7: Azure Grass

[You know that this is your Good Fortune at work.]

[Guided by your Good Fortune, you quickly arrive amidst a set of ruins.]

[Although the buildings here collapsed who knows how long ago, a heavy sense of history washes over you, making you feel that there must be good things here.]

[You begin digging through the ruins.]

[Sure enough, after half an hour, you start unearthing many good things one after another.]

[Among them is actually a Tier Six Cultivation Technique, the Yao Control Formula, which is a Cultivation Technique practiced by Cultivators on the path of beast taming.]

[The Yao Control Formula is incredibly miraculous; it allows one to sign a contract with a Yao Beast and obtain a portion of its cultivation. However, it also has a drawback: if the Yao Beast dies, the person contracted with it will also suffer severe injuries.]

[Furthermore, this Cultivation Technique is merely a branch technique of the Desolate Beast Sect's supreme sect-protecting art, the Great Wilderness Beast God Scripture. If even this is so powerful, how strong must the legendary Great Wilderness Beast God Scripture be?]

[To think that what Wang Gang said was actually true.]

[There really is a way in this world for someone with a Pseudo Spiritual Root to achieve Immortal Ascension!]

[You give Wang Gang an appreciative smile in your heart, deciding to spare his life in the next simulation.]

[At the same time, a bold idea forms in your mind.]

[This time, you do not choose to kill Tang Chuan. Instead, you quietly begin to Cultivate the Demon Manipulation Technique.]

[By the twentieth day, you have gained basic mastery of the Demon Manipulation Technique.]

[At the same time, your cultivation reaches the first layer of Qi Refining, making you a true Cultivator.]

[Exhaling a deep breath of turbid air, you decide to use the Slave Gu to harvest other people's Spirit Medicine.]

[Over the next few days, you lead Xing Da and Xing Er to continuously search for Cultivators at the Peak of Qi Refining. After controlling seven more people, the Spirit Medicine in your possession reaches a staggering amount.]

[You begin to search for Tang Chuan's whereabouts.]

[But unfortunately, you fail to find him.]

[He and Wang Gang have hidden themselves away in some unknown, remote corner.]

[However, with the help of the controlled crowd over these past few days, your cultivation has reached the third layer of Qi Refining and the Late Stage of Tier One Body Refining respectively.]

[On the twenty-ninth day, just when you think your last Slave Gu will go to waste, an unexpected figure appears.]

[It is a familiar white figure, the one who had snatched the Heavenly Fragrance Fruit at extreme speed.]

[This person's cultivation is only at the fifth layer of Qi Refining, yet their speed leaves Xing Da and Xing Er, two Body Cultivators of the same Realm, far behind. You are certain this person harbors a great secret!]

[You throw your last Slave Gu at her.]

[Her reaction is extremely swift, instantly sensing the Slave Gu flying toward her. She wants to flee but cannot escape; a Tier Two Slave Gu is simply not something she can resist. With just a brief contact, her mind is completely controlled.]

[You question her about her identity.]

[You discover that she is not a Loose Cultivator, and actually has a significant background.]

[Her name is Feng Qinger. Although she was originally a Loose Cultivator, she recently joined the Tianxuan Sect.]

[Furthermore, due to her Wind Spiritual Root, she directly became an Inner Sect Disciple, coming to participate in this trial of the Great Wilderness Secret Realm alongside several Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters.]

[However, fortune is fickle; an extraordinary treasure has actually appeared in the Great Wilderness Secret Realm this time, so much so that her Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters have been drawn away by the treasure, leaving them no time to look after her.]

"An extraordinary treasure?"

Su Xuan's brow furrows slightly.

The Tianxuan Sect is extremely powerful, so its Inner Sect Disciples naturally have much higher standards. Ordinary Cultivation Techniques and Secret Manuals would never be considered extraordinary treasures by them.

For them to value it so highly, it must be either the legendary Great Wilderness Beast God Scripture or the Legacy of the former Desolate Beast Sect.

"It seems that once my strength is sufficient, I will still have to make a trip to the core area."

Su Xuan murmurs in his heart, then shifts his gaze back to the simulation screen.

[Hearing her words, you hesitate. Feng Qinger is, after all, an Inner Sect Disciple of the Tianxuan Sect. If you plant a Slave Gu in her and it is discovered by an Elder of the Tianxuan Sect, what then?]

[After contemplating for a moment, you have no choice but to steel yourself and kill her.]

[On the thirtieth day, the Great Wilderness Secret Realm comes to an end.]

[You refine all the Spirit Medicine you have obtained.]

[Since you found more and more Spirit Medicine, your cultivation has increased by a greater margin.]

[Your Body Refining Realm reaches the Peak of Tier One.]

[The moment you step out of the Secret Realm, you flash forward and follow behind Tang Chuan.]

[Tang Chuan and Wang Gang head toward the east. Behind them, besides you, is a dispirited middle-aged man.]

[You know he is Tang Chui.]

[Seeing Tang Chui, you dare not continue following them, as you are well aware of his powerful cultivation. If you keep following, you will surely be discovered by him.]

[Thus, you change direction and head toward Xuanhe Village.]

[Two days later, you arrive at Xuanhe Village and head straight for that blade of grass in the back mountain.]

[This grass is quite miraculous, with a faint trace of life force lingering around it.]

[You do not know what this grass is, but since Tang Chui could communicate with it, it means this grass must be at least a Tier Three Yao Beast.]

[You sign a contract with this grass without encountering any resistance. You succeed.]

[At the same time, information about this grass surfaces in your mind.]

[It turns out its name is Azure Heaven Grass. It was once actually a Tier Five Yao King, but at this moment, it only has the strength of the Peak of Qi Refining, offering you very limited help.]

[You are somewhat disappointed, but you quickly come to terms with it.]

[After all, if it were truly a Yao King, how could you have contracted it so easily?]

[With nothing else to do, you continue to Cultivate, but you quickly find that your speed of cultivation is slow. Without the aid of Spirit Medicine, you wouldn't be able to Breakthrough in your Realm even after cultivating for several years.]

[You decide to venture out and search for some resources.]

[However, how could there be so many wild resources in the Cultivation World? You search painstakingly for several months but fail to find even a single Tier One Spirit Medicine.]

[A place like the Great Wilderness Secret Realm might not appear even once in decades or even centuries.]

[This leaves you somewhat disheartened.]

[You decide to go kill Tang Chuan, and then head further away.]

[Two days later, you arrive at the place where you had parted ways with Tang Chuan.]

[After making inquiries in various quarters, you discover that not far to the east lies a place called Kelei Academy.]

[That is likely where Tang Chuan has gone.]

[Using Spirit Medicine to grease the wheels, you successfully sneak into Kelei Academy.]

[You find that this place is incredibly vast; trying to find a single person is like looking for a needle in a haystack.]

[A few days later, your cultivation is boosted by the feedback from the Azure Heaven Grass, reaching the sixth layer of Qi Refining.]