Seeking Immortality in a Bizarre World-Chapter 734 - 728: Coughing Blood Demon Stone! To be placed in a deadly situation before survival_1
Yu Li’s head exploded, and her headless body collapsed heavily onto the ground.
"How is this possible?!"
Staring at his deceased Dao Companion, Du Yuanjin had imagined such a scene countless times, but as it unfolded before him, he still couldn’t believe it.
A Foundation Establishment Early Stage Cultivator killed by a child?!
This scene overturned his understanding of Cultivation.
No mortal could do this.
The problem could only lie with the unremarkable Black Stone.
It’s an unimaginably precious treasure! We must escape immediately!
Yu Li had died because of Du Yuanqing, and the Yu Family would not spare him. He couldn’t bear the wrath of a Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator. The best course of action was to flee from the Yu Family.
Without a moment’s delay, Du Yuanjin flew to Yu Li’s side, hastily picked up the Black Stone, and also snatched the Storage Bag from her waist. Gripping his stunned son, he mounted his flying sword and fled into the distance.
Zhao Yuan City was a domain under the Yu Family’s control, and he was responsible for managing the city on their behalf. All direct descendants of the Yu Family had a Soul Lamp; once someone perished, the Yu Family would be alerted immediately. Only by escaping the Yu Family’s reach did they have a chance to survive.
The two had barely escaped 300 miles when a powerful Spiritual Power fluctuation arose from the Yu Family’s direction.
"Du Yuanjin, you audacious dog, killing my granddaughter! I will have you pay with your blood!" thundered a voice.
An Escape Light transformed into a streaking comet, chasing straight after Du Yuanjin, seemingly employing a tracking method.
How could the escape speed of a Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator compare to that of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator? In less than 15 breaths, the Escape Light was already visible in the distance.
"Ancestor, could you perhaps show leniency, considering past kindnesses, and spare us?" Du Yuanjin pleaded.
There was a vast difference between the Foundation Establishment Stage and the Nascent Soul Stage; the other party could easily blast him to smithereens. Du Yuanjin could only hope that their lives still held some value, desperately seeking a sliver of a chance to survive.
"Capture Tiger, Snatch Dragon!"
The Yu Family Ancestor didn’t utter a word, but his actions clearly demonstrated his stance. The fleeing sword light seemed to be drawn by an invisible force, pulling it back towards the Yu Family Ancestor. No matter how hard Du Yuanjin struggled, he couldn’t alter the outcome.
The gap in strength is too great! Du Yuanjin felt like crying but had no tears to shed. You little brat, you’re dooming your father! Today, both father and son will meet their demise here. No, there might still be a sliver of hope...
Du Yuanjin thought of the Black Stone. If a mortal could rely on it to kill a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, perhaps it could be used to strike back against a Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator, even across realms!
He exerted all his strength and finally took out the Black Stone. A crack had appeared on its surface at some point, smeared with black blood.
Is it Yu Li’s blood? No, that wasn’t blood smeared from killing Yu Li, but rather blood seeping out from a crack in the stone itself... What on earth is this thing?! If the timing weren’t so critical, I would’ve thrown this bizarre Black Stone as far away as possible. But now, I have no choice but to cling to it as a life-saving straw.
Du Yuanjin infused Spiritual Power from his palm into the Black Stone, attempting to trigger more of its strange properties. However, his Spiritual Power couldn’t penetrate it even slightly. This meant he couldn’t use Spiritual Power to command the stone as an extension of his will.
In desperation, Du Yuanjin could only wrap the Black Stone in Spiritual Power, resorting to the crudest method of combat.
"Giant Strength Technique!"
His muscles inflated as if pumped with air, and the young man in his prime transformed into a hulking figure with a tiger’s back and a bear’s waist. Du Yuanjin used all his might to hurl the Black Stone at the Yu Family Ancestor. This was an all-or-nothing gamble, a desperate counterattack betting his and his son’s lives. Success meant survival; failure meant death.
The Black Stone flew towards the Yu Family Ancestor with a sonic boom. It looked like a child merely throwing a stone, utterly ridiculous.
The Yu Family Ancestor had encountered many formidable figures he couldn’t afford to provoke, but he had survived for so many years due to his caution. A Golden Shield, radiating dense spiritual light, revolved around his body to avoid being caught off guard by some unforeseen trick.
"Is this your trump card? How laughable!" The Yu Family Ancestor’s palm seemed to flicker with electricity, as if summoning thunder from the Nine Heavens above. "Divine Ability: Nine Heavens Thunder Summoning!"
Countless searing white bolts of electricity congregated in his palm, transforming into an Electric Python that descended upon the Black Stone and the Du father and son. For the Yu Family Ancestor to use a Divine Ability to deal with a Foundation Establishment Early Stage Cultivator and a mortal was like using an ox-cleaver to kill a chicken; it clearly showed the fury in his heart.
The Black Stone passed through the lightning, the Spiritual Power coating its surface completely obliterated. Yet, the white thunder screen woven by the Nine Heavens Thunder Summoning couldn’t destroy it.
This thing is extraordinary! Thankfully, I took an extra precaution. I still have a Defensive Magical Treasure protecting me. The Golden Shield is a Defensive Spiritual Treasure... Although the origin of this stone is unknown, and it lacks overwhelming Spiritual Energy and destructive force, blocking it shouldn’t be a problem...
BOOM!
The golden light radiating from the surface of the Golden Shield flickered and died. The shield, capable of withstanding the attacks of a Fifth-Order Magical Beast without breaking, was pierced as easily as paper.
A Defensive Spiritual Treasure destroyed just like that?!
"Escape!"
The Yu Family Ancestor felt an unprecedented sense of crisis and decisively used his life-saving technique to vanish. He reappeared 100 miles away, his face deathly pale.
That was close; thankfully, I dodged...
The Yu Family Ancestor felt an unbearable pain in his forehead. Unbeknownst to him, the Black Stone had already pierced through his head. His Nascent Soul body was contaminated with the black blood flowing from the Black Stone. This substance possessed an unknown and strange power that, upon integrating with the body, would cause it to decay. The scene was somewhat similar to that of Magical Beasts that had licked Kunpeng Blood.
BOOM!
The Yu Family Ancestor’s vital energy withered, and then his body exploded with a loud bang. Mangled remains and a rain of blood fell from the sky.
"Dead... He’s dead..."
Du Yuanjin’s mouth hung open, unable to snap back to reality for a long time.
The Golden Shield was a precious treasure; I thought the Black Stone couldn’t break its defense, but it was so easy... With the Yu Family Ancestor vanishing, my heart leaped to my throat; I thought this attack had failed. But still, the man died, and not even his Nascent Soul escaped. What in the world is this thing?! Where did Qing’er get this precious treasure?
Du Yuanjin recalled the scene of the Black Stone bleeding, which sent shivers down his spine. However, who could refuse a treasure capable of killing a Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator? Even if there would be a price to pay later!
Du Yuanjin activated his Escape Light and went to the side of the remains. He found the Black Stone and picked up the Yu Family Ancestor’s Spirit Storing Bag.
"Yu Family Ancestor, who would’ve thought you’d see this day!"
Du Yuanjin had never imagined that the Yu Family Ancestor, so powerful he was suffocating, could be so fragile and easily killed. It was all thanks to the Black Stone.
He carefully picked up the Black Stone. Its surface was more damaged than before, and the black blood flowed more profusely. Du Yuanjin carefully stored it in a separate Storage Bag before asking Du Yuanqing where he had obtained it. Facing his father, Du Yuanqing did not conceal anything and told him everything.
"You were lucky to find this precious treasure."
"This item is too dangerous for you; Father will manage it on your behalf."
"Next, it’s time to take over the Yu Family’s wealth!"
The Yu Family had only one Nascent Soul Stage Ancestor. Now that he had been obliterated by a single stone, no one else could possibly withstand the stone’s might. The wealth and resources accumulated by the Yu Family were now his for the taking.
Without hesitation, Du Yuanjin headed for the Yu Family’s stronghold. Compared to his desperate flight earlier, he was now brimming with confidence and vigor. When a person obtains power far exceeding their own, their desires and ambitions also grow a thousandfold. Ultimately, only a few can control such desires and ambitions.
「Three days later, at the Yu Family’s residence, blood flowed everywhere.」
Du Yuanjin sat alone in the Yu Family’s treasure vault, gazing at the cultivation resources he had once longed for but could not obtain, and laughed heartily. "Murder and arson bring riches"—obtaining cultivation resources is too easy! With this stone in hand, from now on, I can defy fate!
The Yu Family had a powerful Immortal Sect behind them. Having killed the Yu family members, his actions lacked justification and legitimacy. He couldn’t establish a connection with the Immortal Sect and would likely attract pursuit from their experts. Du Yuanjin dared not confront them, so he fled with his son, journeying to a distant land. By using the Yu Family’s resources to improve his Cultivation Level, he believed he could ultimately change his destiny.
The two traveled 3,000 li without stopping, found a remote area to cultivate, and Du Yuanjin began teaching Du Yuanqing a Cultivation Method.
「A hundred years passed in the blink of an eye.」
Cultivation in the Immortal Realm was far easier than in the Lower Realm; with the same talent, cultivation speed was faster. Du Yuanjin had advanced to the Late Golden Core Stage. Du Yuanqing, though less talented, had also reached the Early Golden Core Stage.
"Our cultivation resources are running low!"
"This treasure is about to be destroyed!"
Besides cultivating, the Du father and son inevitably had to interact with fellow Cultivators, and conflicts were unavoidable. Initially, when they encountered Cultivators stronger than themselves, they relied on the Black Stone for desperate counterattacks. Instead of being robbed and killed by Bizarre Cultivators, they often ended up enriching themselves.
What was unexpected was that after 100 years, the Black Stone had become increasingly damaged. The once smooth stone was now covered in cracks, with large chunks peeling off, revealing an almost decayed and deathly still black blood clot inside. During the last great battle, the Black Stone had lost its previous wondrous power and could not even break through a Magic Artifact.
Undoubtedly, the precious treasure we once relied on is destroyed...
"I wanted to refine it into a Magical Treasure long ago," Du Yuanjin said, his voice heavy with regret, "but you kept stopping me. And now, it’s worthless."
Indeed, Du Yuanjin had wanted to refine the Black Stone into a Magical Treasure 30 years ago, but Du Yuanqing had intervened and foiled his plans each time.
"Without this treasure, we are just ordinary Cultivators," Du Yuanjin continued, his gaze fixed on his son. "How can we confront powerful Cultivators and factions? How will we obtain cultivation resources? Do you want to remain in the Golden Core Stage forever?"
Du Yuanqing remained silent, his face unreadable. Having experienced the immense power of an Immortal, soaring through the heavens and traversing the earth, he had no desire to be bullied by others again.
"This thing still has value!" Du Yuanjin declared. "We must make the best use of it and refine it into a treasure!"
Du Yuanjin took out a green furnace, connected it to the heart of the Earth Vein to heat the Refining Furnace, and threw the damaged Black Stone into it. A continuous stream of Earth Vein’s Fire poured in. Under the flames, the crumbling black debris peeled off faster and faster, leaving only the deathly still black blood clot from within. A vast amount of Earth Vein’s Fire poured in, vanishing as if into a bottomless sea.
After a hundred years, the Tribulation of Heaven and Man was reaching its end. The accumulated forces of decline were terribly frightening. The Thousand Transformations Rule and the Suppressing Mystery Law could still counter Immortal Decline and Decline of the Apertures. Although equally weakened, they could barely maintain his Realm from falling, still sustaining the stone’s transformations. But... Body Decline had truly reached the edge of collapse. His body grew increasingly old and decayed, his vital energy faded into silence—truly, the oil had run out and the lamp was dry.
Jia Ren had always lingered on the edge of death. Now, being roasted on a fire, the flames intensified the disintegration of his body.
At this moment, a realization dawned in Jia Ren’s heart.
"Burn away the old body, find life in death’s embrace!"
