nycdaug Chapter 121 Beast Tide 23
Chapter 121 Beast Tide 23
Cheng Jiu knew that Immortal Lord Qingxu possessed a Time Dao Seed, but he didn't expect that his mastery of space was equally impressive.
In Xuanze's words, this freak seems to be capable of anything.
After parting ways with Immortal Lord Qingyang, Immortal Lord Qingxu brought her to the outskirts of Qingli City.
Cheng Jiu of Guiyuan Sect learned that the pressure of the beast tide in the wilderness had decreased, but when he arrived at the city under Guiyuan Sect, he found that the beast tide outside the wilderness had not decreased, but had even increased to a higher level than before!
Previously, the main force was led by cultivators at the Dao Integration stage and those at the Tribulation Transcending stage, but this time she actually saw a demon beast at the Mahayana stage!
The demonic beasts from the inner perimeter of the Qingli Mountains have all come out!
In the cultivation world, demonic beasts are also a cultivation resource, and vast areas of the cultivation world are occupied by demonic beasts.
These demonic beasts lurk deep in the mountains, which are extremely dangerous, but they also represent the abundance of cultivation resources in the cultivation world.
The beast tide has lasted for nearly half a year, during which countless monsters have died, and even monsters from the inner perimeter of the mountain range have emerged.
If this continues, large numbers of monsters will die, leading to the extinction of their races.
It's unknown how many years it will take to fully recover. During this time, there will definitely be a period of resource scarcity in the cultivation world.
Reduced resources mean increased competition, insufficient resources for cultivation, and even a potential decrease in the cultivation ceiling.
This can be seen from the former city of Kamule, where the strongest cultivators were at the Golden Core stage. In addition to the fact that the cultivators' aptitude was generally average, cultivation resources were also extremely scarce.
Cheng Jiu didn't dare teach them alchemy at first; instead, he taught them to grind spiritual herbs into powder.
The alchemy process consumes too many spiritual herbs, and the resources of Kamule City are extremely scarce, so it simply cannot withstand such a waste.
Most of the disciples recruited by sects in the cultivation world are still people from the cultivation world itself.
If the beast tide is allowed to continue unchecked, a large number of people will certainly not survive, and there will be heavy casualties.
A declining population means fewer births, and fewer births mean fewer disciples to be recruited in the future.
Disciples are the pillars of a sect. One year is fine, but once three years have passed, even the five major sects cannot withstand it.
The five major sects all took on their responsibilities, not only sending disciples and elders to protect the people, but also contributing a large amount of resources to defend against the beast tide and protect the city.
It seems as if the universe is placing monsters and ordinary people on the same scale, leaving the choice between monsters and ordinary people.
Aside from the complex environment of Netherworld City, they were willing but powerless.
All five major sects chose to do their utmost to defend the city and protect the people.
Perhaps the sect leaders didn't notice it at first, but as the beast tide intensified, they became more and more sensitive to it.
If it weren't for the fact that most of the fighting force had gone to the outer battlefield, the sect leaders probably would have sent elders to forcibly resolve the beast tide three months before it started.
In fact, the Dragon Abyss Sect has already begun to suppress the beast tide, and the power of the beast tide has been greatly reduced.
Why wasn't it all forcibly suppressed?
Because in addition to serving the Longyuan Sect's territory, they also have to serve their own patrons.
Medicine King Valley paid a hefty price for this beast tide. With both sects working together, even the mighty Dragon Abyss Sect was struggling to keep up.
Outside the gates of Qingli City, there were countless demonic beasts. In the later stages, the two Mahayana Immortal Lords in the city rarely took action unless the city gates could not hold out.
An ice dragon emerged from the void, and the monsters that had been attacking all turned their attention to what was behind them, ceasing their attacks as if facing a great terror.
Immortal Lord Qingxu instructed Cheng Jiu: "I heard from the sect leader that you comprehended the Dao Seed during your Nascent Soul stage?"
Cheng Jiu looked at the Dao Seed with a face full of doubt. What Dao Seed?
When Immortal Lord Qingxu was undergoing his tribulation, she only heard the elders around her say that Immortal Lord Qingxu had comprehended two Dao Seeds, but her cultivation level was too low to see it at all.
I could only vaguely sense that the laws of time and ice were relatively abundant.
This is because she has a sensitive constitution.
She couldn't see anything else besides that; she had nothing to draw inspiration from.
So when she first heard about something as lofty and profound as the Dao Seed, she was completely bewildered.
Does she have it?
She subconsciously sank into her dantian, where Xiao Cheng Jiu sat cross-legged.
After looking her up and down, she finally focused her attention on the two green orbs that were surrounding the nascent soul.
Seeing her doubt, Immortal Lord Qingxu affirmed, "This is the seed of the Dao."
He didn't check Cheng Jiu's dantian. He already knew that this little disciple was somewhat insensitive to the common knowledge of the cultivation world, but his talent was very high, so all he needed was for his master to remind him from time to time.
Cheng Jiu was surprised to find that the two orbs of light were actually the legendary Dao Seeds.
His divine sense tried to touch the two orbs of light, but was stopped by Immortal Lord Qingxu, who said it was not the right time yet.
Looking down at the horde of beasts, Immortal Lord Qingxu turned to Cheng Jiu and said, "Take a good look at this."
Cheng Jiu nodded, closed his eyes, and as Qingxu Immortal Lord moved, Cheng Jiu clearly felt the temperature drop, and the surrounding icy spiritual energy rose at a visible speed, filling this world.
When I opened my eyes again, all I could see was pure white snow and a vast expanse of white earth.
"Master?" Cheng Jiu looked at Qingxu Immortal Lord.
Despite creating such a grand scene, Immortal Lord Qingxu remained unperturbed, as if he had only unleashed a small move that was not enough to expend any of his energy.
Immortal Lord Qingxu opened his hand, and a stream of icy blue spiritual energy surrounded his palm, like a small vortex. All spiritual energy drawn into it was transformed into icy spiritual energy.
"This is what your master wanted to teach you!" After saying this, Immortal Lord Qingxu slightly clenched his hand, and the small vortex shattered in his hand.
In the world of cultivation, the competition is based on the spiritual energy reserves within one's body. Generally, the side with more spiritual energy has an advantage over the side with less spiritual energy, and the techniques they use will be more powerful.
On the same level, with the same weapons and equipment, very few people can fight beyond their level.
The reason is that the spells used by people with more spiritual energy are far more powerful than those used by people with less spiritual energy, which is why the strength of each stage is divided quite strictly.
If another Great Ascension stage Immortal Lord had used the same move as Qingxu Immortal Lord, they definitely wouldn't have been able to do it as easily as Qingxu Immortal Lord.
How can one unleash such a powerful move with limited spiritual energy?
This is what Immortal Lord Qingxu wanted to teach his disciple.
When one's own spiritual energy reserves are limited, one can draw upon external spiritual energy.
"Little Jiu, where do you think you can draw upon spiritual power the most?" Immortal Lord Qingxu asked his little disciple.
Without hesitation, Cheng Jiu replied, "Forest!"
Immortal Lord Qingxu nodded: "But what if there is no forest? Even if you are in a forest, how will you mobilize the wood elemental energy within it?"
Cheng Jiu asked doubtfully, "Is it difficult to mobilize spiritual energy?"
It was not difficult for Cheng Jiu at all. She didn't know about others, but she herself had been able to communicate with trees and mobilize them to help her escape danger since she was a child.
Later, she comprehended the Law of Wood and realized that the trees she summoned also utilized the wood elemental energy in the air to some extent.
After listening to her explanation and watching Cheng Jiu demonstrate the moves to him, Qingxu Immortal Lord fell silent.
It seems there's no need to start from the beginning; his apprentices have already taken the lead on this path.
Since that's the case, Immortal Lord Qingxu decided to get straight to the point.
His assessment of Cheng Jiu's moves was that they were too crude.
Cheng Jiu looked unconvinced upon hearing this.
Seeing his little apprentice's unconvinced look, Immortal Lord Qingxu chose to use his strength to make his little apprentice submit.
He suppressed his cultivation level to be similar to Cheng Jiu's and simply gave him some guidance.
Immortal Lord Qingxu's main purpose was to teach his disciple. In order to make his disciple more intuitively aware of his own shortcomings, he had been working with Cheng Jiu to hone his skills and examine Cheng Jiu's progress over the years.
Cheng Jiu didn't feel anything; he was completely stunned by his master's beating.
She experienced the feeling of spiritual energy being depleted for the first time in a long time.
Even though both of them unleashed their ultimate moves, the master still managed to handle it with ease!
If your cultivation levels are similar, it's one thing to lose, but to not even make the other feel tired is going too far.
Watching Cheng Jiu finally face things properly under his loving guidance.
Immortal Lord Qingxu looked at his disciple with satisfaction.
Whose disciple could comprehend the Sword Realm at the Nascent Soul stage like Cheng Jiu, and even be able to make preliminary use of the laws? It must be his! He suppressed the urge to show off to his old friends.
Once Cheng Jiu recovered, he immediately asked, "Master, how did you do that?"
Her master is using way too much spiritual energy. Doesn't he think it's excessive?
The spiritual energy of heaven and earth is mainly composed of the five elements!
Moreover, they were in the mountains, so shouldn't she have the advantage in that situation?
However, judging from Cheng Jiu's experience in the fight just now, the spiritual energy she could mobilize was far less than that of her master.
Upon hearing this, Immortal Lord Qingxu did not explain, but instead said, "Try to comprehend it again."
Upon hearing this, Cheng Jiu once again sensed the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. The abundant five elements spiritual energy from before had disappeared, and the icy spiritual energy roamed domineeringly in the air.
Cheng Jiu's eyes widened in surprise. Ah! Isn't this something that high-level cultivators are born with, capable of converting the surrounding spiritual energy into their own?
Cheng Jiu has always believed this. For example, her master's Qingxu Palace, which never melts, is only filled with icy spiritual energy because her master cultivated there.
So that's not how it is? Was it just because she thought so?
But that's probably true. After all, the peak masters in places like Medicine Peak are quite powerful, but their palaces aren't as extreme as her master's.
Immortal Lord Qingxu was very pleased to see that her disciple had finally discovered the problem, and began to explain.
Before reaching the Nascent Soul stage and comprehending the laws, cultivators mostly compete by utilizing the spiritual energy within their bodies. However, once they reach the Nascent Soul stage and comprehend the laws, using those laws will more or less draw upon the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
Most people didn't notice or care because the battles at this time mainly relied on one's own spiritual energy.
However, their ancestor was exceptionally gifted and keenly sensed this part of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
Human beings have limited spiritual energy, but the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is infinite. How can we use limited spiritual energy to draw upon infinite spiritual energy?
Through his research and experimentation, he explored and eventually invented this method of maximizing the use of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, which he passed down as a secret technique.
This is also why every generation of the Qingxu Immortal Lord's lineage can produce geniuses who can fight beyond their level.
According to our ancestors' research, there are four methods for drawing spiritual energy: cooperation, command, enticement, and transformation.
Qingxu Immortal Lord's master also possessed the Five Elements Spiritual Root, and the Five Elements Spiritual Energy in the world was sufficient for his use.
When I was teaching Immortal Lord Qingxu, I simply transmitted all the secret techniques into his sea of consciousness so that he could comprehend them on his own.
Although Immortal Lord Qingxu was highly talented, he still suffered a lot when he first comprehended and applied this secret technique.
Therefore, in Tutorial Nine, he did not become a hands-off manager like his mentor, but instead chose to guide.
Take Immortal Lord Qingxu himself as an example. He has an ice spiritual root. Although there are few cultivators with ice spiritual roots, ice spiritual energy in the world is indeed relatively rare.
Why is this secret technique primarily based on the spiritual roots possessed by cultivators?
What a stupid question! Of course, it's because when you draw Qi into your body, if you have a water spiritual root and try to flirt with fire spiritual Qi, see if it will even acknowledge you.
The method that Immortal Lord Qingxu comprehended was based on the principle that water can condense into ice.
When he uses his moves, he spreads out ice spiritual energy. The amount of ice spiritual energy in each space is about the same, which can just draw out the water spiritual energy between heaven and earth and transform it into ice spiritual energy.
That's why Cheng Jiu was able to sense the rapid increase in the amount of ice spiritual energy between heaven and earth. Even when using techniques like freezing, the spiritual energy consumed was not much.
This is called transformation. Besides the small vortex that Qingxu Immortal Lord showed to Cheng Jiu before, which is also a kind of transformation, transformation is not just something that can be used in techniques.
It can also be used in daily life. For example, since Qingxu Immortal Lord comprehended this secret technique, a vortex has always surrounded him, constantly attracting the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and transforming it into ice spiritual energy.
Besides incorporating this ice spiritual energy into the body during cultivation, it can also be drawn upon during combat when spiritual energy is urgently needed.
That's why the place where he cultivates has such a high concentration of ice spiritual energy; these are all his reserve spiritual energy.
But there's another problem: spiritual energy is free-flowing, and if it's not absorbed, it easily dissipates into the world. How did Immortal Lord Qingxu manage to trap this spiritual energy around himself?
This is the combination of enticement and command. The so-called command includes the cultivator absorbing the spiritual energy in their body. This spiritual energy can be used by the cultivator as if they were commanding it.
The allure is the affinity of the spiritual energy in the world that a cultivator senses. Immortal Lord Qingxu himself has the Heavenly Ice Spiritual Root, so his affinity for ice spiritual energy is quite high.
Based on this, he forcibly transformed the surrounding spiritual energy into commands, causing this spiritual energy to constantly surround him. When the spiritual energy clumps together and forms a vortex, it will unconsciously absorb the surrounding spiritual energy.
Finally, there is cooperation, which runs through the entire process. Whether it is absorbing spiritual energy or transforming spiritual energy, it is all a process of cooperation.
To give another example, Cheng Jiu's use of the Wood Law to activate spiritual energy is actually a collaborative process.
Cheng Jiu uses some spiritual energy to exchange for the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, which is equivalent to a cooperative exchange. However, Cheng Jiu does not discuss the proportion with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, but only draws in as much as he can, which makes the efficiency quite low.
Because Cheng Jiu had drawn in a lot of spiritual energy from heaven and earth, he would be lucky to get three to seven tenths of it.
Unlike Immortal Lord Qingxu, when he uses a move, he probably only uses less than one-tenth of his own spiritual energy. The vast majority of his energy comes from drawing upon the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and he uses very little of his own spiritual power.
In this situation, even if he faces a high-level cultivator, he will definitely not be at a disadvantage. In a battle of attrition, the opponent might not even be able to defeat him.