Chapter 299: Blood Sea Baptism

Two days passed.

Yan Buji was invited to attend this North Asura Clan's Blood Sea Baptism ceremony.

"Speaking of which, they don't intend to ask me why a human like me would appear in the New Netherworld."

Yan Buji inquired around for years before finally realizing he had made a huge mistake.

He thought there was still an Netherworld Officialdom here, but only belatedly did he realize this place was not the Netherworld Realm he had first come to, but a lost Netherworld Realm!

It seems a great chaos caused the Netherworld Realm's vast lands to split apart, though the other Yan Buji aren't clear why.

"Divine Envoy, look at how many talented youths the North Asura Clan has now—this is all thanks to you," the North Asura King laughed.

"Your Majesty jokes, the North Asura Clan is full of talent; even without me it would still be so."

"Hahaha. Divine Envoy, are you being too modest, or do you think the entire North Asura Clan has nothing worth looking at?" the North Asura King suddenly said.

Hmm?

When did I express that meaning?

Yan Buji thought, perhaps he had spoken too vaguely and was just going through the motions, so he also solemnly looked at the young Asuras beside the Blood Sea below.

"Your Majesty, among the Asuras participating in this Blood Sea Baptism, are some from the Sect?" Yan Buji asked.

"That's right, the Star Void Sect has held several baptisms, and many Asuras have gained great strength," the North Asura King said.

Yan Buji chuckled: "I wonder if Your Majesty has figured out any patterns?"

"Patterns?" the North Asura King wondered.

"Through sacrifice receiving blessings, these Asuras will improve without any mishap. But the more they improve, the more faith they will have in Him. If their devotion cannot be guaranteed....."

The North Asura King narrowed his eyes and chuckled: "I see. What did He say to you?"

"No, even now I don't know what He ultimately wants to do." Yan Buji waved his hand.

The North Asura King found it strange.

"By rights, you're the first person to have contacted the Lord of the Star Void, and He even selected you as His High Priest; even if you aren't devout enough, you wouldn't openly say such things, would you?"

The North Asura King looked at Yan Buji and smiled: "The baptism has begun."

As the vast Blood Sea suddenly churned up spray, a wave of blood energy surged forth.

This unique baptism retains the Asura Clan's most primitive flavor; large numbers of young Asuras enter the Blood Sea, absorbing its power to strengthen themselves and increase their potential.

Yan Buji watched, eyes gleaming, but he also knew the Asura Clan's Blood Sea Baptism seems to only normally enhance Asuras; any other race entering the Blood Sea would turn into a lump of pus and blood and merge into it.

Due to racial differences in talent, Yan Buji watched the young Asuras struggling and screaming in the Blood Sea, which was also quite formidable.

"In this Asura Blood Sea, the closer you get to the center and the longer you persist, the greater the gain. Look, that is my daughter Jiu."

Yan Buji followed the North Asura King's gesture and looked over there.

Surprisingly, there was a female Asura forging ahead in the Blood Sea, leaving solid footprints step by step toward its center.

Although Yan Buji didn't know what good things lay in the depths of the Blood Sea, he knew that as a father, seeing his children perform well before others still made him unable to resist wanting praise.

Yan Buji feigned astonishment: "Truly impressive, such dense blood energy—even an ordinary Core Formation or Golden Core cultivator could barely withstand it; the King's daughter truly is a tiger father has no dog son."

"Hahaha! Indeed, and what cultivation technique is she practicing? Can you tell?"

Hmm?

Yan Buji frowned, examining carefully.

Usually, cultivators in the Netherworld Realm mostly cultivate with Yin Nether Qi; perhaps their realms differ somewhat from the mortal world, but their strength is roughly equivalent, so Yan Buji can roughly tell them apart.

But that Princess Jiu....

"Martial Dao True Origin?"

Yan Buji looked strange.

Can the Asura Clan also cultivate the human Martial Dao Profound Skill?

"Back when ancient human martial artists invaded the Netherworld Realm, our Asura Clan ancestors also killed many and took their techniques, refining them, which formed the Asura Clan's unique Martial Asura Technique today."

"Ah???"

Yan Buji looked strange; although he wasn't clear why ancient martial artists invaded the Netherworld Realm, but....

"Your Majesty... don't you know the Martial Dao path has been severed by the sages?"

"What?!"

The North Asura King stared at Yan Buji, shocked and incredulous: "Impossible, ancient martial artists were so mighty—how could the sages have severed the Martial Dao? You... you really mean that?"

He looked at Yan Buji, not seeming to joke, and his face instantly darkened.

So you guys don't know about this?

Also, the New Netherworld seems out of touch with the mortal world; even the original Netherworld's situation is unknown, so....

That is, in complete ignorance of the sages having severed the Martial Dao path, they refined the human martial arts system and integrated it into the Asura Clan, but this....

Will it work?

"This... I don't know how much sway the sages have over the New Netherworld, but at least in the mortal world martial artists cannot break past Golden Core," Yan Buji shook his head.

The North Asura King took a deep breath and fell silent.

"Then why do you still choose to cultivate Martial Dao?"

"I have Martial Dao aptitude, and I can also cultivate magical power."

"Martial and Law Dual Cultivation.... indeed so; I said I sensed your aura was off, and it really is."

The North Asura King sighed: "What can we do about this...."

Yan Buji looked at the North Asura King, and a thought suddenly popped into his mind.

"Perhaps, with the Asura Clan's understanding of Martial Dao, I could complete the last missing core supreme rigidity of my Martial Dao Profound Skill, the Ascending Heaven Demon Law."

"But now isn't the time; I need to see how much the North Asura King cares for Princess Jiu."

If they really have someone who has cultivated Martial Cultivation Luo Xuan Skill to the Golden Core stage and cannot progress further, perhaps it would be better for me to propose a suggestion again.

It's mainly because the North Asura King had no way to obtain information; he couldn't verify whether his words were true or false, and he definitely needed to try to understand it himself.

And if Yan Buji were to propose a solution now, wouldn't that make his intentions too obvious?

One must let others come to them for help before they can accomplish this.

"Speaking of which, as a human, how exactly did the Divine Envoy come to the New Netherworld?" the North Asura King suddenly asked.

In response, Yan Buji had anticipated this, immediately crossed his arms, and said: "All of this is His will."

The North Asura King wanted to speak but held back, knowing that further questioning wouldn't yield the answers he wanted, so he didn't press further.

The Blood Sea Baptism ended, and the North Asura King left with a heavy heart.