Chapter 579: Cruel Cultivation (IV)
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The death of Immortal Blade Blossom Lan Bingbing was many times crueler. She cried and begged and screamed. She could only watch as her precious luan were sucked out over and over. Her vitality gradually disappeared until there was nothing left.
Women were always instilled with some level of motherly instincts. It was due to the natural laws of the world that allowed to give birth to new human life. Each luan was special and precious, each one could have been a child, a new soul that could have even become an immortal.
Such loss couldn't be compared to men who simply shot their load and forgot about it. Even when Immortal Ghost Sword Luo Ye was about to die, he still had a trace of a smile on his face.
Qin Shui'er finished off her second victim and sat down to cultivate. Her mind was filled with Lan Bingbing's wretchedness and it took her some time to calm down. She had no mercy for humans and even enjoyed their misery but those screams reminded her of the past.
She was a pure shuimu of the purest bloodline but she was always alone. Her master wasn't a shuimu. None of her senior or junior brothers and sisters were like her either. She had no true family and it was all because of humans.
Buried memories from countless years ago came back to the surface. She used to have a clan. She used to belong to a community of pure shuimu. She even had loving parents but she could barely remember them anymore.
Although shuimu were considered a type of demon by humans, they were creatures born from nature, from the water-attribute spiritual energy. They could thrive on their own and did not have to feed on humans. In fact, many shuimu clans were peaceful and kept to themselves.
Her clan, however, made the mistake of befriending some humans who held evil intentions. There were all kinds of humans in the world and some liked to seek out demons to cultivate demonic arts. Akin to beast cultivators who took inspiration from spiritual beasts to form their immortal Dao, demonic cultivators did the same with demons of all kinds.
Such a group of humans tricked their way into the clan under the pretenses of learning from each other and helping each other. They managed to gain the trust of the clan leader only to turn around and capture the whole clan in one fell swoop. She didn't know how she had managed to escape. She was only a child back then. She couldn't even remember the name of her enemies.
"Humans, I'll make all of you pay!" Qin Shui'er said to herself.
The swirl of energy around her intensified along with her emotions. She could already feel the faint aura of the Spirit King Realm emanate from within her, she was getting steadily closer. Her cultivation speed picked up and she focused on refining the vital water that she had captured.
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Spiritual energy quivered inside a private residence within Everblade City. Chen Wentian sat in the middle of a small room, rotating his immortal aura around his body as he cultivated within his soul realm. He had already drawn in the soul of Lan Bingbing but didn't have time to refine it yet.
He could have pushed himself to cultivate faster but his main body was currently still in an awkward location. There were so many random immortals flying around the city and he barely had any privacy. In such a situation, it would be difficult to explain how he suddenly broke through to the Spirit King Realm if he cultivated too carelessly. He still was some distance away so the risk was low but he could already feel great changes within his soul realm. With Luo Ye's soul, his soul realm had expanded greatly but it wasn't at the limit yet.
The difference between the Spirit Lord Realm and the Spirit King Realm was much less substantial than the one between the mortal and immortal domains. Ordinary Spirit Lords found it very difficult to reach the next realm because they didn't understand their immortal Dao. For those with unique or self-created cultivation paths, each step was filled with hardship.
However, those with well-established immortal secret arts had it much better. As long as the path of cultivation to the Spirit King Realm was well understood, it became a matter of talent, hard work, and enough resources. There won't be a situation of having all of the above but no path.
For unknown cultivation paths, the success rate of reaching the next realm could be anywhere from one in twenty to even one in fifty. For the lucky ones that could step on the shoulders of their ancestors and teachers, they could have a success rate of higher than one in ten.
As for Chen Wentian, the Anatta Soul Nirvana Art naturally provided the exact practice method for reaching the next immortal realm. The only thing he needed was souls and a lot of them. Luckily, he had a water demoness working hard to provide him with free resources. Now, he only needed somewhere with sufficient privacy and this place was far from ideal.
There was a knock at the door. Without waiting for a reply, a familiar person walked in. It was none other than Immortal Gentle Lotus Gong Liyun. Today, she wore an outfit of flowing pink silk. It was all see-through and her sagging breasts were on full display. Her nipples were visibly erect, so hard that they could almost poke someone's eye out if she wasn't careful.
"You're here." She said simply as she stopped a few steps away from him.
Chen Wentian stood up and greeted her with a slight nod. He used to be skittish and somewhat nervous around her but he was already used to her shenanigans.
"I didn't think you would come. Did they catch the demons?" He asked.
She snorted and crossed her arms in front of her, pushing up her breasts, "Unfortunately, no. But we aren't giving up yet, at least that's what Old Huang said."
"Fine, what about me?" He asked, getting straight to the point.
"What? Do you have somewhere to be? Do you know the amount of trouble you caused?" She retorted.
"Actually yes, I want to check on my sect. And in fact, I did my best to save people." He said flatly.
Gong Liyun reached forward with a finger and tapped his chest, "Heh, if you think you are so good, you could have saved more of them. Why only two?"
Chen Wentian was annoyed and caught her offending hand, "You already know that I did my best. If I didn't pretend to be a dead pig, I would have been captured as well. Then you might have to be sad for real. You know how powerful that Spirit King Realm ancient shade is. That wasn't something I could fight against."
Her gloomy aura disappeared in an instant and she smiled coyly, "That's the Brother Wentian I know and love! Hehehe… fine, you are free to leave. I will vouch for you. But you owe me one."
He rolled his eyes, "Then I'd rather sit here all day."
She pouted, "And what, sleep around with that slut from the Legendary Fighter League?"
She scoffed at his weird expression and continued, "Don't you try to pretend. I already know."
He was astounded. He couldn't believe that she found out. Had Shi Shi told her? That seemed impossible. She wasn't even here when they did it. It must be some strange power of female intuition, he couldn't understand it.
"You're so heartless. Why her and not me? I love you ten times more than her. I can do things she could never dream of. This is so unfair. I look away for one second and you are shacking up with another woman." Jealousy was written all over her face and laced in her words.
Chen Wentian tried not to laugh and simply walked away, "See you later."
As he disappeared out the door, Gong Liyun could only stamp her feet in anger.
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