A year's time passed in an instant.
For the disciples of Spirit Sword Sect who were besieged in the Dragon Palace, the past year was like a dream — a complete nightmare.
From the first day of the dream, they had experienced inhumane treatment. Not only did they have to be trained by their Big Brother by various magical means to speed up their cultivation, but they also had to take the medicine extracted from the black tide day and night under the supervision of Wang Lu. That taste was really worse than death.
Because the process of making the medicine was really desperate.
Considering that it was impossible for ordinary people to eat the black tide raw like Wang Lu through the invincible digestive power of Non-Phase Method. In order to use the energy of the black tide, the black tide must be processed with high precision. However, to process the highly toxic black tide into a pill that other cultivators of Spirit Sword Sect could digest, this kind of heaven defying unique skill could only be done by Wang Lu — he first swallowed a large amount of black tide sewage, digested it into his own power, and then discharged it.
After Wang Lu's digestive transformation, the highly toxic sewage would turn into a thick amber-colored slurry, slightly turbid, and mixed with a strange smell … In general, whether it was the taste or the quality, it was actually no different from the poison in the general sense. However, this was already the limit that Wang Lu could do. After all, he was only in the King Pill Stage. Moreover, the refined sewage would not poison people to death, and the toxicity was weakened by more than ninety percent.
However, because this process was completely equivalent to eating Wang Lu's leftovers … or even more accurately, it was eating the residue of Wang Lu's digestion. At worst, it was tantamount to eating X, and at best, it was like eating saliva. Therefore, this poisonous amber-colored slurry was also called saliva oil. Considering its pungent smell, it was simply like the essence of the sewer, so it was also called gutter oil.
The disciples of Spirit Sword Sect spent a long year under the nourishment of the gutter oil. The pain was not known to outsiders. However, this year's torture was not in vain. The cultivation of the disciples of Spirit Sword Sect advanced by leaps and bounds. A few of the Foundation Establishment Stage all reached Xudan Stage, and the Xudan Stage also advanced by at least one stage. The peak Xudan led by Zhang Sheng and Yang Fei successfully advanced to the King Pill Stage, which set a good example.
Of course, the quality of the King Pill couldn't be too demanding. Take Yang Fei as an example. He cultivated the Burning Sky and Boiling Sea. The true fire burned his heart, but it did not cover his clear mind. This was the proof of his aptitude. If he followed the prescribed order, the King Pill would be pure and untainted. The true fire within the pill would not be extinguished. It was the highest grade King Pill. However, now … the King Pill in his Jade Mansion was barely in a round shape, but the color was dim, and the flame was dim. It was not enough to be ranked as a middle-rank pill, which was simply ruining his own future.
According to Yang Fei, this kind of King Pill was a disgrace. When he returned to the mountain, the first thing he would do was to break his Dan and re-cultivate. From then on, he would not allow anyone to mention it.
In fact, Yang Fei's condition was not bad. Before he joined the management trainee program, he was already at the peak Xudan Stage. His foundation was solid, and he was just waiting for a breakthrough. For those who had not yet built a solid foundation, the side effects of using the waste oil were even more obvious.
The group of cultivators headed by Cai Xia, in one year, had reached the critical point of Peak Xudan Stage by relying on the excessive absorption of external energy. However, they were still unable to take that final step. This had nothing to do with their aptitude and perception, but purely because the quality of accumulation was too poor.
If it were someone with poor aptitude and ability, this kind of extensive growth in stage was very likely to lead to cultivation deviation. For Cai Xia and the others to be able to safely and steadily advance to the peak Xudan Stage was, in a sense, more rare than achieving the King Pill. Moreover, there were still two years to break through, so their future was bright.
However, it was obvious that Cai Xia and the others could not be happy. The bleak reality was on one hand, and an unexpected situation constituted the other.
Wang Wu's progress was too fast, so fast that many other cultivators of Spirit Sword Sect felt the real pressure. A year ago, she was a low-level Xudan, but in fact, she was just barely hanging on the edge of Xudan Stage. Her real strength might not even be better than those several peak Foundation Establishment Junior Brothers and Sisters. However, in the past year, she silently cultivated, and her cultivation base advanced by leaps and bounds. Today, she had reached Xudan Stage, officially entering the Peak Xudan Stage.
It was true that her Xudan was uneven, erratic like a candle in the wind, and the tempering of her primordial spirit and body was completely unable to keep up, as if her Xudan might collapse at any time, and her cultivation base would turn into running water. However, every day, her cultivation base steadily increased, and the speed and stability of her progress were astonishing.
In Spirit Sword Sect, Wang Wu was never known for her exceptional aptitude. In terms of aptitude, she was the worst in the golden generation. In the Immortal Cultivation World, a fifth rank spirit root might be in the middle, but in the Five Uniques of the Wanxian League, it was really difficult for her to find her own position. Moreover, Wang Wu's perception of spell casting was not outstanding. The application of spell casting had always been in accordance with the rules … In addition to diligence and self-control, there was almost no bright spot in Wang Wu. Were it not for the current Sect Leader of Lingjian School who seemed to have a unique insight and looked at her differently, coupled with the strong support of the current generation's Big Brother Ouyang Shang, Wang Wu would not be qualified to be included in the golden generation.
However, after this year, no one doubted her potential. The strange thing was, why?
Regarding the sudden rise of Wang Wu, Cai Xia couldn't hold back her curiosity. She had asked Wang Wu a long time ago, and Wang Wu told her the truth, "Because I can calm my heart, that's all."
It was easy to say! In a dangerous situation, the black tide was always penetrating inside, and her one year of cultivation had never been stable. Even if Ouyang Shang suppressed the Dragon Palace, he could not stop the sneaky Demon King's sneak attack. In addition, the spiritual energy here was scarce. For cultivators in the growth stage, they had to experience the torture of spiritual energy hunger every day. At the same time, they also had to drink the gutter oil-like poisonous liquid … In such an environment, it was really a skill to be able to calm their heart.
At least, among the seventy-five people in the hall, only a few people could do it … No, it could even be said that only Wang Wu could do it.
Even Ouyang Shang and Wang Lu, because of external affairs, their cultivation rhythm would be repeatedly interrupted. Especially when the Demon King launched a sneak attack and successfully hurt the cultivators of Spirit Sword Sect, it would produce emotional fluctuations, which would affect their cultivation efficiency. However, Wang Wu could, from the beginning to the end, no matter what happened in the outside world, she strictly adhered to her own cultivation rhythm, and her work and rest time were not messed up.
Persistent in cultivation, but not impatient. Even if Mount Tai collapsed in front of her, her countenance would not change. With such a characteristic, in a special environment, she would naturally stand out. After Cai Xia got the answer, although she was unwilling, she could only admire the vision of her Uncle Sect Leader and Big Brother, and then concede defeat.
However, in fact, in the eyes of Wang Lu and Ouyang Shang, this matter was not that simple. Wang Wu herself did not feel it, but in fact, based on her calm state of mind, how could she reach peak Xudan from low-level Xudan in one year? If it was that simple, all the Xudan Stage cultivators in the world would have gone into closed-door training — no matter how calm Wang Wu could maintain her calm state of mind, could she be more stable than those who had gone into closed-door training?
The key was that her ability to adapt to local conditions was too strong! Previously, no one could see that she had this ability! She perfectly used every existing condition. In this one year, every time she drank the essence of the black tide extracted by Wang Lu, she would use a special technique to maximize the use of the energy. And her efficiency, compared with other Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters, was at least several times higher...
In general, when a cultivator absorbed the surrounding spiritual energy into their body, most of it would be squandered and wasted. Only a small part of it would be stored in the body. How to improve the conversion rate has always been a key topic in the cultivation world. Nowadays, among the cultivation methods of the major sects, this part was the core secret. Countless people would only dare to try to change it after careful consideration. But Wang Wu... boldly modified the content of the cultivation method by herself, and her modification perfectly adapted to the current environment. In particular, her ability to digest the gutter oil was miraculously greatly enhanced. This was the reason why she could advance by leaps and bounds in one year.
But how did she manage to do it? To modify the core cultivation method, it required a heaven defying deduction ability and a strong accumulation. Even Wang Lu and Ouyang Shang did not dare to say that they had the ability to modify their core cultivation method at will... And Wang Wu, at least before this, was never known for her perception. How did she do it?
If it was the Wang Wu one hundred and fifty years later, perhaps it would be easy to understand. The heaven defying Non-Phase Method that Wang Lu cultivated was the original cultivation method tailor-made by Wang Wu. In just one or two years, she was able to create the first dozens of layers of the cultivation method from scratch. Her perception was absolutely heaven defying. But the current Wang Wu absolutely could not do it.
Unable to hold back his curiosity, Wang Lu simply asked her directly, and the answer he got made him not know whether to laugh or cry.
"I'm not completely original, I just used your Non-Phase Method as a reference." Wang Wu asked in surprise, "Don't you see it? Why would you think that my cultivation method is original? "
"... You used my Non-Phase Method as a reference? I don't remember telling you about this cultivation method. "
"I didn't tell you about it, but when you cultivate, you never hide from people. I have seen it a lot, so naturally, I can understand some of the subtleties. There are a lot of things that are worth learning from. I used this as a reference to modify the cultivation method, and the result is really useful. "
Hearing this, Wang Lu was dumbfounded. "... And then?"
"And then … Oh, I forgot to say thank you, I'm sorry." Wang Wu said, lightly nodded her head to show her gratitude, and then closed her eyes to continue her cultivation. Her speed was still as fast as before.
Wang Lu completely did not know what to say.
This cause and effect relationship … was really impossible to cut off. The reason why Wang Lu did not immediately give the essence of Non-Phase Method to the inventor of Non-Phase Method, Wang Wu, was because he did not want to artificially create this kind of contradictory cause and effect line. Otherwise, the master would become the disciple, and the disciple would become the master. Wouldn't the ethical relationship be messed up? Unexpectedly, no matter how careful he was, he still could not escape the fate of messing up the ethical relationship.
However, if this could really be used as an opportunity to wake up the number one King Pill in Nine Regions in advance, it would not be a bad thing. He did not expect her to grow to the height of the future in just one or two years, but in the current situation, no one would complain about having too many strong teammates.
If Cai Xia, Yang Fei, and the others were just suffering for their cultivation this year, then Wang Lu and Ouyang Shang, as the guardians of the entire Dragon Palace, faced ten times or even a hundred times more pressure. Moreover, as time went by, the future became more and more pessimistic.
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