World of Cultivation - Chapter 690

Chapter 690
Chapter Six Hundred and Ninety – The Gravestone Oath

“They really are trash!” Anger flashed through the eyes of the middle-aged person . “They have lost the face of the Ji Family! If he wasn’t my son, humph!”

The last word was spat out murderously . The temperature in the room suddenly dropped .

Ji Heng, the present patriarch of the Ji Family . He was not the eldest son of his family but his marshal level power had allowed him to become the patriarch without any opposition . In the decades that he had been the patriarch, the power of Horizontal Jie’s Ji Family had expanded quickly .

“Young Master has five general level guards . This person having defeated them in a flash is not weak . ” The one who spoke was a middle-aged man with a goatee . He was Ji Xi, a member of the Ji Family’s branch family . However, he had the position of chief steward and was deeply trusted by Ji Heng .

“Have A Heng go and pick up that trash . Every time he goes out, he embarrasses us! After he returns, throw him into the Deep Mo Hole,” Ji Heng said coolly .

Ji Xi’s heart shook . The Deep Mo Hole was the cruelest training ground the Ji Family had . It was filled with demonic monsters and it had been many years since someone dared to go down . Being sent there had now become a form of punishment in the clan . Those that had committed great wrongs were thrown in there . If they were able to come out of there alive, they were spared their death sentence .

“Young Master is slightly proud, but he has not committed any major mistakes … …” Ji Xi couldn’t help but urge . He knew that if Young Master was thrown into the Deep Mo Hole, he wouldn’t be able to come out alive with his power .

Ji Heng smiled coldly, his white teeth cruel . “If he cannot climb out, he is not qualified to be my son . ”

Ji Xi was silent . He knew that Master had already made his decision and any further attempts at persuading him was futile .

Ji Heng did not look at Ji Xi and said to himself . “As to that person who acted against us, have A Heng take care of him . ”

Ji Xi nodded to indicated his understanding . He changed the topic . “Master, we haven’t heard any news from the people we sent to the Mo Shen Temple . They most likely have all died . ”

A shadow flashed through Ji Heng’s eyes . He sneered coldly and said, “The Mo Shen Temple does have some skill to have formed shen power . Is there any news of Xiao Mo Ge?”

The Mo Shen Temple gave him great pressure . Marshal level had only days ago been the greatest power in the mo territories but now they were not .

The Mo Shen Temple was now the strongest existence!

“No . ” Ji Xi shook his head . “He seems to have suddenly disappeared . According to our investigation, the elder corps of Xuan Kong Temple came to capture Xiao Mo Ge . Three of the elders died in the hands of Xiao Mo Ge’s group . The Mo Shen Temple’s people appeared along the way . Strangely, Mo Shen Temple and Xiao Mo Ge did not have a conflict . ”

Ji Heng had a thoughtful expression . A moment later, he raised his head . “Pay attention to Xiao Mo Ge . His shen power is not as powerful as the Mo Shen Temple but he does not have a shen temple, he should be cultivating it some other way . ”

“Yes!” Ji Xi responded and then left the room .

Ji Heng sank into deep thought . Moments later, he suddenly rose, left the room, and flew into the air .

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A short while later, he came to a well-concealed valley . The surroundings were heavily guarded .

He was very familiar with this place . Entering the mountain valley, there was a shen temple .

While the shen temple was still incomplete, but there was a sacrificial altar and the main temple . It could be seen that the shen temple hadn’t been constructed recently . It was at least a decade old . He slowly walked to the center of the sacrificial altar and spread his arms . A strange feeling rose .

No one knew that ten years ago, he had started to study shen power .

But ten years had passed, and progress had been slow . Shen power was a sensitive matter . Out of consideration for secrecy, he had never publicized the shen temple .

The sudden appearance of the Mo Shen Temple was a great blow for him .

So belief was the most important thing!

A hint of decisiveness flashed across his eyes .

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As he continued to cultivate, Zuo Mo’s spell skill level rose rapidlly . His ling power was the weakest of the three powers . Every improvement in that would directly increase Zuo Mo’s skill at controlling shen power .

According to Pu Yao’s new categorization method, his mo physique skill level barely reached first-class, his yao arts were second-class, and his spell skill level, even after his furious cultivation spree, had just reached third-class .

Pu Yao judged that Zuo Mo’s shen power control was third-class . The most important cause was that his skill with spells was dragging him down .

There was someone to compare to . That rhinoceros mo god . Pu Yao’s judgement of him was earth level in power, first-class in technique!

It could be seen just how great the difference between them was . It wasn’t just the difference in shen power, even the difference in technique was great .

However, Zuo Mo was not dispirited . He was filled with fighting spirit .

The shen power inside his body was growing everyday, and his technique was growing better by the day . His right hand could endlessly provide him with shen power as though he had a natural shen crystal inside his body . This was an advantage that no one else had .

As for techniques, Pu Yao had already made a list for him . If he could master those frightening spells, he believed that he could conquer shen power .

In Pu Yao’s model, if Zuo Mo’s shen power methodology could reach first-class, and his shen power level reached intermediate mortal level, or if his methodology was second-class and his shen power was late mortal level, he would be able to match a marshal level without the Little Mo Treasure Cup .

Zuo Mo did not have any interest in marshal level .

But he was enchanted with the study of shen power methodology . It would allow him to more easily discover the mysteries of shen power and could help him understand the underlying principles of shen power .

For other people, fighting was the most important .

But for Zuo Mo, what he needed to discover was the essence of shen power .

If he could understand the principles of shen power then he would have a way to resolve the Undying Shen Punishment .

When a certain technique was practiced to a very high level, its power could allow you to hold an advantageous position in battle . This was the common saying “one novel move to make a living . ” Once one had several of these moves, the chances of victory would greatly increase .

But if you wanted to discover the roots of power, you needed to understand as many methods of use as possible . Each method represented utilization of a certain quality of that power .

The more qualities of the power you mastered, the closer you were to the true essence of the power .

This path he chose was the more difficult path .

Also, the practice of methodology was something that one could not take a short-cut with . It was completely a labor of effort . One had to tirelessly practice it over and over until it became instinct .

Only then would this method, or rather, this quality of power became something that you understood at a fundamental level rather than just cursory understanding .

This was what Zuo Mo was pursuing . His right hand that could continuously form shen power enabled him to invest more time into the dull and vast practice of methods .

Zuo Mo had finished using the shen crystal . He made a general estimate . The shen power contained in the shen crystal was about twenty days worth of shen power produced by Zuo Mo’s right hand . This amount was significant .

Undoubtedly, if he could possess enough shen crystals, it would greatly increase the progress of his shen power cultivation .

There was still a while before reaching Hundred Energy Jie . He decided to temporarily put this matter aside until he reached there .

He had carefully recorded what he had experienced in during his study . Then he passed these reflections back to Cloud Sea Jie through Pu Yao . These reflections would be organized and then added to the Pu Wei Library .

Zuo Mo did not hide anything on how to cultivate shen power . He did not have the time to go back to Cloud Sea Jie so he could only use this method to make a minor contribution to Cloud Sea Jie .

But Zuo Mo had never thought that this action, one he felt minor, would directly push Cloud Sea Jie into the era of shen power .

Pu Wei Library had a strict entrance policy . Those that were able to enter at the present were those that had followed him for a long time . Zuo Mo’s subordinates had a nearly blind trust in him . The cultivation reflections among the great number of jade scrolls were always the most welcome content .

In the present Cloud Sea Jie, cultivating three powers at the same time was a new fad .

Due to their isolated location, they did not have much information coming in from the outside world . However, their trust in Zuo Mo allowed them to unhesitatingly choose to cultivate the three powers .

Zuo Mo did not know of all this .

In the sea of consciousness, the three were in discussion .

“Progress is too slow . ” Pu Yao frowned . He was not satisfied with Zuo Mo’s progress . “Based on this speed, it would take at least five years for your spells to reach first-class alone! You also have to elevate your yao arts to first-class . ”

Zuo Mo also didn’t know what to do . His talent on spells was the weakest of the three powers . He had diligently followed Pu Yao’s cultivation plan but Pu Yao was still dissatisfied with his rate of progress . The difficulty of moving from third-class to second-class was far great difficulty, and moving from second to first class was multiple times more difficult than that .

Pu Yao also didn’t have a solution . Zuo Mo was hardworking almost beyond Pu Yao’s imagination, but his lack of skill and talent in spells was almost beyond Pu Yao’s imagination . Zuo Mo was, however, unusually outstanding in the mo skills and yao arts .

Damn it, spells were about to become Zuo Mo’s shortcoming!

Pu Yao’s expression was slightly ugly . If Zuo Mo’s spell skill level really wasted too much time, then it meant that the path that he had modeled had a fatal weakness .

At this time, Wei suddenly spoke, “Maybe you can try the Gravestone Oath . ”

“Gravestone Oath?” Zuo Mo stilled . “What is that?”

He hadn’t thought that Pu Yao who usually looked down on Wei and had repeated objected to this to say, “Maybe you can try it . ”

Zuo Mo looked in confusion at the duo .

Wei slowly spoke, “The Gravestone Oath is a method of using the Gravestone Armor . ”

“Gravestone Armor?” Zuo Mo’s expression was blank . He could not connect the topic at hand to the Gravestone Armor .

“The use of the Gravestone Armor is actually a kind of self-sacrifice . In essence, it is a trade . Sacrifice oneself in trade for power to protect . ” Wei’s expression was solemn and carried an indescribable devoutness .

Zuo Mo jumped in fright . “You are saying for me to turn into the Gravestone Armor?”

“It can be said to be something like that, but also not . ” Wei said calmly, “In the past, in order to obtain the power for me to protect my tribe, I chose to make the greatest sacrifice in order to gain the greatest amount of power . But you do not need this kind of power . Similarly, you do not have make such a large sacrifice . This is the rule of the gravestone . ”

Zuo Mo seemed to understand slightly .

“The Gravestone Oath is frequently used by the inheritors of the Gravestone Armor . In order to pursue greater cultivation, they would frequently swear certain directed oaths . ”

Zuo Mo inquired, “You mean that I need to accept your inheritance?”

Translator Ramblings: Going away on a trip starting tomorrow . Nothing will be impacted except that I will have less time to look at comments and reply .