Chapter 178 - 176: Preparing Against The Shadows

Chapter 178 - 176: Preparing Against The Shadows

Su Mei proceeded to explain the various events that happened, not simply regarding Long Chen, but his companions as well. According to her, amongst their entire group, only Long Chen had sufficient talent and skill to immediately become a Nascent Dust Disciple, completing all nine floors. As for the others, such as Lian Yu, Wu Baozhai, and Lin Ziyan, they qualified as Null Disciples.

There were a few interesting details, such as Ming Shufeng’s disappearance and a few promising members from the Myriad Yore Continent that became Nascent Dust Disciples alongside Long Chen. He contemplated whether he should find a few good seedlings from this group.

As for Ming Shufeng, Su Mei couldn’t locate her, gather any hint as to where she went, or determine if she was still alive. However, Wei Wuyin didn’t believe a Seer like her would suffer misfortune.

After becoming disciples, Lian Yu entered the Extreme Origin Mountain as a Null Disciple and the other three entered the Extreme War Mountain together. They stayed with Long Chen, but an incident happened regarding a Mortal Common Disciple and Lin Ziyan. This led to the fierce clash against Long Chen and the Mortal Common Disciple, Ji Yu. Due to a moment of carelessness, Long Chen had killed Ji Yu in an unexpected triumph.

However, Ji Yu originated from a mid-level clan called the Ji Clan that had a peak Mortal Captain as Clan Lord, and he was the Earthly General’s descendent and promising candidate to succeed his position as Clan Lord. This led to further conflict which was mitigated by the timely assistance of an Earthly General named Xian Hu. Due to his actions, the Ji Clan didn’t directly use their Power of Authority to suppress Long Chen.

However, they were still in the midst of conflict with him, and many clan members were taking action to hinder or directly remove Long Chen from the world of the living.

"Huh. So much trouble..." Wei Wuyin shook his head. Long Chen’s life had always been filled with conflict and enemies, so much so that he gave birth to Slaughter Intent. He knew Zuhei had killed like a bloody monster after suffering tremendously horrific loss to develop his Intent, so Long Chen must have experienced similar circumstances.

’As long as his Karmic Luck is sufficient, he’ll avoid certain calamity. That being said...this might not extend to his women.’ Wei Wuyin didn’t find Long Chen killing a Mortal Common Disciple odd. In truth, when he heard about the abrupt overturning of a battle at a critical moment, he knew it had something to do with that ring of his.

Long Chen was fearless even against Wu Jiao, so he had sufficient trump cards to ensure his life against Astral Core Realm experts, or at least a source of confidence. Unfortunately, this protected just him, and the dead allies at the wedding were proof of this.

Qing Qiumu had been accepted as a disciple of a Prime Imperial Sage, her ancestor, and was currently in secluded cultivation to make-up for her wasted cultivation time during her youthful years. It’s unlikely she’ll be seen for quite some time.

Long Tingyu had entered the Extreme Demon Mountain and hasn’t been heard or seen since. Even Su Mei couldn’t glean much information about her from her sources, and it seemed there was a shroud of mystery around her current state of affairs. While this was mildly thought-provoking, Wei Wuyin’s interest in that biased little girl was to the floor.

After a moment of thinking, he dismissed his thoughts of them and asked: "How is Zuhei’s recovery?"

The Celestial Eyes of Spiritual Divinity might’ve been placed on the first floor of the Martial King’s Dao Pavilion, but it was by no means easy to cultivate, but its overall abilities were rather vague.

It wasn’t divided into levels, and when cultivated, its either a complete success or a horrific failure with insane consequences. Once cultivated, there was no more need for improvement because it’ll happen naturally as you cultivate and improve your mental, physical, and spiritual energies. This could be likened to the Haven Heart Qi Method. While it was divided into step by step directions for cultivation, after completion, there was no further need to seek any improvement of the overall technique.

The technique’s primary ability was a spell called the Gaze of a Celestial Spirit. Wei Wuyin wasn’t unfamiliar with ocular-based spiritual spells, having cultivated quite a few before, but this spell could be considered somewhat different, because it wasn’t a ’spiritual’ spell but simply a spell. Unlike ocular-based spiritual spells, this spell focused all senses into the eyes, spiritual, mental, and physical into one.

According to it, one can even view various forces with their eyes, like the world’s mana, ’revokers of reincarnation’, and the intricate laws of the world, but this was dependent on cultivation level. He didn’t know exactly what ’revokers of reincarnation’ meant, but it could be referring to fabled ghosts or souls that aren’t accepted into Hell.

As he knew about the matters of Hell, he realized many myths such as ghosts, spirits, and phantasms likely exist.

The other three abilities were called the Eye of Illusion, Eye of Truth, and Eye of Immortality. They were simply named, but boundlessly profound to the point that Wei Wuyin still couldn’t understand their abilities exactly.

The Eye of Illusion was described as being able to invoke changes in the senses of others, creating a false reality. This had limitations and consumed an immense amount of mental, spiritual, and physical energies. He believed it would allow him to temporarily ’project’ illusions to others, hence the name. However, it seemed like it wasn’t that simple.

The Eye of Truth could see the trend of the world, the origins of all things, and view the unseen divinities. Just as before, he didn’t know what that meant. At first, he thought he would gain the ability of a Seer, but it didn’t seem to be the case. It was weirdly worded, but he’ll only really know if he successfully cultivated the technique.

The Eye of Immortality...

It didn’t have any detailed description, just a single word: "Eternal."

Each ability was more vague than the last, but he was still adamant on cultivating it.

He took a deep breath.

Then, he slowly exhaled.

"Let’s begin."