Cultivation: Immunity to Negative Effects

Chapter 236: Chapter 236: Repaying a Favor, Corpse Puppet’s Breakthrough

"Thank you, Junior Martial Uncle!"

"Junior Martial Uncle, don’t worry. We’ll cancel our place in the queue right away and give the Spirit Stones to you!"

"That’s right! We’d never let you make such a sacrifice for nothing."

The Hong siblings hastily thanked him, their voices trembling.

"There’s no need for that. Senior Brother Fu helped me in the past. To get me a good position at Azure Dragon Ridge, he even went so far as to owe someone a favor. My giving him this Tier Two Life Extension Pill is merely repaying a debt."

But Zhang Chi firmly refused.

He was even a bit relieved. ’Thankfully, I never sold the extra Lifespan Extension Pills I had back then.’

’Otherwise, it would have been quite troublesome now that it’s truly needed.’

’Fu Hongchang helped me back then, so of course I can’t just stand by and do nothing now.’

’Besides, a single Tier Two Life Extension Pill isn’t that precious to me anymore.’

"Thank you, Junior Martial Uncle!"

The Hong siblings were even more grateful, bowing together in thanks at once.

Then, both cautious and desperate, the two of them took the Lifespan Extension Pill and departed.

"Master Zhang... Junior Martial Uncle, thank you for everything this time!"

That afternoon, the two of them returned, and this time, Fu Hongchang came with them. He was looking well, not at all like he was about to die. Clearly, the Lifespan Extension Pill had taken effect.

Fu Hongchang had come this time specifically to thank Zhang Chi in person.

"Think nothing of it. And please, just call me Junior Brother. There’s no need for us to determine seniority by cultivation, as others do," Zhang Chi said with a faint smile.

"Alright, then I shall presume on my age."

Fu Hongchang was deeply moved and didn’t put on any airs. After Zhang Chi persuaded him to stay, they drank some Spirit Wine before he finally left with the Hong siblings.

’For Senior Brother Fu to have helped Junior Martial Uncle when he was just starting out was truly a wise move!’

Qin Susu sighed to herself in admiration as she watched.

While her admiration for Zhang Chi grew, she also marveled at her own good fortune, and that of He Shi and the others.

’If only Grandpa could have been this lucky back then. But Junior Martial Uncle’s cultivation wasn’t high enough at the time, so he definitely couldn’t have produced a Lifespan Extension Pill. Even if Grandpa had used that favor to trade for a Lifespan Extension Pill, he might not have been able to get one.’

’Besides, the fact that we were able to reach Foundation Establishment because of Junior Martial Uncle Zhang is already a massive stroke of luck.’

At the same time, the Hong siblings were also reflecting with emotion.

And Fu Hongchang felt this even more so.

He never imagined that a casual act of support back then would result in such a massive reward today.

Without Zhang Chi, even if he could have traded for a Lifespan Extension Pill, he might have already been dead by then.

Moreover, even if he had managed to trade for one, the cost would have been immense. His life afterward would have been hard, and he might even have become a burden to the Hong siblings.

’Senior Brother Hong died back in the day. Now Senior Brother Fu was on the verge of death. My master, Jian Jinfeng, only has a few decades left, and the same goes for Zhao Yi, Zhao Zijian, Guanhai Mountain, and the others.’

’Time passes so quickly. I may be a Golden Core cultivator with centuries of life ahead of me, but that will all pass in the blink of an eye. I have to speed up my cultivation!’

Zhang Chi felt a similar wave of emotion, his heart filling with a sense of urgency.

It had been twenty years since he formed his Golden Core. Despite never slacking in his daily cultivation and having a constant supply of Tier Three Elixirs, as well as an abundance of Spirit Wine and Spirit Tea...

He lacked for nothing—Body Refining, Refining God, a Spiritual Vein, the Eye of the Spirit Spring—yet he was still just short of a breakthrough.

At this rate, he would likely be close to four hundred years old by the time he reached the peak of the Golden Core Realm.

Factoring in potential Cultivation Bottlenecks and the time needed to gather resources for Nascent Soul Formation, he would be at least five hundred years old before he even had a single chance to successfully attempt the breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Realm.

And this was all because his Divine Soul and physical body were exceptionally powerful, and because he could consume pills limitlessly without fear of Pill Poison.

Any other Golden Core Cultivator, even one with a Top Grade Golden Core, would need at least thirty-odd years to break through to the Golden Core Middle Stage, and would be at least five hundred years old before reaching the peak of the Golden Core Realm.

Add to that the time needed to gather resources for advancement and overcome bottlenecks—even after taking Tier One, Two, and Three Lifespan Extension Pills for a total of one hundred and forty extra years of lifespan, the attempt would still be fraught with peril.

No wonder that in all of the Great Abyss, there were tens of thousands of Golden Core Cultivators, yet only twenty or so Nascent Soul Cultivators.

Even the handful of so-called Nascent Soul Seeds only had a chance of reaching the Nascent Soul Realm, nothing more.

’I still have to find some opportunities, get my hands on some Tier Three Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures that can boost my cultivation, and use them long-term,’ Zhang Chi thought to himself.

He had actually been keeping an eye out for such Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures all along. Unfortunately, he rarely came across them. Even when he did, there was no guarantee he could obtain them, and acquiring a long-term supply was out of the question.

The Battle Merit List did have Tier Three Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures available for trade.

But they were few in number, and each time they appeared, they were quickly snatched up by Golden Core Cultivators.

Furthermore, those Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures were very expensive, requiring a huge amount of battle merits.

Even with Zhang Chi’s combat power, earning that many battle merits would require him to risk life and limb.

The reward simply wasn’t worth the risk.

’Right, after that exchange for the Top Grade Spirit Stones, I’ve finally accumulated some more Spirit Stones over these years. It’s time to upgrade Corpse Puppet No.1. That way, if an opportunity appears, I’ll have enough power to fight for it.’

Just then, Zhang Chi’s Divine Thought swept across his Storage Bag. Seeing the Black Coffin and the large quantity of Spirit Stones inside, he instantly made a decision.

He then went to a desolate, uninhabited area in the wilderness, took out the Black Coffin, and threw in over thirty thousand Middle Grade spirit stones.

This was nearly all the Spirit Stones he could spare without affecting his own cultivation.

CRASH!

These Spirit Stones entered the Black Coffin and instantly shattered. A brilliant light flared from within the Black Coffin, and Corpse Puppet No.1’s aura surged explosively, breaking through directly to the Tier Three Middle Stage in one fell swoop.

The process was so smooth and consumed so few Spirit Stones precisely because Zhang Chi had previously fed many Corpse Pills to Corpse Puppet No.1. He had even fed it the Golden Core from that Demon Cultivator of the Celestial Corpse Sect.

These Corpse Pills and the Golden Core contained immense amounts of Spiritual Qi, making them equivalent to a vast number of Spirit Stones.

Otherwise, this upgrade would have required at least eighty to ninety thousand Middle Grade spirit stones, if not one hundred thousand, to succeed on its own.

BOOM!

As the Corpse Puppet was upgraded, a powerful pressure instantly erupted outwards, and the very sky seemed to shift as wind and clouds gathered.

However, compared to a breakthrough to a major realm, the disturbance this time was relatively minor, so it didn’t attract the attention of any prying cultivators.

After the breakthrough, Corpse Puppet No.1 was even more ferocious, comparable to a Middle Stage Golden Core Cultivator—and a Body Refining Cultivator with an Upper Grade Golden Core at that. The Celestial Corpse Evil within its body was also clearly stronger.

BOOM BOOM BOOM...

Zhang Chi put away the Black Coffin and the array, and sparred for a bit with Corpse Puppet No.1 in the wilderness.

The resulting battle sent constant, thunderous booms across the landscape. Flashes of light exploded continuously as sand and stone were kicked up from the earth, and even the clouds in the sky were blasted apart.

Zhang Chi soon discovered that without using the Asura Blood Burning Technique, his Body Refining Cultivation was completely suppressed.

However, Corpse Puppet No.1 couldn’t completely overwhelm him either.

When he used the Asura Blood Burning Technique, he held a slight advantage over the Corpse Puppet, but he still couldn’t overwhelm it.

Only by using his Sword Essence and Sword Array, in addition to the Asura Blood Burning Technique, could he easily defeat the Corpse Puppet—or even destroy it.

This wasn’t to say the Corpse Puppet was weak, but rather that Zhang Chi was simply too powerful when he unleashed his full strength.

This also had a great deal to do with his ability to completely ignore the Corpse Evil.

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