Chapter 162: Shadow Horn Spider
Su Yan, with the identity of a newly promoted Inner Disciple, fought one against seven, with double centipedes displaying ferocity, causing quite a commotion for a time.
If breaking five passes at the Nine Tablet Spirit Platform showed that his talent was strong, foundation solid, and martial skills honed to extreme proficiency.
Then now, it declared to everyone that he had no awkward period after entry, but was even more ferocious instead.
After coming out from the Training Ground, Su Yan directly rode the Six-Winged Blood Centipede toward Xuan Shuang Mountain.
‘The Inner Sect Tiger Ranking is out, the next period of time probably won’t be peaceful…’
Although there were over a hundred people at the Training Ground just now, they were not all the Inner Disciples of Guizang Valley.
Even though he intimidated a considerable number of people, there would always be those eager to try.
As Gu Songde said, no one who could become an Inner Disciple was unwilling to compete or seize.
Even if there was a possibility of failure, there would inevitably be people eyeing him, unless he beat them all until they were afraid.
The Six-Winged Blood Centipede quickly flew near Xuan Shuang Mountain, and just as it approached, a massive white figure suddenly rose spiraling, its huge head emerging from the clouds, overlooking the Six-Winged Blood Centipede before it.
A powerful aura locked onto it, and Su Yan’s figure suddenly sank.
“Heavenly Centipede Senior, this disciple has come to see Master.”
Su Yan cupped his hands in salute toward the Mysterious Frost Sky Centipede, which nodded slightly, its figure suddenly flying down onto Xuan Shuang Mountain, coiling up and continuing to breathe in Spiritual Energy for cultivation.
‘This aura is even stronger than that of the Camel Mountain Ape from that day, I wonder what scene it would be if Master made a move.’
Su Yan had just landed when he noticed that not far from Martial Uncle Long Qiushui’s Main Hall, a sub-hall had already been built, with front courtyard and back rooms, the courtyard especially spacious, enough to house over a dozen Six-Winged Blood Centipedes with room to spare.
“Come in.”
Before Su Yan could speak, Long Qiushui’s voice had already transmitted over.
He entered the room, and Long Qiushui seemed to have been waiting for him for a long time.
“You’re really not one to stay out of trouble, it’s been almost two months since entry, yet you haven’t come here once.”
Long Qiushui huffed, quite displeased. Although it was her first time being a master, being ignored by her disciple like this naturally felt odd in her heart.
Su Yan immediately said, “After selecting the cultivation manual, I was invited by fellow townsmen to go to Huang Meng Mountain for land reclamation to earn Contribution Points, and couldn’t come here for the time being.”
Long Qiushui had long inquired about Su Yan’s movements from Gu Songde, and she knew about the Huang Meng Mountain trip as well.
“Not bad, knowing to go fight for kills yourself is better than those wastes who enter the sect and then cower within.”
Long Qiushui brushed past the topic, slightly raising her gaze with a curious expression: “Release your contracted beast for me to see, the Heavenly Centipede rarely makes such a big fuss.”
She had already known about the earlier commotion, and was extremely curious in her heart. Her disciple had gone to Huang Meng Mountain once, and unexpectedly obtained a seemingly decent Feral Beast without her help.
Su Yan opened the Beast Taming Bag at his waist, and the Six-Winged Blood Centipede flew out, its figure suddenly enlarging, reaching seven zhang in length in an instant. Although not comparable to the Mysterious Frost Sky Centipede, the ferocious aura on its body could not be concealed.
“Centipede grown six wings, ferocity this strong…, how many Hundred Poisons Gu Seals did you use on it, and what about the risk of backlash?”
Upon seeing the Six-Winged Blood Centipede, Long Qiushui’s eyes narrowed slightly, becoming more serious.
The stronger the Feral Beast, the fiercer its savagery, which would indeed make it more powerful in strength.
But there was also the risk of losing control, and this risk was greatest and most prone to occur in the early stages.
Long Qiushui pointed with her hand, sending out a strand of True Essence like a sleeve of frost water, wrapping around the Six-Winged Blood Centipede.
“Hiss”
The Six-Winged Blood Centipede let out hissing sounds, instinctively resisting.
Su Yan raised his gaze, and said, “Quiet.”
The Six-Winged Blood Centipede prostrated itself, not resisting at all, allowing Long Qiushui to probe its condition.
The more Long Qiushui probed, the more shocked she was: “Such strong bloodline, although its strength is only Second-order Mid-stage, equivalent to martial artists of True Intent Realm Second or Third Realm, but this bloodline is not necessarily inferior to the Mysterious Frost Sky Centipede.”
In her eyes, this disciple Su Yan became increasingly interesting: “Such a ferocious thing, how did you tame it?”
“After my father died, I began to have unusual perception toward insects, driving bees and repelling bugs was effortless. My Mountain Hunting skill also came from this.”
Su Yan half-truly attributed the Fierce Insect Cauldron’s ability to talent, then said: “In Huang Meng Mountain, I coincidentally encountered this ferocious thing, fought it with Poison Dragon Golden Body and Heavenly Python Dharma Body, wore down its toxins, lured it with Beast Essence Pills, controlled its body with Hundred Poisons Gu Seals, and thus subdued it. There are a total of ten Hundred Poisons Gu Seals on it.”
Contracting a Feral Beast had three main difficulties: first, suppressing the Feral Beast.
Long Qiushui had never worried about this point for her disciple; breaking five passes at the Nine Tablet Spirit Platform meant his combat power after entry would only be stronger.
The second point was confronting the savage will of the contracted beast; if even the Feral Beast’s will couldn’t be suppressed, there was no talk of control.
Finally, sufficient Beast Taming Seals were needed for control, thus turning the entire Feral Beast into one’s contracted beast.
“You actually have such talent.”
A smile appeared in Long Qiushui’s eyes, extremely pleased: “There are no shortage of insect-type cultivation manuals in Guizang Valley, and among the Five Poisons there are likely scorpions, silkworms, spiders and the like, with countless ancient exotic insects and fierce insects. If you can contract them and cultivate True Intents like Mountain-Devouring God Silkworm or Moon-Eating Heavenly Silkworm, then Dan Qiao Realm will be effortless in the future.”
“Are you cultivating《 Heavenly Centipede Great Law》?”
Long Qiushui asked about the main cultivation manual, and seeing her master’s expression, Su Yan suddenly found himself at a loss for words.
“Hm? No?”
Long Qiushui frowned slightly: “If the contracted beast doesn’t match the True Intent, then we must prepare a second contracted beast for you soon…”
“I selected Star Constellation Profound Beast Skill.”
Su Yan stated the cultivation manual, and Long Qiushui was startled, her beautiful eyes widening: “Why did you select this? Did that old thing Chang Feng deceive you?”
Long Qiushui clearly knew Chang Feng, but now her disciple had actually selected this cultivation manual.
“This disciple selected it himself, felt it was quite compatible.”
Long Qiushui flicked her finger, and Su Yan felt a pain on his forehead, looking up to see her displeased expression.
“Compatible, how could it not be compatible? The myriad star constellations and all profound beasts, the Star Constellation Profound Beast Skill nominally has Feral Beast as its True Intent spirit, but in reality there is only one most essential True Intent Beast Spirit, which is the stars.”
Her own foolish disciple…
Long Qiushui continued: “If you haven’t condensed True Intent yet, change the cultivation manual immediately. Heavenly Centipede Great Law lays a good foundation, and later if I earn merits or you earn merits, I will ask your Grandmaster to allow you to cultivate Five Poisons Golden Body Profound Skill. Star Constellation Profound Beast Skill has no path to Dharma Aspect.”
Her lineage also had Dharma Aspect True Persons; if cultivating, they naturally couldn’t settle for just Dan Qiao Realm.
“Master, it seems a bit late, I’ve already condensed True Intent.”
Long Qiushui’s fine brows furrowed slightly: “In two months you’ve already condensed it, transformed from the Green-scaled Poisonous Flood Dragon, or Star Constellation from the White Ape?”
Su Yan showed a surprised expression; his master seemed extremely familiar with this cultivation manual.
With a thought, the Star Moon Centipede and Poison Star Ape figures emerged, like star gods, floating behind him.
“Condensed one independently, transformed one from the White Ape, as the Green-scaled Poisonous Flood Dragon still has inheritance, this disciple has not yet transformed it…”
Long Qiushui: ?
Two True Intents not only successfully condensed, but extremely solid, both having entered the Second Realm.
This also showed that Su Yan’s comprehension of True Intent was extremely deep, not casually pieced together.
“You really gave me a big surprise.”
Her beautiful eyes showed a troubled expression, then she said: “It seems you and Martial Uncle Xuan Xing really do have an affinity.”
“Martial Uncle Xuan Xing?”
Now it was Su Yan’s turn to be surprised: “Master knows the Star Constellation True Person?”
“I don’t know him; before I entered, Martial Uncle Xuan Xing had already reached six hundred years and passed away. However, Martial Uncle Xuan Xing was indeed from our lineage.”
Long Qiushui said: “Our lineage from my Master’s generation, the Five Poisons Daoist, had three senior brothers: Eldest Senior Brother Poison Dragon True Person, Second Senior Brother is your Grandmaster, and Third Junior Brother is the creator, Martial Uncle Xuan Xing.”
“Our lineage, three people two Dharma Aspects, Martial Uncle Xuan Xing known as Lingnan’s number one Dan Qiao, how glorious back then…”
Although Long Qiushui had not personally experienced that time, she could imagine how majestic the three brothers were then.
Long Qiushui sighed: “Martial Uncle Poison Dragon hid in Nine Peaks Sect to forge his own path, succeeded but buried hidden dangers, had to leave the sect and enter Poison Dragon Valley.”
“What about Martial Uncle Grandmaster Xuan Xing?”
“Don’t you know?”
Long Qiushui’s gaze swept over the two True Intents behind him, saying: “Myriad star constellations, each star constellation is a True Intent, gathered into Star Array, resonating with the body’s acupoints, how powerful? But condensing True Intents requires comprehension, condensing one by one takes time many times more than ordinary; if also contracting beasts, how much more for condensing Beast Taming Seals? Moreover, with so many and such strong True Intents, what to use for Dharma Aspect?”
To forge one’s own path for Dharma Aspect, using True Intent as Dharma Aspect enables heaven-piercing divine abilities.
But many yet not refined, without more time to comprehend, it’s hard to complete the process.
In short, it was a path not fully walked, and very difficult.
Long Qiushui did not suggest her disciple take this path; at least with Su Yan’s talent plus their lineage’s foundation, Dharma Aspect Realm was not hopeless.
“However”
She paused slightly: “Your comprehension is exceptional, and you have insect-driving talent, not sure if it’s Innate Martial Body, if truly cultivated, it might not be impossible.”
Her eyes flickered, suddenly saying: “Withdraw your True Intents, come with me. Your Grandmaster seems to have pondered a compromise, preserving a fallback path.”
Su Yan withdrew his True Intents, and Long Qiushui hurriedly led her disciple into a room in the Inner Courtyard.
The room had only a pitch-black wooden table, several meditation cushions, and three walls full of bookshelves stuffed with classics. Although not comparable to the Martial Arts Pavilion, it was still packed full.
Su Yan glanced over, seeming to be cultivation manuals, classics, insights and experiences all included.
“You search the left cabinet, I’ll search the right, find your Grandmaster’s handwritten insights…”
Long Qiushui began rummaging, Su Yan had no choice but to help, and after about half an hour, she finally found it.
“Here”
Long Qiushui pulled out a thin booklet, with several small words on it: Five Poisons Golden Body, star transformations…
Long Qiushui flipped through, and sure enough found a record.
“Junior Brother Star Constellation Profound Beast transformations are endless, the True Intent of Five Poisons Golden Body Profound Skill should be among them, just not yet reaching the Dharma Aspect path. If compromising, take five beasts as main stars, others as constellations, as a fallback. If the stars do not connect, self-sever them and switch to Five Poisons Golden Body Profound Skill…”
It recorded many transformations, but all were hypotheses, not touching the core of the cultivation manual.
Long Qiushui frowned: “That old man really, didn’t even deduce the transformation method.”
“Grandmaster having this line of thinking is already very good.”
Before Su Yan finished speaking, Long Qiushui glared: “Mind your own business, I’ll go find the old man myself to plan a fallback for you. Since you’ve cultivated two Star Constellation Profound Beast True Intents, you naturally won’t switch, so we can only prepare a backup. Just after next month, it’s my turn to guard Cold Shadow Peak of Hundred Peaks Barrier, come with me, I’ll catch you a matching water ape as your second contracted beast.”
“Master, actually on the Huang Meng Mountain trip, I also got an Insect Egg, seems to be of the Hundred Touch Shadow Spider.”
Su Yan didn’t want to contract a water ape; although it echoed with Poison Star Ape, it was hard to raise.
Insect Beasts, on the other hand, were most suitable for him.
“That Hundred Touch Shadow Spider that injured Yu Xuanfeng?”
Long Qiushui’s eyes narrowed slightly, something off; her disciple seemed unusual.
One fierce insect was coincidence, two fierce insects, plus encountering Hundred Touch Shadow Spider, it was like stumbling into an insect nest.
‘Does my disciple have ancient fierce insect bloodline?’
Humans from ancient times, to grow the clan learned from myriad beasts and races, countless generations evolved, not impossible for some great power to cultivate Fierce Insect True Intent into their bloodline.
Such family inheritances naturally carry a trace of powerful Feral Beast bloodline, Innate Martial Body, innate True Intent, even twin bodies not impossible.
Her disciple was from humble origins, but might be a hidden pearl, with ancestors who were great powers.
Su Yan felt creeped out being stared at by his master, took out the purple Insect Egg and handed it over, saying: “Master, help see if this is offspring of the Hundred Touch Shadow Spider.”
Long Qiushui laughed: “Using this trick to change the subject for what, looks steady but is slippery, just like that guy Xiang Ge. I suspect your ancestors had Golden Body Realm great cultivators, bloodline mutation, otherwise your sudden talent can’t be explained.”
Su Yan’s eyes brightened slightly, face unmoved: “My family only has me left, I don’t know about ancestors’ matters, perhaps.”
Long Qiushui’s gaze softened, gently saying: “In the future, treat Xuan Shuang Mountain as your own home. You’re newly entered and not yet familiar, later you’ll naturally know our lineage has few people, but we are close.”
Long Qiushui carefully examined the Insect Egg, probed with True Essence, finally saying: “Shadow Horn Spider’s Insect Egg, should be that beast’s offspring, Upper Second-order quality, just short of Third-order Low-grade bloodline.”
Su Yan was stunned: “Isn’t that Hundred Touch Shadow Spider Third-order strength?”
Long Qiushui said: “It is Third-order strength, but its bloodline isn’t yet. That Hundred Touch Shadow Spider’s origin is Shadow Horn Spider, Second-order Mid-grade to Upper Second-order bloodline, it relied on Earth Vein Spiritual Energy to break through and refine its bloodline. Its current arrangements are likely for this purpose. Your luck is good, that Hundred Touch Shadow Spider has done ninety percent of the work, just needs the Earth Vein to nourish a bit longer to complete hatching and metamorphose into Third-order bloodline. Stay on Xuan Shuang Mountain, I’ll help you hatch it.”
