Wu Jiu’s voice was gentle, the pace of his words unrushed, but rather emotional. He spoke with a smile on his face, his eyes smiling, his words sounding highly earnest and sincere.
But that sincerity was lost upon Flame Dragon and the others.
As the leaders of the three great spirit races, they would not be taken in with just a few flowery words. They knew nothing about the Serene Spirit Tower and they would naturally not believe Wu Jiu’s words so easily.
“From what I know, the Serene Spirit Tower does not seem to be beneficial to non human spirits.” Soul Slayer then said.
Wu Jiu nodded his head without hesitation and then replied very candidly: “That’s true. Only human spirits are allowed into the previous three Serene Spirit Towers and right from the beginning of their construction, I have already told all the spirit races that besides human spirits, all other spirit races must not come close to the Serene Spirit Towers even a step. My warning at that time might sound domineering and tyrannical to all your ears, and rather disrespectful. But please forgive my unintentional mistake as I had not wanted our friends from the other spirit races to come to harm due to a lack of understanding.”
Wu Jiu paused a moment, and then continued on in an earnest tone.
“The previous three Serene Spirit Towers, were experiments I was carrying out. I am a human spirit myself, and hence I understand human spirits the most. Everything in those three Serene Spirit Towers were built according to suit the human spirits’ method of cultivation and that is why to a human spirit, it is a priceless treasure. But to other spirit races, it does not benefit them at all, to the extent that it might even bring them harm.”
Volume 21
Chapter 2051: Chaos in the Spirit World (6)
Translator: Misty Cloud Translations Editor: Misty Cloud Translations
“I believe, that all of you here have a certain understanding about the Serene Spirit Towers already, and you should be able to judge whether there is truth in what I am saying.” Wu Jiu said.
Flame Dragon and the others naturally knew that what Wu Jiu had said was the truth, but they had not thought that Wu Jiu would so readily admit the harm the Serene Spirit Towers could bring to the other spirit races. Such candidness was completely unlike Wu Jiu’s personality.
With such an attitude, it only made Flame Dragon and the others even more wary.
Wu Jiu seemed to have felt the bias Flame Dragon and the others were feeling against him and he went on to say helplessly: “For sure, I, Wu Jiu, am not considered to be all that good a person, and am not someone so benevolent that would give up the Serene Spirit Tower just like that. Let me be honest here then. Building this fourth Serene Spirit Tower was not my idea but the Spirit Lord’s.”
“The Spirit Lord?” Flame Dragon was slightly startled.
Wu Jiu nodded his head and said: “The three Serene Spirit Towers from before were experiments the Spirit Lord wanted me to carry out, and he allowed me to let them be used only by human spirits. After going through the trials for so long, the Spirit Lord felt that the Serene Spirit Towers could be used to cultivate our power of the spirit, and hence, he got me to quickly build more Serene Spirit Towers to provide them for the other spirit races.” As he spoke, the corners of Wu Jiu’s mouth curled up with an impatient sneer. “Otherwise, do all of you really think that I will give up this Serene Spirit Tower I have developed over to you so willingly? That is something that we human spirits had painstakingly built little by little and what what has any of you contributed that after it has been built, it has to be given up over to you?”
Wu Jiu’s words caused Flame Dragon and Soul Slayer to be quake slightly in shock. Wu Jiu’s sincere demeanor before had not moved them but had instead put them on their guard and when Wu Jiu was using such a indignant tone without a care with demeaning words, they had instead found it easier to believe him.
Afterall, based on their understanding of Wu Jiu, he was not a generous person and he was one that would never give up the Serene Spirit Tower for no good reason, so they would never just accept it so readily no matter what.
“Now that the fourth Serene Spirit Tower has already been built, we will only need to ascertain the spirit race’s method of cultivation to carry out the final adjustments and it can then immediately be put to use. Seeing that all of you are being so terrified and worried, you can very well just go seek affirmation from the Spirit Lord. Although I am not exactly pleased with the decision that the Spirit Lord has made, but as a vassal under the Spirit Lord, I would naturally abide by the order given to me. You might not want to believe my words, then you can just go seek affirmation yourselves.” Wu Jiu said calm and unruffled with his arms crossed over his chest, a sneering smirk upon his effeminate face, a completely different person from the earnest and sincere one seen just moments ago.
Wu Jiu’s completely disparate demeanor made Flame Dragon and Soul Slayer a little confused. They were not able to determine whether Wu Jiu’s words were the truth or a lie.
“I will verify it with the Spirit Lord, to see whether you speak the truth. And if you dare to try to deceive me, I will have you know the price you will have to pay for it.” Soul Slayer released a humming resonance, the tone highly threatening.
Wu Jiu shrugged his shoulders.
“As you please.”
Poison Ivy had not once opened his mouth throughout, but merely sat on his chair of vines as he looked at Wu Jiu, his eyes not missing the slightest change that came over Wu Jiu’s face.
“If that is all that you want to ask me here today, then I have already finished saying all there is to say. The construction of the fourth Serene Spirit Tower has completed and after you decide which spirit race will be using it, just inform me directly and I will make the final preparations for it. So, if there is nothing else, then I shall take my leave.” Wu Jiu concluded up his speech, and made to take his leave.
Since Flame Dragon’s question had been answered, there was naturally no reason for Wu Jiu to remain there any longer.
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Chapter 2052: Chaos in the Spirit World (7)
Translator: Misty Cloud Translations Editor: Misty Cloud Translations
Wu Jiu swept his gaze over Flame Dragon and the others before leading Jiang Yun Long out from the place.
“Master, we’re leaving just like that?” Jiang Yun Long suppressed his voice to whisper beside Wu Jiu’s ear. Wu Jiu’s meeting with Flame Dragon and the others had been so short Jiang Yun Long just could not believe it.
“It was already enough.” Wu Jiu’s eyes flashed with a trace of venomous mirth and his gaze swung unnoticeably towards the few Beast Spirits standing not too far away from the entrance of the Flame Dragon’s cave.
It did not matter whether Flame Dragon and the others believed his words or not as they would surely seek verification from the Spirit Lord. And no one knew better than Wu Jiu what the result of that would be. With everything that he said outside the Flame Dragon’s cave today, it was believed that it would take long before it would spread throughout the three great spirit races. Even if Flame Dragon and the others wanted to hide it, it would not be possible to do it.
The corners of Wu Jiu’s mouth had a hint of chilling smile hanging off them as he slowly disappeared out of sight from Flame Dragon and the others.
It was until the figure of Wu Jiu had completely disappeared from sight that Flame Dragon then lowered its head, to look at Soul Slayer and Poison Ivy.
Poison Ivy had not once opened his mouth from beginning to end like today’s discussion had nothing to do with him at all. If not for the fact that Plant Spirits were well known to be eccentric and that Poison Ivy’s personality was like that, others might have found it strange.
“I will go seek affirmation from the Spirit Lord today, to see if Wu Jiu speaks the truth.” Soul Slayer’s tone was hard as steel, seemingly highly concerned about the Serene Spirit Tower.
Flame Dragon nodded its head, and expressed that it would verif
y it with the Spirit Lord as soon as possible as well, where Soul Slayer then took its leave.
“Do you want to come in to sit for awhile?” Flame Dragon looked at Poison Ivy. Although the two of them could not be considered to be close friends, they enjoyed friendly relations with each other.
The corners of Poison Ivy’s eyes lifted slightly, as he raised his head up to look at the enormous Flame Dragon.
“You should not have chosen to speak with Wu Jiu at this place.” Poison Ivy finally said.
“Oh? Is there anything inappropriate about it?” Flame Dragon asked, looking at Poison Ivy in incomprehension.
Poison Ivy curled up his lips. “Although the intelligence of Beast Spirits have developed quite a bit, but its still rather retarded. With that brain of yours, you’ll be played to death by Wu Jiu.” Poison Ivy’s voice was filled with thick contempt.
Flame Dragon was already used to that venomous tongue of Poison Ivy’s and did not feel displeased in anyway, but was more concerned with the meaning in Poison Ivy’s words.
“Is there anything strange in what Wu Jiu said earlier?” Flame Dragon then asked.
Poison Ivy shook his head.
“Everything he said was true. I believe there wasn’t a single word of untruth in all that he said today, including the matter about the Spirit Lord asking him to build the fourth Serene Spirit Tower, it would definitely be true as well. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have brought up the Spirit Lord’s name when he clearly knew that you do not trust him at all.”
“Since that’s the truth, then what is inappropriate about it?” Flame Dragon was even more confused. It found itself completely unable to understand what Poison Ivy was talking about.
Poison Ivy stood up and unraveled the vines as he stared at Flame Dragon in silence, his gaze slowly moving to look behind Flame Dragon.
Flame Dragon turned its head around uncomprehendingly and suddenly discovered that on the peak near to its cave, were several Beast Spirits showing high excitement in their eyes. Beast Spirits had very good hearing and their conversation with Wu Jiu earlier had not been consciously isolated with power of the spirit. Hence, every single word that Wu Jiu said to Flame Dragon earlier had fallen right into the ears of those Beast Spirits!
Flame Dragon was taken aback. He could faintly sense that something was wrong, but in that instant, it did not know where the problem exactly was.
“On the Spirit Lord’s side, I will not be going to seek verification. A warning on account of having known each other for so long. It is best that you do not go ask for affirmation. Not confirming it will be better than having it confirmed.” Throwing those words, Poison Ivy then left.
Volume 21
Chapter 2053: Astounding Cultivation (1)
Translator: Misty Cloud Translations Editor: Misty Cloud Translations
Wu Jiu’s discussion with the leaders of the three great races soon spread among the spirits. Spirits who were initially still maintaining a wait and see attitude towards the Serene Spirit Tower immediately put down their guard upon hearing about Wu Jiu’s words, eagerly anticipating the result of the affirmation their leader had gone to seek from the Spirit Lord.
With the Spirit Lord’s name brought up, it increased the trustworthiness of Wu Jiu’s words which just caused the spirits to become more excited.
Just as the world was burning with furious debate about the fourth Serene Spirit Tower, Jun Wu Xie led Qiao Chu and the other companions to sneak into the Tranquil Dream Forest to carry out their newfound method of cultivation. Because Meng Yi Liang and his men were killed in there, it just reinforced Jiang Yun Long’s belief that Jun Wu Xie had escaped from there, where he then gave up on watching the Tranquil Dream Forest as he just did not believe that Jun Wu Xie would return back to such a dangerous place.
Completely unaware of the fact that Jun Wu Xie was at that moment openly staying right there there in the Tranquil Dream Forest!
Inside the thick forest, Jun Wu Xie sat cross legged on the ground, where dense lush grass originally grew under her, but a swathe of the grass had been flattened out by Jun Wu Xie, leaving an area of bare soil. But over the soil, a circle of Spirit Reinforcement runes was drawn out, and that circle formed by the Spirit Reinforcement runes surrounded Jun Wu Xie in the middle. If one looked carefully, it would not be difficult to see that the circle of Spirit Reinforcement runes were exactly the same as those in the Serene Spirit Towers with the only difference being the sequence they were arranged in.
In the surrounding area surrounding Jun Wu Xie, Qiao Chu, Fan Zhuo, Hua Yao, Rong Ruo and Fei Yan were also seated cross legged in a half lotus position, and around them, was a ring of Spirit Reinforcement runes just the same. They sat quietly with their eyes closed, silently cultivating.
From the day that Jun Wu Xie left her house, the six of them had slipped into the Tranquil Dream Forest and cultivated with this exceptional method. They had carried on with their cultivation for a good half year in there as Jiang Yun Long had been so certain that there would be no sign of Jun Wu Xie in the Tranquil Dream Forest anymore that he did not send men to go search in there anymore, which allowed Jun Wu Xie and her companions to be able to cultivate peacefully.
In momentary daze, Jun Wu Xie opened her eyes. Half a year’s cultivation had made her power of the spirit soaring to new heights. A vague layer of grey mist rose faintly from her body, and as she halted her cultivation, the grey mist was then retracted back into her body.
Qiao Chu and the others beside her had also awakened from their cultivation trance. They looked at each other and saw in each others’ eyes joy and delight.
Half a year’s time of cultivation to spirits, was so short that it was negligible enough to be completely disregarded, but to the young companions, it was a highly crucial period of time given to them. For no other reason, than because of the ring of Spirit Reinforcement runes around them while they cultivated.
That circle of Spirit Reinforcement runes was something Jun Wu Xie had come up with by rearranging the sequence of Spirit Reinforcement runes based on what she saw in the Serene Spirit Tower’s twelfth level, where not only would it not bring any harm to them, it greatly increased the speed of the progress in their cultivation.
The Spirit Reinforcement runes in the Serene Spirit Towers did indeed hold the ability to help one’s cultivation. But at the same time that it raised the speed of progress in one’s cultivation, it also hid a highly destructive element. Jun Wu Xie discarded the destructive portion and picked out only the parts where it increased the speed of progress in cultivation while improving on it herself, it resulted in the speed that Jun Wu Xie and the companions’ cultivation advanced at to become even faster than that in the Serene Spirit Towers!
In just that short half a year’s time, they achieved what it would have taken other spirits six hundred years to achieve!
Such and astounding effect, was only known to Jun Wu Xie and her companions.
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Chapter 2054: Astounding Cultivation (2)
Translator: Misty Cloud Translations Editor: Misty Cloud Translations
“Little Xie’s method is just too Heaven defying, I almost could not bear to stop.” Qiao Chu said as he stretched out his legs, looking still unfulfilled, as he had become obsessed with the feeling of sensing the surge of strong power of the spirit entering his body.
He had a feeling that if he was given a few more months’ time, he would be able to reach a level in the Spirit World that was as high as a Purple Spirit outside.
Jun Wu Xie looked at the exhilarated Qiao Chu, and then slowly lowered her eyes. The discovery she made in the fourth Serene Spirit Tower had brought her a result that went far beyond her expectations, never having thought that Spirit Reinforcement could really be applied onto accelerating the growth of one’s power of the spirit. But there was a limit to that kind of advancement where once one reached a certain level of power, the speed becomes much slower.
Being almost as good as a new spi
rit, to Qiao Chu and the companions, using Spirit Reinforcement to commence on their initial stages of cultivation, it was as if they were taking a rocket. But as the accumulated power of the spirit grew more and more in their bodies the speed of growth in their cultivation then slowed down.
Jun Wu Xie was guessing that was due to the limits that their souls were able to withstand that brought about the change.
The Spirit Reinforcement runes in the Serene Spirit Tower would completely ignore the fact whether a spirit soul would be able to withstand that much power, but continue to forcibly imbue them with more power of the spirit, till the spirit soul was unable to withstand it and went on to burst and explode, to then be absorbed by the twelfth level’s Spirit Fire. After Jun Wu Xie’s modifications, that Spirit Reinforcement runes no longer had the power to forcibly infuse a spirit with power of the spirit, but allow the spirit to passively absorb it. Although it placed a limit on the amount of power that could be absorbed, it made it much safer.
At least throughout the half year that they had been cultivating, Qiao Chu and the companions had not felt the slightest bit of discomfort, but have instead felt very much more invigorated.
“I heard Little Xie say that you want to go to the first Serene Spirit Tower. When are you going to do that?” Fei Yan asked curiously. Before they had even restarted on their cultivation, Jun Wu Xie had already planned and prepared to go into the first Serene Spirit Tower to wreck destruction, so that Little Black would be able to recover, but in the entire half year that they had been here in the Tranquil Dream Forest, they had not seen Jun Wu Xie show any inclination of doing that.
“Very soon.” Jun Wu Xie said expressionlessly, her mind seemingly rather distracted. She had a hand held over her chest, her brows slightly furrowed. Over the past half a year, the progress of her cultivation had been extremely fast, and she had not felt any discomfort throughout. Jun Wu Yao often came to the Tranquil Dream Forest to accompany her while she cultivated, and Little Lotus and Poppy came occasionally as well, bringing her updates on any news of Jun Gu.
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