World of Cultivation - Chapter 857

Chapter 857
Chapter Eight Hundred and Fifty Seven – Guidance

“What do you know about his origins?” Gu Yan had a grave face . He was one of Hai Xin Bing’s great generals and responsible for the matter of Wu Ge City . Gu Yan was about forty years old, dressed like a scholar, and his eyes would occasionally flash with cold light .

Each nether lord had the right to build their own mansion . Hai Xin Bing’s Northern Plains Ice Mansion was full of dragons and tigers . Gu Yan was deeply trusted by Hai Xin Bing Daren but he did not dare to slack off . The infighting inside the mansion far surpassed people’s imaginations .

A mere black nether metal mine was not enough to personally disturb Hai Xin Bing .

“Origins unknown, but he walked out of the Cold Nether Bog, just outside Little Serene Town . When he appeared he was dragging five coffins . Then he travelled using an extraordinary chariot . Everywhere it passed, wind and thunder roared . ” The intelligence network of Northern Plain Ice Mansion was extensive, they had investigated thoroughly in a short time . “This person has completely white-hair, but his face is young . His true age is hard to estimate . He has a youth with him, about twenty or so, who is extremely powerful . Supposedly, Tuoba Min of the Yin Tomb Guards lost in one exchange . The two hundred guards with Tuoba Min were defeated in a short amount of time . ”

“Tuoba Min?” Gu Yan frowned . The name sounded familiar, but he could not recall the individual .

The subordinate hurriedly said, “He is Tuoba Yu’s younger brother but he is not as strong as his older brother . He is a colonel in the Yin Tomb Guards . ”

Gu Yan nodded . “Ah, he’s the younger brother of Tuoba Yu . ”

He knew Tuoba Yu . This person was a famed expert among the Yin Tomb Guards . The [Three Serene Shen Sword] the other had created was unique . In the Nether Realm, there were only a few that cultivated sword scriptures . This person was outstanding in talent and only in love with sword scriptures . After he created the [Three Serene Shen Sword], his fame rose . He was recruited by the Yin Tomb Guards and he had had great accomplishments in these years .

Thinking about the rumors about Tuoba Yu, Gu Yan laughed, “Tuoba Yu will not let this rest . We will just watch . As for the Wu Ge City envoy, tell him I wish to consider our response and have him wait a few days . ”

“Yes!” the subordinate acknowledged .

In the inky black pool, the medicinal fluid moved as though it was alive . A strange field of power covered the entire pool and did not let any presence of the pool escape .

Silly Bird’s eyes were narrowed as she laid by the side of the pool as though she was napping . Lil’ Pagoda, Lil’ Black, and Lil’ Fire played happily by the side .

The three had greatly changed in appearance . Lil’ Pagoda’s Yinyang fish eyes had disappeared . Right now, its body was snowy white with black eaves . It was still round and fleshy . There was a clear pearl at the top that was the size of a thumb and there seemed to be a black mist that roiled inside the bead .

Lil’ Fire had consumed an unknown amount of Void Sky Li Fire in the endless void . Chun Yu Cheng had Lil’ Fire cultivate the [Fire Heart Bone Refining Art] . Having consumed countless Void Sky Li Fire, Lil’ Fire had cultivated the [Fire Heart Bone Refining Art] to a deep level . However, this didn’t seem to be of any use except making Lil’ Fire even rounder and bouncier .

But this did not ruin Lil’ Fire’s mood to play . It bounced like a rubber ball . Its best play partner was Lil’ Pagoda . The game the two liked to play the most was juggling . Lil’ Pagoda would jump up, and then Lil’ Fire would keep bouncing off Lil’ Pagoda from all angles so that Lil’ Pagoda would not fall back to the ground .

Lil’ Black was much larger than in the past . It was now about half a palm large . The two antennae moved constantly . It moved quickly like a wisp of black smoke .

Tenth Grade, Sunshine, the Black Gold Seal Soldier, and the Ghost Mist Child were all in deep slumber .

In the endless void, the little ones had taken turns to protect Zuo Mo . The materials in the endless void were too high in grade for them . They needed a lot of time to absorb each one .

Suddenly, Silly Bird opened her eyes .

The black medicinal pool roiled and a figure slowly floated out of the surface .

The sun shen glyph slid back into Zuo Mo’s body . He slowly exhaled and opened his eyes to show a satisfied expression . Using the medicinal pool to repair his body was much better than just absorbing shen power and other powers . He had used almost all of the high level materials in Wu Ge City’s stores .

For his present level, only those high level materials were useful . The Nether Ghost Yin Heavy Wood that Old Man Wu had presented had been crucial . It was not of ordinary quality, and was full of nether energy but it also had the ability to create vitality an unexpected property .

Nether energy was death energy . However, this meant that any thread of vitality formed in such thick death energy was pure .

This extremely pure thread of vitality was a great aid to Zuo Mo’s damaged body . In order to completely use the Nether Ghost Yin Heavy Wood to its fullest effect, Zuo Mo had created this medicinal pool .

This thread of vitality could match one month’s effect of the shen glyphs . It astounded Zuo Mo .

Zuo Mo rose from the medicinal pool and had a small smile .

The little ones that were playing immediately floated over when they saw Zuo Mo come out . They brushed against Zuo Mo and played with him for a while before leaving the room .

Outside the mansion, Qing Xiao was teaching the ten Wu Clan youths .

“Daren!” Old Man Wu hurriedly came over to welcome him .

Zuo Mo waved his hand and motioned that he wished to watch on his own .

The youths looked at Qing Xiao with gazes full of respect and awe . News of Qing Xiao’s powerful display had spread through Wu Ge City . Everyone knew .

Qing Xiao’s teaching method was simple . He would teach them the shen methodology and then use real combat to explain . A short time later, the youths all had dusty faces . But these Wu Clan youths were not dispirited . They could clearly feel that the shen methodology that Qing Xiao Daren had taught them was much stronger than the shen methodology that they cultivated .

The ten servants that had been selected were staying far away .

In the Nether Realm, eavesdropping and attempting to secretly learn the skills of others was a taboo .

Qing Xiao had never taught before, but he was serious when he did . If he could not explain it clearly, he would just demonstrate . Yet after Zuo Mo watched for a while, he found that even though Qing Xiao taught seriously, and the Wu Clan disciples were concentrating, the effect was not very good .

After some thought, Zuo Mo understood . Qing Xiao was strong, but he did not have a great understanding of nether shen power . These youths were not old, but they had a base in cultivating nether shen power . Being forced to cultivate another shen methodology greatly diminished any effect .

He clapped his hand . “Stop for a second . ”

Qing Xiao and the Wu Clan members stopped . Zuo Mo pointed randomly at one of the Wu Clan members . “Demonstrate what you usually cultivate for me . ”

When this Wu Family disciple heard this, he started to demonstrate the Wu Clan’s [Wu Ge Shen Methodology] . It could be seen that this disciple worked hard on his cultivation, and he was practiced in his demonstration .

Zuo Mo watched for a while before indicating for the demonstration to stop .

Then he started to move, each action extremely slow and without shen power . However, each move and action was filled with terrifying power . The Wu Clan disciples mouths gaped and eyes wide . They hadn’t thought that the [Wu Ge Shen Methodology] would have such power!

As Zuo Mo demonstrated, he explained .

Every Wu Clan disciple focused with the utmost concentration in fear of missing a word . They found that the [Wu Ge Shen Methodology] that Daren spoke on was not the same as what they were cultivating

Had Daren cultivated [Wu Ge Shen Methodology] in the past?

Old Man Wu was completely stunned where he stood . He had cultivated [Wu Ge Shen Methodology] the longest . The Wu Clan leader who had created this shen methodology had passed away, and Old Man Wu was the person with the greatest skill at [Wu Ge Shen Methodology] in the clan .

The explanations by Daren seemed to clear his mind . Many places he had been puzzled by were cleared up . He was overjoyed, but he did not dare to be careless . He opened his ears and listened carefully .

Zuo Mo spoke for about two hours on the entire [Wu Ge Shen Methodology] . He spoke from beginning to end and changed many places .

The new [Wu Ge Shen Methodology] was completely transformed, their cultivation efficiency and power greatly increasing . Old Man Wu had been immersed in it for many years and knew that this new [Wu Ge Shen Methodology] would be able to make it into the top class of shen methodologies in the Nether Realm!

With this completely new [Wu Ge Shen Methodology], the Wu Family would definitely prosper!

Old Man Wu’s face was covered in tears . He couldn’t help but cry at having his dream of many years come true .

When Zuo Mo finished his lecture, Old Man Wu prostrated himself on the ground and kowtowed . He sobbed, “The Wu Family will follow Daren for your grace of recreating us!”

Zuo Mo jumped in fright and helped the other back up . “Just a minor matter, there is no need for this . ”

The creator of the [Wu Ge Shen Methodology] had been limited by their own cultivation . The fundamentals of this shen methodology were very weak . Zuo Mo had changed many places, but the core of the shen methodology had not changed .

If even the core was changed, then this shen methodology would not be the [Wu Ge Shen Methodology] . It would then be better to give them a new methodology .

Zuo Mo had just leveled up the [Wu Ge Shen Methodology] to use it to its full potential . Something like this was not a matter that Zuo Mo thought too much of .

Zuo Mo did not conceal this and honestly told all of this to Old Man Wu .

Old Man Wu shook his head and said, “The Wu Clan is not a large clan . If we have an extremely good shen methodology, it will not bring prosperity to the Wu Family but calamity . The [Wu Ge Shen Methodology] that Daren has remade is the best shen methodology for the Wu Family . ”

Zuo Mo had a new opinion of Old Man Wu . Old Man Wu was not strong, but his foresight was great, he was perceptive . This was a talented person . [1]

Zuo Mo always desired talent .

“It is good that you can think like this,” Zuo Mo said with a smile . He then thought of another question . “Where can I buy materials like the Nether Ghost Yin Heavy Wood?”

If he could have more of those materials, Zuo Mo’s problem of repairing his body would drastically shorten in time .

Old Man Wu shook his head . “This subordinate accidentally obtained that Nether Ghost Yin Heavy Wood . It is hard to buy a material like that on the market . If someone has it, they would carefully keep it hidden away . ”

“Is there not a market for high level materials?” Zuo Mo asked .

He had a lot of things that were valuable, but these things were not valuable to repairing his body so he did not urgently need them . If he could trade them for things like the Nether Ghost Yin Heavy Wood, it would be good for Zuo Mo .

Old Man Wu had a thoughtful expression . “This jie does not have one, but this subordinate heard that in Nether Insect Jie, there is a place called the Peerless Market which only does high level material business . Maybe Daren could go there to see . ”

Zuo Mo had a jie map of the Nether Realm . The Nether Insect Jie was not far from Wu Ge City . He noted it down .

Just at this time, the ground under his feet trembled minutely . Zuo Mo suddenly raised his head, a cold smirk at the corner of his mouth .

[1] Editor’s note: … he just went through this with the mine . I’m not sure he is perceptive as much as he is experienced .

Translator Ramblings: Lil’ Pagoda and the others are at least twenty … … but sentient objects probably don’t have the same maturity rate as people .