Chapter 180

"Is this news true? Cheng Yu is really dead? " Yuan Yangzi held onto the jade slip in his hand. His face was filled with delight as he looked at the person kneeling before him and asked.

"Reporting to Sect Master. This jade slip was sent back by Martial Uncle Feng Qingzi. We had also dispatched people to Death Swamp to understand the situation. According to those who had witnessed what happened that night, Cheng Yu had indeed been struck into the swamp and had never come out again. However … "The young cultivator who was kneeling down narrated everything he knew about the situation.

"However what?" Yuan Yangzi frowned. Cheng Yu was Kunlun's sore point. Because of his existence, not only had it disrupted Kunlun's economic stronghold in Yunhai, Yuan Yangzi hated Cheng Yu to the depths of the valley. In addition, the cultivators that Kunlun sent out had been killed by Cheng Yu multiple times. Yuan Yangzi hated Cheng Yu to the depths of the valley.

Now that he had finally heard the good news of Cheng Yu being killed, he didn't wish to create any more problems.

"After this incident, the purple water, purple lotus and purple sky flying alligator in Death Swamp had faded.

It had returned back to normal. "The young cultivator replied truthfully.

"Faded? Did you investigate the reason behind it? "Yuan Yangzi enquired puzzledly. He naturally knew what Death Swamp was like. Originally, he had also gone to Death Forest to investigate. However, he had no idea what kind of secret was hidden within Death Forest.

"This … … Damn it! Yet, we were unable to find out the reason behind it! "The young cultivator replied in fear and trepidation.

"Alright. You can withdraw first!" Yuan Yangzi waved his hand.

"Yes!" The young cultivator cupped his fist before retreating out of the main hall.

"Elders, now that Cheng Yu is dead, what's everyone's opinion?" Yuan Yangzi looked at the few elders seated below him and laughed. With Cheng Yu dead, his mood had become a lot better.

"Sect Master, I heard that this Cheng Yu was the vanguard of Limitless Palace. If we killed Cheng Yu in front of so many people, would Limitless Palace find trouble with us?" One of the elders spoke worriedly.

"Elder Ping, I think you are worrying too much. Since Cheng Yu was the vanguard of Limitless Palace, why would he run over to the Cultivation World? I think he had deserted his post. I'm afraid Limitless Palace would have already punished him. I think it's just that we had found him first. Now that he had died in Death Forest, who else can he blame? When sect disciples ventured out to gain experience, there would always be some conflicts. It's very normal for someone to die. Besides, Cheng Yu was just a small Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator. I don't believe that Limitless Palace would come knocking on our door just for a brat! "Another elder laughed.

"What Elder Cheng said is right. Regarding this matter, even if Limitless Palace were to come knocking on our door, there's no need for us to be careless."

The other elders also agreed with Elder Cheng's opinion.

"Since it's Limitless Palace, Elder Ping need not worry. Now that Cheng Yu had died, we should take back the resources that he had snatched away from Yunhai! "Yuan Yangzi spoke.

"That's right. Although the Secular World is lacking in resources compared to the Cultivation World, after a year, the amount of resources they had obtained was still quite a lot." Elder Qing commented.

"I feel that in the Secular World, not only do we need to control the resources, we also need to grasp the absolute authority. Otherwise, Cheng Yu's matter wouldn't have happened. As long as we have the authority in the Secular World, we can use the Secular World's power to punish them. There's also no need to go through so much trouble to mobilize the Cultivation World's power. This way, it would easily cause the other sects to resent us. "Elder Cheng spoke.

"But previously, with Cheng Yu's strength, how could the Secular World's power be able to punish him?" Elder Ping Ping spoke disapprovingly. In his opinion, those Secular World's people were simply ants. This time, if it wasn't for the Golden Core disciple making a move, the Foundation Establishment Realm disciples wouldn't be able to suppress him, let alone those Secular World's people.

"Elder Ping, this is because you don't understand the Secular World. The Secular World uses laws to restrict the actions of the commoners. As long as you are in the Secular World, you must abide by these laws. Unless you no longer wish to return to the Secular World, otherwise, you will be the Secular World's enemy. Just like our people, although we are cultivators, we have no choice but to abide by the Secular World's laws. Otherwise, it would be hard for us to obtain a large amount of resources from the Secular World so openly. "Elder Cheng spoke complacently.

"Hmph!" When he saw that Elder Cheng was suppressing him, Elder Ping was very unhappy.

"Good! Then let's listen to Elder Cheng and let the Secular World's people hold the power! "Yuan Yangzi also felt that Elder Cheng's words were very reasonable, so he spoke happily.

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Cheng Yu sat quietly in the secret room. His forehead was already covered in sweat. His complexion was slightly pale, his expression was somewhat distorted, and his body was trembling slightly. If it was anyone else, they would definitely think that Cheng Yu was currently in pain.

But in reality, Cheng Yu was indeed in pain. Because at this moment, Cheng Yu was doing something that even he himself did not understand.

Originally, Cheng Yu had made sufficient preparations to break through to the Golden Core Realm. Originally, the Qi in his body was slowly condensing. All of these were the signs of Core Formation.

Cheng Yu unceasingly absorbed the Spiritual Qi from the two spiritual veins. After that, through the circulation, he converted it into Qi and condensed it into his dantian. At the same time, the Qi in his dantian also started to revolve, slowly turning into the appearance of an inner core.

If it was according to normal circumstances, this inner core only needed to condense once more before it could become a Golden Core. Cheng Yu was also very excited because the Core Formation process was nearing its end. If there were no other words, the Golden Core would definitely be formed!

But at this moment, the situation of the Core Formation changed! The inner core did not condense once more, but it started to disperse.

"What's going on? Why is it like this? Why did the inner core disperse? " Cheng Yu was no longer calm. If he failed to form the core, he might not be able to form the core again in his life. Furthermore, it would be a huge obstacle to his future cultivation.

The inner core was still dispersing, but it seemed to be moving according to some kind of pattern.

Cheng Yu had never encountered such a situation before. At this moment, other than continuously absorbing the Spiritual Qi from the outside world and supplying it with Qi to continue moving, Cheng Yu had no other way.

Time passed by minute by minute. Originally, he was prepared to complete the Core Formation in a day. Now, it was already the third day. Cheng Yu's body was like a child that could not be fed enough. For three days and two nights, he had been continuously pouring Qi into his dantian.

"Why? Why is it like this? "In three days, the situation of his dantian had also become obvious.

Cheng Yu used his internal vision to look at the results of the past three days. He did not know how to describe his current mood because all the Qi that was poured into his dantian had already turned into a tree! A tree that had nine branches!

"What does this count as? Core formation failed? Then what's the matter with this tree? "Cheng Yu finally stopped absorbing the Spiritual Qi and opened his eyes.

"Eh? Why is it like this? This … this strength! " Cheng Yu felt the strength in his body as he released his aura. There was no golden light that was unique to Golden Core Realm experts. Only a huge tree shadow appeared behind Cheng Yu.

"This … this … this is obviously the strength that Golden Core Realm possesses. What exactly is going on?" Cheng Yu was already shocked to the point that he did not know how to adapt to all this.

"I don't have a Golden Core, yet I have the strength of a Golden Core Realm cultivator. How am I going to form my Nascent Soul in the future?" Thinking of his future path, Cheng Yu was at a loss.

Possessing the strength of a Golden Core Realm was something that countless cultivators yearned for even in their dreams. However, in this current situation, Cheng Yu was unable to be happy because he did not have a Golden Core.

Without a Golden Core, it meant that he could not break the Golden Core and form a Nascent Soul. This was too ridiculous! Besides, this Qi tree did not have the same aura as a Golden Core.

"Sigh! What kind of sin did I commit? Forming a Golden Core like this? I'm afraid that in this world, Cheng Yu was the number one!

Originally, he thought that this time, forming his core would be foolproof. However, he did not expect that there would still be an accident. Furthermore, it was an accident that Cheng Yu was unable to understand.

Originally, he thought that after surviving a great calamity, he would definitely have good fortune later on. It turned out that it was just a dream.

Cheng Yu laid down in the secret room with his limbs spread out. His eyes looked at the ceiling listlessly. His heart was very disappointed. He did not know what to do in the future. He felt that he had suddenly lost his future.

Suddenly, the figures of a few women flashed past Cheng Yu's mind. Yang Ruoxue, Lan Ya, Han Xue, Lin Yuhan, Yao Na, these five beautiful faces appeared in front of him. Following that, there was also his cute cousin, Keke, aunt, uncle, father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, and his family and friends.

"I once promised that I would let all of them live on forever, no longer having to endure the separation of old age and death. But now, I can't even save myself. How am I going to save them? " Recalling everything that had happened since he came to this new world. Recalling the oath he had made back then, all of these scenes seemed to have happened yesterday. However, he no longer had the fighting spirit from before.

"Trash. I actually followed a useless master like you. How infuriating! "Suddenly, an extremely unwilling and angry voice sounded out in his mind.

"Who? Who's talking? "Cheng Yu sat up and looked around as he said loudly.

"Stop looking. It's in your head!" The voice in his mind sounded out again.

"What? In my head? Who are you? When did you run in? "Cheng Yu was shocked. He searched in his mind and indeed, he felt a consciousness.

"Idiot. Didn't you refine the Soul Suppressing Pagoda? I am the artifact spirit of the Soul Suppressing Pagoda, Soul Suppressor "Soul Suppressor said unhappily.

"Oh. So it's you. Are you alright?" At this moment, Cheng Yu remembered that he still had a few artifact spirits on him. However, they seemed to be injured and had entered into a deep slumber.

"Of course I'm alright. If it wasn't because the Soul Suppressing Pagoda had already recognized you as its master, I wouldn't even bother coming out to care about you." At that time, when the Soul Suppressor saw the secret room opening up, it used its last bit of energy to escape. In the end, it was blocked by the purple water and was forced to recognize Cheng Yu as its master.

As a soul artifact, how could it be willing to recognize a Foundation Establishment kid as its master? To them, this was simply a humiliation.

"Me? What's wrong with me? "Cheng Yu was puzzled.

"Low cultivation. Weak willpower. No fighting spirit. You didn't even succeed in forming your core. Is this not bad enough?" Soul Suppressor said disdainfully.

"You … who said I failed? I already possess the strength of Golden Core Realm," Cheng Yu was speechless, but he could not show weakness in front of others.