Chapter 338 - 301: Secluded Cultivation

Chapter 338: Chapter 301: Secluded Cultivation

The Divine Wood Sect, as one of the Ten Great Sects of the human Ancestral Continent, hadn’t built its vast fortune on charity.

Countless Cultivators, upon hearing that the Divine Wood Sect’s high-grade Spirit Vein had been forcefully taken by Jiang Zuo, inwardly cheered with delight. They secretly thought that the wheels of the Celestial Dao turn, and that a villain always meets their match.

And even those Cultivators who held no grudge against the Divine Wood Sect couldn’t help but feel a sense of schadenfreude.

This time, there were truly few in the Cultivation Realm who hadn’t heard of Master Gu’s fame.

Unfortunately, not many people had actually seen Jiang Zuo in person, or his most famous companion, the Divine Vermilion Bird.

Only the Cultivators of Yunyuan Immortal City had contributed nearly 100,000 points to Jiang Zuo’s Beast Taming Reputation.

If Jiang Zuo had taken the Vermilion Bird around to show its face beforehand, he could have earned at least a million Beast Taming Reputation points this time.

In a remote, wild mountain range, Jiang Zuo, disguised as an old mountain hermit, was walking at a leisurely pace.

Great Cultivators at the second stage of the Manifestation Realm or higher possessed the ability of Ten Thousand Miles Manifestation. If they could have caught up to him, they would have done so long ago.

After the first day had passed, Jiang Zuo was able to relax, no longer in a hurry to travel.

’I have the high-grade Spirit Vein. I won’t use it to upgrade the Spirit Garden, just to power the Time Cultivation Tower. Even at a hundred times the cultivation speed, it won’t run out in a thousand years.’

Jiang Zuo looked toward his Pet Beast Spirit Garden.

He had already placed the Spirit Vein inside the Spirit Garden, and the density of Spiritual Qi in the garden had tripled.

Moreover, for a long time to come, Jiang Zuo would no longer have to worry about not having enough Spirit Stones to maintain the Time Cultivation Tower.

After integrating the high-grade Spirit Vein, the Time Cultivation Tower could directly absorb Spiritual Qi from its surroundings.

The identity of Master Gu could no longer be used publicly.

Furthermore, since he was the only one in the Cultivation Realm who possessed the ability to tame Spirit Beasts, Jiang Zuo couldn’t use this skill to make money even if he changed his identity.

But stealing the Divine Wood Sect’s high-grade Spirit Vein was undoubtedly still worth it.

’The only regret is that I wasn’t able to steal the fifth-tier Cyan Wood Spirit Fire from the Divine Wood Sect’s treasury.’

’But plans can’t keep up with changes. There was nothing to be done about it.’

Jiang Zuo thought with a hint of regret.

While he was undercover in the Divine Wood Sect, he had also considered stealing the Cyan Wood Spirit Fire.

But the Divine Wood Sect’s treasury was heavily guarded, and he never had an opportunity to get inside.

The matter of the Spirit Fire would have to wait for another time.

With a flicker of his Divine Sense, Jiang Zuo’s consciousness appeared within his Visualization World.

Inside the Visualization World, Dragon Star’s Divine Soul was on the verge of collapse.

After Dragon Star had been bound by the Mysterious Stele, Jiang Zuo had beaten him half to death before tossing him into the Visualization World.

"Do you have any last words? Or would you like to make a deal with me in exchange for a chance to live?"

"If not, then you’re about to die."

Jiang Zuo said to Dragon Star indifferently.

"I’d like to, but unfortunately, in this world, I have nothing to trade with you."

"As for last words, there’s even less to say."

Dragon Star shook his head.

Over the past two days, he had thought about many things and had come to terms with his fate.

The victor is crowned king, the loser is branded a bandit. Such is the way of the world.

He had lost count of how many Cultivators had died by his hand.

Now, he was merely becoming one of them.

"Not even some information about the Upper Realm can be used for a trade?"

Jiang Zuo’s eyes narrowed slightly.

"I can’t."

Dragon Star shook his head.

"Is that so? What a shame."

Jiang Zuo sighed.

With a flicker of his Divine Sense, a hurricane swept toward Dragon Star.

Dragon Star felt his Divine Soul begin to dissipate, and then he lost consciousness completely.

However, Dragon Star’s Divine Soul didn’t dissipate completely. It merely became faint and ethereal before Jiang Zuo used his authority within the Visualization World to lock it away in a dark room.

Dragon Star knew too many of his secrets, and Jiang Zuo wasn’t sure if destroying his Divine Soul would result in true death.

Or if he would simply return to the Upper Realm.

So, Jiang Zuo simply decided to imprison him. Locked away within the Visualization World, there was no need to worry about any problems arising.

’It seems that those who descend to this realm are bound by certain rules that prevent them from revealing information about the Upper Realm. Otherwise, he would have at least tried to trade some information with me for a chance to live,’ Jiang Zuo thought to himself.

Recalling the existence of the Forbidden Words, Jiang Zuo was almost certain such a rule existed.

Shaking his head, Jiang Zuo didn’t dwell on the matter any further.

He found a cave and once again used a Dao Talisman to re-refine his Undying Puppet Body.

More than half a month later, the newly-refined Puppet Body was complete.

Because Jiang Zuo’s progress in refining his Primordial Flesh and Blood, Divine Sense, and the Mysterious Stele had advanced considerably since the last time, the newly-refined Puppet Body was several degrees stronger.

This Puppet Body had been away from the Black Tortoise Dao Sect for several years. Once its refinement was complete, it immediately began to head back.

’The Black Tortoise Dao Sect... it feels like so long ago.’

’After all these years, my name is probably barely mentioned at the Black Tortoise Dao Sect anymore.’

’In a few more decades, probably not many people in the Cultivation Realm will even remember the name Zhou Yong.’

’By then, this alias of mine will be about ready for retirement.’

Watching the Puppet Body’s receding figure, Jiang Zuo sighed inwardly.

The Puppet Body was incredibly useful; leaving it at the Black Tortoise Dao Sect felt like a bit of a waste.

Jiang Zuo planned to find an excuse in a few decades to retire this alias.

’Next, I’ll go restock the Spirit Garden with Demon Beasts.’

’And then, I’ll go into seclusion to focus on my cultivation!’

Jiang Zuo already had a plan for the days to come.

As for where to go into secluded cultivation?

The Cyan Simurgh Sect, of course, to find Tantai Feixue!

With the Sight Rune Technique, he wasn’t afraid of any ambushes.

Jiang Zuo spent two years capturing Demon Beasts before finally heading to the Cyan Simurgh Sect.

The person with the highest cultivation at the Cyan Simurgh Sect was its Sect Leader, Tantai Feixue.

The other elders were, at most, only in the late stage of the Three Flowers Realm.