65: Chapter 65 The 'Little Bread' Delivered to Your Door

Changing a Cultivation Technique requires dispersing the Spiritual Qi within the body and starting the cultivation process anew, unless the techniques are of the same origin.

"It's your lucky day."

Su Mo patted the single-sided shirt on his chest.

Hua Rumeng naturally understood what he meant.

In just a moment, the Spiritual Qi vortex in Su Mo's Dantian dissipated entirely, and a sense of weakness washed over him.

Su Mo had already memorized the Great Desire Heavenly Demon Scripture by heart. He sat cross-legged and began to circulate his energy according to the new Cultivation Technique.

"Using desire as the guide, the heavens and earth as the furnace..."

As the Cultivation Technique circulated, the surrounding Spiritual Qi began to converge toward him.

An hour later, Su Mo slowly opened his eyes and exhaled a breath of turbid air.

This Heaven Rank Cultivation Technique was indeed much stronger than the previous one. Even without refining desire energy and only absorbing Spiritual Qi, he had refined three points of Spiritual Qi in his Dantian in just one hour.

At this rate, it would only take about ten days to return to the first level of Qi Refining.

But...

It was still too slow!

What was the point of being an evil Cultivator if not for the fast cultivation speed?!

Having experienced the thrill of breaking through five minor Realms at once, this snail-like cultivation speed could no longer trigger his excitement threshold.

"I still need to find some 'Little Bread'..."

Anyway, there probably weren't many good people who could stay in this evil Sect for so long, so he wouldn't hesitate at all to kill them.

Su Mo licked the corner of his mouth and walked straight out of the room.

The Disciples who had arrived here with him seemed to have entered a state of never leaving their homes; even at midday, he didn't see a single person out and about.

"Does that bottle of blood essence pill also have the effect of staving off hunger?"

Every Disciple had a bottle of blood essence pill in their Storage Pouch, and Wang Gang's Storage Pouch had one too, but the cloying, bloody scent made Su Mo unable to stomach it.

"Creeak!"

The wooden door of a small hut a few dozen meters away suddenly swung open.

A very burly man walked out, his face pale and his steps somewhat unsteady.

That man saw Su Mo and nodded, a gesture of greeting, before staggering off in another direction.

Su Mo narrowed his eyes.

He recognized him; that was the burly man who had been the first to take a Storage Pouch from the table. But why was he so incredibly weak now? Could it be that he had already refined a natal Gu?

Su Mo quickly caught up.

"This fellow..."

"My name is Li Da Niu..."

The burly man turned his head and replied weakly, as if he might collapse to the ground in the next second.

"Brother Niu, have you already refined a natal Gu?"

Su Mo kindly handed over a piece of old mountain ginseng and asked, trying to strike up a conversation.

Li Da Niu was also someone who knew his goods. Seeing the old mountain ginseng, his eyes lit up. He took it and stuffed it into his mouth, chewing until juice overflowed:

"Refined, my ass! As soon as I opened the lid, those two broken bugs started burrowing into my heart. Once inside, they started sucking blood. If I hadn't been lucky enough to Breakthrough to the first level of Qi Refining, I would've kicked the bucket that very night!"

"Two Gu insects?! First level of Qi Refining?!"

Su Mo was somewhat shocked upon hearing this.

Two Gu insects—one natal, one secondary. With Li Da Niu's large, burly frame, his heart blood could sustain them, and with a bit of luck, it was plausible that he could refine them.

But, first level of Qi Refining?

"Brother Niu, where are you going now..."

After consuming the mountain ginseng, a bit of color had returned to Li Da Niu's face.

"I'm going to see where I can get some more blood essence pill; I've already finished my bottle..."

"Those damn bugs are sucking blood like crazy; I can't hold on without eating the Medicinal Pill!"

"By the way, brother, have you refined your bug yet?"

Su Mo's eyes flickered.

"Not yet. I've been afraid of bugs since I was a child..."

"Hahaha, you're such a big guy, and you're still afraid of a bug."

"It's fine, I'll look out for you from now on!"

Li Da Niu said, casually resting his hand on Su Mo's shoulder.

Su Mo could only offer an awkward but polite smile.

After walking aimlessly toward the mountain for half an hour, a complex of buildings much more magnificent than the small huts finally appeared before the two of them.

The most eye-catching was a grand hall in the center, with Disciples entering and exiting from time to time.

"Let's go take a look."

When they reached the front, they saw a plaque hanging in front of the hall with the three blood-red characters: "Affairs Hall".

"Affairs Hall, this must be the place to accept Sect missions..."

There were a few scattered Disciples inside the Affairs Hall, most of them pale and unsteady on their feet.

'These are all high-quality 'Little Bread'!'

Su Mo licked the corner of his mouth in excitement.

But he quickly noticed that several Disciples cast looks like they were seeing prey as soon as they saw the two of them.

"New here?"

A Disciple with a broad face and shrewd eyes suddenly blocked their path.

"Are you Junior Brothers planning to accept a mission?"

"Your Senior Brother happens to have accepted a team mission. Want to join? The reward is generous..."

The Disciple said, flashing a friendly smile.

"Many thanks for your kind offer, Senior Brother."

Su Mo cupped his hands.

"We are new here, just getting familiar with the environment first."

"Is that so... Then let your Senior Brother show you around. My mission isn't urgent anyway."

The Disciple latched onto them like a snake winding up a stick, a hypocritical smile plastered on his face.

Anyone with eyes could see that this guy was after their bodies.

But since you're rushing to deliver yourself into my mouth, wouldn't it be too impolite of me to refuse?

"You bast..."

Su Mo patted Li Da Niu on the arm, cutting him off, and put on an honest, simple smile:

"Then we'll trouble you to lead the way, Senior Brother."

"Eh, no need to be polite."

"Your Senior Brother is called Zhu Xiaolian. You can just call me Senior Brother Zhu."

A smile of success flashed in Zhu Xiaolian's eyes.

'These two are both newly entered Disciples. Although one is only at the first level of Qi Refining and the other has no cultivation at all, with these physiques, sucking them dry could increase my cultivation by quite a bit. Maybe I could even Breakthrough to the fourth level of Qi Refining.'

"Come, let your Senior Brother show you where to accept missions first."

Although the Affairs Hall was large, it didn't have much inside: a counter and a few wooden racks hanging with dozens of jade slips.

Zhu Xiaolian led the two to the wooden racks.

"Search for traces of the Soul-Devouring Insect. Reward: 1,000 contribution points"

"Extract the heart blood of 100 young boys and girls alive. Reward: 1,000 contribution points"

"Hunt and kill Taixuan Dao Sect Disciples, 100 contribution points each. (Must bring back the Sect token or head as proof; contribution is doubled for those captured alive.)"

"Provide blood food for the Gu field, for a period of one month. Reward: 300 contribution points"

...

Su Mo's gaze swept quickly over each mission jade slip.

There were many empty spots on the wooden racks, which seemed to have already been taken.

"Junior Brothers, these missions hanging high up are extremely dangerous. You must not think about accepting them."

"Take this Soul-Devouring Insect mission, for example. Last year, a Foundation Establishment Senior Brother didn't believe in the danger and accepted it. When he returned, he had gone completely insane, screaming all day that 'the bug is in my brain.' He died in his Immortal Cave without warning two days later."

"This task of extracting the heart blood of 100 young boys and girls is also extremely dangerous. The nearest Mortal village is within the territory of the Great Yu Immortal Dynasty, which is guarded by Golden Core Cultivators..."

"If you want to accept a mission, your Senior Brother happens to have a team mission here. With more people, it's safer, and the reward is generous—at least 100 contribution points per person, enough to exchange for a bottle of blood essence pill."

Zhu Xiaolian slid a jade slip out of his sleeve, letting the two of them take a look.

"Extract the essence blood of ten Qi Refining stage Yao Beasts. Reward: 400 contribution points."

"Your Senior Brother happens to know the nest of some early-stage Qi Refining Yao Beasts. If the three of us join forces, we will definitely be able to take them down easily..."

As he spoke, a hint of greed flashed in his eyes, and he licked his lips unconsciously.