Wasted Spiritual Root to Embark on Demonic Cultivation Chapter 68

The air instantly fell silent.

Wang Yu slightly raised his left hand. The aura of the late stage of Qi Refining was wantonly released. Semi-liquid spiritual power frantically gathered toward his left arm.

With such an ostentatious display, Situ Hong finally could not bear it any longer. "Wang Yu, wait… let us talk this out."

"Hehe.

"I was just joking. Now there are only the four of us on Blackbone Mountain. How could we hurt the harmony? It is just that the other two seem to look down on this junior brother and are unwilling to speak with me."

As the dense spiritual fluctuations dissipated, Situ Hong opened the formation and stone gate, looking at Wang Yu with some apprehension.

"Not at all. Junior Brother Wang must have misunderstood. Senior Sister Liu and Junior Brother Gu must have been delayed by other matters, not that they did not wish to see you."

Wang Yu quickly approached with a smiling face.

"Then this junior brother will believe Senior Brother Situ."

After bringing him into the temporary cave dwelling, Situ Hong had a headache. In truth, when the three of them had just escaped from the underground palace, they did not hold much hostility or wariness toward Wang Yu.

After all, he was only at the fifth layer of Qi Refining. No matter how skilled in combat he was, so what?

So they had not made any move to go back and request reinforcements.

However, as time passed, they were all second-generation cultivators of the same rank, only half a rank below Liu Jinxian. There was nothing that could not be talked through.

Liu Jinxian had gained the greatest benefits, but she would not press the advantage endlessly until enemies were made. In time, their relations returned to what they had been before.

During the period when Wang Yu was in seclusion, they reviewed events a few times and finally discovered some loopholes.

When Situ Hong and Gu Zhengshun had acted together, they had indeed entered the underground palace more slowly, intentionally letting Liu Jinxian lead the elite of Gu Poison Peak to test the dangers first, while they planned to reap the benefits afterward.

However, because Gu Zhengshun was greedy for the corpses of cultivators buried there for countless years, wanting to collect some corpse qi, he provoked a second-rank Venomous Bee King.

This in turn triggered the subsequent chain of events. Because of this, the ten late stage Qi Refining cultivators from Five Yin Peak he had brought were all killed by the Venomous Bee King.

It was also at this moment that he and Gu Zhengshun became separated.

Considering Liu Jinxian’s larger numbers, they first shook off the Venomous Bee King temporarily and intended to hunt down some of Gu Poison Peak’s elites to weaken her strength.

This was understandable. The problem was, they only killed two, and when the Venomous Bee King came chasing again, it killed four more. But what about the other ten or so people? They vanished without a trace.

This doubt could reasonably be blamed on the Foundation Establishment corpse demon.

However, based on Liu Jinxian’s report, the matter pointed toward another conclusion.

The corpse demon went berserk, yet there was not the slightest scent of blood on it, and it charged straight toward the Moon Condensation Palace, catching Liu Jinxian completely off guard. Clearly, someone had deliberately lured the trouble in that direction.

And among the four survivors, aside from the ever-smiling Wang Yu, who else could it be?

This was only one point of suspicion, but that alone was enough for them to be on guard against him. In just one year, over five hundred people had died. How much of a role Wang Yu played in it was still a question mark.

Yet because of preconceived notions, the three of them began to see Wang Yu as the archetypal cruel and ruthless demonic cultivator.

They did not want to offend him, but neither did they wish to have contact with him.

In such a remote place, even if someone was killed, the sect might not respond in time. They were not Liu Jinxian, so they were even more unwilling to interact with Wang Yu, avoiding contact whenever possible.

Inside the temporary cave dwelling.

Situ Hong forced a smile. "Junior Brother Wang, you came to find me for…"

"A small matter." Wang Yu took out several prepared script and handed them to Situ Hong to examine. "Senior Brother Situ has a deep background and broad knowledge. You must recognize the blood runes from this ancient demonic script."

Taking the jade slip and examining it carefully, Situ Hong finally spoke.

"Senior brother does recognize some ancient demonic script. The Blood Reversal Sect has many ancient records on Blood Rune characters, but their knowledge about Bone Rune characters, Nether Rune characters, and Demonic Rune characters is comparatively less."

The implied meaning was that he had indeed found the right person.

The Blood Reversal Sect also had deep research into Blood Rune characters from ancient demonic script.

"This snake-like character expresses the meaning of winding and twisting. In Blood Rune characters, it can also mean circulation, and sometimes it is used to describe meridians.

"This mountain-like character…"

Situ Hong explained one by one. Often a single character could be extended to mean three to five different things, and it was necessary to interpret it in context. It was also very easy to misunderstand.

As his understanding of Blood Rune characters deepened, his cold and silent body unexpectedly felt a rare rush of blood boiling, as if his blood had come alive, urgently desiring movement.

"You felt it?"

"What do you mean?"

Situ Hong sighed. "You should have heard that ancient script contains mysterious power. It is true. The more you understand about Blood Rune characters, the greater the strange movements in your blood will become.

"Our sect’s Blood Demon Hall branch cultivates ancient blood demon techniques. The entire scripture is written in Blood Rune characters and requires this very power to activate the blood.

"If one is careless for even a single day, one will lose their human form and turn into a pure killing demonic beast, bringing disaster to the land."

Words contained power.

Not only ancient demonic script, but also Innate Cloud Seals, Immortal Jade Runes, Dragon Seal Phoenix Patterns, and other forms of writing buried in ancient history all contained special power.

For Qi Refining novices like them, it was still far too early to get involved with these things. Even Situ Hong did not know much.

After Wang Yu expressed interest in this subject, he took out three jade slips and handed them over. They contained deconstructed information on Blood Rune characters.

It was essentially an introductory compendium.

"When learning ancient demonic script, do not ponder it deeply in your mind. Its power will weaken greatly. That is all I can say."

With that, Situ Hong gave Wang Yu a deep look.

Wang Yu had nothing more to say. He had no conflict with Situ Hong, and since he had received help today, he would acknowledge this favor.

"Thank you."

By the time he returned to the temporary cave dwelling he had opened up for himself, it was already near sunset.

The strange nature of ancient demonic script seemed to indicate that the mysterious silk scroll was extraordinary and carried a certain degree of danger.

That massive, mountain-like obese figure of Xu Jiaojiao might very well have been a side effect caused by comprehending the scroll. After all, under normal development, who would grow like that?

This also matched some of the rumors about her.

So, was it possible to cultivate the contents of the scroll without actually comprehending it? Perhaps not in the past, but now it was.

Wang Yu removed the "Mysterious Yin Hand" from Slot 4 and placed in sequence the three jade slips containing Blood Rune Character Analysis. This kind of pure knowledge could be processed extremely quickly.

In just three days, he had mastered all of it.

Then, taking out the mysterious silk scroll, he maintained an empty-minded state and observed it again with vacant eyes. Sure enough, the option to place it appeared in Slot 4.

He did not comprehend it himself, but let the Idle Slot handle it.