Chapter 28: Cultivation Advancement, Fiery Eyes Gained
February 9, 2013 Author: Gu Zhenren
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In fact, Chu Yun had long planned to cultivate the Sky Fox into an offensive Demonic Beast.
This offense was divided into physical combat and Daoist magic attacks.
Physical combat involved strengthening the body with demonic essence for direct confrontation, similar to techniques like the Leap Technique. Daoist magic attacks included things like the Minor Dan Fire and Water Bullets.
In Chu Yun’s heart, the Sky Fox was a natural seed for Daoist magic offense!
The Sky Fox possessed extraordinary traits, with a demonic essence reserve far exceeding other Demonic Beasts. Moreover, it had the potential for nine attribute affinities. With each stage of cultivation advancement, it would grow a tail, representing a different attribute.
A nine-tailed Sky Fox could learn Daoist magic of nine different elements. A shake of its nine tails could unleash devastating flames, surging tides, clashing metal, rolling green wood, roaring winds and thunder, plunging the world into darkness. When all nine Daoist magic spells were cast simultaneously, it was like the wrath of heaven, a divine punishment from above! It would encompass everything, unstoppable!
What is a Sky Fox?
When a Sky Fox rages, it is as if heaven itself is enraged. With all nine tails shaking, the nine kinds of Daoist magic can control weather patterns, unleashing the most magnificent and glorious Daoist magic attacks. An endless barrage of firepower.
This is the Sky Fox. It is exceptionally gifted even among Supreme grade Demonic Beasts! To not cultivate it into the strongest Daoist magic attacking Demonic Beast would be a disservice to heaven’s blessings!
However, the consummation of this potential was still a distant and long way off. Cultivating to that stage would require wealth that even ten Shu Family Islands combined could not afford. Currently, Chu Yun only possessed one hundred Disha Stone Coins.
Yet, wealth alone was not enough. Extremely powerful Nine-Element Daoist magic was required.
This kind of Peerless Daoist magic was far beyond the likes of the Minor Dan Fire. It resided at the đỉnh of worldly Daoist magic and imposed strict requirements on Demonic Beasts that practiced Daoist magic. The slightest rumor of its existence would shake the world, inevitably attracting countless powerhouses to vie for it.
Fortunately, Chu Yun, in his previous life, had explored many hidden nooks and crannies and knew that some dangerous places and secret realms held Supreme grade Daoist magic.
“In the Dunhuang Sand Eye lies the Golden Sand Strange Book, which records Supreme grade Gold and Earth element Daoist magic. In Green Valley Mountain, there is a Peerless True Scripture involving the five elements. Besides these, there is a shipwreck at the bottom of the sea, containing a legendary figure’s Daoist magic Jade Slip, on which is inscribed a divine art…”
As Chu Yun pondered, his heart began to itch with eagerness. However, these locations were either extreme secret realms or guarded by ferocious Demonic Beasts. With his current strength, attempting to seize these treasures would be suicidal.
Even the Star Sea Dragon Palace, which had no guards, had the Wei Family Island nearby. If he were to go and collect the treasures, he would attract the attention of the islanders, and eventually, the news would spread, drawing strong contenders to fight for them, turning his efforts into a contribution for others.
In his previous life, Chu Yun was a top-tier explorer. His greatest wealth was this collection of secret realm divine treasures. But with his current strength, he truly couldn’t act rashly.
“One must eat one bite at a time; one cannot become a fat person all at once. Little Sky Fox, what do you say?” he sighed, speaking to the Sky Fox.
The Sky Fox’s ears immediately perked up, its little head lifted, and its bright, dark eyes gazed at its master with a hint of confusion. With its current spiritual awareness, it lacked the comprehension to grasp such complex words.
However, its master was always right. The master’s path was the path of light. The master’s thigh was to be held onto tightly!
The little Sky Fox’s eyes sparkled. Although it didn’t understand the meaning of Chu Yun’s words, it didn’t stop it from nodding along as if it did.
Chu Yun couldn’t help but chuckle. He patted the Sky Fox’s head and playfully scolded, “Little brown-noser!”
The little Sky Fox’s eyes lit up. It didn’t know what “little brown-noser” meant, but it could sense Chu Yun’s joy. A large, snow-white tail swished back and forth excitedly.
Chu Yun glanced at its large tail. The fox tail was fluffy, white as snow, and shone with a silken luster. At the tip of the tail, there was a faint red hue, making the Sky Fox appear even more tender and cute.
This was the tail representing the Fire element.
Upon hatching, it had absorbed the Vital Energy of the Nine Elements and successfully established its foundation. However, to unleash this potential, it needed to grow other tails. For now, the Sky Fox could only use Fire element Daoist magic.
Fire element Daoist magic was inherently powerful in offense, sometimes even dealing additional burning damage. It had a great restraining effect on most Demonic Beasts in the forest, which were primarily wood-element based.
Coupled with the Sky Fox’s Supreme grade innate ability and Chu Yun’s seasoned, almost monstrous, experience, this combination would be unstoppable in the outer regions of the forest, though perhaps not in the inner core. But in the outer regions, they could walk around with impunity.
Thus, without realizing it, they cultivated arduously until sunset and moonrise, the night draping over the forest. The pair, who had already stirred up the outer forest, finally ceased their activities to rest.
They had killed over a dozen wild Demonic Beasts. In just a single afternoon, the Sky Fox’s cultivation had increased from 10 years to 18 years!
This was a greater leap than what was achieved by eating the Ascension Pills that cost 10,000 Disha Stone Coins each, for both the Sea Burst Crocodile and the Green Fang Snake.
In fact, the effect was even more pronounced considering the Sky Fox’s developmental stage. Demonic Crystals contained not only Vital Energy but also the profound experiences and Daoist magic of the Demonic Beasts’ lives.
However, Demonic Crystals could only be absorbed by the one who personally killed the beast; they could not be transferred to others. Furthermore, they had a short shelf life, dissipating into Heaven and Earth within half an hour if not absorbed.
Of course, Ascension Pills also had their value.
For instance, if a Lesser Demon had 99 years of cultivation and was on the verge of becoming a Great Demon, it would need to undergo a Great Demon Tribulation to advance further.
In such a situation, engaging in combat with Demonic Beasts and absorbing Demonic Crystals would be imprudent. If they barely survived the battle, crossing the tribulation in a weakened and injured state would significantly lower their success rate.
At this point, it would be better to feed them Ascension Pills. Increasing their cultivation by one year and facing the tribulation in a peak condition would greatly enhance their chances of success.
Madame Shu, afraid that combat injuries would affect the performance of the Sea Burst Crocodile and the Green Fang Snake in the second assessment, spared no expense and spent 20,000 Disha Stone Coins on 20 Ascension Pills for them. Her generosity was immense, but it was also wasteful.
In Chu Yun’s opinion, it was not worth it.
Especially considering the final outcome, where Chu Yun was the victor…
Madame Shu’s mood was exceedingly terrible. She had spent a fortune to boost the cultivation of two Demonic Beasts, only to suffer defeat in the coming-of-age ceremony. Not only did she lose, but her reputation and honor also plummeted. Her beloved Shu Er was beaten into a pulp and would not be able to get out of bed for at least half a month.
The word “failure” was insufficient to describe her tragedy.
A crushing defeat, a complete failure, a failure beyond all failures!
Sitting numbly in a dimly lit room, Madame Shu’s face was as pale as frost. Her eyes stared blankly at the dressing table mirror before her.
In the mirror, she could dimly perceive a face.
Her face, now stripped of makeup, was sallow and dull, covered in wrinkles, with dark circles under her eyes, exuding a look of dejection and despair. The relentless passage of time and harsh reality had acted like the sharpest carving knife, brutally etching indelible marks onto her once radiant face.
Decades! A full decade of forbearance and torment, and just when a glimmer of hope finally appeared, this happened!
Madame Shu clutched her chest, feeling a suffocating despair.
In a daze, a young man’s figure appeared in the mirror. Dressed in simple clothes, his deep, dark eyes held a bone-chilling coldness and hatred.
Chu Yun?
“Shut up! When did I ever recognize you as my adoptive mother? You are not worthy of being my elder!”
“Sooner or later, I will return here openly.”
“I will snatch the inheritance of Shu Family Island fiercely from your hands!”
The young man in the mirror suddenly contorted his face and hissed menacingly at Madame Shu.
“Ah! What a ungrateful wretch, you little beast!” Madame Shu shrieked, her body trembling violently, like a black cat whose tail had been stepped on, going mad.
She grabbed whatever was at hand and, with all her might, hurled it at the dressing mirror.
With a crash, the mirror shattered. Chu Yun’s phantom disappeared. Only then did she gasp for breath, gradually calming down.
“No, I cannot allow it! I have endured for decades, and it’s almost over. I absolutely cannot let that brat Chu Yun ruin my grand plan!” Her well-maintained hands were now gnarled like chicken claws, intertwined, with veins bulging.
Her eyes flashed with unprecedented madness and coldness!
“The coming-of-age ceremony is best two out of three. Unless Chu Yun voluntarily forfeits, I have no hope. Of course, he won’t forfeit voluntarily, so I’ll have to make him do so passively. Chu Yun, you forced me! You forced me!! Heh heh heh, ho ho ho ho…”
A cold laugh echoed through the darkness, and the temperature in the room plummeted. An eerie wind blew, as if ghosts and spirits were wandering within.
…
Light and warm.
It felt like returning to the womb, and Chu Yun experienced an extreme sense of comfort. It was also like soaking in a hot spring; he could clearly feel a warm current flowing through his body, and an indescribable sense of bliss permeated his limbs and joints. Every cell in his body rejoiced.
He moaned contentedly and opened his eyes.
He had woken up.
It was the next day.
The scene before his eyes was still the volcanic cave where he had hatched the egg initially. Chu Yun blinked, recalling that after sunset yesterday, he had continued to cultivate until midnight before returning to the cave to rest.
Tonight, with the Sky Fox by his side, it was many times safer than before, and he slept soundly.
He stretched, and heard a series of faint cracking sounds from his bones. Taking a breath, Chu Yun felt refreshed. His body was full of energy, as if he had inexhaustible strength.
He froze for a moment, finally realizing that some changes had occurred within him.
Now, as long as he concentrated his gaze, the scene in his vision would change. Some objects were covered with a faint red glow, and red energy seemed to flow in the air.
“Is this Fire element Vital Energy? I can actually see Fire Vital Energy so early? I have the Fiery Eyes?” Chu Yun’s heart leaped with joy. His gaze quickly shifted to the Sky Fox, which was already looking up at him, its watery eyes waiting for breakfast.
Chu Yun couldn’t help but smile. With a hint of gratitude and surprise, he began to feed it.
He knew that these physical changes were all thanks to the little creature before him.
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