When Zhou Yuanyuan heard Chaos Pearl's reply that it had been a thousand years since he had cultivated from a small tree into a human form, she was furious! She was so angry that she slapped Chaos Pearl away.
If Zhou Yuanyuan's real body was here, she would probably vomit blood.
What does a thousand years mean? The average person's lifespan is only eighty or ninety years. Even if Zhou Yuanyuan had become a Jindan-stage cultivator, her lifespan would have been no more than five hundred years. Now, after Hunhundun had transformed into a small osmanthus tree, Zhou Yuanyuan had become a thousand-year-old demon.
Zhou Yuanyuan had everything planned out. She just wanted to spend her life with her family, and cultivation was just a side thing.
What about now? A thousand years had passed. Would Zhou Yuanyuan's family still be alive? Zhou Yuanyuan's incidental cultivation had taken her completely out of her originally planned life. It would be strange if she wasn't mad!
This is Zhou Yuanyuan's two-word comment on the Chaos Pearl.
Zhou Yuanyuan's heart was filled with hatred for the Chaos Pearl. She had never wanted a treasure like it, nor had she ever wanted to accept any trial missions. This Chaos Pearl had screwed her over so badly, she really wanted to destroy it. What could she do?
After the Chaos Pearl was swatted away by Zhou Yuanyuan, she felt deeply aggrieved. How could her master disdain such a powerful spiritual treasure? Back in the Lingxiao Realm, it was a treasure that all the immortals fought over!
Feeling aggrieved, the Chaos Pearl flew back to Zhou Yuanyuan's side, immediately sensing her powerful murderous intent. The Chaos Pearl was overcome with grief. What bad luck had befallen it? Not only had it been forced to sign a one-sided master-servant contract, but it also completely displeased its master.
The Chaos Pearl shrank back in frustration, not daring to continue flaunting its presence in front of Zhou Yuanyuan. If the Chaos Pearl had a body, it would surely be shedding tears. It felt so wronged! It was so wronged! It had thought it could gain Xiaoyu's energy, but unexpectedly, it had attracted such a vicious master.
If Chaos Pearl knew the saying, "Stealing a chicken only to lose the rice," it would definitely use it as a reflection of its current situation.
Whenever Zhou Yuanyuan thought of the loved ones she would never see again, she felt a surge of anger, with nowhere to vent. A thousand years! Even if she were to be reincarnated after death, she wouldn't know how many reincarnations it would take. What was the point of living alone?
"Um... Master, don't worry. Time in Zhuzhu's cultivation world is accelerated, unlike outside." Xiaoyu sensed Zhou Yuanyuan's anger and quickly explained. A cultivator's greatest fear was excessive emotional fluctuations. Xiaoyu was truly afraid Zhou Yuanyuan might go berserk in her rage. Even spirits could be possessed.
What? Time is speeding up? Xiaoyu's words seemed to inject a dose of cooling medicine into Zhou Yuanyuan's fiery mind, calming her down instantly.
"Master, ask Zhuzhu later what the time ratio is set for it, so that we can know how much time has passed outside. Xiaoyu just felt it, and the passage of time in this trial world is at least hundreds of times faster than outside." Although Xiaoyu didn't like the Chaos Pearl, but considering that the Chaos Pearl was powerful and could help Zhou Yuanyuan, Xiaoyu still said a few good words for the Chaos Pearl.
Time flows hundreds of times faster than outside? Is this even possible? Zhou Yuanyuan's eyes widened. Then she decisively covered her face.
Oh my goodness! This newbie cultivator can't afford to get hurt! This was the first time Zhou Yuanyuan had heard of time acceleration. So... wasn't she a thousand years in the future? Was she wrongly blaming the Chaos Pearl?
When Zhou Yuanyuan regained her composure, Chaos Pearl came closer hesitantly and said, "Master, the time ratio set by the Pearl is 4,000 times. A thousand years here is equivalent to about three months outside!"
Three months? That was about right. Zhou Yuanyuan finally breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this. If that bastard Chaos Pearl had really dragged her a thousand years into the future, Zhou Yuanyuan might actually destroy it.
Seeing Zhou Yuanyuan's hostility disappear, the Chaos Pearl finally breathed a sigh of relief. If time could turn back, the Chaos Pearl wouldn't want to provoke Zhou Yuanyuan at all. No wonder the Stone Jade became its master's spiritual treasure; it turns out the master is truly a hidden person! The Chaos Pearl was starting to become somewhat conspiratorial.
"Master, Zhuzhu will take you to find Hu Sanniang! Only after we find Hu Sanniang can we leave the trial world together. This is the original setting of the trial world, and Zhuzhu can't change it." Chaos Pearl saw that Zhou Yuanyuan was no longer angry, so he dared to move closer again.
"Well, let's go!" Zhou Yuanyuan didn't waste time talking to Chaos Pearl. After giving a concise answer, she walked ahead, making it clear that she didn't want to pay any attention to Chaos Pearl.
The Chaos Pearl had no choice but to swallow what it wanted to say. It knew that it was not favored by its master, so it was better to avoid provoking the master.
In Zhou Yuanyuan's sea of consciousness, Xiaoyu looked at the deflated Chaos Pearl, but she was in a good mood.
Whenever Xiaoyu thinks about Chaos Pearl's embarrassing incident, she feels happy. Xiaoyu doesn't sympathize with Chaos Pearl at all. She knows Chaos Pearl wants to take advantage of her weakness, but what happened? She didn't get any advantage, but ended up losing money. Hahahaha...
Speaking of it, this incident was really an accident, and Zhou Yuanyuan got a great bargain.
For innate spiritual treasures like Xiaoyu and Chaos Pearl, they are unique and cannot be replicated in the world.
The path to advancement for an innate spiritual treasure is long and arduous, and there are three ways: First, through self-cultivation. Second, by recognizing a master and advancing as the master's cultivation level improves. Third, by absorbing the energy of other spiritual treasures.
Among them, the first path is the slowest. The formation of innate spiritual treasures generally takes tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of years, so the energy required for their advancement cannot be underestimated. Relying on self-cultivation, it will take at least tens of thousands of years to see a slight improvement.
Therefore, very few spiritual treasures choose the first path to advancement. They prefer the second: finding a promising cultivator to become their master. Of course! This master-servant contract isn't a one-sided master-servant agreement like the one between Chaos Pearl and Zhou Yuanyuan, but rather an equal one like the one between Xiaoyu and Zhou Yuanyuan. The cultivator and the spiritual treasure help each other, achieving mutual benefit and advancing together. At a certain point (usually after the cultivator's death), the spiritual treasure regains its freedom and can find another powerful patron, embarking on a new path of advancement.
The third path is the fastest way for spiritual treasures to advance, but it is also the most dangerous. Spiritual treasures devour each other. As long as a spiritual treasure absorbs the energy of another spiritual treasure, it will definitely achieve its goal of upgrading.
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