Chapter 132: Chapter 95: Entering the Golden Jade Tower, Selecting a Celestial Level Cultivation Technique

The Cultivation Realm was, after all, a world where strength reigned supreme. Although Luo Qi had various schemes and was prepared to use the Six Extremes Demon Sect to help the Mist and Smoke Sect break free from its shackles, the prerequisite for all of this was that his own strength had to be formidable. Only then would he have any room to maneuver.

And Zhong Ming, who had once defeated a disciple from a Major Sect, was the one who gave him hope.

’A disciple like this... your Seven Profound Sect can’t hold onto him, nor can you properly nurture him. He rightfully belongs to our Mist and Smoke Sect.’

...

Zhong Ming, of course, knew nothing of the Mist and Smoke Sect’s Sect Leader’s schemes. After the Seven Peaks Grand Tournament concluded, he returned to Longxi Peak to continue his daily cultivation.

However, the Longxi Peak of today was no longer the quiet and desolate place it once was.

The sect’s shift in focus had caused a number of talented disciples who loved the Sword Dao to transfer to Longxi Peak all at once.

In addition, smaller families from the outside spared no expense to send their own young members to seek tutelage and pursue the Dao.

Their arrival made Longxi Peak as bustling as a marketplace, filled with a clamor of voices.

Fortunately, Zhong Ming didn’t have to worry about managing any of it.

Although he was the Head Disciple of Longxi Peak, it was merely a symbolic title representing the peak combat strength of Longxi Peak’s younger generation.

As for the trivial matters, he had entrusted them all to Yi Yunya.

She didn’t simply bask in the looks of admiration. Instead, she seized the opportunity to procure a great deal of Cultivation Resources from the various families and even forged numerous commercial alliances. This made the resources at Zhong Ming’s disposal increasingly abundant.

’But these are just mundane things. My foundation is still my strength.’

’As long as I maintain my strength, I’ll never have to worry about ordinary resources.’

With this in mind, Zhong Ming’s gaze fell upon a mass of hazy Spiritual Water in the palm of his hand.

This was the renowned Three Lights Divine Water of the Cultivation Realm—the budget version.

’Even if it’s the budget version, it’s still condensed from the light of the sun, moon, and stars. Rinsing one’s body with this water has the effect of Washing Marrow and Cutting Veins. And once all the filth and impurities within the body are cleansed, a Cultivator’s Spiritual Root will become purer, closer to the source of the Great Dao!’

This was a gift from the Golden Jade Tower to Zhong Ming.

Gazing at the divine water, which was Clear yet shimmered with a three-colored glow, Zhong Ming felt as if the meridians in his body were trembling with longing. Yet, he did not consume it immediately.

He took a long, slow breath.

He waited until his condition was at its absolute peak, and at the very instant a drop of water fell from the Clear Sound Spring Stone, he drank the Three Lights Divine Water in one gulp, allowing it to slowly flow and wash through his body.

CHIME!

The moment the Spiritual Water entered his stomach, a crisp, melodious chime, like the sound of a heavenly spring, suddenly rang out from within Zhong Ming’s Sea of Consciousness.

This chime seemed to contain a certain rhythm of the Great Dao, causing his Divine Sense to become unprecedentedly sharp and serene.

In this state, with his consciousness at its most focused and keen, Zhong Ming began to observe his own body, feeling the Three Lights Divine Water washing over his flesh.

HUMMM!

Though it was water, after entering his stomach, it transformed into a flowing light like a sky full of stardust.

This light spread out like a wave, rippling from the center of Zhong Ming’s abdomen toward his every limb and bone.

With each pulse of the light wave, a faint, almost imperceptible wisp of turbid filth seeped out from Zhong Ming’s pores.

Moreover, some congenitally inferior genetic fragments were incinerated into nothingness by the supremely pure Light Power of the Three Lights Divine Water.

HUMMM... 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

As the waves of light spread out, circle by circle, the filth and inferior genes in Zhong Ming’s body were purified and stripped away, bit by bit.

...

Several hours later, when the power of the Three Lights Divine Water was completely exhausted, Zhong Ming felt his entire body lighten, as if he had cast off a heavy, invisible shackle. His physical form became nimble and translucent, and he felt an indescribable sense of comfort.

This feeling of lightness and clarity also greatly reduced the resistance he felt when absorbing the Spiritual Qi between heaven and earth.

Stray wisps of Spiritual Qi even began to actively surge toward his body.

’My Spiritual Root’s grade... it’s reached the second tier!’

Thinking this, Zhong Ming didn’t feel much joy. Instead, he felt a little dejected.

’I still failed to grasp the mystery within it.’

Zhong Ming had always wanted to use the power of his Dao Rhyme - Flowing to cleanse all the injuries, filth, and impurities from his body.

Unfortunately, the mysteries involved were too profound. Despite studying it for a long time, he hadn’t even crossed the threshold.

’Three Lights Divine Water... this isn’t water at all, it’s the Power of Light... Wait. The highest good is like water. Water can merge with all things and take any form.’

’My thinking was too narrow, too fixated on appearances. Who’s to say the Three Lights Divine Water isn’t water?’

’I can make my own Power of Water possess the properties of the sun, moon, and stars.’

’Besides, my water already has one unique characteristic.’

At this thought, Zhong Ming raised his hand and condensed a dark-colored water droplet. This was Heavy Abyss Water, a type of water droplet that was extremely heavy and possessed immense carrying capacity.

Its source was One-Yuan Heavy Water, a terrifying water droplet of which a single drop weighed 129,600 catties.

If one were to use One-Yuan Heavy Water to stir up endless waves, a Cultivator could sweep away everything in their path using the Power of Water Element.

’Since my water can transform into Heavy Abyss Water, it can naturally also transform into Three Lights Divine Water.’

’However, this will require me to find some treasures related to the power of light... preferably a Magic Technique or Cultivation Technique. That way, I can just grind my way to comprehending this power and improve it indefinitely.’

...

Although he had some initial ideas, what Zhong Ming had been doing most these past few days was still practicing the Longxi Swordsmanship.

What he found interesting was that the Swordsmanship other Longxi Peak disciples considered their main focus was, conversely, what Zhong Ming practiced last.

However, before Zhong Ming could grind this Cultivation Technique to the Fourth Realm, Yi Yunya came looking for him.

"Senior Brother, the sect has already settled on a price with the Golden Jade Tower. You can go pick out a Celestial Level Cultivation Technique now."

"It’s finally time!"