Chapter 564 Decades
Because of the post-war recuperation and their own need for reflection, the Zhong and Wu couple have stayed indoors since the ancient city's cultivation room was opened, never leaving the Lingxian Sect and the War God Hall again.
Because Zhong Cai had been busy with alchemy and hadn't focused on cultivation during that period, he spent most of his time accumulating profound energy in the following period, using the remaining time for alchemy—and also had to set aside some time to temper his body and improve his combat power, etc.
Wu Shaogan's situation is relatively simple; besides honing his martial arts skills, he also needs to improve his profound energy.
While the two were focused on their own reflection, nothing major happened in the outside world.
During this time, the couple did not allow Wu Dongxiao to enter the ancient city.
It wasn't that they were unwilling, but that Wu Dongxiao had disappeared.
He went missing multiple times.
Along with his senior brother.
Zhong Cai was naturally worried, but because the "protagonist" was too prone to accidents, he left a blood mark on Wu Dongxiao in the past. It was refined using a special method. As long as Wu Dongxiao's life was not in danger, the blood mark would not disappear. If it faded, it meant that Wu Dongxiao was seriously injured. The lighter the color of the blood mark, the more serious the injury.
The couple examined the bloodstains and found that the color was very bright. Even when it faded, it was only a light layer, indicating that the "protagonist" was just unlucky as usual and there was no real problem.
Sure enough, a few years later, Wu Dongxiao returned.
Upon his return, Wu Dongxiao immediately went into seclusion. Not long after his seclusion ended, he went out again, and then returned...
After that, Zhong Cai stopped looking at the bloodstain.
Anyway, the "protagonist" always manages to return safely.
With the "protagonist" so busy, the cultivation room on the sky was not open to cultivators who had reached the Palace Building stage. In addition, although he had visited the Zhong and Wu couple before, they were both in seclusion at the time and did not have time to come out... so he naturally had no chance to enter the ancient city's cultivation room.
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During this period, the great battle between the Nine Sounds Sect and the Sun-Covering Alliance finally came to an end.
The Nine Sounds Sect won, but suffered heavy losses.
Although the Supreme Elder Li Zhaotian killed Ancestor Yanri, he himself was seriously injured and had to ask Sect Master Ji to refine elixirs.
Fortunately, the Nine Sounds Sect acquired a lot of spoils in this battle, and Ancestor Yanri himself was also quite wealthy, which greatly restored the Nine Sounds Sect's fortune and reassured the disciples.
However, after the post-war inventory was completed, the Nine Sounds Sect also had to distribute a considerable amount of compensation.
The Temple of War, which came to our aid earlier, has many benefits to be gained.
The exchange list was quickly released and placed on the Danwu Sky Screen, allowing the many disciples of the War God Hall to choose.
Wu Shaogan had many military achievements, and Zhong Cai went there to refine some pills, which was also counted as a military achievement.
The couple met and, based on the list, applied for several valuable resources.
Before long, the sect indeed managed to acquire these resources for them and deliver them to them...
Many of these resources were beneficial to cultivation and provided considerable help to Mr. and Mrs. Zhong.
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More than ten years after the ancient city was opened to the public, Zhong Cai broke through and became a Spirit Transformation.
His alchemy skills also improved accordingly. Shortly after he stabilized his Spirit Transformation realm, he successfully became an eighth-level alchemist, and in less than a year, he advanced to the Pill Emperor realm.
Although Zhong Cai has not yet made it onto the eighth-level Sky Ranking—after all, this ranking only includes ten people—his breakthrough speed is too fast, which has shocked the entire sect and resulted in a very generous reward.
At the same time, the Lingxian Sect intends to hold a Pill Emperor Ceremony for Zhong Cai.
Zhong Cai did not agree.
In the past, such grand ceremonies were usually held to showcase the elixirs that the Emperor himself had refined.
Zhong Caigang had only recently become a Pill Emperor, so he didn't have that many pills on hand—other eighth-level pill masters usually had already accumulated quite a few pills by the time they became Pill Emperors.
Although everyone knew that Zhong Cai didn't have much to offer and wouldn't be asked to show off much this time, and that this grand ceremony was actually just to flaunt the fact that the Lingxian Sect had produced such a young Pill Emperor, so that many top experts would get to know Zhong Cai and give him some face...
Zhong Cai still politely declined.
For him, if he were to hold a grand ceremony, he would have to bring out at least thirty kinds of level-eight pills, and they all had to be top-grade pills, just to barely satisfy himself.
When Lingxian Sect heard Zhong Cai's words, they followed his wishes and did not hold a grand ceremony.
Of course, the Lingxian Sect still released information to the top experts who needed to know.
These top experts were somewhat disappointed... Such a young eighth-level Pill Emperor, they naturally all wanted to make his acquaintance in person, but now they could only look at his image to identify him.
Afterwards, Zhong Cai continued to refine herself and tried her best to purify some resources that she had not been able to purify due to their low level—such as the polluted Yin-Yang Pearl.
With such a treasure, Wu Shaogan made even greater progress in his secret techniques and gained a clearer understanding of his own cultivation path.
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Zhong Cai entered a small hall inside the ancient city.
There are several large vats here.
Within each large vat, there was a faint, ethereal primordial spirit.
It was transformed from fragments of the primordial spirit.
Zhong Cai would come to check on them every now and then, and would change their medicinal soup when it was time to do so, but so far, these primordial spirits have not been able to grow strong enough.
Compared to the blank primordial souls that were refined by evil cultivators earlier, these original fragments are much more difficult to nourish.
Zhong Cai wasn't in a hurry; she simply and slowly changed their medicinal soup.
The new herbal decoction has been re-examined by Zhong Cai and is now more potent and milder.
After the spirits were soaked in the new medicinal soup, they did indeed "grow" better. At the same time, their faces, which were gradually taking on clear outlines, showed much more relaxed expressions than before.
Zhong Cai turned around and went to find his old man, Wu.
It's always the same.
When his cultivation came to an end, he would go and keep Old Wu company.
Wu Shaogan would also spend time with Zhong Cai during his breaks.
The couple, Zhong and Wu, were completely unguarded with each other, and even their secluded chambers were never closed to each other.
When they were together, they kept quiet to avoid disturbing each other. They were also very tolerant of each other's presence, so they were not disturbed by each other's "intrusion".
In this way, the two often relied on each other to "recharge," which always kept them in a good mindset and strong will.
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Decades later, Wu Shaogan passed away peacefully.
He never encountered any bottlenecks in his cultivation; whenever the opportunity arose, he would naturally break through them.
What's even more interesting is that Wu Shaogan's name appeared on the Sky Ranking the month after his breakthrough.
This is something that has never happened before!
At this point, he should have only just adapted to the new level of combat power.
Wu Shaogan was just 150 years old that year.
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Throughout the history of the Lingxian Sect and the War God Hall, there has never been a cultivator who had entered Nirvana so early.
Even if you include all the cultivators on the entire continent, there has never been such a top genius!
Of course, it's not that there haven't been geniuses with exceptional talent who can break through quickly in the past. In fact, if a cultivator has reached the Immortal grade aptitude, as long as they focus on breaking through and ignore everything else, they can also reach the Nirvana Realm at this age.
However, such rapid advancement is not good for cultivators themselves. It prevents them from unleashing their full potential, resulting in weak combat power and insufficient training in various aspects...
What's the use of just breaking through quickly? Without sufficient understanding, one will often be stuck before reaching the highest level, unable to grasp the rules of the universe and powerless to enter the highest realm. Moreover, one will become the weakest among those of the same realm, easily defeated by other geniuses of the same level.
This is a complete waste of talent!
Therefore, no cultivator with top-tier talent would prioritize breaking through to a higher realm. Their talent allows them to accumulate enough profound energy to advance their realm at the fastest speed, so they dedicate themselves wholeheartedly to honing their skills. They would rather stay at a certain level for a longer period of time than fail to develop their talents to a sufficient breadth and depth, ensuring their foundation is solid enough.
This is why there has never been a top genius who achieved nirvana at the age of 150.
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However, Wu Shaogan was different.
Many cultivators now know that Wu Shaogan's aptitude should have been continuously improved as his companion treasure advanced, rather than being at the top level from the beginning.
However, he was exceptionally talented, possessing top-tier comprehension and martial arts skills.
While other geniuses with celestial-grade aptitude were breaking through their realms and expanding their strength, Wu Shaogan had already rapidly ascended to the Sky Ranking, and he reached the top of every level!
If the top genius's foundation isn't solid enough, and if they can't break through, then who can?
Moreover, Wu Shaogan always broke through to the top spot after holding it for many years.
Many people know that when Wu Shaogan topped the Sky Ranking, he never actually reached the peak of that level in terms of cultivation – he was almost always at the middle stage.
From reaching the top of the sky to breaking through to a new realm, no one could predict the extent to which he developed his strength.
Many cultivators knew perfectly well that Wu Shaogan was no ordinary top-ranked cultivator; he was a force to be reckoned with!
The higher one's realm, the more unfathomable he becomes, and the less later cultivators can even get a glimpse of him.
That's how terrifying it is.
Therefore, no one thought that Wu Shaogan was wasting his talent by breaking through at such a young age—and this time he was even more powerful than expected, making it onto the list right after breaking through and ranking eighty-eighth!
That's why his breakthrough was so awe-inspiring in everyone's eyes.
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After Wu Shaogan's breakthrough, the Temple of War intended to hold a ceremony to entertain everyone.
However, Wu Shaogan himself was not interested, so the matter was dropped.
A Nirvana expert should then "graduate" and establish a new temple, becoming its master.
Furthermore, it will also open up an opportunity to recruit disciples to the public and accept applications from disciples of the outer hall of the Temple of War.
For Mr. and Mrs. Zhong, this was a very simple matter.
They summoned Dao soldiers inside the ancient city tower, among whom there were naturally many special Dao soldiers.
They carefully selected from among the special soldiers and summoned them to sign up.
Naturally, most of the disciples in the new hall were born from special Dao soldiers—there were relatively few other disciples, and they were all outstanding talents who had undergone rigorous tests.
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