[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-cultivation-i-studied-abroad-in-the-modern-world":3,"chapter-cultivation-i-studied-abroad-in-the-modern-world-cultivation-i-studied-abroad-in-the-modern-world-chapter-173":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Cultivation: I Studied Abroad in the Modern World",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2263899,4418,"Chapter 173: Breeding","cultivation-i-studied-abroad-in-the-modern-world-chapter-173",173,"\u003Cp>“Yan Daoxiong, this business… the Jiushan Sect isn’t taking it for now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Fa rejected Yan Wushuang’s sinister proposal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason for refusal was simple:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The main reason was that Zheng Fa’s goal was not to mass-produce spirit talismans, but to kill as many Demon Sect disciples as possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Capturing them alive for blood extraction yields more blood—but wouldn’t that mean fewer dead Demon Sect disciples?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It didn’t align with his purpose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, Demon Sect disciples are far too numerous to require artificial breeding…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to Lin Bufan, the Great Freedom Demon Sect alone has over a hundred million people; if we apply the ratio of cultivators in the Xuanwei Realm, there must be at least several thousand to ten thousand cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Considering the Blood Ancestor’s unique lineage, the number could be much higher.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only if the Demon Sect dwindles to just a handful of individuals would Zheng Fa consider establishing a Demon Sect cultivator sanctuary…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ultimately, the market for spirit talismans is far from limitless; even with the current bounties alone, Master Pang worries the talismans’ price will drop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The seal imprint hasn’t solved the problems of spirit paper and spirit ink—no matter how much blood the Demon Sect disciples provide, it’s useless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Zheng Fa’s refusal, Yan Wushuang’s face showed disappointment; after a moment’s thought, he said, “Sell it cheap.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This man is truly broke!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yan Daoxiong, it’s truly impossible. If my Jiushan Sect had that many Demon Sect disciples, we’d have nothing else to do.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Fa sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Breeding also requires cost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, this is far more likely to incite the hatred of the Demon Sect than simply buying blood—Master Pang probably wouldn’t dare raise them himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Wushuang nodded, as if he understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He asked again: “What about the previous bounty—still valid?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching Yan Wushuang depart, Zheng Fa turned to see Lin Bufan’s expression was off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s wrong?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Young Master, I came to you of my own accord—I didn’t ask for spirit stones,” Lin Bufan suddenly said. “Could you ask Li Nuo to draw even more blood from me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wait, now even this is getting competitive?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Five Dragon Heavenly Palace, Master Pang rarely set aside his games—but though his face showed nothing, his spiritual sense had been fixed on Zheng Fa’s room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These past days, Zheng Fa’s spiritual energy fluctuations during cultivation had grown increasingly violent, showing signs of breakthrough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t help but pay closer attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that the marketplace has issued that bounty, it might truly anger the Great Freedom Demon Sect; Zheng Fa’s role isn’t a complete secret, and he feared someone might ambush Zheng Fa.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Zheng Fa’s room, spiritual energy surged and receded like tides, finally forming a small vortex.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Master Pang’s face broke into a faint smile: Zheng Fa’s foundation was solid, his breakthrough fast yet stable—he was now advancing even faster than Zhang Shijie had at the same stage, far surpassing his own disciples.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, he swept his spiritual sense across the other disciples of the Five Dragon Heavenly Palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several of his disciples happened to be passing near Zheng Fa’s small pavilion, having noticed the breakthrough phenomenon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One disciple said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Has Zheng Shidi broken through? Isn’t he already at Qi Refining Ninth Layer?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other disciples nodded quietly, all silent, their faces tinged with gloom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Master Pang watched, inwardly reassured: though his disciples couldn’t match Zheng Fa, they still had some sense of shame—Zheng Fa’s presence would surely spur them to try harder in cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Too slow…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He heard one disciple break the silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Master Pang’s face showed confusion: Zheng Fa had advanced from entry to Qi Refining Ninth Layer at a pace among the fastest in Jiushan Sect; at this rate, he might even reach Foundation Establishment faster than Zhang Shijie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet his own disciple claimed Zheng Fa cultivated too slowly?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To his surprise, the other disciples also nodded in agreement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That disciple continued: “Why can’t Zheng Shidi reach Foundation Establishment this year, Golden Core next year, and Nascent Soul the year after—then take over as Sect Master?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Master Pang twitched his lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wait, why is your dream protagonist someone else?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet at that moment, he saw several other disciples sighing as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No need to wait for Nascent Soul—once he forms his Golden Core, he might already shoulder the Sect Master’s duties; then the Discipline Court would be under his control!” one disciple mused softly. “Then, at least nominally, we could follow Zheng Shidi.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Discipline Court…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Isn’t the Discipline Court under my control?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once he understood what his disciples were truly hoping for, Master Pang’s gaze turned toward Zheng Fa’s courtyard—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where’s the Nascent Soul of the Great Freedom Demon Sect?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Are you all turtles?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So patient!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Lei Chi, most Great Freedom Demon Sect disciples had yet heard of the bounty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few of them huddled together, cautiously advancing through the Lei Chi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Senior Brother, how much longer must we patrol?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A young disciple asked a middle-aged man beside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The middle-aged man, clearly their leader, shook his head: “Our secret realm has been exposed; our superiors ordered us to be careful—don’t let anyone sneak in.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Superiors… they’re so powerful, still afraid of them?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No matter how powerful, haven’t they cowered in this secret realm for tens of thousands of years? The Holy Ancestor hasn’t appeared—our Holy Sect can’t fight the Immortal Sects.” The middle-aged man shook his head. “Without the Lei Chi, the Immortal Sects would’ve stormed our realm long ago—perhaps even great cultivators are watching nearby.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Great experts… aren’t they just sending us to die?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The disciple muttered, clearly dissatisfied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What are we? Great experts don’t even look at us…” the middle-aged man chuckled. “Besides, they dare not enter the Lei Chi.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But what about the Immortal Sect disciples?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, the middle-aged man laughed silently, as if amused by the youth’s naivety.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing his expression, the disciple’s face flushed with resentment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he dared not speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps bored with patrol, the middle-aged man answered his question again: “You think the outside world is like our secret realm.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Outside, there’s been peace for a thousand years; those Immortal Sect disciples, though they control an entire realm, have no ambition. Think of our secret realm—every day brings conflict; who among us didn’t walk out of piles of corpses?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...Senior Brother, you mean?” The disciple’s eyes lit up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll tell you this: apart from cultivation levels, those Immortal Sect disciples outside are all cowards—none compare to our Holy Sect disciples in battle!” The middle-aged man’s tone brimmed with pride. “Though our realm’s emergence was unexpected, I see it as our great opportunity! If we stayed inside, fine—but now we’ve come out, we’ll show them the might of our Holy Sect!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Especially here in the Lei Chi—those feeble Immortal Sect disciples won’t even dare come here; if they do, and we encounter them, won’t they just deliver spirit stones and treasures to us?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Immortal Sects—ha! The trials we’ve endured, how could they ever understand? I’ve heard from senior brothers outside that most Immortal Sect disciples are weak-willed, unfamiliar with combat—they’re no match for us… Had the Holy Ancestor appeared, we’d have already swept the world.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other Demon Sect disciples agreed, finding this reasonable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their faces all showed anticipation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Watch out!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One disciple suddenly raised an alarm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The middle-aged man tensed, tilting his head back just in time to dodge a silver flash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling the icy sting on his earlobe, he roared angrily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To his surprise, someone in the shadows roared back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wasn’t it agreed we’d ambush together and split the spoils?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned toward the voice—and dozens of eyes, like tigers and wolves, fixed on him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The silver flash returned to the hand of an old man with a goat’s beard; he smiled sheepishly and whispered, “With spirit stones at stake, I got excited… hand slipped.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Demon Sect middle-aged man felt he understood, yet truly understood nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking again, he realized they’d been surrounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nearly twenty unknown cultivators encircled them from all sides.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their gazes made the middle-aged man feel like prey among tigers and wolves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beside him, the disciple who had asked earlier spoke with trembling voice: “Senior Brother… you said the outside world had known peace for ages—how come these people look even fiercer than us?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The middle-aged man felt the same…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Remember! Don’t rush to extract blood—someone’s assigned to handle it; we’ll split the spoils later!” one of the encircling cultivators shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next instant, a rain of attacks descended upon them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The middle-aged member of the Great Freedom Demon Sect, covered in wounds, fled desperately toward the secret realm’s entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt a flicker of relief—though these outsiders were numerous, their cultivation bases were uneven and their battle experience lacking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had allowed him to escape the encirclement with his life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But one thing puzzled him—these people showed little interest in killing, yet were intensely fascinated by their blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some were even deliberately collecting the blood spilled from their wounds…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he fled back, he noticed even stranger signs—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At some point, the area had become filled with many cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether alone or in groups, their goal was uniform:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The disciples of the Great Freedom Demon Sect!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had already seen many fellow disciples killed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This made him even more terrified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he neared the secret realm’s entrance, a voice came from behind his side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh? Another one?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A tall, imposing figure flew toward him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What chilled him was that the man held in his hand another disciple of the Great Freedom Demon Sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The middle-aged man activated the Heavenly Demon’s Absolute Shadow technique to escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unexpectedly, the man vanished in a flash, transforming into lightning and blocking his path, then struck with a palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lightning crackled in the man’s palm, striking him and instantly paralyzing his entire body, leaving him utterly powerless to resist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The middle-aged man collapsed into the man’s grasp; before losing consciousness, he heard the man muttering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Zheng Daoxiong doesn’t want to raise them—can’t I?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Two should be enough. Draw blood every other day—they’ll live a long time. If they starve to death, just capture more.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Still fresh.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, the middle-aged man’s vision darkened—he finally understood why those other cultivators had acted that way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He shut his eyes, lips and corners of his mouth trembling, desperate to scream:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Are outsiders really this cruel?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who the hell is the real demon sect?\u003C\u002Fp>",1745,"2026-06-19T19:16:02.864Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","edeb1d26006a56539c5b013d0b34945461f8335accfecfef5c02c012b7dfe0bf","cultivation-i-studied-abroad-in-the-modern-world-chapter-174","cultivation-i-studied-abroad-in-the-modern-world-chapter-172",487,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcultivation-i-studied-abroad-in-the-modern-world-cover.jpg"]