Chapter 14 Qi Refining Level 3
Fatty Duan glanced at the scattered spirit sand in the bag, still unable to grasp the key to the matter, and said impatiently.
"Hey Liu, I'm going to meet with Master Su. I don't have time to mess around with you."
With that, he glared fiercely at Wang Yu, then turned and left.
The panicked and bewildered Steward Liu did not stop him. On the contrary, he felt that the incident was mostly a charade to deceive him.
He's probably going to claim credit now.
"Duan Ping!!!"
Manager Liu's bloodshot eyes turned to Wang Yu, whose spirit slave looked completely innocent; this matter truly had nothing to do with him.
I thought about it.
The only solution now is to remove those three from his command. This extra spiritual sand must not be connected to the true master behind him.
With his abilities, he can only suppress the situation temporarily; if he can't suppress it, he will have no choice but to confess.
If the other nine true disciples pressure the Enforcement Hall and order them to find out the truth as soon as possible, his face will not be so useful, and he will be blamed for everything.
At most, the master behind him might lose the opportunity to receive the Nascent Soul inheritance, but he would still be a direct descendant of the Reverse Spirit Blood Sect. What he lost was his life!
Of course, if he trusts his master, he will still have a chance to turn things around once his master reaches the Nascent Soul stage.
However, as a Qi Refining cultivator, he couldn't wait for the time required in between.
After much thought...
Manager Liu looked at the surrounding law enforcement disciples and gave the order.
"Guard the stone house area well; no one is allowed to enter or leave."
"yes!"
Then he left with a solemn expression. Wang Yu seemed to understand what Steward Liu was planning.
It's nothing more than: a few dollars, but losing your life.
He was originally a demonic cultivator, who valued himself and his own interests. Now that he had encountered a sudden change of events, running away was his first choice.
This move was a gamble that paid off. Now it all depends on whether Su Zhen, the disciple behind Duan Pangzi, has the foresight to see through it. If the disciple who is in seclusion is branded as a traitor, he will most likely have no chance of obtaining the Nascent Soul inheritance.
However, Wang Yu overlooked one person.
That was the third manager of the Stone House District—Manager Liu.
It's no easy feat to secure a place in this money bag.
Of the ten true disciples, only three arranged for managers to be brought in. In a sense, these three are the most powerful competitors for the Nascent Soul inheritance.
One of them was walking at the front, already in seclusion preparing to form his core.
Su Zhenchuan is the second person.
Who could this third person be?
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Cold Blood Peak, the True Lineage Cave.
Manager Duan knelt respectfully on the ground, embellishing the story and placing Wang Yu at the center of the crime, repeatedly emphasizing his own merits and hoping that Master Su could save his life.
Unexpectedly, Su Zhenchuan burst into laughter.
"Well done, Wang Yu!"
"This is exactly the kind of talent that Benzhen Chuan needs."
"Duan Ping, pass on my order: Wang Yu will be promoted to an outer disciple of Cold Blood Peak in three months, and will no longer need to hand over spirit sand."
Upon hearing this, Steward Duan was startled and dared not speak ill of Wang Yu again. Following his master's wishes, he readily admitted that he was the murderer who killed the three spirit slaves.
To seize the opportunity and claim credit.
Seeing through his thoughts, Su Zhenchuan smiled faintly.
“Duan Ping, you are a relative from my maternal side, and you have been following me for some time now. Your loyalty is commendable, but you are a little lacking in common sense.”
"Go down and collect three thousand contribution points. This spell will be awarded to Wang Yu."
"yes---"
Manager Duan came with unease, but left satisfied.
Even knowing that Su Zhenchuan believed in him, he still harbored prejudice against Wang Yu. This incident was not communicated to him beforehand, leading him to mistakenly believe that Wang Yu had betrayed him and that he had been tricked by a mere spirit slave. How could he possibly tolerate this?!
"Hmph, you've won this gamble. I'll take the blame for you."
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Stone house area, two-story elegant room.
"Young Brother Wang, please sit down."
"This is a spiritual tea from Duan's collection. Please have a taste."
Wang Yu remained calm and composed, and seeing the fat man's ridiculous attitude of being arrogant at first and then obsequious, he did not utter any sarcastic remarks.
He deeply remembered the truth that demonic power was the fundamental force, an experience gained through hardship that would guide him throughout his life.
"Manager Duan, there's no need to be so polite. I've offended you a lot this time."
"Wang Yu just wanted to relieve Su Zhenchuan's worries, and I believe Manager Duan won't blame the young man for being reckless."
"It's alright—"
Manager Duan smiled and said kindly.
"But if there's a next time, Brother Wang should let me know so I'm prepared and can cooperate properly."
"That makes sense, I'll definitely do it next time."
He offered a perfunctory apology, but only as a formality, and once again remained silent, adhering to the principle that silence is golden.
Therefore, Steward Duan could not force him to stay, and instead took out a jade slip for transmitting magic and handed it to Wang Yu.
“Su Zhenchuan is very satisfied with this matter, and this is a special reward for you.”
"As for the quota for outer disciples, Brother Wang, don't worry. You will receive the promised reward in three months at most."
Wang Yu was slightly surprised.
"No need to take them back as spirit slaves?"
"No need. This matter is still sensitive. Once the storm has passed and you have been promoted to the outer sect, you will not need to worry about this matter anymore."
"Then I thank Steward Duan for his kind words."
"Of course, of course—"
After placing the jade slip containing the transmission technique between his eyebrows and receiving the information inside, Wang Yu felt a sense of solemnity. This was both a reward and recognition, as well as a warning.
It contains the superior spell, the Night Concealment Spell.
As the name suggests, it is a stealth technique that conceals one's aura and moves silently. It can also be used to hide one's cultivation level, which corresponds to Wang Yu's nighttime assassination of the three.
This superior-grade spell corresponds to the late stage of Qi Refining. If this spell is perfected, it can also deceive the aura perception of Foundation Establishment cultivators, making it a fine example among first-tier spells.
It was not something that Wang Yu urgently needed.
Previously, it was necessary because the spirit slave's cultivation level could not be too high, but since he would officially become an outer disciple in three months, the importance of this concealment technique would not be so high.
For now, it's just a useless item. We'll find another opportunity to cultivate in the future. For now, we should focus on improving our cultivation level, so there's no need to adjust the placement.
After another round of feigned politeness, Wang Yu rose to take his leave.
He returned to that small stone house at number eighty-three, with all his affairs settled. The case of the spirit slave hiding sand would take time to settle down, and the subsequent developments were beyond the knowledge of a mere spirit slave like him.
A month later, a new manager arrived in the Stone House District.
Two more months passed peacefully.
On the 137th day of Wang Yu's life as a spirit slave, nearly half a year had passed. As Wang Yu was sitting cross-legged in meditation, a fluctuation of spiritual energy appeared around him.
His aura surged suddenly, and he naturally broke through to the third level of Qi Refining!
One hundred strands of spiritual energy were successfully accumulated within the body.
What he needed to do next was to continuously cleanse and refine these hundred strands of spiritual energy, turning them from a hundred into ten, and changing the unit from strands into Dao.
Transforming loose strands of spiritual energy into ten higher-quality strands of spiritual energy completes one round of spiritual energy refinement, allowing one to break through to the fourth level of Qi Refining.
There are two bottlenecks in the entire Qi Refining stage of cultivation.
(End of this chapter)
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