Chapter 225 Demanding Compensation [Earthly Finger]
"Forehead--"
Wang Yu was taken aback, thinking that what he had said before was it.
"Could it be..."
“That’s right, this is a personal compensation that I specially came to give you.”
Upon hearing this, Wang Yu answered without hesitation.
"This junior desires the [Earthly Nether Finger]!"
"oh?"
The old man Xuanyan stroked his beard, truly surprised that Wang Yu would actually want to inherit a second-tier high-grade technique.
This technique is good, but without the integration of the Mysterious Yin Hand, it is just an ordinary thing. Could it be...?
Having guessed part of the truth, Elder Xuanyan nodded.
"Then I shall ask for the [Earthly Nether Finger]. If it does not suit your taste, do not go back on your word."
"I understand."
Seeing that he seemed to have something to say but didn't pay much attention, Wang Yu didn't think much of it. After Lei Lingshi was taken away by Lei Houjun, the old man Xuanyan became much colder towards him.
He had a vague feeling that the problem lay with that token. Compared to the many spiritual rewards, Elder Xuanyan seemed to want the token that Wang Yu had obtained even more.
Human relationships are more valuable than spiritual objects, especially for a great figure like Lei Hou Jun.
If the other party hadn't been so eager to come to Guiling City to retrieve the corpse, Wang Yu might not have received any benefit at all. The old man Xuanyan's indifference wasn't because he had any issues with him, but rather because of... a sense of envy?
Wang Yu couldn't explain it either.
However, since he had the chance to collect all the [Yellow Spring Great Handprint], he was definitely going to give it a try. This divine ability was one of the most famous divine abilities of the Yellow Spring Temple in Chiyuan!
There must be a reason why it has such a great reputation.
As for the innate divine power he would learn after forming the Golden Core, Wang Yu hadn't decided yet. He had plenty of time to ponder it and wasn't in a hurry.
In any case, the fact that the other party was willing to personally ask for the [Earthly Nether Finger] on his behalf cancels out the favor of "gifting a corpse." Besides... he didn't have the ability to settle accounts.
Being a level higher in cultivation is already overwhelming, let alone being two major levels higher. His thoughts are not important.
Now that the negotiations are nearing their end, he just wants to conclude them as soon as possible.
Guiling City, with its one-man rule, suits him better.
"In half a month, at the final negotiation, you will also come to listen in, as if I am repaying your kindness of giving me your body."
“As you command, senior, I dare not disobey.”
After speaking, Wang Yu left the Xuan Yan Hall, his face revealing no emotion.
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The City Lord's Mansion's cultivation chamber, the Insect Chamber.
This is the second room that Wang Yu opened up next to the quiet room on the first basement floor. The Immaculate Jade Toad Eggs that he had previously obtained in the Yama Ghost Market were being carefully soaked in the poison pool.
He specially purchased a secret insect-controlling technique from Han Jia of Tianbao Pavilion, and had already imprinted a mark on the egg. After several years of refinement, it is about to hatch.
It's quite a coincidence that, strictly speaking, the Immaculate Jade Toad is the first treasure he's ever found in the cultivation world after many years. Now that he's nurturing it properly, it will be of great use when he enters the Heavenly Demon Bone Forest in the future.
At least it will allow him to avoid the greatest danger of that place of ten thousand poisons—poison!
This one benefit alone is enough to make him devote all his efforts to cultivating it.
At least it's more useful than the three-tailed snow fox.
"Little one, it's time to hatch."
As soon as the words were spoken, the rice-grain-sized egg sac suddenly pushed outward, and then a planktonic creature resembling a tadpole emerged from it.
It is only as thick as a human hair and two millimeters long.
Immersed in the poison pool carefully prepared by Wang Yu, it seemed to be in its element. After lingering for a while, it opened its small mouth and began to suck out the toxins.
His jade-like body was quickly stained purple, but it returned to normal in just a breath or two, like an insatiable glutton, frantically absorbing the toxins.
The body begins to develop abnormally, growing hands and feet and becoming thicker.
It swims in a sea of toxins, inhaling all the toxins it can reach.
In less than a quarter of an hour, the newly born Jade Toad began to transform its body from a cocoon.
Wang Yu then sat aside and observed.
This is my first time raising insects, and I'm still very curious.
One day later.
The insect that emerged from its cocoon truly possessed the form of the flawless jade toad. This time, it absorbed toxins at an incredible speed, soaking in water and sucking them out with its mouth open.
The toxins that were originally dissolved in the water were forcibly absorbed into its body, and this time it lasted for three whole hours, purifying the poisonous pool into a clean pool.
The second cocooning process begins.
“Interesting. This growth rate is simply astonishing. If human cultivators could possess this ability, the entire world would probably be drained within a hundred years.”
With mixed feelings, Wang Yu knew that this transformation and reconstruction of his body would not be completed in a short time, so he continued to cultivate while waiting.
Two weeks later.
The final negotiations were about to begin, and the Immaculate Jade Toad emerged from its cocoon at this moment. Compared to when it was first born, it had grown to the size of a fingernail.
Its body was as white as jade, without any protruding poison cells, and its two horizontal frog eyes were the color of blood jade. As soon as it saw Wang Yu, it couldn't wait to hop over.
They croaked at him.
Its appearance would make someone who doesn't know it really think it's a kind of spirit frog.
The Immaculate Jade Toad is a functional type of strange insect. It has no offensive capabilities and no cultivation level. Compared to other strange insects, it is more like a spiritual medicine that can detoxify.
When used in crucial situations, it is more effective than any secret method.
Even if it's no longer needed in the future, it can be refined to obtain a special physique that is immune to all poisons, or used to cultivate another kind of spirit insect.
After forming hand seals and fully establishing a relationship with the Immaculate Jade Toad,
Wang Yu held a round, brown earthenware jar, a second-tier magic artifact called the "Spirit Insect Jar," specially crafted for storing rare insects and Gu worms. He had also bought this one.
After collecting the jade toad.
He shrunk it, strung it with a rope, and hung it on his belt. With that, the matter was considered settled. Wang Yu immediately left the secret room and headed to the large council hall in the city lord's mansion, which had been specially built for negotiations.
This place is large enough to accommodate thousands of people to discuss matters at the same time. In the middle is a long table prepared for representatives of both sides, and behind it is a place for people from both sides to sit and stand to support each other.
We can consult historical records at any time to launch a counterattack, such as how a conflict occurred between two sects many years ago and how it was resolved, and we should follow suit.
When it comes to the issue of the face of the dominant forces, neither side will back down an inch. However, the compensation from Wang Yu, a mere city lord of Guiling City, is a minor matter. Not to mention a few million spirit stones, even tens of millions would not be enough to cripple Huangquan Temple.
The higher one's cultivation level, the more information one comes into contact with about the dominant forces. The so-called spirit slaves are really just a small money bag for the true disciples of each peak.
It was only at this moment that Wang Yu realized how ridiculous his thoughts and perceptions back then had been.
They're just lowly spirit slaves; how could they possibly affect the identity of a true disciple? In their naive youth, they were like frogs in a well, unable to see the vastness of the world!
The loss of that arm was indeed caused by his own mistake.
However, it was that lesson that shaped his character, whether for better or worse.
A large council chamber.
The old man Xuan Yan remained silent. The leader of the other party was known as the "Cursed Demon Lord." Wang Yu had met him once or twice recently, and his cultivation level was roughly equal to that of the old man Xuan Yan.
He was an elder of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva and was in charge of the negotiations. He was quite relaxed and leisurely sipping his own spiritual tea, looking rather bored.
Wang Yu stood in the crowd at the back and listened to the cursing for a full half hour.
At this moment.
The Cursed Demon Lord said, "Xuanyan, that's enough. You've already taken a lot of benefits this time. Any more... some people won't feel at ease."
"Don't trust me? You cursed ghost are always watching people's hearts. I'd like to ask you what your intentions are!"
"In this way, according to the terms of the 281st negotiation, you will pass on the [Earthly Nether Finger] to the Lord of Guiling City, and this matter will be settled."
"I don't need your Yellow Springs Temple's public apology anymore, how about that?"
Upon hearing this, the Demon Lord of Curses was slightly surprised.
His eerie gaze fixed on Wang Yu, instantly locking onto his hands: "Interesting. Your hands have been tempered with Yin Marrow Liquid. It seems you've learned the Profound Yin Hand technique."
Wang Yu was a little nervous; being stared at by a Nascent Soul stage demon was really uncomfortable.
After a moment of silence.
The Cursed Demon Lord said, "Alright, we'll do as you say, but let me make this clear from the start: without cultivating the Yellow Springs and Azure Heaven Scripture, it's almost impossible for him to master the Yellow Springs Great Handprint technique."
"This matter has wasted several years of my time, and it's time to end it."
The elderly man, Xuan Yan, did not comment on this.
Wang Yu didn't care at all. No matter what special conditions were involved, the placement bar could meet them all.
The reason Huangquan Temple could confidently pass on the Xuan Yin Hand technique must be because there were restrictions they were unaware of.
Otherwise, wouldn't it be awkward if the streets were full of cultivators who had mastered the [Yellow Spring Great Handprint]?
Their purpose in spreading the Xuan Yin Hand technique was to gather grassroots geniuses, and they must have this backup plan. Wang Yu had long suspected this.
The reason why Elder Xuanyan didn't tell him was because of that tiny bit of ulterior motive. It wasn't that he had any great malice, but Wang Yu was still very unhappy with him.
The compensation won't be available anytime soon.
Therefore, after the negotiations ended, the Cursed Demon Lord returned with his subordinates, and the Old Man Xuanyan also left with the people of Yunling Prefecture City, without speaking to him again.
Instead, they sent a Foundation Establishment cultivator over and explained the general situation to him.
Those three cultivators who caused trouble in the Thunderfall Pit have now become high-level spirit slaves of the Reverse Spirit Blood Sect and will be sent back to the sect to become machines that produce high-grade spirit stones.
Then came the return of one million in sacred offerings, which were sent to the mountain gate as usual. Fifteen million in spirit stones were compensated, and thirteen million were divided among this group.
Two million more went into Wang Yu's hands.
The sect ceded some resource points and a Foundation Establishment Secret Realm in Youzhou to the Reverse Spirit Blood Sect permanently, and compensated the sect with the lands of the Three Townships and Nine Cities.
It can be said that they lost both their wife and their army, suffering considerable losses.
The benefits that Guiling can gain from this are limited. In a few years, a new batch of cultivators will come to take charge, and Guiling will no longer be the city closest to the 'Eastern Capital Ruins'.
It's hard to say whether this is good or bad, especially since even the city lord himself didn't get a share of the profits, which is truly infuriating.
These costs all need to be paid by the lineage of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva. Only a portion has been given so far, and Wang Yu doesn't have any of the shares yet. It's unknown when they will actually reach him.
The same applies to the Earthly Netherworld Pointing Technique. Within the next five to ten years, the Yellow Springs Temple will send someone to transmit the Dharma. At that time, a contract will need to be signed to prohibit him from teaching it to a second person.
(End of this chapter)
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