Chapter 5 Unit 2

The next day.

Early morning of the hour of Mao (5-7 AM).

The second day after arriving at the Reverse Spirit Blood Sect and becoming a spirit slave.

Before dawn, the railing at the door was opened, and Wang Yu got up on time and followed the crowd to the bluestone square in front of the stone house area.

At this moment, twenty cultivators stood on a small platform, watching the crowd indifferently.

In the square, besides the group of people who had just arrived in Shihu City yesterday, there were many other people from other places who possessed mixed spiritual roots or useless spiritual roots. At first glance, there were at least several thousand people.

Wang Yu was unclear about the differences between the Taihu and Chiyuan regions, but he estimated that the Shiwu District contained far more than just the spirit slaves of the Reverse Spirit Blood Sect; a group of them were probably kept at the foot of the Nine Peaks.

Many of the spirit slaves among them had graying hair and aged faces; they were their predecessors…

We must learn from the mistakes of the past and avoid falling into such a state!

The twenty outer disciples of the Reverse Spirit Blood Sect did not delay at all and immediately began explaining the principles of cultivation.

There's no need to understand the Blood Burning Technique; just explain the principles of spiritual energy, meridians, and the circulation of Qi throughout the body so that these spirit slaves can understand the technique.

As for the illiterate spirit slaves, they will listen first, and only after an hour of explanation will it be time for the Q&A session. Five cultivators will be assigned to teach them to read.

Not everyone gets the chance to get answers; you have to fight for it!

As fellow townsmen from Shihucheng, Wang Yu noticed that several children from impoverished farming families deliberately avoided learning to read and write, trying to be clever.

They can't understand the two booklets distributed yesterday, so they won't know the rules here. If it can generate benefits, that's fine; if not, the consequences are self-evident.

Death is better than death; living a life worse than death is the most agonizing.

Only by creating value far exceeding their own can they hope to be freed from death.

The two-hour explanation session has ended.

The group returned to their stone houses one after another. No one made a sound, no one talked, and no one took the opportunity to escape. Everything seemed oppressive and quiet.

Wang Yu returned to stone house number 83. He had just sat down when a cloth bag was thrown in through the window. It contained water and food, just like yesterday's.

However, there's one more thing.

"A note?"

Upon examining the contents, Wang Yu was both surprised and surprised, yet felt it made perfect sense. Wherever there are people, there is society, with differences in status, closeness and distance, and conflicts of interest.

Not to mention these spirit slaves who can generate profits but have no sovereignty.

The third peak of the Reverse Spirit Blood Sect is named [Frost Blood Peak].

The wealth created by spirit slaves belongs to the sect's public property. Assuming there are 3,000 people, and each person produces 12 spirit stones per year, that's 360,000 low-grade spirit stones in ten years, which is no small amount.

The abundant profits led to fierce competition and backstabbing behind the scenes. The note came from Steward Duan, who was in charge of managing the spirit slaves. There was more than one steward in the Stone House District.

In total, there are three people, each representing the interests of different factions in Cold Blood Peak. The contents of the note, besides showing the background, mainly make empty promises and explain Wang Yu's situation.

After he breaks through to the Qi Refining stage, he should pay one tael and four qian of spirit sand to Steward Duan every month. The extra four qian will be recorded and can be exchanged for spirit pills, spells, and nourishing medicinal soups from Steward Duan.

By spending a certain amount, one can even obtain a spot as an outer disciple in advance.

This windfall was so devastating that even Wang Yu, who had experienced the trials of modern society, felt a bit dizzy. Wouldn't everyone else be desperately trying to condense their spirit sand?!

The demonic path truly understands human nature; self-interest and desire are always the driving forces behind human effort. Want it? Then work harder and strive to fulfill the duties of a spirit slave.

He put the note aside and pondered it.

A sudden change occurred within his body; a wisp of spiritual energy, unlike anything he had experienced before, suddenly appeared within him.

"Is this the spiritual power of the Qi Refining stage?"

Wang Yu felt this unique and gentle power, and drove it to flow out from his dantian. Wherever it passed, his limbs and bones felt warm and comfortable, and he felt refreshed and his strength increased greatly!

Normally, the spiritual energy should first travel through the meridians and then to the dantian. However, Wang Yu's situation was reversed. Due to the special nature of the placement area, this wisp of spiritual energy appeared directly in his dantian.

The process of opening the dantian is omitted, and it proceeds from point to surface, rather than the normal process of proceeding from surface to point.

This feeling is incredibly wonderful.

Qi Refining Level 1, achieved!

Without any complicated preliminary steps or even much understanding of the techniques, he broke through directly, which is truly outrageous.

Given the aptitude of someone with a useless spiritual root, sensing spiritual energy, circulating cultivation techniques, refining spiritual energy, and so on, each step would be fraught with difficulties, and it would be normal for it to take three to five years. But now, all of that is being skipped.

The placement bar ensured that he could absorb a wisp of spiritual energy every half hour. This was the first time that his cultivation, which had been truly refined into spiritual power, was transferred to him, helping him break through to the first level of Qi Refining.

According to the description of the Qi Refining stages in "Burning Blood Technique".

As long as you accumulate ten strands of spiritual power, you can break through to the second level of Qi Refining, open up more cultivation nodes in your body, and refine more and purer spiritual power!

Even if the spiritual energy within his body is depleted, it can recover on its own and completely belong to him.

If it were to be condensed into spirit sand, it would be permanently lost, so I couldn't bear to part with it.

"At the normal pace, even with someone to explain things, the breakthrough speed is still too fast, unless the special effects of the Blood Burning Technique are used."

Wang Yu was unwilling to accept this, as he did not want to shorten his lifespan. He was also worried that he could not conceal his cultivation level. If what the note said was true, he had to find a spell that could hide his cultivation level.

"No, exchanging a mere spirit slave for this kind of magic would be an admission of guilt."

If one were to damage their own cultivation level, reducing an illogical realm and storing it as tangible spiritual sand, such an operation would be akin to a stroke.

Wang Yu knew very well that power was the only way for him to change his current situation; the higher his cultivation level, the greater his chances of becoming an outer disciple.

He actually only has one path: to use the effects of the Blood Burning Technique to conceal it. He doesn't need to use too much; he just needs to look the same as the other spirit slaves. This is the only way to explain the abnormality in his cultivation level and the amount of spirit sand.

It only makes sense that you have to spend your life to get fast.

It has to be fixed.

Just as Wang Yu was about to activate his Life Burning Cultivation, he suddenly discovered that his external cheat had changed. Perhaps it had broken through the first level of Qi Refining and transformed from a mortal into a cultivator.

[Placement Slot 1: Blood Burning Skill]

Placement slot 2: None

"this---"

Wang Yu's eyes darted around. He didn't know yet whether it was due to a breakthrough in his cultivation level or some other reason. He would get some answers once he broke through to the second level of Qi Refining.

Unfortunately, I had nothing else to put it in.

After letting out a long sigh, another idea flashed through his mind, and he tried to place the Blood Burning Technique on the second machine.

"It's a success!"

[Placement Slot 2: Blood Burning Skill]

"Blood Burning Technique (1/100): Practice forty-eight times a day, and you can master it in a year."

Although the description remains the same, the progress is shared between the two sides.

(End of this chapter)