noffsinger Chapter 80: The Test, the Best Answer
Chapter 80: The Test, the Best Answer
Inside the first level of the Demon Tower on the main peak of the Thousand Shadows Sect.
Di Wei, a thin old man dressed in a dark green robe, was sitting cross-legged on a large white bone jade platform. After sensing Cui Ling's presence outside, he slightly opened his eyes.
"Elder Di, your eldest disciple is requesting an audience outside. Why don't you let him into this Demon Tower so we elders can meet the current prodigies of the Thousand Shadows Pavilion?"
At this moment, about ten steps behind Di Wei, on a towering stone pillar with a diameter of about ten feet, there was a tiger-headed demon with its limbs pierced by demon-suppressing chains, who was talking with a smile.
Di Wei ignored him and vanished from his spot in an instant, reappearing outside the tower.
"What is it?"
Di Wei looked down at Cui Ling, who was kneeling on the ground, and asked in a calm tone.
His eldest disciple was quite talented and had some hope of forming a core in the future; he was also the one he valued most.
"This disciple has a question and hopes that Master can enlighten me."
Then, Cui Ling took out the image-recording bead from the Treasure Pavilion and said respectfully.
Di Wei knew his disciple's temperament; unless it was something important, he wouldn't come to the main peak to see him in person.
Looking at the image-recording bead floating in front of him, he probed into it with a wisp of divine sense.
A moment later.
Although Di Wei's expression remained calm, a ripple of emotion stirred within him.
That fox demon might be a host that Senior Brother Chi Tong found for himself to possess, but if it's only at the early stage of Foundation Establishment, it's quite lacking.
Perhaps it's an alternative.
Senior Brother Chi Tong has lived for over nine hundred years and has made many acquaintances with old monsters in the Shazhou area, so he is quite famous.
His foundation had also reached the peak of the early stage of Core Formation, surpassing even his and his junior brother Zhou's combined abilities.
That's why the red-eyed senior brother had him stay in the Demon Tower year-round, suppressing the many restless demons within day and night.
"I know the worries in your heart."
"That fox demon surnamed Liu must be your Uncle-Master Chi Tong's disciple, there is no doubt about that."
"Do not go there and cause trouble."
"Go back to your mountains and cultivate diligently."
"Hone your mindset well, and you'll definitely have your chance in the ancestral land's secret realm later."
After saying this, Di Wei comforted Cui Ling for a few words, and then his figure disappeared from the spot.
It transformed into a barely perceptible stream of dark green light, heading straight for Xuan Ying Mountain.
He would never feel at ease unless he personally saw the disciple that his senior brother Chi Tong had taken in.
After all, if that fox demon's talent is one in a million, and if it also has the chance to advance to the Core Formation stage, once it really forms its core, Senior Brother Red Eyes will definitely be able to suppress them for more than a hundred years.
This Thousand Shadows Pavilion has truly become his, Chi Tong's, domain.
Di Wei, hidden in the faint light, had been doing dirty and tiring work for so many years, yet his cultivation level had declined instead of increased.
He had been holding back a lot of anger for a long time.
If that red-eyed senior brother were really allowed to sit on his head and defecate for another hundred years, he might actually die from the stress.
Nowadays, although Qianyinglou appears to have more say in the matter, with him and Junior Brother Zhou both being human cultivators who have reached the Core Formation stage, it is still a force to be reckoned with.
But behind the scenes, it's all the red-eyed senior brother's word that counts.
The demons in the Demon Tower were all captured by that red-eyed senior brother to cultivate a top-tier secret technique.
He single-handedly suppressed a Core Formation cultivator and dozens of Foundation Establishment demons in the Demon Tower for over a hundred years.
I thought that Senior Brother with the red eyes was nearing the end of his lifespan and was about to pass away. Even if he were to possess another Foundation Establishment cultivator, he wouldn't be able to cause trouble for more than a few decades.
Moreover, he did indeed possess a Foundation Establishment cultivator, and at that time, it was he and Junior Brother Zhou who were in charge.
The single-spiritual-root mascot that the sect has now put forward has been secretly protected by many restrictions placed on it by him and Junior Brother Zhou over the years. Once that mascot is possessed by Senior Brother Chi Tong.
He was nothing more than a puppet of himself and his junior brother Zhou.
But now that there's a possibility of something changing, I have to see for myself.
...
Xuanying Mountain.
Inside the cave at the top of the mountain.
Lin Li sat cross-legged on the ancient stone platform. About ten steps in front of him was a nearly ten-foot-tall crimson alchemy furnace. The furnace was filled with spiritual energy, and an enticing aroma of pills wafted out from it.
At this moment, Lin Li smoothly unleashed dozens of Core Formation Seals.
After a dozen or so breaths, the alchemy furnace suddenly opened, and three second-grade low-level Yellow Dragon Pills flew out from it.
The two are entirely orange-yellow, and with rings of yellow light highlighting them, they are truly extraordinary.
At first glance, it's clear that the pills are of good quality.
The third pill was grayish-white, a useless pill.
Two pills formed.
"It's acceptable."
Lin Li was very satisfied with this, having learned a great deal from that second-tier superior alchemist's inheritance.
If one relies solely on self-exploration and the insights of one or two second-tier alchemists...
It would take at least several decades to refine the first second-grade low-level elixir.
Just now.
The three floating pills were all drawn away by a surge of spiritual energy and landed in the hands of a lean old man in a dark green robe, who was walking slowly a hundred paces away.
"I didn't expect that Junior Nephew Liu, at such a young age, could refine a second-grade low-level elixir."
"You've truly broadened my horizons, Uncle Di."
When Di Wei arrived, he saw the Foundation Establishment White Fox in the cave, who had actually started refining several second-grade low-level spiritual pills.
Under the influence of his Core Formation Divine Sense, Di Wei immediately sensed the abundant vitality emanating from this Foundation Establishment Spirit Fox. Its lifespan was almost comparable to that of a Core Formation human cultivator.
This is enough to show the speed of the spirit fox's cultivation; it may have successfully advanced to the Foundation Establishment stage within a few decades.
Lin Li was startled. How could someone have unknowingly entered this cave and claimed to be his uncle?
These must be the other Core Formation stage cultivators from the Thousand Shadows Pavilion.
"Junior disciple Liu Ya greets Martial Uncle Di!"
Lin Li flew down from the stone platform and bowed respectfully.
The gift given to a Core Formation stage cultivator upon meeting them should be quite substantial.
Swish!
The next moment, Di Wei arrived at Lin Li's side, raised his hand and patted Lin Li's shoulder, and a wisp of Core Formation magic power entered Lin Li's body.
"Um? 』
"Second-tier, lower-grade bloodline aptitude?"
Di Wei used a spirit-testing technique to immediately ascertain Lin Li's bloodline aptitude.
With only a second-tier lower-grade bloodline aptitude, even with the aid of numerous elixirs, one could only cultivate to the late Foundation Establishment stage at most throughout their life.
not worried!
This little fox is at most just a potential host.
The best choice for Senior Brother Chi Tong is still the mascot that he and Junior Brother Zhou have prepared for the young sect leader.
Di Wei was in a good mood.
That's considered the best answer.
"This is our first time meeting. Consider these three jade slips containing cultivation techniques and secret arts, along with this second-grade high-quality flying sword, as a gift for our first meeting, Uncle."
"I came here simply to see you, nothing more."
"Continue your cultivation."
After getting the answer he wanted, Di Wei flew away again. After all, he still needed to guard the Demon Tower and should not leave it for too long, otherwise the demons inside the tower would definitely become restless.
"Respectfully bidding farewell to my martial uncle!"
Lin Li put away the secret technique jade slip and the flying sword magic weapon.
However, after Lin Li finished probing the three cultivation technique jade slips with his divine sense, a strange light flashed in his eyes.