Chapter 132: Quite Impressive
Liu Shunyi stared at the crystal ball’s contents.
Honestly, it did seem a bit exaggerated.
“Saving Lives, let’s tone it down a notch next time. This is starting to look a little cruel!”
Zhao Gou blinked.
“Let me take a look!”
He took the crystal ball and watched intently.
After a long silence, Zhao Gou finally said, “How about I try to appear more benevolent next time?”
Liu Shunyi: “???”
The members of King of Hell Hall: “!!!”
They really wanted to say something.
If you were wearing a smile as kind as a heavenly deity while swinging a knife at someone, wouldn’t that make you more like the King of Hell?
But they didn’t dare voice those thoughts.
Zhao Gou, however, decided to put that theory to the test.
He flashed a gentle smile at the South Palace Young Master.
“I’m just a bit more insight away from understanding a new technique, so hold on a little longer!”
South Palace Young Master: “!!!”
“No, don’t do that!”
With his long sword in hand, Liu Shunyi chimed in.
“Heal Wounds!”
“Saving Lives!”
“Heal Wounds!”
“Saving Lives…”
For another half-hour, the South Palace Young Master was on his knees, sobbing.
“Please, dear Kings of Hell! I swear, I will answer anything you ask! Just please stop saving lives and healing wounds!”
Zhao Gou’s face looked grim.
Although he had some inspiration brewing in his mind, he just couldn’t quite grasp it.
Liu Shunyi watched as the South Palace Young Master was reduced to a state of utter disarray, a mix of tears and other, less savory substances.
With a sigh, he said, “How about we take our time?”
“After all, we’ll have plenty of opportunities to save lives and heal wounds in the future. No need to rush this one!”
Zhao Gou could only nod in agreement.
Both men plopped down on benches in the yard, turning their attention to the South Palace Young Master.
“Now, tell us everything about this Cave Heaven and your South Palace family, in great detail.”
“Sure thing!”
The South Palace Young Master was surprisingly eager.
In fact, he’d never been this enthusiastic before.
Lin Wudao handed him paper and pen, and the Young Master began quickly scribbling away.
Another half-hour passed, and the South Palace Young Master respectfully presented the written material to Liu Shunyi with both hands.
After handing it over, he obediently knelt on the ground.
Gone was the rebellious air he had when first captured.
Now, the South Palace Young Master was as docile as a puppy.
Liu Shunyi took the documents and scrutinized them.
The more he read, the more astonished he became.
Finally, it all clicked.
Now he understood why those who forced their way into Angry Heaven Palace had to sweet-talk or flatter the locals.
It’s simple.
This Cave Heaven was like an imperial kingdom.
The Emperor of Great Yan had nearly complete control over it.
And besides the Emperor, anyone in an official position could command bits of its authority.
Though these officials might not be particularly strong, their ability to manipulate the Cave Heaven’s spiritual energy made them equivalent to high-level cultivators.
For example, South Palace Basha was a prince of Great Yan.
Not the most formidable prince, but he wielded a lot of authority within the Cave Heaven.
Even so, that made him comparable to a formidable cultivator.
Add to that the local advantages and their impressive physical prowess, they could be even tougher than those at the same cultivation stage.
The most crucial point, however, was that many treasures within this Cave Heaven were situated in forbidden areas or claimed by these powerful locals.
To acquire these treasures, one simply had to get permission or approval from local forces.
That’s why outsiders had to bend over backward to charm these locals.
As Liu Shunyi continued reading the documents, he suddenly chuckled.
“This is getting interesting!”
He then glanced at the South Palace Young Master. “Pretty good. You can head back now. I told you, you’ll leave here just as intact as you came.”
The South Palace Young Master was grateful, without a trace of his former bravado.
“Thank you, sirs, Kings of Hell…”
At this moment, he found it hard to continue, thinking back to all the torment he’d just endured. He believed that death would have been a far more comfortable punishment.
So, it was genuinely hard to express his gratitude for being spared.
The South Palace Young Master got up to leave.
“Hold on!”
Liu Shunyi called out again.
The South Palace Young Master froze and immediately dropped to his knees.
“Y-yes, sir? Is there anything more you need?”
Liu Shunyi scratched his head.
“I just wanted to ask, can one control the authority of the Cave Heaven without holding an official position?”
The South Palace Young Master shook his head.
“I don’t think so. I’ve never heard of anyone being able to do that in the years I’ve spent here!”
Liu Shunyi nodded.
“Then do you have any body refinement methods?”
The South Palace Young Master quickly produced and respectfully handed over what he had on body cultivation.
Liu Shunyi took a glance and immediately broke into a beaming smile.
He tossed the standard body refinement methods to Zhao Gou.
He, however, kept a technique called the Heavenly Demon Body Refinement Method.
The reason he kept this technique was that it was extremely powerful and domineering.
Most importantly, it had a special function.
Rampage.
It allowed one to burn their flesh and blood to boost their overall strength.
Level one gave a tenfold increase, level two gave twenty times, level three thirty times… a total of nine levels!
Yet, here’s the kicker.
For an ordinary person using such a body refinement method, when they activated Rampage, their body would often be unable to withstand the consumption.
They would end up weakened, even to the point of their flesh withering away.
And since there was simply no way to keep inflicting such damage on oneself for a prolonged period, their overall strength wouldn’t rise too high.
But Liu Shunyi was different.
He had the Golden Script of the Great Dao.
In fact, as of now, numerous enemies remained on the Golden Script.
Liu Shunyi began learning it on the spot.
In the blink of an eye, he mastered it.
“Hmm!”
Upon grasping the technique, Liu Shunyi felt his bloodline rapidly expand.
His essence blood surged as well.
In an instant, he fully mastered the Heavenly Demon Body Refinement Method, strengthening his body to an absolutely outrageous level.
However, the consequence of that was an emptiness in his essence blood.
If one could see his health bar now, it would be almost at the bottom.
Of course, that wasn’t the main concern.
The real issue was that due to the overwhelming emptiness of his essence blood, the Golden Script of the Great Dao began automatically converting.
The Golden Light of Heavenly God Sect was steadily diminishing.
The vanishing golden light transformed into a continuous flow of essence blood, replenishing Liu Shunyi.
Under Liu Shunyi’s astonished gaze, the name of the Heavenly God Sect shifted from golden to red, then purple, blue, green…
It kept changing until it hit green.
Finally, Liu Shunyi’s essence blood was replenished.
Yet, staring at that green Heavenly God Sect, it didn’t even attempt to struggle.
A cold sweat broke out on Liu Shunyi’s brow.
Zhao Gou, witnessing Liu Shunyi’s unusual expression, hurried over to ask, “Are you alright? Do you need me to heal you?”
Liu Shunyi shook his head.
“I’m fine; it’s just that I might have accidentally wiped out the Heavenly God Sect!”
Zhao Gou: “???”
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