Translator: Cinder Translations
The next day.
Song Wen arrived early at the human snake cave.
He handed over the corpses of the dead human snakes and the injured ones that had been severed into two pieces to Liu Jiang.
Seeing Song Wen pull out the severed limbs of the human snakes and pile them up on the ground, Liu Jiang's face turned ashen.
The Alchemy Peak had a total of eleven second-tier human snakes, with Song Wen having seven, Zhang Bing and Li Shi each having one, and two kept in the human snake cave.
These human snakes were all cultivated with great effort by Liu Jiang, and now they were all dead.
This ant he needed to quickly cultivate a few new human snakes to compensate for the losses.
To avoid delaying Song Wen and the others in refining the Mystic Qi, Liu Jiang had been working day and night to cultivate the human snakes.
Now that he suddenly lost so many human snakes, it was inevitable that Liu Jiang felt displeased.
"Who did this?" Liu Jiang gritted his teeth.
"Didn't Elder Liu hear about the incident at Alchemy Peak last night?"
Liu Jiang shook his head. "What major event happened at Alchemy Peak? I've been in the human snake cave for the past few days and haven't left my cave."
Song Wen briefly recounted the events from last night.
As for the conspiracy between him and Zhou Siyi, that was sothing he certainly could not disclose.
"Zhou Xuelin is dead!"
Liu Jiang looked incredulous.
Song Wen didn't want to dwell on this matter too much and changed the subject.
"Elder Liu, all the human snakes in my cave have been lost. Can you provide with a few second-tier human snakes?"
"A few? Not even one," Liu Jiang's eyes widened.
"I only have two second-tier human snakes here. I plan to cultivate them for the long term to help them advance to the late stage of the second tier."
So far, the highest cultivation level of the human snakes he had cultivated was only at the mid-second tier.
Once the human snakes reached the mid-second tier, it seed they entered a bottleneck, and their strength growth slowed significantly.
Song Wen smiled and said, "Elder Liu, if I don't have even one second-tier human snake, the Grand Elder will surely bla ."
Liu Jiang frowned in thought for a while before finally letting out a resigned sigh.
"Alright, I'll give you one for now. In the future, when I cultivate new second-tier human snakes, I will provide them to you first."
"Thank you, Elder Liu." Song Wen cupped his hands in gratitude.
Then, Song Wen pointed to the human snake that had been severed in two and asked, "How long will it take for this human snake to recover?"
Liu Jiang replied, "It was injured by a Golden Core cultivator's sword energy. Although it managed to survive, it will likely take a considerable amount of ti to reconnect its severed limbs."
"Then I will trouble you, Elder Liu."
...
With only one human snake in hand, Song Wen felt a sudden sense of relaxation.
This allowed him more ti to focus on cultivation and practicing alchemy.
The refinent of the Blood Spirit Pill beca increasingly proficient, and he did not neglect the practice of the "Ten Thousand Poisons Body" technique.
Zhou Siyi disappeared for a while and only reappeared in the human snake cave after a month.
She ca to resign from her position.
Zhou Siyi had no interest in refining the human snake Mystic Qi. Before, she had been forced to stay in the human snake cave by Zhou Xuelin.
However, she did not leave the Alchemy Peak; instead, she began working in the Xuan Pill Room as an alchemist.
Without Zhou Xuelin's constraints, Zhou Siyi beca much more carefree.
She no longer deliberately pretended to be soone detached; instead, she beca more
stable and patient in her alchemy and cultivation.
Song Wen also frequently visited the Xuan Pill Room to practice alchemy, often encountering
Zhou Siyi.
Every ti she saw Song Wen, Zhou Siyi seed very happy.
She would often seek out Song Wen to share insights on alchemy and discuss the challenges
she encountered in her refining and cultivation.
Ti flies...
In the blink of an eye, a year has passed.
Now, Song Wen has four second-tier human snakes in his possession.
The one that has undergone the most refinents has reached ten tis, and the human
snake has once again fused with Mystic Qi.
One day, Song Wen entered the human snake cave and was surprised to see an unexpected
figure.
"Elder Rong, you've co out of seclusion?"
Originally, Rong Jingyun had closed herself off to break through the bottleneck of the late Foundation Establishnt stage, and Fang Peng had predicted that she would need at least two to three years.
It has only been a little over a year, and she is already out.
"This breakthrough was very smooth. After advancing to the peak of the Foundation
Establishnt stage, I imdiately ca out," Rong Jingyun said.
With her cultivation progressing, Rong Jingyun was in a good mood.
"Then congratulations, Elder Rong, you've taken another step closer to forming your Golden -Core."
Rong Jingyun smiled and said, "I've just broken through to the peak of the Foundation Establishnt stage. My cultivation is still not stable enough, so it's too early to talk about forming a Golden Core."
"Since your cultivation is still not stable, why is Elder Rong in such a hurry to co out?"
Song Wen asked.
"In two years, the Canglan Secret Realm will open, and I need to seize the ti to prepare. As
for stabilizing my cultivation, both can be done simultaneously without any delay," Rong Jingyun explained.
"The Canglan Secret Realm?" Song Wen frowned and asked.
"Does Elder Wu not know about the Canglan Secret Realm?"
"I've heard of it before."
Rong Jingyun seed sowhat surprised but quickly smiled in relief.
"It's not surprising that you haven't heard of the Canglan Secret Realm since you used to be a
loose cultivator."
Next, with Rong Jingyun's explanation, Song Wen gained a general understanding of the
Canglan Secret Realm.
It is a secret realm jointly controlled by the five major orthodox sects.
Now that the Nine Palaces Sect has rebelled against the orthodox sect, they have been
stripped of the qualification to enter the secret realm.
Inside the Canglan Secret Realm, there are two renowned treasures: the Ten Thousand-Year
Spiritual Liquid and the Yin-Yang Blood Weeping Branch.
The Yin-Yang Blood Weeping Branch is a primary ingredient for refining Golden Cores.
The Ten Thousand-Year Spiritual Liquid is ford by the gathering of heavenly and earthly spiritual energy, sowhat similar to spirit stones, but it can quickly provide a large amount
of spiritual energy for cultivators and is much easier to absorb than spirit stones, as it can be
consud directly.
"Elder Rong, are you preparing for forming your Golden Core?" Song Wen asked.
"The Canglan Secret Realm only opens once every fifty years. Now that I've just advanced to
the peak of the Foundation Establishnt stage, I want to go in and take a look," Rong Jingyun said.
"Is there a cultivation level restriction for entering the Canglan Secret Realm?" Song Wen
asked.
"As long as one's cultivation is below the Golden Core stage, they can enter. Our sect only allows Foundation Establishnt cultivators to enter," Rong Jingyun replied.
"Is there a limit on the number of people who can enter the Canglan Secret Realm each ti?"
Song Wen asked.
"Not really. The Canglan Secret Realm is fraught with dangers, and there aren't many people
who enter each ti. In previous openings, generally only a few dozen people would enter,"
Rong Jingyun explained.
Then, Rong Jingyun asked in return.
"Elder Wu, why are you inquiring about this so thoroughly? Are you planning to enter the
Canglan Secret Realm?"
Song Wen smiled sheepishly.
"The Canglan Secret Realm has the spirit herbs needed for forming a Golden Core, which is sothing I long for. However, with my current cultivation, entering the Canglan Secret Realm might be dangerous. Asking a few more questions is rely to satisfy my curiosity."
Rong Jingyun replied, "The path of cultivation is long and difficult; there are no shortcuts.
Elder Wu is still young and doesn't need to rush. Be patient in your training, and your cultivation will naturally improve."
"Thank you for your guidance, Elder Rong." Song Wen clasped his hands in gratitude.
Author's Note
Zhou Siyi's ending does not align with the outline; within the established context, she is a
tragic character (there was foreshadowing earlier).
She was frad and died because of it, and her death serves to highlight the villainy of the one who plotted against her and the cruelty of the cultivation world. I've discovered while writing that if I follow the original plan, the plot will appear unreasonable and make Zhou Siyi seem foolish. So, starting from the previous few chapters, the content slightly deviated from the outline.
(Her ending was influenced sowhat by readers; after all, so have indicated they
wouldn't support if I didn't give her a better fate.)
I'm quite anxious about this, so I ask everyone for their continued support. Thank you!
(End of the Chapter)
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