Divine Brilliance - Chapter 48

Chapter 48: Chapter 48 – Leaving in the Lurch
Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales

Chuxue looked on with her mouth agape. Zong Shou and this octopus had simply given her too many surprises today, so many that her little head couldn’t comprehend them all.
Looking at Little Gold’s current state, it looked more like a spiritual tool and talisman weapon than a protector beast!
Zong Shou’s lips rose slightly, his hand shook as a black talisman knife appeared in his palm.
Not only was a rune moving within the knife, there was wind lightly blowing around it too, the aura given off by it growing more indiscernible.
He then stowed the talisman knife, taking out a Pine Pattern Wind Sword instead. Instantly a layer of silver spread from his palm onto the sword, totally covering it.
Zong Shou smiled, joy appearing in his eyes.
Be it energy-swallowing or purifying, this was Little Gold’s innate skill!
Changing into anything was an Awakened ability after Little Gold upgraded to Grade Two. The current Little Gold could not only toughen the Pine Pattern Wind Sword, the spiritual network in its body was like a natural talisman, letting Zong Shou use the Wind Wall ability of the Green Wind Spirit Bead.
If it was an emergency, it could use it to replace the original Wind Storing Ball as the core for the Wind Wall Formation.
However, that ability wasn’t very strong, at most it could be used as support only. After Grade Four, its transformation ability would start to show itself. 1
His thoughts moved, and Little Gold knew what he was thinking. The silver hue covering his arm retracted and hid back into his sleeves.
At that moment, Zong Shou felt a piercing stench entering his nose. Looking down, he could see that all his clothes were drenched, especially his chest and abdomen area, where a layer of black mud-like substance seeped out, the smell rising into the air.
Zong Shou frowned slightly, following which he laughed, looking towards Chuxue with nefarious intentions.
Looking at the amount of time that had passed, it should be time for the medicine bath. Coincidentally, he was so tired that he couldn’t even move a single finger.
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Over the next few days, Zong Shou didn’t make use of the Energy Swallowing Technique. Each day he would practice the Foundation Breathing Spirit Fist at least forty-eight times, no less, only more. There was also the Energy Leading Method, which he repeated at least thirty times. Even his sword training was reduced.
While it helped to solidify his foundations, he also used this fist technique to control the true Qi in his body, which was increasing swiftly.
Occasionally he entered a focused state, and he would go all out to solidify the foundation, breathing, and narrow meridians. Occasionally he would open up one or two extra acupoints to store true Qi. The number of usable extra points in his body reached twenty, mostly belonging to the wind and water Elements.
During the night, he would use the Sky Mirror Soul Shining Technique to gather up the moonlight, burning his soul without any rest.
The number of copper mirrors had already increased to sixteen, their surfaces polished by Zong Shou. Thus the amount of Sun Essence Fire and heat had tripled.
“The so-called Spirit Observing realm of a spirit master is to observe the will of one’s soul, to control the changes in it. Similar to the Focus Concentration realm, it was not just the beginning of the spirit master cultivation journey. Even when one reached the True Image Stage, one still needed to do their homework everyday. Similar to how martial cultivators check up on their body’s condition…”
Maybe because he was too deep into the martial cultivation path, the current Zong Shou, although he could be considered a Spirit Observing realm spirit master and a dual cultivator, his thinking hadn’t changed much. He still treated himself as a martial cultivator.
In his last life in game, he had already crossed the celestial level. In real life, he had been able to forcefully enter the Ascended level with his normal body, even in an era with little spiritual energy. 2
Since all techniques came from the same source, even if Zong Shou walked the martial cultivator path, it also had benefits for his spirit cultivation.
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In just a short few days he had improved his journey of Spirit Observing. Apart from gathering soul power, which was still lacking, he had already largely grasped the structure of his soul.
If he considered everything, his cultivation level as a spirit master had reached the later stages of the Spirit Observing realm.
Spirit master cultivation was just that, focusing on comprehension and talent. As long as one completely comprehended each realm, they would be able to rise to the next level and soar to the heavens at a quick rate.
Zong Shou remembered that in the god emperor era, spirit masters who cultivated at the quickest speed used just a year to go from the Focus Comprehension realm to the Back to the Sun realm.
It was unlike martial cultivation,which was a step by step journey proceeding slowly in a fixed process.
In comparison, his current cultivation speed was only normal. The only thing he could feel proud about was that with the Sky Mirror Soul Shining Technique and the 12 god talismans, his soul had regained its purity.
The soul power fluctuations caused by forcefully expanding his Soul Ocean were showing signs of calming down.
“If I continue to keep this level of purity, the Fifth realm of spirit master, the Night Roaming realm, I might be able to directly skip ahead and enter the Back to the Sun realm…”
As he thought about that, Zong Shou stopped his meditation. When he opened his eyes, the first rays of sunlight shone in through the window.
Dual meridian body… his stamina was weak, and even when his cultivation entered the marital master realm, it didn’t show much improvement. 2
He only felt more energized. Meditating six hours a night had better effect than sleeping, all his exhaustion had disappeared.
However, once he woke up, a strong feeling of hunger swept over him. His stomach grumbled loudly.
Zong Shou couldn’t help but smile. Since his foundation and breathing meridians were strengthened, and his marrow meridian was opened, it had caused his appetite to greatly increase.
His daily food intake had tripled. It meant that his body was strengthening and changing and needed large amounts of energy. He didn’t need to feel worried about it, and instead was happy. 2
“We have already spent seven days in this black soil swamp, it should be time to stop and rest up. I remember the best food here is the black swamp crocodile, legend has it that not only was the taste delicious, but it helped to strengthen one’s marrow, and train one’s skin and bones. Shortly after that we can let Uncle Yun catch some…”
As he thought about that, Zong Shou frowned once more. He sighed, that sense of danger had not increase nor decreased during these last few days. It was like a leech he was unable to get rid of, clinging onto his body.
It even made him suspect this sense of danger was an illusion.
The carriage suddenly jolted towards the back and then slowly reduced speed. Zong Shou’s brows were raised and he gave out a cold laugh.
Waited for so long and they are finally here…
With just a step he appeared outside the carriage. Going to the front, he saw Yin Yang and Chuxue were focused as they looked to their right.
Zong Shou followed their gaze, only to see a couple miles away a pack of wolves charging towards them. In front of them were five Cloud-Stepping Foals racing in their direction. On them were four guys and a girl. The men were dressed as martial cultivators, their faces devoid of color.
When Zong Shou looked at the girl, he was a little startled. Her face was like a lotus flower out of the water, like she was covered in white powder and carved out of jade, an exquisite beauty!
Even when fleeing for her life she looked really attractive, making one feel for her. Her eyes as she looked over were filled with tears, bringing with them a call for help. It made one wish to help her, even if it meant giving up their lives.
Zong Shou was startled for a short moment before coming back to his senses, shaking his head. “Don’t care about them, swiftly go around!”
Xue’we was shocked, her face showing some unwillingness, but in the end she didn’t say anything out of concern for Zong Shou’s safety.
Yin Yang’s expression turned cold as he waved the horse whip, there was a loud crack above the eighteen Cloud-Stepping Foals, and they instantly increased speed!