novelraw Chapter 331
Chapter 331
A divine sense breakthrough is unlike other breakthroughs. It happens in an instant. Advancing from late third rank to peak is a smooth improvement.
It is not a true minor realm breakthrough with a small transformation. Strictly speaking, it is merely advancing from the ninth layer to the peak.
The gap itself was not large.
Wang Yu consumed it on the spot. He circulated the Ancient Soul Art to refine it. In less than a moment, the process was complete. His divine sense quietly increased by a margin, with the total amount rising by about one fifth.
Beyond this would be fourth rank divine sense.
After that, it would once again require slow, steady polishing. This was also a good opportunity to temper the effects brought by recently consuming a large number of spirit medicines.
To break through, aside from heavenly treasures and spirit pills, Wang Yu felt that he might be able to use an opportunity arising from cultivating a technique to shatter the realm barrier.
As a top tier fourth rank divine sense technique.
Wang Yu had set aside the Ancient Soul Art for quite some time, yet he had only reached the minor success stage so far. If he could cultivate it to the major success stage, then by relying on the profundity of the technique, he might be able to grasp a breakthrough opportunity.
By conservative estimation, it would still take five or six years.That was not long.
After sorting everything out, Wang Yu, feeling even more refreshed, shifted his gaze toward the flood dragon cave.
Demonic beasts were different from humans.
As long as they did not form clans, the lairs of solitary demonic beasts were generally very crude. To them, such places were merely for sleeping and nesting.
They would not be arranged with extreme complexity like human cultivator caves.
Since this flood dragon lived and died in Drunken Immortal Lake, it was even simpler. After checking several times, Wang Yu propped up a mana barrier and plunged straight in.
The so called flood dragon cave was merely a long, dark passage. The rock walls of the tunnel looked as if they had been polished, appearing extremely smooth.
One could imagine a flood dragon once rubbing back and forth along the walls to loosen its muscles and bones.
After advancing only several dozen meters, Wang Yu suddenly stopped.
Piece after piece of flood dragon scales were lodged within the cracks of the rocks. Each was about half the size of a palm, presenting a combined fan and triangular shape, more akin to fish scales.
He moved closer and pulled one out.
Wang Yu felt both disappointed and relieved. Judging from the condition of the scales, this flood dragon cave had a history of nearly a thousand years.
In life, its strength had at most reached the third rank and had not touched the fourth rank. Otherwise, these scales would not appear in this state.
“A fourth rank opportunity really is not so easy to encounter.”
Shaking his head, he cast aside his greedy thoughts and continued forward. After several hundred more meters, a far more spacious cavern came into view.
A primitive cave dwelling covering about a thousand mu (about 165 acres). It was not large, merely enough for a flood dragon body to turn around normally. There were no restrictions or formations arranged at all.
Under the sweep of divine sense.
The most eye catching opportunity here was coiled atop a stone platform in the center, a flood dragon skeleton over a hundred meters long. Such a size proved that in life it had at least reached mid third rank.
“It seems it was a flood dragon of superior bloodline. That is a bit forced.”
However.
Dragon bones and dragon scales were both excellent materials for artifact refining. They were suitable for refining into the bloodline true artifact, the Demonic Dragon Armor, as a life-bound true artifact of the Body Refining path.
Wang Yu had already fused a third rank dragon vein treasure. Incorporating dragon attribute materials would only accelerate its growth.
Most importantly, as the place where the flood dragon had passed away, the dragon corpse was permeated with intense Dragon Baleful Qi. This was precisely one of the Body Refining Temperings he had long been lacking.
Such dense Dragon Baleful Qi, if left to the Idle Slot for feedback, would likely take more than ten years to accumulate just this single mass. The Idle Slot was good in every aspect, except that the feedback it provided was only a tiny amount each day.
It was even less capable of supplying the massive amount of spiritual qi required for major realm breakthroughs. It followed the path of accumulation through small gains, with no way to become fat in one bite.
“Using the Dragon Baleful Qi accumulated here as resources, combined with the Body Refining resources in my hands, I will certainly be able to push my physical body to late third rank body refining.”
After observing for a while.
Wang Yu discovered a dragon pearl in the middle section of the flood dragon skeleton. More accurately, it was a flood dragon inner core. He had once obtained one of these before.
It had a miraculous effect on improving the Yin Nether Demonic Dragon Art.
However, that one back then had been traded to Yu Tangtang in exchange for two Foundation Establishment spirit items. From the current perspective, the total value had been a loss.
But to him at the time, it was an absolute blood profit.
He did not delay and directly established his foundation. It even laid the foundation for the opportunity of dual spiritual roots aptitude.
This third rank flood dragon inner core was likewise an excellent aid for improving his Body Refining cultivation. Just these gains alone were already considerable.
Yet Wang Yu had not forgotten his earlier speculation.
“Judging from the form of this dragon bone, it is very similar to the Blood Whisker Carp. This precisely indicates that bloodline evolution type treasures must exist. It is just unknown whether it is a one time opportunity.”
With such thoughts in mind.
He repeatedly searched the flood dragon cave with his divine sense but found nothing. As he frowned in contemplation, a flash of inspiration suddenly appeared in his mind, recalling the method by which the Peach Blossom Ghost Mother had found this flood dragon cave.
With a movement of his mind, he executed the Yellow Springs Great Hand Seal.
It quickly transformed into a pool of turbid flow, inch by inch sweeping across the entire flood dragon cave.
As expected.
A smile appeared on Wang Yu’s face. He ran to a corner of the flood dragon cave, where the Yellow Springs hand seal directly tore apart an invisible barrier. Clusters of spirit grass, each about nine inches long and shaped like small long dragons, were revealed.
There were nine stalks in total, all rooted in a single rock. With his solid knowledge, Wang Yu immediately recognized the origin of this spirit medicine.
“Dragon Shadow Grass.”
This treasure could increase the bloodline concentration of dragon species demonic beasts. Its adaptability was slightly lacking and it was not suitable for the Three Tailed Snow Fox. However, the rock in which the Dragon Shadow Grass was rooted was itself a treasure.
Wang Yu took it away in its entirety.
That stubborn rock was in fact transformed from a dragon heart, with a layer of stone skin grown on the outside. The quality of the Dragon Shadow Grass it produced depended entirely on the cultivation level of its former owner in life.
If luck was good, one could extract a trace of essence from it.
It needed to be refined with flames using special methods to obtain any yield. Compared to Dragon Shadow Grass, it was even more expensive.
The cave lord of this Flood Dragon lair valued Dragon Shadow Grass and did not exploit the Dragon Heart Stone itself. This was actually due to the limits of his knowledge. If Dragon Shadow Grass could grow in a continuous supply, then for a flood dragon, it would already be an excellent opportunity.
Therefore, it could not be called a mistake.
“Being illiterate is great, really great.”
Wang Yu was very satisfied with this harvest. Whether it was Dragon Shadow Grass or Dragon Heart Stone, he could refine them using the Yin Nether Demonic Dragon Art, strengthening the foundation of his dragon spine.
How far he could go in the future would depend entirely on whether his foundation was solid enough.
The deeper his foundation, the stronger his Physical Body would be. Body Refining cultivators walked the path of gods and demons, different from the orthodox immortal path, and it suited him very well.
After storing all the gains into the Sea Heart Ring, Wang Yu thought for a moment and first returned to another temporarily opened underwater cave dwelling, bringing the Profound Ice Bed, Snowjade, and Yellow Springs skeletal remains over to the flood dragon cave.
He directly took over the place, occupying the nest. Using the Dragon Baleful Qi derived from the dragon corpse bones, he began cultivating. He had refined very little of this kind of baleful Qi before, yet the moment he made contact with it, he immediately felt its benefits.
If cultivating the body with Lunar Yin Fiend Qi felt like placing the body into acid, dissolving it inch by inch, allowing it to seep into every corner of the body and temper it with a water dripping through stone kind of grinding.
Then Dragon Baleful Qi was like weapons clashing in broad, forceful strokes. It gave him the “pleasure” of being repeatedly pierced by weapons. That suffocating soreness and pain made him want to grind even harder, producing an intensely stimulating sensation.
It was like scratching a mosquito bite. After the brief pleasure, the flesh would be torn and bleeding, painful yet satisfying.
Wang Yu felt that he had trained himself into this state.
After all, pain that ordinary people could not imagine had actually begun to feel good to him.
Of course.
It was also possible that his personality was developing in a perverse direction.
With abundant resources to replenish him, Wang Yu did not stop refining Dragon Baleful Qi. All the flood dragon scales he had obtained earlier were refined into the Evil Demonic Dragon Armor.
As for this set of dragon bones, after he finished absorbing the Dragon Baleful Qi from each segment, he also handed it over to the armor to absorb. It truly left nothing unused, not wasting a single bit.
Each time a first-rank dragon bone was integrated, the originally black gold Demonic Dragon Armor would gain an additional pale white bone pattern, and a rib-like piece of armor would grow along the side of the abdomen, gradually becoming more complete.
It gradually developed a demonic dragon pressure, drawing ever closer to a Supreme-grade True Artifact.
Meanwhile, the growth rate of divine marrow reached a new high, almost filling half of the dragon spine. This cultivation feature, similar to a Golden Core, was both a manifestation of his cultivation achievements and a source of power.
Every increase, no matter how small, was proof of Wang Yu’s rising strength.
Dragon Blood Secret Medicine, Blood Dates, Dragon Blood Essence, Dragon Shadow Grass.
The four resources were used in alternation, almost turning him into a medicine jar. Combined with the nearly perfected Demonic Dragon Fist to accelerate digestion, his rate of progress was pushed to the absolute limit that Wang Yu could withstand.
He was improving every single moment.
Within the silent flood dragon cave, after an interval of who knew how many years, waves of dragon roars rang out once again. The commotion was absorbed by the formation flags and did not spread outward.
Time passed month after month.
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The Wild Blood Plains, near the eastern side.
Zhuo Shouyun and his group of nine escorted Ding Ming, whose nine apertures had been sealed, to the vicinity of the Demonic Caverns. The Twin Beauties of the Secluded Valley were already waiting there with respectful expressions.
Upon seeing Zhuo Shouyun, they hurried forward.
“Young Master Yun, Wang Yu did indeed appear several months ago at the demonic thrall breeding grounds arranged by our Feng clan. The three uncles of the Feng clan from the previous batch who remained in the Blood Abyss, all peak Core Formation cultivators, were all killed by his hand.”
So it really was him.
Zhuo Shouyun narrowed his eyes and said bluntly.
“Copy your memories from the encounter with him and give them to me. Do not omit even the slightest detail.”
The two sisters exchanged hesitant glances, but in the end, they nodded.
The Feng clan held a high status, second only to the Three Great Clans.
But that did not mean their status could compare to Zhuo Shouyun’s. Not performing a direct soul search was already a relatively gentle method. There was no reason to refuse.
After Zhuo Shouyun finished reviewing both of their memories, doubts also arose in his mind. However, he was not bound by conventional thinking. His understanding of Wang Yu was deeper than that of the twin beauties.
“A supreme-grade Yellow Springs Dao artifact, the Yellow Springs Great Hand Seal at the Great Accomplishment stage, and that Killing Fist Art he used against Lu Chenzhou also seems to have reached perfection. This person is truly extraordinary.”
Through the memory scenes, he almost identified all of Wang Yu’s commonly used methods.
At this time, Long Xingyun, who had his arms crossed, spoke up.
“Young master, is this person not a cultivator from Cold Blood Peak. Why does he not cultivate ice path divine abilities. Could he be deliberately hiding his strength to numb us…”
Zhuo Shouyun nodded.
“That is possible. Deliberately hiding his strength is unlikely. He could not have foreseen this in advance. It is just that those wastes were not enough to force him to use his full power.
“The inheritance of the Yellow Springs Great Hand Seal should have been compensation he obtained during the incident where the sect tribute was seized, back when he served as the lord of Jade Spirit City.
“If we calculate from that point in time, his ice divine abilities might not necessarily be stronger than these two arts. After all, it has only been ten years since he broke through to Core Formation.”
“So that is how it is.”