Becoming a Saint by Touching Corpses

“I’ll go with you,” Lou Yi said, worried that the other might find it difficult to manage alone and face danger.

The two were about to set off when someone from the Trench Patrol Guest alliance had already arrived—someone from the Shisu District.

The so-called ’Trench Patrol Guest alliance’ comprised six Trench Patrol Guests originating from various human race lodging districts.

With the multitude of followers cultivated under them over the long term, their numbers were the highest among the three factions, mixed with both good and bad.

Among them, the Trench Patrol Guests from Shisu District, Xingsu District, and Xusu District were the most powerful.

It is said they have already stepped into the peak of the Fifth Layer of the Spirit Platform, only a step away from the Sixth Layer.

Although they aren’t as naturally gifted as the Daoists, each of them has been cultivating for a long time, with profound skills and rich experience; in terms of combat power, they’re definitely not inferior to Daoist-level figures.

Through communication with the Trench Patrol Guest from Shisu District, Lou Yi and others learned that Zhao Wushuang’s people had already visited them.

He also suggested to the Trench Patrol Guest alliance that they should join forces to drive away Lou Yi, Su Xinghe, and their people.

Upon hearing this, Lou Yi and the others were taken aback.

But the subsequent words from the Trench Patrol Guest made the two laugh and cry.

Zhao Wushuang had also proposed a limit on the number of slots, even fewer than what Lou Yi’s side had offered, only eight slots.

As expected, their envoy was angrily chased away by one of the Trench Patrol Guests.

“We won’t agree to Zhao Wushuang’s terms,” said the Trench Patrol Guest from Shisu District, “moreover, driving you away would worsen our situation.”

No one is a fool; everyone understands the principle of banding together for warmth.

“If our two sides unite, we need not fear the opponent,” Daoist Ming Du said with a smile.

The two sides planned their strategy, officially forming an alliance to jointly withstand the pressure from Zhao Wushuang’s side and support each other.

Zhao Wushuang’s arrogance inadvertently facilitated the alliance between the other two forces.

Three factions, for the moment, stood in a stalemate of a three-legged confrontation.

During this time, Zhao Wushuang sent people over again to ’negotiate,’ ’magnanimously’ raising the slots to twenty.

Seeing Lou Yi’s side still refusing to agree, they finally changed their proposal to have no limit on numbers.

Unfortunately, both forces had seen through Zhao Wushuang’s true intentions and were determined to ignore them, deciding to hold out until True Monarch Blessed Land was opened.

The day for the opening of True Monarch Blessed Land was drawing closer, with less than five days left.

In Fangsu District, the three major forces, despite occasional friction, still maintained a superficial peace.

Everyone was preparing to enter the Blessed Land.

A lot of secret information about the Blessed Land began to spread widely.

“The laws within True Monarch Blessed Land are special, restricting cultivators’ initial cultivation to the Fifth Layer of the Spirit Platform; once exceeding the Fifth Layer, one would instead be suppressed, causing combat power to plummet.

Therefore, those tough ones above the Sixth Layer in Tianyuan would hardly come over.

Firstly, they’d be weakened in the Blessed Land, having no advantage.

Secondly, those capable of progressing to the Sixth Layer most likely have already entered the Blessed Land once in the past hundred years; entering again would be fruitless.”

“Within the Blessed Land, the positions of the innate qi emergence are not fixed, with only one inaccurate pattern.

That is, in areas where demon beasts, spirit creatures, strange occurrences, and various anomalies emerge, the probability of innate qi being born is significantly higher.

Moreover, the larger the scale of anomalies and the stronger the power, the more likely it is that the quantity of innate qi will be greater.”

Su Xinghe was explaining the information about True Monarch Blessed Land to Lou Yi.

Beside them, Shen Ao, Lin Xuan, Ding Shiniang, and others were listening attentively.

The information collected by the Boundless Sword Sect was undoubtedly more detailed than that of small sects, it couldn’t even be bought with money outside.

“You just said that True Monarch Blessed Land restricts initial cultivation to above the Fifth Layer of the Spirit Platform.

If one breaks through inside, wouldn’t it be different?” Lou Yi keenly noticed the word ’initial.’

“Exactly,” Su Xinghe nodded, “if breaking through inside the Blessed Land, the influence is not significant.

Therefore, whoever first advances to the Sixth Layer of the Spirit Platform will seize the initiative, almost able to do as they please in the early stage.”

That means, in the first days after the Blessed Land opens, the competition for innate qi will be exceptionally fierce.

Lou Yi and others sensed a bloody taste from this, involuntarily alerting themselves.

“Has there been a map after so many openings of True Monarch Blessed Land?” Elder Gui asked.

“No, each time the Blessed Land opens, its terrain undergoes drastic changes, rendering maps useless.”

“What’s the most dangerous thing in the Blessed Land?” This question was asked by Ding Shiniang.

Su Xinghe thought for a bit and said, “Some demon beasts in the Blessed Land are no weaker than us, and they live in groups.

Oh, there’s also been occurrences of anomalies capable of killing Sixth Layer Spirit Platform cultivators, though just a couple of times.

The main thing is to guard against other cultivators. In there, the heavenly secrets are interfered with; if someone dies, they’re just dead, those outside can’t calculate it.”

Hearing this, everyone felt a chill in their hearts.

This also means that there are no moral and worldly constraints inside the Blessed Land, and human wickedness will be magnified to the fullest.

Shen Ao then asked a peculiar question: “Since the first layer of Tianyuan won’t allow Golden Core Masters in, why can Nascent Soul True Monarchs above the Golden Core enter?”

Su Xinghe was momentarily stunned, shook his head, and said, “I am not sure about this.”

“I happen to know a bit about this matter.” Next to him, Daoist Ming Du from the Xuan Yin Sect spoke up, “The True Monarch has the protection of the Blessed Land, akin to a small world, capable of screening out Tianyuan’s influence to the maximum extent.

However, as a result, the Blessed Land is also subject to the wear and tear and destruction from Tianyuan, becoming extremely damaged.

Some great cultivator had calculated that the Blessed Land would completely collapse within about a hundred years.”

“According to the True Monarch’s plan, its inheritance will definitely appear before the collapse…” said a masked Trench Patrol Guest, suddenly understanding.

“No wonder Zhao Wushuang was driving others away like a mad dog, he was trying to obtain the inheritance.”

Hearing this, everyone nodded.

With less than five days until the Blessed Land fully opens, the people in the group started conserving energy, absorbing Primordial Qi, preparing to enter in their optimal state.

Lou Yi was also contemplating how to maximize his strength.

Currently, Martial Arts Cultivation is hard to enhance, one can only work on talents, unless acquiring some crucial items or obtaining new talents.

The three avatars, the second avatar Liu Wen, who is high in attack but low in defense, and Liu Lu, who follows the physical body route, haven’t developed yet.

The strength of the first avatar comes entirely from Belief Power, so Lou Yi sent it to the Fogless District next to Fangsu District.

The Fogless District within Tianyuan is likely a buffer zone between the main world and Tianyuan.

The first avatar could feel the faint sound of thunder overhead.

Strands of Belief Power descended from the sky, entering the avatar’s body.

“Red Hero Lord, bless my son to pass the Scholar examination this time…”

“Red Hero Lord, I am from Huai City, thank you for saving Huai City from fire and water many times, please accept my bow…”

“Defeating the Immortal Master from the Central Continent, Red Hero Lord’s prestige is now known to all…”

The indistinct voices of believers reached Lou Yi’s ears intermittently, as if a radio receiving poor signals.

The amount of Belief Power descending from above gradually increased, exceeding any previous amount.

One could even see a white ripple around the avatar, like a fog forming.

The size of the Faith Liquid Block within the first avatar slowly began to grow from its original apricot size.

Until finally, growth halted and the Faith Liquid Block had grown to nearly the size of an apple.

The first avatar of Lou Yi felt a distinct sense of swelling.

’Unexpectedly, the matter of defeating Jiang Hui has already spread to the Northern Domain,’ Lou Yi was a bit surprised.

Now, even without going all out, this avatar’s cultivation can easily reach the limit of the Fifth Layer, comparable to a Daoist-level prodigy.

Should it unleash its full power, it might leap to the very rare Sixth Layer of the Spirit Platform.

The so-called ’Condense True Shape at the Fifth Layer, Summon Celestial Soldiers at the Sixth Layer.’

Though the proportion of the Fifth Layer of the Spirit Platform in Tianyuan is small, each lodging district has at least one Trench Patrol Guest, plus many prodigies from major sects, the total number is not considered small.

Whereas cultivators of the Sixth Layer of the Spirit Platform are as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns.

The total figures of such individuals throughout Tianyuan might not exceed two fingers’ worth.

Many existing Golden Core Masters were even breakthrough from the Sixth Layer of the Spirit Platform.

With the improvement of the first avatar, Lou Yi’s overall strength grew stronger again.

In the soon-to-open True Monarch Blessed Land, the chances of finding opportunities increased.

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