Gong Wu couldn't believe what he was reading this technique was simply too crazy.
"This is a flesh-refining technique but why does it have to be so insane!"
Gong Wu was having a hard time trying to figure out if this was the sect leaders' cultivation technique and not some kind of self-torture method.
It looks to be the sect leaders' self-made technique created from a collection of hundreds of body-refining methods and it was called the "Flesh Forging Metamorphic art,".
'There is no way anyone can cultivate this technique it is simply too barbaric I'll die if I try to.'
Gong Wu was panicking right now there was no way to practice this suicidal technique and he knew if he didn't he was gonna be killed.
This isn't a room it's a jail cell and Gong Wu wasn't the sect leader's disciple he was his prisoner.
If he doesn't show any results in his cultivation he knew he was gonna die, there was no escape for him.
Gong Wu was at the very heart of the Coiling Dragon Temple in the middle of their blessed land surrounded by elders and elite disciples.
Trying to run would only lead to his demise with his current strength.
Gong Wu was only at the beginning stages of the body tempering realm that was surrounded by several soul formation and golden core realm cultivators at the peak of a mountain.
'No escape, there is no escape I'm gonna die for sure!'
Gong Wu was curled up on the ground trembling in fear at his inevitable death which you would think wouldn't scare him but no matter how many times he would die the threat of death always terrified him.
'What can I do someone tell me what can I do!?'
.....
Sha Jiu walked with a solemn expression plastered on his stoic young face.
He was one of the Dao protectors that served the sect leader which meant he was responsible for protecting the sect leader and this responsibility brought many benefits.
Sha Jiu had a terrible aptitude for cultivation and you could say he had garbage talent but even so, he was at the peak of the soul formation realm and he could even fight against golden core realm cultivators.
This was all thanks to the top-notch resources given to him by the sect leader but don't go thinking this job was without great dangers.
Being someone's Dao protector was no different than becoming their slave they even had to sign a contract that gave their souls over to their masters.
Their lives were literally in the hands of their masters if they ever failed or disobeyed an order only death awaited them.
Sha Jiu understood this when he was asked to become the sect leader's Dao protector but he didn't care as long as he became stronger it didn't matter.
"I don't gotta do much this time just give this special fruit to the sect leader's new plaything to increase his chance of survival,"
In Sha Jiu's hands was a fruit known as a Dharmic bodhi fruit it was round almost a perfect sphere with a short dark green stem and Sha Jiu just couldn't keep his eyes off the fruit it had such an amazing appearance.
The fruit was transparent like glass and was a carmine red that shined with dazzling ruby light.
'It's not just beautiful I also heard it was a very rare type of spirit fruit so why would the sect leader give it to a soon-to-be-dead man?'
Sha Jiu knew that the sect leader gave Gong Wu the "Flesh Forging Metamorphic art," to practice so he was certain he would die.
The sect leader was a very curious man obsessed with finding or making the craziest of things whether it was alchemy, weapons, formations, or techniques he'd do anything that came to mind then he would force others to do them.
That was the real purpose of the sect leader's faction, they were nothing but lab rats to the sect leader and whether or not they lived or died meant nothing to him.
Sha Jiu knew his master was a lunatic from the Eastern lands who was forced into exile here in the Southern lands after he pissed off a bunch of powerhouses.
He also knew that the Coiling Dragon Temple was just a collection of several smaller sects that were destroyed and then absorbed into the sect the master created on a whim.
In the end, everything here was created on a whim by the sect leader one day when he got bored.
Even the name of the sect was just something the master decided on because and I quote "It is a badass name,"
Seriously he said that and he's like a hundred years old but never seemed to grow up past the age of 12.
However, he was a Nascent soul realm cultivator who was on the verge of breaking through into the Ascension realm.
In fact, he's been on the verge of breaking through for a while now but he hasn't for some unknown reason.
"But knowing him it's probably just because he didn't feel like it he really is a psychopath,"
It was because the sect leader was deranged that Sha Jiu wasn't gonna question his orders he'd give the fruit to Gong Wu and then leave.
....
It took Sha Jiu a long time to reach Gong Wu's room because he had to walk all the way to the very edge of the island to get there.
Of course, he couldn't use any other method to get here because the sect leader had forbidden it for God only knows why.
"Okay, just gotta hand this to him then I'm done, I got other shit to do so let's get this over with,"
Sha Jiu then opened the sealed door and walked into the bedroom but didn't find him.
'Where is that guy there's no way he got out of this room it has a space locking formation making it difficult for even a golden core cultivator to escape.'
Sha Jiu looked everywhere but couldn't find Gong Wu and he was starting to get pissed off after a while.
Sha Jiu had enough of playing hide and seek so he was about to leave when he heard a noise in the bathroom.
He then went inside and this is where he found Gong Wu in a corner next to the tub quietly sobbing.
"What the hell are you doing?"
Gong Wu hadn't heard Sha Jiu so when he heard his voice he panicked and sprung into action taking a fighting stance.
"Whoa calm down you freak I have this spirit fruit for you the sect leader said that it contains vast amounts of pure essence Qi that will assist you in cultivating the technique he gave you so eat up,"
Sha Jiu tossed that fruit to Gong Wu who quickly grabbed it. After Sha Jiu made sure Gong Wu had the fruit he left sealing the room off once again.
Gong Wu stared at the dazzling Dharmic Bodhi fruit in his large boney hands clearly feeling the great energy sealed within.
'With this, I now have a slim chance of survival.'