Chapter 149: Return to the Valley

Chapter 149: Return to the Valley

Hui stared. He looked at Zhubi, and Zhubi looked at him. He cleared his throat. Ah Zhubi is

Hes always been with you, hasnt he? Actually, Ive been curious about him, too. Is he your spirit beast, or? Bai Xue asked, frowning.

Hui hesitated another few seconds, then nodded. Ah thatsmore or less.

It doesnt hurt if Fa Chuyou knows Zhubi is mine. Neither she nor Yi Ping has ever seen me outside of this sect. Gu Tian might be a problem, or Erlan, or Yunxu, wherever that terrifying senior vanished off to but Fa Chuyou and Yi Ping should be fine. Its best if no one sees him, but it shouldnt be a problem for these two to see him.

She tipped her head, then nodded. Make sure he doesnt eat any of my corpses. Some are poisonous.

Ill keep a close eye on him, Hui promised, bowing.

With that, they lifted off, flying back toward the sect. Xixing cast a single glance away at the edge of the sect, then turned her eyes away, facing resolutely into the demonic sect.

The shuttle circled into the Corpse Refining Valley. It settled outside Fa Chuyous cultivation zone, and they leaped off. Zhubi wriggled out from under the cicada and quickly wriggled down, leaping up to settle into Huis sleeve again. Hui gently pet his head.

Leave me out here. Ill dismantle this cicada, Xixing declared. She slashed out with her palm and severed it just under the abdomen. Grabbing the gold wire, she kicked the other half of the cicada away, and slid it off. She passed it to Hui.

Hui took the wire and hung it over his shoulder, then nodded to her. Thank you, Elder Sister.

Its nothing, nothing, Xixing said, waving her hand. She stared at the cicada, a bright smile on her face, and moved in. Wet wrenching and sucking sounds came from within the cicada.

Hui turned away. I never wanted to see that. He gave a quick bow to Fa Chuyou. Elder Sister, if I may?

Of course, of course, Fa Chuyou said. Humming to herself, she bustled into the zone, Hui trailing after her.

Then, Ill see you later, Bai Xue said, setting the cage of cicadas on the floor beside Xixing. When you make those pillsNew novel chapters are published on

Yeah, got it. Ill give you a discount, Xixing replied absent-mindedly.

A free batch, Bai Xue argued.

Half price, Xixing bit back.

Bai Xue hesitated, then shrugged. Sure.

The amber loomed in his mind. He could see every flaw and facet of its surface, its bulbous body and dark color, all in perfect detail. Within the amber, he caught sight of two colors. Almost completely blended to a smoky dark brown, they remained barely distinct. The lighter one fluctuated at the second level, and the darker color fluctuated at the third level.

Thatthats it! Hui furrowed his brows, separating the colors in his mind. The amber is always fluctuating with both, its not wobbling. But the two fluctuations are fighting one another, so it appears as if it sometimes fluctuates at the higher level, and sometimes at the lower. Sometimes they stifled one another to the point the amber became a mortal rock, while sometimes the fluctuations enhanced one another so that only one rang through, the other acting to make the first stronger.

If thats the case, then its simple to refine it!

Hui opened his eyes. Understanding flickered within. He made a grasping gesture at the amber with both hands.

The amber shivered. For a moment, it appeared liquid, and in that moment, Hui drew his hands apart. The light amber flew to his left hand, while the darker amber flew to his right. Instead of one fluctuating stone, he now held two stones, one at the second realm, and one at the third.

He gave the amber a satisfied look for a moment, then set them aside in his storage ring and drew the gold wire closer. It gave off fluctuations at the second level already. Drawing Gu Tians sword, he chopped a small section off the end of the wire, about as thick and as long as his pinky finger. He put that away as well, storing it in his ring along with the amber.

This much wire if I understand the principles of this world, from my experience reading cultivation novels then I should be able to refine it to the third level. Hui considered, putting a hand on his chin, considering the wire, then shrugged. Its worth a shot. Worst case, I can still refine the corpse to the second level.

Drawing the wire into his lap, he coiled it up neatly, then entered a meditative state once more.

The wire surged with bright light in his mind. Where the amber had fluctuated, flickering, sometimes bright, sometimes pale, the wire beamed, steadily letting out a golden glow. Hui sent his qi into the wire, syncing it with the golden qi.

He breathed steadily. Now I need to advance this qi to the next realm.

His hands moved, touching the ends of the wire together. Guiding the golden qi with his qi, he began to circulate it. The qi swirled in the ring in an imitation of the qi swirling in his dantian. As it swirled, it began to purify the wire. Impurities oozed out of the wires surface, and the wire shrunk in his hands. From a loop ten meters long, coiled in on itself, it retracted slowly to a meter, then continued to contract.

Qi poured out of Hui into the wire. As though the wire were breaking through to the next level, it drew wildly on his qi, devouring it away. Eyes still shut, Hui summoned the bottle of silvery qi replenishment pills from his storage ring and swallowed one. Instantly, cool, silvery qi emanated from his stomach and poured into his dantian. He continued to pour qi into the wire.

From a meter to half a meter, half a meter to the span of a hand, it continued to shrink. As it shrunk, a shocking purity began to emanate from the wire. At the same time, it consumed vastly more qi. Hui swallowed another two pills and barely continued to support the wires qi draw. His brows furrowed, and he swallowed another. At this rate, Ill run out of pills before I refine the wire to the third realm. Break through! Break through, already!

Qi continued to pour out of him, showing no signs of stopping. Although the wire purified at a slower rate than before, it continued to purify and shrink, but it had not yet reached the third realm. As its rate slowed, Hui sensed a bottleneck in the wires progression, a wall that reached up before him. He slammed his qi into it, but the wall remained firm. Not even a crack appeared in his wall.

He hesitated, then decisively swallowed three pills at once. Rather than sending the qi into his dantian and into the wire, he held it, balling it up in his dantian. It built, qi climbing to the heavens. Huis dantian creaked, barely able to hold back the pressure of the qi from three pills. Still, Hui held on, brows furrowed. I can do this. I must do this! To break through to the next realm of playing deadthis is the only way!

The instant the last strand of qi joined the ball in his dantian, Hui unleashed it at the wall in the wire. The wall trembled. Booming sounds rattled out through Huis mind. The qi drew back and slammed into it again, then again. Cracks spread through the wall.

Decisively, Hui drew back all of his remaining qi, then slammed it into the wall. He pierced through. In his hand, the wire let out a brilliant golden glow and shrank down suddenly, diminishing from a hand-span to a centimeter and no more than a hairs width. Although the wire was now tiny, it emanated extreme purity and, most importantly, fluctuations of the third realm!

Hui opened his eyes, panting. His own cultivation had experienced growth from the process, the hollow space in his dantian growing more defined. He looked at the wire, eyes glittering. Very carefully, he stored the tiny item into his storage ring. If it fails or doesnt, at least I achieved a better comprehension of refinement through this process!

He stood and looked at the corpse. A smile played over his lips. Now to awaken my body double!