank corpse-refining art, then not so expensive. These kinds of secret methods that could create Core Formation-level battle strength were closely guarded inheritances of great powers, rarely passed to loose cultivators.

The jade slip Jin Miaoshan gave for the inheritance could only be used once, and was bound by oath. It could not be passed to others and could only be comprehended personally.

Looking at the words on it, the five characters Yin Fiend Corpse Refining Technique stood out.

"I know your purpose in seeking this art. But refining corpses is not something that can succeed overnight. It requires sufficient attainment in the art, and demands extremely high environments and resources.

"If you are planning to rely on a third-rank corpse to charge into Eastern Extreme Capital, by then it will be too late. Miaoshan will takes her leave."

Wang Yu did not stop her. His idea of cooperation was not urgent. Since he had not revealed his strength, she would not truly cooperate with him.

In fact, a hundred years later she might even directly send an expert to kill him.

But corpse-refining was different from other arts.

This thing required terrain, or rather an extreme yin formation of feng shui, to nurture quickly and well. It also needed all sorts of blood imbued with wondrous power as material.

Cultivating the art alone was indeed difficult, but he had Idle Slots.

Time to try.

【Idle Slot 5: Yin Fiend Corpse Refining Technique (third-rank)】

"Yin Fiend Corpse Refining Technique (0/100): 1,440 refinings per day, master in 50 years."

Oh.

This was another one of those one-minute-per-refining secret arts. For corpse-refining it was normal, just flood it with yin fiend qi. With the power of the Idle Slot, he had yet to see a method that could not be cultivated.

And a third-rank secret art reaching completion in fifty years was already very fast, considering that Core Formation cultivators had lifespans of eight hundred years.

There were plenty of divine abilities and secret methods that one could not complete even in a lifetime.

His goal was not even a third-rank peak corpse. Refining just a third-rank early-stage one would suffice.

Cultivating while leaving it in the idle slot was like having heaven’s help.

Thinking further, Wang Yu first took out the Ancient Soul Art. That one still lacked over ten years to completion, so he would handle the urgent one first.

By next year when his realm broke through, the Corpse Demon Secret Technique could also be perfected.

At that time he would decide whether to continue completing it, or switch the slot to the corpse-refining art. He had a space to choose.

For now, this would do.

Putting the things away, as for the matter of an extreme yin land, since he had already considered it, he had long sent people to search.

Such common fengshui formations were among the easier ones to find. But because he could not leave Jade Spirit City, the chances of finding a suitable place were greatly reduced.

However.

It could be artificially created. For other cultivators the essence of lunar yin was too high to guide and gather with divine sense.

But he had the Taiyin Nether Eyes, which naturally possessed the power to gather lunar yin. It was a perfect fit.