Nether Spirit practitioners cultivate the primal spirit, using the primal spirit to communicate with the physical body. They also use the primal spirit to absorb heaven and earth vital energy into the practitioner’s qi sea. Like ordinary martial artists, Nether Spirit practitioners also possess a qi sea, and the physical body stores power.
But the difference is, ordinary practitioners first cultivate the body’s qi sea, then cultivate the primal spirit. Qi sea is primary, primal spirit is auxiliary. Nether Spirit practitioners are exactly the opposite. They take primal spirit as primary and qi sea as auxiliary. Therefore this causes the primal spirit’s control over power to be extraordinarily exquisite, with extremely high compatibility with the primal spirit.
Of course, this is the first point. The second point is that they can use nether qi to temper the primal spirit and physical body. Nether qi is also a type of power, it is just that ordinary practitioners cannot utilise it. But Nether Spirit practitioners can utilise it, merging it with themselves. Not only can it raise their own combat power, most importantly the special nature of nether qi can allow Nether Spirit practitioners’ physical body and primal spirit to be quenched and refined.
These days Ye Chu had been studying the special characteristics of Nether Spirit practitioners. Regarding the effects of nether qi, Ye Chu also greatly understood. Ye Chu could convert nether qi and spiritual qi through his acupoints. But Ye Chu had not thought that the special attributes of nether qi could merge into his own body, allowing himself to also possess this attribute.
For example, nether qi is yin-cold. After refining it, Nether Spirit practitioners can also possess yin-cold qi. Nether qi is scorching hot and violent, Nether Spirit practitioners can also possess its power. Being able to use nether qi to brand it onto the body, this is an extremely terrifying skill of Nether Spirit practitioners.
Although Ye Chu previously could also erupt with the aura of nether qi, he relied on the autonomous eruption of nether qi, not branding the attributes of nether qi into the body. So all along, Ye Chu had worried that the coloured-pattern nether qi would be used up. Because once used up, Ye Chu would be unable to erupt with coloured-pattern nether qi power.
After Ye Chu’s battle with the sovereign, plus Cold Fire Sovereign’s betrayal, the coloured-pattern nether qi was thoroughly obliterated. Ye Chu wanting to erupt with coloured-pattern nether qi again was impossible. If back then Ye Chu had known the cultivation methods of Nether Spirit practitioners, the coloured-pattern nether qi would certainly have been extremely well utilised by him.
Ye Chu took a deep breath. When he put down a high-level book about the differences between Nether Spirits, three months had already passed. He did not read any more books. After putting down the book he walked out of the pagoda, also not advancing toward the higher levels of the pagoda.
Before walking out of the pagoda, Ye Chu again glanced at the mural, then lightly exhaled. He slowly walked out. This time in the pagoda he had benefited enormously. Although Ye Chu’s aura had not increased by one bit, Ye Chu knew what he had gained this trip.
The door of Nether Spirit practitioners was no longer closed to him. Ye Chu could at any time and any place step into its hall and become a true Nether Spirit practitioner.
“Senior Brother Ye Chu, you finally came out!” Wang Peng looked at Ye Chu returning to the cave dwelling, unable to resist clicking his tongue, thinking Ye Chu was truly strong enough. In the pagoda, he had stayed for a full three months.
“This time Senior Brother must have benefited enormously, right? Has your strength greatly advanced!” Wang Peng had personally seen Ye Chu enter meditation, thinking Ye Chu’s strength should have soared this time. But the result surprised him.
“Strength has not advanced by one inch!” Ye Chu replied.
This sentence made Wang Peng look at Ye Chu in puzzlement, thinking even ordinary practitioners, after three months, would become stronger. But Ye Chu actually said there was not the slightest progress, this was rather…
Ye Chu smiled, also not continuing to say anything to Wang Peng. Entering the cave dwelling, his mind also merged into the qi sea.
Within the qi sea, Cold Fire Sovereign used these three months to erode more than half of Ye Chu’s green lotus. Sensing Ye Chu’s mind sinking into it, Cold Fire Sovereign chuckled. “Brat! Very soon everything you have will be mine.”
“Not yet become yours. Wait until it becomes yours before boasting!” Ye Chu coldly snorted.
“Hahaha, no need to rush. At most one month, your primal spirit will be destroyed. Everything will belong to this sovereign.” Cold Fire Sovereign laughed heartily. “Brat, you…”
Cold Fire Sovereign boasted in Ye Chu’s qi sea, but Ye Chu directly withdrew his mind. Not paying attention to Cold Fire Sovereign showing off his power in there.
Cold Fire Sovereign had not expected Ye Chu to be like this. After being stunned for a moment, he immediately said angrily. “Wait. Very soon you will beg me for mercy!”
Ye Chu lightly exhaled. He thought that if Cold Fire Sovereign had not sealed his green lotus, that meditation session would absolutely have allowed his strength to surge. But in the present situation, it was impossible for his strength to increase.
“This old fellow… hmph…” Ye Chu revealed a cold expression, sitting cross-legged there, stubbornly reviewing what he had learned these three months.
Time passed very quickly. When it arrived at sunset, Ye Chu walked out of the cave dwelling, sitting on a giant rock, watching the sunset.
“You are Ye Chu!” Just as Ye Chu’s mind merged into the sunset, a loud voice interrupted Ye Chu’s train of thought. Ye Chu turned his head. He did not know when a man had stood opposite him, sizing him up from head to toe.
“Who are you?” Ye Chu asked curiously.
“I am Ma Lipu! Senior Brother Flowing Fire asked you to go over!” Ma Lipu stared at Ye Chu, somewhat arrogantly.
Ye Chu did not know who Senior Brother Flowing Fire was, nor did he want to know. Ye Chu looked at Ma Lipu’s appearance, slightly frowned and said. “What does he want with me?”
“Senior Brother Flowing Fire looking for you is giving you face. Hmph, why ask so much. Still not coming with me!” Ma Lipu snorted. This new disciple was truly arrogant. Not to mention provoking Wang De at the start, he actually disappeared for three months. He probably did not know the rules for new disciples. Today Senior Brother Flowing Fire and the others would properly inform him.
Ye Chu glanced at Ma Lipu. “Scram!”
“You…” Ma Lipu glared at Ye Chu. Since becoming Senior Brother Flowing Fire’s spokesperson, never had anyone scolded him like this. This fellow wanted to die, right? Did he know what Senior Brother Flowing Fire represented?
“You…” Ma Lipu glared at Ye Chu in anger, just wanting to scold, but was interrupted by Ye Chu’s cold voice.
“I will not say words a second time. Giving you ten breaths. If you have not scrammed, I can help you.” Ye Chu did not put such a clown in his eyes. Even though Ye Chu knew that Mo Sovereign letting him enter the Nether Spirit Pavilion definitely had something fishy. But even so, Ye Chu could not let some inexplicable disciple ride on his head.
Coming here for three months, Ye Chu had gained quite a bit. If he truly could not stay, Ye Chu did not mind leaving here.
Of course, if possible, Ye Chu was still willing to stay. After all, this place had enormous benefits for his cultivation. Moreover, he had not yet obtained a set of Nether Spirit arts. Leaving like this would be too much of a pity.
Ma Lipu was infuriated. He had long heard from Wang De that this brat was arrogant. But he had not expected arrogance to this degree. His face ashen with rage, he glared at Ye Chu and opened his mouth to angrily say. “Do you know, just relying on you… smack…”
Ma Lipu’s words had not yet finished when Ye Chu’s slap fiercely struck his face. On Ma Lipu’s face appeared an enormous palm print, and his whole person was also sent flying by Ye Chu’s slap.
“Ten breaths are up. Scram!” Ye Chu looked at the flying Ma Lipu and said indifferently. After that he did not look again, sitting on the green stone, his gaze again turning toward the distant clouds.