A Night of Desperation-Chapter 520: speed 4

This eager look made Yu Hong sigh involuntarily;indeed, reproduction is one of humanity’s most basic needs.

Returning to his senses, he slowly approached the well cover, reached out, grasped the edge, and gradually exerted force.

Hiss.

An incredibly thick moldy smell, accompanied by a wisp of blue-green smoke, wafted out.

.” He should have thought of this;the abundance of life force results in an overwhelming multiplication of microorganisms.

However, as his senior brother said, this place is an excellent holy land for cultivation.

Moreover, he could absorb the Earth’s Vitality, essentially the life force of microorganisms, so bugs weren’t needed at all.

Immediately, without hesitation, he waved his hand.

Within a range of several meters, he quickly laid down a small Dust-Free Array using his Inner Strength.

Then, a group of Cai Jing Taoists appeared out of thin air, spreading around to start vigilant patrols.

After doing all this, Yu Hong sat cross-legged and began absorbing the Vitality Power seeping out from beneath the well cover.

Instantly, endless amounts of invisible vitality emanated from the blue-green smoke, being inhaled by Yu Hong through his mouth and nose.

Then, entering through his mouth and nose, it was taken into his body, forming a new Qingyuan Heavenly River Miao Method True Qi.

Inner Strength and True Qi were entirely different from this point, leaping to a new level.

Yu Hong absorbed relentlessly, lost in himself.

The Qingyuan Heavenly River Miao Technique for the Qi Cultivation Stage theoretically has no bottleneck, only requiring the absorption of massive amounts of vitality to transform into True Qi to fill oneself.

Once the body is fully saturated without being able to contain even the slightest bit more True Qi, he could begin Foundation Establishment. During Foundation Establishment, it is also necessary to continuously produce True Qi to maintain that saturated pressure environment.

Thus, every cultivator of Qinghe Mountain has a significant demand for vitality.

With this absorption, Yu Hong entirely lost track of time.

The sky rapidly darkened around him.

The gray-white forest turned into a pitch-black scene.

Familiar wisps of black mist gradually emerged among the woods.

Human-like figures bearing long swords approached silently from all around. But the next moment, before Yu Hong noticed anything, the bracelet on his hand slightly trembled, emitting a mysterious aura.

Immediately, these figures retreated silently again, disappearing from sight.

From start to finish, the patrolling Cai Jing Taoists didn’t sense a thing.

And Yu Hong continued immersing himself in the mad rush to enhance his True Qi, unable to extricate himself.

With three days passing without eating or drinking, finally, at 6:13 on the morning of the fourth day…

Yu Hong exhaled a long breath of turbid air, a flash of white light over his body quickly subsiding.

‘Fifth Layer, reached….’

Hurriedly returning to the safe house for some food, he went back to the spot to continue obsessively absorbing the Earth’s Vitality.

The vitality heavenly river surrounding him grew more intense, gradually shifting from gray to gray-black, creating a stark contrast with the semi-transparent Infinite Heavenly River.

Absorb, purify, assimilate.

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The speed of these three processes in his body was astonishing.

The newly acquired Thunder Speed increased his speed by seventy percent. Whether it was absorption, purification, or assimilation, everything went up by seventy percent.

Yu Hong’s body, initially modified to an extraordinary degree, now exploded in progress thanks to Thunder Speed amplification.

Time went by, day by day.

Bai Sheng occasionally came by to check Yu Hong’s absorption progress but always turned with a constipated expression after just a glance.

No reason other than Yu Hong’s speed was too fast.

Half a month passed in a blink.

Yu Hong woke from his meditation once more.

Looking at his much-lengthened beard, hair, and nails, he exhaled, and with a thought, a Cai Jing Taoist appeared behind him to start trimming his hair and nails.

Another Cai Jing Taoist carefully collected the fallen hair and nails, avoiding leaving a hidden danger.

“The Sixth Layer… this speed is indeed impressive… the vitality is incredibly dense, undeniably worthy of being called the Life Well.”

He felt no change in his body strength;it was apparent he had already reached Golden Core Realm physique strength before Qi Cultivation, thus reducing the self-modification step now. The progress was even faster.

He paused, not because he couldn’t continue, but he hadn’t paid respects in a long time, and he couldn’t neglect the Mortal Martial traits either. Thunder Speed had significantly boosted his pace, so the subsequent activity of brushing for traits couldn’t be disregarded.

Immediately he got up, resealed the well cover, dismissed the Cai Jing Taoist, and with a flash of movement technique, headed towards Wanxue Palace.

After greeting the meditating Yu Xuezi, Yu Hong swiftly proceeded to the Book Collection Pavilion.

“What should be practiced next?” he thought, standing before the bookshelf.

“Or perhaps continue exploring cultivation techniques related to ‘thunder.’ The traits gained from the last two were quite notable.”

Deciding on action, Yu Hong rifled through the bookshelf, soon holding a new manual.

“Tiger Roar Thunder Sound.”

A martial art focusing on sound waves, somewhat peculiar, yet it found narrow application in cultivation since sonic speed might seem fast to mortals but is trivial to cultivators.

With trust in the Thunder characteristics of gong methods, Yu Hong opened it to look.

He found the martial art followed a unique path, transmitting sound waves through solid mediums directly into the enemy, meaning its full name should be Tiger Roar Thunder Sound Palm.

“Still a close-quarter technique,” Yu Hong didn’t nitpick.

After all, the propagation speed of sound waves in solid flesh greatly surpasses that in the air.

It still has some practical applicability.

Holding Tiger Roar Thunder Sound, he left the Book Collection Pavilion, planning to return for more secluded training.

Thud.

Upon just entering the mine tunnel, he saw the strange broken hole on the wall.

Inside the hole was a thick arm reaching out, scrounging and clawing handfuls of rock and soil back inside.

Yu Hong halted, quietly observing the broken hole.

He felt strongly that the biggest secret of Wanxue Palace was hidden within that hole.

Whoosh.

Soon, the arm stopped rummaging, swiftly retracting, and didn’t emerge again for a while.

Recalling his previous venture inside, Yu Hong cautiously approached.

‘Should I go inside for a look?’

The thought was intense, but equally intense were the dangerous feelings faced when encountering Sword Cultivation Monsters.

The latter continually reminded him of his weakness here, urging not to act rashly before mastering his cultivation.

Clearly biding time would bring growth, so why venture fatally into danger?

Thus, Yu Hong’s extended foot retracted.

He then ignored the hole as if invisible and left.

‘Hold on a bit longer, wait until my divine skill is perfected… there’s no rush to go inside then!’

Soon his figure disappeared into the tunnel without reappearing.

Another few minutes passed.

A squat figure with a giant hump appeared at the hole’s edge.

It was the Corrupt Itinerant Merchant.

He observed the hole on the wall, then the direction Yu Hong had left, releasing unclear laughter.

Suddenly, he reached out, pressing hard against the hole.

Poof.

The hole abruptly faded, vanished, as if it had never been.

Having done this, the Corrupt Itinerant Merchant turned and vanished into the tunnel’s darkness.

Meanwhile, in the safe house.

Yu Hong played with the glowing small Pill Furnace, pondering its purpose.

Inputting Inner Strength, there was no reaction. Inputting True Qi.

The Pill Furnace’s white light brightened, but nothing else happened.

He set it aside and resumed practicing Chaotic God Heavenly Eye Skill, as evening fell outside.

Hours later, Yu Hong opened his eyes, watching the fleeting blurred figures outside the window.

He lifted his wrist, staring at the bracelet wrapped around it, thinking a moment before gently removing it.

Then he rose and walked to the window.

Poof!

Suddenly a pale face smashed against the window before him.

Only a dozen centimeters away from Yu Hong’s face.

It was the Monster Sword Cultivator who had appeared before!

Yu Hong recognized him.

“Sure enough, it’s the function of the bracelet.” Yu Hong maintained a blank expression while watching him.

The Monster Sword Cultivator wore a white Daoist robe similar to Bai Sheng and Hei Ying.

Yu Hong himself had a set and was quite familiar with them.

This Wanxue Palace Daoist robe had snowflake patterns at the collar and the Qinghe Mountain’s blue-green triangle symbol at the cuffs.

The blue-green triangle, with a mountain character inside, was Qinghe Mountain’s simplified mark.

Following these, Yu Hong’s gaze moved from the robe to the sheathed sword on his back.

That sword was peculiar too.

The sword sheath was emerald green, and the hilt had no crossguard wings, only a round, glowing dark green pearl embedded centrally.

The overall form was ancient and slender.

The sword blade, Yu Hong remembered seeing during the last fight, was green as well.

‘I remember breaking this guy’s sword last time, didn’t I?’ Yu Hong squinted, recalling.

Swish.

In a flash, the Monster Sword Cultivator outside the window vanished abruptly.

Unconcerned, he turned around and reattached the bracelet.

And returned to rigorous training.

Thus, the Black Mark enhanced practice and cultivation for Yu Hong, refining Qi, Chaotic God, and Mortal Martial, training all three together.

Time flew rapidly.

Over a month passed again in the blink of an eye.

Yu Hong sat cross-legged inside the safe house, listening to the thunderstorm raging outside.

But inside, he brimmed with joy.

Within a month, not only did he achieve Qi Cultivation breakthroughs to the Seventh Layer, but also swiftly mastered the newly selected Tiger Roar Thunder Sound.

Thunder Speed stacking with Tao Breath Circulation, the bonuses from both traits rendered his cultivation technique absurdly fast.

And now, at his throat, a faint golden light flickered, a sign that Tiger Roar Thunder Sound was reaching the ninth layer’s perfection.

Poof!

Suddenly, Yu Hong opened his mouth, emitting a silent roar.

There was no sound, only vibration.

An invisible vibrational circle expanded from him, quickly enveloping the entire room.

‘Tiger Roar Thunder Sound reached its peak, acquiring the trait: Tiger Form.’

‘Tiger Form: By mimicking the Tiger Form’s moves, enhance destructiveness by 2.5 times.’

‘A good trait.’ Yu Hong smiled with satisfaction;though unrelated to cultivation, this trait significantly boosted his combat performance.

Over twice the enhancement, achieved merely by executing Tiger Form, was highly worthwhile.

At that moment, Black Mark issued another reminder.

‘Ten traits reached, slight disharmony detected;proceed with fusion?’

“Traits can be fused?” Yu Hong paused, finding the Black Mark’s functionality unexpectedly rich.

“Does fusion require using Black Mark enhancement time?” he questioned.

‘Fusion and enhancement cannot proceed simultaneously.’ Black Mark’s reply indirectly answered his query.

“How to fuse?” Yu Hong inquired with interest.

No response came. It seemed the Black Mark’s built-in prompts didn’t cover this aspect.

After several futile attempts, he resigned to exploring on his own.