255: Demon Pill of the Ninth Level of Qi Training

He had originally intended to keep laying low, but now he couldn't do that anymore.

After all, Swirling Eagle and Wei Xue posed a truly significant threat to him.

Suddenly, the voice of the Lady Qingmu rang out, and everyone stopped.

Zhu Ze, in particular, fearfully plugged his ears and buried his head in the dirt.

He asked curiously, "What's wrong with you?"

Zhu Ze said fearfully, "Don't you think the Lady Qingmu's voice is terrifying? It's like an extremely piercing bird call. Every time I hear it, I get goosebumps all over. I'm terrified."

He was stunned and thought to himself, "That's not right. Isn't it just a female voice?"

He suddenly remembered that in everyone's eyes, the Lady Qingmu appeared differently. He asked, "Then what does the Lady Qingmu look like in your eyes?"

Zhu Ze said, "I didn't dare to look too much. I saw a mass of black mist at the time and didn't dare to look anymore. Yu Tian, what does the Lady Qingmu look like in your eyes? I heard from the Elders of my clan that the Lady Qingmu appears differently to everyone."

He said, "She looks like a human."

Hearing this, Zhu Ze hesitated, no longer afraid, and said, "I've decided it's better to bring my son back. The fact that you can see the Lady Qingmu's true form proves that you have caught her eye. I'm afraid you'll kill my son."

Tang Tian: "..."

He said, "Not at all. I haven't joined the Qing Huai Fox Clan, so why would the Lady Qingmu have her eye on me? Besides, I won't be coming to the Azure Wave Immortal Pool next year."

Zhu Ze said, "That's for the best. It's most reassuring to entrust my son to you."

Zhu Ze trusted Tang Tian more than he trusted others. If he really were to bring Iron Earth back, he truly wouldn't know who else to entrust him to.

The Lady Qingmu spoke, "The third round of the Azure Wave Immortal Pool competition has become somewhat dull. It has gone on for too long, and there are seventy people remaining."

Seventy people were present, two from each race, meaning forty-five races remained. As the Lady Qingmu spoke, Tang Tian calculated in his mind.

There were fifty-five races that entered at the time, totaling one hundred and ten people. Now only seventy remained. Each one was a Prodigy of their respective race; the competition was truly cruel.

The Lady Qingmu continued, "You are all too scattered, and I don't want to watch anymore. For those Cultivators who voluntarily withdraw now, if you have more than three bibo tokens in your hand, your entire clan's talent will receive one upgrade."

"If you have more than seven, your entire clan's talent will receive two upgrades, meaning Four Spiritual Roots become Three Spiritual Roots, and Three Spiritual Roots become Two Spiritual Roots."

Once these words were spoken, the entire venue fell silent. The words of the Lady Qingmu were not only meant for the Cultivators in the third round of the competition but also for the Cultivators outside.

The races outside were all excited, wishing for the people inside to come out immediately.

However, the people from the five great races remained calm, without any agitation. Even if it was said to be a talent upgrade, it only upgraded the talent of the Cultivators present.

The clansmen who did not come would not have their talent upgraded. These five great races focused more on the cultivation of their future Clan Chiefs.

Upgrading the talent of other clansmen was very ordinary to them. Of course, there were those who wanted to improve, but they had no say in the matter.

Tang Tian said, "This is actually a good thing."

Zhu Ze said, "Yu Tian, are you going out?"

He said, "I'm not going out. Are you going out? Including my own, I currently have four bibo tokens. I can lend them to you. Anyway, after you go out, your bibo tokens will be mine. How many do you have in your hand?"

Zhu Ze said, "I have three bibo tokens in my hand."

He said, "This is a good thing. If you give the people in your clan two talent upgrades, they will be even more grateful to you, and your status in the clan will be higher."

Zhu Ze shook his head and said, "I wouldn't dream of it. Those brothers of mine are all outside. Giving them an upgrade would be worse than just throwing all the bibo tokens away. They are just hoping for me to die."

He asked, "How many brothers do you have?"

Zhu Ze said, "Twenty-some, I suppose. They are all at the Qi Training Ninth Level, so if they improve again, it will be very disadvantageous for me."

Tang Tian fell silent, not just because they had twenty-some offspring, but because each one was at the Qi Training Ninth Level.

He said, "You have twenty-some brothers and sisters, and they are all so strong. Your clan must not have any Elders, then? With twenty-some brothers and sisters at the Qi Training Ninth Level, the positions in a Foundation Establishment Family wouldn't be enough to go around."

Zhu Ze said, "Yu Tian, you're right. I didn't get assigned any positions or fiefs. On top of that, I killed the Second Young Master Liu of the Howling Wind Azure Peng Clan, which is why my father sent me to the Azure Wave Immortal Pool as compensation."

He said, "Your Pig Clan can really breed..."

Zhu Ze said, "I'm quite capable of breeding too, but they were all killed by the Xiao Feng Qing Pengs. As for the Pig Clan member I'm marrying this time, I won't have a single cub with her."

Tang Tian: "..."

Zhu Ze sighed, "I still want to be a wild boar. Right now, in the Pig Clan, everyone can step on me. I'm having a miserable time playing the grandson. Otherwise, Yu Tian, why do you think I want to become Chi Daizi's disciple?"

"I need to gain the support of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, even if it's just in name."

Zhu Ze revealed his true thoughts to Tang Tian, and Tang Tian couldn't help but sigh.

He said, "Chi Daizi can indeed give you support in name, but other forms of support are impossible."

After all, he currently had a large pile of Chi Daizi's Medicinal Pills in his hand, and the Medicine Venerable Space couldn't absorb them at all, nor could they be destroyed.

Zhu Ze glanced at Tang Tian, then at Great Yellow Black Lacquer, and his eyes lit up as he said, "Are you and Great Yellow Black Lacquer preparing for Earthly Dao Foundation Establishment? If so, my Pig Clan has Yao Beast cores from the Qi Training Ninth Level. You can choose from the Yao Beast cores of my twenty-some brothers and sisters."

Because Zhu Ze had heard him call out the name Great Yellow Black Lacquer, and he also knew that his dog and leopard were named Great Yellow Black Lacquer.

Tang Tian felt blown away instantly upon hearing this. He said, "They are your brothers, after all. Isn't that going a bit too far?"

But then he relaxed; Tang Yuan was also dead, even though he hadn't done it himself.

Zhu Ze said, "You don't understand; they are just hoping for me to die."

He said, "I do indeed need Earthly Dao Foundation Establishment. Not just me, my pets also need Earthly Dao Foundation Establishment."

Actually, he wanted Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment, but it was too difficult to explain. However, Great Yellow Black Lacquer indeed needed Earthly Dao Foundation Establishment.

And he currently didn't have a single Qi Training Ninth Level Yao Beast core in his hand.

Zhu Ze said, "That's great then. When the time comes, come find me, and I'll take you to hunt them."

This Zhu Ze was truly ruthless. Tang Tian felt like this was the first time he really knew Zhu Ze. Previously, he had only half-understood Zhu Ze's speech, and this was his first time actually talking to him.

He said, "Are you serious? I really do need Qi Training Ninth Level Yao Beast cores."

Tang Tian spoke very seriously. He didn't care which Yao Beast he killed; he only cared about whether there were Qi Training Ninth Level Yao Beast cores.

Yao Beasts that could reach the Qi Training Ninth Level were either extremely evil or extremely good. He dared not kill the good ones, fearing that if he killed them, he would be marked by the Heavenly Dao as disliked. As for the evil ones, killing them didn't matter...