Chapter 838: Terrifying Cultivation Whirlpool
“I’ll inscribe the Primordial Chaos Chant on a jade slip for you—cultivate that from now on. Avoid Li Yuqian’s teachings, but learn any useful cultivation techniques from her. Remember: never reveal this method. I doubt Luo Yue Continent holds a comparable cultivation technique,” Ye Mo cautioned.
He inscribed the method on jade slips for both women, adding two hundred spirit stones and several pills to each. “Never trust easily in the cultivation realm,” he warned. “People here will do anything to grow stronger.”
Song Yangzhu, reluctant to part ways, understood his need to leave.
“I’m weak now,” Ye Mo explained. “I’ll search Luo Yue Continent after I grow stronger. Eventually, I want to cultivate in South Peace State; its spirit chi is supposedly far denser.”
“Brother, take Sister Yangzhu and me to South Peace State,” Ye Ling pleaded, her voice tinged with sadness at the prospect of a long separation. Song Yangzhu’s presence soothed her distress.
Seeing her tears, Ye Mo resolved to cultivate relentlessly. This wasn’t Earth; he had the means to advance. One day, he would take them wherever they desired.
“Go. Your master is quite capable; she cultivates the rightful dao. Don't keep her waiting,” Ye Mo said, rising.
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“Brother Ye, I have an earth and wind dual spirit root. Elder Han has accepted me as his disciple!” Xia Zhongwen exclaimed excitedly.
Ye Mo was surprised by Xia Zhongwen’s exceptional talent. Xia Pinger, however, possessed a three-element spirit root and average aptitude.
Two Golden Core elders swiftly transported them to Zheng Yuan Sword Sect, covering a two-day journey in short order. Li Yuqian led Song Yangzhu and Ye Ling to Yan Yuan Peak, leaving Ye Mo and Xia Pinger at the outer sect reception.
The receptionist, respectful due to their escort, provided Ye Mo with a cultivation room. Its simple defensive formation sufficed.
Even in the sect’s outermost region, the dense spirit chi pleased Ye Mo. After receiving his identity card and clothing, he immediately began cultivating, wasting no time.
But upon circulating his meridians, he was jolted, halting his cultivation instantly. Within moments, the external spirit chi coalesced into a massive whirlpool, hurtling towards him—a breathtaking spectacle reminiscent of golden core formation.
Ye Mo rejoiced at his Three Birth Chant’s terrifying spirit chi absorption, even at the Chi Gathering stage. Its power, previously dormant on Earth due to spirit chi scarcity, was now fully unleashed. He sensed its potency would increase in areas with richer spirit chi.
However, continued cultivation risked exposure. A Chi Gathering cultivator causing such a phenomenon would undoubtedly attract unwanted attention.
“Power, power,” Ye Mo sighed. Powerlessness rendered him hesitant to cultivate.
His cultivation halt triggered numerous powerful spirit sense scans. One, far surpassing Elder Han’s, undeniably belonged to a Nascent Soul cultivator. Finding nothing amiss, they withdrew. Ye Mo, relieved and sweating, vowed to leave the sect the next morning to cultivate elsewhere.
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After a restful night, Ye Mo sought permission to leave. His escort by a Golden Core elder facilitated approval, the manager merely directing him to the mission hall.
Outer sect members, he learned, were essentially pawns, fulfilling numerous sect missions beyond inter-sect conflicts. Cultivation resources were earned through mission points. The herbs and beasts they acquired were appropriated for inner and core sect members. Outer sect members, in essence, served the inner sect.
Ye Ling and Song Yangzhu, as private disciples, held equivalent, if not superior, status to core members. Below outer sect members were labor disciples, who rarely cultivated and faced less pressure.
Arriving at the bustling mission hall, Ye Mo noted the competition for limited missions. Early arrival secured low-risk, high-reward missions; lateness meant high-risk, low-reward options. High-risk missions, however, usually offered better rewards.
Two formation-controlled screens displayed the sect's top ten Foundation Establishment and top thirty Chi Gathering cultivators—the Zheng Zhuan Hall of Fame—and available missions.
Discussions amongst the cultivators regarding the sect's top talent, Qianbei Li Baisen, and his brother, Li Bailin, drifted past Ye Mo, whose attention remained focused on securing a mission and finding a place to cultivate in peace.