novelapdf Chapter 9: The Truth About Eating and Being Eaten
Chapter 9: The Truth About Eating and Being Eaten
Dark Prison.
It is the secret prison of the Great Wei Demon Suppression Division.
Those imprisoned were all cultivators who had committed evil deeds within the territory of the Great Wei.
Almost half of the cultivation techniques and scriptures taught at the Great Wei Dao Academy came from this dark prison.
Follow Wei Zhixi through the secret passage into the underground of this old Imperial Preceptor's mansion.
Wei Wuxian adhered to the principle of seeing, speaking, and listening less, and simply walked with his head down.
"Jingming, who are you looking for in the Dark Prison?"
"The weary traveler of Sui".
Upon hearing the name, Wei Zhixi's eyebrows twitched, but he simply nodded: "Then we'll have to go down another level."
"it is good."
Sui Dynasty weary traveler.
A seventh-grade peak martial artist is equivalent to the tenth-stage peak of a Qi cultivator.
Of these seven realms, Sui Juanke has achieved five of them, making him the strongest in the world!
This "strongest" is not based on the strongest in history, but rather on the strongest among all martial artists of the same realm at that time.
For example, if Wei Wuxian breaks through to the second-rank martial artist level, and at that time he happens to be the only second-rank martial artist in the world, then he is the strongest in the world.
As for the strongest method of judgment in this world, it is the blessing of heaven and earth on one's martial prowess!
As the strongest of the five realms, and given that martial arts practitioners are inherently good at offense, Sui Juanke's combat power is actually extremely high!
It is said that such people would not have been captured by the Demon Suppression Division, and in fact, that was indeed the case.
Sui Juanke had actually imprisoned himself here intentionally.
It was all because of the martial arts body-strengthening secret technique he practiced – the "Martial Fortune Technique".
Martial luck is different from spiritual energy that everyone can absorb into their bodies; it is ethereal and intangible.
Only when one obtains the title of the strongest in the world will one be blessed with immense power, adding fuel to the fire for a warrior, and after burning fiercely, enabling the warrior to reach a higher level.
This "Martial Luck Technique" treats martial luck like spiritual energy, repeatedly absorbing it into the body to strengthen it.
The specific usage is that when martial fortune is overwhelming, at the moment when the martial fortune ends and is about to merge back into oneself, the martial artist destroys his acupoints and meridians, thereby causing a fall in his cultivation level, which causes the martial fortune to dissipate on its own.
Then, soak in a medicinal bath to recover your body and advance to the next level.
Of course, there is a prerequisite for this operation: before breaking through, one must reach the strongest martial arts realm in the world!
after all.
A martial artist at the same level cannot receive two portions of martial fortune, which is why that portion of martial fortune dissipates.
But as mentioned before, in this game world, the fewer people who practice a particular technique, especially if it's a powerful one, the more likely it is to be a trap.
The "Martial Arts Manual" is one such major pitfall.
His true master now is Wu Dingbang, a tenth-rank grandmaster who is renowned throughout the Central Plains.
Sui Juanke's true identity was actually Wu Dingbang's apprentice.
Wu Dingbang possessed another secret technique from the "Martial Fortune Technique," called the "Melting Fortune Technique."
In short, Sui Juanke was "eaten up" by Wu Dingbang.
Self-harm, self-destruction, peeling off skin and tendons, going through countless hardships to finally integrate martial luck into oneself, only to have it ultimately benefit someone else—who can accept that?
Sui Juanke knew this because of the message his beloved junior sister left him before she was "eaten" and died.
From then on, he never dared to make any further breakthroughs.
Ultimately, they hid in the Great Wei...
And Wu Dingbang...
There are ten realms for all martial artists in the world, and the peak of the tenth rank is the limit.
He was trying to use this method to forge a new path for martial arts masters to achieve success.
The key is that if the player doesn't interfere, he can actually succeed.
Not only the "Martial Fortune Manual" in the hands of Sui Juanke of Dongsheng Shenzhou, but also the seeds secretly cultivated by Wu Dingbang in the other four continents.
Because there is only one martial arts technique that can break through the upper limit, when Wei Wuxian first played this game, whenever he tried to train a fairy to follow the path of martial arts, he would be beaten to death by Wu Dingbang.
For a long time, he was puzzled, feeling that this person lacked the demeanor of a senior.
Later I found out that it was all a scheme orchestrated by that cunning old man.
In short...
That's some old fox! And some newbie!
This game features many other cultivation methods that resemble "eating" people...
This is what Wei Wuxian's original form needs to practice.
There's no way around it; for now, the main body can only cultivate martial arts, and the "Martial Fortune Technique" has the highest potential, so it's unavoidable.
As for what will happen to Wu Dingbang in the future.
As I said before, the future is what Wei Wuxian needs to consider; why is he in such a hurry now?
In any case, Wu Dingbang might only come when he reaches the eighth rank of martial arts.
Just as Wei Wuxian finished reminiscing, Wei Zhixi led him to a prison cell, inside which was a middle-aged man dressed in a cloth robe who looked like a scholar.
Upon hearing the arrival of the person, Sui Juanke, who had been hanging his head, merely raised his head to look at them briefly before lowering it again.
"We went to great lengths, but he didn't say a word the whole time."
"Although all his acupoints have been sealed and his meridians have been severed, he still has the foundation of a peak seventh-grade martial artist. Jingming, be careful. I'll wait for you at the entrance later."
"Okay, thank you, Sister Wei."
Wei Wuxian thanked her and then said, "I would also appreciate it if Sister Wei could have someone fetch me paper and pen, and two jugs of wine."
"it is good."
Wei Zhixi nodded in agreement: "You have the time it takes for an incense stick to burn."
After Wei Zhixi left, Wei Wuxian sat down cross-legged across the fence.
Without wasting any time, he brushed away the weeds on the ground, picked up a small stick, and slowly wrote a name on the ground.
—Huang Jing.
The next moment, without any wind, Sui Juanke raised his head and exuded a terrifying aura, making no attempt to hide it.
Wei Wuxian felt as if his energy was locked, and he could die at any moment.
"Who are you?" Sui Juanke seemed to have not spoken for a long time, his voice hoarse and strained.
"Don't scare me, I'm not easily frightened."
Wei Wuxian wrote down another name.
—Tao Chengyuan.
Upon seeing this second name, Sui Juanke could no longer remain calm. He climbed off the thatched bed and stared intently at Wei Wuxian.
Once the paper, pen, and wine were all in place, Wei Wuxian handed in a pot of wine before speaking slowly.
"The reason why your junior sister Huang Jing did not become your Daoist partner back then was not because she disliked you, but because she had long suspected Wu Dingbang."
"Just because your junior sister's surname isn't Huang, but Tao."
Seeing Sui Juanke's expression, Wei Wuxian chuckled: "You guessed it? That's right, she's the daughter of Tao Chengyuan, the senior brother who took care of you when you were a child."
After taking a sip of wine, Wei Wuxian narrowed his eyes and spoke slowly.
"Back when Wu Dingbang was urging Tao Chengyuan to become an eighth-rank martial artist, he had a vague feeling that something was wrong."
"Because if he accumulates more years, he will definitely be able to become the strongest in the world when he enters the eighth rank; moreover, because of his senior brother who disappeared for no reason before, and at that time Wu Dingbang was going to have a boxing match with Wu Che, the grandmaster of Beiju Luzhou."
"In the end, Tao Chengyuan was 'eaten up' by Wu Dingbang. He left a reminder for Huang Jing, telling her to take you far away from home."
"Huang Jing wanted to avenge her father, so she changed her surname and became a disciple of Wu Dingbang. I don't need to say more about the ending. She used herself as a price to let you know the truth about 'eating' and 'being eaten'."
Wei Wuxian paused here.
"I want the 'Martial Arts Manual' and the 'Sword Forging Manual'."
"I can help you get revenge."