Chapter 455 - 396: What’s Inside Han Shuangjiang?

Wen Shiyu: "Ah—! Me?"

She never expected that after doing a bit of knowledge dissemination within her capabilities, this damned master would directly want her to be a guinea pig.

I’ve already been this ingratiating, how could you be so heartless!

"Damn it, the biggest issue is that I haven’t gotten into his bed yet!" She gritted her teeth in her heart, secretly resenting her own incompetence and inadequacy.

However, being a Kunlun Lord is all about being adaptable and flexible.

She immediately put on a fearful expression and kneeled before a young man, a thousand-year-old monster pleading for mercy:

"Master, spare my life, Master, spare my life!"

She initially stood quite far away, but at this moment, after kneeling down, she crawled forward like a bitch to Chu Huaixu’s feet.

Yet, Chu Huaixu continued as usual, never considering Wen Shiyu as human, always upholding the principle of "Those not of my kind, their hearts must be different."

Sitting on a stone bench, he lifted his right foot, and the tip of his toe directly propped up Wen Shiyu’s chin, gently lifting her charming face lowered down.

He gazed down at those peach blossom eyes, seeing they had squeezed out a pitiful trembling under his gaze.

"Oh? Why say spare your life?" He asked.

"To inform the Master! Donghuang Ring is the supreme Innate Supreme Treasure, and this skin seems to be my master’s handiwork..."

"I am currently only at the Foundation Establishment Stage, and rash use might lead to mistakes, I fear I’ll die!"

"Therefore, I beg Master to spare my life!"

Unexpectedly, Chu Huaixu immediately said, "In that case, you should try it even more."

He slightly bent over, staring at her with overwhelming pressure, saying:

"Don’t worry, I have ways to protect your Primordial Spirit."

"At that time, I’ll find a way to get you a cultivator’s corpse."

Wen Shiyu, upon hearing this, immediately said, "Ah, this..."

Chu Huaixu looked at her, emitting a deep, "Hm—?"

The wretched girl immediately said, "Yes, Master!"

She quickly received the Donghuang Ring and the piece of human skin with trembling fingers.

Wen Shiyu also glanced at everyone with her peripheral vision, seeing that they were all staring with curiosity, not caring about her life or death.

——The locals are really too rude!

Amusingly, she actually had the chance to try an Innate Supreme Treasure, besides fear, she also felt a bit of bewilderment and excitement.

Every Innate Supreme Treasure is said to have supreme power, with miraculous uses that rival creating the universe.

It is said to involve some kind of power of laws and power of Heaven’s rules!

As for this piece of human skin, Wen Shiyu immediately noticed it was the skin from the hand.

Thinking it’s still her senior brother’s "shed skin," she shivered a bit.

Being also at the Nascent Soul Stage, True Monarch Ling Xiao could beat at least five of her.

The eighty-one top-tier flying swords alone were extremely troublesome, all top-notch magical treasures.

Simply put, True Monarch Ling Xiao’s impressive equipment alone was enough to deal with.

In the end, besides the Donghuang Ring, only this piece of human skin was left after being devoured...

Wen Shiyu put the ring on her middle finger, her fingers were slender, it was still a bit loose on her middle finger.

Then, she attempted to inject a small trace of mana into the Donghuang Ring.

After about three breaths, this trace of mana surged back from the ring.

Wen Shiyu’s eyes immediately lit up, a look of astonishment appeared on her face.

"Such... such pure mana!" She couldn’t help but exclaim.

"Master, this Donghuang Ring actually refines the mana inside a cultivator’s body, causing a qualitative change!"

Chu Huaixu, hearing this, said, "Oh? Why don’t you detail its miraculous uses?"

He could see how excited Wen Shiyu was.

"Master! Kunlun cultivators, their cultivation speed is not like Profound Yellow cultivators, although their lifespan is long, it is extremely time-consuming and labor-intensive."

"But with the assistance of this Donghuang Ring, the cultivation speed can definitely increase tenfold, no, likely more than tenfold!"

"Thus, as long as a cultivator’s talent is enough, and the Spirit Root grade is high enough, they can quickly reach their limit."

"For those of us undergoing possession and reincarnation, we inherently need not seek enlightenment."

"It is simply infinitely useful!"

Wen Shiyu is now undergoing possession and reincarnation.

If assisted by the Donghuang Ring, her reincarnation speed probably wouldn’t be slower than the cultivation speed of Profound Yellow cultivators.

Should she also consume large amounts of Heavenly and Earthly Treasures along with Spirit Pills, she might soon return to the Nascent Soul Stage!

Chu Huaixu, hearing this, slowly nodded.

"I wonder if it has any use for my Outer Body Incarnation?" he thought.

If it could truly cultivate a Nascent Soul Stage Outer Body Incarnation quickly, it would be quite useful.

Ye Kongxuan’s body currently appears too weak, only usable as a regular puppet.

"Also, according to Wen Shiyu, an Innate Supreme Treasure can only be maximized in the hands of a Divinity Transformation cultivator."

"Likely, its effects go beyond this!"

"Good stuff!" he thought.

"Try this human skin again, to see if, as Xiaoxu said, it can strip mana from the body," Chu Huaixu said.

"Yes...." Wen Shiyu said.

For her, trying the Donghuang Ring was actually fine, but the human skin truly scared her.

Who knows what the master had set up?

As usual, Wen Shiyu attempted to infuse a small thread of mana, and then, it was completely devoured by the human skin.

Soon, this surge of mana poured into the Donghuang Ring.

However, it didn’t flow back into her body.

This scene was exactly like Xu Ziqing’s experience.

What left her quite puzzled was that there was something strange about it!

"Master! The mana has indeed flowed into the Donghuang Ring again."

"It’s just... just..."

"Just what?" Chu Huaixu asked, impatient with her stammering.

Wen Shiyu organized her words and said, "Master, I haven’t lost just that thread of mana, I’ve lost that portion of cultivation!"

Upon hearing this, everyone frowned.

Xiang Yan couldn’t help but speak, "You mean it can’t be restored?"

"Yes!" Wen Shiyu replied.

If it was only mana lost, sitting in meditation for a while could naturally restore it to fullness.

Simply put, in gaming terms, it’s like mana depletion, and you can restore mana.

But according to Wen Shiyu’s expression, once this human skin array pattern takes away, it permanently deprives that part of cultivation.

It’s like having your max mana cap cut down!

This is an entirely different matter.

What’s even stranger is that it ultimately was stripped into the Donghuang Ring.

"So, this thing seems to be a method targeting me." Chu Huaixu spoke up.

"And what can be stripped from me, I suppose, is... the Night Venerable Fruit Position!" He said while his eyes tightened.

Which means the Kunlun Cave Heaven over there is fully prepared to reclaim the fruit position.

This array pattern hasn’t even been destroyed by the Evil Sword, seems to be a hand that snatches the creation of heaven and earth.

Chu Huaixu isn’t sure, if he truly enters the third layer of the Origin Spirit Realm, whether he can withstand this array pattern and the Donghuang Ring.

Still, he finds it a bit strange.

"If the fruit position can be easily stripped, then why have the Kunlun Cave Heaven’s Immortal Venerables always been fine?" He couldn’t help but say.

As everyone knows, Kunlun Cave Heaven is famously... "simple and honest."

To the point of being uncivilized.

The word ’plunder’ has been engraved into their bones.

In Chu Huaixu’s opinion, it should be mutual inability among Divinity Transformation Stage cultivators, which is why they’ve maintained peace.

Otherwise, it’s impossible to be in such a predicament!

"From this point of view, I should not have perfectly fused the Night Venerable Fruit Position."

"Or perhaps, haven’t fully developed the Night Venerable Fruit Position?" He analyzed.

Previously, in the second layer of the Spirit Realm, after stepping into that black sea realm, he felt omnipotent like a god!

"Strong as this, doesn’t count as a genuine Immortal Venerable?" Chu Huaixu pondered.

However, upon recalling carefully, he indeed used the power of heaven and earth rules, and after many uses, sensed changes in the Black Jade Lotus Platform.

A genuine Immortal Venerable, apparently, wouldn’t be like this.

"It seems there’s still a long way to go in this aspect?" Chu Huaixu thought.

"Or was it because my fruit position was forcibly fused by the system?" He couldn’t comprehend.

Hey, system, you’re a bit unreliable!

It shouldn’t be like this...

Among these, perhaps there are unknown hidden motives.

People discussed the matter for quite a while.

Wen Shiyu frequently glanced at Chu Huaixu and then stole a look at Han Shuangjiang.

This entire scene fell into the eyes of the Dead Fox.

But he didn’t rush to ask, first discussing the main business.

Finally, Xiang Yan couldn’t resist reminding, "Huaixu, it’s best you use caution with this human skin."

"There might be tricks left inside, don’t fall for it."

People considered the Donghuang Ring to be usable independently, but the human skin is best kept with Xu Ziqing separately for safekeeping.

The reason for Xu Ziqing having the human skin was partly because it was his trophy.

Partly because he’s on the path of devourment now, and when the great calamity comes, he can enhance strength by slaughtering cultivators, while some undigestible power can be eliminated using the human skin and Donghuang Ring.

After the discussion concluded, Chu Huaixu looked at Wen Shiyu and said, "Why do you keep watching me and Shuangjiang, say it, don’t always have a wishy-washy expression."

Upon hearing, Wen Shiyu immediately said:

"Reporting to Master, this human skin is certainly meant to deal with you."

"Because when I just infused mana to activate it, I clearly felt that the array pattern sensed you."

"But for the other present, there was none."

"Except... except for the mistress." She took another look at Han Shuangjiang.

Chu Huaixu heard this and couldn’t help but be slightly stunned, greatly alarmed.

"You mean, this human skin array pattern, indeed has a similar reaction to her as it does to me?"

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