Chapter 49
"You're worried about Sharky," Elder Qiu patted the seat beside him, "Come and sit down."
Ji Tang propped himself up on the stone with his wrist and asked, "Elder Qiu, how long will it take for the Sturgeon Shark Clan to inherit the legacy?"
Elder Qiu said, "It's hard to say. Not only is it extremely difficult for the Sturgeon Shark Clan to advance, but it's even more difficult to receive inheritance. The Weihai Palace has never asked Senior Wangshou how long it took to receive the inheritance. This would be considered prying into his privacy. So no one knows when Shark Qi will be able to complete the inheritance."
"Is it difficult to advance?" Ji Tang was puzzled. "Shark Wizard has already reached the threshold of the Spiritual Severing Stage at the age of 64. How can this be called difficult? If I could cultivate at half his speed, I would wake up laughing in my dreams."
Elder Qiu understood and asked with a smile, "Have you asked it why it has cultivated so quickly?"
"I asked around," Jitang shrugged. "It only said some insignificant things, so I didn't ask any further questions. This is its ability. If it doesn't want to talk about it, there's no reason for me to ask."
Elder Qiu: "What did Sharky say?"
Ji Tang recalled for a moment and repeated: "It depends on who is not afraid of death, who can withstand it, and then it depends on fate."
Elder Qiu's smile widened. "Do you think he's just being perfunctory?"
Ji Tang: "You can't say it's perfunctory..."
Elder Qiu shook his head and said, "He is telling the truth."
"ah?"
Elder Qiu: "The Sturgeon Shark Clan is born with demonic powers, similar to your Nightmare Clan."
Ji Tang: "Not everyone in my clan is born with nightmare energy."
Elder Qiu shook his head. "That's why they're similar. Those born with nightmare energy in the Nightmare Clan are all exceptionally gifted, and the entire Sturgeon Shark Clan is like this. Just think about it and you'll understand how blessed they are."
Jitang nodded.
"They cultivate extremely fast, so fast that even a child of a few years old can transcend the tribulation and establish a foundation."
"How old is this kid?" Ji Tang scratched his ears. "At that age, he can't even learn cultivation techniques. This is too exaggerated..."
Elder Qiu: "That's not an exaggeration at all. This is the speed at which the sturgeon sharks cultivate. One day of their cultivation is equivalent to decades of human cultivation."
Jitang was speechless.
This is too outrageous.
Elder Qiu: "I know what you are thinking. Do you find it incredible?"
She looked at the tightly closed stone gate of the inheritance site. "As long as the Sturgeon Shark Clan's demonic power reaches the Foundation Establishment Stage, they can directly enter the Foundation Establishment Stage without having to endure the thunder tribulation. Their subsequent cultivation speed will still far exceed that of other clans. They will soon approach the threshold of the Opening Light Stage, at which point they will have to endure the thunder tribulation."
Ji Tang said helplessly, "They have already skipped a thunder tribulation in the foundation-building stage. If they can enter the enlightenment stage without going through a tribulation, then ascending to immortality will be easy for them, right?"
Elder Qiu sighed, "But when they reach the consecration period, they will have to go through six thunder tribulations."
Jitang paused, "...what?"
Elder Qiu: "There are gains and losses. They cultivate extremely quickly, one day can be equivalent to decades of human cultivation. However, from the beginning of the opening period, they have to endure twice as many thunder tribulations as humans. Moreover, every time they advance a small level, they must endure the same number of thunder tribulations as humans when they advance to a large level."
Ji Tang was shocked. "So if they want to reach the Kaiguang stage, they have to go through six thunder tribulations. From the early to the middle stage of Kaiguang, they have to go through three thunder tribulations, and from the middle to the late stage, three more... When we reach the Fusion stage, we have to go through five thunder tribulations, but they have to go through ten? And so on..."
Ji Tang was shocked and lost his voice: "Doesn't that mean they have to go through 162 thunder tribulations to ascend?!"
Elder Qiu shook his head slightly.
Jitang: "No, isn't it?"
Elder Qiu: "It's not that we don't want to cross, but we don't know. Before Senior King Beast self-destructed, he was the most advanced elder in the Sturgeon Shark Clan. When he entered the Fusion Stage, he suffered a full 108 thunder tribulations. We will never forget the scene at that time."
Elder Qiu sighed, "While the rest of the clan was desperately cultivating, the seniors were constantly thinking about how to suppress their own cultivation, slowing down their progress. For thousands of years, they've been strengthening their bodies, cultivating techniques that mostly involve strengthening their physiques. They've even searched for countless magical treasures, just to stay alive when they face the tribulation."
"No one knows how many thunder tribulations the sturgeon shark clan must endure to reach the Void Stage, and how many more they must endure when they cross the minor stages, because Senior King Beast... ah..."
Ji Tang was already terrified just by hearing what Elder Qiu said. "That's why Shaqi said that. Now I know I misunderstood him."
Elder Qiu said, "The inheritance of the Sturgeon Shark Clan is even more fraught with danger. I have just repeatedly warned Shark Qi not to rush ahead. The most important thing is to stay alive. If one attempt doesn't work, try twice. If two attempts don't work, try three times. As long as you're alive, there's always a chance."
Ji Tang originally wanted Shaqi to complete the inheritance as soon as possible, but now he just wants him to go slower and more steadily, and it is enough if he can come out alive.
Although they had just met, she had a good impression of Shark. She couldn't help much, and the only thing she could do was wait.
Ji Tang still planned to clean up the remaining half of the dead branches in the inheritance site. When she came back, she saw Elder Qiu with his eyes closed and head lowered, apparently asleep.
She moved quietly and sat a little further away from Elder Qiu, but still woke Elder Qiu up when she sat on the stone.
Jitang apologized, "I woke you up."
Elder Qiu slowly raised his head and shook his neck left and right.
Ji Tang: "I'll go over there, you continue to rest... ah uh!"
She felt dizzy and was immediately crushed into the muddy soil.
She lay on her back, and the invisible spiritual power falling on her made it difficult for her to breathe.
Elder Qiu walked towards her on the dirt.
Ji Tang turned his head and saw Elder Qiu's shoes covered in mud. He asked with difficulty, "Elder Qiu?"
Elder Qiu said nothing, but his spiritual power output became even stronger, causing Ji Tang to sink half into the ground.
There was dirt in her earlobes, and when she looked up, she saw Elder Qiu's expressionless face.
Jitang stopped calling for help.
At this moment, Elder Qiu no longer had the friendly look he had just had. Instead of asking, she should first think about how to escape from his control.
The gap in cultivation between her and Elder Qiu was too great, and she had no chance of resisting him head-on, so she could only think of other ways.
At this moment, Elder Qiu suddenly spoke: "If I were you, I would stop moving right now."
Jitang's hand, which was moving towards the storage bag at his waist, suddenly stopped.
She asked Elder Qiu warily, "Who are you?"
The other person chuckled lightly. "You're not that stupid. I'll ask you a few questions. If you answer them well, I'll let you go."
Ji Tang wasn't stupid enough to believe her, so she didn't show it on her face. "What do you want to ask?" Ji Tang tried to stand up, her shoulders only trembling slightly. "You don't have to ask questions like that, do you?"
Elder Qiu stepped on Ji Tang's trembling shoulder and pressed her into the mud again. "Do you think you have room for bargaining?"
Jitang said nothing.
Elder Qiu stepped on Ji Tang's shoulder and leaned down. "Besides telling you the location of the inheritance land, did the Sturgeon Shark King Beast tell you anything else?"
Jitang gritted his teeth, "What else?"
In a short period of time, Jitang's mind was working rapidly.
The reason why the other party asked vaguely was that he wanted Jitang to tell everything he knew.
The force on Jitang's shoulders became heavier and heavier. Her ears were completely buried in the mud, and all sounds seemed to be blocked out.
Elder Qiu looked at her for a moment, then suddenly smiled sinisterly, "You still don't say anything even at this point."
Ji Tang vaguely heard what was happening. She clenched her hands, and dirt squeezed out from between her fingers. She didn't care about the scratches on her palms from the pebbles, and secretly exerted force to distract herself from the pain of Elder Qiu stepping on her shoulders.
"Senior King Beast's spirit was controlled by someone, sometimes lucid and sometimes drowsy. It could only tell me the location of the inheritance land when it was lucid, and then it self-destructed."
Ji Tang had no chance of escaping from Elder Qiu. She gave up looking for the magic weapon in the storage bag and instead focused her attention on the second nightmare card.
In fact, Senior Wang Shou added a spiritual power to the second nightmare card he gave her. This spiritual power allowed her to ignore the restrictions of inheritance and enter the place of inheritance.
This was the senior's gratitude to her. As long as she wanted, she could freely take the treasures in the inheritance land. Except for the most core inheritance, there were no restrictions on other things.
Although Ji Tang had obtained this spiritual power, she had never thought of entering the place of inheritance - if she had not been forced by the situation, she would not have thought of going in.
Elder Qiu turned his toes on Jitang's shoulders and pointed them at her face, raising it straight with his toes. "What are you looking at? Are you hoping that Shaqi will complete his inheritance and come out to save you?"
Ji Tang's cheek was sunken by the tip of her shoe, and she spoke unclearly: "You threw the rice paper ball behind on purpose..."
The other party thought of what they wanted first and deliberately left traces, so that the real Elder Qiu would send disciples out to look for suspicious people. Then she could control Ji Tang without anyone noticing and ask Ji Tang what she wanted.
But there was one thing Ji Tang didn't understand, "How can you be sure that Elder Qiu will keep me here?"
This link is uncontrollable. If Elder Qiu asked her to follow other disciples to search everywhere, wouldn’t the plan be in vain?
Elder Qiu rubbed Jitang's cheek with his toes, and his fair skin became red and swollen in a few seconds.
Elder Qiu suddenly smiled. This smile once made Ji Tang feel close to him, but now it was all a false appearance. Beneath the gentleness lay a sinister icy knife.
"I want to keep you. Do I need to confirm it with myself?"
Jitang looked at her in horror.
"Elder Qiu, you..."
Elder Qiu's words were undoubtedly telling Jitang that she was not being controlled by anyone, she was just herself.
"You traitor to the Weihai Palace! You are the one who harmed Senior Wangshou..."
Jitang's words came to an abrupt end.
Elder Qiu laughed meaningfully, his laughter gradually rising to a high pitch, as terrifying as if he were possessed by a demon. "Why don't you say anything?"
With Elder Qiu's cultivation level, it is impossible for him to hurt Senior Wang Beast to this extent.
Ji Tang's throat felt like it was being strangled, and he spoke with difficulty: "Who's behind you?"
As she asked this question, she was suddenly kicked out by Elder Qiu, and her body hit the sharp edges of the stone. Pain spread throughout her body in an instant, and Ji Tang swallowed back the cry of pain that was about to come out.
Elder Qiu: "Hmm? You looked so thin and pretty like a rag doll, but I didn't expect you to be so stubborn." Her smile disappeared in an instant, and her expression changed rapidly, now turning cold. "It's a pity that you can't figure it out. Now I'm asking you a question, and you have only two choices: answer me or be killed by me."
Jitang has already determined that there is someone behind Elder Qiu, and that his strength is definitely superior to that of Senior Wang Shou.
The reason why Elder Qiu sent all his disciples away and only left Ji Tang here was not only to question her, but also to protect her identity in Wei Hai Palace.
In this way, when Ji Tang is no longer of any use, she can just destroy the body and get rid of all evidence. There are only the two of them here, and Elder Qiu has plenty of ways to get away with it.
Jitang looked at the stone gate of the inheritance place again.
The wound on her back became more painful, but she was thankful for the kick from Elder Qiu.
The spiritual power weighing on her was reduced, and the distance between her and Elder Qiu widened. She finally had a chance to catch her breath.
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