NOVPUBNormally, Qi Refining Practitioners, even after successfully transforming and entering the Foundation Establishment phase, only extend their Lifespans by around fifty years.
Transforming from Foundation Establishment to Golden Core, they can add another one hundred fifty years to three or four hundred years at most.
Yet Wang Xu was previously but a mere mortal, with a Lifespan of only a few decades.
However, after his transformation, his Lifespan explosively increased.
This could only mean that the Dao of True Martial had further mysteries to be revealed, and once the current limits of the "True Martial Sutra" were broken, one could undergo a remarkable transformation; this was not a dead end.
Thinking this, he suddenly regained a trace of interest.
"It seems, I still need to find a suitable living being to carry the ’True Martial Sutra’."
His gaze scanned over the Spirit Beasts he reared.
The requirements for such a living being were not high, merely needing vigorous Blood Energy.
Unfortunately, apart from Jia 15, Wu Monkey King, White Tiger, and the Enlightened Turtle still in hibernation, he had no other Class IV Spirit Beasts.
The Fetus Containing Incarnation Technique did take its toll on his own Soul, so he did not wish to randomly select a Spirit Beast just to make do.
"Let’s see first."
He erased the memory of the "True Martial Sutra" from Jia 15’s mind.
After applying some Healing Medicine to the Hybrid White Tiger, he then immediately left the Scroll Dungeon.
...
North Sea.
In the northern part of Yan Dynasty’s Fenglin Continent, a giant sky-floating city hovered among the clouds.
Countless Cultivators with stiff faces were slightly mechanical in their continuous transportation of a wide variety of materials and goods within the floating city.
Despite the hustle and bustle of ’people coming and going,’ it was extremely lively.
Yet the entire floating city was bereft of even the slightest sound, as if it were haunted.
On this day.
A figure swam in the waters below the floating city.
With grizzled hair and shabby clothes, even though his build was robust, he still appeared utterly haggard.
He struggled to grasp onto a floating palm tree on the surface of the sea, and then climbed out from the water.
His body seemed to have swelled from the soaking in the sea.
But he paid no attention to it, kneeling respectfully on both knees in front of the palm tree trunk and facing the direction of the floating city, he knocked heavily.
He called out loudly:
"Baseborn Wang Xu seeks an audience with the Master!"
Above the floating city, numerous figures suddenly froze, then their empty eyes cascaded from midair towards the figure amidst the waves below.
The next moment, a voice in the floating city, devoid of sorrow or joy, slowly sounded:
"Thought you were dead... How did you manage the task I gave you?"
Wang Xu’s face instantly showed a color of panic:
"Master forgive me! This lowly one encountered an ambush by a wizard from the primitive Demon Sect, all the True Martial Cultivators who were with this lowly one perished, and only by hiding in the deep sea was I barely able to escape this disaster..."
"Useless!"
"You couldn’t even manage the interference at their rear, really of no use whatsoever!"
"According to the rules, you must be punished!"
The voice was clearly angry, yet its tone was still devoid of both sadness and joy.
Upon hearing this, Wang Xu’s face, full of bloodstains, suddenly showed a look of terror.
No sooner had the voice faded.
In the sky above, a thorn-covered whip suddenly lashed down heavily!
It struck directly on Wang Xu, scraping off a large chunk of flesh from his body.
Wang Xu immediately let out a piercing, miserable howl.
Yet the being within the floating city seemed not to hear at all, as the whip fell continuously without respite.
After a hundred lashes, Wang Xu slumped onto the palm tree, now barely exhaling more than inhaling.
Only then did a porcelain bottle fly down from the floating city, landing beside his ear.
"This is the punishment for the unsuccessful completion of the mission!"
"Remember this time! Next time, you won’t be so lucky!"
Wang Xu had been beaten so severely that he couldn’t make a sound, only able to utter weak gasps.
"Remember this time! Next time, you won’t be so lucky!"
Wang Xu had been beaten so severely that he couldn’t make a sound, only able to utter weak gasps.
