novelraw Chapter 285
Chapter 285
This was realm pressure.
A tangible force that could act upon both the will and the body. It would only take effect when the difference between the two sides was extraordinarily large.
In other words, it was a divine skill meant for bullying the weak.
It was also a sign of a higher realm cultivator’s elevated stature, a manifestation of the difference in life level. For ordinary people, breaking through such suppression was naturally extremely difficult.
Yet once one broke through it, it was like shattering a shackle on the level of will. From then on, one would no longer fear being suppressed by the aura of a Nascent Soul cultivator.
Wang Yu had already stepped into true attainment in the Dao of Heart. The heart and the will were closely connected, just like the relationship between soul and divine sense. They existed as two sides of the same whole.
If he wished to break free, it would be easy.
However, after letting the thought circle once in his mind, Wang Yu allowed his body to remain suppressed. The Asura Killing Heart only stirred lightly, enough for him to speak.
He deliberately made his expression appear extremely unpleasant. Since no one else was around, letting the Black Heaven Talisman Lord vent a little anger cost him nothing.
Besides, such an attitude indicated that the matter was open to discussion.If he acted like an obedient good-natured junior, Wang Yu would not trust himself either.
“Sir Talisman Lord, I came here to offer my apology. The conflict between your disciple and me was not my intention. Most of the cause lies in…”
“Silence.”
At this moment, the Black Heaven Talisman Lord turned around. His entire face was covered in black talisman markings, and his eyes were like spiraling vortices that drew the mind in. A moment’s carelessness felt as if one might be devoured whole.
His entire being carried a sinister beauty. His expression was unreadable, and naturally, his thoughts were impossible to guess.
He said, “Wang Yu, why should I believe only your words. Luo Chen died by your hand. That is undeniable. Since you have come to my door, you should already have thought about what you intend to do.”
Zhuo Shouqing suddenly stepped forward and sent over the Heaven-Earth Ring Wang Yu had given him earlier, guiding it with his True Essence so it drifted forward.
“Uncle, this is Luo Chen’s remaining property. The Black Heaven Talisman and his life-bound magic treasure are inside. Nothing has been touched.”
The Black Heaven Talisman Lord received it and examined it with his divine sense.
Upon discovering that only one Black Heaven Talisman remained, and seeing that the Black Heaven Banner was nearly degraded in quality, he immediately understood.
He had dodged a Black Heaven Talisman’s sneak attack and was enraged, so he struck back and killed Luo Chen. Considering that brat’s personality, this was extremely likely.
He truly was a troublemaker who liked provoking others.
As for the Black Heaven Banner, that magic treasure was one of the reasons the Black Heaven Talisman Lord had taken Luo Chen as a disciple and taught him the Black Heaven Talisman Scripture.
His own life-bound magic treasure was a fourth-rank Black Heaven Banner. If he could obtain twelve top-tier third-rank Black Heaven Banners and refine them using talisman formation methods, he could unify them into one.
Not only would the magic treasure advance in rank.
He could also use the power of Talisman Dao to break through to mid Nascent Soul. After forming his Nascent Soul, he had already discovered how slow cultivation in this realm was and had prepared for it in advance.
With a Nascent Soul cultivator’s one thousand six hundred years of lifespan, he only had two or three attempts. Luo Chen alone was not enough to anger him too deeply.
Especially after he learned yesterday that Wang Yu possessed Lord Lei Hou’s command token, his already faint anger had diminished even further.
However, thoughts were thoughts.
A Nascent Soul cultivator’s dignity could not be lost. After obtaining the Black Heaven Banner and seeing how severely its quality had fallen, he became irritated again. Its condition was worse than when Luo Chen had first finished refining it under his own supervision.
The Yellow Spring aura within the banner had been completely drained by Wang Yu. There were many divine abilities in the world that could diminish a magic treasure’s quality, but the Yellow Spring Great Hand Seal was undoubtedly the most infamous.
Countless cultivators had been ruined by this technique, and resentment toward the cultivators of Yellow Spring Monastery was widespread. Yet if given the chance to learn this divine ability themselves, every one of them would eagerly come knocking.
Yellow Spring Monastery spread the heritage of the Mysterious Yin Hand everywhere precisely for this attraction, to make up for the shortage of members in their sect.
As the group fell into thought, the atmosphere became silent.
Wang Yu brought his fingers to his brow and drew out a black paper boat. On it lay a processed memory shard, one he had deliberately extracted.
Using a derivative method of the Soul-Gouging Evil Boat Curse, he erased all parts that could not be revealed and imprinted a complete record of everything that happened after meeting Luo Chen.
This was his sincerity.
He intentionally skipped all battle scenes, leaving only the memory of being sneak attacked by the Black Heaven Talisman and the fury he felt in that moment.
He was very serious about presenting a selective narrative.
As for the compensation, Luo Chen’s Heaven Earth Ring was his spoils of war. Its value was not small. To a Nascent Soul cultivator it was insignificant, but to a Core Formation cultivator it was already a considerable fortune.
Using it to resolve a grievance was worthwhile.
“Sir Talisman Lord, after you review it, you will naturally make your judgment. I am, after all, the sworn younger brother recognized by Brother Shouqing. Luo Chen scheming against me made my retaliation a matter of human nature.
“It was only due to an accident midway that I had no choice but to kill him for my own survival. That was unintended.”
He ended with this final statement, clearly expressing his stance.
His sincerity was shown.
Attitude, compensation, sincerity. None were lacking. If the Black Heaven Talisman Lord could not distinguish right from wrong, he would not be living in the Evil Sword Mountain Lord’s domain or sharing authority with him.
Whether that authority was good or bad depended on the individual’s perspective.
After all, one person’s energy was limited. Even with Six Idle Slots assisting him, Wang Yu was still extremely busy every day. His daily cultivation, divine ability comprehension, and practice alone consumed most of his time.
He had long abandoned sleep, a low-level way of restoring energy.
Among the many advanced divine sense techniques of the Heavenly Soul Sect, there was one called Meditative Spirit-Nourishing. It could strengthen divine sense origins while also giving him complete rest.
In less than half an hour, it could restore the exhaustion equivalent to several months of sleeplessness. Its practicality was extraordinary.
At the side.
Zhuo Shouqing had just heard Wang Yu call out Brother Shouqing and immediately rolled his eyes. This kid’s ability to speak one way to one person and another way to someone else was becoming more and more polished.
Normally he never saw Wang Yu show him this much respect. Now that he needed something, he suddenly acted as if they were extremely close.
In the end, this kid was the same type of person as himself. Both were cultivators who prioritized benefit and focused on their own path.
While Zhuo Shouqing was muttering this in his heart.
His vision blurred. The scene of the gloomy great hall vanished. He hurriedly searched for Wang Yu’s figure.
Fortunately.
The other party had also been thrown out. His heart relaxed considerably.
“Let us go. This matter can be considered settled for now.
“But in the future, when you encounter fellow disciples of Evil Sword Peak, you must stay cautious. Black Heaven Talisman Lord spared you, but those waiting to flatter him might not.”
These words were transmitted directly into Wang Yu’s ears.
Naturally Wang Yu understood these principles. He would not assume things ended so easily. If this was the price for bearing the Heavenly Yin Spirit Root, he would gladly accept it again.
The Heavenly Spiritual Root aptitude, combined with the function of the Idle Slot, was truly formidable.
At most one more month.
With his current cultivation speed, he would be able to form more than one thousand strands of mana, allowing him to break through to the third layer of Core Formation.
Even if the difficulty of mid stage and late stage increased sharply, he would still be able to raise his realm at an extremely fast pace. With the foundational capacity that came from realm, and with the use of perfected-level divine abilities.
To say he was invincible might be excessive, but those who could contend with him in the Core Formation realm would be few even among hegemonic powers.
Because of this, unlike during Foundation Establishment where he needed to find ways to accelerate cultivation, during Core Formation he needed to prepare various spirit tools and treasures.
While raising the upper limit of his combat strength, he also had to compensate for his shortcomings, allowing him to handle all types of situations.
Zhuo Shouqing was about to battle Zhuo Shouyun. The probing and confrontations between them would certainly become increasingly intense. At any moment, he might need Wang Yu’s help.
“Let us go.”
When leaving.
The two did not obediently walk down the mountain steps. Instead, they directly flew out.
This caused many who were secretly observing to feel a jolt in their hearts.
“He is actually fine.”
“Talisman Lord spared him?”
“It must be thanks to that useless young master Zhuo Shouqing. He calls the Talisman Lord his uncle by marriage. He certainly has to give him some face.”
“Then what about the face of our Evil Sword Peak?”
“Heh…
“That is not all. Do you know the reason Wang Yu advanced so rapidly?”
“What reason?”
“It is said he cultivated the Demonic Embryo Mysterious Origin Curse, devoured his own cousin to break through Foundation Establishment, and then went around borrowing and killing geniuses with high spiritual root aptitude. Little Talisman Lord was targeted. It might even be for the Heavenly Yin Spirit Root.”
“Hiss…”
Hearing this, someone could not help but take in a breath of cold air.
“The Demonic Embryo Secret Curse was excavated by the Nine Evil Sword Lord from ancient ruins several hundred years ago. It was later handed over to the sect and became one of the advanced inheritances.”
“So there is even some karmic connection to the Nine Evil Sword Lord? Could it be that he spared him for the Lord’s sake…”
“What are you thinking, have you gone mad?”
“I heard that cultivating this secret art results in death if one fails.”
“There are many willing to gamble their lives, but successful cases are extremely few. The only ones still alive are this Wang Yu and Fu Xiao.”
“Fu Xiao… so it is him.”
The conversations of the elders of Evil Sword Peak were abruptly cut off when a cough sounded from the peak summit. No one dared to speak again.
At the peak’s arena.
Not far from Black Heaven Talisman Lord, a figure shifted from illusory to solid.
It was the Master of Evil Sword Mountain, also at early Nascent Soul. The cough just now had come from him.
He took the initiative to ask.
“Black Heaven, this person Wang Yu… what is your view?”
“He did indeed cultivate the Demonic Embryo Secret Curse, but his aura is somewhat different from Fu Xiao’s. It is purer. Also, he devoured Luo Chen’s Heavenly Yin Spirit Root.”
“Pure? Pure is good.”
The Master of Evil Sword Mountain said a few unclear words. His figure faded away again, heading toward the direction of the Nine Evil Sword Lord Abode.
On the other side.
After leaving Evil Sword Peak, Wang Yu and Zhuo Shouqing separated. The latter gave him a specially made sound transmission jade talisman that ensured it could not be eavesdropped on by the powerful divine sense of Nascent Soul cultivators.
The transmission distance had also increased dramatically, reaching several thousand kilometers, far exceeding the previous range. Its practicality was greatly improved.
As for the matter of the ancient burial pit, Zhuo Shouqing told him not to worry and to finish his current matters first, then go whenever he had time.
After all, it was compensation meant to replace the entrance ticket to the Mystic Heaven Secret Realm.