Starting with Proficiency Panel-Chapter 522 - 519: Great Witch Essence Blood

Upon thinking of this, Sun Wukong lost all his usual playful mood, staring maliciously at Ji Quanzhen for a while before slowly retracting his gaze, and finally heaving a deep sigh.

"Little fellow, are you interested in cultivating alongside me?"

Ji Quanzhen raised an eyebrow, finally feeling a slight sense of relief in his heart. So Sun Wukong came because he was impressed by his exceptional talent and wanted to take him as a disciple.

"What can you teach?"

Seeing Ji Quanzhen's indifferent expression, Sun Wukong said with a hint of emotion, "We are of the same root and origin, and I, born by the heavens and earth, am fundamentally of the innate holy spirit's lineage. Though I belong to the demon line, I am actually an innate holy spirit, merely nurtured by a strange stone, where a spiritual ape played and lingered. Over time, its qi infected me, so when I broke the stone and came out, I became the most supreme demon under the heavens."

Pausing, Sun Wukong looked at Ji Quanzhen's perfect physique: "And only I understand your constitution thoroughly. I once reached the middle stage of the Earth Immortal realm, and if not for being jointly obstructed by Tathagata and the Jade Emperor, I might have attained the upper stage of the Earth Immortal, truly breaking free of constraints, mastering one domain, and achieving great freedom and divine techniques.

This World Honored One's Heart Sutra is not suitable for you. Your bloodline has long since been completely altered. Attempting to forcefully cultivate the Witchcraft Path will only waste time in the end. I believe you must have felt that the progress in cultivating the World Honored One's Heart Sutra has been unusually slow, hasn't it?"

Ji Quanzhen suddenly realized: "So that's it."

He had been pondering why, despite cultivating the World Honored One's Heart Sutra, which could still strengthen his physique and invigorate his spirit, something always felt missing.

It turned out that the World Honored One's Heart Sutra was originally prepared for those with a witch bloodline. Even if others acquired it, perhaps the foundational stage could be equally effective, but when it came to activating the body's treasures to awaken that strand of witch blood and thereby enter the Witchcraft Path stage, major problems would arise.

In the end, Ji Quanzhen would merely be spinning his wheels.

He immediately understood that Sun Wukong wasn't lying or, rather, his nature wouldn't allow him to disdain telling lies.

Sun Wukong had read the World Honored One's Heart Sutra, and even with his past insight from the Earth Immortal realm, he could not find a single flaw.

Gods are inherently formed; at first glance, it seemed to intertwine the best of Immortal Path and Martial Path, but because it had Witchcraft Path as its core, the final path was still the ultimate of witchcraft, to ascend the body, breaking ten thousand laws with sheer force, on the ultimate cultivation road.

Lu Ren has a monumental secret, and if it were to be revealed, perhaps even the legendary Celestial Immortals would come down to seize it.

So much that Sun Wukong even suspected that Lu Ren could truly achieve the Earth Immortal when the vast Immortal Buddhas returned, using the power of the Earth Path Principle to overlook all cultivators in the same realm.

The other's path was clear and straightforward, without the slightest stagnation.

"How about it? You, too, hope to be able to contribute before the great battle begins, don't you? Since this path does not suit you, then cultivate the Nine Revolutions Profound Skill with me. Having been sealed for so many years, during the boredom, I have already meticulously studied the current heaven and earth."

Sun Wukong wore a confident expression: "That brat Lu Ren is ignoring what's near to seek what's far, neglecting the astonishing Nine Revolutions Profound Skill to ponder the outdated Witchcraft Path. He's bound to stumble and fall. That World Honored One's Heart Sutra is just putting up a sign for dog meat while selling goat meat, a nice-sounding name but it's a thing for ultimate cultivation.

These years, I've vaguely understood how to avoid condensing the Taoism Fruit and reach the Human Immortal Realm. After countless deductions, I've perfected it."

Ji Quanzhen's expression suddenly turned strange. He stared straight at Sun Wukong, showing a trace of ridicule on his face: "Great Sage, do you think I'm stupid or something? Is this an experiment?"

Sun Wukong showed no embarrassment. Seeing his true intentions exposed, he instead smiled slightly: "You and I are of the same origin. If you want to quickly enhance your strength, then you can only follow my path onward."

This was an open scheme.

But Ji Quanzhen indeed could not refuse. He had reached a crucial juncture, one hundred and eighty years of cultivation, reaching the peak of the Seeking Truth Realm, only a step away from condensing the Taoism Fruit.

Even though this step was wider than a chasm, it even felt like building a road in the void and stepping on air to the nine heavens's difficulty.

Yet cultivation is like sailing against the current; one must advance or retreat. Remaining stagnant would lead only to one's demise.

Seeing Ji Quanzhen's hesitant expression, Sun Wukong revealed a smile on his face, knowing that the old monkey understood that Ji Quanzhen, though silent, had already been convinced by him.

On Lingming Mountain, Lu Ren's ears twitched slightly as he remained calm, cultivating the Great Witch Blood inside himself, transforming his internal bloodline.

The process was mystical, as if tracing back to the ancient ancestors battling against the heavens. During the era of devouring raw meat and drinking blood, they established themselves with personal bodies in that primordial continent, full of ancient demon beasts, primordial demons, and countless alien races.

How much blood and tears were endured during that process, as his internal Great Witch bloodline was fully activated and permeated his entire body, Lu Ren could feel a pure and extreme destructive force gathering in his chest.

That sense of vastness, desolation, even a kind of forlorn ruggedness, slowly flowed through his thoughts.

This was etched in the bloodline, a sense of the aged history that was about to vanish, found forcefully by Lu Ren.

In that era, there was no entertainment; there was no time for romantic relationships. All there was was fighting for survival, bleeding for the living space of the human race, and sacrificing one's life.

Time slipped by quietly, with three months passing in such tranquility.

When the Great Witch Blood finally completed the transformation of all the blood within his body, there was a sound as crisp as a pearl dropping on jade, like a water droplet falling into a spring with a ding-dong sound.

Ding-dong!

With the extreme refinement of Lu Ren's cultivation, a drop of Great Witch Essence Blood was nurtured in his heart.

Success!!

Lu Ren was full of joy. Now he could be considered a true Great Witch, capable of overturning rivers and seas, bearing mountains, and resisting peaks.

With just a motion to rise, the surrounding air seemed unable to bear the pressure from such immense power, erupting into a series of humming blasts.

Each movement, each gesture stirred threads of indigo lightning arcs, as if he was merely standing there; even the simplest actions, such as breathing, heartbeat, blood flow, and perceptual activities, greatly affected the outside world.

The strength of his physique almost reached an illusion where the entire world could no longer contain him.

Lu Ren had to restrain his power, striving to maintain a balance between himself and the world's limits. Otherwise, if his actions were slightly too large, even a simple step, without exerting any restraint, would be easy as eating or drinking, and could crack the earth.

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