Instant-Death Cultivation: Surviving in an Immortal World with Instant Kill - Chapter 169

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Chapter 169: Old Monster (4)

 

Having annihilated Azure Wind Valley, it was time to collect the spoils of war.

 

Of course, since Cheon Woo-jin hadn’t fought alone, he had to share with the others.

 

However, Baekwha-pa, which had played a very significant role this time, refused the distribution of spoils.

 

“We didn’t participate for profit. You don’t need to share anything with us.”

 

“That cannot be, Elder.”

 

Seo Seol-ryeong said while glancing sideways at Wi Ju-seon.

 

“We must also consider fairness with the Corpse Ghost Extreme Prison Gate.”

 

“Hmm… I suppose so.”

 

This time, both Baekwha-pa and the Corpse Ghost Extreme Prison Gate had made considerable sacrifices.

 

Both sides needed to receive adequate compensation, but if Baekwha-pa refused to take anything, it would put the Corpse Ghost Extreme Prison Gate in an awkward position.

 

“Then provide us with a place to rest.”

 

“A place to rest?”

 

“Our disciples suffered heavy casualties in the battle with Azure Wind Valley. Many disciples are severely injured and need to recover their strength.”

 

This meant not just a simple resting place, but somewhere abundant in spiritual energy.

 

Most such places were already occupied by existing sects.

 

However, with Seo Seol-ryeong’s connections, such a location could be secured.

 

“Understood. There’s a Spirit Mountain on the 5th Layer that suits Baekwha-pa’s cultivation methods well. I’ll arrange for you to use it as a base. I’ll also provide elixirs for the disciples to recover their strength and heal their injuries.”

 

“Mm, I’d be grateful if you did that.”

 

After sending Baekwha-pa to the 5th Layer, they distributed various cultivation resources from Azure Wind Valley’s warehouse to the Corpse Ghost Extreme Prison Gate.

 

In fact, since the main forces of the Corpse Ghost Extreme Prison Gate were corpses, the most important thing was the bodies of Azure Wind Valley’s disciples.

 

Since opportunities to secure large quantities of corpses from renowned Orthodox Sect cultivators were rare, the Corpse Ghost Extreme Prison Gate would be busy creating Corpse Ghosts and Jiangshi for some time.

 

“Now everything else is ours, Fellow Daoist Cheon.”

 

Having finished distributing the spoils, Seo Seol-ryeong led Cheon Woo-jin into the warehouse.

 

Resources accumulated over long years by Azure Wind Valley, one of the three major forces of the 6th Layer, were piled up in abundance.

 

“Even after sharing with the Corpse Ghost Extreme Prison Gate, there’s still plenty left.”

 

“Honestly, we can’t use all of this ourselves. We’ll need to dispose of some separately.”

 

It was the same as when they had plundered Daeyopianbukhwam.

 

There weren’t many things that would directly help Cheon Woo-jin at this point.

 

It would be more profitable to dispose of the rest.

 

“To condense a Nascent Soul, we’ll also need large quantities of magic stones. Let me handle the disposal properly.”

 

Seo Seol-ryeong strode through the warehouse.

 

“But there isn’t much useful stuff here.”

 

“Really? There seem to be many precious herbs and spirit stones piled up.”

 

“Those are meaningless things. Ah, here it is.”

 

Seo Seol-ryeong stopped in a corner of the warehouse and raised her hand.

 

With a clattering sound, the floor opened and a secret passage appeared.

 

“You found it well.”

 

“It’s common to store precious items separately.”

 

Entering the secret passage, a space protected by security formations appeared.

 

However, it was all dispelled with a single gesture from Seo Seol-ryeong.

 

“This seems to be Azure Wind Valley’s real treasure vault.”

 

“It seems so.”

 

In the treasure vault, old boxes made of blue jade were stacked up.

 

Inside the boxes, various spiritual objects and elixirs were stored, including black elixirs that emitted a special light.

 

“This elixir is…”

 

“It’s a Five Dragon Great Evolution Pill made by boiling the spines and five organs of five black dragons for five years.”

 

Seo Seol-ryeong picked up the elixir and explained.

 

“Just taking this one pill should provide enough spiritual energy to attempt the Nascent Soul stage.”

 

“That much?”

 

“However, there’s something you must be careful about. You must never tell Oh Hwi-seong, the tower master of Heavenly Dragon Tower, that you took the Five Dragon Great Evolution Pill.”

 

“Ah… I see.”

 

Oh Hwi-seong was from the Dragon Clan.

 

If he knew that someone had taken medicine made by boiling five dragons, no matter how gentle his nature, he would be furious.

 

“Take this too.”

 

“This is… a Carefree White Feather Pill?”

 

“You recognized it well. That’s correct.”

 

The Five Dragon Great Evolution Pill was just pitch black and hard to identify, but this one had white wing patterns on a blue background, making it immediately recognizable.

 

“Elixirs with the character ‘Carefree’ in their names are legacies from sects that left the Lower Realm long ago. This Carefree White Feather Pill is a harmonizing agent that resolves everything harmoniously. When condensing a Nascent Soul, it will help various energies achieve harmony instead of tangling together. Taking it with the Five Dragon Great Evolution Pill should increase your success rate.”

 

“I see.”

 

Even in the game, the Carefree White Feather Pill was used for similar purposes.

 

As Seo Seol-ryeong said, it would help when advancing to the Nascent Soul stage.

 

“Other than that… Ah.”

 

There was one large box in a corner of the treasure vault.

 

Opening the lid together, they found four metallic objects of unknown purpose.

 

They were palm-sized, with scratches here and there.

 

“These are… flying spirits.”

 

“Flying spirits?”

 

Flying spirits were combat auxiliary tools that flew through the air and moved autonomously.

 

They had functions to automatically attack enemies or defend against enemy attacks.

 

Cheon Woo-jin had also made flying spirits from the Dark Dew Great King Centipede’s jaw and carapace during his Core Formation stage.

 

When deployed during battles against multiple enemies, flying spirits would automatically deal with small fry, making them quite convenient.

 

Recently, he had taken them out once to draw the attention of Blood Puppet Ancestor Gu Do-ryun.

 

“They’re even Dharma Treasures, not just Dharma Artifacts. Their performance should be excellent.”

 

“They don’t look very sturdy though…”

 

“That’s because they’re without their outer shells. Originally, there should be armor-like casings here, but they seem damaged, leaving only the control units. If you cover them with sturdy material, they’ll function properly.”

 

Hearing this, Cheon Woo-jin remembered the spoils he had obtained from Hwang Ryeol Bi Yeol Island.

 

“How about using this?”

 

He took out several iron plates from his storage pouch.

 

It was the iron armor used in Blood Puppet Ancestor Gu Do-ryun’s intermediate puppet.

 

“It’s iron armor imbued with powerful enhancement formations. It’s solid enough that ordinary magic arts can’t even scratch it.”

 

That intermediate puppet had such excellent defense that no matter how much they attacked, they couldn’t inflict damage.

 

So they had to defeat it by burning space with the Zhurong World-Destroying Sword to create scratches, then forcing the talisman of the Red Sea True Fire Spear into the gaps and exploding it from within.

 

Since it was that sturdy, it could be used as outer shells for the flying spirits.

 

“Where on earth did you get something like this…”

 

Seo Seol-ryeong held the iron armor and marveled.

 

“Processing it won’t be easy, but using this would definitely create very sturdy flying spirits.”

 

“That’s fortunate.”

 

“Then I’ll entrust it to someone reliable to attach the outer shells.”

 

Saying this, Seo Seol-ryeong put the iron armor into her sleeve.

 

The iron armor disappeared without a trace.

 

It was because she had put it into her Sleeve Universe.

 

“Come to think of it.”

 

“What is it?”

 

“I know that Sleeve Universe is a technique that can only be used after reaching the Nascent Soul stage.”

 

Sleeve Universe was a technique for storing objects in subspace.

 

Therefore, one had to know how to manipulate space to use Sleeve Universe.

 

Generally, it could be used from the mid-Nascent Soul stage when one truly began to transcend spatial limitations, and even early Nascent Soul cultivators could use it if they learned the method properly.

 

But Seo Seol-ryeong was at the Core Formation stage.

 

Among all the cultivators Cheon Woo-jin had met so far, Seo Seol-ryeong was the only one who could use Sleeve Universe with a Core Formation cultivation base.

 

“How are you able to use Suri Geongon?”

 

“….”

 

“I used to vaguely think it was because of your exceptional talent… but thinking about it now, it seems rather unnatural.”

 

This was something Cheon Woo-jin realized after ascending to the Great Circle of Jeodan Gorge.

 

No matter how talented one might be, it’s difficult for a Great Circle of Jeodan Gorge to use Suri Geongon.

 

“Seo Seol-ryeong, weren’t you originally at Won Yeong-gyeong?”

 

Asking this, Cheon Woo-jin checked Seo Seol-ryeong’s status window again.

 

[Seo Seol-ryeong ]

 

* Race: True Human

 

* Age: 265 years

 

* Realm: Jeodan Gorge Great Circle

 

* Constitution: Water Spirit Root, Guye True Person

 

* Alignment: Middle Path

 

* Affiliation: Mount Miaogushe

 

* Destiny: Faith and Righteousness

 

There were no changes except that her age had increased by 2 years since they first met.

 

Her realm was also fixed at Jeodan Gorge Great Circle.

 

Looking at the status window alone, Seo Seol-ryeong appeared to be just a Great Circle of Jeodan Gorge.

 

However, Cheon Woo-jin had already confirmed that the realm shown in status windows could drop to lower stages.

 

‘Jang Si-u of the Phantom Wing Immortal Book also had his status window showing early Won Yeong-gyeong.’

 

Jang Si-u was originally at late Won Yeong-gyeong.

 

But after being struck by heavenly tribulation, his realm dropped to early Won Yeong-gyeong level.

 

In such cases, the status window also displays early Won Yeong-gyeong.

 

When temporarily lowering one’s realm using techniques like Scatter Retreat Secret Submersion Technique, there’s no change, but in cases like this, it’s reflected in the status window.

 

‘If Seo Seol-ryeong was at Won Yeong-gyeong and then dropped to Jeodan Gorge for some reason… it would explain everything.’

 

Using Suri Geongon.

 

Knowing how to condense the Nascent Soul.

 

Being able to teach the Gwanghan Myeongjin Technique, a Won Yeong-gyeong cultivation method.

 

If Seo Seol-ryeong was already an existence who had experienced Won Yeong-gyeong, everything would become natural.

 

“You have quite the imagination, Fellow Daoist Cheon.”

 

Seo Seol-ryeong, who had been silent for a while, opened her mouth.

 

“If I was originally at Won Yeong-gyeong, why wouldn’t I challenge Won Yeong-gyeong again instead of remaining at Jeodan Gorge?”

 

“You must have some circumstances.”

 

“What kind of circumstances could they be?”

 

“I can’t know that much.”

 

Cheon Woo-jin spoke in a calm voice.

 

“But I wonder if it’s related to you being the only one among the Guye True People remaining in the Lower Realm.”

 

“….”

 

In the game, he could barely learn any personal information about Seo Seol-ryeong.

 

So he had been curious about what kind of circumstances this character had… but now he was finally getting a sense of it.

 

“Lately you’ve been strangely trying to dig up information about me. What wind has blown to make you act like this?”

 

“Because you brought up the topic first….”

 

Until now, Seo Seol-ryeong hadn’t wanted to teach him anything.

 

But this time, she had revealed her own information while talking about teaching him the cultivation technique of the Guye True People.

 

So he thought she might gradually be getting ready to talk about herself.

 

“I’m sorry. I apologize if my persistent questioning was unpleasant.”

 

“No, it wasn’t unpleasant to that degree. I just….”

 

While they were having such a conversation.

 

Suddenly, a presence was felt from the direction of the Treasure Vault entrance.

 

“Ahem, ahem.”

 

Mujung Soma, who had entered silently, was poking his face into the Treasure Vault.

 

It wasn’t his appearance with the white mask, but his appearance as the wandering mercenary Seong Jun.

 

“Sorry to interrupt when you two are having a nice chat….”

 

“We weren’t chatting.”

 

“We were having a business conversation.”

 

When Cheon Woo-jin and Seo Seol-ryeong replied in cold voices, Mujung Soma chuckled.

 

“I think both of you should come outside. It seems we have a visitor.”

 

“A visitor?”

 

“Who is it?”

 

Right at that moment.

 

A large shadow appeared behind Mujung Soma.

 

“No need to come out. I came directly.”

 

“…!”

 

It wasn’t like Mujung Soma who had approached silently.

 

He had appeared at the Treasure Vault entrance by leaping through space.

 

This meant he was a practitioner of mid Won Yeong-gyeong level or higher.

 

“It’s been a while. Have you been well?”

 

He was a demon hiding a snake’s face under a gray hood.

 

Cheon Woo-jin immediately clasped his hands together in greeting.

 

“Have you been in good health, Elder Ancestor?”

 

[Yowon Gyeon ]

 

* Race: Demon Race

 

* Age: 913 years

 

* Realm: Won Yeong-gyeong Late Stage

 

* Constitution: Earth Spirit Root, Snake King Body

 

* Alignment: Black Gate

 

* Affiliation: Shadow Scale Sunken Sect

 

* Destiny: Strong and Fierce

 

The Elder Ancestor of Shadow Scale Sunken Sect, Yowon Gyeon.

 

Cheon Woo-jin had met this demon cultivator a year ago when a dispute arose over the Ghost Spirit Demon Territory.

 

After the Elder Ancestor of Ten Thousand Night Ice Palace, Baek Gang-ryeon, was annihilated, he appeared together with Gwak Yu of Azure Wind Valley and left Cheon Woo-jin with the words ‘Come visit Shadow Scale Sunken Sect later. I’ll treat you well.’

 

When he later visited Shadow Scale Sunken Sect, he didn’t meet Yowon Gyeon but was warmly welcomed by Yowon Gyeon’s daughter, Yo Eun-hui.

 

“I heard you defeated Gwak Yu of Azure Wind Valley, is that right?”

 

“It wasn’t me, but someone else who did it.”

 

“Strangely, Won Yeong-gyeong Daoists often meet powerless deaths around you.”

 

Speaking in a meaningful voice, Yowon Gyeon laughed.

 

“I received your gift sent through Seo Seol-ryeong well.”

 

“You received it. I’m sorry for sending such a damaged item.”

 

Cheon Woo-jin had sent the Seven-String Zither of the Blood World Mara Sect that he obtained at Hwang Ryeol Bi Yeol Island to Yowon Gyeon.

 

This was because he knew Yowon Gyeon was researching sound wave techniques.

 

“A demonic musical instrument from the Blood World Mara Sect isn’t something easily obtained in Ghost Head City. Even in a damaged state, it has sufficient value.”

 

Saying this, Yowon Gyeon swayed the tail hanging beneath his robe.

 

Then a strange sound of “ding ding” spread out.

 

Yowon Gyeon’s tail had a rattle like a rattlesnake with overlapping traces of shed skin, and this was the sound created using that rattle.

 

“I shall use it as reference to complete my Snake Sound Universe Shaking Technique.”

 

“I hope it will be helpful, Elder Ancestor.”

 

“Of course, since you sent such a precious gift, I will repay you.”

 

The corners of Yowon Gyeon’s mouth slightly rose.

 

“I’ll lend my strength in the fight against the Bone Ghost Alliance. That witch North Palace Annihilation has been bothering me anyway.”

 

Yowon Gyeon was the greatest fighting force among the people Cheon Woo-jin could recruit in Ghost Head City.

 

Since he usually operated in the Ghost Head City Upper Levels, he was well-informed about the Nascent Soul Daoists of the Ghost Bone League.

 

This was Yowon Gyeon’s unique advantage that neither Mujung Soma nor So Hyo-bu possessed.

 

“So here’s the thing, Cheon Woo-jin.”

 

Yowon Gyeon said while flicking his tongue.

 

“While coming here, I caught a strange scent.”

 

“A strange scent…?”

 

“It was the scent of camellia flowers.”

 

At those words, Seo Seol-ryeong was startled.

 

“The scent of camellia flowers… Don’t tell me!”

 

“Yes, that’s right.”

 

Yowon Gyeon nodded his head.

 

“It’s Snow Flower True Lord Bai Hua-lian, a member of the Ghost Bone League. It seems he’s come to capture you in place of Gwak Yu.”

 

Bai Hua-lian.

 

Previously, Cheon Woo-jin had encountered someone who used the same generational character.

 

“Snow Flower True Lord is the older brother of Baek Gang-ryeon, who was the former palace master of Ten Thousand Night Ice Palace. He’s someone with various connections to you all.”

 

Ten Thousand Night Ice Palace had the blood of Guye True Person mixed into it.

 

Therefore, Snow Flower True Lord was also a distant relative to Seo Seol-ryeong.

 

“Let me tell you, Snow Flower True Lord is different from Gwak Yu. You can expect that he’ll never just sit back and let his subordinates do the work while he maintains his dignity from behind. Moreover…”

 

Yowon Gyeon flicked his tongue and asked.

 

“He’s also a madman who went insane after making contact with a transcendent being from the Upper Realm. How do you plan to fight against him?”

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