Chapter 340: Easier Way (1/2)
”That brat is too hasty. Why is he in a rush?”
Xu Chu had been standing on top of the Isolation Training Space's pylon tower, watching how Miaomiao trying to transform a lightning orb into a lightning elemental crystal.
From her point of view, Miaomiao didn't have enough life essence to support more essence sea. Even if he got the devil's gift, aka the second dantian, his physical strength, which was the main container, might not be able to contain the 4th primary element's power.
It would definitely leak! At worst, Miaomiao's body might self-detonate!
She clicked her tongue. If Miaomiao were to die or become crippled, the dantian space might collapse, and she might disappear along with it.
”Tsk! I guess I have no choice.”
Xu Chu jumped off the tower and flew toward Miaomiao, who had been hovering in front of the black hole in the sky.
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[Warning, your physique cannot sustain more than 4 primary element Qi. Please refrain from solidifying or creating another essence sea even if its size is small. The conflict between elements will cause your dantian space to collapse!]
”Dammit!”
Miaomiao had thought that the risk was worth it, but he made a mistake again.
He was being too greedy. Instead of concentrating on getting the scent of earth, he tried to upgrade the space first to increase the time to train.
It was a mistake and a waste of time.
Miaomiao stopped trying to form the lightning element crystal and returned the energy into the black hole.
”Hoh? I thought you were about to commit suicide. So, your brain is a bit bigger than a peanut, I see.”
Miaomiao looked back. Xu Chu was hovering behind him.
”Ah, Senior Xu. Actually, I made a mistake just now.”
”Obviously. Not many people can have more than 3 primary elements. You have that dragon boy's dragon fire element Qi and two other basic Qi. And now, you want to solidify another one? You're too hasty.”
”Then, what should I do to get all my secondary elements into primary elements?”
”Duh, expand your dantian capacity first! You're supposed to spend the next few years expanding your dantian size and cultivate your specialties! You have the gift of a massive dantian, but you didn't even try to cultivate or refine it. Why are you rushing? Something happened in the mortal world?”
Miaomiao scratched his head and sighed. Normally, he wouldn't answer the question. But since Xu Chu had no influence in the real world, it wouldn't hurt to consult her.
”You see, I want to upgrade the space and increase its efficiency. Also, there's an assessment test going on in the real world, and the tiger…”
Miaomiao revealed a bit of his system upgrade requirements and the events outside.
Upon hearing that a white tiger beast had been acting as a mortal clan's guardian, Xu Chu burst into laughter. But when she heard about the scent of earth and the rabbit dung, she cried laughing.
”You fool! You've been tricked!”
”W-What?”
”That scent of earth is like a perfume. If you mingle with wild beasts for a few years, the scent will stick with your soul and your physique no matter if you want it or not. I can even smell a faint odor of monster goose from you! Also, you fucked that tiger wench in this space not long ago. Since this space connects your soul with the souls of your yin slaves, you probably have it already.”
”…”
”You're being an overachiever,” Xu Chu shook her head. ”Just summon that tiger girl and do her for a month in here, and the scent should stick around with your soul for several minutes, if lucky, an hour. That should be enough for you to negate some of that tiger's array effects. If you're in a hurry, extract her sweat, saliva, pee, pussy juice, or her fucking blood! Be creative, you idiot!”
Miaomiao should have done that from the beginning. He smacked his forehead for being overly greedy and having tunnel vision.
Xu Chu continued to lecture him, ”Cultivation takes time. So far, you've already achieved a lot by abusing the time distortion space. Take it easy and solidify your foundation. Once you ascend, you will be a lot stronger than 99% of the immortals out there. Hey, if you can achieve that much in the future, I might change my mind and agree to be your familiar. I don't mind being a sex slave for a promising young god that can potentially be a lot stronger than Samsara or the devil.”
Miaomiao got hard as the supreme succubus ancestor's sweet voice tickled his ear. He turned to the ancestor and was about to jump her.
However, Xu Chu pushed Miaomiao away.
”Before you start fucking me, take a minute to think of your priorities. Summon that tiger girl and do her instead of me. You don't want your soul to be smeared with my scent, do you?”
Again, Xu Chu was right. Miaomiao smiled and kissed her, thanking her for caring for him.
”I'll become a god and make you my sex slave one day.”
”Hah! I doubt you can achieve that in a hundred years. Good luck.”
”We'll see.”
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One hour after Miaomiao had taken a nap, none of the test takers managed to reach the halfway mark, including Zhou Gongjin. Each of them took their time, proceeding one step at a time.
There was no problem with the stairway, but the arrays and the windstorm put their lives at risk. As all of the cultivators were under the 5th-stage, none of them could fly.
Not everyone had a dense volume of essence like Miaomiao. They could enhance their physique to decrease the fall damage, but they didn't have enough energy to fly.
Furthermore, the gravity array made it difficult to soften the landing. The higher they climbed, the riskier it got. Half of the test takers forfeited after they had reached the 500th step as they couldn't take the risk.
Not only the risk of death scared the test takers, but various arrays also intimidated them.
The first problem was the gravity array. Anyone who had ascended further than 500 steps would face the true trial. For each stair step they passed, their body weight would be increased by one percent.
As soon as they reached the 600th stair, their body weight would be increased by 100%! This array tested the cultivator's physical strength, foundation, and willpower.
Aside from the 6-man team and Zhu Qiao's party, only a hundred youths out of 5,000 managed to cross the 1,000 steps mark.
However, from the 1,001st step onward, a new array put their mind to another test while their body weight continued to increase.
From the 1,001st step to the 1,500th, various hypnosis spells would hit their mind, creating random illusions.
Currently, Zhu Qiao stood at the 1,350th step, and she couldn't proceed forward. From her point of view, all stair steps had disappeared, and the mountain island had already moved further away!