“I did not. Everything I said is true.”

“It seems you will not shed tears until you see the coffin. Brother Wei, do it.”

Regardless of whether what he said was true or false.

Wang Yu could only treat it as a lie. The Wei clan did not have a late stage Nascent Soul grand cultivator. If Wei Hao inferred something from this, it would only bring harm to him.

It was better to directly deny Jiang Mingxin’s words.

Such trash deserved to die unjustly. There was nothing to regret anyway.

Wei Hao had long been prepared and eager to take revenge with his own hands. He already wanted to kill this man badly. Seeing that Wang Yu had nothing more to ask, he naturally did not hesitate to strike with lethal force.

Half an hour later, on a reef island far from the scene.

Wei Hao cupped his hands toward Wang Yu and said.

“Many thanks to Brother Wang for lending a hand. I will remember this favor.”

Wang Yu waved his hand indifferently.

“There is no need for that. That Jiang fellow has repeatedly made things difficult for me. Killing him is also an act of following my own heart.”

“Even so, matters must be counted separately.”

Wei Hao thought for a moment, then took out a red leather gourd from his storage ring. A blood colored pattern was carved on it, written in ancient demonic script, a blood talisman character.

He handed the treasure to Wang Yu and explained.

“This gourd is called the Blood Evil One Origin Gourd. Families like the three great clans, the Wei clan, the Jiang clan, and others with Nascent Soul ancestors, usually prepare one of these for their juniors when they enter the Blood Abyss.”

“Oh.”

Wang Yu revealed a strange expression. Zhuo Shouqing had never mentioned this thing to him at all. Thinking about it, it made sense. That man had been unwilling even to prepare a Blood Abyss Sacred Talisman, a life saving item, for him.

Zho Qiuming had anticipated this outcome and stuffed it into his hands in advance.

As for Yu Xing, he had not even come.

From this, one could see Wang Yu’s relationship with the three young masters of the Blood Reversal faction.

Strictly speaking, only Zho Qiuming could be considered a true friend. Even the Demonic Embryo Mysterious Origin Curse had been exchanged for him using Zhoqiu clan direct lineage status.

If not for the fact that the three young masters had regarded themselves as a single whole back then and were bound by contract, Wang Yu would actually have had more goodwill toward Zho Qiuming.

The Yu clan had helped very little during his growth. More often, they only provided background status, adding a layer of icing on the cake.

Ordinary resources were handled by the Zhuo clan. At critical moments, Old Ming was the reliable one, helping him resolve many key issues.

As for Zhuo Shouqing, he had disappointed Wang Yu time and again.

Letting Zhuo Shouyun go at the Blood Slaughter Hall back then was not without certain thoughts on Wang Yu’s part. After being disappointed too many times, one naturally became disheartened.

He had already judged that this person was not worth deep association.

Coupled with the second Nether River contract signed during this Blood Abyss trial, to be honest, his determination to absolutely win the struggle between the two Zhuo factions had already faded greatly.

He was only holding on because of the attraction brought by the Fu Xiao.

At this moment.

Listening to Wei Hao introduce the functions of the Blood Evil One Origin Gourd, the coldness in his heart grew even stronger.

This treasure was specifically designed for the Blood Abyss.

Simply put, it could purify the blood toxins, blood fiend energy, and other harmful substances within Myriad Spirit Blood Essence and Blood Beast Crystal Cores.

The refined essence it produced was no inferior to the small blood pills Wang Yu refined using alchemy.

For those who already intended to use the Blood Abyss opportunities to raise their cultivation, this was essentially the top tier auxiliary magic treasure.

“Oh right. The deeper you go into the Blood Demon Sea, the denser the blood fiend energy becomes. Brother Wang should know this, yes.”

“I know a bit.”

“The strongest function of the Blood Evil One Origin Gourd is its ability to absorb endless blood fiend qi and eventually condense it into Blood Fiend Crystals. This treasure is of great benefit to body refinement.

“This gourd is the one I used. There should be another one in Jiang Mingxin’s storage ring. Both gourds should be handed over to Brother Wang.”

“This.”

Wang Yu frowned slightly. Since Wei Hao was willing to tell him about this matter, there was no reason to keep everything for himself.

“There is no need. I will just take one.”

Hearing this, Wei Hao only thought for a moment before handing his own Blood Evil One Origin Gourd to Wang Yu, while he took Jiang Mingxin’s.

The meaning was self evident.

The consequences of killing this man would be borne entirely by him. Jiang Mingxin’s accumulated wealth would also be inherited by him, and that monstrous corpse would become his second trump card.

The power of the Heavenly Corpse Jiang clan was not inferior to that of the Wei clan.

Both were first rate clans beneath the Exalted Sect Three Clans.

“This matter is concluded. I will take my leave for now.”

“Very well. We will meet again when we exit.”

“Certainly.”

After bidding farewell to Wei Hao, Wang Yu stroked the forty centimeter long red leather gourd in his hand and escaped toward the direction of Sea Corner Cliff Cave.

Since he had unexpectedly obtained this treasure, his subsequent plans could also be adjusted slightly.

Improving cultivation was still the primary goal.

With his peak third rank Body Refining level, no matter how good the Blood Fiend Crystals were, they could only serve to temper and solidify his foundation.

Because his breakthroughs had been too fast, the time needed to stabilize himself was rather long.

Before leaving the Blood Abyss, the possibility of another breakthrough in Body Refining was very small. The lack of corresponding fourth rank breakthrough spirit materials was one reason.

Another reason was that the difficulty of breaking through to the fourth rank Body Refining realm was far higher than that of divine sense.

Moreover, the difficulty was comparable to forming a Nascent Soul under normal circumstances.

After all, in terms of divine sense, once his fundamental realm broke through, the second greatest improvement was divine sense itself. The two belonged to the same path.

Body refinement, however, was an independent path altogether, so the difficulty was naturally higher.

Furthermore, whether it was Body Refining or Qi Cultivation, breaking through a major realm would increase lifespan, and the life level would undergo a leap and evolution.

Divine sense breaking through to the fourth rank did not bring such a rebirth like gain. His lifespan was still eight hundred years. From this, one could clearly see the difference.

“Solidify the Body Refining foundation, maintain progress in divine sense, greatly increase the upper limit of mana, advance all divine abilities, refine the Yellow Springs Earth Resentment Puppet.”

Counting on his fingers, Wang Yu listed five goals.

These would occupy all of his time.

Several days later.

He smoothly returned to the temporary cave dwelling at Sea Corner Cliff Cave.

No accidents had occurred during the half month he was away. When the three tailed snow fox saw him return, it immediately howled and pounced over, enthusiastically rubbing against his cheeks.

“Come. Follow me to hunt Blood Sea demonic thralls, and at the same time train your combat abilities.”

The collection of Myriad Spirit Blood Essence and Blood Beast Crystal Cores could not stop.

He could purify the former himself. As for the latter, during the blood pool baptism, the sect would naturally handle the problem. Therefore, he threw the Blood Evil One Origin Gourd into the depths of the Blood Demon Sea.

It was used exclusively to condense Blood Fiend Crystals. Whenever it became full, that would mark one cycle. Wang Yu would return to absorb the gains from that period.

Once the Blood Fiend Crystals were completely consumed, he would throw the gourd back into the depths of the Blood Demon Sea again, cycling endlessly.

With the density of baleful qi in the Blood Demon Sea, there was no need to worry about it being drained dry. This unique cultivation method was something only Wang Yu could make use of, and only he was suitable for it.

Comprehending cultivation techniques and training divine abilities.

For the time being, all of that was handed over to the Idle Slot. All of his time was devoted to cultivation. The Wind Thunder Spirit Pattern Burst Secret Technique was also included among his goals.

This secret technique was extremely practical.

His lightning pattern was already complete. He only lacked the expansion of the wind pattern. With focused effort, the speed of progress would be quite impressive.

In terms of hunting demonic humans, with the maps newly explored by Wei Hao over the past few years, it was relatively easy to find places where demonic thralls gathered.

As for the Blood Evil One Origin Gourd, the cycle to fill it with Blood Fiend Crystals was about one year, and he also needed about one year to digest these gains.

Thus.

In the blink of an eye, five cycles had passed, and in an instant, ten years were gone.

……

……

Early February of the twenty fourth year of Wang Yu’s tenure as elder.

Ten years of cultivation left no trace of time upon his face. He still looked as young as he had back then, only his temperament had changed slightly.

This was likely due to absorbing too many Blood Fiend Crystals.

Although his Body Refining cultivation had not advanced, just as when he had once been stuck at the peak of the second rank, his foundation had been reinforced and deepened, and his realm had become completely stable.

Overall, his physical strength had increased by about ten percent.

This increase should not be underestimated. It was achieved after he had completely exhausted all remaining body refining resources, and his original baseline had already been extremely strong.

On top of that, another ten percent was unquestionably a massive improvement.

On another front were the gains in cultivation realm.

The third supreme grade Guanghan Pill had already been fully refined, increasing his mana by one hundred fifty units. After that, there were no more cultivation pills left to consume. Even the cleverest cook cannot prepare a meal without rice.

No matter how powerful one’s alchemy skills were, without spiritual herbs, it was all meaningless.

In addition, counting the minor blood pills refined from Myriad Spirit Blood Essence, each capable of increasing over a hundred wisps of mana, his cultivation had surged explosively over ten years.

His mana increased by one thousand twenty strands.

Core Formation seventh layer, one thousand six hundred twenty strands of mana, more than halfway progressed.

Under normal circumstances.

Even accounting for the acceleration from two Idle Slots, it would still have taken over twenty one years of bitter cultivation to accumulate this much mana.

But with the aid of Myriad Spirit Blood Essence, the time was cut in half.

It was therefore not strange that those who stayed in the Blood Abyss Sacred Land for two hundred years could cultivate all the way to the peak of Core Formation. Opportunities were abundant here, and cultivation was indeed fast.

Compared to the early and middle stages of Core Formation, the difficulty of cultivating in the late stage lay mainly in the efficiency of absorbing spiritual energy. Refining and converting it into mana was actually the easier step.

“The accumulation of quantitative change is truly arduous. I hear that after reaching Nascent Soul, it will involve requirements of comprehension, and cultivation speed will slow even further.”

Accumulating mana was so difficult, yet combat strength did not widen by much. The strength of divine abilities and magic treasures and artifacts was the key factor determining the power of a Core Formation cultivator.

It was time for Wang Yu to consider investing more Idle Slots into cultivation techniques.

Calculating his age, he should be one hundred eighteen this year.

He had entered the cultivation world for over one hundred two years. Such achievements were absolutely monstrous. Before two hundred years of age, he would certainly step into the Nascent Soul realm.

“There are still fourteen years before the Blood Abyss trial ends.”

At this rate of cultivation, before leaving the Blood Abyss, he would at most break through to the eighth layer of Core Formation. This would greatly alleviate the issue of insufficient mana.

But it could not fundamentally grant him decisive strength.

Therefore.

“It is time to change cultivation locations.”

He had stayed in the Blood Demon Sea partly because he wanted the Blood Fiend Crystals there. Now that his body had been polished to perfection, aside from continued tempering, there were no other means of improvement.

Simply grind on. The longer he ground, the thinner the fourth rank bottleneck would become.

If he persisted for several decades, even without the corresponding breakthrough spiritual object, he could attempt to advance on his own.

This could be continued anywhere.

Wang Yu spread out the map of the Blood Abyss Sacred Land. His gaze searched across it before finally locking onto his target, Blood Prison Ice Plains.

Barbarian Ghost Peak had shattered rock archipelagos suitable for its disciples.

Naturally, Cold Blood Peak cultivators also had a suitable cultivation treasure land, the Blood Prison Ice Plains. This place lay north of the Blood Abyss and covered an area roughly half the size of the Blood Demon Sea.

It was dominated by blood beasts and demons with dual ice and blood attributes.

Throughout the years, Cold Blood Peak cultivators had always cultivated there. After the disappearance of the Blood Infant Fruit this time, ambitious sect members were almost all searching everywhere for clues.

This meant there would still be a decisive battle to come.

Wang Yu had no intention of participating. It was the perfect chance to avoid the Blood Demon Sea, which served as the central hub, and head to the Blood Prison Ice Plains for secluded cultivation.

He cultivated two secret arts.

One was the Cold Absorption Art, and the other was the Heavenly Frost Secret Art. Both were cultivation secret arts that absorbed the cold energy of heaven and earth to improve the quality of mana and even enhance divine ability strength.

Previously, he had always absorbed cold energy from the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Bed.

Over time, the effectiveness of this treasure had weakened considerably.

In addition.

The Three Tailed Snow Fox had also reached the critical point of breakthrough. It had been polished for several years already, making it the perfect opportunity to head to the Blood Prison Ice Plains and find an ice attribute Core Formation spiritual object for it.

If fate proved insufficient, refining the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Bed would still be of some help to its Core Formation.

As for the lightning tribulation, it could only rely on itself. The third rank tribulation crossing set Wang Yu had prepared had been left in Jade Spirit City to earn spirit stones. After all these years, it was time to reclaim the profits.

After making his decision, Wang Yu was about to pack up the Sea Corner Cliff Cave.

But he suddenly caught sight of the Yellow Springs Demonic Bone in the corner. After many years of sacrificial refinement, Wang Yu had used large amounts of materials, along with locally obtained blood fiend crystals and blood beast crystal cores.

He had preliminarily refined this puppet, but it was still one step away from being completed.

In the Idle Slots, there were no longer any entries related to puppet methods.

Slots five, six, and seven were all occupied by the Demonic Embryo Mysterious Origin Curse. This was for his plan to study the five sealed Heavenly Demon bodies.

Of course.

Part of the reason was also that the closer it came to leaving, the more he wanted to elevate this secret art to gain greater advantages in the upcoming internal struggle.

As for the Earth Resentment Puppet Refinement Secret Method, it was already complete.

The Earth Puppet was considered the pinnacle object of the current puppet path. Long fallen into decline, it mostly existed as an assistant to artifact refiners, with few puppet methods applied directly to combat.

On the rare occasions they appeared, they were mostly scouting type puppets.

“Using the Yellow Springs Demonic Bone as the foundation, raising the Earth Resentment Puppet to early fourth rank should not be a problem. I will complete its refinement before leaving.”

Thus.

Under Snowjade’s resentful gaze, Wang Yu stayed behind and devoted all his time to puppet refinement. The Earth Resentment Puppet was a type of mana puppet.

Naturally, it was proficient in many Yellow Springs techniques.

Those mysteries were all hidden within the demonic bone, just as when Wang Yu cultivated the Yellow Springs Great Hand Seal, the true intent of the divine ability condensed within the bones of his hands.

Bathed day and night in Yellow Springs aura, its essence was extremely close to the nature of this skeleton, and it was even more similar to the beast bone art bearing techniques of demon beast clans.

The Yellow Springs Great Hand Seal divine ability was only a few years away from completion, with progress comparable to the Demonic Dragon Fist. At that time, two Idle Slots would be freed up again.

As a demonic bone left behind by a grandmaster of the Yellow Springs Dao.

If Wang Yu wanted to steal techniques from it directly, the difficulty was extremely high, and the probability of success in the short term was negligible. But if the Yellow Springs Earth Resentment Puppet could be successfully refined.

And personally demonstrate the various Yellow Springs divine abilities and secret arts refined into its very bones, that would be an entirely different matter.

Once mastered.

If he were to disguise himself as a Yellow Springs path cultivator again, there would be virtually no flaws.

These were matters for later.

He summoned the Ice Chi Pill Flame and enveloped the Yellow Springs Demonic Bone. One puppet refining seal after another was continuously struck into it, while more puppet spiritual materials were taken out and fused in one by one.

Wang Yu completely entered closed door cultivation as time passed.

In the blink of an eye, another half year went by.

That day.

At the edge of the calm Blood Demon Sea, a turbid yellow pillar of light suddenly shot into the sky, violently stirring the thick blood colored clouds.

Within the forbidden palace deep inside, gazes that had been observing elsewhere swiftly turned toward Wang Yu’s secluded cultivation site, unable to help but sigh.

“Such great fortune.”