Everyone was eager to hunt down those who had a supreme physique, the first choice was to possess them, and if they didn’t have the proper technique to do so, then they would kill them.
Their thought process was simple, if they couldn’t have it, then others shouldn’t have it either. Jealousy of seeing someone else have good fortune was very common in the cultivation world.
Even those who were True Immortals didn’t allow the rise of other supreme physique holders. If they found one, then they would either kill them or take them under their control by forcing them to take heavenly oaths.
Because if they let those who had a supreme physique reach the peak, then their own seat of immortality might be taken from them. That was basically giving up on their life, and no one would be interested in doing so.
Lin Feng shook his head, he didn’t know what the future held for them, but he would definitely try to achieve immortality no matter what.
Come to think of it, there was a chance he might be acquainted with some of these True Immortals, but he didn’t have any memory regarding who these immortals of the Heavenly Realm were.
There wasn’t any memory regarding even their strength or the worlds they ruled, it’s just that he knew that ten True Immortals existed, but he had nothing on him to prove their existence.
"Oh well, it’s still too early to think about that. I should just cultivate—I mean eat," He put an early-stage Grade 2 herb in his mouth and began chewing it.
The taste of the Grade 2 spirit herb was even more bitter, his expression turned bitter too, but he still continued for the sake of cultivation.
The moment it went inside, he focused on how long it would take to digest it. After a few breaths, he felt his body absorbing a small amount of spirit qi, it kept absorbing for almost 30 minutes before he felt it stop.
It took a lot longer than peak Grade 1 herbs, almost six times the amount, but the spirit qi he got was also seven to eight times that of the peak Grade 1 herbs, so it was a better option, as the size of early Grade 2 herbs wasn’t much different than peak Grade 1 spirit herbs.
Herbs only grew a very small amount in size per breakthrough, some didn’t even grow, they might become even smaller. They just became more resilient in their stem or roots.
"Dammit..... looks like I have to eat these bitter ones for better results."
Whatever, no point in complaining, he started to eat again, two more of these, and he could break through to the Late Stage of Qi Refinement realm by opening his seventh meridian, it would take only an hour.
And it would probably take another three hours to open his eighth meridian and so on, with an increase in time, as the strength of each blockage was stronger than the previous one and hence needed more spirit qi, if he cultivated until night, then he would be able to open his tenth meridian easily. That’s quite good progress.
He took the spirit herb and devoured it...
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In the vast expanse of the Azure Bloom Forest, which was covered mostly in ice due to being near the icy mountains of the northern region, an intense battle had just ended. It happened between a Frostscale Boa and Xuan Xue.
The Frostscale Boa was at the peak stage of the Sacred Beast Ascension realm, equivalent to the Tribulation Ascendance Realm.
Spirit beasts were inherently stronger physically than human cultivators of the same realm, but there was a reason why Xuan Xue was known as the strongest cultivator of this world, not to mention humans had an advantage in techniques over beasts.
Xuan Xue’s body was refined by pure yin qi, and her spirit qi was also pure yin qi, she was at least ten times stronger than an ordinary cultivator of the same realm, and that’s a lot of difference.
The Frostscale Boa was not an ordinary beast, as it had a diluted dragon bloodline, but it was nowhere near enough to fight against Xuan Xue.
Right now, the beast was lying in an area that was completely destroyed by their intense clashes, only shards of ice were left, and these were formed by their own attacks.
Xuan Xue looked at the fallen spirit beast, which was breathing slowly. It wouldn’t die, she never planned to kill it anyway. Her intention was to talk to it, and without beating it to the point of death, it was impossible to do so.
"You have two options, the first is I forcefully sign a blood contract with you, or the second is to take the heavenly oath to help us until this war is over.
Both options are temporary. If I force you to sign a blood contract, which I will do if you don’t take the oath, then once the war is over, I will release you.
As for the heavenly oath, it will stay until the war is over too, so decide, you have ten breaths of time. Give up on your pride for a few years. These years might not even be a blink of an eye for you."
Spirit beasts at this level of cultivation were able to understand and use human language using spiritual sense, so Xuan Xue didn’t have to worry about it not being able to understand.
What she said was also true, the lifespan of beasts was far greater than humans, so a few years of war might not be equivalent to a blink of an eye for it.
The Frostscale Boa looked at Xuan Xue, its eyes were filled with dread. It was the strongest among all the beasts here, but it got thrashed brutally.
It didn’t contemplate on it, as time was short for it to do so, it decided to accept the heavenly oath instead of a blood contract. It was a very easy choice to make, "I will take the heavenly oath."
A deep, neutral voice reverberated around the beast, it didn’t come out from its mouth, rather it used spiritual sense to control the air around to sound like that.
"Then do it, say that you will help Frozen Heart Sect until this war is over and complete the tasks assigned to you," Xuan Xue spoke calmly, she had no intention of enslaving any beasts.
Once this war was over and they were alive, then they could leave, she would even give them resources for their help.