Chapter 82: Legend Of The Ten Springs
After the magic power left his body and turned into magic energy, the sword edge’s yellow glow immediately surged violently.
The Four-Winged Spider King already possessed a certain wisdom, and a humanized look of shock appeared in its pupils. Then its abdomen glowed bright red, as if flames were burning inside, and it spat out a beam of blood-colored light from its mouth.
“Bang!”
The blood-colored light was split open and exploded by the heavy, forceful sword edge.
As the sword tip fell, the Four-Winged Spider King raised one silver-white spider leg like a metal spear to block it.
The spider leg was severed.
The Four-Winged Spider King was sent flying backwards, emitting “gurgle gurgle” cries of agony from its mouth, then flapping its wings to retreat into the spider swarm.
Li Weiyi wanted to pursue, but after regaining his reason, pain assaulted his entire body, and the Six Desires Talisman on his chest began flashing again, making his consciousness grow hazy. Thinking of Shi Liuyu who had been locked in the Wolf Den for two months, he shuddered all over and hurriedly rummaged for the pills he carried on him.
He took out one and quickly swallowed it.
Looking ahead again, it was all densely packed Flying Winged White Spiders—where was the shadow of the Four-Winged Spider King?
That stalk of Purple Cordyceps, eight or nine hundred years old, was several li away behind him. To kill through the spider swarm and go back to harvest it was simply unrealistic in his current state.
“Forget it, we’ll come back another day. Let’s go!”
Li Weiyi waved his hand, mounted the half-virtual half-real giant Camel, and chased after the flatboat that had already drifted a li away.
The seven Phoenix Wing Moth Emperors fought and retreated, always blocking the Flying Winged White Spider swarm pursuing from behind, leaving countless spider corpses in the Underground River.
Returned to the flatboat.
Li Weiyi stored the giant Camel into the Evil Camel Bell, finally unable to hold on. His legs went soft, and he nearly collapsed on the ship. Only then did he discover that his thigh had a finger-length wound torn open by the Four-Winged Spider King.
Fortunately, his upper body was protected by Corpse Clothes Soft Armor, safeguarding the vital points.
“That Four-Winged Spider King’s combat power is absolutely comparable to a Five Seas Realm Martial Cultivator. Surviving this fierce battle was simply a stroke of luck. For a Spring Gushing Realm to cross a great realm to fight superior foes is indeed as hard as ascending to heaven.”
Li Weiyi supported his body to sit down and hurriedly circulated the magic energy in his body along the Silver Veins to heal his injuries.
In this battle, the seven Phoenix Wing Moth Emperors were as fierce as seven Phoenixes. While he healed, they kept covering the rear, and in the end, they killed so ferociously that the spider swarm didn’t dare pursue.
Upon returning, they were extremely arrogant. They lifted the Ghost Flag wrapping Yao Yin and all pounced to gnaw on the Rou Cong Rong emitting crimson-red glow.
Their entire demeanor exuded an air of “If I don’t eat it, who has the qualification to eat it.”
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One day later.
Yin Twenty-Four sat cross-legged on the stone platform by the shore at the Spider Cave exit, practicing breathing technique cultivation. Beside her was a blood glow Gemstone, like a Spirit Lantern illuminating the stone walls around the Blood River.
The flatboat was tied to a stalactite stone pillar below.
Hearing the unusual water sounds, she abruptly opened her eyes: “How could it be so fast?”
Yin Twenty-Four had not experienced the Seven Springs trial and didn’t know the specific situation in the Spider Cave. But she knew that anyone who could pass the trial took at least three days.
“Splash!”
A flatboat six or seven meters long slowly drifted out with the water flow.
Li Weiyi sat alone at the bow with his back straight, eyes closed healing. The Silver Veins in the Feng Fu Spring Acupoint had already emerged one by one, stabilizing his realm.
The number of veins in his body had increased to ninety-six.
Though still not matching Hundred Veins All Silver, the gap was getting smaller.
“Bang!”
The two flatboats collided, shaking the hulls.
Li Weiyi let out a long breath of turbid air and looked toward the slender tall figure standing on the shore stone platform: “Three days passed so quickly; I thought only two days had gone by.”
“Less than two days—how did you do it?”
Yin Twenty-Four floated down onto the boat. After seeing the chaotic scene on Li Weiyi and Yao Yin’s flatboat, she was slightly startled: “You encountered a spider swarm attack?”
She knew that the Seven Springs trial tested psychological quality and pressure endurance. If you didn’t alarm the spider swarm within three days, you could come out alive. Once you alarmed the spider swarm, you would all die inside.
The flatboat was piled full of Flying Winged White Spider corpses and a large amount of Spider Silk.
Of course, the Ghost Flag, Evil Camel Bell, Rou Cong Rong, and Phoenix Wing Moth Emperors had all been stored away by him long ago.
“It was indeed a fierce battle, extremely dangerous.” Li Weiyi said with lingering fear.
Yin Twenty-Four re-examined Li Weiyi. No wonder Yin Five had specifically mentioned him—this person was indeed not simple, and there must be great secrets on him.
She tied the two flatboats together and set off on the return journey.
Li Weiyi asked: “These spider corpses and Spider Silk should be exchangeable for Precious Medicines, right?”
“Yes.”
Yin Twenty-Four, standing at the stern, looked at Yao Yin who was still frozen like a block of ice and asked curiously: “You actually didn’t take this opportunity to kill your biggest rival? The soft-hearted or those greedy for beauty won’t survive to the end.”
Li Weiyi no longer considered anyone in this batch as opponents and was too lazy to respond to the question. Instead, he lowered his voice: “Want to do some business?”
Yin Twenty-Four was stunned for a moment.
She only heard the other continue: “In the Spider Cave, there’s a Precious Medicine nearly a thousand years old. If you and I team up, we can definitely harvest it.”
The number of Flying Winged White Spiders was enormous; Li Weiyi believed it would be extremely difficult to handle them alone.
Moreover, he wasn’t sure if there was only one Spider King inside. What if there were other dangers? What if there were other Spider Kings?
Teaming up with a Five Seas Realm was definitely the right choice.
Yin Twenty-Four was slightly tempted but quickly put on a cold face: “Precious Medicines in the trial grounds are rewards for the trial participants; Hidden Persons cannot harvest them. Besides, what qualification does a Seven Springs Martial Cultivator like you have to cooperate with a Five Seas Realm Martial Cultivator?”
“I’m an Insect Tamer. Otherwise, how do you think I broke out of the spider swarm?”
To convince Yin Twenty-Four, Li Weiyi added: “Precious Medicines in the trial grounds can’t be harvested by Hidden Persons, but there’s no rule saying Hidden Persons can’t enter the trial grounds, right? You just provide the effort; I’ll do the harvesting!”
She didn’t know how the person before her had survived the spider swarm siege, but she knew the number of Flying Winged White Spiders was vast. If truly trapped in the Spider Cave, even with her cultivation, she would probably die inside.
Moreover, she, a majestic Five Seas Realm and a majestic Hidden Person, cooperating with a Seven Springs Martial Cultivator?
It was simply a huge joke.
Impossible, absolutely impossible.
Seeing her unmoved, Li Weiyi could only give up persuading and decide to harvest it when his cultivation reached Nine Springs or Five Seas Realm.
The flatboat returned to the River Valley where the Jiu Li Insect Valley entrance was located.
After disembarking, Li Weiyi took the spider corpses and Spider Silk to the Jiu Li Hidden Sect Gate to exchange for Precious Medicines, leaving Yao Yin with Yin Twenty-Four.
Before leaving, still somewhat unwilling, Li Weiyi persuaded Yin Twenty-Four again: “It’s a stalk of Rou Cong Rong, conservatively over a hundred jin. Easy to divide due to the quantity, value at least comparable to ten stalks of other same-year Precious Medicines. It supplements yang and overflows blood. Didn’t you just break through to Five Seas Realm a month ago? It can perfectly help you nourish your vitality and temper your physical body.”
“Of course, don’t go harvest it yourself—it’s very dangerous. There’s a Four-Winged Spider King inside.”
Li Weiyi saw that Yin Twenty-Four was truly tempted and immediately worried about being kicked out, so he said: “I will definitely go back. If that Rou Cong Rong is harvested, it must be your doing. I’ll report you to the Hidden Lord…… Think it over first……”
Yin Twenty-Four stared at Li Weiyi’s back as he carried the boat away, black lines all over her forehead.
Rebellious, rebellious—a trial participant who might not even live to next month actually dared to threaten a Hidden Person.
The Hidden Sect Gate was located deeper in the direction of the Mind Power Stone Wall and Medicinal Cuisine Room, guarded by a black-clothed Old Man. Like the Soup Elder, he was a Hidden Person from the previous Jia Zi.
Upon seeing him, Li Weiyi respectfully called out “Elder.”
“Bang!”
He set down the boat he had been carrying on his shoulder.
The Gatekeeper Old Man saw the boat full of spider corpses and Spider Silk, a flash of surprise in his eyes, but ultimately said nothing and exchanged three Precious Medicines for him.
They were three stalks of two-hundred-year Silver Qin Grass, which could help temper Silver Veins.
Li Weiyi frowned and asked: “Are there Precious Medicines that help temper Gold Veins?”
The Gatekeeper Old Man’s composure was far beyond that of a little girl like Yin Twenty-Four. He smiled: “Such great ambition. These Gold Veins are called the dragon vein in a Martial Cultivator’s body. Even hammering out just one will bring enormous benefits for Five Seas Realm and Dao Seed Realm cultivation in the future.”
“The Hidden Sect does have a Gold Veins tempering method, but it requires extremely high physical body strength, which Spring Gushing Realm Martial Cultivators find hard to achieve.”
Li Weiyi asked: “What level of physical body strength is required?”
The Gatekeeper Old Man pointed to an iron pillar standing not far outside the Sect Gate: “That’s the densest heavy weapon Five Seas Pillar, weighing five thousand five hundred jin. Only Five Seas Realm Martial Cultivators can lift it with physical body power alone. If you can lift it in Spring Gushing Realm, you qualify to temper Gold Veins.”
Someone like Yao Zheng Sheng with innate divine strength could use a Thousand Jin Iron Rod as a weapon, but that was only under magic power enhancement. Relying solely on physical body power, carrying a Thousand Jin Iron Rod was not easy for him.
This was already the pinnacle of Spring Gushing Realm physical body power!
Li Weiyi walked toward that black Five Seas Pillar.
It was about the thickness of a forearm, with the part exposed above ground about seven chi long.
“Over these years, only Yin Nine could shake it in Nine Springs Realm. Even massive innate divine strength types like Yin Twenty-Three fall a bit short. Look, it’s almost rusted…… Were you just…… shaking it?”
The Gatekeeper Old Man was speaking to himself when suddenly his voice rose, because he clearly saw the Five Seas Pillar being pulled out a little.
He hurried over: “No magic power used, right?”
Li Weiyi shook his head and looked at the rust on his palm: “With my current physical body power, I can’t lift it. Wait until I eat more Medicinal Cuisine and temper for another month or two.”
He left somewhat dejectedly.
The Gatekeeper Old Man was dazed for a moment, reached out to grab the Five Seas Pillar, lifted it to test the weight.
Five thousand five hundred jin, no problem.
“Hey, wait……”
The Gatekeeper Old Man stared at Li Weiyi’s retreating figure, forehead wrinkles piling up, muttering: “Didn’t you shake it? What’s with the dejection?”
……
Returning to the Blood Tree Forest Cliff Cave Mansion, Li Weiyi took out the crimson-red Rou Cong Rong, ate half a jin, and the dejection in his heart quickly dissipated, restoring his vigorous fighting spirit.
“The advantage is getting smaller! Yin Nine could shake the Five Seas Pillar in Nine Springs Realm, while I need to Open Eight Springs to do it.”
“Fortunately, Rou Cong Rong can enhance vitality and temper the physical body. Will five-hundred-year vintage be supplementing fast enough?”
Li Weiyi was well aware that his cultivation time was too short, and his physical body tempering had started too late.
After pondering for a moment, he entered the Buddha’s Sarira and consulted Jar Master about tempering Gold Veins.
“You want to impact the Tenth Spring Divine Gate?” Jar Master suddenly said.
Li Weiyi was stunned: “There’s a Tenth Spring?”
Jar Master said: “The Tenth Spring is legendary; I’ve never heard of anyone actually breaking through it. But those horizontally talented ones who temper Gold Veins mostly harbor this illusion. The end result is wasting prime time, missing the best age to Open Seas, and ending up with loss outweighing gain.”
Then Jar Master explained in detail to Li Weiyi: “The younger you are, the easier it is to Open Five Seas. Once past thirty, the body’s state actually declines step by step. Only reaching Dao Seed Realm can stabilize this decline. Cultivating to Longevity Realm can reverse the life state.”
“In other words, top-tier talented Martial Cultivators…… that is, Successor-level Martial Cultivators, must Open Five Seas before thirty, impact Dao Seed, to keep advancing swiftly in the future, pursuing higher and farther.”
“Weiyi, though you started later than everyone, your progress is extremely fast. You can give it a try, but absolutely don’t develop an obsession that traps you.”
Li Weiyi understood Jar Master’s concern and smiled: “Since the Tenth Spring is so illusory, I won’t consider it for now. But I’ve heard that Gold Veins are called the dragon vein of Martial Cultivators, with immense benefits after tempering.”
Jar Master laughed heartily: “Naturally! Your Jar Master back then could rank in the top ten of Lingxiao Life Realm Law Martial powerhouses partly because I tempered eighteen Gold Veins in my body, laying eighteen indestructible foundations, surviving several vein-breaking perils.”
In the era of his three Masters, Lingxiao Life Realm spanned Three Hundred Prefectures, far more prosperous than now by an unknown margin.
To enter the top ten Law Martial in that time had far higher value than the current strongest of the Ten Million Gateways.
“If you want to temper Gold Veins, I can teach you the ancient immortal giant beast Bi Fang’s tempering method—it’s my clan’s secret art.” Jar Master said.
Coffin Master’s voice sounded: “Bi Fang tempering method requires massive amounts of Ancient Immortal Giant Beast Blood for aid. I suggest still practicing the Jiu Li clan’s Cang Wang Tempering Method, drawing Heaven and Earth natural glow to temper veins. Perfectly, Weiyi can use the Buddha’s Sarira to absorb large amounts of natural light, which can greatly speed up Gold Veins tempering.”
“This…… not bad, this won’t cost much money.”
Li Weiyi agreed with Coffin Master’s method but immediately added: “But the underground light is very dim; the glow from those luminous plants probably isn’t enough. Looks like I need to quickly become a Hidden Person, return to the ground, find a sunlit uninhabited place for secluded cultivation.”
Spirit Tablet Master said: “Weiyi, if you quickly cultivate the Square Inch Blazing Fire in your Forehead Spirit Realm to Square Inch Bright Fire, who knows—perhaps Shaoyang Star is your best place for secluded cultivation to temper Gold Veins.”
Square Inch Bright Fire was the third realm for Mind Masters; back then Li Ling was at this realm, with combat power comparable to Seven Springs Martial Cultivators.
Li Weiyi hurriedly asked: “What does Spirit Tablet Master mean?”
“I can’t say for sure. But after your Mind Power Cultivation broke through from Square Inch Flame to the current Square Inch Blazing Fire, the Blood Mud Space doubled in size. Another realm breakthrough will surely bring further changes here.” Spirit Tablet Master said.
Coffin Master said: “No rush—walk both paths. First, properly heal your injuries.”
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Many people want to see some one-strike victory, Yao Yin lingering…… are you crazy?
