Chapter 48: Evil God's Seed - Fire (1)
Yun Che's training method was simple, but also extremely extreme and terrifying.
He used the immense impact force of the waterfall to completely scatter his profound energy, and his vitality was also heavily damaged. Then, in a state close to utter exhaustion, he would squeeze and tear at the limits of his profound energy and body.
Because tearing through the limit meant taking a step further.
But this process, if even slightly mishandled, would lead to instant death!
After that, he would soak himself in a medicinal liquid made from Demon Skull Vine. Demon Skull Vine contains a strong poison and vigorously stimulates the body. After Yun Che's consciousness sank, the cells on the surface of his body would still spasm, contract, and become active under the stimulation, accelerating the healing of his wounds and allowing his physical strength to break through its limits even further. As for the toxicity of the Demon Skull Vine, with the Heavenly Poison Pearl on him, Yun Che had no fear.
These days, he had basically been going through this process, like a madman who didn't care about his life, desperately training in the most extreme way.
"Hmph, since you want to work so hard, this princess naturally won't stop you. So, how long do you plan to train here?" Mo Li said with a proud and delicate voice.
"Of course, until I conquer this waterfall!" Yun Che said resolutely, a glint of tenacity flashing in his eyes. "If I can't even conquer a waterfall, what do I have to conquer my goals with!"
"Fine, then this princess will watch to see how long it takes you to conquer this waterfall. Before that..." Mo Li's little face turned away at this point, a hint of awkwardness appearing on her cheek. "Go buy this princess a new set of clothes right now! Underwear, outerwear, shoes, and hairband—everything!"
"...Isn't that unnecessary? I think this set looks quite nice?" Yun Che looked Mo Li up and down and said with a serious expression.
"If you don't go buy them, this princess will get angry." Mo Li's body began to radiate a chilling killing intent.
"Alright, I'll go once I've recovered my profound energy."
Yun Che sat down in the medicinal pool, calmed his mind, and felt his severely depleted profound veins gradually becoming full again. After a moment, he suddenly asked, "Mo Li, before you entered the Heavenly Poison Pearl last time, there was a question you didn't answer... Where exactly do you come from? Are you a princess of some imperial clan?"
Mo Li stood up and said flatly, "This princess is naturally a princess, but not some imperial princess. As for where this princess comes from... it's a place that, even if this princess told you, you wouldn't know. It's very, very far from here!"
Her demeanor clearly indicated she didn't want to answer him fully. Yun Che thought for a moment and said, "Since it's so far, why did you come to Flowcloud City? Were you forced there by people chasing you?"
Mo Li's small, adorable brows immediately darkened, and she said coldly, "The people who were chasing this princess are all dead now. I just didn't expect that they would actually have such a 'forbidden' poison! Causing this princess to fall victim to it without even realizing it! The reason this princess came to this place was to seek out the five Evil God secret grounds mentioned in the memory imprint carried by the Evil God's Blood. The approximate location of one of these Evil God secret grounds is in the east of this Cang Feng Empire. While this princess was searching, the deadly poison suddenly flared up... As for what happened after that, you already know roughly."
"The five secret grounds of the Evil God?" Yun Che was astonished.
"In the memory imprint of the Evil God, it was mentioned that this Tian Xuan Continent was originally created by the Evil God. On this Tian Xuan Continent, there are five places where he set his abode. Before his fall, he left five 'seeds' in these five places respectively. And he specifically stated..." Mo Li glanced at Yun Che. "Only those who inherit his power can find them!"
"In other words, only I can find them?" Yun Che was immediately energized and quickly asked, "So what exactly are those five seeds? Are they powerful? And how can I find them?"
"Hmph, how would this princess know! But since they are things left by the Evil God, they cannot be weak. However, right now, you'd better put aside these extraneous thoughts. The area around the Evil God's secret grounds must have an extremely high level of power. How could you possibly approach or touch them! When one day you can look down upon the entire Cang Feng Empire, then you can consider these matters." Mo Li said with a tone of seasoned authority.
Yun Che had no choice but to shut up, put away his thoughts, and silently recover his profound energy.
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Seven days had passed, and Xiao Kuangyun was probably no longer in Qinglin Town. Yun Che took out a set of new clothes from the Heavenly Poison Pearl, changed into them, and returned to Qinglin Town. His goal was only one: to buy a new set of clothes for Mo Li.
But in the end, Yun Che returned empty-handed...
Because the process went like this...
"Mo Li, how about this outfit? It looks quite nice."
"No! This princess never wears purple clothes!"
"Well, how about this one..."
"How can the clothes here be so coarse! How could this princess wear such coarse clothes!"
"...This is just a remote little town. The clothes in this shop are already considered the most luxurious in the town. Just make do with them..."
"This princess would rather wear nothing at all than wear such coarse clothes! I don't want any of these clothes!"
"...After I conquer the waterfall, I'll go to New Moon City. There will definitely be better clothes there. If you don't want the clothes here, you'll have to wait until then to buy them."
"Hmph!"
"How about... first get a little pair of panties?"
"You... are... asking... for... it~~... Do you believe this princess will kill you right now!!"
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Unbeknownst to them, four months passed quietly.
Red Dragon Mountain Range, Mountain Waterfall.
The season had quietly entered winter, and the water of the waterfall had become increasingly bone-chillingly cold. But beneath the roaring curtain of water, a young man was now standing upright. He was naked from the waist up, his eyes tightly shut, allowing the cold and violent water to pour down on him, yet his expression remained unchanged, as if he were a rock fixed in place. Inside his body, profound energy surged desperately, resisting the impact of the water... until the last trace of profound energy was completely drained.
Boom...
The young man's body began to sway, and then he could no longer support himself, crashing into the surging pool.
Struggling to climb out of the pool and onto the shore, Yun Che gasped for air as he walked to the small pool he had dug out earlier, immersed his body in it, then grabbed a few black medicinal pills from the edge of the pool and stuffed them into his mouth... These were low-grade Xuan Recovery Pills he had refined from Iron Sand Vine picked in the vicinity. They could slightly accelerate the recovery of profound energy within a certain period.
After swallowing the Xuan Recovery Pills, Yun Che let out a long sigh, closed his eyes, and entered a meditative state. All fifty-four Xuan Gates were wide open, rapidly recovering his severely depleted profound energy.
For these past few months, he had been staying by this waterfall, repeatedly tearing through his limits, while soaking in the Demon Skull Vine liquid prevented his body from suffering permanent damage.
Mo Li watched him from afar, saying nothing. She had long grown accustomed to Yun Che's life-risking training method. She had initially thought he could only sustain this level of training for a few days at most, but to her great astonishment, for four whole months, he had done this every single day, never stopping or slacking off. Yet his insane training was by no means mindless. Whenever he felt that his body was overburdened or too injured, he would immediately return to the pool soaked with Demon Skull Vine, allowing his damaged body to slowly recover and strengthen. As time passed, the amount of Demon Skull Vine he picked each day also increased, and the concentration of the Demon Skull Vine liquid grew thicker and thicker. It had become so thick that if a Beginning Xuan Realm profound practitioner soaked in it, they would die within about five or six seconds.
After an hour and a half, Yun Che opened his eyes, jumped out of the small pool, wiped his body dry, then picked up a leftover roasted rabbit leg from the previous meal and wolfed it down.
"This time, you lasted twenty-three seconds—a slight improvement over last time." Mo Li came to his side, her arms crossed over her small chest, speaking indifferently.
"At this rate, in about another month and a half, you'll be able to break through to Beginning Xuan Realm, Level 5. This speed is not bad."
Starting from zero, he entered Beginning Xuan Realm, Level 1 in seven days, Level 2 in one month, Level 3 in two and a half months, and ten days ago, he broke through to Beginning Xuan Realm, Level 4. This speed was far more than just "not bad." In the history of profound cultivation in the Cang Feng Empire, this speed was enough to be called unprecedented and unmatched.
Now, Yun Che had all fifty-four Xuan Gates open, was thoroughly familiar with the structure of his body and profound veins, and was well-versed in the methods and processes of profound cultivation. Combined with his relentless day-and-night effort, this astonishing speed was by no means an exaggeration!
Not only was his profound energy incomparable to four months ago, but his body had also become immensely resilient. The increase in protective profound energy was only a small part of it; a greater reason was the countless impacts from the waterfall and the soaking in the Demon Skull Vine liquid over these past few months. Although his profound energy was currently only at Beginning Xuan Realm, Level 4, his physical strength might even surpass that of a Beginning Xuan Realm, Level 6 profound practitioner.
"Mmph... so... when will you teach me profound skills? You've called yourself my master for four months and still haven't taught me anything." Yun Che said while eating, his words muffled.
"You clearly know the basics of profound cultivation inside out. There's no need for this princess to teach you." Mo Li put on a stern face, displaying the dignity of a master. "What you need to do now is consolidate your Beginning Xuan Realm. Once you break through Beginning Xuan and reach the Entry Xuan Realm, this princess will naturally teach you profound skills."
At this point, Mo Li's gaze suddenly shifted slightly, and her voice lowered. "Someone's coming."
"People come here every day, don't they?" Yun Che said casually.
"Five people in total. Their profound strength is all at the Heavenly Xuan Realm. And one of them is already Half-step King Xuan!" Mo Li frowned lightly, her voice turning somewhat serious.
"What?!?!" Yun Che almost bit his tongue, exclaiming in shock.
Heavenly Xuan Realm? In this small Qinglin Town, next to the Red Dragon Mountain Range, how could there be profound practitioners at the Heavenly Xuan Realm? The Heavenly Xuan Realm was at the level of Chu Yueli! They were pinnacle figures of the Cang Feng Empire, transcendent existences looked up to by all!
And Half-step King Xuan—a super-strong warrior who had reached the tenth-level peak of the Heavenly Xuan Realm, only half a step away from the King Xuan Realm! A being whose strength could touch the top ten of the Cang Feng Empire!
Such figures were typically born from enormous sects and held extremely high status within those sects. Normal people rarely ever saw them. Why would they appear in this remote little place? And five of them at once!