nycdaug Chapter 118 My fate is in my own hands, not in the heavens!
Chapter 118 My fate is in my own hands, not in the heavens!
"Crench."
The wooden door of the house slowly opened, and Sun Qiao'er turned around and closed the door behind her. Then she quietly walked out of Ding Yi's residence.
Inside the room, Ding Yi was still sitting at the wooden table, drinking tea and thinking about something.
After a long while, Ding Yi shook his head and turned his attention to the two packages on the table.
These two packages were naturally the things that Ding Yi had asked Sun Qiao'er to bring when he left last night.
Ding Yi first pulled over the first package, slowly opened it, and immediately revealed its contents: the explosives used by the Chaotic God Cult to attack Yu Rongguang!
There was a time when Ding Yi was troubled by the lack of gunpowder, which prevented him from creating something powerful enough with the best cost-effectiveness. Now that he has gunpowder, his firepower can naturally be upgraded to a whole new level!
The explosives used by the Chaos God Cult were contained in bamboo tubes, sealed with mud, and had a hemp thread soaked in saltpeter extending from them.
It was clear that the method of making this explosive was still very crude. Ding Yi picked it up and smelled it, and immediately smelled a strong sulfur smell.
Although he didn't open it to check the inside, Ding Yi guessed that it contained gunpowder, and he immediately began to estimate its contents in his mind.
Although the gunpowder had been obtained, Ding Yi estimated that the explosive power made from this black powder would be roughly equivalent to a full-force attack from a minor Blood Transformation cultivator.
After all, these bamboo tubes are not made of metal, so their airtightness and capacity are extremely limited. Moreover, the purity of the black powder inside is not high enough. Once they explode, their power will be far less than that of bombs on Earth.
Moreover, Sun Qiao'er's point was that the supernatural powers of those bald monks from Baiyun Temple were more defensive in nature, which made Ding Yi stroke his chin and ponder.
The next moment, Ding Yi picked up the brush and began to write the words "Breaking through the defenses of Baiyun Temple's supernatural powers, enhancing their power" on it.
[Currently, the required lifespan for enhancement is 2 months and 23 day. Enhance now?]
When Ding Yi saw this lifespan value, his eyebrows twitched, but he didn't immediately select "yes".
Next, he found a hollow bamboo tube, poured some oil into it, wrote the same words on it, and then waited quietly.
[Currently, the required lifespan for enhancement is 4 months and 17 day. Enhance now?]
"Well, it seems that gunpowder does indeed greatly reduce the lifespan consumed."
Seeing this, Ding Yi had no choice but to accept the fact and immediately picked up the explosives from the beginning and chose yes.
The next moment, a flash of light appeared before Ding Yi's eyes, and the bamboo tube of explosives on the table in front of him was completely transformed into a black barrel-shaped object.
[Toughening Grenade]
[A throwable handheld explosive, seemingly containing some special ingredient, poses a deadly threat to the heretical monks of Baiyun Temple. Note: Detonates three seconds after the fuse is pulled.]
Current life expectancy: 165 years and 148 days
"It can even be thrown from the hand, not bad. With the three-second sonic boom, it can be used for instantaneous release at the right moment."
Ding Yi looked at the grenade's description with satisfaction, then focused his attention on the last line of text.
Looking at his remaining lifespan, Ding Yi felt slightly dazed.
Last night, he killed two demonic cultivators who had reached the peak of the Xuanji Realm, which directly increased his lifespan by a hundred years, bringing his remaining lifespan to around 165 years.
But this is not the limit.
Ding Yi then looked at another wooden box on the table, picked it up, and slowly opened it.
Inside the wooden box, a faint red light emanated, revealing a blood-red statue.
This blood-red statue was brought by Sun Qiao'er from the Surveillance Department; it was part of her cultivation quota for this year.
Originally, after witnessing Sun Qiao'er's skills, Ding Yi felt it was best to leave her quota for her own cultivation, so that she could better help him in the future.
But after discovering that his Evergreen True Qi could actually be cultivated by Sun Qiao'er, Ding Yi immediately changed his mind.
The most important thing is to be strong yourself, so that you can obtain better resources in the future. At that time, you can use the Evergreen True Qi to nourish Sun Qiao'er, which will also help her improve.
Thinking of this, Ding Yi took the statue out of the wooden box, then placed one hand on the top of the statue's head and began to circulate the Exorcism Technique.
This was the first time Ding Yi had used the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths Exorcism Technique to absorb the divine statue after he had achieved minor mastery of it.
And Xiao Cheng's speed in absorbing evil energy did not disappoint Ding Yi.
[You have absorbed a trace of Yin-Yang Fiend; your lifespan has increased by 5 days.]
[You have absorbed a trace of Yin-Yang Fiend; your lifespan has increased by 5 days.]
...
Compared to before, this speed has increased tenfold!
Ding Yi was overjoyed when he saw the notification. If this speed continued, wouldn't he be drained dry by the evil energy the next time he went to the underground formation?
The speed at which the evil energy was absorbed was obviously improved; in just half an hour, Ding Yi had completed the absorption of the blood-red statue.
Ding Yi estimated that he had gained about 30 years of lifespan, bringing his total lifespan to 195 years!
With such a long lifespan, and the fact that he was about to have a showdown with Baiyun Temple, Ding Yi began to think about how to improve his strength as quickly as possible.
After some thought, Ding Yi decided to first accelerate his blood transfusion process.
Although the Evergreen Skill has many mysterious characteristics, Ding Yi is still unsure whether the effects achieved after strengthening it will meet his expectations. On the contrary, things like realms and skills are the most reliable, as they are tangible and can be held in one's hands.
At that moment, Ding Yi took out the porcelain bottle containing the Qi and Blood Pill and began to write on it.
Ding Yi first wrote down the three terms: "Breaking through blood barriers, no side effects, suitable". Then a prompt appeared in front of Ding Yi's eyes.
[Currently, the required lifespan for enhancement is 241 years and 133 days. Enhance now?]
"..."
Although he was somewhat prepared, Ding Yi was still speechless when he saw the number.
Back then, he wanted to break through the visceral barrier and enter the Blood Exchange Realm directly by relying on elixirs in the kitchen of the small courtyard. The required lifespan was as long as 112 years, which he thought was already an astronomical number. He never expected to see something even more powerful now.
Ding Yi calculated that if a normal person with average talent relied on their own cultivation without external aids, it would take about 200 years to reach perfection.
However, the lifespan of a Blood Exchange Master is only a little over 100 years. Obviously, those without talent will never be able to break through to the Blood Exchange Realm until they die.
If one has exceptional talent, it takes about fifty years to reach the Nine Extremes Perfection, at which point one can attempt to break through the Blood Barrier and enter the next realm.
As for those martial artists with exceptional talent, it's not impossible for them to break through the Blood Barrier within twenty years, which is more than ten times better than those with average talent.
Ding Yi considered himself to have only average, even poor, talent in martial arts, so he could understand why he had lived for over 200 years.
But understanding doesn't mean accepting. Ding Yi thought for a moment, wiped off the inscription on the porcelain bottle, and continued to write the words "Nine Extremes Blood Exchange Technique, Second Extreme, No Side Effects, Suitable".
This instantly increased the required lifespan for enhancement to 13 years.
Ding Yi calculated that it would take an average person about 15 years to reach the second level of cultivation, so this system seemed to offer no advantage whatsoever.
Then, Ding Yi continued to erase the entries and kept increasing the number of the Nine Transformations Blood Technique until he reached the seventh level, at which point he stopped.
[Currently, the required lifespan for enhancement is 130 years and 13 days. Enhance now?]
It's conceivable that the lifespan of the next enhanced stage would definitely exceed his current one. After thinking about it, Ding Yi decided to give up on the idea of increasing it further.
Rather than living a muddled and aimless life, merely sitting idly for a hundred years, it is better to burn oneself out and seek the Great Dao.
Yes!! Yes!! Yes!!
My fate is in my own hands, not in the hands of heaven!