Chapter 169: "Tomorrow, I'll feed you a piece of Malevolent Wood to taste." (Part 1)

Chapter 169: "Tomorrow, I'll feed you a piece of Malevolent Wood to taste." (Part 1)



Chen Qiu's eyebrows furrowed, and without thinking further, he prepared to welcome Fei Long and the others into the small world.

The panel above his Dantian gradually shattered.

After selecting the first entry, he suddenly realized that he might have been misled; the third entry, "Unbroken Lineage," meant that a Nascent Soul could give birth to a small Nascent Soul every month, and this Nascent Soul could self-destruct.

This self-destruction was indeed of no use to him.

But who the hell would want to self-destruct?

He was a Twelfth Rank Nascent Soul, one of the most powerful in the Xuantian Continent. Even if the small Nascent Soul didn't possess the formidable strength of the main Nascent Soul, it would still be stronger than some Seventh or Eighth Rank Nascent Souls.

At that time, he could directly accumulate the born Nascent Souls.

Accumulate them for a year or so.

With a casual wave of his hand, a dozen or so Twelfth Rank Nascent Souls would appear, which would be quite impressive.

What a pity.

With only ten breaths to think, he was misled by the entry's effect, thinking that the born Nascent Soul had to self-destruct. For ordinary people, the born Nascent Soul could only self-destruct, but he wasn't an ordinary person.

Now that he had made his selections, he couldn't change them.

But it didn't matter.

He could see if he could obtain an "Extreme Quality Dao Rewind Token" at the Nascent Soul Level Two, and then he could select the discarded "Unbroken Lineage" entry again.

Chen Qiu shook his head and didn't think further.

With a thought, he welcomed Fei Long and the others from outside the small world.

Then he turned his gaze to the ox-hide paper that Fei Long handed over.

"One, two, three..."

Chen Qiu counted, and after a long silence, he looked up at Fei Long without expression: "How many sects are there in Quzhou?"

"Not counting the very small ones, there are about four hundred and something."

"Among the four hundred sects and families in Quzhou, there are three hundred and eighty-seven demon sects?"

"Fei Long, I think you might have gone a bit off track."

"What I mean is, we're here to slay demons and eliminate evil, to rid the people of harm. We're not after the foundations of these sects."

"If we were to follow the information on this ox-hide paper and settle scores with these sects, Quzhou would be flowing with blood. If these people were to join forces against us, we might not be able to defeat them."

"Most importantly, it's immoral."

Without using their trump cards, although these sects and families didn't have Huashen Powerhouses, if they joined forces, they would still be a challenge for the Mock Heaven Sect.

Although his current self-destruct attack already possessed the power of a Huashen Powerhouse's full-force strike.

But at the moment, he could only self-destruct three times, at most four or five.

"Ahem"

Fei Long awkwardly rubbed his nose: "I had the Great Way Sect's sect leader report on others, that guy... he basically wrote down all the sects except his own."

"But although many of these sects aren't demon cultivation sects, they have done some bad things."

Chen Qiu looked down and carefully examined the ox-hide paper once more before finally selecting seven demon sects.

"These seven demon sects have committed the most evil deeds, four demon cultivation sects, and three demon cultivation sects."

"Deal with these sects."

"The rest are guilty, but not to the point of death. After it's over, go and sell them some 'Redemption Tokens' so they can use them to redeem their sins."

"Understood." Fei Long nodded heavily, then couldn't help but ask: "Brother Qiu, what if they don't buy the Redemption Tokens?"

"Don't buy?"

Chen Qiu's face gradually turned cold: "If they don't buy Redemption Tokens, then they're deeply mired in sin and show no repentance. Treat them as demon sects."

"Send out these Nascent Soul bodies."

"Everyone, seclude yourselves for three days."

"After three days, we march!"

"Yes!"

After settling everything, Chen Qiu once again sat alone on a peak at the back of the Mock Heaven Sect. He spent much more time sitting here than in the sect leader's hall.

Although he was the sect leader of the Mock Heaven Sect.

He rarely went to the sect hall.

After three days.

Most of the Mock Heaven Sect's disciples who had reached the Great Completion of Golden Core would have broken through to Nascent Soul Level One, and at that time, the sect would have thirty-eight Nascent Soul disciples!

Thirty-eight Nascent Souls!

Wow, it would scare the hell out of those demon sects.

Perfect for raiding and plundering.

They could also find a demon sect to test his current strength. After breaking through to Nascent Soul, he hadn't fought anyone yet, and he wanted to see if he could defeat Nascent Soul Level Two, or even Nascent Soul Level Three, without using his trump cards.

Let's see.

As for Nascent Soul Level One, he could easily kill them even before reaching Golden Core. Now that he had reached Nascent Soul Level One, they were no different from mortals in his eyes.

Touch and die, a single touch and they'd shatter.

Chen Qiu took a deep breath and carefully took out a Primordial Soul Dao Cultivation Pill from his pocket and swallowed it. He only had forty of them, and each one was precious.

Then he closed his eyes and circulated his Heart Method.

One hour later—

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"Cultivation": Nascent Soul Level One (10.0%).

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Looking at the cultivation progress panel, Chen Qiu smiled with satisfaction. Very good, a Primordial Soul Dao Cultivation Pill, with ten times the cultivation speed, could increase his cultivation progress by 10%.

And it only took an hour to absorb all the medicinal properties.

At this rate.

Within three days, he could definitely reach Nascent Soul Level Two, or even Nascent Soul Level Three or Four.

He could clearly feel that advancing in Nascent Soul cultivation was significantly more difficult than Golden Core.

In this hour.

Besides absorbing the medicinal properties of the Primordial Soul Dao Cultivation Pill, he was also absorbing Heavenly Qi, but he didn't even gain 0.1% in cultivation progress, and this was with ten times the cultivation speed.

In other words, without the tenfold cultivation speed-up effect from that enchantment, even after consuming all forty of the Primordial Soul Dao Cultivation Pills, he would only be able to increase his cultivation progress by a mere 40%, not even reaching the second level of the Nascent Soul stage.

"This is going to be tricky," Chen Qiu sighed lightly. The progress of his Nascent Soul stage cultivation was much slower than he had imagined, which meant he had to act within this month while the 'Rapid Growth' enchantment was still in effect.

He needed to quickly obtain more Primordial Soul Dao Cultivation Pills to rapidly elevate his cultivation realm.

Otherwise, once this month passed,

Without the tenfold cultivation speed boost, even with more Primordial Soul Dao Cultivation Pills, his cultivation speed would be significantly slower.

If he didn't have any more Primordial Soul Dao Cultivation Pills,

Then he'd truly have to rely on time and grind it out, just like a typical Nascent Soul cultivator, spending two to three years in seclusion, only to find that their cultivation might not have advanced even a minor realm.

This was the normal state of affairs in the cultivation world.

Everyone went through this process.

However, Chen Qiu's journey had been anything but normal, and he would surely struggle to adapt if he were to suddenly return to the norm. Therefore, within this month, he had to obtain a sufficient number of 'Dao Nascent Soul Pills' and take advantage of the tenfold cultivation speed to swiftly elevate his cultivation realm.

This was a crucial task that couldn't be delayed.

Moreover, he had to obtain them as soon as possible. Even if he acquired a large number of Nascent Soul Cultivation Pills after a delay of ten or twenty days, he wouldn't have time to absorb the medicinal power from those pills.

Absorbing the power of cultivation pills took time.

It took an hour to consume a single Primordial Soul Dao Cultivation Pill.

After deciding on his next course of action,

Chen Qiu didn't hold back. He used 108 medium-grade spirit stones to set up a Spirit Gathering Array for himself and sat at its center to cultivate. With the combined boost from the array and the cultivation pills, his progress would be much faster.

Of course,

There was a bit of spirit stone waste.

He planned to dedicate the next three days to serious seclusion, and he also handed over the treasure he had obtained from the Chain Sect—a bronze mirror—to Fei Long.

This bronze mirror could provide information about the upcoming Heavenly Dao Mystic Realm in Quzhou.

If there were any good Heavenly Dao Mystic Realms with rich rewards, he wanted to be notified immediately.

So, next, it was time for seclusion!

Not a moment could be wasted.

Time was limited.

Racing against the clock, after twelve hours had passed, he had already consumed and absorbed all twelve Nascent Soul Cultivation Pills.

His cultivation had reached—

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"Cultivation": Nascent Soul Stage, Second Layer (23.0%).

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"Huff"

After fully absorbing the medicinal properties of the twelve Nascent Soul Cultivation Pills, Chen Qiu exhaled a turbid breath and slowly opened his eyes to look at the cultivation panel above his dantian.

Fortunately,

Even at the second layer of the Nascent Soul stage, each Nascent Soul Cultivation Pill still increased his cultivation progress by 1%, which became 10% with the tenfold cultivation speed boost.

The milky white light emanating from the medium-grade spirit stones around him had already weakened significantly.

At most, he could cultivate for another twenty-four hours before these medium-grade spirit stones would shatter.

After cultivating in the Spirit Gathering Array for twelve hours, or a full day, his cultivation progress had only increased by 3% without the Primordial Soul Dao Cultivation Pills.

This was the effect even with the tenfold boost.

For a typical Nascent Soul cultivator at the first layer, cultivating in the Spirit Gathering Array for twelve hours would only increase their cultivation progress by 0.3%.

If they cultivated in the array every day, it would take at least 330 days.

This was assuming they did nothing but cultivate in seclusion, without eating or drinking, and the location of their seclusion had relatively dense spiritual energy. In that case, the time might be reduced to around 250 days.

If they were from a wealthier background and used superior-grade spirit stones to set up the Spirit Gathering Array, they might be able to shorten the time to around 180 days.

Then, if they purchased Nascent Soul Cultivation Pills refined by pill cultivators, or even managed to obtain a few Primordial Soul Dao Cultivation Pills, the time could be pushed to its limit, around 100 days or so.

But this was already close to the limit!

Even with all cultivation resources maximized, the fastest a first-layer Nascent Soul cultivator could break through to the second layer was around 100 days, or a little over three months. This was already a very rapid cultivation speed.

But,

How many people could maximize their cultivation resources?

Most people didn't even have the opportunity to cultivate in a Spirit Gathering Array formed with medium-grade spirit stones, let alone the resources beyond that. The first step was already so challenging; the subsequent steps were even more difficult.

For Chen Qiu, advancing from the first layer to the second layer of the Nascent Soul stage in just twelve hours was unprecedented.

It was the result of multiple factors coming together.

Whether it was the 'Primordial Soul Dao Cultivation Pills' or the grey enchantment 'Rapid Growth', if any one of them was missing, he wouldn't have been able to achieve this.

Moreover, from this perspective,

The value of the Primordial Soul Dao Cultivation Pills was even higher.

A typical early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator could increase their cultivation progress by 0.3% after a day of hard cultivation in a medium-grade Spirit Gathering Array.

However, if they only consumed Primordial Soul Dao Cultivation Pills and cultivated for a day, they could increase their cultivation progress by 12%.

The effects were cumulative, which meant that if a typical Nascent Soul cultivator could maximize the use of Primordial Soul Dao Cultivation Pills, theoretically, they could advance from the first layer to the second layer in just eight days.

Of course, this was just in theory, as Primordial Soul Dao Cultivation Pills weren't easy to come by.

After his long exhalation, Chen Qiu looked at the cultivation panel above his dantian, shrouded in clouds.

After absorbing the remaining twenty-eight Yuan Ying Celestial Cultivation Pills, Chen Qiu prepared to venture out and seek opportunities, starting with exploring the treasure vaults of those demon sects to see if they had anything valuable.

"Cultivation greatly increased, officially entering the second layer of Nascent Soul."

"Please choose one of the following three random enchantments within ten breaths."

1:

"Enchantment Name": One Feed One Pull.

"Enchantment Grade": Blue.

"Enchantment Effect": You can feed Heaven-Endowed Materials to your Nascent Soul as food. After swallowing, your Nascent Soul will randomly pull out a treasure, with the quality of the treasure depending on the grade of the food. This can be done once daily.

2:

"Enchantment Name": Primordial Soul Awakening.

"Enchantment Grade": Blue.

"Enchantment Effect": Your Nascent Soul can awaken self-awareness and constantly cultivate. The cultivation speed is equivalent to the speed of absorbing spiritual energy through meditation techniques, but the awakened consciousness cannot control good and evil, and there's a possibility of a struggle for control over the physical body.

3:

"Enchantment Name": Born Disabled.

"Enchantment Grade": Blue.

"Enchantment Effect": Your Nascent Soul will transform into a Human Beast, and the Nascent Soul's body can trigger all related enchantments regarding Human Beasts and disabilities.

"Hmm..."

Chen Qiu's expression turned slightly peculiar as he glanced at the first enchantment. He felt that he might have missed the first-layer Nascent Soul enchantment, "Continuous Birth."

The effect of that enchantment was that the Nascent Soul could give birth to little Nascent Souls, one per month.

As for the first enchantment...

As long as he fed Heaven-Endowed Materials to the Nascent Soul, it would pull out a treasure, with the quality of the treasure depending on the grade of the food.

Heaven-Endowed Materials?

He had more than enough!

The countless Malevolent Wood and Eight Directions Fruits were quietly stored in the Mock Heaven Sect's warehouse, with over ten thousand Malevolent Wood and plenty of Eight Directions Fruits.

If the little Nascent Souls born from the Nascent Soul could also possess the effect of the first enchantment, it would be invincible.

He glanced at the other two enchantments without hesitation and chose the first one.

The remaining two enchantments were of little use.

"Primordial Soul Awakening" was essentially trading the Nascent Soul's self-awareness for a pseudo-Heavenly Dao Nascent Soul. The main effect of this enchantment was constant cultivation, and one of the effects of the Heavenly Dao Nascent Soul was the ability to absorb spiritual energy on its own.

However, the speed at which the Heavenly Dao Nascent Soul automatically absorbed spiritual energy was far slower than the speed of absorbing spiritual energy through meditation techniques.

While this enchantment increased cultivation speed, it also carried significant risks, as the Nascent Soul and the self would compete for control of the physical body.

That was too disgusting.

He didn't need his Nascent Soul to have self-awareness; it was enough for it to quietly perform the duties of a Twelfth Rank Nascent Soul. There was no need to think about anything extra.

As for the third enchantment, it had no use for him, but it could interact with other enchantments, such as "Heaven-Deficient Person," which required a missing organ or disability to activate its effect.

(End of Chapter)

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