Cultivation : I'm an Ancient Giant Bear-Chapter 429 - 407: Exquisite Heart

Today, Wang Wu is naturally not the same as he was in the past.

Though overall his power realm is not as great as She Shoujiu’s, it’s because his five demon pills are all Third Grade, the Ice and Fire Spirit Pill is Fourth Grade, the Cyan Wood Spirit Pill and Gold Spirit Pill are Fifth Grade, and the Earth Spirit Pill is only Seventh Grade.

This is what lowers his upper limit.

Yet, to push his overall strength to Tier Four Earth Immortal under such conditions proves a point in itself.

"Close your eyes, concentrate, open your mouth!"

At this moment, Wang Wu gave an instruction, and She Shoujiu immediately complied.

Subsequently, Wang Wu performed the Ruyi Body Technique, shrinking to the size of dust, and directly entered through She Shoujiu’s mouth.

To deploy the Five Elements Spirit Array on those five First Grade Ruyi Demon Pills is the most direct, most effective method.

He traveled all the way down to She Shoujiu’s first demon pill, which is the Exquisite Heart.

That’s right, a snake has spirituality, its heart is exquisite, thus possesses a different kind of talent, manifesting in danger perception and charm.

In essence, it holds equivalent meaning to the Heart of the Earth of the Ancient Bear Race.

So this is a Ruyi Exquisite Demon Pill, very special, giving a significant boost to She Shoujiu.

However, there’s a catch; ever since She Shoujiu refined its Exquisite Heart into a demon pill, it has almost entirely halted further achievement in Acquired Cultivation.

Wang Wu even realized at this moment that She Shoujiu’s difficulty in advancing to Taiyi True Immortal has greatly increased because it blocked its own path—a monopolization of knowledge, so to speak. Who knew refining a demon heart into a demon pill would carry such a downside?

Still, reaching Tier Nine Earth Immortal is strong. For example, the two white flood dragon mounts of the new Chief are Tier Nine Earth Immortals.

Now, Wang Wu activated the Level 18 Spirit Essence again, perceiving this First Grade Ruyi Exquisite Demon Pill, like perceiving She Shoujiu’s heart.

Its heart was calm, like a placid lake, meaning it truly, unreservedly, trusted him.

This made Wang Wu feel sentimental, recalling that back in Shaman Village, that She Shoujiu was likely just a clone of its Snake Scale, just as Wang Wu had a clone of his fur.

Exaggerating a bit, it could be considered his mentor in imparting knowledge.

Now it feels like a cycle has completed.

With a slight smile, Wang Wu maneuvered his Qi Blood like a needle, starting the deployment of the Five Elements Spirit Array on She Shoujiu’s demon pill. The deployment was not complicated; he could do it with his eyes closed, so adept he was.

The only requirement was that She Shoujiu must cooperate wholly, completely, wholeheartedly, because this was its core demon pill. Any change, any hint of distrust, would lead to terrible consequences.

Thankfully, She Shoujiu was very cooperative, very in tune, allowing Wang Wu’s deployment to almost achieve completion in one go. In less than an hour, the Five Elements Spirit Array was fully deployed.

Then he exited through the mouth.

"It’s done. Now you need to circulate your Qi Blood on your own to let the five demon pills completely resonate with the Five Elements Spirit Array. Once you reach this stage, you’ll know what to do next; you don’t need to worry about anything else. I will handle the patrol teams myself."

At this moment, Wang Wu left five million points of Spiritual Qi for She Shoujiu and quietly departed, then entered Madam Yu’s cave abode.

But to his surprise, Madam Yu was not cultivating but had decorated the cave abode like a dreamlike hometown.

Through the power of the Hidden Origin Bell, the cave abode could even simulate day and night rotations and seasonal changes.

A few small mountains, a plain, a setting sun by the mountains, a few idle clouds in the sky, golden afterglow falling, the bamboo leaves verdant, flowers vibrant, a little river trickling, while Madam Yu was busy constructing her world.

Flying in the sky, running on the ground, swimming in the water, flora and fauna, even a small village, a small town.

Like an avid, veteran gamer immersing themselves in a game world.

Because all of this was gradually evolved from her Spiritual Qi, not exchanged with the Five Qi of the Human World.

So it’s quite miraculous.

Put simply, we all like playing games, that’s normal. But there’s a guy who feels unsatisfied and insists on crafting the game himself; that’s someone impressive.

If the game he makes is a pile of crap, we still admire him.

But if the game he makes is exquisite and classic, then he’s a god!

And Madam Yu is now walking towards godhood because, in this tiny world she’s constructing, in the mortal town with no more than five hundred families, she has actually simulated how to generate the Five Qi of the Human World.

My gosh!

Wang Wu didn’t even know whether to uphold righteousness and denounce her at once, or to turn and leave, or to join in?

Because the Five Qi of the Human World is a special currency of the Hidden Origin Association, Madam Yu’s actions...

What was she thinking?

"Huh? You’re here!"

When Wang Wu appeared on the street of Madam Yu’s small town, she immediately sensed him, as if Wang Wu’s Level 24 Passive Concealment was just for show.

"Wait a minute, you’ve even integrated arrays here!"

Wang Wu was quite surprised.

"I made my husband laugh. I’m just bored and lazy, stupid too, so I don’t want to cultivate or do any Hidden Element Tasks. I just stay here, messing around with some little things to make a living."

Madam Yu looked up and smiled, her eyes clear and demeanor natural, as if the hundreds of years of separation hadn’t created any distance, as if it were just yesterday.

Wang Wu couldn’t help but laugh silently; this was the first time he’d seen someone who didn’t want to cultivate.

Lazy and stupid, huh? Who is she implying here? 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

But what’s this about making a living?

"How much have you earned from these little things so far?" Wang Wu was very curious.

"Not much, over eight years, I’ve only earned less than eight thousand strands of Five Qi of the Human World, but I’ve spent it all, haven’t made a profit yet..."

Madam Yu seemed a bit troubled.

Wang Wu was dumbfounded, quickly asking, "The Hidden Element Jade Talisman didn’t warn you?"

"Warn me about what? No, I’m a Second-Grade Steward, enjoying a 40% discount, isn’t that perfectly normal?"

Wang Wu blinked, feeling that’s absurdly ridiculous, wanting to say something but not knowing where to start.

After thinking it over, he decisively gave Madam Yu five thousand strands of the Five Qi of the Human World, hoping it would lower her chances of being discovered, too scary!

Eight years, five hundred households, and they’re fake people...

"Wait a minute, are these real people?"

Wang Wu looked at the mortals coming and going in the town.

"Both yes and no!" And this was the answer Madam Yu gave him.

"What do you mean?"

"Husband, how much do you really know about the Hidden Origin Association?" This time, it was Madam Yu’s turn to look at him in disbelief.

"Have you ever strolled around the Hidden Origin’s Secret Vault? There’s a very interesting alley in there, where a vendor sells these little things called ’Boredom Killer Idly Gazing Beauty Cultivating Mind Sole Supreme Cloud Simulated Three Realms Array Plate.’"

"What? Wait a minute, wait, is that really a name?"

"Why wouldn’t it be a name? I find it fun! And the sister there—I can’t tell anyone about her, she said."

"Don’t you think you might have been tricked?" Wang Wu immediately raised his guard.

"Why? How could I be tricked? Husband, let me teach you, it’s really fun." Madam Yu approached Wang Wu and with a wave of her hand, the surrounding scenery changed all at once to an ancient-style room, with a giant, incredibly realistic sand table in the middle.

"Look, look, this is the ’Boredom Killer Idly Gazing Beauty Cultivating Mind Sole Supreme Cloud Simulated Three Realms Array Plate’ sold by that sister. This array plate can have a total of four players. At the beginning, each of us has a small village of fifty mortal households. We have to develop it, assign tasks like chopping wood and building houses, clearing land to farm, and training militias to patrol. When the village becomes prosperous, we establish schools, hire martial masters to strengthen bodies, fight bandits, and hunt rare demon beasts!"

"Then we can cultivate potential children, let them learn martial arts, and when they’ve mastered martial skills, they can go on adventures. These adventures might lead to death, but also opportunities, like bringing home a cute girl from someone else’s village... Hehe, when all sorts of conditions are met, we can upgrade to a town, open trade routes, explore farther places, hunt rarer demon beasts, discover more precious mineral deposits, maybe even find a cultivation sect to join and become disciples..."

"Husband, do you think it’s fun? This Three Realms Array Plate is currently missing a player. Why don’t you join?"

Wang Wu was already dumbfounded!

"You mean there are really such mortals in the real Cultivation Realm?"

"Yes, so you see, the little people in this Three Realms Array Plate are difficult to control. Sometimes they’re very stubborn, missing all sorts of hints, dying for no reason, getting angry for no reason, fighting for no reason. It’s so exhausting!"

Madam Yu kept rambling, showing no signs of being tired, but he confirmed she wasn’t involved in any counterfeit activities. But why did it feel so eerie?

After thinking for a while, he didn’t try to stop her since for mortals, that’s how it is.

This simulated Three Realms Array Plate or the Hidden Origin Association’s model, aren’t they of the same nature?

What does ’cloud simulation’ mean? This is essentially playing with mortals as the game and using heaven and earth as the array plate.

"Husband, are you angry? Or is there a taboo with this Three Realms Array Plate? If you disagree, I won’t play it anymore." Madam Yu asked cautiously.

"No, not at all, I’m just very shocked there can be such a gameplay! Indeed, I’m ignorant."

"Unfortunately, I really don’t have time. If I did, I would surely want to play a round. By the way, how long is one round?"

"Five hundred years!"

"Five hundred years, that long!" Wang Wu was utterly shocked! In a way that shook his worldview.

"That’s why it’s called ’Boredom Killer Idly Gazing Beauty Cultivating Mind Sole Supreme Cloud Simulated Three Realms Array Plate’!"

Madam Yu said somewhat forlornly, "I don’t want to take risks or work hard at cultivating. My parents forced me back then, and then environment forced me, so I had to work hard at cultivation. Now, with Husband to protect me, I feel this is quite good."

"Let’s have a child." Wang Wu suddenly said.

"What!"

Madam Yu was startled, then her face flushed, "Then—then let me serve Husband to bed..."