Chapter 62 Moon Viewing (Please read on, please vote!)

"What happened?"

“A swarm of bees.” The cultivator from Wuyin Peak spread his hands and sighed, “A swarm of corrosive bees at the Foundation Establishment level has enough corrosive poison to dissolve even a high-grade magic weapon. Only those who are skilled in magic can enter.”

Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent.

Not only is the putrefactive poison a problem, but the Foundation Building Poison Queen is also an issue.

After a long pause, someone finally remarked.

"No wonder Senior Sister Liu and the others haven't returned yet. They've encountered trouble at the Foundation Establishment level. We're doomed now."

The leader of the Five Yin Peak cultivators spoke again:

"I heard that Liu Jinxian has been collecting poisonous bees since she arrived at Xuan Gu Mountain, saying that she will use them to refine Gu worms. I wonder if any of you have any ideas on how to deal with these poisonous bees?"

Upon hearing this, the disciples of Gu Du Peak looked at each other, hesitated for a moment, and finally someone gave in, gritting their teeth as they spoke.

"I have a way."

"Junior brother, you mustn't!"

With red eyes, he said, "We're going to die either way. Going down there is still a glimmer of hope. If Senior Sister Liu is trapped, our rescue will be a great achievement. Only by balancing our merits and demerits can we survive!"

This explanation finally silenced the other disciples of Gu Poison Peak.

"Alas... This Gu was created halfway through the refining process. I wonder how much power it still possesses. Who will refine it?"

This special Gu worm was one of the reasons why Liu Jinxian traveled thousands of miles to Xuan Gu Mountain. The main ingredient used was the Corrosive Poison Bee.

Before descending into the underground palace, the venomous bees were being refined in a jar of scorpions, entrusted to the disciples for safekeeping. New live venomous bees needed to be added constantly, thus requiring a very large number of bee colonies.

Whoever refines it will incur enmity with Liu Jinxian, and their fate is self-evident.

Upon seeing this, the new leader of Wuyin Peak made a suggestion.

"I have a secret technique from the [Mingshan Sect] that can temporarily control Gu worms. Would you like to give it a try?"

The Mingshan Sect is one of the five Nascent Soul Demon Sects in the Crimson Kite Demon Realm. Its sphere of influence is located in the southeast corner of the Demon Realm, very close to the Chaotic Ancient Sea, but quite far from the Reverse Spirit Blood Sect.

Upon hearing this suggestion, the members of Gu Du Peak immediately realized that the other party was well-prepared and they were completely under their control.

"Tell us what price we need to pay."

"readily."

"Help us clear out Xuan Gu Mountain, and you can only take 30% of all the profits from Xuan Jing Hua, as payment for the secret techniques and underground passage. How about that?"

The temporary leaders of the Five Yin Peaks, who were at the late stage of Qi Refining, revealed their true intentions and wanted to use this to blackmail the disciples of the Gu Poison Peak.

"Three Xuan Bone Mountains?"

"certainly!"

This is a complete seller's market. They have no bargaining power. After all, their lives are at stake, and if they delay any longer, people will really die.

"good."

After much hesitation, the two sides reached an agreement for the first time.

By pooling the power of eight newly promoted late-stage Qi Refining cultivators, they officially began clearing out Xuan Gu Mountain.

In the shadows, Wang Yu withdrew his gaze with interest.

Although he remained hidden in the shadows, he frequently kept an eye on the movements of this group. The two sides seemed to have reached a cooperation agreement, but in reality, it was just a helpless move forced by pressure.

Once they are free from the threat to their lives, they will quickly turn on you, and a major battle will be inevitable.

No wonder only fifty or sixty disciples from the last batch who came to Xuan Gu Mountain returned. The Reverse Spirit Blood Sect was happy to watch them fight, since those who returned were all elites and had the potential to reach the Foundation Establishment stage.

Why not?

For Wang Yu, this was also a good opportunity to gain benefits. The Night Concealment Spell would allow him to appear and disappear unpredictably, hiding in the shadows, and he could take the opportunity to seize a batch of Mystic Essence Flowers.

As long as it is well hidden, Wang Yu's identity will remain a mystery to them, like the darkest place under the lamp.

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[Placement slot 3: Taiyin You Tong (Perfect)]

"Taiyin You Tong (100/100): Practice twenty-four times a day, and you can master it in a year."

This was May of his fourth year as an outer disciple.

His cultivation level improved significantly again. He refined half of the top-grade Cold Blood Pill, gaining fifty strands of spiritual power. His storage space increased by seventy-two strands, and his main body's cultivation increased by two strands.

My spiritual energy cultivation has accumulated to 660, and I estimate it will grow to around 800 in the second half of the year, at which point I will be even closer to breaking through.

Of course, the most important thing is that he has been recuperating for almost a year.

The Divine Corpse Arm has been fully restored, and the Taiyin Nether Eye has successfully completed the first stage of cultivation. The second stage of inheritance can only be obtained from the inheritance jade slip after he breaks through the Foundation Establishment stage.

The first-order perfected Taiyin Nether Eyes endowed his eyes with a divine quality, which the inherited information called—【Moon Gazing】!

The radiant light shines forth, the crimson flames glow separately; the moonlight is clear and bright, the clouds gather and swirl; the toad is cold and aloof, the wind scatters and disperses.

Harness its light without ceasing, replenish its essence and generate compassion.

The so-called "moon-gazing" gave Wang Yu's eyes the ability to attract the essence of the moon. By observing the moon, he could perceive its shape in his mind, which was called contemplation.

Only like the spirit of the moon, like the essence of the jade toad; with spirit gathered and intention withdrawn, breath stirred and heart emptied. Borrowing the radiance of crimson feathers, it becomes the brilliance of the jade wheel.

The eyes, which had been corrupted by the Corpse Demon's secret arts, returned to their original state, no longer displaying their eerie green color.

Instead, it is like a bright moon, its light flowing, lonely and desolate!

A crescent moon appeared in his black pupils.

It absorbs the essence of Yin scattered throughout heaven and earth at all times. This spiritual energy enters directly from its eyes into the Niwan point between its eyebrows, where a pool of milky white moonlight is born in the place where the spirit resides.

Cleanse the mind and increase the spirit.

With prolonged exposure, his spiritual essence will greatly increase, and his consciousness will be nourished, experiencing a sense of improvement every minute and every second.

In other words, the first stage of the Taiyin You Tong (a type of spiritual eye) allows one to passively draw upon the Taiyin moonlight, increasing one's spiritual consciousness, and it works continuously like some kind of talent.

It also gave him a unique perspective on the moon.

It's as if you can see the negative side of everything, which is very peculiar.

This technique can only be considered a supplementary secret method during the Qi cultivation stage.

However, its special effects of increasing spiritual awareness and cleansing the soul made his decision to stop placing the Corpse Demon Secret Technique worthwhile. Now that he had succeeded and the third slot was empty, he put the Corpse Demon Secret Technique back up.

Continue to complete this technique.

He wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but after cultivating the Taiyin Nether Eye, he felt that his body had also absorbed some of the Taiyin Moon Essence, and the side effects of the Heavenly Yin Blood and Corpse Demon Bone seemed to have lessened somewhat.

His physical sensations have recovered to some extent.

Ten days later.

An unnamed cave.

This is the same path that Wang Yu and the others took to descend into the underground palace a year ago, which he later destroyed.

Now, thanks to the repairs and excavations by the disciples of Wuyin Peak, an even wider road has been opened up.

Several late-stage Qi Refining cultivators from Gu Poison Peak were looking down, surrounded by hundreds of people. In front of them, a bee-like Gu emitting black poisonous smoke was buzzing.

This is Liu Jinxian's masterpiece.

Unfortunately, it was born too early, and its aura was very unstable. Its head, which resembled a bird's skull, was covered in scarlet and it was restless.

Above the bee-gu's head was a mysterious character formed from spiritual energy.

It was clearly the secret technique of the Underworld Sect.

Without a word, under the watchful eyes of the crowd, the disciples of Gu Du Peak jumped down one after another, and once they were all inside...

After waiting for about thirty more breaths, the disciples of Wuyin Peak only sent out three Qi Refining Level 6 cultivators who were skilled in movement techniques; none of the late-stage cultivators moved.

(End of this chapter)