Chapter 129
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Chapter 129: Awakening of Spirit Sense and Life Force
"Buy grain…"
Cheng Wenjie stared at the roaring flames, his expression blank.
Isn’t this better than his own banditry?
Of course, it’s not that he was not as ruthless as Yun Ye; it’s just that what he longed for was to charge into people’s homes and plunder freely, not to simply rob on the road.
Charging into homes to plunder was the act of a Spiritual Law family, while robbing on the road was merely seen as a feat by others.
The two situations clearly cannot be compared!
"Spiritual Law masters are indeed different… No, this monster is different. Normally, who would dare to strike?”
Why didn’t he directly rob the landlord?
There is only one reason.
The landlord is a pawn of the families; each landlord is not an independent individual.
Killing those small merchant caravans is one thing; without a Spiritual Law master, they are just small merchants, unrelated to the families.
But if he were to kill the landlord, each one would definitely have ties to the families.
The families could easily abandon these landlords, slaughter entire villages, but outsiders must not do the same!
"Moon Disk!"
Yun Ye activated the Moon Disk while running, and Cheng Wenjie collided into it, causing his whole body to stiffen and slowly sink into the Secret Realm.
Meanwhile, Yun Ye passed over the Moon Disk and disappeared into the forest.
A great harvest!
An incredible harvest!
Although most of the grain had already been sent to Baishi Town, a huge amount still remained for Yun Ye!
Eight thousand pounds!
This eight thousand pounds was what the landlord needed for an entire year, so it had not been sent out!
Now, it all belonged to Yun Ye. With this eight thousand pounds of grain, he could start making Spirit-level superior food!
In just one month, Yun Ye could return to a perfect cultivation level in the Qi Cultivation Technique, awakening at least two paths!
“Hahaha…”
Yun Ye realized just how powerless he had been in his first life!
If you have strength, you should go seize it!
So, why do families and dynasties exist?
Only by exploiting others can one quickly complete primitive accumulation and gain unimaginable advantages.
Those who honestly farm will see their fate, and it is clear for all to see.
Everyone knows that a man cannot become rich without instant wealth, and a horse cannot grow fat without late-night grazing!
But who knows that such wealth can cost the lives of the poor, and night grazing can cost the lives of hardworking horses!
Be an honest slave, toiling like a beast—why wouldn’t the master exploit you?
The easier you are to handle, the more they will take advantage of you!
"Families? I can still walk your path! Your limits are here, but my limits are far from the end!"
After Yun Ye vanished into the forest, he began to forge Spirit-level superior food, making his way toward the former borders of Baishi Town.
Duanqiao River!
This food was enough, enough for him to reach perfection!
In that case, the next step was to awaken his Spirit Sense and life force, then use skill points to assist in directly unlocking his Spiritual Roots!
…
The fierce fire consumed the landlord’s grand mansion.
When the villagers extinguished the flames, they discovered that the landlord’s family and all their servants had turned to charred corpses, with not a single one escaping.
This incident was too significant; the villagers quickly went to Baishi Town to inform the authorities.
Soon, investigators arrived.
However, they were not from the government, but from the Xiang family.
Qu Village belonged to the Xiang family.
The entire landlord family perishing overnight caught the attention of their clan.
Was this a fire, or was it murder? They needed to find out; otherwise, how could their business operations remain stable?
This did not mean that it would cause unrest among the people, affecting productivity—there were so many people that randomly killing a few could serve as a warning, and with the hard work of these beasts, there was really no need for intimidation.
The reason was simple: unstable work leads to death!
Guaranteed death versus possible death was enough for a bunch of ignorant beasts to recognize the stakes.
The Xiang family came to investigate, primarily wary of other families, then of demons, and finally of human perpetrators.
The investigation results were quite clear.
"There are traces of Spiritual Law!"
"It’s certainly not a natural disaster!"
Xiang Zhijing, a water law practitioner, was keenly aware of subtle changes.
The conclusion was drawn, but the targets expanded, making it difficult to investigate further.
There were hundreds of Spiritual Law masters in Baishi Town, each one a suspect—how could they track them down?
"Xiang Spiritual Law, the ashes in the landlord’s warehouse are suspicious; it’s clear that the money and grain have been moved. This must be the thief’s objective."
"And there was an outsider who sought the landlord, but those lowly peasants did not know what the landlord discussed with him. After that person left, the landlord’s home caught fire."
"This should be the work of that person."
Five big men quickly reported the information they had gathered.
"That outsider was an adult, along with a five-year-old child?"
Xiang Zhijing frowned, confirming repeatedly, yet he received the same reply.
He felt somewhat puzzled; why would someone steal food with a child in tow?
They clearly didn’t seem like real thieves.
However, he needed an explanation. Since they were the prime suspects, he decided to capture them first and figure it out later.
Xiang Zhijing ordered the five big men, “Gather more people for a search. If you see anyone resembling them, arrest and interrogate them—leave no one behind!”
“Yes!”
The five big men, hands on their steel knives, rushed into the village to gather support.
In this remote and impoverished village, they could only rally the villagers.
Without needing much from their master, these five servants knew exactly what to do. If any of these commoners dared to disobey, they would be killed on the spot!
Quickly, the five men forcefully assembled a team of over a hundred people.
Without caring whether these farmers had urgent tasks, they swiftly split into teams and began searching for clues.
Without tracking skills, the over one hundred people could only conduct a thorough search.
Even the five big men who had tracking skills could only follow traces up to five hundred meters; beyond that, the signs became almost impossible to see, making tracking significantly more difficult.
Their tracking technique relied on a modified Qi Cultivation Technique to enhance their eyes and noses, granting insights that ordinary people couldn’t attain, but this had its limits.
Yun Ye let Cheng Wenjie enter the Secret Realm and rushed outside. With his level of Qi Cultivation and the child’s small size, the traces were indeed few and far between—even a true professional tracker would need various trained dogs and tracking equipment to continue the pursuit.
For the Xiang family, who lacked a systematic approach, relying entirely on extraordinary tracking skills was truly unsustainable.
Moreover, the Qi Cultivation Technique could only be considered half-exceptional. If Xiang Zhijing had personally taken action, he could have easily picked up on the traces, but since he wanted to maintain his authority without personally engaging, the outcome was predetermined.
However, he didn’t need perfect results.
"There’s no sign of transport—did they vanish into thin air? Was it really done by a family?" Xiang Zhijing frowned.
This matched the characteristics of a spatial artifact, which only families possessed; it wasn’t something that random outsiders could obtain!
Could it be that their rivals were causing chaos?
Families usually had an unspoken agreement and rarely engaged in such blatant destructive acts.
Not only was it unproductive, but it also destabilized the situation, causing everyone’s collective benefits to decline.
Yet during the time of great disaster, this unspoken agreement had to change—many villages were already spotting signs of calamity and were swiftly wiped out.
The already weakened families naturally wanted to drag others down with them; otherwise, wouldn’t they be at a loss?
For this reason, Xiang Zhijing had every right to suspect that this was the work of a family.
If that were the case, it would be troublesome; the Xiang family wouldn’t be able to hold anyone accountable, as digging deeper would only face pressure from multiple families.
They would truly have to suffer this loss!
“Let’s go.”
Xiang Zhijing waved his sleeve and led the group back the way they came. This matter was beyond his control.
…
After Yun Ye ran far enough, he quickly entered the Secret Realm.
Crafting Spirit-level superior food was not a simple task.
He needed various equipment, as well as exceptionally precise food essence.
The food essences created by families were entirely hand-made, with extremely low accuracy, and they had not understood the principles behind them; they just relied on experience and luck in their production.
Just like traditional Chinese medicine, which might achieve many incredible things, it couldn’t perform advanced surgeries like heart transplants solely based on “knowing that it works but not knowing why.”
Currently, Yun Ye didn’t have the equipment from his previous life, so he could only rely on his senses. However, he was well aware of the principles, and he had no problem purifying various spiritual materials.
As long as he purified them step by step in advance and then compiled them at the end, the accuracy issue wouldn’t be significant, and creating a small amount of Spirit-level food essence would definitely not be a problem.
“I have a body the size of a five-year-old, with abundant vitality, and I receive additional benefits from practicing the Qi Cultivation Technique!”
“Moreover, the superior food I can eat now is much less than what I needed to eat when I was bigger! When I was twelve, I needed to eat one or two pounds in a meal, but now I don’t even need half that!”
After Yun Ye started consuming Spirit-level superior food to enhance his Qi Cultivation Technique, he discovered many situations he hadn’t noticed before.
Back then, to awaken his life force, he had to eat Spirit-level superior food for a whole year or two and it was incredibly challenging.
Perhaps this was because he was gradually growing; his body required more and more nutrients while the vitality in his growth period was gradually ceasing to burst forth, and the combination of these two factors caused his cultivation speed to drop significantly.
"The older I get, the less suitable I am for cultivation. It seems I have many pitfalls to avoid. I’ve only reached the limit of the mundane realm… what will happen next?"
Yun Ye didn’t know.
He could only focus on the present.
…
With Spirit-level superior food consumed without fail, Yun Ye’s growth was astonishingly fast.
In fifteen days, he perfected his Qi Cultivation Technique!
With enough foundation, Yun Ye directly began to awaken his Spirit Sense!
The life energy in his body surged into his brain, resonating throughout his entire self, and his body rapidly achieved transparency.
This process faced no obstacles at all; the state was extremely perfect!
“Awakening Spirit Sense!”
Yun Ye closed his eyes, and after several seconds, when he opened them, his eyes radiated with a divine light.
He succeeded on the first attempt!
His body, only a few months old, had no severe hidden injuries blocking him, allowing him to easily awaken his Spirit Sense!
In an instant, his control over his body greatly increased. The confusion caused by the new body quickly reorganized.
At this moment, his Imagining Method reached a perfect level, with effectiveness about 200% stronger than Major Achievement.
Without Spirit Sense, he couldn’t monitor his body around the clock, leading to the waste of much life energy.
Theoretically, without Spirit Sense, neither the basic Qi Cultivation Technique nor the Imagining Method of Qi Cultivation could reach perfection.
But this only applied to ordinary people; some geniuses could naturally perceive subtle changes in their bodies and achieve perfection without Spirit Sense, perfectly utilizing all life energy.
“According to the knowledge of the major families, the order to unlock the Three Major Techniques should be to open Spirit Sense, life force, and Spiritual Roots sequentially. This is indeed correct! With Spirit Sense, cultivation will accelerate again, and finding life force and controlling the spiritual void will be countless times easier!”
Yun Ye was very pleased with his changes.
He looked at Cheng Wenjie, his Spirit Sense transforming into chains that directly wrapped around him, invading Cheng Wenjie’s brain.
"Ahhh!"
Cheng Wenjie crouched down, holding his head in pain, being forcefully invaded.
However, Yun Ye discovered that it wasn’t simple; even for an ordinary person, it was difficult to control him forcefully.
"It seems I can only use Spirit Law."
"Spirit Law Lock!"
The chains transformed into a special structure that locked up Cheng Wenjie’s entire body, merging into him.
Cheng Wenjie’s instinctive resistance was crushed on the spot, and his face turned pale as he collapsed to the ground.
The effect of the Spirit Law Lock was straightforward: as soon as Yun Ye willed it, he could detonate the Spirit Sense chains, causing Cheng Wenjie’s brain to explode.
"Is it so difficult to control an ordinary person by force?"
"It seems the oath law makes sense…"
Yun Ye murmured to himself.
This was good news.
The Spirit Law wasn’t as overpowered as he had imagined.
If he wanted to forcefully plant restrictions to control a person’s life or death, it would require a massive amount of effort, even for an ordinary person.
If the target were to change to a cultivator, their resistance would be even stronger, plus there was the risk of being worn down, needing re-strengthening every now and then. This method was too inefficient for large-scale use.
Because of this, the oath law appeared.
Voluntarily agreeing would greatly enhance the restrictions.
Whether this agreement was forced or genuinely given, it at least merged with the individual’s spirit when it occurred.
This spiritual will served as a pass, allowing the Spirit Law to linger longer within the body and thus amplifying its effectiveness… after all, it was agreed upon by the individual.
“Continue to cultivate, then hunt down monsters!”
Yun Ye was confident he could fully awaken the Three Major Techniques within a few months, so he began to focus on his cultivation.
As for hunting monsters, he could postpone that for a bit.
With the assistance of Spirit-level superior food, investing skill points in the Qi Cultivation Technique felt unwise; skill points could directly enhance mastery in both experience-related skills and cultivation methods, so it was better to use them on skills that required substantial time to master, right?
Knowledge could be carried to the next life, but cultivation could not.
…
In the outside world, months passed quickly and winter arrived.
This winter’s cold was far beyond previous years, causing many poor people to freeze to death.
Qu Village, Mingzhu Village, Liu Village… there were too many impoverished villages around Baishi Town, and these villages couldn’t afford winter clothing or firewood. In times like this, one death led to many more.
This time was no exception, as numerous poor people froze, starved, or met other tragic ends.
If it were previously, these deaths would have been just that, causing little to stir.
But this year was a special time; a great disaster was approaching…
In all the villages with many deaths, an invisible calamity energy rolled and surged underground, seeping into the corpses.
Then, as night fell, the corpses, which had been buried hastily in shallow graves for a long time, began to tremble one after another.
They were undergoing corpse transformation; zombies were born from resentment, and the suffering of the poor throughout their lives generated immense grudges.
On this day, the full moon was covered by dark clouds, and countless corpses opened their eyes simultaneously.
