Repugnant Gateway 1

by Zhi Bai

  An Zheng tried to console himself, but he realized that this kind of thing was impossible to comfort. It was impossible for Old Huo to know what happened when he saw the dried corpse, so there was no need to make up such a lie to deceive him. An Zheng was the head of the Ming Fa Si before, and had vast amounts of experience, but his understanding of magic tools was obviously inferior to the Old Huo who had stayed in the Star Grade Tower for many years. There was an expert in the art of attack, An Zheng's attack had been extremely ferocious, causing the people of the world to tremble in fear. As for someone like the Old Huo, his understanding of magic tools was naturally incomparable to others.

  "Pay more attention in the future."

  Old Huo was silent for a while and then said: "If only … If he felt that his bloodline was always in a very poor state, and his spirit was always in a low state, and he always felt very tired, then he should have made his preparations earlier. The Blood Pearl became stronger as the wearer's strength increased, but the stronger it was, the more it could absorb. "If there is a previous owner's curse, then the rate at which your blood is lost will be very fast."

  An Zheng tried his best to ask calmly: "Is there any way to break it?"

  Old Huo looked at An Zheng: "No, even if you cut off this arm, throw the Blood Pearl to the ends of the earth. It is still constantly absorbing your blood, even if you are thousands of miles away from the Blood Pearl. Because at that time, the blood was already pricking, it was blood related to you … It can't be undone. "Only when you are about to be sucked dry can you open the curse and pass it on to the next holder."

  "And that's it."

  Old Huo's reply was exactly like he was comforting An Zheng, it was so powerless, "Increase your own strength as soon as possible, and always let your own blood essence be in a sufficient state. In other words, the speed at which you become stronger must be even faster than Blood Pearl. As long as you can constantly satisfy the Blood Pearl's demand for blood while not harming your own body, then it's alright. Another way is for you to not become stronger, and always maintain your current strength, then Blood Pearl will have a very low demand for blood. "

  "The precondition is that the previous holder did not have a curse. If you do, your blood will be sucked dry. An Zheng asked, did you see any dried corpses near the Blood Pearl? "

  An Zheng opened his mouth: "No."

  Old Huo looked at An Zheng doubtfully, and then sighed. "I hope nothing is wrong, you can pay more attention to yourself. Right now, there is already no way to remove the Blood Pearl from your wrist. The only thing I wish for is that the price for this pearl is not very high. "

  An Zheng forced out a smile: "Maybe the speed at which I can become stronger is faster than it."

  Old Huo was silent for a long time before he turned around and walked out.

  An Zheng knew that the Old Huo wouldn't be able to find any words to comfort him. His current cultivation potential was half a star, and he wanted to quickly increase his strength?

  It was just a pipe dream.

  After Old Huo left, An Zheng remained in a worried and heavy state for a long time. He knew that the Old Huo would not lie to him, because there was no need to. An Zheng would never suspect an elder who gifted him a Purple-Rank Heaven Defying Seal, just like how he still could not believe that this senior corpse was trying to drink his blood to rebirth.

  So what?

  An Zheng took a deep breath, trying to ease the depression in his heart. Was it not fair for the old dried corpse to gift him a Purple-Rank magic tool and a hundred mu of medicinal field to exchange these items for some of his blood? Moreover, the Blood Pearl was not unbreakable, as long as he could maintain his strengthening speed at the same as the Blood Pearl, he would be fine.

  An Zheng subconsciously lowered his head to look at the beads on his left wrist, and saw the different shapes of the blood colored star point on the thirteen beads.

  Consider it a form of urging.

  Time always slipped away unknowingly, such as sleeping. I always thought I'd just play a little more and go to sleep, and then I realized I didn't have much time left to sleep. During the day, he could either squeeze his own body, or squeeze out the time that he needed to do other things. An Zheng did not dare waste time, because with the Blood Pearl, he knew he had even less right to waste time.

  Even when he was recuperating in his bed, he did not give up on cultivating. The so called Purification was not just simply about making the muscles and bones, and even the meridians, become stronger, and being able to circulate the Cultivation Power. Most importantly, he had opened up the potential of the Dantian Qi Sea. Everyone has Dantian Qi Sea, be it regular people or cultivators. This was something that was born to exist. It was a miraculous thing that existed within the human body.

  The difference between a genius and an ordinary person was the degree to which the Dantian Qi Sea would be activated. A genius was a genius because the Dantian Qi Sea had already opened when they were born. As for ordinary people, Dantian Qi Sea s were closed. If he wanted to open it, he had to rely on the power of the spirit stones and a cultivator at the Sumeru Stage Realm to help him cleanse his marrow.

  An Zheng's potential was half a star, which meant that his Dantian Qi Sea had only opened up a small gap. The size of the doors is relative, whether in or out. The more he opened, the more he would enter. The ones that opened the door were small, while the ones that entered were small. Size referred to absorption and release. Absorption, referred to the Cultivation Power that was contained within the Dantian Qi Sea. Release referred to the strength of the attack.

  The power of the attack was naturally great when the door was opened, because the attack power of the Cultivation Power was great. Therefore, the division of realms wasn't too strict. If they were both at the same level, then comparing An Zheng and Xiao Qi Dao … The attack power of the first stage of the Xiao Qi Dao was probably more than ten times stronger than An Zheng's. As his cultivation realm increased, the attack power of the Xiao Qi Dao would also become many times stronger than An Zheng. Ten times, twenty times, a hundred times, a thousand times …

  And most importantly, if the door was very small, then it was possible that the cultivation base would stagnate once it reached a certain level. The energy absorbed could only be maintained at the output of the first grade, so it would never reach the second grade.

  What An Zheng urgently needed to do was to make the door of his Dantian Qi Sea larger.

  However, changing one's physique was simply too difficult. This was different from Purification, Purification only opened the Dantian Qi Sea's door, because there was a door inside. But the change in your physique is to make your door bigger.

  An Zheng rested on the bed for about a month before he was almost fully recovered. The best news for him was not this, but rather the Blood Pearl's demand for blood seemed to be not very big, otherwise, he would not have recovered. But An Zheng knew that if it wasn't for the Blood Pearl, he wouldn't have only recovered in a month. After all, Qu Liuer took out the jade-like, or even white-colored medicine and used it to nourish his flesh every day.

  If he were a genius, he would have consumed so many different types of herbs, such as jade-like or white ones, and his cultivation would have long ago improved, to the point where it might even be even stronger. However, An Zheng only allowed his body to return to a similar state as before. For a month, there was no progress.

  Counting the time, there were still more than four months until the competition with Phantom Institute, there did not seem to be any hope for victory.

  But An Zheng did not give up.

  Because he was An Zheng, the An Zheng who never accepted the arrangements of fate.

  Chapter 37 - The toilet blew up

  Perhaps it was because Old Huo's words had a huge impact on An Zheng, so An Zheng could always feel that there was something wrong with his body from time to time. Many people became suspicious when they knew that they might be facing a bad situat
ion. Even though they were fine, they kept thinking that there was something wrong. An Zheng's feelings were more objective. After all, he had experience that the majority of people did not have, and a toughness that ordinary people did not.

  An Zheng realized that wearing the Blood Pearl Bracelet did not have much of an impact on his body. However, it had a significant impact on the progress of his cultivation.

  Even if it was half a star's potential, eating so many medicinal herbs with white jade-like food was equivalent to taking in nourishment every day. Logically speaking, it should have improved a lot. But in reality, An Zheng felt that the door that his Dantian Qi Sea opened was only a crack.

  At night, An Zheng tested it on the Nine Star Arena alone, and it was still half a star.

  After his body was fully recovered, An Zheng gave Du Shoushou and the others a detailed cultivation plan. After that, he gave Qu Liuer a lot of medicinal herbs to refine as pills to improve their physiques. Afterwards, he would always enter the Heaven Defying Seal s to cultivate in the dead of night.

  Old Huo said that the time in the Heaven Defying Seal was stagnant. Thus, no matter how long he stayed inside, he would always exit or enter. Which is to say, An Zheng had enough time to cultivate. For a person with such low cultivation potential, this might be the best thing to do. Although it was not good, there was no need to consider the time consumed. Therefore, An Zheng always had a sincere heart of gratitude towards the Old Huo.

  Old Huo was an open-minded person, and also a very upright person. Although he said that his body was crippled, An Zheng believed that with the Old Huo's status and influence in the Star rank tower, casually throwing out one or two pieces of Red Rank or Golden-Rank's artifact would bring Mu Changyan endless trouble. Even if he could not kill Mu Changyan, he would not be able to calm down.

  However, the Old Huo was very clear that Huo Wu Fu's death was actually not directly related to Mu Changyan. If Huo Wu Fu used the method of challenging the previous City Lord to become the new City Lord, then he was destined to face the situation where others would challenge him. Mu Changyan had injured Huo Wu Fu, this was unavoidable in the competition. If Mu Changyan was ruthless enough, he would have killed Huo Wu Fu at that time.

  But Mu Changyan did not, so Old Huo did not hate Mu Changyan. Relatively speaking, he hated himself for not teaching his son well.

  Sometimes, An Zheng felt that Old Huo had transferred his love for Huo Wu Fu onto him. Therefore, An Zheng knew that he must definitely not let down this old man.

  Other than teaching Du Shoushou his sister and Qu Liuer how to cultivate, all of An Zheng's time was spent on cultivation.

  The Heaven Defying Seal's space was actually very special. Old Huo had told Chen Xi that it was a small world. The special characteristic of this small world was that everything inside was still and unmoving. When An Zheng went in, the flowers bloomed on the grass, so they had always been in full bloom. He will not wither, he will not grow old. As An Zheng walked along the small path, he lowered his head and saw an ant. When An Zheng returned, that ant was still there, unmoving.

  However, what was even weirder was that the things here were not fakes. Rather, they existed in reality. Ants are living ants, and flowers are living flowers.

  Even if a Divine Equipment could go against the heavens, it had its own drawbacks.

  The time spent in the Heaven Defying Seal could be ignored, but because the circulation of his blood had almost stopped after entering, the slow speed at which he cultivated and grew could be ignored as well.

  An Zheng and Old Huo entered the Heaven Defying Seal Small World together. Old Huo did not ask An Zheng to cultivate immediately, but rather asked him to sit and chat for a while.

  "You're a bit impatient."

  The Old Huo said, "But the more anxious you are, the less rewards you get."

  An Zheng said: "I dare not be impatient, it's not even been four months since the duel with Phantom Institute, and I still haven't reached the rank."

  Old Huo plucked the wine gourd and passed it to An Zheng: "Listen to me first, this Heaven Defying Seal … The Heaven Defying Seal's ability to defy the heavens was precisely its ability to stall time. But this was exactly the initial stage of the Heaven Defying Seal, time stopped, and the progress of his cultivation was extremely slow. Because your life is virtually non-existent here, you have barely grown. If you really want to make good use of Heaven Defying Seal, then you must understand magic tools, especially Purple-Rank magic tools. "

  He laughed, and pointed at An Zheng: "You are now a rich tycoon, a nouveau riche. You already have three Purple-Rank tools on you, but you can't use them at all. Let me first tell you why Purple-Rank Energies can be called high-grade Energies. It's because of growth and adaptation to the wielder. Purple-Rank tools will automatically adjust their own state of mind, allowing them to adapt to the wielder's strength, thereby displaying the wielder's greatest attack or defensive power. "

  "However, this first has to ensure that the holder has a certain level of strength. As for you, you haven't reached the level yet, so you don't have much strength. This is also why your Purple-Rank instruments are basically useless in your hands. The Heaven Defying Seal can give you enough time now, but this is not a good thing at all. Let me tell you this, the moment you can make the time in the Heaven Defying Seal start running, it means that you have truly started to grow. "

  An Zheng was slightly taken aback: "What do you mean?"

  Old Huo continued, "As I said before, with your current strength, you have not activated any Heaven Defying Seal at all. Because you are too weak, time hardly runs. Because if you don't run, you can't improve yourself. When you advance to the first grade, and enter the Heaven Defying Seal, you will discover that the time here will slowly flow. The ant you see will begin to crawl slowly. Compared to its size, it would take a long time to climb that road. But once they do move, it will be a good start. "

  "If you continue to be unranked, no matter how long you cultivate in the Heaven Defying Seal, you might still not be able to get any. As you get stronger and stronger, the time in the Heaven Defying Seal will also get faster and faster. Initially, I had calculated that for a cultivator with the ninth stage, they would be cultivating inside the Heaven Defying Seal, and the time here would be a thousand times slower than outside. That is to say, you have cultivated for a thousand hours here while only two hours have passed outside. "

  "When your strength reaches the Sumeru Stage, it will be a jump. The time taken by the Heaven Defying Seal was five hundred times slower than outside. When you reached the ninth grade of the Xumi Temple, the time here was a hundred times slower than outside. When your cultivation reached the Captive Stage, the time here was approximately fifty times slower than it was outside. When he reached the Lower Completion Stage, the change in time would be even smaller. The Lower Completion Stage would cultivate here for a month and a day outside. After arriving at the Higher Completion Stage, he started cultivating here for twenty days and one day had passed outside. Once we arrive at the Lower Celestial Stage, we will be cultivating here for ten days and one day will have passed outside. "

  An Zheng understood.

  As his strength grew, the time within the Heaven Defying Seal passed by faster and faster. Although it sounded like Heaven Defying Seal s were becoming weaker and weaker as the cultivators got stronger, this was actually what was so heaven defying about them. Reaching the Lower Celestial Stage level, cultivating anywhere was more or less the same.

  Old Huo said: "If you can reach the great heaven realm, then the Heaven Defying Seal will lose the ability to control time. The day you cultivate here is also the day outside. The reason was that the strength of a Greater Heaven stage expert far exceeded that of a mere cultivation magic tool.

  He smiled and said to An Zheng, "That's why I had no choice but to advise you when I see how anxious you are. The Heaven Defying Seal is different from the other two Purple-Rank Equipment. If you are at the level of
Lower Celestial Stage, Hong Luanzan can reach the strength of Lower Celestial Stage. Even if Hong Luanzan herself were to be released, suppressing a Great Heaven Realm expert wouldn't be a difficult task. But the Heaven Defying Seal is only a space and a time changing tool. It is not used to attack, but you can use it as a form of defense. "

  The Old Huo stood up and pulled An Zheng away, "Believe in yourself. Even the Blood Pearl can't do anything to you, what are you afraid of? Sometimes, luck was also a part of one's strength. I have never seen a person with better luck than you, and this is called the heaven's chosen one. "

  An Zheng also got up, and followed the Old Huo out of the Heaven Defying Seal.

  "Wait a minute, don't rush. Let's get our own products first, then we can enter the Heaven Defying Seal. "

  Old Huo took the wine gourd from An Zheng's hands and frowned, "Why did you drink so much … Young people can't drink too much alcohol, it's not good for their health at all. "

  An Zheng laughed: "Don't make trouble, you have water in your gourd."

  Old Huo: "Oh … I forgot. Actually, the highest level of drinking is drinking wine. "

  An Zheng thought, if he could say those words to Zhong Jiuge, it might actually help him improve his thousand techniques. But Zhong Jiuge was no longer in the Fantasy City, An Zheng asked him for a favor and went to the Southern Wilderness. An Zheng had guessed that those who had plotted against him might attack Tian Haogong, so he told Zhong Jiuge to make a trip as soon as possible to find Xu Meidai and remind her to pay attention to the Da Xi people.

  After Old Huo left, An Zheng started to think about how he could raise his potential and open the door wider.

  His current strength was too weak to see his own Dantian Qi Sea. However, he speculated based on his body constitution that the door was not only small, but also very small. The Xiao Qi Dao was a peerless genius, the door could be ten feet tall, and after opening it, he would be able to pour the entire river into it. And An Zheng thought that his own door was only half a meter tall, with only a small gap, he estimated that the ladle of water would not even be able to pour much water inside.