Chapter 185: Battle with Kunlun (1/2)
After Cheng Yu escaped from Kunlun, his body had already become frail. Arts of Derivation from All Living Things was astonishing powerful and truly domineering, but the consumption of spiritual Qi was too enormous. If it was not because the current cultivation method Cheng Yu was cultivating in was Arts of Derivation from All Living Things, it would be very difficult for him to continuously use all his techniques.
Aish! Compared to the experts who were on the same level as him, the Qi in his body could already be considered as strong and robust. But it was still insufficient if he wished to execute the techniques from the Arts of Derivation from All Living Things continuously. If he did not resolve the spiritual Qi consumption issue, regardless of how powerful his Arts of Derivation from All Living Things was, it could only be used for self-preservation. If he no longer needed to worry about the enormous consumption of the spiritual Qi, even if he were to face all the people in Kunlun, there was no need for him to fear any longer.
Fortunately, he had already left the secular Kunlun safely. After all, the main objective of him scouting in Kunlun during the night was not to kill anyone. At the very least, he had successfully diverted their focus from the Secular World. Cheng Yu flew for half an hour and found a cave. He planned to recuperate first. Since his identity had already been exposed, they would definitely think of ways to capture him.
If he was not able to maintain in his optimal state of mind, and by any chance, if they were to sent out Golden Core Realm experts to chase him, it would be very troublesome. His current cultivation was already very slow. If he were to be injured again, it would be very hard for Cheng Yu to breakthrough to Golden Core Realm in the near future.
The cave was very big and there were animal bones all over the place. This was probably the cave of a large ferocious animal. Cheng Yu did not bother about such things as he set up a restriction at the entrance of the cave. Otherwise, when the time came, it would be very troublesome for Cheng Yu if there were to be people or wild animals disturbing him.
Firstly, he swallowed two Soul Strengthening Pills in order to restore the lost Qi and blood from his internal injury. After that, he took out a bottle of Qi Gathering Pills and consumed five. If those little cultivators from Kunlun saw how Cheng Yu had extravagantly wasted all these Qi Gathering Pills, swallowing five top-grade Qi Gathering Pills in a go, their eyes would glow with an ominous glint and they would swallow Cheng Yu alive.
All those pitiful cultivators had treated these Qi Gathering Pills as treasures, but Cheng Yu had actually treated it as rations. However, Cheng Yu would not feel any regret doing so because there was nothing more important than increasing his cultivation. As long as it was able to increase his cultivation, don’t even mention these top-grade Qi Gathering Pills, even if it was an extremely precious treasure, Cheng Yu wouldn’t mind consuming it like food.
Qi Gathering Pills not only contained spiritual Qi, it was also able to assist the user to absorb spiritual Qi faster. Cheng Yu completely had no understanding towards the Qi resided inside his dantian. He had the experience of forming a core. When a cultivator had reached Foundation Establishment Realm late stage, the Qi in the dantian would start to slowly coagulate. With unceasing absorption of spiritual Qi from the outer world and changing it to Qi within one’s body, it would slowly coagulate. When it had coagulated to a certain degree, it would form a golden core.
However, Cheng Yu had already broken through to Foundation Establishment Realm late stage for so long, but was still unable to see any signs of his Qi coagulating. Instead, it was floating within his dantian distributedly. Therefore, Cheng Yu felt that his cultivation had never progressed. This caused Cheng Yu to become very gloomy. He had already absorbed so much Qi. According to logic, the Qi in his dantain should have already coagulated into a Qi balloon. Yet, it was still the same as before.
“Could it be that I do not possess the aptitude to form a core?! I wouldn’t be such a burden, would I? But regardless of me possessing the aptitude to form a core or not, the Qi should still coagulate! Could it be that there is a problem with my cultivation method?” In Cheng Yu’s previous life, he had cultivated in Pill Scripture and had relied on refining pills as the principal. However, after he had formed his own spiritual flame, the Pill Scripture no longer had usefulness anymore. And Cheng Yu had comprehended the prowess of Arts of Derivation from All Living Things long ago. Since he needed to re-cultivate in this life, he would naturally choose to cultivate Arts of Derivation from All Living Things.
In Cheng Yu’s previous life, he was unable to objectify those phantom like images. He had always thought that as long as he cultivated in the Arts of Derivation from All Living Things completely, he would be able to achieve the realm of solidifying phantom like images. However, this was the first time he had gotten in contact with the cultivation method. Cheng Yu had no idea if the cultivation method was causing his current situation.
Even though he was unable to make any sense of it, Cheng Yu was still as firm as he was before and wanted to continue cultivating in it. If there was a problem with this cultivation method, Cultivator Wansheng wouldn’t have broken through and levitated toward heaven. This was evidence to prove that this pathway was feasible, just Cheng Yu had no idea how to form his core. This caused Cheng Yu to feel anxious. After all when facing a powerful enemy, he had already poured so many pills down, but was still unable to show signs of improvement. This had truly caused his enthusiasm to wane.
Since Cheng Yu was not able to understand what was going on, he no longer kept thinking about it. As long as he continued to persevere, he would ultimately form his core. A day of recuperation allowed Cheng Yu’s spirit to feel completely lustrous.
“HOWL! HOWL!” Just as Cheng Yu had woken up from his meditation, several howls resonated from outside the cave. There were also sounds of striking against the restriction. Cheng Yu stood up and walked over to the cave entrance. It turned out that it was a black bear striking the restriction frantically outside.
Behind this black bear, there was a half-dead deer. It could be assumed that this cave belonged to it. For the night, it must had been outside hunting for food. When it returned early in the morning, it realized that it’s home had been occupied by someone else. How could it not be angry? Immediately, it started to go berserk.
Cheng Yu had already more or less recovered and did not wish to haggle with an animal. He stroked the restriction with his law arts, and the restriction at the cave’s entrance disappeared. But the black bear had no idea. It was striking up a posture to collide with the restriction. In the end, he charged in and knocked into the cave wall, which caused it to be dizzy.
Looking at the deer on the ground, Cheng Yu felt hungry. After reaching Cheng Yu’s current cultivation, he could actually forgo eating for a long time, but after staying in the Secular World for so long, Cheng Yu had already gotten used to the meal times and the delicious food. Therefore, he went to search for some branches outside the cave and built a frame. A thick tree branch was then pierced through the half-dead deer and placed on top of the frame. Cheng Yu lit the fire and started roasting it.
“Roar! Roar!” At this moment, the sobered black bear saw that the person had not only occupied his home, but he even snatched away its prey. Immediately, it became discontented and roared twice before charging at Cheng Yu.