Chapter 298: From Transformed Spirit Chicken: Beast Taming Cultivation 298

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Protagonist:

Yu Zhangsheng

"Speak, who ordered you to come kill us? Tell me the person behind this, and I can spare your life."

After learning the Black Robe Cultivator's identity, Yu Zhangsheng's complexion turned completely cold, gripping the Black Robe Cultivator's neck tightly, speaking indifferently.

"Heh heh..."

The Black Robe Cultivator turned his head with difficulty, meeting Yu Zhangsheng's cold gaze. Blood kept spilling from his mouth and nose, yet he laughed heh heh, his eyes filled with desolation, but carrying mockery.

"I never expected that such a greenhorn back then would actually grow to this level today, but you think too much. As for any mastermind behind the scenes, from beginning to end, there was only me."

"Your mouth is still hard at death's door. Don't think everyone else is a fool. Wanting to invite Anliu Golden Core to come and exterminate us? With just you, you're far from qualified."

Yu Zhangsheng's brows sank, frowning at the Black Robe Cultivator, divine light in his eyes. Divine Sense power turned into pitch-black needles, stabbing deep into the Black Robe Cultivator's Sea of Consciousness, drilling in fiercely! "Ah!..."

The Black Robe Cultivator's face froze instantly, screaming aloud. Hideous blue veins burst on his face, the pain from his Shenjue as if countless needles were stabbing him all at once, utterly unbearable.

"You have willpower, but how long can you last? Do you know what it feels like to have every bone in your body crushed bit by bit, your Shenjue extinguished needle by needle?"

Yu Zhangsheng laughed heh heh, coldly watching the Black Robe Cultivator's desolate appearance, his heart without a ripple. Appreciating him with a glance, he twisted his wrist, and the surging qi and blood throughout his body rushed into the Black Robe Cultivator's body.

Fleshly Power exploded, qi and blood and Shenjue drawn simultaneously, rampaging inside the Black Robe Cultivator's body, shattering one Spirit Vein after another, one bone after another, stirring his blood to flow backward, constantly impacting his Five Viscera and Six Bowels.

The pain from Shenjue and fleshly body, amplified countless times, wave after wave impacting the Black Robe Cultivator's mental defenses.

Thus, under intense pain, the Black Robe Cultivator even lost the chance to scream, and unfortunately Yu Zhangsheng's strikes were very particular—each strike reached the Black Robe Cultivator's limit, yet just right enough not to make him pass out.

Thus, in just one hundred breaths, the Black Robe Cultivator could no longer endure. Sweat dripped drop by drop from his back and forehead, and a tooth was crushed by the intense pain, swallowed into his belly.

"How about it, still not talking? If you don't, I'll increase the intensity."

Yu Zhangsheng loosened his hand, temporarily stopping, looking with interest at the exhausted Black Robe Cultivator, smiling lightly as he spoke.

"Do you know, I've always appreciated hard-mouthed people in my life."

"I say... I say, I'll tell you everything, don't come anymore."

The Black Robe Cultivator's body trembled, panting violently. Hearing this, his mind trembled, and he looked up at Yu Zhangsheng with difficulty. The shock in his eyes was completely covered by fear.

At this moment, in his eyes, Yu Zhangsheng was no different from a devil.

"That's not enough? I still have many methods, thought I could have some fun, boring."

Yu Zhangsheng exhaled, seemingly somewhat unsatisfied. Hearing this, his lips curled slightly, his gaze returned to calm, looking indifferently at the Black Robe Cultivator, silently opening the Luo Yin Yu Tong in his hand, speaking calmly: "Speak, who ordered you to assassinate the geniuses of my Wanxiang Sect?"

The Black Robe Cultivator exhaled a long breath, pursing his lips, his gaze flickering, his expression very hesitant. After a moment, as if finally making up his mind, or perhaps truly terrified of Yu Zhangsheng, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva and spoke hoarsely: "I'll tell you, I'll tell you everything. Put your ear closer, don't torture me anymore."

"Fine."

Yu Zhangsheng didn't waste words, staying vigilant while slowly leaning forward, speaking coldly: "Whatever you want to say, say it all."

"The mastermind who ordered me to exterminate you is..."

The Black Robe Cultivator took a deep breath, suppressing the palpitations in his heart, speaking slowly word by word, but suddenly paused. Then a hint of resolve appeared in his eyes, desolation on his face, and he smiled miserably: "Yu Zhangsheng, dying by your hand in this life is worth it. If I had half your talent and opportunity, I wouldn't be so restricted by others now, without freedom."

"I, am unwilling!"

Before his words fell, a violent, berserk fluctuation suddenly surged from him, rising continuously, as if about to burst forth. Even just the bit of aura leaking out caused the Void to tremble, as if about to collapse.

Roaring sounds continued nonstop inside him. Accompanied by a crisp cracking sound, the Golden Core at the center of his dantian suddenly shattered... including his cultivation base and Shenjue, both extinguished. In their place, a terrifying fluctuation erupted violently!

"Not good!"

Yu Zhangsheng's complexion changed instantly. A violent sense of life and death crisis exploded in every cell of his body. The feeling of shock and fear kept washing through his mind. At this moment, the Black Robe Cultivator felt to him like a bomb about to detonate—one explosion, and the entire Medicine Gathering Town would be leveled! "Damn it!"

Yu Zhangsheng took a deep breath. A thousand thoughts flashed through his mind, anxiety crossed his face, and he gritted his teeth, grabbing the Black Robe Cultivator's body, already half collapsed, in a low growl.

"I can only try!"

The next instant, a flash of light, and the Black Robe Cultivator's ruined body disappeared. The terrifying fluctuation vanished with it. Everything returned to calm, as if nothing had happened.

"Hah..."

Yu Zhangsheng plopped onto the ground, wiped the Sweat from his face, his face turning pale as he exhaled with lingering fear.

"This guy actually chose to self-detonate. Why bother? Fortunately, there's the System Backpack... otherwise, the entire Medicine Gathering Town probably wouldn't exist anymore."

Yu Zhangsheng smiled bitterly helplessly, feeling the Black Robe Cultivator's ruined body appearing in the System Backpack, patting his chest.

The so-called Golden Core is actually a special energy crystal condensed from all of a cultivator's cultivation base. Therefore, after reaching Golden Core, a cultivator naturally has a skill: to choose to explode this Golden Core, turning all they cultivated in this life into a moment of brilliance, erupting it out.

The result of doing this: lightly, the Golden Core collapses, the cultivation base is ruined, and they become a Mortal. Heavily, the source of life is damaged, and death is near.

The Black Robe Cultivator's choice was more extreme.

What he chose to self-detonate was not only his Golden Core cultivation base, but also his fleshly body and Shenjue connected to the Golden Core. Using his Shenjue as a fuse and his fleshly body as Fuel, he ignited the Golden Core, turning himself into a complete bomb, exchanging for the most extreme self-detonation power. Its might was higher than a normal Golden Core self-detonation, and more terrifying.

"However, it's also thanks to him choosing this kind of complete self-detonation, with Shenjue extinguished instantly and Life Force dissipated. Otherwise, I really couldn't have put him into my backpack."

The System Backpack's containment space is similar to a Storage Bag, but more advanced and secretive. Living objects naturally cannot be contained.

And time within it is also frozen. In the rush, Yu Zhangsheng had no other choice but to take a risk and put him into the System Backpack.

Feeling the incomplete corpse frozen at the moment before self-detonation inside the System Backpack, Yu Zhangsheng lightly shook his head. After a while, his heart regained calm once more.

"I need to be more careful in the future. Next time, I might not be this lucky. Pushing someone desperate, they really can do anything."

Yu Zhangsheng muttered a couple of words, scratched his head, looking thoughtful. "However, to a certain extent, did I unexpectedly get a killer move myself? If next time I encounter something, I throw this self-detonating Golden Core out of the backpack, then..."

Thinking of this, Yu Zhangsheng swallowed a mouthful of saliva, his eyes flickering, and laughed heh heh.

"A completely self-detonating Golden Core... a time bomb. This thing, few people can withstand it, right?"

Due to the special nature of the System Backpack, there is no concept of time within it. So whatever state an object is in when put in, it remains the same when taken out. Therefore, this Black Robe Cultivator's self-detonation state hasn't disappeared, just frozen. Next time Yu Zhangsheng takes him out, it will continue self-detonating.

And the might of a completely self-detonating Golden Core—even with Yu Zhangsheng's current level, feeling it makes him shocked and fearful. If not for Yu Zhangsheng's timely action and he really exploded, Yu Zhangsheng might barely survive, but all Shenghuo on this Medicine Gathering Town below Golden Core would be extinguished in an instant.

And this is what Yu Zhangsheng is unwilling to see, let alone Shen Xingchen and others are also in the town right now. Therefore, putting him into the System Backpack is Yu Zhangsheng's helpless but best solution at this moment.

Shaking his head, suppressing these thoughts, Yu Zhangsheng did not delay either, silently returning behind Gu Chen's medicine-gathering group, pondering slightly, muttering to himself in his heart.

"Although you didn't say who it is, but barring accidents, those who could go to such great lengths to get rid of me are nothing more than the Yang Family and the Linglong Sect, and that undercurrent is not anything good either."

"These accounts, once I become strong in the future, I will go and settle them properly with you……"

After speaking, Yu Zhangsheng exhaled a long breath, calmed his mind, and continued cultivating.

"I need to break through soon and increase my strength; once I reach Golden Core, within this Wu Zhou, then it will be much safer……"

As for last night's events, they did not cause too great a wave; everything remained silent, and Yu Zhangsheng did not tell Zhang Tianwen, and the night passed without a word.

The next day, waiting until the morning sun broke the dawn at early morning, the group of four did not continue to delay; after boarding the Spirit Boat, they flew mightily toward Wanxiang Sect.

The entire Hui Shui Shan trip, at this moment, could be considered to have completely drawn a period.

Five came, but only four remained when leaving; regarding this result, everyone was somewhat silent, therefore along the way they did not make any other delays, but instead flew with full effort toward Wanxiang Sect.

Three days passed in a flash……

Above the Spirit Boat, the sky wind surged; the dazzling sunlight shone upon the planks, raising the surrounding temperature by quite a bit.

"Changsheng…… upon returning to the Sect this time, do you have any plans?"

Zhang Tianwen walked lightly to Yu Zhangsheng's side, his gaze sweeping over the sea of clouds, finally landing on Yu Zhangsheng who had just finished cultivating; after thinking for a moment, he said softly.

"Ah?" Yu Zhangsheng was stunned, thought carefully, then nodded and said, "As for that, there really isn't much to do; just continue to hide and cultivate."

"Mm……" Zhang Tianwen looked at Yu Zhangsheng in surprise upon hearing this, a hint of hesitation appearing on his face, and he sighed heavily.

"This Hui Shui Shan trip was truly fortunate to have you all; so many twists and turns……"

"It's nothing; it can be considered an experience. These matters, after returning to the Sect, answer truthfully, and let the Sect deal with them."

Regarding this, Yu Zhangsheng could only answer like this.

"Mm, it's just a pity……"

Zhang Tianwen's tone paused; he shook his head and did not continue speaking, exhaled a breath, a hint of hesitation on his face, and said hesitantly:

"If it's convenient, there is still one matter that needs Changsheng you to help with."

"Ah? What matter, Senior Brother Zhang, just say it."

Yu Zhangsheng's expression changed slightly, patting his chest to guarantee.

"This," Zhang Tianwen thought slightly, his Adam's apple moved slightly, and said:

"I know Changsheng you are highly skilled in Alchemy Skill, and have a close relationship with Elder Yang; I was thinking, could Changsheng you help recommend? I want Elder Yang to refine a Pill; of course, the reward will certainly not be lacking."

"So that's the matter; no problem, I'll mention it when I return."

Yu Zhangsheng suddenly realized, revealing a smile as he said. Elder Yang, that is Yang Tianyun, Wanxiang Sect's number one Alchemist; after getting along for this year, although there was no actual master-disciple relationship between him and Yu Zhangsheng, there was already the name of master and disciple; this small matter was not difficult at all.

"Then I'll trouble you, Changsheng."

Zhang Tianwen exhaled a long breath in relief, a smile appearing on his face.

"Coming to Hui Shui Shan, going through twists and turns, we finally got the Condensing Foundation Grass; next is refining the Condensing Foundation Pill, which can be considered not a wasted trip."

"Condensing Foundation Pill…… after returning to the Sect I will tell Elder Yang; Senior Brother Zhang, don't worry."

Yu Zhangsheng comforted Zhang Tianwen with a sentence, casting him a reassuring look.

Condensing Foundation Grass, that is, the Main Medicine for refining Condensing Foundation Pill, is its most precious part; and Condensing Foundation Pill is a fourth-grade Pill; within the entire Wanxiang Sect, currently only Yang Tianyun has the strength to refine it.

These years, Zhang Tianwen, in order to recover the Eighth Layer Spirit Platform, consumed no small amount of Resources; although unsuccessful, he was very close, and now this Condensing Foundation Pill can be considered his final attempt.

Regarding this, Yu Zhangsheng could only offer blessings; this kind of help he could offer, being a matter of little effort, Yu Zhangsheng naturally would do his best to complete.

Especially this Hui Shui Shan trip, for the others it might truly be just an experience, but for Yu Zhangsheng, the fortune he gained was immeasurable.

………

Sun and Moon Rise and Fall; one day later, the Spirit Boat gradually flew into the range of Wanxiang Sect; not long after, Wanxiang Sect came into view.

"Finally arrived, as if separated by a lifetime. This trip out was truly not easy."

Li Minghan spoke with emotion; after arriving at Wanxiang Sect, the tension in his heart completely relaxed, and what followed was mental and physical exhaustion, wave after wave assaulting him. (Chapter End)