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Chapter 731 – Kentucky Fried Dao Treading Realm Supreme Elder
While waiting for dinner time, Lin Wu decided to check up on two of the other human subordinates he had. They had been in the tomb for a while now and had been cultivating in seclusion this entire time.
'Tian Xiaoge is important too now. With her involvement in the Frozen Cloud sect and the Tian clan, it might be good to pay some attention to her as well.' Lin Wu thought to himself.
"System, show me Tian Xiaoge and Pei Jun." Lin Wu ordered.
~shua~
~DING~
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1. Pei Jun
Cultivation Base: Infant Soul Stage of the Nascent Soul realm
Functions available: a. Communication
b. Detonate
2. Tian Xiaoge
Cultivation Base: Pseudo Nascent Soul realm
Functions available: a. Communication
b. Detonate
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Two windows appeared in front of him and let him observe the two humans. They looked to be in the same state as the last time he saw them and were cultivating diligently. Waves of spirit Qi spun around them rhythmically and were steadily absorbed into their bodies.
"Oh? They are close to a breakthrough, too. Pei Jun should reach the Child Soul stage in a month or so while Tian Xiaoge is about to reach the Nascent soul realm." Lin Wu muttered.
~shua~
He teleported to the hall where Tian Xiaoge was sitting, wanting to check her in person.
'Just as I thought… there are already signs of the Heavenly Tribulation around her. How long will this be? A week or maybe ten days from now…' Lin Wu estimated.
He looked at the faint spatial fluctuations that could only be felt once it was observed in detail and could tell that they were getting stronger bit by bit. Having confirmed this, Lin Wu teleported back to his hall without Tian Xiaoge even knowing he was there.
"Hmm… now that I think of it… Tian Xiaoge will be the second one to breakthrough after learning the Taiji Refinement Scripture. No, wait… She will actually be the first one. I initiated the breakthrough for Wang Xiong and even helped him directly.
So he is not the 'proper' subject for it, I guess. And Pei Jun doesn't even count since he was in the Nascent soul realm even before that." Lin Wu muttered.
He thought over it for a bit before giving the system some orders. They mainly were to keep an eye on Tian Xiaoge and to get the Tribulation attenuation formation array ready. Lin Wu didn't know what kind of phenomena would appear with Tian Xiaoge but he just hoped it won't be anything dramatic.
'The last thing I want is a repeat of last time…' Lin Wu thought, recalling the breakthrough of the Twin Lights Liger King and Tim.
They were still recovering from the aftermath of that, and it cost them quite a bit.
Though Lin Wu wasn't worried about Pei Jun's breakthrough, as it was just a minor breakthrough within the realm. It won't cause any phenomenon and should just be smooth. It was the least troublesome breakthrough quite likely.
Lin Wu continued to check on all his subordinates and servants, observing what their state of cultivation was. Other than these two, there was no one else that was close to a breakthrough for now.
And just like this, enough time passed.
~shua~
"Master, the Dinner is ready!" The voice of a monkey beast could be heard as it appeared at the end of the hall.
"Perfect timing." Lin Wu said and went along with the beast.
Well, it was just teleporting, though.
The two of them appeared in the dining hall where a vast plethora of dishes were letting of steam.
"Oh boy, this is gonna be good." Lin Wu couldn't help but say.
"The main highlight is being brought as we speak." The monkey beast said.
~Creak~
And just as he did, the doors of the dining hall opened as the Leader of the Emeraldine Monkeys appeared. He held a large platter in his hand, which held golden brown chunks kept on it.
They let off faint steam as a tantalizing aroma emanated from it.
"There it is!" Lin Wu said with excitement.
The platter was set down at the very center of the dishes before the Emeraldine Monkey waved his hand.
"Please begin, My king. I hope you will like what we made." He said.
"With pleasure." Lin Wu said as he extended his tail.
He had already shrunk his body as much as possible so that it would be more 'accommodating' for him to eat. Two spikes came out of his tail and allowed him to use it like a fork.
Lin Wu picked up one of the golden brown pieces and threw it into his mouth.
~Crunch~
Despite the fact that the piece was rather small compared to Lin Wu's mouth, the crunchy outer coating was perfect.
"Now that's worth the title of Kentucky Fried Dao Treading Realm Supreme elder!" Lin Wu said proudly.
Seeing that Lin Wu liked it, the Leader of the Emeraldine Monkeys took a breath of relief and smiled. Though his smile was a bit crooked and his canines protruded out of the side of his lips, making him look rather terrifying.
If a child saw it, they would run to their mother crying.
Lin Wu continued to eat and tried the other dishes as well, finding them to be good too. Though when he compared the amount of spirit Qi he was getting from finishing an entire dish and just a single piece of the 'Kentucky Fried Dao Treading Realm Supreme Elder' he realized the difference.
"Damn, just a few pieces are enough to be compared to several other dishes. Just how much spirit Qi is in this?" Lin Wu was surprised.
When he had forcefully eaten the Dao Embryo of the Supreme elder, he had gotten nothing from it. It was as if it turned into nothingness in his mouth and nothing was gained.. This let him know that eating Dao Embryo's or doing anything to them would be useless.
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Chapter 732 – Calorie Gains
Lin Wu had thought that there would be at least some benefit to eating a Dao Embryo, but it turned out to be nothing.
'At least I get to enjoy this increase. Can't complain about this.' Lin Wu thought as he looked at the system notification. "Wonder what the Calorie ratio for this would be?"
~DING~
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SPIRIT QI OBTAINED: 62,798,314 Units [liquid spirit Qi]
SPIRIT QI STORAGE: 10,637,087 units [liquid spirit qi] - 73,435,401 units [Liquid Spirit Qi]
VITAL ESSENCE OBTAINED: 4,569,245 units
VITAL ESSENCE STORAGE: 33,000,000 Units - 37,596,245 Units
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The increase was rather significant to say the least and Lin Wu had gained enough spirit Qi that he could progress the completion of his other Dao Shell too. Lin Wu hadn't forgotten that he still had another Dao Shell that needed to grow.
Even if he had already reached the Shell Completion stage of the Dao Shell realm, he needed the other Dao Shell to progress further. After all, it was this that allowed him to reign supreme over others on the same level as him, or even those above him.
'Besides, I'm at a stage where breakthrough is not at a certain point. I'll need to figure the rest of it on my own, so I may as well increase my strength as much as I can.' Lin Wu reckoned.
From this point onwards, Lin Wu would have to first stabilize his cultivation base and then get to working on comprehending on how to make his Dao Embryo. And while doing this, he would also increase the size of his Dao Shell. When he successfully did that, he would enter the next stage.
"Oh yeah, if I do it soon enough, I'll be able to upgrade the avatar as well." Lin Wu muttered to himself.
His avatar had been cultivating with full focus and had gained a significant amount of spirit Qi in that time too. While it was not enough for it to breakthrough, Lin Wu didn't mind waiting.
He would have been in a hurry before, but now with his main body relatively strong, he could take things steady.
And while Lin Wu was thinking all this, he finished up with the dinner. All the platters and bowls were polished and not a bit was wasted. With Lin Wu, not even bones would be left behind after all.
~shua~
Lin Wu teleported back to his hall and sprawled on the cool floor that was lined with large carpet.
"HAAA!" Lin Wu stretched his body.
"This is the best!" He said, feeling rather relaxed.
He looked around the hall, realizing something.
"I should… decorate this place a bit more or something… just the carpet is not that good. Though the carpet needs to be expanded too…" Lin Wu muttered to himself.
The carpet was made by stitching multiple beast pelts together. And while it was soft, it wasn't really even. The thickness varied, and it was also a bit uneven in some parts.
'Guess I'll add it to the list of things I need from the humans.' Lin Wu noted.
While lying around, Lin Wu decided to check on his avatar's progress.
"System, show me the Avatar's Data." Lin Wu ordered.
~Ding~
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AVATAR CULTIVATION BASE: Shell Initiation stage of the Dao Shell realm
-Spirit Qi required to upgrade = [23,718,114/70,000,000] units (liquid spirit qi)
AVATAR'S CULTIVATION TECHNIQUE: 1. Taiji Dual Unity Scripture
2. Immortal Sky Shaker Art- First level (Wind attribute spirit Qi initiate)
3. Undaunted Sapphire Body art- Second level (53% Meridians converted)
BLOODLINE: 1. Crimson Eyed Emerald Worm (System Manufactured)
2. Vermillion bird (Fragmented)
QI SKILLS: 1. Qi Amplification (Great)(Proficiency: Intermediate)
INNATE SKILLS: 1. Radiation Manipulation (Lesser) (Proficiency: Expert)
2. Cellular Manipulation (lesser) (Proficiency: Expert)
3. Cellular Crystallization (great) (Proficiency: Intermediate)
4. Flame Manipulation (great) (proficiency: Intermediate)
5. Fire Resistance (great) (proficiency: Intermediate)
NASCENT SOUL: 1. Crimson Eyed Emerald Worm (Beast soul)
DAO SHELL: 1. Normal Dao Shell outline
WEIGHT: 3,17,173 Kilograms Height 147.31 meters long.
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Looking at the data, other than the increase in the spirit Qi it had gained from cultivation, the only other difference he saw was in the Undaunted Sapphire Body Art. Its progress had increased by 1%.
While this 1% seemed measly, one must know that the further one went in a cultivation technique, the slower it got. And 1% increase in a passive manner wasn't that bad either.
"Hmm… maybe I should have held back on the meal a bit… Could have given the avatar some spirit Qi too…" Lin Wu felt a little regret.
But then, after a few seconds, he forgot it.
"Bah! The Food was too good to give up on." Lin Wu said to himself.
After another hour of fooling around, Lin Wu fell asleep. The Food coma was rather pleasant for him and he had some really good dreams in that time. And by the time he woke up, four more days had passed.
"UGAAAAAA!" Lin Wu stretched his joints again as he looked at the system notification that had been piling up in his sleep.
Most of them were just general ones about the progress on tasks and spirit Qi gained, but there were a few others that caught his eye.
"Oh? Wang Xiong tried contacting me yesterday?" Lin Wu then checked the date and realized just how much time had passed.
"SHEESH! My normal sleep time is really that long, huh… Guess I pretty much have to give up on that eight hours of normal sleep. Time for 96 hours of sleep time, baby!" Lin Wu said.
Though he still did contact Wang Xiong after that.
"Senior? You finally responded. I thought you entered seclusion again." Wang Xiong spoke directly.
"Umm, I was just cultivating normally and didn't see for a bit." Lin Wu lied.
He still cultivated passively when he was asleep, so it wasn't a complete lie either.
"Ah, I see." Wang Xiong replied, not questioning it at all.
"So, what did you have to report?" Lin Wu questioned.
"The private meeting between Patriarch Bing, Guardian Yun and Elder Weizhe has finally ended.." Wang Xiong answered.
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Chapter 733 – The Promotion Of Elders
Lin Wu was wondering what the meeting between the Patriarch Bing, Guardian Yun and Elder Weizhe would be about.
He did have some guesses about it, but he was not fully certain. If it was something to do with the entire sect, Lin Wu reckoned they would have invited the other elders, too. But since only Elder Weizhe was there, it was bound to be something else.
'Though considering the elders' situation right now… and me killing half of them, Elder Weizhe is the one with the highest cultivation base.' Lin Wu thought.
"Oh? What's the outcome, then?" Lin Wu questioned, having made some guesses in his mind.
"Considering the demise of several elders and the lack of power, Elder Weizhe will be immediately promoted to the position of the Supreme elder. Along with this, several junior elders will be promoted to Senior elders as well.
The core disciples that are at the Nascent soul realm will be given temporary status as junior elders as well. Though if they want, they can become full fledged elders too, but their responsibilities will be equally increased." Wang Xiong answered.
"So it really is like that, huh…" Lin Wu muttered to himself.
His guess had turned out to be accurate, but it also meant that one of the plans he had prepared could now be initiated.
"What do you want us to do now, Senior?" Wang Xiong asked.
"Alright… Listen to me carefully, then." Lin Wu said before explaining his plan.
After hearing it all, Wang Xiong's eyes lit up, and he felt excited.
"This… If it really works, then… it will be the perfect outcome!" Wang Xiong exclaimed.
"Indeed. But it all depends on how well Guardian Yun and you can handle Patriarch Bing. And I don't think the other elders will take this with no doubts either. Even if they are in the Frozen brook division, such a sudden addition will leave them struck too." Lin Wu spoke.
"Don't worry, senior. I'll make sure Patriarch Bing understands. Besides, I did keep something ready for a situation like this before. While I didn't think it would be exactly this, I still have something close to it." Wang Xiong replied.
"Alright, do as you see fit and keep me informed." Lin Wu stated.
"I will, Senior." Wang Xiong replied before bidding him goodbye.
'Hmm… even if this part is done… we still don't know another important thing. Why was patriarch Bing away from the sect for this long? What was the agenda of the important meeting for which he was called?' Lin Wu wondered.
Ideally, the patriarch or the head of a sect should not leave his sect easily. At least not in an unstable situation the likes of which the Frozen Cloud sect was in. Lin Wu was not so dumb as to think that Patriarch Bing didn't know this either.
"Which means… whatever he was called for, was many times important than the stability of his own sect." Lin Wu analyzed.
'Whatever the Long Clan called the meeting for must be severe enough for Patriarch Bing to ignore his basic duties.' Lin Wu thought as his expression darkened.
He knew that if the Long clan had now acted, he couldn't ignore it either. If he wanted to grow his power in this world, he needed to be aware of the news and events of the entire long continent, if not the entire Ming Dao world.
Right now Lin Wu was isolated from the other two continents, and thus wouldn't need to worry about them, but there was still the eventual need to get them under him too.
Additionally, there was one other thing that had been bugging Lin Wu.
~Ding~
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QUEST: Hunt and consume the original bloodline beast.
REWARDS: Bloodline Progression, Skill progression, Cultivation Progression.
DURATION: Unlimited.
STATUS: Incomplete
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Lin Wu hadn't forgotten that he still had a big quest that had not been completed yet. This was one of his original goals in the past, but he had long since realized finding the beast would not be possible alone.
With the vast expanse that was the Ming Dao World, it would be the same as searching a… Single beast in the entire world.
'I definitely need to complete this quest. Both by bloodlines were from this beast and are the basis of my power. And this is when what I have is merely a fraction of what this beast has. If I finish the quest, just how strong will I even grow?' Lin Wu thought to himself.
This quest was a long term goal of Lin Wu and the making of his own organization, the Emeraldine Legion, was the means to an end. Though it wasn't as if he was gonna depend on the Legion for all things, there was also the way to search it on his own.
"If my cultivation base is strong enough, I should still be able to sense the beast. And if I can't, the system will surely be able to detect it. The more my cultivation base increases, the better the range of the system will get.
Considering the beast's aspects, I know that it can dig and hide underground. Finding it will not be easy, but I have to do it!" Lin Wu said to himself.
Lin Wu also realized something after seeing the quest again.
"Now that I think of it… System you haven't given me any quests after that… not even minor ones. Why is that?" Lin Wu questioned.
~DING~
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ANSWER: The system only assigns quests when it deems it absolutely necessary. The quests are only created when they will greatly impact the host. This assessment mechanism changes depending on the host's current capabilities and powers.
Since the host was far weaker in the past, the system had to prioritize the host's survival and make quests that were appropriate for that.
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"Huh… so you are considerate like that." Lin Wu said. "But then… Aren't the quests pretty much just suggestions? The rewards you've given so far are just the normal outcome of the quests.." He added.
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Chapter 734 – A Year Passes
Lin Wu waited for the system's answer but received none.
"So you're gonna be silent huh…" Lin Wu muttered.
He knew that the system didn't answer things that it couldn't at its current level. If this was him in the past, he would have pestered the system to tell him, but now he knew well to not waste his time and energy in that when he had far more important things to do.
For now, Lin Wu decided to continue cultivating. He also wanted to let his avatar breakthrough to the Completion stage of the Dao Shell realm too. While he wouldn't be entering full seclusion, Lin Wu would still cultivate and get the information that the beasts and his subordinates would report to him.
Now was the time for him to wait and asses the situation rather than freely go around and act.
And just like this, time continued to pass.
A year went by in the blink of an eye as the beasts in the Millennium forest continued to grow. Lin Wu's main body had stabilized its cultivation base, and he had recovered completely.
The same could be said for the Twin Lights Liger King. The former ruler had accepted the arm of the Supreme elder with great pleasure and had gained quite a bit from it too. While it wasn't on the same level as Lin Wu, it was still enough to push him quite far in his cultivation.
The Twin Lights Liger King had now condensed about thirty percent of his Dao Shell at this point. The process having been augmented due to the arm of the supreme elder.
Lin Wu had watched the entire process, as he wanted to know just how much this could affect beasts other than him. Especially since Tim consuming the leg had made him fall in a deep slumber.
A sleep from which he had yet to awaken from.
If Lin Wu had not known that Tim was fully fine and the system's assesment was the same, anyone else would have assumed that Tim was in a coma.
On the side of his human subordinates, Tian Xiaoge had finally broken through to the Nascent soul realm as well. While her tribulation was a bit longer there were no unusual phenomena during it and it all went well.
The same could be said for Pei Jun, whose breakthrough was even smoother. The two of them continued to stabilize their cultivation base for another month after that. Once that was done, Lin Wu summoned them and talked to them.
The two of them got to learn of the fall of the Frozen Cliff Division which they didn't even know had come into existence. After all, they had been in seclusion since before the creation of the three divisions.
Then, learning that the Frozen Cliff division mounted a rebellion, even going so far as to killing the other disciples, the two were shocked to say the least. And when Lin Wu revealed to them that he had massacred the Frozen Cliff division, they didn't know what to say.
But they couldn't help but feel a deeper level of respect as well as fear of Lin Wu. They knew very well what it meant to eliminate half of the Frozen Cloud sect's elders meant.
This was not just a matter of concern for the Frozen Cloud sect but rather the other top sects, too. After all, what Lin Wu had done was weaken a top sect by half with just him and two more beasts.
If the other top sects were to learn of this, they wouldn't hold back from assuming the worst. To them, Lin Wu would be a threat that would have to be eliminated. He would be a vicious beast that was to be eliminated at any cost.
Which was also why, as much as Lin Wu desired to grow stronger by consuming other strong cultivators, he had to resist that temptation and hold back for the time being.
He knew very well that he had been lucky in the last fight. He was simply fighting a single Dao Treading realm expert who was caught off guard. If there were two more of them, Lin Wu didn't have confidence that he would be able to survive that.
Not to mention that there was always a chance that the other sects would learn of his powers and abilities, allowing them to form strategies and tactics against him. This would further weaken him even more.
Then there was the fact that there still were Immortal Ascension realm experts in this world. While they were limited, their existence was still a great threat to Lin Wu. He had zero confidence in going against them.
Plus, they wouldn't even need to act. They could simply wave a hand and send out an army of cultivators to mount an offense against Lin Wu.
If they targeted the Millennium forest, the other beasts wouldn't have a chance to live for long. Not to mention, Lin Wu would lose the base he had made and the constant support he would get from there.
The millennium forest provided him with a steady source of resources as well as spirit Qi. And it was not at its full potential either. The spirit Qi in the forest continued to grow slowly.
The system assessed that the current growth rate of the spirit Qi was about a single percent every year.
This might seem small, but with the life span most cultivators had, it could be considered very fast. After all, the concentration of spirit Qi in the forest was already far greater than most places in this continent.
It was already enough to be considered on the same level as that of a sacred ground of a sect. And it would only grow more. It wouldn't be long when the millennium forest would become the best place to cultivate on the continent.
From what Lin Wu and the system had assessed, the sealed being under the Dark Bloom caverns was the energy source of the entire tomb and also the source of the spirit Qi for the forest.
The spirit Qi sourced from the being was almost endless, and Lin Wu didn't know how it could produce so much of it.
Even if the sealed being was an enigma for now, Lin Wu didn't mind that and only looked to take advantage of it.
And just the increased spirit Qi wasn't the only advantage. With the increased spirit Qi, the growth rate of spirit herbs, fruits and spirit beasts would accelerate too. Rarer and better spirit fruits might start growing too.
As the king of the millennium forest, this would provide Lin Wu with additional means of getting stronger.
It wouldn't be unreasonable for Lin Wu to simply stay put in the Millennium forest for several decades and reap the gains slowly while also growing stronger. Though he doubted that would be possible, since the other powers won't stay still.
The cultivation world was always moving around and the cultivators would search for fortune.
The millennium forest was a hunting ground for both beasts and resources, thus there were bound to be some that notice the increase. This would only bring more and more cultivators here, until it attracted the attention of the bigger powers of this world.
For when that time comes, Lin Wu would need to be strong enough to resist them.
And for that, the Frozen Cloud sect would be his first line of defense.
Wang Xiong had been giving Lin Wu steady updates and had been working with Yun Bai towards a better route. They were intending on getting the patriarch to ally themselves with Lin Wu.
But this couldn't be done directly. Rather than that, they needed a catalyst. And this catalyst was still being prepared.
"Soon… soon, they will all be ready." Lin Wu muttered as he gazed at several monitoring screens.
On those screens, tens of humans could be seen sitting. They were silently cultivating and spirit Qi revolved around them. At the front, a beast dressed in the robes of a monk could also be seen.
He lightly spoke and gave insights to the human cultivators.
All of these humans had one thing in common through, they were all at the Pseudo Nascent soul realm!
This was the trump card Lin Wu had prepared for an alliance between the Frozen Cloud sect and the Millennium forest. It was an alliance that would turn into subordination in the future though.
But it was something that the Patriarch of the Frozen Cloud sect couldn't learn now.
'Even if they don't want to, they will still have to come under my protection. They will simply have no choice… the temptation will be far too great.' Lin Wu thought to himself as a smile appeared on his face.
Lin Wu switched to a different monitor and observed the rest of the beasts in the forest. While no beast had a breakthrough this year, a lot of them had progressed to the Core condensation realm.
And despite the fact that the hunting of beasts had increased during this time, the numbers had not decreased at all. The birth rate of new beasts was simply far too much compared to the hunting rate.
The repair work of the formation array of the Taiji Celestial's tomb had been completed in this time as well by the system. The system was finally on track to reconnecting the old areas that had been broken for thousands of years.
Little by little, the Millennium forest was progressing and turning into a power that the entire Long Continent would revere.
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Chapter 735 – The Beast's Got Jobs
"My king! It is time!" Lin Wu was woken out of his trance by a sudden voice.
Lin Wu's eyes opened wide as he immediately checked the monitoring screens.
On the screen, he could see turbulent spirit Qi and spatial fluctuations around several disciples that were sitting and cultivating deeply.
"So they are finally ready…" Lin Wu muttered.
There were thirteen disciples in total that had come from the Frozen Cloud sect, along with the remaining two that were Pei Jun and Tian Xiaoge. The two were the first ones to progress out of the rest and now the time for the others had come as well.
Even if they might have been a bit late, seeing as over a year had passed, it was not a bad time at all.
"Tell all beasts at the core condensation realm and below to retreat to the fourth ring!" Lin Wu gave out the order.
The order was transmitted to his servants and subordinates, who quickly acted on his order. Today, droves of beasts migrated from the fifth and sixth ring to the fourth ring. This migration was enough to scare the weaker, less intelligent beasts who were startled into retreating even further.
If this was not controlled, there was a chance that they might just end up running all the way out of the millennium forest, trigging a beast tide. That was not something Lin Wu wanted, and his servants already knew that.
The servant of his had their own subordinates and these were already assigned to the second and first ring a long time ago. They would make sure that the beasts of the millennium forest don't just leave in mass numbers.
A few of them were fine, but hundreds and thousands was certainly not okay. The beasts that were assigned to the second and first ring were at the core condensation realm. In these areas, humans woulds normally come to hunt.
Thus if such strong beasts were found there by them, they would be alerted and possibly cause more trouble for Lin Wu. Which was why this duty was chiefly assigned to the insect beasts that could dig and live underground.
They could monitor the situation and guard the first and second right appropriately. Not to mention they could also act as the first warning system for Lin Mu in case humans mounted an offense or a large number of them arrived in the forest.
While system could always tell this to Lin Wu, the same could not be said for Lin Wu's servants. Since Lin Wu wanted to spend time in cultivation, he couldn't always update his servants about each development.
Thus, to let them be independent this was another method. With this, Lin Wu could focus on his own cultivation and let the servants deal with the problems before he needed to even interfere.
So far, the system had been working as expected and now it would be another test for it.
There were over a hundred core condensation realm beasts watching the first and second right right now. All hidden underground, ready to act whenever needed for them.
Usually core condensation realm beasts wouldn't like to be in the second and first ring as the concentration of spirit Qi here was less. But since they were doing a specific job that was important and issued by Lin Wu, they were not left uncompensated.
They were given benefits in the form of spirit fruits and spirit herbs that still helped them cultivate. In fact, this turned out to be a job that beasts competed to take, since the gains in this were higher than they would get by just staying in the fourth or third ring.
For all the beasts below Nascent soul realm, this was one of the best jobs they could get, other than becoming fertilizer and manure producers. The ones that made manure were rather rich too these days.
In fact, a couple of them were even getting smart enough to make their own farms and use their manure to cultivate the farm. They could be considered 'cultivators' too now.
Lin Wu jokingly called them Shit cultivators.
But many of these beasts wanted to be shit cultivators. It was a easy job that paid well, they simply needed to eat and shit out quality manure.
~Rumble~
"Huh? What's that?" A few humans were hunting on the periphery of the second ring of the millennium forest currently.
They felt a low rumbling sound coming from the depths of the forest. It was very low so only a couple of them heard it, but a few seconds later the rest of them heard it too.
"What could that be?" someone questioned.
"No way, could it be a beast?" a man guessed as he tightened his grip on the spear he was holding.
"Just a single beast? Do you think it's a core condensation realm beast?" a girl wondered.
"There are no core condensation realm beasts in the second ring, don't you know?" the man said, doubting the girl's intelligence.
"I know that!" The girl said, feeling offended.
"No, wait… there can be core condensation realm beasts here. But when they do appear… that means…" another older man said, as he face darkened.
"A beast tide!" The girl realized.
Cold sweat appeared in the backs of everyone that was here as they imagined the terrifying scene of thousands of beasts rushing out of the millennium forest.
They had already known that the millennium forest had gotten far more dangerous than it used to be in the past and the many warnings that had been issued. In fact, the fourth ring was almost deemed a restricted area these days for the benefit of the commoners and cultivators.
Nearly everyone knew that the Millennium forest now had a Dao Shell realm beast, the Twin Lights Liger King. The former rulers reputation was well known and his show of power a year ago was enough to startle most cultivator powers along with the kingdoms.
~tremble~
"LOOK! IT REALLY IS BEASTS!" The girl spotted.
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Chapter 736 – An Unexpected Save
Several silhouettes of beasts could be seen appearing at the edge of the second ring, just at the limits of the humans' sight.
The humans all froze with fear as the watched the beast's approach them. The number of beasts was way beyond what they had even talked about.
"This… this isn't thousands… this is hundreds of thousands!" the old man screamed.
The beasts all ran at full speed, uncertainty and anxiety filling their minds. They were not given any commands, but seeing the stronger beasts from the inner rings appearing in their territory had terrified them.
One of the humans tried to take a step, but their legs were too weak to carry them much farther.
~thud~
Just in two steps, the man fell to the ground. His legs turning to lead, he could only watch in despair as the wave of beasts only got closer and closer. Tears started streaking down his face and the same could be said for the rest of the humans.
"Is… this our end?" the girl said between her subs.
The beasts were now merely twenty meters away and this distance could be covered in less than a few seconds by them. There were various kinds of beasts in the tide and some of them very fast, taking the lead.
In this current situation, there was a herd of Ash Crowned bucks charging towards the humans. They had large horns that were ash colored and they galloped at great speed, jumping several meters at once.
One such Ash Crowned buck was mid air and when he would land, the girl in the front was bound to be trampled.
~whoosh~
But just as the deer was about to land, the ground started to shake.
~TREMBLE~
This shaking was different from the trembling of ground due to the beast tide approaching. It was far more intense and soon the girl felt the ground underneath her move.
'Eh?' the girl couldn't help but look down as she felt herself rising up.
The soil parted as a large body rose from it. It was over three meters in size and was dark brown colored.
The rest of the humans, the girl's comparison, saw this too and were shocked by what had appeared.
"A Throw Pulse Cicada?!" The old man recognized.
"HEAVENS! IT REALLY IS A CORE CONDENSATION REALM BEAST!" another man shouted.
The beast in question was a dark brown cicada. It had a hard and tough exterior shell that was a bit rough. It had six limbs, with the frontal ones being hooked. But the most gnarly feature of it was its mouth.
There were three wide mandibles attached to it. These mandibles weren't like normal mandibles though. They had a webbing that connected all of them.
The Throw Pulse Cicada raised its head and looked towards the incoming beasts.
~HUUUUUUUUUUUU~
A large amount of air was sucked into its mouth in that moment, as the mandibles expanded and its thorax widened as well.
~FWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE~
The webbing attached to the mandibles vibrated rapidly as the Cicada beast breathed out.
~BOOM~
At that moment, spirit Qi flowed into its mandible as a dense sound pulse shot out. The pulse compressed the air enough that the change could be seen with naked eyes. The pulse traveled forth like a cannon and blasted apart all the Ash Crowned bucks.
~splat~
The ones that were in the very front were unfortunate and directly exploded into bits of flesh and bones, while the ones that were further back were knocked away like rag dolls. The attack spread in the shape of a cone, creating a divide in the beast tide.
~Roar~
~howl~
~Chirp~
The incoming beasts were suddenly startled by the appearance of the Throw Pulse cicada and changed their direction, avoiding the place where the beast was. This was a narrow area, but it was still enough to save all the humans that were behind the cicada.
The terrified humans were left with even greater shock as they saw the beast tide pass around them without hurting them.
'We… we're alive?' They all thought, unable to move their lips yet.
~thud~thud~thud~
The corpses of beasts that were caught in the attack of the Throw Pulse cicada fell to the ground, creating noise that scared the incoming beasts even more. Some of them were directly hit by the falling corpses and were injured too.
The humans could only watch as a slaughter occurred in a moment.
Just a single attack from the Throw Pulse Cicada had possibly eliminated over a hundred beasts at once while also repelling the rest from coming near. Not only that, but the beast was domineering too.
Spirit Qi fluctuations spread from its body while its beastly aura spiked.
The beast tide continued to pass by while the aura of the Throw Pulse Cicada kept them away even after the effects of the attack had passed.
Two minutes passed like this, during which the Throw Pulse cicada stayed still, its eyes gazing at the incoming tide straight without moving. The humans couldn't move either, even if they had gained the ability to move again.
There were beasts around them till before and now they were in the presence of a core condensation realm beast that had killed hundreds in one blow. They feared that if they moved, they might just end up catching the attention of the beast and it might kill them too.
Even if they had been saved for the time being, they didn't know this beast.
The most shocked was none other than the girl that was sitting on the back of the Throw Pulse cicada.
"What do I do?" She couldn't help but wonder.
She had never imagined in her life that she would get to climb on top of a Core Condensation realm beast like this, even if it was unintentional. She was merely at the early stage of the Qi refining realm, like most of her companions here.
Even the old man who was the strongest of them was at the late stage of the Qi refining realm.
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Chapter 737 – More Anxiety After A Moment Of Relief
The girl and all her companions were just average cultivators from the Ling Kingdom and had come from the nearby Deer wood city. They didn't belong to any particular power and had only gathered together to come hunt.
No one would hunt in the Millennium forest alone anymore and would always go in groups of five or more. This group was even bigger, having ten members.
~thud~
But just as she was wondering what to do, the cicada moved!
~gulp~
The girl swallowed her saliva as she tried to stay as still as possible. The rest of her companions, on the other hand, couldn't move either. They were all far too weak to handle the pressure exuding from the Throw Pulse cicada.
"Phree?" A strange sound could be heard coming from the Throw Pulse Cicada's mouth.
To the girl, it almost felt like it was tinged with surprise.
The beast looked at the humans, and then its eyes turned upwards. It could feel someone on top of its body.
"Phi!" The Throw Pulse Cicada let out another sound.
Its aura started retreating into its body and the spirit Qi fluctuation coming from its body almost disappeared as well. At the very least, they were no longer strong enough to pressurize the humans.
They all felt dumbstruck at this. The girl was even more so.
"Ph!" The beast let out another sound and lightly shook its body.
The girl, as if understanding something, slid down from its back. She carefully stepped back while keeping an eye on the beast, who simply watched them without moving. The girl's companions tactfully understood as well and stepped back slowly but steadily.
Once they were about ten meters away from the Throw Pulse Cicada, it moved again. This time though, it went back into the ground, as its legs moved quickly to burrow. In ten seconds, the beast was nowhere to be seen.
"Did we… Just…" a man spoke with confusion, finding it hard to speak.
"We did…" his companion replied.
"We were… saved by that beast?" The girl finally understood.
"How? That should be impossible?" another girl, a bit older than the first one, questioned.
The old man, who was seemingly the leader of the group though had a serious expression on his face now.
"Don't speak anymore. Let's leave for now. Whatever happened here is a miracle. Best don't test your fate anymore!" The old man warned.
All of his companions nodded their heads in response, not wanting to stay here. Though the girl who was on the back of the Throw Pulse cicada couldn't help but think to herself more.
'Did that beast… understand us? If not, then why would it save us and even let us leave?' this question wouldn't budge from the girl's mind.
She would be thinking this non-stop for the coming few days.
The humans started to move, and so did the girl. They ran as fast as possible, while also avoiding the direction that the beasts had passed over. Thirty minutes passed as they covered large tracts of land.
They used all of their spirit Qi, even going so far as to use spirit stones to continually restore their spirit Qi. Normally they would not use their precious spirit stones like this, but this was a matter of life and death, which they certainly had to take seriously.
They had covered about half of the distance of the Second ring when they felt a change in the air.
~WHOOSH~
Winds started to blow as the sky darkened.
"Huh?" they looked up and saw dark clouds covering the entire sky. "Wasn't it just clear a minute ago?" they were confused.
The clouds had appeared rapidly and covered wherever they looked. They extended past the horizon and all the way to the depths of the forest as well. Looking in the direction of the Ling Kingdom, they could see that the clouds only kept on expanding even more.
"What is happening? Is a storm incoming?" the second girl asked.
~flash~
It was at this moment that they felt a streak of light flashing in their vision.
"Lightning?"
~RUMBLE~
And just as they saw that, the loud thunderclap hit their ears!
"EEK!!!!" The two girls were scared and almost fell to the ground.
The other humans were a bit startled by this too, finding the thunder to be the soundest they had ever heard before in their lives.
"Is this a storm? How? This isn't even the season for that!?" one of them realized.
~flash~
~Rumble~
But the clouds had nothing for their questions and continued to thunder as faint arcs of lightning continued to streak across them. It was like snakes swimming in the water as the white arcs of lightning weaved in and out of clouds.
The dark color of the clouds contrasted the bright white color of the lightning, making it seem as if a mystical painting had appeared in the sky.
The clouds continued to spread while the thunder and lightning showed its dominance. And as this occurred, all the humans felt an unsettling feeling filling their bodies. They didn't know why, but the hair on their skin stood up and anxiety filled their minds.
The old man's expression turned dark like the clouds, as he had a moment of realization.
"This… are we really this unfortunate? We really shouldn't have come this week…" the old man muttered with regret.
His companions heard him and were a bit lost.
"What do you mean, leader?" someone asked.
"This… this thing… these clouds… the lightning… it's not a storm…" the old man replied as his lips turned dry.
"Then what is it?" the girl asked while her legs and arms continued to tremble.
"This… is a… Heavenly tribulation," the old man said with difficulty.
The moment the rest of them heard this, they all felt their hearts fall to their guts.
"A HEAVENLY TRIBULATION!?" They all exclaimed.
~RUMBLE!~
And with their voices another thunderclap echoed, but this time a stronger flash of lightning accompanied it.
Though its direction was different, it fell to the ground!
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Chapter 738 – Multiple Heavenly Tribulations
The humans witnessed a sight that shook their souls: A Heavenly Tribulation!
This was something people of their level would almost never get to see. After all, they were the lowest of the low in terms of status in the cultivation world. Even if they might be above the peasants who had no spirit Qi cultivation, it was still nothing when compared to the orthodox legacies of cultivation sects and kingdoms.
Among them, only one person had ever seen a Heavenly Tribulation and it was the old man who was their leader.
"Why is there a Heavenly Tribulation here? Who would chose to go through it here in the Millennium forest?" a young man that looked to be barely twenty years old asked.
"What makes you think that it's a human? Do you forget what this place is? Did you forget the many beasts that reside here?" His companion scoffed at him.
It was now that the young man understood.
"A beast? A beast is making such a large Heavenly Tribulation?" the Young man said with disbelief.
"That is probably it. The last time I saw a Heavenly Tribulation was in this forest, too. And the one undergoing it was a beast as well." The old man spoke.
"Do we know which beast it was?" someone asked.
"Who knows… there have been rumors that several Nascent soul beasts have popped up in the Millennium forest in the past decade. The number only increasing more and more." The old man replied.
"What?! Why aren't the people of the kingdom doing anything? I thought there were only five rulers in the Millennium forest." A woman asked.
"Do you think they don't know this? They knew this way before we did. As for why they don't want to act… do you really think even the entire power of the Ling Kingdom can go against the Millennium forest now?" The old man replied.
Hearing this the companions of the old man felt a bit lost. To them, the Ling Kingdom's power was great. Greater than what they could ever experience. Thus they didn't think that the forest located in it would be powerful than themselves.
~BOOM~
But their confusion was only starting to get deeper.
~BOOM~
More and more Bolts of Tribulation lightning started to fall from the skies.
"Huh? Why are there so many at once?" The old man was confused too.
"Doesn't this mean whatever beast is undergoing the tribulation is very talented and powerful?" One of the cultivators who was a bit more knowledgeable, asked.
"No… that's not right… even if there can be multiple tribulation lightning bolts during a tribulation… they won't come all at once like this." The old man said as his expression turned pale.
A dangerous thought came to his mind that made him feel chilly.
~gulp~
He swallowed his saliva as he looked at the tens of Lightning bolts that fell one after the other.
It looked like it was raining Thunder and Lightning now.
"No… No… NO! It can't be… HEAVENS! IT'S NOT ONE BEAST ITS MULTIPLE BEASTS!" The old man couldn't hold back anymore.
~BOOM~ BOOM~ ~BOOM~
Thunder echoed non-stop, assaulting the ears of all while Lightning descended like the heavens were angered.
~thud~thud~thud~
The humans couldn't help but collapse to the ground at the terrifying sight. Their scalp almost ached from the sounds and sight of the tribulation. Heavenly tribulation was something that was sourced from the very heavens and thus could have profound effects on all cultivators.
The ones that were weaker would only feel them to be oppressive. This was especially so for those that were in the Qi refining realm. If it was the average heavenly tribulation, they would only feel unconformable in its presence.
But with the tens of tribulation bolts falling at the same time, it was simply devastating to their minds.
Their spirit Qi felt like it would tear out through their body and they had to do their very best to control it. Even if this wasn't their Heavenly Tribulation, they felt like they were undergoing their own personal tribulation in their body.
The old man was the one with the highest cultivation base among them and could still somewhat hold on. He was the only one who was witnessing everything in detail. The others could only sit on the ground and try to not pass out.
'Do the heavens really want us to suffer today?' The old man couldn't help but think.
He recalled the stories he had heard when he was a child. Everyone was told stories about the vicious beasts that resided in the Millennium forest and how terrifying they could be. Each Nascent soul realm beast would be qualified to become the ruler of the forest.
Their numbers would indicate the power of the forest and the weakness of the humans. The greater it got, the weaker the human race would be. But seeing the numbers increase so quickly all at once was a blow that the old man had never expected.
'I need to tell the mayor! This needs to be informed to the royal court!' the old man thought.
He had family in the Deer Wood city that he cared for and the growth in power of the Millennium forest only meant greater danger for them. There was also a chance for beast tide that would be more powerful than ever.
He had already seen an example today, and didn't want to imagine one that would be lead by Nascent soul realm beasts.
What the poor old didn't know was that his fears were all wrong. After all, it wasn't beasts having a breakthrough… it was humans.
Back at the sixth ring, Lin Wu's crimson eyes stared at the dark clouds above.
~Boom~ Boom~ boom~
Lightning fell from the skies and went towards the many Frozen Cloud disciples that were sitting around. But just before it was about to strike them, it would split apart and a part of it would strike somewhere else.
"Humph! Such Lightning can't do much when I'm here.." Lin Wu said proudly.
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Chapter 739 – Thirteen Nascent Soul Realm Human Subordinates!
Lin Wu gazed at the disciples of the Frozen Cloud sect under him breakthrough though one by one. This was all arranged by him and he knew that the more there were the, stronger the effect would be.
And not just that, Lin Wu could even feel a synergistic effect between the cultivation of all thirteen disciples.
'The system was right, there is indeed a lot more to the Sky Bright Daoist's technique than we thought. This synergy is not even openly said, and is a hidden aspect of the technique.' Lin Wu thought to himself.
A unified breakthrough like this was originally suggested by the Emeraldine Sky Light monk ape. He had apparently gained some insights that made him think that doing so would be good.
Lin Wu was of course doubtful of it, even thinking the monkey was a fool. Lin Wu had already seen many types of heavenly tribulations and even participated in multiple of them, despite the fact that they weren't his.
He knew very well how dangerous they could be. And when several such cultivators would be breaking through at the same time, the effect would only be many times more dangerous.
While Lin Wu wasn't worried about getting injured himself, he didn't want his base to get injured in the process. This included his subordinates and other beasts along with the millennium forest.
Tim's breakthrough and the near escape of the Sealed being were already large headaches to him and Lin Wu certainly didn't want a repeat of anything close to that. Even if it was highly unlikely for an event on that level to happen, it was best to stay safe.
Thus he let the system analyze the scenario and only after it gave the go-ahead, did Lin Wu allow the disciples to breakthrough here.
Of course, he didn't let the tribulation attenuation formation array work on its own either. The array wasn't made to handle multiple heavenly tribulations at once like this and was likely to get damaged if so many people broke through at once.
This was also why Lin Wu interfered personally. With his progress in the Immortal Sky Shaker art and proficiency with the lightning element, combined with radiation manipulator, Lin Wu was confident in doing the work of the array himself.
Thus while the array was still working, Lin Wu was lessening its load by diverting a part of the tribulation lightning himself.
~BOOM~
Another lightning bolt filled with the power of heavenly tribulation struck the barrier and split apart before hitting the disciples and ground.
"Just a bit more and it should be over…" Lin Wu muttered to himself.
His gaze went to the several monitors that were floating around him and observed the siltation in the other parts of the millennium forest.
"Oh? There are actually humans that managed to stay in the second right even now? I thought they'd have all run away." Lin Wu muttered in surprise.
He had given the order to his beasts to prevent a tide from happening. And in addition to that, he asked them to protect the humans in case they could. While it was not an absolute requirement, Lin Wu reckoned their survival would be good for his later plans.
Lin Wu even told that he would provide additional incentives to those beasts that save the humans and prevent them from dying.
A personal guarantee from their king was more than enough for all the beasts to work with great diligence. They would gladly give their lives for Lin Wu at this moment and wouldn't mind doing whatever he asked even without the reward.
Still, Lin Wu knew the best way to motivate the subordinates now and it was to reward them at some milestones.
And right on the monitoring screen in front of him was the result of that; a perfect result.
"Ooo, this could become a nice story on its own." Lin Wu said as he watched the Throw Pulse cicada defend the group of humans from the tide of beasts.
'That's a nice ability that cicada got there, might be good enough to nurture perhaps…' Lin Wu took note in his mind.
He then watched as the humans did their best to escape the forest. The team of humans that was saved by the Throw Pulse cicada weren't the only humans that were in the forest at this time either.
There were a few more spread around the forest and most of them had escaped, along with a few that had perished.
The ones that had perished though were located deep in the third ring, almost at the fourth ring's border at that time. Which only made them the first target of the beast tide. With the surge of the beasts, which even included Core condensation realm beasts, there was not much of a chance for them to live.
They were the ones who had ended up dying the first.
"There's definitely gonna be a lot of talk in the nearby cities. The sects won't be able to hold their curiosity anymore either… though it's all according to the plan." Lin Wu said to himself as the flash of lightning reflected off his crystal body.
The tribulation was the biggest Lin Wu had ever seen, even when considering the other records and data he had. Though this was more of a quantitative difference rather than qualitative.
Thus this tribulation wasn't necessarily the most dangerous one either.
'Should be over in a while more…' Lin Wu thought as he continued to redirect the tribulation bolts.
While it looked like the lightning was raiding all at once and that tens of bolts were falling at once, it was not so. It was actually only thirteen bolts, all falling after short intervals.
But due to Lin Wu's control, they were split apart before they even struck the barrier. This made it look like there were nearly a hundred tribulation lightning bolts. Regardless, it was still a very impressive scene that not many would be able to forget.
~DING~
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ANALYSIS COMPLETED: Data Bank updated
NOTIFICATION: The cause of the synergy has been found!
ANSWER: The synergistic effect is ultimately due to the unknown aspect 'Dao'. In a singular heavenly tribulation, this is far too weak to show any effect, but when several of them happen at once, the practitioners can benefit from it.
——
Seeing this, Lin Wu raised his brows.
"This is interesting… does apply to other techniques too?" Lin Wu wondered.
~DING~
——
ANSWER: With further analysis and extrapolation of the data, the system might be bale to replicate it for other cultivation techniques. But for now, it is restricted to just this single technique.
——
The system's answer seemed reasonable to Lin Wu though it also made him wonder about additional hidden properties. But what made him the most irritated was the fact that he wouldn't be able to take advantage of it himself, as he was already way beyond that point.
'Though it will probably come in handy sometime.' Lin Wu thought to himself.
An hour passed by, when finally the heavenly tribulation was fully over and the dark clouds dispersed as well.
~phew~
"That was still quite hectic…" Lin Wu said as he took a deep breath.
Even he was tired after doing all this. After all, manipulating tribulation lightning alone was an absurd fact and him controlling several such was also very taxing on his spirit Qi. Even if he had not used all his capacity, half of it had still been depleted.
~HONG~
And just as Lin Wu was checking up on the unmoving disciples, he felt a dense wave of spirit Qi spreading around in a circle. It was dense enough to actually make Lin Wu budge slightly.
"Oh, the spirit Qi infusion… I almost forgot about this." Lin Wu muttered to himself, as he saw several spirit Qi vortexes spinning in the sky.
The vortex spun and poured as much spirit Qi into the cultivators who had just broken through.
~Shua~
The spirit Qi quickly restored the cultivation bases of the disciples and their Nascent souls all appeared out of their bodies. These Nascent souls floated above their heads and absorbed the spirit Qi from the spirit Qi vortex.
The process continued for about fortifier minutes after which the vortexes disappeared and the disciples all woke up one after the other.
But when they opened their eyes, they were stunned.
"W-what?" They said in shock.
The Emeraldine Sky Light monk ape had directly sent them all here through the teleportation array and had simply told them to breakthrough after that. They had also been instructed a long time ago that if they were lucky they might get to meet a great senior.
'Is that… the beast senior that the monk told us about?' Cao Du wondered.
He was the one who was the first among them to reach the point of breakthrough and also the first one to wake up after the tribulation was fully gone.
"Come… Kneel." Lin Wu spoke, his voice piercing through the heads of all directly.
The disciples were a bit shocked, but still stood up hesitatingly. They were instructed to watch their manners and to be very respectful by the Monk before and they were intending to follow through with that.
Even Tian Xiaoge and Pei Jun had told them the same. Since these two were trusted by the disciples, they all did as they were told and didn't mind that Lin Wu could actually speak.
"Junior's pay respects to great Senior!" They all said in unison.
"Mmm… Good… Time for a reward for you all.." Lin Wu said as he began his subordination process.
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Chapter 740 – Giving A Trump Card And Sending Out The Disciples
One by one, Lin Wu implanted the Pentagem into all the disciples. This was the same version that he had implanted into Tian Han in the Frozen Cloud sect and had the new function as well.
Lin Wu even added the same level of attack as Tian Han had triggered in the sect in all of the disciples. They didn't know this, but knew that they had gained some power deep in their bodies.
Still, storing a skill to be used at a later time in so many disciples was not easy and ended up over 75% of Lin Wu's entire spirit Qi. These were after all, full power attacks of his that would be triggered when certain conditions were met.
Lin Wu could modify them as needed and also activate them on his own if he needed so.
"There… now, all of you will have a trump card to save yourselves in the future." Lin Wu spoke after finishing the entire process.
"What is this great senior?" a disciple asked.
"Yes, what is it? I can feel the power within me…" Cao Du questioned.
"You can just think of it as something that will save you if you end up in a dangerous situation. Though it will only work once." Lin Wu answered.
Hearing this, the disciples were surprised.
"What level of danger can it protect us from great senior?" another disciple asked.
"Let's just say that most Dao Shell realm experts will suffer." Lin Wu stated.
He didn't want to tell them that the skill stored in them would poison everything around them. This would work as an additional counter in case any of them revealed this information.
It would allow them to catch the foe unaware.
After all, if even they didn't know what kind of an attack it would be, their foes would be even more lost.
"THANK YOU SENIOR!" The disciples all said out loud.
They knew what the weight of Lin Wu's words was. If even a Dao Shell realm expert could suffer from the trump card he had given all of them, then it was simply a great grace. Any spirit tool or other treasures that could do the same were greatly valued and hard to get.
The more powerful those tools were the more difficult it was to make them and the expense would increase too.
If they were back in the Frozen Sect they would have never had the opportunity to get something like this. It was safe to say that at their current cultivation base, Dao Shell realm experts would simply kill them with ease.
All of them felt excited about the future now. This was because the Emeraldine Sky Light Monk ape had told them that Lin Wu rewards those that do well. If they could get a reward like this by just breaking through, they couldn't wait to see what they would get in the future.
They wanted to do their best and please Lin Wu as much as they could.
Lin Wu's tactic of giving credit to the Twin Lights Liger King and Tim had worked out rather good. The beasts and all of Lin Wu's subordinates were motivated to work harder while also being loyal.
It was simply a win-win situation for Lin Wu and the others.
"Senior Jun said that you have a mission for us, senior?" Cao Du finally asked.
"Yes… I want you all to go back to the Frozen Cloud sect." Lin Wu replied, surprising them.
Some of them felt their hearts dropped, as if they were being abandoned. They frankly didn't want to leave the Millennium forest now. They got to cultivate in a good place with a high concentration of spirit Qi while also getting valuable guidance.
No one would want to leave favorable condition like this after all.
In fact, if it was the point of choosing between the Frozen Cloud sect and the forest, these disciples would definitely chose to leave the sect and just live in the forest.
They had gotten more benefit here than they ever had in the Frozen Cloud sect.
"Why are you banishing us senior?" Cao Du asked, feeling a bit afraid.
"Ahahha!" Lin Wu couldn't help but chuckle upon hearing this.
He could guess the thoughts of these disciples and knew that it did feel like he was banishing them.
"I'm not banishing you. I simply want you to do a mission." Lin Wu clarified.
"I see… we shall do as you command us, great senior!" The disciples said with a determine look on their faces.
"Alright then. I want you to return to the Frozen Cloud sect and assist Wang Xiong. The Frozen Cloud sect is currently in distress and greatly weakened. Your presence there will help stabilize it… or at least we hope to." Lin Wu explained.
"We understand, senior." The disciples replied.
They didn't know the full story behind the sect as of now, but Pei Jun had told them that the Frozen Cloud sect had undergone a great chance.
"Pei Jun and Tian Xiaoge will return with you all. They will also explain to you about the sect's situation in detail. You can also ask them for any other information you want to." Lin Wu stated.
"Thank you, senior." The disciples said before taking their leave.
Lin Wu contacted Pei Jun about the disciples and instructed him to get ready to leave soon. Wang Xiong was also told about this and was rather excited now. The return of the disciples was a surprise that the Patriarch was going to get soon.
It was also a surprise that would decide the next course of action for Lin Wu.
Depending on the outcome of it all, Lin Wu would have a strong ally that will help shield him from the other powers until he grew strong enough to resist them all on his own. It was indeed a tall peak to climb, but Lin Wu wasn't going to back down from it.
"Now to wait and see…" Lin Wu muttered before he teleported back into his hall.
What Lin Wu didn't know was the upheaval he had caused for the human powers around the Millennium forest.
In all the surrounding settlements, whether they be cities, towns or villages, alarms were raised.
The people were already startled by the terrifying thunder, but when they were told that a beast tide was incoming, they were utterly horrified. They all tried to escape, but some were still unable to in time.
But when they realized that no beast tide came, they were confused.
The cities sent out their experts to check out the situation at the forest, and were surprised to find out that the beasts were not leaving it. In fact, a strange phenomenon was witnessed.
Several Core Condensation realm beasts blocked the weaker beasts from leaving the forest. With their powers, it was easy to do so and the beasts were too afraid to act. And once the dark clouds filled with thunder and lightning disappeared, the beasts retreated back into the forest it.
Today was a day of many surprises and they didn't know what was more weird.
The beast tide though, was a matter of concern that mostly boggled the commoners. What the higher ups were worried about though was the Heavenly Tribulation.
"Are you sure all he's saying is true?" An old elder questioned.
Currently, a meeting was underway in the Deer wood city. Several clan heads were all sitting together along with representatives from the other organizations of the city. This was after all, a matter of great importance.
"Yes patriarch! We have confirmed the account from other non related people too and they seem to say the same. The beasts really did protect us from the beast tide." A guard replied.
"Hmm… and The heavenly tribulation?" another elder asked.
"We didn't dare to go any further in the forest, elder. But some of the more experienced guards have confirmed that there were multiple tribulations. I recommend we request for help from the Capital.
We will need a Nascent soul realm expert to check it out. We are far too weak to even attempt that." The guard replied.
"That is indeed true…" the elder replied.
"Very well, it is decided then. We shall ask for an official intervention from the capital. I shall write to the royal court right away." The old man sitting at the head of the room spoke.
With this, the meeting ended and a message was soon sent out to the Royal Court of the Ling Kingdom. The news of a massive Heavenly Tribulation, along with the behavior of the beasts, was alarming to the royal court.
The King personally asked a few of his ministers to check it out.
This was a reasonable response considering the fact that the Millennium forest already had a forbidden area in it and was only getting more mysterious. The rise of the Twin Lights Liger King's cultivation base was also brought up, which made the ministers even more wary.
A similar scene played out in the other kingdoms that surrounded the Millennium forest as well as the sects.. All of them were shocked and confused by the situation and wondered what was the mystery behind it.
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