Chapter 342 - 227: Return to School, Speculation 2

Chapter 342: Chapter 227: Return to School, Speculation 2

Of course, he couldn’t miss out on such a treasure.

"Teacher, it was difficult to explain clearly over long-distance communication on the way here. Yesterday, on the front lines, I was ambushed by a Tier 6 Spider Demon. I was overcome with an uncontrollable rage..."

Ye Shuping listened quietly to his account, his expression shifting appropriately as if he were hearing it for the first time. In reality, he already knew almost everything about Yu Fei’s performance on the battlefield.

Once Yu Fei finished his story, Ye Shuping put on a fitting expression of shock.

"This... You cultivate the Melt Gold Jade Body Skill. Have blood-red markings appeared on your body?"

Yu Fei nodded. "Yes. After that outburst, the color of those markings faded!"

Ye Shuping chuckled. "This is a good thing. At this level, the Melt Gold Jade Body Skill is still about laying a foundation. Its main function is to improve your fundamental attributes, but it’s already starting to show special effects. What you just described is one of them.

According to the records, when this Cultivation Technique is mastered to the Great Success Realm, a Martial Artist will grasp a special ability called the Bloodrage Body. When injured, the Martial Artist’s strength will multiply, with a corresponding increase in stamina consumption."

Yu Fei asked doubtfully, "But I haven’t reached the Great Success Realm yet?"

"Give me a drop of your blood!"

Yu Fei was confused but did as he was told. It was just a single drop of blood.

He pricked his finger, and a drop of bright red blood welled up. With a point of his finger, Ye Shuping made the drop of blood spin and float in the air.

He gazed at the drop of blood with extreme admiration. "Magnificent! Yu Fei, your compatibility with this Great Sun lineage of dharma bodies is incredibly high!"

"The Great Sun lineage?"

"Yes. This school of Iron Body techniques gives one a chance to cultivate the Vast Heaven True Form at the Martial Saint realm. It is a first-class Dharma Body!

From introduction to completion, there are a total of four Cultivation Techniques, each building upon the last!

If the Pure Yang True Body isn’t perfected, the Yang Fire cannot evolve, and one cannot cultivate the Melt Gold Jade Body Skill, which is the stage you’re at now.

If you don’t absorb enough of the ’gold and jade’ properties during this process, you can’t practice the Great Sun Glaze Body. But if you succeed on this path, the Great Sun Glaze Body will break through its tribulation and be reforged, becoming the Vast Heaven Dharma Body, which will let you dominate among Martial Saints!"

"Great Sun Glaze..."

"Normally, one needs to be a Grandmaster to cultivate the Great Sun Glaze Body. But with your talent, you might be able to attempt it while still in the Gang Qi realm. If you succeed, you will lay an unparalleled foundation!"

Yu Fei was stunned by Ye Shuping’s explanation. He knew this was a top-tier Iron Body Skill, but was it really this incredible?

"Yu Fei, your compatibility with this Cultivation Technique is simply too good. Look!"

As he spoke, Ye Shuping gathered a handful of sunlight and tossed it into the drop of blood. Abruptly, the blood drop ignited with a blue flame that burned steadily. Once the sunlight was consumed, the flame vanished!

"Is that... Yang Qi?"

Yu Fei was shocked. He was very familiar with this process; this was the same kind of fluctuation he felt when he refined Yang Qi during the day to restore his Inner Qi and stamina.

"Your body is uniquely blessed with a talent for Yang-attribute abilities, and it has been further enhanced on a deep level by the Ice Spirit Flame. Your talent for cultivating this line of techniques might be completely unprecedented!

That’s why the properties of the Bloodrage Body were triggered prematurely. Your emotional outburst was simply due to your mental cultivation being insufficient.

Once your Star Soul Forging Scripture has progressed further—to the point where you can enter a meditative state on your own without the audio guide—you won’t have such outbursts. However, a hint of anger will still remain, and that in itself is a kind of power!"

After hearing Ye Shuping’s explanation, Yu Fei finally felt relieved. He picked up his teacup and drained it in one gulp.

He had just set the cup down when Ye Shuping immediately refilled it. If the tea didn’t require a moment to digest, Yu Fei probably would have downed it again in a single gulp.

"It seems you gained quite a lot on the battlefield this time. Your Sword Intent has even sharpened a bit."

These words stirred Yu Fei’s memories. After seven days of ceaseless battle, the act of drawing his sword had become pure instinct. Whenever a Yuanmo appeared before him, he hardly needed to think.

After slaughtering tens of thousands of creatures, a murderous aura naturally radiated from him.

"Teacher, what research have we done on the Yuanmo race?" he asked curiously.

Ye Shuping responded with a long sigh.

"For someone at your current realm, the answer is none!"

"Huh? Does that mean there is research, but it’s not something I should know yet? Why?"

Ye Shuping’s brow furrowed. He pondered for a moment before saying seriously, "Because none of the current conclusions are supported by evidence. Some are simply too outrageous. We forbid anyone below the Grandmaster realm from viewing them, for fear of warping your worldview."

Yu Fei was taken aback. "It’s that serious?"

"However, you can share your own thoughts on the matter. I can tell you which parts are incorrect!"

’This... Is Mr. Ye trying to get my findings for free?’

Yu Fei’s consciousness quickly swept over the Fate-Defying Bead, where a blue gem was currently floating.

[Void-Realm Servant]

Quality: Blue

Description: Exclusive to lower-class, engineered lifeforms that live in the Void Realm.

Effect 1: Servitude. Can be dominated by higher-ranking Void-Realm lifeforms and will obey the commands of even higher-ranking Void-Realm lifeforms.

Effect 2: Trace of the Void. The lifeform possesses a faint void characteristic, allowing it to survive in the Void Realm.

This was a talent he had obtained on the battlefield by selecting a blue-quality Tier 6 Spider Demon, marking it, then killing it to copy its ability. And this was a talent Yu Fei didn’t dare to load!

In his spare time over the past few days, he had been constantly pondering the information hidden within this ability.

First, it mentioned a place: the Void Realm.

This wasn’t the Exotic Origin Realm, a name given by humans, but the Void Realm, a name certified by the Fate-Defying Bead.

Furthermore, the name of the ability actually contained the word "Servant," which sent his imagination into overdrive. The first effect, Servitude, meant that a Tier 6 Spider Demon could be dominated by any higher-ranking Void-Realm lifeform!

What were these higher-ranking Void-Realm lifeforms? The Yuanmo royalty?

If he loaded this ability, would he become a puppet of the Yuanmo royalty?

After long consideration, Yu Fei decided not to dismantle the ability. He wanted to see if he could spend Stardust to upgrade it without loading it first.

After an upgrade, would he still be subject to domination? If he could upgrade it to Gold quality, could he turn the tables and dominate the Yuanmo royalty instead?

It was because of these possibilities that he had kept the ability.

Now, faced with Ye Shuping’s questioning, Yu Fei decided to present the effects of this ability in the form of a hypothesis.

"Teacher, I have a feeling that Yuanmo below the mid-tier aren’t naturally born. It’s highly likely they can be mass-produced—that they’re engineered beings!"

Ye Shuping remained noncommittal. "Keep going. Tell me more of your thoughts."

The tea brewed as Ye Shuping listened with a solemn expression. Yu Fei spoke eloquently, weaving his own theories with the information from the ’Void-Realm Servant’ ability.

"I learned in the Abyss that many Martial Saints have ventured into the black fog there, only to never return. I suspect the Exotic Origin Realm where the Yuanmo live is uninhabitable for humans.

At the end of the day, even Martial Saints are carbon-based lifeforms. The Yuanmo, on the other hand, dissolve upon death. An environment that suits them might not suit humans. It’s like a fish out of water—it can’t move and will eventually die..."

Yu Fei said this because of the second effect of the ’Void-Realm Servant’ ability.

[Trace of the Void: The lifeform possesses a faint void characteristic, allowing it to survive in the Void Realm]

This indicated that the environment of the Void Realm might be completely different from their home world, or even the borderlands.

The natural environment in most parts of the Abyss was similar to their home world, including its atmospheric composition, gravity, and so on.

Only a few forbidden deadlands were considered uninhabitable.

The ’Trace of the Void’ ability’s effect indicated that to survive in the Void Realm, one must possess a void characteristic. But how could humans, native to their own world, possibly have such a trait?

Therefore, this ability was crucial. Yu Fei needed to collect more ability samples to prepare for a future exploration of the Void Realm.

After hearing Yu Fei’s speculation, Ye Shuping was silent for a long time.

"Your viewpoint is certainly novel. I can’t say your speculation is incorrect."

Yu Fei’s viewpoint was, in fact, one of the several current theories, not a perfect match, but similar in its general direction.

The peculiar nature of the Yuanmo meant that no one truly believed they were naturally born creatures.

This even applied to the Yuanmo royalty. Although these humanoid creatures could communicate, the results of such attempts had been... minimal.

Worse, whenever one was killed, a replacement of equal combat strength would quickly appear. They were an inexhaustible tide.

A hundred years ago, humanity concentrated its superior forces and ambushed the Yuanmo royalty at great cost. They lost count of how many they killed, fighting until even they grew terrified. But for every one they killed, a new one took its place!

It was terrifying. As a result, the grand strategy in the Abyss eventually shifted to defense, because there was no hope of victory in sight.