Chapter 335: The Great Law of Seizing the Foundation
Diling Mountains, main peak.
Xuan Tianji, wearing a black luxurious Taoist robe, stood on the top of the main peak, staring at the clouds and mists below that were billowing in the strong wind. At this moment, the Taoist robe was rustling fiercely in the wind, and he had an aura of being out of the world, but his face was full of smiles.
meaning.
In this age of Dharma-ending with exhausted spiritual energy, although cultivation is feasible, it has become extremely difficult and has long lost its former glory. But even in this era, there are still cultivators, and he, Xuan Tianji, is one of them.
His identity is even more extraordinary, he is the leader of the Black Prison Sect.
Their lineage of the Black Prison Sect can continue to this day in the Age of Ending Laws, not because of their background, but because they are ruthless enough and do whatever it takes to benefit themselves.
In order to continue in the Age of Ending Law, Xuan Tianji established two rules within the Black Prison Sect.
One of them is to lead their disciples to avoid the secular world, because they cannot compete with a powerful country, and what they do is something that the country will never allow.
Keeping servants in captivity is the second one, because in Xuan Tianji's eyes, the servants are not only working animals, but at certain times they are also the blood food of the disciples in the sect.
The blood food does not mean treating these handymen as food, but refining them together with spiritual herbs into a blood elixir that can improve cultivation.
In Xuan Tianji's eyes, human blood is much better than those of wild beasts, so this is his main purpose of keeping handymen in captivity.
However, he would naturally not let the handymen know this. Every time he needed blood food, he would have the disciples of the sect beat the handymen to death for various reasons, and then take away their bodies to use as materials for refining blood pills.
It is not an exaggeration to call what the Black Prison Sect does a demonic sect, and Xuan Tianji has never shied away from this.
From Xuan Tianji's point of view, he should be proud of being able to continue practicing in this age of Dharma ending. The life and death of mortals is not important at all.
And Xuan Tianji always thought that he should be the top cultivator in this Dharma-ending era, not even one of the best, but the strongest!
This idea persisted for decades.
However, a few months ago, because he was unable to break through the realm, Xuan Tianji chose to go out to the mountains to experience and came to the metropolis of the outside world.
Although reclusive, Xuan Tianji is actually no stranger to outside technology and has easily integrated into urban life.
During his training in the world of mortals, Xuan Tianji happened to meet a practitioner while wandering in the park one day.
Xuan Tianji, who once prided himself as the strongest cultivator, encountered the biggest setback in his life from that cultivator.
At that time, Xuan Tianji sensed the spiritual energy fluctuations in the cultivator's body and had murderous intentions. He wanted to capture him and bring him back to the Black Prison Sect to refine him into blood food to help him break through the realm.
After all, the blood of cultivators is naturally not comparable to that of ordinary handymen.
However, it was obvious that Xuan Tianji had a high opinion of himself. The kind-looking cultivator who called himself "Seven Names" was not at the same level as him at all.
At that time, Xuan Tianji was making a sneak attack, but when his attack was about to hit the seven, a huge evil ghost suddenly appeared in his mind, and its shrill roar frightened Xuan Tianji to the point of being stunned.
Although Xuan Tianji was surprised when he came back to his senses, he gritted his teeth and took action again.
This time, the seven people did not dodge, they still smiled kindly, and took the palm forcefully without moving at all. The black light that suddenly appeared on the surface of the body knocked Xuan Tianji straight away.
Xuantianji's internal organs twitched as the blow rebounded, and he couldn't help spitting out a mouthful of blood.
At that time, Xuan Tianji already knew that he had met someone he could not afford to offend, and without any hesitation, he chose to kneel down and beg for mercy.
However, the seven people did not have any intention of killing him, but curiously asked him why he wanted to sneak attack on them.
Xuan Tianji naturally did not dare to tell the truth and quickly said that he had admitted his mistake and mistakenly thought that he was the enemy who killed his wife.
It could be seen that the seven people did not want to pursue the case, so Xuan Tianji took advantage of it and continued to kneel down and worship, hoping that he would be his teacher and learn his true skills to find his enemies and avenge his wife's murder.
For Xuan Tianji who was crying heartbrokenly, with runny nose and tears, the seven people still chose to refuse, but they pointed out a clear way for Xuan Tianji, which was "Battle Online".
After understanding that the skills learned by this enigmatic cultivator came from a game called Zhengzhan Online, Xuan Tianji started to try it out without any hesitation.
Only after contacting Xuan Tianji did he realize how promising this road of Qiming Zhi was.
The trajectory of skills in the game can actually be simulated in reality. Upgrading in the game allows you to experience the feeling of advanced strength in advance. The game also has knowledge of elixir maps and weapon refining knowledge.
Xuan Tianji was completely immersed in this game and dreamed of one day getting his own chance to practice.
But before that, there was a big problem, and that was the lack of soul coins.
In the game, Xuan Tianji is just an ordinary player. The channels for obtaining soul coins are too scarce and not enough for him to use. This has become his biggest worry.
At this time, Xuan Tianji thought of the 3,000 handymen he kept in captivity.
In Xuan Tianji's opinion, these handymen can completely help him earn soul coins, making them a stepping stone on his way to obtain opportunities.
Despite his experience in the world of mortals, Xuan Tianji did not have so much money to buy a virtual device. He spent a month cheating, kidnapping, robbing, and using all despicable means to save enough money to buy a virtual helmet.
Xuan Tianji did not stop after that, and transported these hard-won virtual helmets back to the Black Prison Village in the Diling Mountains in batches.
After that, three thousand captive servants earned soul coins for him. Xuan Tianji felt that he might never worry about insufficient soul coins again.
This is also true. More than half a month has passed, and he can obtain a large amount of soul coins from the handymen every day. His life in the game is finally no longer tight, and he can afford to purchase many high-end items in the mall.
However, something went wrong once during this period, and I don’t know which handyman asked for help from the outside world through the Internet.
At that time, several patrol aircraft entered the Diling Mountains to search.
Fortunately, Xuan Tianji reacted quickly and activated the Black Prison Sect's cloud formation, completely hiding the sect and the village, thus escaping the crisis.
This incident really made him angry. Although he didn't know which handyman was responsible, Xuan Tianji still killed 50 handymen on the spot, used cruel methods to establish his power, and told all the handymen that next time, no matter what
Who did it? Randomly kill 500 people. If there are more, kill 1,000 people.
The bloody suppression was very effective. After that, these handymen became very honest and no longer made secret moves.
However, for the sake of safety, the disciples of Xuantian Ji Ming Sect recorded the IDs of all the handymen in the Zhengzhan official website forum. In the future, if problems are found in the forum, they can directly find the handyman who dares to play tricks in the dark.
Under various layers of insurance, with these three thousand handymen constantly creating soul coins for him, Xuan Tianji felt that he could sit back and relax in his cultivation journey.
…
At this time, in the wooden house next to the No. 4 spiritual field in Heijing Village, Heihu lay exhausted on the bed after working hard all day.
After resting for a while, he took out the virtual helmet device from under the bed.
Compared with their previous life, their handyman life has become a lot richer since they got the virtual helmet and the game Zhan Zhan Online.
Even so, if you don't get the required amount of soul coins every day, the consequences will be extremely miserable.
Several servants have been beaten to death by Black Prison Sect disciples as a warning to monkeys because they could not complete the amount of soul coins they turned in every day.
So Heihu didn't dare to delay at this moment, put on his virtual helmet, lay on the bed and entered the game, preparing to earn the amount of soul coins he had to pay on the second day.
In the game, Black Tiger chose a mage, because compared to professions such as the berserker, a summoning mage in the early stage would undoubtedly make it much easier for him.
The area where Black Tiger is located at this time is the Ghost Mountains.
For more than half a month, Black Tiger has been leveling here every day to earn soul coins. He keeps going deeper and deeper, and before he knows it, he has reached the end of the Ghost Mountain Range.
After walking forward for a while, a stone tablet appeared in front of him.
【Town Monument】:
Item information: The boundary line between the great domains separates the Cangxu great domain and the Beiqi great domain.
Seeing the information on this stone tablet, Hei Hu was stunned. He didn't expect that he was almost reaching the Cangxu Realm.
Having played the game for more than half a month, Black Tiger is no stranger to the Cangxu Great Region, and knows that it is an area where European server players are active.
After thinking about it, the black tiger continued to walk forward, searching for prey at the same time to see if there would be more wild monsters over there. If he couldn't find any, he would return immediately.
After walking forward again for about half an hour, Black Tiger, who still found no monster, was disappointed and prepared to return, but suddenly found a figure emerging from the bushes not far away.
"Roar!" A gust of fishy wind hit, and the figure quickly approached.
[Fang Tiger (Level 59 Elite)]
After seeing the information about this monster, Black Tiger's pupils suddenly shrank, and without any hesitation, he turned around and ran away.
At this time, Black Tiger was only level 31 and had no power to fight against level 59 elite monsters.
The price of death is a three-hour cooldown for resurrection. For other players, this is just a three-hour wait, but for Black Tiger, it may cost his life, because time is too precious to him.
While escaping, the fanged tiger was getting closer and closer. Black Tiger used his staff and summoned several skeleton soldiers to stop him, while he suppressed his blush and continued running wildly.
"Kacha!"
These skeleton soldiers only blocked the fang tiger for a moment before being torn apart, and the fang tiger also stared at him again.
"Roar!"
A heat wave came along with the fishy wind, making the running black tiger shiver and almost fall to the ground.
From Black Tiger's point of view, if he was really caught up by the fanged tiger, he might actually die, instead of simply being resurrected and cooled down for 3 hours. How could he not panic in his heart?
The distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer. Just when he was about to catch up, Black Tiger stepped on the air and his body suddenly fell into a black cave covered with withered yellow leaves.
"Roar!"
Seeing the black tiger falling into the pothole, the fanged tiger did not give up, but also wanted to jump into it, but due to its huge body, it could not get into it at all.
The black tiger in the pit huddled up, looking at the fanged tiger with its teeth and claws bared, with a pale face, and secretly complained in its heart.
After a stalemate for more than ten minutes, the fanged tiger, unable to pull away the hole, roared again, then turned and left.
This made Black Tiger breathe a sigh of relief and felt that he was saved.
However, he was afraid that the fanged tiger was still waiting for him up there, so he did not intend to leave directly, but decided to wait for a while before leaving.
So he began to scan the pothole.
The hole was not big, with a depth of only about 3 meters. It was filled with withered yellow leaves. Through the light from the outside, Heihu discovered that there was a black stone tablet thrust diagonally into the ground in the corner of the hole.
Curious, Black Tiger took two steps closer and began to examine the stone tablet.
The black stone tablet was made of an unknown material, and it was covered with mottled blood stains. As he stared carefully, Heihu's face suddenly turned pale, because he felt as if there were countless voices roaring in his ears.
Kill kill kill!
Since this monument is my tombstone, the killings will continue until the emperor is slaughtered!
These voices were roaring hysterically, causing Black Tiger to cover his head and take a step back.
After getting far away, those hysterical roars suddenly dissipated, and the black tiger finally breathed a sigh of relief.
When his eyes glanced at the stone tablet again, Black Tiger became a little wary.
At this time, the words on the stone tablet began to distort under the power of analysis, turning into words that Black Tiger could read.
[Heaven and earth are chess pieces, and all living beings are pieces. My evil god has been defeated in this chess game. I abide by the agreement. This skill is my life's work. Today I lost to Beiqi God Beili! 】
There is also a line of text clearly written by different people marked at the bottom of the stone tablet.
[I Beili has read it, but I disdain this technique and abandon it!]
Seeing these translated words, Heihu was stunned because he found that he couldn't understand them at all.
Just then, the game prompt appeared:
[Game Tips: If you get the opportunity, do you want to begin to understand the skills recorded on the stone tablet? 】
The sudden appearance of the game prompt made Heihu stunned for a few seconds. How could Heihu not know what the opportunity meant? Then he clicked OK with a look of ecstasy.
[Game Tips: Comprehending the Kung Fu Technique "The Great Technique of Seizing the Foundation (Volume 1)"...]
[The Great Technique to Seize the Foundation (Volume 1 of Divine Level Techniques)]:
Technique information: This technique was created by the ancient evil demon god of Cangxu. It contains the essence of the evil demon god’s lifelong cultivation. It can take away the cultivation foundation of others and use it for your own use.
Effect of the skill: It can be used on cultivators in the game. It has a chance to seize and transform the target's spiritual root (foundation) of cultivation and feed it back to oneself. The higher the level of the spiritual root, the faster the cultivation.
Skill progress: 0% on the first level (increased through practice, the higher the skill level, the stronger the ability given)
Grant attribute blessing: 0% for one layer, grant 20 points of blessing for all attributes
[Game Tips: Since you have obtained special skills, start the cultivation and growth mode]
Introduction to the foundation of cultivation: A cultivator’s own talent is divided into nine levels from low to high:
(Having understood the method of seizing the foundation, you can seize the spiritual roots of others and feed your own spiritual roots)
Looking at his own panel, Heihu looked ecstatic. He didn't expect that he would get the opportunity.
This was something he couldn't even imagine.
Then Heihu sat down on the spot and clicked the practice button next to the exercise method.
At this moment, Black Tiger was surprised to find that bits of starlight visible to the naked eye appeared all around, drawing wonderful trajectories in the sky, and seeping into his body bit by bit.
[Game Tips: In practice (due to inferior spiritual roots, only 2% of the spiritual energy can be absorbed)]
Half an hour later, seeing that the progress of the first level was still 0%, Black Tiger gave up practicing in frustration.
He didn't expect that his inferior spiritual roots would be so wasted during cultivation, and 98% of the spiritual energy he absorbed would be lost. He was just like practicing "Iron Clothes" in reality, without any talent.
But then Heihu thought of the special effects of his god-level technique: "Seize the throne!"
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The next day, it was dark and bright.
All the servants were summoned in front of the mountain gate. Several sect disciples looked ferocious and began to point out the servants who had not paid the amount of soul coins last night, and then started to beat them severely with black leather whips.
Naturally, there was also Black Tiger who had been excited all night because he had obtained a god-level skill.
It can be said that Hei Hu spent the whole night studying the "Grand Seizing Technique" and completely forgot about practicing. After dawn, Hei Hu already knew that he would not be able to escape this physical pain.
He just hopes that he can live now, as long as he lives.
The sound of "Pah! Pah!" accompanied by the shrill screams made the handyman below tremble, and Black Tiger suppressed his anger in his heart and also screamed miserably.
This beating lasted for more than 10 minutes. Every servant who was punished was beaten to pieces and lay dying on the ground.
But those sect disciples left with a smile, not caring about their life or death at all.
As the servants also dispersed, only Heihu and others were left lying on the ground unable to get up.
At this time, Heihu closed his eyes tightly. He had had enough of this kind of life, and how he wished he had the strength to fight.
But the reality is cruel. He is just a mortal, how can he fight against a cultivator?
It would be great if I could practice!
Black Tiger gritted his teeth and roared in his heart.
At this time, Black Tiger suddenly thought of the god-level skills he learned last night, but then sighed in his heart. After all, this is just a game, and even the god-level skills are fake and non-existent.
etc!
Heihu suddenly remembered why the Black Prison Sect attached so much importance to this game. This was completely inconsistent with the Black Prison Sect's style of behavior, unless there was something weird in this game.
Thinking of this, Hei Hu was excited and began to relax with the mentality of giving it a try.
Heihu remembered the trajectory of the first level of Seizing the Foundation very clearly, and he began to constantly fantasize about the process of absorbing spiritual energy into the body.
Half an hour later, Heihu opened his eyes again. He was disappointed to find that the scene of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth floating around did not appear.
Sure enough they are all fake!
The disappointed Black Tiger was about to get up when he suddenly discovered that there seemed to be a tiny dot of spiritual energy in the corner of his eye that was almost invisible to the naked eye, floating irregularly in the air.
"hiss!"
Can you really practice? At this moment, Black Tiger's eyes widened.
At this time, Heihu was extremely excited. Being able to practice meant something. It meant that he had the opportunity to resist the Black Prison Sect.
But what surprised Black Tiger was why there were only such tiny points of spiritual energy in the air, instead of being full of spiritual energy everywhere like in the game.
Thinking of this, Heihu frowned slightly, because even the abundant spiritual energy in the game could not improve his skills. In reality, with such a tiny spiritual energy point, he felt that he might not be able to reach the first level 100% after practicing for a lifetime.
Heihu couldn't help but clenched his fists. The feeling of opportunity coming and then being lost made him very unwilling.
That’s right! The great method of seizing the foundation is to seize the foundation of others!
Heihu suddenly remembered that it was not that he had no chance. What he had learned was the foundation seizing method. He could seize other people's foundations to improve his own spiritual root level and speed up his own cultivation progress. As long as the quality of his spiritual roots improved, there was still hope for everything.
But whose foundation should I seize?
After figuring out how to grow, Black Tiger fell into deep thought again.
Seizing the foundation of the disciples of the Black Prison Sect can definitely greatly improve the quality of one's spiritual roots, but it is too dangerous. This behavior is undoubtedly like a snake swallowing an elephant, and will only be counterattacked.
Thinking of this, Black Tiger's eyes flashed with anger, and then he turned his attention to the other servants who were also lying on the ground.
He didn't know how long he could hold on to such a day. Maybe one day he would be beaten to death like other handymen, and his death would be worthless, like a piece of grass. He was not willing to do this.
Although the method of killing other handymen to fulfill himself is very cruel, and it can be said that it is no different from the disciples of the Black Prison Sect, but as long as he can live, he is willing to be a villain, even a big devil.
