Rank four cultivation country of Hidden Marsh.
The country was fourth-ranked like all others, but for some reason, the spiritual energy in this place was far thicker than in the other countries. It also had a unique dark feeling to it that couldn't be described by mere words.
"Blood Surging, Diamond Carapace and Bone Sigil. These three realms focus on the training of blood, muscle tissues and bones.
"There aren't many complications involved in it and one only needs to have ample resources to cultivate them to perfection…"
Yun Dingxing spoke to his son while travelling towards a swamp.
"The first major hurdle is the step between the peak of Bone Sigil and Soul Convergence.
"Following that stage, one's natural talents start to have less and less effect and comprehension comes into play."
As they continued to travel, a cluster of buildings came into view. Located in a swamp, the forest surrounding it was filled with exotic beasts and colourful insects.
"By gaining enlightenment on one of the grand dao of heaven and earth, those at the peak of Jade Core can shatter their core and give birth to a Nascent Divinity.
To them, the body is just like a cloth that they can wear and discard at will…"
The two of them were now above the sect's ground. From here they could smell a foul odour coming from the swamp.
Hundred Poisons Valley.
The name was written on top of a wooden board which was rotten in many places.
"But unlike them, we body refiners don't condense our soul into a Nascent Divinity.
"Rather, we make the soul converge with the fleshly body so that every drop of blood, every strand of hair carries our will!
"Even if the fleshly body is destroyed, as long as a single drop of blood remains, we can regenerate back!"
Tianlong's eyes shone with unprecedented sharpness as he considered his words. This ability nearly bordered indestructibility!
"Of course, not everyone is capable of achieving such perfect regeneration. Nevertheless, killing someone at that stage is extremely difficult!
"After the body fuses with the soul, we start to comprehend our blood and try to connect with our ancestral lineage. That realm is called the – Ancient Restoration realm!"
Yun Dingxing softly murmured. He had not reached that stage yet, but he had absolute confidence that he would reach that stage in near future.
Tianlong looked at the swamp below and hesitated for a moment. "Dad, is the sect master of this sect also in that realm?"
"No. The old hag is just half-step into the Soul Transformation realm." Yun Dingxing firmly shook his head.
"If the old hag was already at Soul Transformation stage, I couldn't extort them so straightforwardly with my mid-stage Soul Convergence realm cultivation. I would need to employ some different tactics..."
Now that he finally knew the cultivation base of his father, Tianlong was both surprised and worried.
Surprised because as far as he knew, his father was still less than two centuries old. To achieve mid-stage of the Soul Convergence realm in such a short time, his natural talents and comprehension must be extremely shocking.
Worried because the person the 'old hag' his father kept mentioning was a half-step. As far as he knew, Soul Transformation was similar to the Ancient Restoration realm and was a stage of Soul refiners and Qi refiners.
At the later stages, the difference between cultivation stages became more and more pronounced. The difference of a minor realm could decide the life and death of a cultivator.
For a mid-stage Soul convergence realm cultivator to contend against a half-step Soul Transformation realm cultivator, it was just suicide.
As if understanding his son's worries, Yun Dingxing patted his shoulder and spoke in a soft tone,
"Don't worry, I know my limits. I'll give her proper respect."
Just when Tianlong sighed in relief, Yun Dingxing took a deep breath and let out a roar.
"Old hag Jiang Yu, your father Yun Dingxing has arrived! Why haven't you come out yet?"
Just like in all the previous cases, the disciples and elders below the Nascent Soul stage all coughed up blood and fell unconscious.
However, the sound didn't kill any of the insects or beasts. It was his way of giving her face…
In the next moment, the angry voice of a woman sounded from the valley.
"Old demon Dingxing, today this grandma will eat you alive!"
"No thank you. I'm already married!" Yun Dingxing responded with a laugh.
A purple-haired middle-aged woman wearing a green Daoist robe rushed out from one of the huts. There were three handsome men following her.
All of them were giving out powerful auras that lose the slightest to all the previous Nascent Soul cultivators they had encountered.
However, it was the middle-aged woman who stood out the most. Not because of her charm, but because of her fluctuating aura.
In one instant she would release an aura that far surpassed the combined aura of the three men and in the next instant, her aura would be completely gone making her seem like a mortal.
"Shameless!" Gnashing her teeth, the middle-aged woman looked at him with fury.
"As the inheritor of the rank-six country of Cloud Sea, how could you be so vulgar? Do you feel no shame?"
Along with anger, Tianlong felt that there was also helplessness in her voice. His father must have extorted her quite a few times in the past few decades.
This fact relieved him.
"What prince? I'm just the patriarch's son. Every resource that I have accumulated is through my own hard work!"
While some might find his words satirical, it was indeed true. To possess such a cultivation base where you can go and rob people, it indeed needed a lot of hard work.
"What do you want this time?" She asked him in a cold voice.
"Same as before. Half of the spirit stones, medicinal herbs and Hundred-Poisons pills. Oh, and also add some aphrodisiacs too. My son is grown up, he may need them for purposes."
Tianlong's forehead was filled with black lines. He couldn't understand why his old man would drag his name through the mud.
"Jiang Ye Zi, there's no need to talk further with this shameless man. With our combined might, we can surely take him down!" One of the men couldn't handle this further and wanted to fight.
Seeing the middle-aged woman's silence, they understood that she wasn't opposed to the idea.
"Oh, so you are her new in her harem? Knowing her taste, you shouldn't be too bad. Don't disappoint me ~" Yun Dingxing looked at the man who had just spoken and smiled.
Like many other powerful female cultivators, this woman had a harem of talented men. The male furnaces she had, also numbered in hundreds.
If it was some other occasion, all of them would've attacked him together. However, Yun Dingxing's attack made sure that all the weaker ones lost their consciousness.
Incensed by his words, the man let out a strange whistle that echoed throughout the forest. Instantly, all the insects buzzed and flew towards him.
Another man took out a bottle containing ten medicinal pills and started to weave hand signs.
The last man sat on the ground and started to chant in a strange language that caused the earth to violently tremble.
As for the beautiful middle-aged woman, she just floated in mid-air without doing anything.
All of them chanting in a strange language that caused the entire forest to suddenly come alive.
Thousands of vines that looked like iron chains joined together and shot towards Yun Dingxing.
"Son, once I gave you a manual which detailed the process of cultivating the Parting Wind slash. Having practised it, you must have sensed that it is too unnecessarily complex for something that only creates wind blades."
The cultivation art had high requirements of wind affinity while also having an intricate system of channelling internal energy.
After getting his new physique, Tianlong could create a wind blade with a simple wave of his hands.
In comparison, the art was indeed unnecessarily complex.
"Well, that technique is just a variant of the first technique of the Wind Genesis Art. Unless you can master the Parting Wind blades, you can never learn the entire art!"
Unbothered by the incoming attacks, he explained the intricacies of the Wind Genesis Art to Tianlong with a slight smile on his face.
Due to the conversation being purely mental, their exchange was extremely fast.
"Parting Wind is the first style of the Wind Genesis Art. The key to master the technique lies in its name."
By now the vines were merely 300 metres away from them. They had merged together to form a 600 metres long wood dragon. Thorns were covering its body upon which many beast corpses were visible.
However, the most dangerous thing about it was the green gas filling its jaws. Its toxicity was so high that even the dragon was melting under its effect.
When the wood dragon was just 200 metres away from them, Yun Dingxing finally took action.
His body glowed with a strange light as he released a mouthful of air and spoke softly:
"First style, Parting Wind!"
An explosive boom sounded throughout the valley.
The wind around them rippled and tens of thousands of illusionary blades appeared.
Dancing in the air, they took the form of a massive sword formation.
On its appearance, Tianlong felt that his connection with the wind had been forcibly cut off. His breathing stopped and his blood pressure started to rise at an alarming rate.
However, it wasn't only him who was feeling such symptoms. Even the Nascent Soul cultivators shared the same fate.
Their eyes became bloodshot while a few of their blood veins popped.
Strangely, the popping of veins and their low roars made no sound at all. Even the sound of chanting became inaudible.
As the dragon passed through the formation, the tens of thousands of wind blades simultaneously chopped down on it.
Under its rampage, they continuously destroyed and regenerated.
The destruction of the blades caused the wood dragon's body to split apart at a frightening pace. From distance, it looked like someone was cutting down wood in the sky.
By the time the dragon reached them, it was nothing more than a bunch of splinters.
As for the green gas in its jaw, the formation sucked it in and condensed it into a medicinal pill. Yun Dingxing looked at it with satisfaction and kept it for himself.
"Hu…" The cultivators took a deep breath as the formation vanished. Their sound could also be heard once again.
That one of his struck all the cultivators with fear. There was no longer the earlier arrogance in their looks, only seriousness and a bit of fear.
The middle-aged woman looked at all of this with a calm gaze, as if it was already within her expectation.
As for Tianlong, his eyes shone with unprecedented excitement.
Due to his physique, he didn't face many problems while that technique was performed.
In fact, his mind was connected to his father's mind during the entire attack. Tianlong's understanding of the Parting Wind style reached a new height.
He would've immediately isolated himself and started to comprehend the insights if not for the bizarre sight below him.