Chapter 178
The Nascent Soul cultivator ultimately decided to take the gamble.
Although the Recording Stone Qiu Chi gave him, which showed her beating down Tianming, seemed fake, Tianming was a Divine Transformation cultivator. If he hadn't willingly appeared before Qiu Chi, she couldn't have possibly faked his appearance.
Therefore, the sight of the utterly useless-looking Tianming in the Recording Stone forced him to believe it was real.
“You will be glad you made this decision today. Should we call the others?”
Seeing him agree, Qiu Chi was ready to start immediately.
The Nascent Soul cultivator, named Zheng Ping, shook his head. “Let me go first.”
If he could truly become a Divine Transformation cultivator, that would be one thing. If not, then he would be the only one sacrificed.
Qiu Chi nodded, then suddenly added, “You can call them over. If you succeed in your advancement, they can also prepare.”
Zheng Ping hesitated for a moment before nodding. “Alright.”
He then summoned the other two Nascent Soul cultivators whose lifespans were nearing their end and relayed Qiu Chi’s words to them.
They stared at Qiu Chi in utter disbelief.
“Senior Brother, have you gone mad? She’s just a Golden Core cultivator. How could she possibly have the ability to help us advance to the Divine Transformation stage?”
“That’s right, Senior Brother. Even if the news released by the Tianyuan Sect is false, we don’t have a Divine Transformation cultivation method, nor do we have enough spiritual energy to help us advance.”
The two men Zheng Ping had called over were full of suspicion toward Qiu Chi, not believing for a second that they could truly advance to the Divine Transformation stage.
Qiu Chi didn’t waste words on them, directly pulling the three of them into her domain.
An overwhelmingly dense spiritual energy washed over them. The three Nascent Soul cultivators stared with wide, incredulous eyes, looking as if they had never seen the world.
Qiu Chi tossed a jade slip to Zheng Ping. “The spiritual energy here is dense enough, right? The jade slip contains a Divine Transformation cultivation method. Don’t waste any more time. Get to it.”
Zheng Ping clutched the jade slip, feeling the spiritual energy that was so dense it had condensed into a mist. For a moment, his heart surged with emotion.
The two Nascent Soul cultivators beside him turned to Qiu Chi. “Who are you? And where is this place?”
Qiu Chi pulled out a stool and sat down. “Why meddle in so much business? It’s enough that I can help you advance to the Divine Transformation stage. Anyone who gets any funny ideas will be killed.”
“You…”
“Zheng Song, Zheng Wu, say less. Just stand guard for me properly.”
With the cultivation method and the dense spiritual energy, coupled with the cultivation base he had already accumulated, his breakthrough was a natural success.
The system watched all of this, wanting to scream ten thousand curses, but in the end, it only did so in its mind.
Zheng Song and Zheng Wu sat not far from Zheng Ping, watching him nervously.
Zheng Wu would occasionally glance over at Qiu Chi.
He saw her eating and drinking, looking exceptionally carefree.
This continued until Zheng Ping successfully broke through, and only then did things change.
Zheng Ping had successfully broken through. He rose to his feet, walked over to Qiu Chi, and performed a cultivator’s salute before speaking. “Thank you, Fellow Daoist, for your assistance. If there is anything you need me to do, I am at your command.”
Qiu Chi waved her hand. “Alright, it’s their turn now. There will be things for you to do later.”
All three Nascent Soul cultivators from the Sword Sect successfully advanced to the Divine Transformation stage.
Qiu Chi wanted to create even more Divine Transformation cultivators, so she had Zheng Ping take her to other sects—sects that held deep resentment toward the Tianyuan Sect but refused to submit.
Besides the Sword Sect, Qiu Chi visited three other sects.
Including the three from the Sword Sect, a total of ten Nascent Soul cultivators successfully reached the Divine Transformation stage over a period of three months.
Qiu Chi was satisfied, and so were the sects that harbored resentment toward the Tianyuan Sect.
“Fellow Daoist, if you need anything from us, we are at your command!”
Qiu Chi listened with a smile before saying, “It’s nothing major, really. I just find that Divine Transformation cultivator from the Tianyuan Sect quite displeasing to the eye. Since you’ve all reached the Divine Transformation stage, you can team up and bully him a bit.”
As for whether they would bully him to death? Qiu Chi didn’t care.
The newly advanced cultivators exchanged glances, feeling that Qiu Chi’s condition suited their desires perfectly.
Of course, the matter wasn’t over yet.
There was still Tao Zhiyuan to deal with.
So Qiu Chi continued, “You’re all familiar with Tao Zhiyuan of the Tianyuan Sect, right? Spread the word that I have a way to break this world’s seal, but Tao Zhiyuan’s existence makes me very unhappy.”
“They don’t need to kill him. They can capture him alive, or just tell me when they see him.”
“Of course, Tao Zhiyuan belongs to the Tianyuan Sect. If they insist on protecting him, then the breaking of this world’s seal will just have to be delayed. It’s been so long already, perhaps everyone has gotten used to it.”
The several cultivators who had just broken through to the Divine Transformation stage thought: Used to it? How could we possibly be used to it!
Based solely on the fact that Qiu Chi could help them successfully advance, saving them from watching their lifespans run out, they had no doubt she could break the seal.
They had their own speculations about Qiu Chi’s identity and origins, but none were foolish enough to turn against her.
Even though Qiu Chi appeared to be only at the early Golden Core stage, and even though they coveted that space with its dense spiritual energy, none of them considered attacking her to seize her treasures.
After all, having lived for so long, they weren't stupid.
Qiu Chi was very satisfied with their pragmatic attitude.
If someone had truly courted death, she wouldn’t have minded killing a chicken to scare the monkeys.
In three months, Tianming’s injuries had fully healed.
Tao Zhiyuan’s injuries should have healed as well.
But Tianming was furious that Tao Zhiyuan had hidden the fact that he was secretly taking pills to cultivate.
So, Tao Zhiyuan’s good days were over.
It wasn’t that Tianming was treating Tao Zhiyuan terribly or deliberately torturing him. He simply made him train in an illusionary realm, and every day when he emerged, he was so exhausted he couldn’t even lift his hands. This was actually beneficial for Tao Zhiyuan himself.
But Tao Zhiyuan didn’t see it that way!
He felt that Tianming was simply torturing and humiliating him. The grievances he had suffered over the years combined were less than what he had endured in these three months.
Now, Tianming had successfully surpassed Qiu Chi to become the person Tao Zhiyuan detested the most.
After being killed once again in the illusionary realm, Tao Zhiyuan was kicked out. He lay on the ground, gasping for breath, his forehead covered in cold sweat.
He had experienced all sorts of deaths in that realm, time and time again. While his cultivation had solidified, his state of mind was still lacking.
Just as he was struggling to get up from the ground after emerging from the illusion, the dandy from Dan Peak arrived.
He squatted down beside Tao Zhiyuan and couldn’t help but tsk-tsk. “Brother Tao, this is just too miserable. Venerable Tianming is going too far. There are clearly better and faster ways to cultivate and level up, so why must he make you suffer like this?”
Tao Zhiyuan didn’t even have the strength to speak right now, so he naturally couldn’t be bothered to answer, but in his heart, he agreed.
The dandy fed him a pill, then helped him up. “If you ask me, you’d be better off coming to my Dan Peak. You could have as many pills as you want and wouldn’t have to suffer like this…”
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