Demon Sword Sect’s Undercover
Chapter 338 - 338 337 Prolonged Treatment 2

338: Chapter 337: Prolonged Treatment 2 338: Chapter 337: Prolonged Treatment 2 Hou Niao chased the two women away, almost collapsing to the ground.

That very act had been the culmination of his efforts over the last half month, only to be forfeited in an instant.

If it could cause the eastern and western Divine Temples to hold him in awe and cease their disturbances, it might as well be worth it.

By then, he finally had a relatively stable cultivation environment; clearly, those two goddesses knew something.

It was indeed difficult to approach Blue Mountain Island, as common merchant ships wouldn’t venture so far, nor could they fly over… but there were always exceptions.

Just as he had unexpectedly ended up on Blue Mountain Island, there would definitely be such exceptions in the long river of history.

Therefore, in the native records, there must be some descriptions of the outside Cultivation World.

This was precisely why the two goddesses hesitated out of fear; they were afraid that any real action might invite retaliation.

Thus, he was promoted from the position of Divine Servant, and under their strict commands, no one else disturbed him here anymore.

The Primordial Power within his body was gradually dissected, eventually transforming into the most basic Spirit Mechanisms, and then converted into his mana; hence even if he could not absorb the Heaven and Earth Spirit Mechanism from the outside world through cultivation here, he could replenish it in this manner.

And even replenish more.

Here, he no longer practiced swordsmanship, nor did he engage in Body Cultivation or flying, spending all his time dissecting the leeches’ Primordial Power.

This process was also one of familiarizing himself with Primordial Magnetic Power and understanding the Thunderbolt Law; only, his approach to thunder now differed from before, forming an inseparable link with Primordial Magnetic, and no longer requiring storm clouds to gather overhead.

This method of invoking thunder had a significant advantage: it was utterly unexpected!

Time passed slowly in such attrition.

Year after year, under the deliberate blockade of the eastern and western Divine Temples, the region between the two Divine Mountains became a forbidden area, not only restricting the priestesses and goddesses from entering but also ceasing to use it as a place for punishing other transgressors.

The two goddesses themselves were also puzzled, wavering in continuous self-doubt, both trusting and skeptical, both fearful and eager to act, their indecisiveness causing the years to slip by, making them even more uncertain.

In the special records left behind by the senior Blue Mountain goddess, there were indeed various fragments about the outside world, but they were too distant to be considered reliable; they wanted to make contact, yet feared learning some forbidden knowledge that might alter the current state of Blue Mountain Island.

One thing they were clear about, making contact with the outside world was very dangerous, as it could potentially mean the collapse of the entire matriarchal society structure of Blue Mountain Island.

They dared not try.

In such hesitancy, time arrived at the third year, and on that day, Hou Niao, who had been statue-like, suddenly opened his eyes.

A stream of white light shot forth from his mouth, seeming to dispel the frustrations accumulated over these three years.

The cry was clear and resonant, echoing between the two mountains for a long time.

This was his second extended retreat since he began his cultivation; the first was for ascending to the Tongxuan Realm, which took a year; this time, it was for healing, and it took three years.

He felt an urge to fly and to draw his sword and indulge his emotions.

Unfortunately, these impulses were firmly suppressed by the two Divine Mountains, making any action inadvisable.

…The road is perilous and easy to rein in, and the sky is lofty but hard to draw the sword.

Forcibly, I open the door to gaze upon a thousand miles, meandering aimlessly above the desolate Cloud Sea.

His hidden trouble was finally resolved, and just to be safe, after thoroughly decomposing those leech primordial energies, he scrutinized himself three times, inside and out, until he was completely reassured.

It wasn’t that he was cowardly; he was just extremely cautious about things beyond his understanding within his current realm, and he definitely didn’t want these things to unexpectedly re-emerge and trouble him during his future cultivation.

With blessings often came misfortunes, and after the rainbow that followed hardships, after experiencing plots against him, fleeing to Blue Mountain, and selling himself for survival, he finally arrived at the season of harvest.

The greatest gain was the rapid progress in his cultivation.

What he hadn’t anticipated was that, although the leech primordial energy seemed minor, when he truly decomposed it, he discovered the vast and abundant energy within it; indeed, it was a higher quality form of energy, not even on the same level as mana.

This made him wonder, what kind of force, what person, would use such a high-end method of subtle manipulation on him?

Over the course of three years, due to the suppression from Divine Mountain and the Spirit Extinguishing of Blue Mountain, he hadn’t had a chance to attend a single cultivation lesson, yet the fullness of his two Dantians was already fairly complete, seemingly full yet not full; it was also because his two Dantians were of a growing and expandable type, otherwise just this one transfer of primordial energy would have enabled him to complete the cultivation accumulation required for the Tongxuan Realm.

His experience was still limited, his preliminary estimate was at least twenty years’ worth of effort, which had largely compensated for his shortcomings in cultivation.

Speaking of mana and cultivation accumulation, he had now reached the threshold before God Sensing.

Of course, realms were not judged like this; he still lacked insights in various aspects, some profoundly mysterious matters.

What was equally rapidly evolving was his mastery over the Thunderbolt Path; although he was still in the phase of knowing the what but not the why, it didn’t hinder his preliminary usage of thunderbolts, and moreover, this thunder wasn’t the same as other thunders.

The Primordial Magnetic Force and the power of thunder and lightning inevitably had deep connections, capable of mutual transformation, which provided him another avenue to use thunder and distribute electricity.

Thunderbolt, the fastest method of attack in techniques, there’s nothing in this world faster than lightning, including flying swords; but the shortcoming of thunderbolt was also clear, it required the accumulation of thunderclouds, thus, opponents could decide the combat strategy in advance based on this.

As fast as it was, it was quite overt, with no concealment whatsoever.

Utilizing Primordial Magnetic Force to convert thunderbolt strikes, undetected and unprecedentedly quick, none could escape such attacks.

However, its power was limited, entirely dependent on the cultivator’s cultivation level, there was a limit, unlike official thunder skills that could borrow the power of heaven and earth, which was another scenario altogether.

Every method has its strengths and weaknesses.

When these two thunderbolt methods were combined, choosing the strategy based on the actual situation was the best approach.

Over the three years, besides the two major gains mentioned above, he had also made significant progress in his Natural Dao Body, a byproduct of the vibrations of the Primordial Magnetic Thunderbolt power in his body.

He had a feeling that he might return to this place because what he had obtained now was merely the rudiments, fairly superficial knowledge about the applications of Divine Mountain’s Primordial Magnetic Force, determined by his current realm.

Once his realm was raised in the future, breaking through to the Tongtian Three Realms, he could definitely expect to obtain more here.

He began to feel a bit thankful to the Daoist who had schemed against him, without his intervention, how could he have reached his current state?

Within his body, the conversion of mana was still difficult, but the intent of thunderbolt moved freely, a characteristic that matched well with the environment of Blue Mountain.

But he was also aware that merely cultivating thunder skills wasn’t enough to act recklessly here; one must also understand the conversion between thunderbolt and Primordial Magnetic Force.

Still couldn’t fly!

But Lonely Sword could now be taken out from the Purple Mansion, along with various bits and pieces from the Treasure Gourd.