World of Cultivation - Volume 06 - All Hail Our King

by Fang Xiang

  Little Guard Huo had a distressed expression. "Our business relationships with the outside have been cut off. Eastern Nether Mansion learned that Grandmaster needs Nether Ghost Yin Heavy Wood and they managed to buy it all first. We have used up all of our stores of Nether Ghost Yin Heavy Wood."

  This change immediately disrupted Zuo Mo's plan. He asked gravely, "What about the substitute materials?"

  "Eastern Nether Mansion got ahead of us as well," Little Guard Huo said in a low voice. "Everyone is preparing for war right now. The number of people going out to harvest has been reduced."

  The Yin Tomb Guards were greatly lacking compared to Eastern Nether mansion in terms of doing business. While they had been searching to buy all this time, they did not manage to buy much, and Eastern Nether Mansion got ahead of them.

  "I understand." Zuo Mo nodded.

  Little Guard Huo raised his head and opened his mouth to speak. However, he did not manage to say anything and left dispiritedly.

  Zuo Mo's plan was completely ruined. He had healed to the twenty second level of thirty six levels. There were still fourteen levels to go. In terms of progress, this was fast enough. However, Zuo Mo had thought that he would quickly recover, and hadn't expected to encounter trouble here.

  Little Guard Huo had not lied. Materials like the Nether ghost Yin Heavy Wood grew in extreme environments. Only experts would be able to harvest them. But right now, with the battle upcoming, the Yin Tomb Guards could not send experts to harvest Nether Ghost Yin Heavy Wood.

  As expected, the road to happiness was a bumpy one!

  Zuo Mo did not feel restless. After wandering the endless void for a decade, he had learned patience.

  The Yin Tomb Ghost Lord could not be relied on. But when he thought about it, the benefits that Zuo Mo had gotten from them surpassed what he had given.

  So even if there was no Nether ghost Yin Heavy Wood, Zuo Mo still did his best to forge shen equipment and pseudo-shen devices for them.

  When the war finally started, Zuo Mo had forged about three thousand sets of shen equipment. This number astounded everyone who learned of it. Three thousand sets of shen equipment. This used up most of the Yin Tomb Guard's materials. The materials could not keep up with the progress, something like this actually happened.

  The pseudo-shen weapons of the Yin Tomb Five Ghosts were also successfully completed. Zuo Mo had forged five completely different pseudo-shen weapons according to their specialities.

  While ten years had passed, and everyone's average shen power had risen a level, the number of shen device raiments had not changed greatly, even in the xiuzhe world.

  The xiuzhe world was held back by a lack of materials, and the yaomo were held back by a lack of skilled forgers.

  The yaomo were not stupid. While they did not have top forgers that could forge shen devices, they still did all they could to gather top level materials. They would never sell them. Therefore, materials that could be used to make shen device raiments would never appear on the market.

  This formed a unique situation. The forgers of the xiuzhe world were hampered by a lack of top materials. The yaomo experts held onto their top materials. They were willing to let them rot rather than sell them.

  Five pseudo-shen weapons. In the Nether Realm, they were definitely top level. The power of the Yin Tomb Five Ghosts grew with them.

  Including the Yin Tomb Five Ghosts, the higher ups of the Yin tomb Guard was filled with confidence in this war. They had three thousand sets of shen equipment that was akin to giving wings to a tiger, the Yin Tomb Guard. Also, the five pseudo-shen weapons increased their confidence.

  They were filled with reverence and awe towards Zuo Mo. They had never heard of anyone that could forge three thousand shen equipment of such quickly within one month on their own.

  It was terrifying!

  The existence of a person could change a war!

  Armed to their teeth, the Yin Tomb Guards were filled with hope for the future. The only regret was the Yin Tomb Ghost Lord. His plan to obtain a shen device was ruined due to a lack of materials. At this time, no one was willing to sell top level materials to the Yin Tomb Guards.

  However, what comforted him was Zuo Mo still gifted him a pseudo-shen device in thanks for the dark gold femur.

  After doing all this, Zuo Mo prepared to explore the death eye of the Sea of Ten Thousand Boiling Pools.

  There was not enough Nether ghost Yin Heavy Wood so Zuo Mo thought of another method. Since the Nether Ghost Yin Heavy Wood was useful because the death energy purified the strands of vitality, then he would try and do the same.

  While the effect might be as good as the Nether Ghost Yin Heavy Wood, but sitting around and waiting was not Zuo Mo's style. Creating life from death was a problem that Zuo Mo had considered for a long time and he had learned some things.

  He wanted to try and see if he could forge life out of death.

  If he could succeed, no longer relying on the Nether Ghost Yin Heavy Good was just one of the benefits. It also meant that his skill in life and death would reach an unprecedented height for him.

  Creating life out of death. He needed to find a land of death. The first that Zuo Mo thought of was the death eye in the Sea of Ten Thousand Boiling Pools.

  There was no place where death energy was greater than there!

  Zuo Mo was a decisive person. After thinking about it, he felt it was plausible and decided to try.

  He arranged for Qing Xiao to keep teaching the Wu Clan Members and to wait for him to return. Qing Xiao was unhappy but accepted it. The pitiful Wu Clan members did not know what they were about to face was the ghastly training arranged by a Qing Xiao while he was in a terrible mood.

  Zuo Mo informed the Yin Tomb Ghost Lord. The Yin Tomb Ghost Lord tried to persuade him otherwise, but seeing Zuo Mo's determination, he did not persist. He agreed to look after Qing Xiao and the wu Clan.

  The Yin Tomb Ghost Lord had no attention to spare for Zuo Mo because the fighting at the front had become intense.

  All of Zuo Mo's attention was focused on this trip to the death eye. He made sufficient preparations.

  Silly Bird and all the other assistants were present to guard against the danger that had appeared last time. He was pulling the five shen wood coffins himself. The death eye was the place that was best suited for the shen wood coffins to be nourished. He believed that with the density of death energy at the death eye, Eldest Shixiong and the others might wake up earlier.

  Just like this, Zuo Mo dragged the five shen wood coffins and followed his previous path towards the depths of the death eye.

  Translator Ramblings: Ah, poor Zuo Mo. He was wrong.

  Chapter 875: Reunion

  Dragging the shen wood coffins with the little ones protecting him, Zuo Mo's little group travelled through the Sea of Ten Thousand Boiling Pools.

  With the start of the war there were far fewer people in the Sea of Ten Thousand Boiling Pools. The enormous sea was quiet and Zuo Mo did not encounter any people on their way.

  As they went deeper, the surrounding death energy became thicker.

  The five shen wood coffins that Zuo Mo dragged released faint light. The surrounding death energy was being sucked into the shen wood coffins, turned into base shen power, and channeled into the five people in the coffins.

  Zuo Mo was not shocked by the transformation of the shen wood coffins. What shocked Zuo Mo was the change in the King's Horns.

  The King's Horn was tied to Zuo Mo's belt. It gave off an extremely low sound. Zuo Mo felt a wave of heat come out of his blood. His entire body seemed to turn warm, fighting off the energy in the air.

  This time, the dark golden ball did not move. It seemed as though it knew the vibrations released by the King's Horn was not an attack.

  Zuo Mo marveled inside. The King's Horn really could directly influence the power in mo blood. After his body warmed up, the illusions in front of him decreased greatly and the bone-chilling cold also lightened.
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  The King's Horn trembled slightly at his waist. Zuo Mo felt as though he was filled with power.

  As expected of the King's Horn!

  Zuo Mo's confidence increased. With the help of the King's Horn, he might be able to reach the death eye this time. He dragged the five shen wood coffins as he continued to advance. Compared to him, the little ones clearly adjusted better. Silly Bird had the body of a phoenix that was immune to all evil and yin forces, Lil' Black was sitting on Silly Bird's head as usual as it looked off into the distance. Lil' Fire had swallowed countless amounts of Void Sky Li Fire in the endless void. This kind of dark and evil energy was ineffective against it. Lil' Pagoda was next to Lil' Fire as its eyes blinked.

  The Ghost Mist Child had started to refine the death energy into his body. He was made out of mist to start with. If he could incorporate death energy, he would have another attack. If he cultivated too many types, then it would be too heterogeneous. But inspired by the Black Gold Seal Soldier, he thought of a wonderful idea. He turned his body into two parts. His body was pure ghost mist, and his stomach was another space. There were all kinds of mist and poisons floating inside it.

  If he encountered a strong enemy and swallowed the other into his stomach … …

  The power of "that move" would become stronger over time. The Ghost Mist Child was full of joy. As expected, a scheme was more useful than brute force. Ah, If he was as smart and lowly as Black Gold … …

  Black Gold could not understand Ghost Mist Child's sorrow. He was a seal soldier, and the death energy did not influence on him. However, this death energy had a flavor he did not like and he could not eat it. This caused him to feel slightly hungry. He looked around and wanted a monster to jump out immediately so he could fill his stomach.

  Sunshine flew next to Tenth Grade, occasionally sprinkling all kinds of light towards Tenth Grade to ward away the death energy. Tenth Grade still had a cool expression as usual as he stared forward and flew forward murderously. He cultivated sword essence and he wasn't interested in death energy.

  The sidekick troupe moved forward. However, they looked more like a gang that was wandering the streets and waiting to make trouble for someone and not like a well-trained elite military forces.

  "Big Brother, we've walked for so long, why isn't there anything?" the Black Gold Seal Soldier couldn't resist but mutter.

  Zuo Mo kept on walking as he said, "What do you want?"

  "Something to eat." The Black Gold Seal Soldier appeared as though he was ravenous.

  No one paid attention to him.

  Zuo Mo quickly moved past where he had stopped last time. The thick death energy finally became a pressure on everyone

  Tenth Grade's crescent blade came out of its sheath. The eyes in that cool little face flashed with coldness. Black Gold Seal Soldier cracked his fists. The sway of his head lessened greatly. His eyes narrowed lightly. The other little ones were on their guard.

  If a monster jumped out now, they would be cut to death immediately.

  Everyone had travelled the endless void for a long time and were very experienced. The death energy here was too thick. It would be abnormal if no monsters formed here.

  Lil' Black's two antennae waved madly.

  "Ha! Finally about to open for business! No one compete with me!" Black Gold Seal Soldier rubbed his fists together in excitement

  Tenth Grade didn't even lift his eyelids as the crescent blade disappeared from his hand.

  A bloody sword energy entered the death energy in front of him.

  Hm?

  Tenth Grade's eyes flashed as he suddenly pulled and twisted with his hands.

  A grey shadow suddenly smashed to the ground in front of them with the crescent blade piercing its body. Tenth Grade's Hundred Sacrifice Soul Killing Sword had reached a masterful level. The transformation of this move was not complex but it was appropriate. The experience of the endless void caused the motivated Tenth Grade to reach an astounding level.

  "Hey hey hey! Tenth Grade! You are terrible! When I was … …" Black Gold Seal Soldier glared angrily at Tenth Grade.

  Tenth Grade did not seem to hear it. He beckoned and the crescent blade returned to his hand.

  Everyone else walked over and surrounded the grey shadow to examine it.

  Its appearance was unique. It did not have limbs and it appeared like a grey ball of flesh. Long dark grey tentacles covered it. The tentacles were thin and floated in the death energy like seagrass.

  "This is disgusting!" The Black Gold Seal Soldier had a disdainful expression. This thing could not rouse his appetite.

  "Would something born of the death energy not be disgusting?" Zuo Mo said as he flipped the being over to examine it

  The monster's body disappeared at a visible rate. It could be seen that the great majority of its body was made from death energy. In the end, a dark bead was left. Zuo Mo picked it up.

  "This bead isn't bad. It is higher quality than the death energy beads I made." Zuo Mo was slightly surprised.

  His thoughts suddenly moved and Zuo Mo took out the ghost fire from his ring.

  The figure of the female appeared in the ghost fire. Her figure was much more solid compared to before. While her features were still unclear, but it was much better than looking as though she would dissipate at any moment.

  "Daren!" She bowed elegantly. She did not use the term grandmaster but daren to show that she had submitted.

  "Is this useful to you?" Zuo Mo reached out and revealed the black bead that he had just obtained.

  The female was slightly shocked. "This death energy bead is extremely high in quality. Is Daren bestowing this to this servant?"

  "For you." Zuo Mo threw it over.

  "Thanks, Daren!" The female was overjoyed. The flames flashed, and a tongue of flame wrapped around the death energy bead.

  This death energy bead was astounding high in quality. After consuming the death energy bead, her figure became even clearer, and her facial features became clear. She had a beautiful appearance and a calm presence.

  Zuo Mo said to the others, "Let's continue, be careful."

  Without Zuo Mo's warning, the little ones still knew that what was up ahead would not be peaceful.

  Along the way, they encountered a few more monsters like this. These monsters were most skilled in illusions and evil thoughts but they were ineffective against Zuo Mo's group. Everyone's resistance towards evil thoughts was high, and with Sunshine who specialized in breaking illusions, the other people could focus on battle. They progressed quickly.

  However, they only obtained three death energy beads. Not all monsters had death energy beads. Zuo Mo was not frugal and gave all three of the death energy beads to the ghost fire.

  The woman of the ghost fire hadn't thought that Zuo Mo would be so generous and was grateful. She had hidden in the ghost fire for many years, and her soul was about to dissipate. If she did not encounter Zuo Mo, she would have dissipated after twenty to thirty years.

  If other people found her hiding among the fire, her outcome would be bad.

  Actually, she had felt slightly anxious. Zuo Mo was a forging grandmaster, how could he not know what her use was? If this was someone else, they would have forged her already. She only understood some when she saw Lil' Pagoda, Lil' Fire, and the others.

  Zuo Mo did know what her use was, but Zuo Mo had special feelings towards things that had souls. Pu Yao, Wei, the little ones, they were his best friends.

  And he was so rich that other people could not imagine it.

  He had an extremely large amount of materials, the shen device nucleus that had not been forged, the parts of the shen device that his father had left behind, the King's Horn, the other materials he had obtained from the Yin Tomb Five Ghosts and rare and valuable materials he obtained from the endless void.

  The entire xiuzhe world was furiously searching for peak materials to forge shen devices and Zuo Mo had stocked up on a batch. Once his shen power recovered, he could
forge true shen devices.

  If he was not forced to, he did not want to forge spirits and souls that were alive. It was not that he respected life, but he treasured his friends.

  Ge has enough materials and doesn't care! Zuo Mo comforted himself like he was a rich tycoon.

  The density of death energy in the surroundings dramatically increased. The death beings that appeared became stronger and stronger. Fortunately, the moves of these beings born from death energy were simple. Zuo Mo's sidekicks were well-rounded and could attack both near or far and against individuals or groups.

  They crushed their way through. The quality of the death energy beads became higher and higher. The ghost fire had reached a limit on the death energy beads she ate.

  Yet no one was happy. The more they moved forward, the greater the pressure was. The monsters that appeared became stronger and stronger. They encountered a kind of monster whose body was intangible. None of their attacks were effective. In the end it was Sunshine who used a rarely used illusion-breaking spell to kill it.

  Everyone stopped. Looking at the scene in front of them, none of them had good expressions.

  This place was like a dividing line. There seemed to be a transparent barrier in front of them. On this side of the line was thick grey death energy. On the other side of the line, the color of the death energy was extremely faint but Zuo Mo was not careless. It was not that there was no death energy ahead, but the death energy had become close to transparent.

  The almost transparent death energy gave Zuo Mo an even greater feeling of danger. What caused Zuo Mo to feel danger wasn't just the transparent death energy.

  A large number of grey pointed shapes passed through the air like a school of fire. They did not seem to notice the arrival of Zuo Mo and the others.

  Countless twisted shadows and colors formed and extinguished in the air. Zuo Mo and the others could make out beautiful song, sobbing, and screams … …

  All kinds of sounds mixed together. Even Sunshine who was skilled in breaking illusions had a grave expression.

  "These illusions here are top-tier, and very strong!' Sunshine's expression was slightly nervous.