Wasted Spiritual Root to Embark on Demonic Cultivation

Chapter 470

As for the other person, his position was Town Guard Envoy.

His cultivation had reached the fourth layer of Nascent Soul. He was a skinny old man in daoist robes, constantly holding a horsetail whisk, his eyelids drooping as if he had not woken up.

On the surface, both welcomed Wang Yu with smiles, but in their hearts they were cursing him in every possible way.

They were also puzzled. Water Cloud Immortal Capital had been quietly hiding a great perfection Nascent Soul. Who knew if there was some scheme involved.

Especially since the battle at Ice River Pass was becoming increasingly intense.

They needed to be extra vigilant against demonic path powerhouses infiltrating Taihu. Normally they should have used methods to inspect him, but after hearing Gu Yanping say that Wang Yu had once revealed great perfection-level divine sense.

If he really was a demonic cultivator, wouldn’t they be in trouble?

So inspection? To hell with inspection.

Just welcome him with smiles and be done with it. Letting the Dou Family off wasn’t difficult either. In a city the size of Water Cloud Immortal Capital, there were plenty of Core Formation noble families.

If the Dou Family was fine, just let the Gu Family take the fall.
It was just one sentence. Of course they had to give this flood dragon crossing the river, Wang Yu, some face. They could also secretly investigate the relationship between the two.

As for whether Wang Yu was truly a powerhouse sent by the demonic path to infiltrate.

Whatever influence he might have on the Ice River Pass war in the future had little to do with them. If the sky fell, taller people would hold it up. Unless the Azure Cloud Sect completely collapsed.

Otherwise, Water Cloud Immortal Capital, located right in the middle of the rear, faced no real threat of war.

This possibility was actually quite small.

Which infiltrator would meddle in other people’s business?

Holding this mindset, and for various reasons, both the City Lord and the old daoist Nascent Soul monsters leaned toward letting the matter pass quietly. They would pretend nothing had happened.

Shortly after.

Once the matter was settled, Wang Yu left the City Lord’s Mansion. There was a fourth-rank formation here, so he wouldn’t stay long.

Making contact with the local rulers was also beneficial.

Especially the City Lord.

Being in charge of a fertile land like Water Cloud Immortal Capital, his status in the Azure Cloud Sect was definitely not simple. With this decent initial contact.

Even if Boss Wang’s identity was exposed later, it wouldn’t be a big deal.

Mutual non-interference was the tacit understanding between powerhouses.

After this day, the calamity that could have wiped out the Western Mountain Dou Clan was lightly resolved by Wang Yu, as if it had never happened from beginning to end.

Although Wang Yu had returned to mortal life, after this incident, things were ultimately different.

Dou Zhao’s visits became slightly less frequent. Each time she carefully disguised her identity, afraid others would discover Wang Yu’s existence.

In reality, with her Qi Refining stage methods.

She couldn’t hide it from those with ulterior motives. Those who needed to know already knew that Water Cloud Immortal Capital had a great perfection Nascent Soul in seclusion. Wang Yu had considered leaving because of this.

But on second thought, he felt it was fine.

Maintaining this tacit understanding of mutual silence was the most comfortable. No trouble, and he could cultivate in peace.

Thus, Wang Yu stayed.

He continued with his next pill-refining plan. Inside his Glazed Iceheart Pagoda were six Nascent Souls: four early-stage and two mid-stage, all firmly sealed.

There was also one Core Formation cultivator.

— Chang Xi!

Back during the Black Mountain Pass battle, this woman had been part of the support team and was captured alive by Wang Yu. Originally, he planned to use her in the subsequent war to gain more benefits.

Unfortunately, plans could not keep up with changes.

The Demon King Banquet, the ambush on Jin Lin, the Eastern Extreme Capital ruins, in a short time Wang Yu had experienced multiple events. Until he left the Crimson Kite, he had not participated in the war again.

The matter was thus put on hold. With a Core Formation cultivator’s foundation, starving her to death was impossible, but her Qi sea had been empty for so many years and her condition was very poor.

She was weak and at risk of realm regression.

Before entering seclusion to mass-refine Longevity Blood Nascent Pills, he decided to deal with Chang Xi’s issue cleanly first.

The choices he left her were actually very few.

On this day.

Inside the Glazed Pagoda’s internal space, the graceful immortal fairy hung in mid-air by ice chains. Her expression was exhausted and full of weariness. The shame and intent to cover herself from back then were long gone.

Her dead-silent eyes glanced at Wang Yu.

In a weak and powerless voice she said:

“So many years have passed. This is the first time you’ve come in to see me.”

“Too many affairs to handle, no time to spare.”

Wang Yu slowly walked closer and extended a finger.

“I’ll give you two choices: death… or become this my Demon Slave!”

The term “Demon Slave” was spoken from Wang Yu’s mouth for the first time.

It meant using the demonic seed method to put Chang Xi in a state where she could be devoured by him at any moment. With a single thought, he could completely drain her into a dried corpse.

This person held a high position in the Sword Sect, ranking quite high among the thousand or so walkers. Becoming a Sword Heir was difficult, but she had a chance to become the master of one of the seventy-two Sword Peaks.

At minimum she would be a Nascent Soul Sword Master. Her utility value was naturally very high.

Especially in wartime. A single key piece of information transmitted could play a decisive role. Planting spies was a demonic cultivator’s instinct, and also Chang Xi’s only way to survive.

Otherwise Wang Yu could only try whether the Heavenly Demon Myriad Transformations could mimic a human female and personally spy on the Sword Sect’s inheritance.

Whether it was due to her radical personality from earlier years or because she had truly been tortured to despair over these years, Chang Xi did not negotiate any conditions or resist.

She directly agreed.

“Master.”

The demonic seed method took root and sprouted. Without resistance, Wang Yu obtained his first true slave, and it was the righteous path female cultivator who had once suppressed him.

This feeling of conquest was quite pleasant.

After arranging the contact method properly, Wang Yu took the Glazed Pagoda and left Water Cloud Immortal Capital. Only after reaching the border of Water Cloud Prefecture did he release her.

He did not engage in any adult games with Chang Xi due to her beauty.

In this regard he had always emphasized willingness. When in the mood he played very extravagantly, but he never forced it. When interest was low, even if she were as beautiful as a celestial immortal, it was useless.

The number of beauties who had died at his hands was not small.

After cleaning the Glazed Iceheart Pagoda thoroughly, Wang Yu went directly to the secret cave abode he had set up outside Water Cloud Immortal Capital. He summoned the Taihe Blood Cauldron and began refining Longevity Blood Nascent Pills.

The effect of Blood Nascent Pills was determined by the raw materials.

For example, a third-layer Nascent Soul with demonic essence below twelve thousand drops. Due to losses during the refining process, the final product Blood Nascent Pill that could increase around two thousand drops of demonic essence would be considered qualified.

In this regard Wang Yu was very experienced. He estimated the finished product should reach the level of three thousand drops. After all, back then the finished pill refined from Violet Lightning’s Nascent Soul had provided an increase of one thousand drops.

And that was only from a first-layer Nascent Soul cultivator.

As for the two mid-stage Nascent Souls, each could provide an increase of over six thousand drops. Conservatively speaking, after consuming all six Nascent Souls, his cultivation could be pushed past the halfway mark of the fifth layer of Nascent Soul.

Such a massive surge of demonic essence already exceeded his current total. Even Blood path spirit pills could not be consumed so recklessly, or his foundation would suffer severe problems.

Therefore, even though refining Blood Nascent Pills was simple, he needed to be patient and stretch out the time between taking and refining each pill. Only after completely solidifying his foundation and mastering the newly gained demonic essence would he take the next one.

Otherwise it would affect his future greatly. He could not afford to be careless.

Besides that.

The Immortal Officials’ Medicine Vault contained several fourth-rank supreme-grade spirit pills. None of them helped with cultivation progress; they all had niche effects and were temporarily useless.

From the Longevity Medicine Vault he had obtained three fifth-rank treasure pills.

Wang Yu had already used two. The last one had been given to Snowjade. After the little fox swallowed it, she fell into a deep sleep of bloodline transformation.

Her bloodline grade would see a huge leap.

In one go it would rise from low-grade Earth Rank to low-grade Heaven Rank. A demon beast with such a bloodline already possessed a trace of a chance to reach Spirit Transformation.

She would probably sleep for several decades before the transformation completed. There was no need to worry.

The pill-refining process went extremely smoothly.

Blood Nascent Pills used Nascent Souls as the main ingredient, supplemented by other Blood dao spiritual herbs. Each furnace required over three months. This was already his improved efficiency after his cultivation advanced greatly.

Otherwise it would have taken at least a full year.

Even if only one pill came out per furnace, it was still worth it!

In the blink of an eye, eighteen months passed quietly. In the height of summer, Wang Yu returned to the surface from his cave abode in a slight daze. He had already swallowed the first Blood Nascent Pill.

His demonic essence had surged by three thousand drops. Adding the accumulation from the Idle Slots over the years, it had reached 16,080 drops. This increase would require several years to fully stabilize.

This was only because the Idle Slots kept running cultivation techniques nonstop, constantly helping him solidify his foundation and control the suddenly explosive pure demonic essence. Otherwise the stabilization time would have been even longer.

After leaving the underground cave abode.

On the way back to Water Cloud Immortal Capital, Wang Yu suddenly noticed movement from the ice cauldron magic treasure he had refined years ago. The swarm of iceflame butterflies had finally reached the time to emerge.

The internal space of the ice cauldron magic treasure was limited and could not allow the ice flame butterflies to grow indefinitely. With the characteristics of group Gu insects, their strength had already reached the fourth rank.

Their killing power was enormous. Even among fourth-rank creatures they were not easy to deal with. Especially the Iceflame Empress Butterfly, its individual strength had reached the peak of early fourth rank.

It was far stronger than the swarm he had encountered back in the Endless Ice Plains.

The awakening of the Gu insects was an unexpected pleasant surprise.

It also gave Wang Yu a usable method. He had never revealed this foundation to outsiders, and it was completely different from Supreme Law Profound Pill Demonic Lord’s techniques.

Without using demonic essence, displaying his strength through divine-sense Gu control was also quite good.

After wiping his face and restoring Boss Wang’s appearance.

Wang Yu landed on the ox cart parked outside the city. Humming a tune in a cheerful mood, he cracked the whip and drove toward Water Cloud Immortal Capital.

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Dou Residence.

After the scapegoat incident a year and a half ago, the atmosphere in the Dou Residence had changed completely. In addition to stricter management of family members.

They had also begun using various connections to send outstanding Dou Clan juniors to the Seven Righteous Sects (excluding the Azure Cloud Sect) to participate in disciple assessments.

The focus of the clan’s development had shifted from trying to produce a single Nascent Soul cultivator to casting a wide net and trying their luck, placing the heavy responsibility of breakthrough on the genius juniors.

There was no superiority or inferiority between the two approaches. The latter was simply a way to leave more seeds behind when facing the danger of clan extermination.

Inside the study of the Dou Residence, Dou Xiong and Dou Zhao were arguing.

“Zhao’er, you only have two choices now. Father doesn’t want to argue with you anymore.”

“But Father, the things you’re asking me to do… I can’t do them!”

“Then you also shouldn’t daydream about climbing onto someone of that senior’s level. He has lived far more years than you’ve eaten rice. If he plays mind games, he can scheme you to death.”

“Daughter is only a tiny Qi Refining cultivator. The Dou Family is merely a third-rate power. Why would a senior scheme against me?

“Even if I’m being narcissistic and say he’s lusting after my beauty, if he really forced himself on me, what could you all do about it?”

Dou Xiong was left speechless, his eyes widening.

“If you refuse to marry, then go back to Western Mountain and cultivate properly with your mother. What future is there in obsessing over merchant affairs every day?

“You’re not someone like Jin Xuanxuan. You need a proper focus. Otherwise when you grow old and die, Father will still have to send you up the mountain. What kind of situation is that?”

Dou Zhao was also angered.

“Fine, Dou Gouxiong! You only know how to show off in front of your daughter. I’m going to tell Mother and see if she deals with you or not!”

“Wait!”

Seeing that Dou Zhao was serious, Dou Xiong spoke with a solemn expression.

“Zhao Zhao, Father is Father and Mother is Mother. How can you do something so despicable?”

“Then apologize.”

“Dream on!”

“I’m transmitting to Mother right now…”

“I’m sorry. Father was wrong.”

Dou Zhao immediately broke into a proud smile. The couple had gained a daughter in their later years and had spoiled her rotten since childhood. They were afraid she would melt if held in the mouth and afraid she would break if held in the palm.

Her mother was even more of a heroine among women and definitely not someone who could be reasoned with.

The atmosphere in the study returned to harmony.

Dou Xiong spoke earnestly: “Zhao Zhao, it’s not that Father is being overbearing. This matter is simply too bizarre. The ancestor of our branch, the one you found out about — Dou Chiying — was born a thousand years ago.

“Even if the blood token matter is true, have you ever thought about how old that senior must be? He is from the same generation as your ancestor. How could he possibly take a fancy to a… cough cough, little girl like you?”

These words struck Dou Zhao right in the heart.

The person she met in her youth had been too outstanding. She could never forget him in this lifetime. Especially since Wang Yu did not look like an old man at all and his mentality was still very young.

In this world, both men and women yearned for beautiful things.

When choosing a partner, the initial attraction always began with appearance. Only after contact would character and temperament come into play.

Thinking about it, she no longer wanted to say more.

“Hmph!

“I’m not talking to you anymore. I’m going out.”

“Hey, don’t go to the outer city. It’s been quite chaotic lately, and quite a few mortals have died again.”

“I know.”

The so-called chaos was something a power like the Dou Residence did not understand, but anyone with eyes knew it was the City Lord’s Mansion cleaning up the loose ends of the Winter Tragedy.

The excuse at the time had been that certain noble clans had secretly abducted people and sold them to demonic cultivators. Natural disasters combined with man-made calamities had caused the mortals to suffer heavy losses.

The City Lord’s Mansion was busy fabricating evidence and pinning the crimes solidly.

Water Cloud Immortal Capital had no Nascent Soul families. This was a deliberate restriction by the Azure Cloud Sect. They did not allow Nascent Souls to share the city’s cake.

But the number of Core Formation noble clans was countless.

Those connected to the Azure Cloud Sect by blood or marriage formed a huge group. Some could be touched, some could not.

The scapegoats this time were the Gu, Liu, Liu, Niu, and Ximen families, five Core Formation powers in total. Each had been saddled with the black pot of tens of thousands of mortal lives.

The entire clans had already been arrested and thrown into the Azure Cloud Sect’s black prison.

Once the case was closed, they would be executed directly.

Wang Yu, driving the ox cart in through a side gate, unexpectedly ran into an incident.

It was the little girl who had once begged him for food, together with her father. Right now the girl was curled up in her father’s arms, crying so hard she could not speak.

A disciple of the Azure Cloud Sect in plain clothes showed a token and declared:

“This man is one of the criminals who sold people. If any of you commoners have grievances in your hearts, you may take action to vent your anger. Beating this criminal to death on the spot is also fine.”

Good heavens… what kind of ‘upright magistrate’ is this?

Wang Yu’s brows knitted tightly as he listened. His divine sense transformed into a small black paper boat and quietly slipped forward, infiltrating the scene. In an instant, it drilled into the man’s body.

“Soul-Gouging Evil Boat — Soul Search!”