Chapter 73: Holy Blood

Chapter 73: Chapter 73: Holy Blood

Chen Sha swallowed the Innate Qi Mechanism between heaven and earth, one mouthful at a time.

WHOOSH~~

WHOOSH~~

Strands of the invisible, intangible aura were swallowed down his Twelve-Story Tower, one by one.

Chen Sha opened his eyes.

’At this rate, it will take at least a year to convert all my True Qi into the Innate Qi Mechanism and truly step into the First-Grade Great Innate Realm.’

And that was with the help of the Hundred Exiles ability from his developed Throat God, as well as the Jade Emperor Tower Technique, which increased his cultivation speed.

Chen Sha didn’t realize that his cultivation speed was already unparalleled in all of history.

Even if it took him another year to reach the First-Grade Great Innate Realm, he would have been cultivating for less than two years in total. Who in the world could match his rocket-like cultivation speed?

’But there are ways to further enhance my ability to absorb the world’s Qi.’

Chen Sha looked toward the other parts of his body and murmured to himself,

"The Twenty-four Body Gods."

Just by developing the power of Hundred Exiles from the Throat God in his throat, he had already stepped one foot through the threshold of the First-Grade Great Innate Realm and was now absorbing and exhaling the Innate Qi Mechanism.

If he could find and unearth the other twenty-three gods within his body,

it would not only accelerate his entry into the Great Innate Realm but also grant him a terrifying Physique capable of crushing all other experts, even within that realm.

The Great Yellow Court was not just about Qi Cultivation; it was also about training the Physique.

As the saying goes:

"The Ultimate Dao is simple; preserve the truth within. From the Mud Pill Palace to every joint, a god resides."

The Great Yellow Court Scripture states that the different gods in the human body control different abilities, representing untapped potential.

Areas like the brain, skin, five viscera, eyes, and throat all house special gods. Only by developing and unearthing the abilities of these gods can one achieve a truly perfect Physique!

’Before that, let me test the difference between the Innate Qi Mechanism and ordinary True Qi.’

With his hands behind his back, Chen Sha walked toward the back of the mountain.

He found a random open area. A faint golden light flashed in his eyes, and then he extended two fingers, swiping them through the air before him in a seemingly ordinary motion!

SHRIIIP!!

Suddenly, the terrifying sound of tearing silk filled the air, as if the space within ten feet had been sliced open by his finger.

But its momentum didn’t stop there. The Innate Power from Chen Sha’s finger strike extended into the vast sky, resonating with the world’s ambient Qi and expanding its range even further!

WHOOOOSH~~

It was just a casual swipe of his finger, without using any special Martial Arts, yet the Finger Power became like a Sword Qi several dozen feet long, tearing through the air with a whine and stretching out for fifty or sixty feet.

BOOM! RUMBLE!

Several large trees over fifty feet away were sliced in half at the trunk just by being grazed, the cuts perfectly clean. They crashed to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust and swirling leaves!

"So this is the power of a First-Grade Great Innate!"

Chen Sha murmured to himself with his hands behind his back,

"With Heavenly Understanding, a single breath can call upon the world’s Innate Qi Mechanism to act in unison. Even a casual move is amplified by the power of nature. No wonder they call it ’Great Innate’!"

He then checked the Great Yellow Court True Qi inside his body.

After he had used that single wisp of the Innate Qi Mechanism, it reverted back to the state of ordinary True Qi.

’Looks like converting all the True Qi in my body to Great Innate Cultivation has to be done one step at a time.’

Chen Sha sighed, strolling along the back of the mountain with his hands clasped behind him.

Before he knew it, he had passed by Chen Canxuan’s grave on the back mountain.

He stopped from over a hundred feet away, watching from a distance. On the tombstone standing before the tall burial mound were the words: "Tomb of Chen Canxuan, the 64th Sect Leader of Dao Yi Mountain, Esteemed Late Father of the Chen Clan. Erected by his unfilial son, Chen Sha"...

Not far off were the graves and tombstones of other Dao Yi Mountain predecessors.

Standing in this graveyard, Chen Sha couldn’t help but recall his experiences within the Cosmic Light Fragments.

’Are you really dead?’

His gaze fell upon the nearby stone tablet as he sank into thought.

If he said his father wasn’t dead...

But Chen Sha had personally seen his old man breathe his last right in front of him, then watched as he was buried and laid to rest.

And yet,

how could the world’s number one First-Grade Great Innate Expert simply die of natural causes at the age of fifty? It was far too unusual.

...

...

「Suzhou, Zhao Country.」

Within a certain city, the gardens were exceptionally distinctive, featuring white walls, black tiles, and round archways. Its rockeries, pavilions, terraces, waterside gazebos, and fish ponds all possessed a refined beauty.

A light rain pattered down, striking the surface of a pond and creating circles of ripples. The fish within would occasionally leap from the water to breathe the air.

DRIP. DROP.

Raindrops fell on a bright red oil-paper umbrella. The person holding it was an exquisitely beautiful woman dressed in a matching scarlet robe.

"To think that it was twenty-five years ago that Sect Leader Yun and Sect Leader Chen stood side by side in this Nourishing Pool, dictating the affairs of the Jianghu."

A middle-aged man with a scarred face walked over, a faint smile on his lips as he cradled a treasured box:

"Time may flow like water, and though the people have changed, it has left no trace on Sect Leader Yun’s face. Truly, time cannot defeat a beauty."

"Are you looking to die?"

The voice, as cold as ice, spread through the air as if it were tangible, causing the falling raindrops to freeze into small shards of frost that clattered onto the wooden platform. CLACK, CLACK, CLACK.

The scarred man showed no fear. He walked forward and placed the box on the table in the middle of the platform. "The Sect Leader’s Asura Treasure Box has yet to be opened. How could you bear to kill this old codger?"

Yun Shouxuan, dressed in her red robe with her hands behind her back, turned her head. Her chilling gaze fell upon the Asura Treasure Box and the scarred man.

"Mo Ziming, I have given you half a year. My patience has run out. If you still can’t open it, I will first slaughter your entire family—your wife, your children, young and old—and then I will kill every friend and relative connected to you..."

Mo Ziming.

If you mentioned that name in the Jianghu today, most of the younger generation probably wouldn’t know who he was.

But turn back the clock twenty or thirty years, and in the Jianghu of that era, this "Heaven’s Artisan" was a distinguished guest whom every major sect vied to invite as an Honored Guest Elder.

With his status as an inheritor of the Mo Family, all manner of intricate Mechanical Skills and strange contraptions seemed to come to him with effortless ease.

Mo Ziming placed the treasure box on the table. Facing the chilling threat from the Celestial Demon Sect Master, he simply nodded with a faint smile.

"I, of course, believe that Sect Leader Yun is capable of such an act, and there are few in this world who could stop you. However, we have reached the final layer of this treasure box. It cannot be opened by Mechanical Skill. As for the conditions required, you could kill my entire family and all my relatives, and it would still do you no good."

A glint appeared in Yun Shouxuan’s eyes as they landed on the Asura Treasure Box. "The final layer?"

Mo Ziming chuckled and pressed a spot on the box. Instantly, the black wooden box, no bigger than a human head, began to unfold like a filigree flower, layer by layer...

It stopped at the very last layer.

The scarred man stared at the final layer of the box. "The greatest skill appears simple. This final layer actually has no fancy tricks. But because of that, I can’t open it with any Mechanical Skill. There is no mechanism here. Instead, it’s called an ’insect key.’ It’s guarded from the inside by a Blood Worm from Miaojiang."

With her hands behind her back, Yun Shouxuan said indifferently, "Just tell me how to open it."

Mo Ziming took a deep breath. "The release for the final layer is inside the box. We need to awaken the sleeping Blood Worm and have it press the switch inside to crawl out. To awaken the Gu Insect, two conditions must be met."

"First, the Sect Leader must find another equally precious Blood Worm. Once this type of worm falls into a deep sleep, it will only awaken upon hearing the call of its own kind."

"Second, you must place one of the world’s most precious types of blood on the outside of the box to lure the Blood Worm into pushing the mechanism and crawling out on its own."

Yun Shouxuan mused, "A Blood Worm... and blood..."

Mo Ziming said, "This kind of Blood Worm is incredibly rare. You might only have a chance of finding one by going to the Holy Insect Valley in Miaojiang."

"As for the most precious types of blood in the world, Sect Leader Yun, your Demon Sect’s Holy Blood is one of them. However, I heard that back in the day, you transferred the Demon Sect’s Holy Blood to your own son..."