Cultivation : I'm an Ancient Giant Bear-Chapter 477 - 450: Starting from Scratch in Exploration
The Evil Wind howled, yellow sand filled the sky.
A few miles away from the Three-Defense Main Fortress, a small boat only three meters long unfurled a cloud sail of Pale Fire, quickly heading into the distance.
Almost simultaneously, within the Three-Defense Main Fortress, Xiong Wang Shou and two other old criminal prisoners opened their eyes in unison.
After exchanging a glance, one old criminal prisoner chuckled indifferently; having lived for tens of thousands of years, they knew exactly what tricks that Qingxue the little Array Master wanted to play, as easy to guess as using one’s heel.
She thought she was being discreet, but in reality, it was just self-deception, desperately seeking a cure.
But so what? What does it have to do with him?
The process of the Hidden Origin Association repairing the Sin Prison Tower wouldn’t change; they had gained the recognition of the Hidden Origin Association, pledged loyalty to it, and the outcome of joining the Dark Domain would not alter.
So, he continued to feign sleep; without Qingxue the little Array Master, other forces would take over.
However, the other old criminal prisoner curiously asked Xiong Wang Shou, "Aren’t you going to chase? Didn’t you stay for the Blood Curse on that young fellow?"
Xiong Wang Shou’s face looked a bit somber, his gaze flickering, seemingly with some reluctance, and finally sighed, "Qingxue that little girl is ruthless, and she seems to like the young fellow too. In desperation, she shouldn’t have done this. Though Wang Zhige indeed possesses Level 18 Microscopic Perception, thinking to complete exploration in this environment is as delusional as dreaming; otherwise, just ask an Array Master from the Cyan Dragon Race. This kind of talent, one in a billion."
"Heh heh, you noticed too?" the old criminal prisoner chuckled.
"Yes, it’s unnatural. They seem to know each other before, Qingxue that little girl really takes care of Wang Zhige unusually. See, she practically provided two and a half sets of Three-Defense Treasure Armor for Wang Zhige, as well as a Three-Defense Boat, and the Spirit Liquid necessary for survival, easily spending a hundred billion Fighting Spiritual Qi. She said there wasn’t enough Spiritual Qi before; this is not sending him to explore, it’s letting him escape for his life. Ugh!"
Xiong Wang Shou sighed, feeling quite depressed.
"If you go chase now, you could probably still make it." the old criminal prisoner teased again.
But this time, Xiong Wang Shou stayed silent, simply closing his eyes to rest.
Evil waters run deep with Old Deng; damn, really no good guy, he thought he was bad enough, but compared to these old guys, he’s nothing at all. And now, the Hidden Origin Association wants to incorporate dozens of these old devils into their Dark Domain, even though he’s also getting a share, still thinks the Hidden Origin Association is unfathomable.
Forget it, let it be.
As for the Blood Curse, it’s better not to have it, who would be foolish enough to rush out in such an environment?
Thinking this chaotic Three Calamities is a joke?
No need, no need.
Xiong Wang Shou gave up, but the old criminal prisoner talking to him hesitated, for not only did Gray Eye fancy that Hidden Dragon Sinew, it was too rare, especially wonderful, doing so wouldn’t offend the Cyan Dragon Race.
Opportunity waits for no one!
Rather than let this little bear cub die in vain somewhere, better fulfill him.
The next moment, the old criminal prisoner stood up silently, but seeing a flash of Yang Thunder outside, the scene covered by Pale Fire, he sighed, it’s unnecessary, really unnecessary.
Maintain an ordinary mind, curb arrogance and impatience, living peacefully out of contention isn’t bad.
When young, believed that being the strongest, standing on the peak was the ultimate pursuit.
But as age grows older, especially when the level of cultivation can’t improve, when others’ praises for being a cultivation prodigy turn into him giving perfunctory praise to others for being a prodigy, he realized, the most precious in this world is always longevity.
Yes, longevity.
The Three Calamities are terrifying, but not without countermeasures, as long as continuously using one’s own longevity, against it all, one can achieve Resistance to the Three Calamities.
Within the Cultivation Realm, cultivators have done so before.
Some even succeeded, achieving full Resistance to the Three Calamities unbeaten forever, but what was the cost?
It is said to be sixty thousand years of longevity.
Meaning, any Immortal with suitable conditions can disregard the Three Calamities by paying sixty thousand years of longevity, reaching the strongest under Daluo. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢
But what’s the result?
Time is the cheapest, yet the most precious.
How does being the most powerful outweigh a pile of bones?
So, now, almost all orthodox cultivators think enough is good, consuming about five thousand years of longevity, gaining temporary immunity for a short while is sufficient.
If problems can’t be solved, can’t one detour avoiding them?
But at this moment, the consequence of not reaching full Resistance to the Three Calamities is simply watching that Hidden Dragon Sinew move further away from him.
Regret?
Who would regret, because even ten Hidden Dragon Sinews aren’t worth fifty thousand years of longevity.
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"Why does it feel like Qingxue means for me to escape as far as possible?"
"This biting Evil Wind, where should I begin?"
At this moment, sitting on the Three-Defense Boat, Wang Wu was at a loss, with no clue at all.
Because Qingxue had not given him any buffer time from beginning to end, it was as if she had exiled him, kicking him out directly.
How is this different from thinking your child belongs to Phelps?
"Should I first build a Three-Defense Fortress?"
"Or where should I go? What was the focus of the dispute between Qingxue and Qin Wushuang before?"
"Was it because the distance between the two Heaven and Earth Needles was too far, or because a certain area was bypassed, necessitating the construction of several more Heaven and Earth Needles to solve the problem."
"So I just need to figure out which area Qin Wushuang avoided, but I still don’t know how to explore!"
"It’s confirmed, Qingxue just wanted me to escape. How could she have more confidence in me than I do in myself?"
"No, beauty’s grace is heavy, I can’t let her down..."
"Sigh, let’s start from the beginning, Four Clowns, can you help?"
"Can’t, we all understand the theory, the difficulty lies in how to operate in such an environment. If you give me a quiet environment with Spiritual Qi, we can engrave dozens of what you call Vermilion Bird Array Patterns in one day. So we suggest, instead of worrying about this, you might as well seize the moment to escape and find a place to hide."
"Once the Great Wilderness Sin Prison is restored, it will still be a prison. At worst, in hundreds of thousands of years, you can fool some fools like the Snake Emperor to help you escape. This path has a high success rate."
"Hey, don’t say it, really don’t say it, who dares to guarantee that there aren’t a few old guys hiding behind the Snake Emperor’s escape? If you ask me, anything is possible."
Well, the Four Clowns are also unreliable, easily surrendering and starting to talk nonsense.
Wang Wu simply blocked them, because even if there were a few old guys, old monsters, lurking behind, to the outside Cultivation Realm, it would only be a small ripple, because the outside Cultivation Realm is the real deep water prison.
Still have to rely on myself.
Adjusting his mindset, Wang Wu took out that Celestial and Earthly Compass, this thing was so heavy that it even made the Three-Defense Boat sway a bit.
This is not good.
Thus he simply put away the Three-Defense Boat, stood on the ground with both feet, and held the Celestial and Earthly Compass to sense the changes in Yin and Yang Qi, to sense the other Heaven and Earth Needles.
This is necessary, because twenty-four have already been built, with an investment of one trillion points of Spiritual Qi in each.
Can’t be modified or adjusted.
So it can only rely on the previous twenty-four Heaven and Earth Needles to confirm the location of the twenty-fifth Heaven and Earth Needle through their positions.
Right, the principle is very simple.
But in practice, it’s really too difficult.
Wang Wu held the Celestial and Earthly Compass and sensed for half a day, but to no avail, he couldn’t sense the twenty-four Heaven and Earth Needles, nor any other Heaven and Earth Needles.
You should know that at the previous camp, he even sensed two to three thousand Heaven and Earth Needles.
"The distance is too far, have to get closer!"
"But I am curious, since the signal is bad, what did Qin Wushuang use to determine that the twenty-fifth Heaven and Earth Needle should be placed in this area?"
"Or is it purely just to cause trouble!"
"Why would Qin Wushuang, who was initially recognized by the Frost Monarch and maintained a good cooperation, choose to make trouble at this critical moment?"
"Isn’t he afraid of offending the Frost Monarch?"
"Wait, damn, if Qin Wushuang is causing trouble, could it be that he thinks the killer of Senior Sister Qin is none other than Frost Monarch’s disciple Baiyu!"
Wang Wu suddenly realized, this makes sense, as long as there’s a backer like Elder Hui or the Black Emperor at that level, the Qin Family, Qin Wushuang can do whatever they want.
"Understood, understood, why the Qin Family is so capricious, knowing full well I’m not the murderer of Senior Sister Qin, yet stubbornly wanting me to atone with my life. This is a key project of the Hidden Origin Association, and they insist on all sorts of underhanded operations to maneuver me here, probably to kill me and comfort the fragile and hurt feelings of the Qin Family. At the same time, setting up Qin Wushuang to betray the Frost Monarch."
"It seems, my master Elder Hui, really, utterly, once and for all, gave up on me."
Wang Wu chuckled to himself, sigh, there’s no way around it, once the butterfly’s little wings flap, the remaining ripple effect is impossible to predict.
So now the only way to break the situation is to help Qingxue build the Heaven and Earth Needle.
"Let’s go, first have to find the signal."
Wang Wu took out the Three-Defense Treasure Ship again, which had no map or any navigation configuration, he actually didn’t have any sense of direction now.
The only thing he could rely on was the Celestial and Earthly Compass in his hand, and Level 18 Spirit Essence Perception.
No matter how chaotic the Yin and Yang Qi gets, or how severe the interference from the Three Calamities, there are always some clues, just finding that one shining spot is enough for him.
Of course, this should also be a rather long process, because the distance is far.
Qin Wushuang had used the Three-Defense Treasure Ship to travel for two or three days to cause trouble before.
