novelraw Chapter 189
Chapter 189
As a true disciple of Barbarian Ghost Peak, Wei Shanze’s body was extremely strong. With True Essence protecting his body and his peak Foundation Establishment cultivation, he was not weaker than body refiners of the same level.
In fact, he was even stronger. Otherwise, the significance of combining the two paths would not be obvious. The whole point was to be stronger than either one alone, and the difficulty of cultivation would also be greatly reduced.
But there was a premise. He had to be able to use true essence.
If it came to pure physical strength, he was actually inferior to Wang Yu, who was at mid second-rank.
The Life-Execution Spirit Sealing Formation combined binding, sealing, killing, and defense into one. As a third-rank mid-grade grand formation, one of its main functions was precisely to seal true essence.
Beside him, Ding Ming’s mouth gradually fell open. He had clearly not expected Wang Yu’s counterattack to be so direct. The look in his eyes toward him now carried far more wariness.
He was truly fearless.
Meanwhile, Wei Shanze, screaming in pain, gradually lost consciousness and even fainted.
The thunder and wind finally subsided.
After experiencing the methods of thunder and wind, and the vigorous strength of his body, Wang Yu lifted his hand and released the Vajra Chains’ confinement. In passing, he plucked off Wei Shanze’s spatial ring.Without caring about his purple-blue body, he grabbed his arm, spun once to borrow force, and threw him far away, as if discarding trash. Only then did he clap his hands and walk toward Ding Ming.
“You… what do you intend to do…”
“Nothing.”
Wang Yu laughed lightly. “Wei Shanze attacked me on his own, ruined the banquet I had carefully prepared, and even destroyed my table made from ten-thousand-year treasured wood.
“This spatial ring as compensation is quite reasonable, is it not”
“Ten-thousand-year treasured wood…”
Ding Ming nervously rubbed his fingers.
His eyes twitched as he looked at the broken wood fragments on the ground. He could not quite put his feelings into words. If he had known it would turn out like this, he never would have helped Xie Xie’an with this matter.
This was a true dragon’s den and tiger’s cave. Whoever wanted to venture in was welcome to it, but not him.
“Hand it over.”
As he looked at Wang Yu’s outstretched hand, Ding Ming suddenly understood.
“Repair costs, yes. Fifty thousand spirit stones for you. Once paid, we are friends again”
“We were already friends. But you offended me and damaged our harmonious friendship. Should you not pay some spirit stones to repair that friendship”
Wang Yu’s smile did not change. Ding Ming, however, straightforwardly took out the money. He understood the hidden meaning of City Lord Wang’s words. This was the price for buying information.
“Dealing with smart people is always convenient. I will tell you the truth. I do not know the ending of this story, nor does Zhuo Shouqing. But…
“If you can gather a complete set of Blood Shackles and Chains, and then enter the Jingzhao Evil Suppressing Prison, you should be able to find a blood-colored sword. This item is very likely the possession of a sword cultivator from the ancient era.”
Ding Ming’s eyes brightened. Yet he also looked at Wang Yu with a touch of grievance. “Junior Brother Wang knows so clearly. Did you try it yourself”
“No.” Wang Yu shook his head with an expression of sincerity.
“This was deduced by combining the intelligence currently available in the Eastern Extreme Capital with what Zhuo Shouqing told me. The likelihood is seventy percent. You can try it and see for yourself.”
If this were genuine intelligence, there was no way it would be sold for only fifty thousand spirit stones. At the very least it would cost double.
Wang Yu’s real purpose in telling Ding Ming was naturally to send him to scout the path. He was indeed tempted by the treasure of the ruins, but the timing was not right.
If this guess could be confirmed, then the two top-tier Spirit Transformation inheritances must be hidden within the Jingzhao Evil Suppressing Prison. This ancient ruin was truly terrifying. Who knew what the Capital city at its core would be like.
The transaction concluded.
Ding Ming then departed, though before leaving, he gave him a warning.
“Wei Shanze is extremely vengeful. The Wei Clan has a Nascent Soul patriarch sitting in the Exalted Sect. They are considered a first-class power beneath the Ghostfang Zhuo Clan, and they hold great influence in Barbarian Ghost Peak.”
To this, Wang Yu simply gave an indifferent reply.
“Oh If it were the Ghostfang Zhuo Clan, the Holy Mountain Yu Clan, or the Xianyin Zuoqiu Clan, then what”
Ding Ming was speechless.
The matter between the two True Disciples was just a small episode. Since Wei Shanze was still alive, the divine sense imprint he left in his spatial ring remained firm.
Even for someone like Wang Yu, whose divine sense was powerful, it would take a few days to grind through the barrier and see what was inside.
A few days later.
Wei Shanze personally came, saying that the spatial ring contained all his most important belongings. Crying with snot and tears, he pleaded.
Inside was his most trusty weapon, the Violet Lightning Twin Axes. Without this supreme-grade second-rank magic weapon, his strength would drop by a whole level.
There was also a third-rank spirit pill, the Heavenly King Life-Saving Pill, which could rescue him at the brink of death.
There were two third-rank Void-Evasion Talismans, five third-rank Prohibition-Breaking Talismans, as well as high-level methods, formation flags, spirit pills, and magic weapons that his clan elders had given him… and so on.
Countless people had prepared for this exploration. Now that Wang Yu had stripped them clean, he did not even dare to venture into the Eastern Extreme Capital.
Because of this, he was mocked by Ding Ming for several days. In the end, unable to bear it anymore, he turned back and admitted his mistake to Wang Yu.
Truth be told, Wang Yu feared this sort of thing the most.
He had been only a step away from erasing the spiritual mark on the spatial ring. Once that was gone, all the treasures inside would be his.
But Wei Shanze had exposed the contents, especially the life-preserving trump cards left behind by the elders of the Wei clan, which Wang Yu truly could not take for himself. Otherwise, it would cause endless trouble later.
Even as compensation for offense, such things were excessive. After all, these second-generation heirs were not commoners. One had to take their backgrounds into account.
So, Wang Yu let Wei Shanze wait another day. After he erased the divine sense imprint and verified that his words were true, Wang Yu split the treasures in half. From inside he took two hundred and thirty thousand spirit stones, scattered spiritual herbs, and spirit metals, leaving nothing behind.
He allowed Wei Shanze to keep half, including the life-saving trump cards that existed as single items, which he did not touch.
In the end, the True Disciple Wei could only leave with a face full of grievance, still forced to thank Wang Yu for being fair.
This way, the grudge was kept between the two of them, and the intensity was lowered. It would not escalate into a life-and-death feud.
Of course, if Wei Shanze had been a rogue cultivator, things would have been different. For rogue cultivators or grassroots first-generation cultivators, resources equaled life. To them, such things were invaluable, while to noble heirs they were just trifles.
Wang Yu’s wealth rose once more. He further increased his efforts in gathering resources, high-level talismans, and formation flags.
He discovered that formations were truly invaluable.
Especially during arranged battles, they were the ultimate way for the weak to defeat the strong. Just the City Lord’s Mansion formation, the Life-Execution Spirit Sealing Formation, had already helped him countless times.
He also had a set of the Eight Directions Illusion Formation. Though it was only first-rank, it had great potential. If he could find the original formation flags, it would become a portable third-rank trapping formation of immense value.
He did not know what kind of opportunity that Old Man Ning had stumbled upon to obtain such a thing.
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After this incident, Wang Yu began working the Jade Spirit City marketplace in his spare time from cultivation, adjusting wages in alchemy, artifacts, talismans, and formations to attract more capable people into the City Lord’s Mansion.
He continuously expanded the shops under his control, taking up more market share.
The earliest batch of direct descendants nurtured by the City Lord’s Mansion gradually became able to take posts. Their cultivation was generally at Qi Refining third layer, though a few of the more talented had already broken through to mid-stage Qi Refining.
Especially that one with dual spiritual roots, Xu Ruzhou. With the support of the City Lord’s Mansion’s resources, his cultivation advanced rapidly. Wang Yu had already planted a demonic thought in him early on.
It was not to seize his aptitude, but rather as a safeguard.
His four disciples were products of political alliances and could not become his confidants. Calling them disciples was less accurate than saying he raised a few noble treasures, treating them politely but distantly.
Nurturing Xu Ruzhou, however, was with the intention of making him part of the City Lord’s Mansion’s core power structure. After all, Wang Yu held the sovereignty of Jade Spirit City for three hundred years. He needed competent and loyal subordinates.
If Xu Ruzhou proved loyal, he would gain great benefits once Wang Yu left Jade Spirit. If he harbored disloyalty, Wang Yu’s Demonic Embryo would grow even stronger. Either way, he would not lose.
On this day.
Wang Yu sat before his pill furnace.
Looking at the freshly refined second-rank supreme-grade Demon Spirit Pill, he was very satisfied. This was a cultivation pill specially prepared for Snowjade. With its aid, she would be able to advance to Foundation Establishment third layer within two years.
“Take it. Grow quickly. I do not expect you to be invincible among your peers, but if you can assist me in battle, that will be enough.”
In good spirits, Wang Yu’s expression suddenly changed.
At that moment, Xu Ruzhou’s voice arrived.
“City Lord, a major event has occurred. The ruins of the Eastern Extreme Capital have erupted with a strange phenomenon. The cultivators who went to explore started fighting. The news reached us half an hour late.”
Boom.
The palace doors swung open. Wang Yu, somewhat excited, spoke.
“Has a Image-Recording Stone captured the scene.”
“Yes. Everything is recorded on it. In half an hour, more updates will be sent by our scouts.”
“Excellent.”
The advantage of having a vast power at his command was now clear. Without stepping outside, he could know of events across the world and even profit greatly from them. This was perfect for him.
With true essence injected, the image within the Image-Recording Stone appeared. It was the surface ruins of the Eastern Extreme Capital.
At first, everything was calm. Scattered cultivators lingered everywhere, forming temporary camps.
But the peace did not last long. Two areas of the ruins suddenly collapsed, revealing bottomless pits.
One gray, one red. Two beams of light shot into the sky.
The clouds above churned into whirlpools. Pure malice and killing intent filled the heavens. A gray-black figure and a blood-red figure manifested in the sky.
One held a flag. The other held a sword.
They clashed violently. This was the newly triggered phenomenon, the Rakshasa vs Asura.
At this sight, the entire Eastern Extreme Capital boiled over.
From the earliest signs of strange phenomena to now, several years had passed. Some people had left, others had arrived. By now, over ten thousand cultivators had gathered there.
This was not a secret realm. There was no entrance requirement. Even Qi Refining cultivators could try their luck. Once the vision appeared, nearly everyone in the image rushed toward the twin beams of light.
Their fanatic expressions and vicious methods were everywhere.
Blood splattered throughout the ruins. Slaughter spread in all directions. The fastest to charge were the first to die. Even those at the rear attempted brazen sneak attacks.
They were opportunists, not seeking the relics or inheritances, but preying on the lives and possessions of other explorers. Cunning and vicious, they were experts at this type of scavenging.
It was a riot from afar.
Wang Yu stared intently at the base of the twin beams. As expected, there were a few small black dots there, ones that had been present from the very beginning.