Chapter 146
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Chapter 146: Is There Vitality?
Bai Shendong’s words caught Yun Ye’s attention. Many thoughts flashed in Yun Ye’s mind as he asked, “What does this mean? Your special power should be Spirit Law, right? This power has weakened your physique?”
“That’s right. To be exact, the power of the Bai Shen combines Spirit Law with one of the five elements; it’s a special transforming dark attribute… Merging attributes puts pressure on the body, something all prestigious families should know!” Bai Shendong looked at Yun Ye, realizing that someone asking such a question didn’t seem like a member of a prestigious family.
“Why does merging attributes pressure the body? Is it too strong?” Yun Ye remained silent for a while before asking.
“Otherwise? Merging attributes are incredibly unstable. To house something that unstable in your body, do you think there’s no cost? Only a sufficiently powerful prestigious bloodline can bear such strength; otherwise, even if you activate your Spiritual Roots, you won’t progress for life! And for someone like me, who has a domineering dark attribute, activating it means the countdown to my life has begun!” Bai Shendong explained.
“So, you are going to die soon?” Yun Ye was slightly taken aback.
“That’s not far off from the truth, so I have no need to keep moving forward,” Bai Shendong replied.
This surprised Yun Ye. “Did you initially have a chance to survive?”
“A chance… heh, only a slim one.”
“I initially planned to go to the most fertile area in Huangzhou, the Great Wilderness Spirit Marsh. There, numerous immortal sects reside, including the top sect in these three states, the Cloud Heavenly Spirit Sect!”
“As long as I can join, even if just as a mere entry disciple… I might solve my problem.”
“But now, I don’t even have three years left to live, and even if I joined the Cloud Heavenly Spirit Sect, it’s impossible to gather a large amount of Spiritual Herbs in just three years to prolong my life, so… it’s no longer necessary.”
Bai Shendong said.
“Do you only need Spiritual Herbs to address your problem?” Yun Ye asked again.
“Only need? Heh, that ‘only need’ is well said… With my issue, I probably need around five hundred Spiritual Herbs to enhance my vitality so I can create a spiritual body and eliminate the risks! Can you conjure five hundred Spiritual Herbs? If you can, I would absolutely kneel down and honor you like an ancestor!”
Bai Shendong sneered.
Yun Ye looked at his smug expression, and in his mind, he envisioned taking out five hundred Spiritual Herbs and placing them before him, eager to see his shocked reaction…
Unfortunately, it was a shame. He had no Spiritual Herbs, not even fifty; waiting for the Secret Realm to produce five hundred would take an incredibly long time, and he didn’t know if he could live to see that day.
Furthermore, even if he did have them, when he reached the limit of the third realm, he couldn’t offer any extras. Bai Shendong had helped him, but that was merely a bonus; it didn’t justify Yun Ye using resources meant to conquer Baishi Town on him.
However…
If this person was willing to risk it, the outcome was not certain!
Thinking of this, Yun Ye immediately said, “Bai Dao friend, you are bound to die, right? If that’s the case, would you be willing to try if there’s a chance to survive?”
“A chance? Five hundred Spiritual Herbs? In a place where spirit energy is so scarce, even if we searched everywhere, we wouldn’t find five hundred. Where’s the chance?” Bai Shendong didn’t believe it at all.
“It is true that the spirit energy here is thin, but Baishi Town is special because there is a Secret Realm! Don’t say five hundred, even if you need five thousand, you could find them!”
“Not long ago, the Secret Realm opened, and the major families of Baishi Town obtained a large amount of Spiritual Herbs. It’s only been a year or two, and I am sure they still have plenty left.”
“If you’re willing to seize this opportunity, then join our organization. If the organization can defeat the families of Baishi Town, I can give you a portion of the Spiritual Herbs they’ve saved. Even if it’s not enough to reach five hundred, it should be enough to prolong your life; that’s much better than just waiting to die.”
Yun Ye asserted.
“Baishi Town? Defeat the families? What kind of dream talk are you spouting?”
The more Bai Shendong listened, the more nonsensical it sounded. “Though I don’t know how strong Baishi Town is, since it can stand firm in Huangzhou, it must have law realm cultivators and must possess family Dao artifacts. You and I aren’t even in the spiritual realm; how can we defeat them?!”
“You have no idea how powerful prestigious families are. They master various secret techniques, possess laws inscribed on the Heavenly Path, and their bloodlines carry the blessings of their ancestors. They are born superior beings!”
“Moreover, if there is truly a Secret Realm, they will have gained a vast amount of Spiritual Herbs to enhance their strength, making their power even more terrifying. What’s there to defeat? Wait for a miracle?!”
“So… are you just waiting to die?” Yun Ye said.
Bai Shendong fell silent.
He was close to death.
Either he accepted it or went mad.
At this moment, he felt a mix of resignation and fear; he truly did not want to just pass away like this.
However, the talk of "the rice" was terrifying. This declining family of his had no real abilities, but they were quite aware of the true capabilities that families possessed.
Even if "the rice" was somewhat special and not every prestigious family mastered dual attribute Spiritual Law, it still was not something even a prestigious family could handle, let alone a town with at least five prestigious families.
The feasibility was extremely low; he would likely just become cannon fodder, creating no ripples at all.
After contemplating for a long time, Bai Shendong understood his situation very well. Without Ashu’s protection, how could he possibly survive on his own? His power was barely enough to be useful and was hard to control; even hunting would only yield scraps…
“Who are you, really? Why do you want to eliminate the families of Baishi Town? If I’m not mistaken, you must already be among the strongest few, yet your forces do not seem to include any law realm cultivators and might not even have any spiritual realm cultivators. Why are you trying to shake a tree like an ant?”
Bai Shendong said.
Yun Ye had promised from the start that if successful, he would allow Bai Shendong to use the Spiritual Herbs to prolong his life.
If Bai Shendong didn’t have significant value and Yun Ye wasn’t the leader of the organization, why would such a promise be made?
Of course, if he were just being deceived, then there was nothing more to say.
“Me? I just have hatred, a need to crush the families of Baishi Town to dust.”
Yun Ye did not mention the grand ideologies; that would be too shocking. He could discuss that later.
So, he cast a somewhat ill-intentioned glance at Bai Shendong, which made the latter feel uneasy. He then said, “You should be grateful that you belong to a declining family; otherwise, I wouldn’t bother speaking another word to you.”
“Hatred towards prestigious families? How do you know I am not one of them? Wait, I see now; so that’s what this is…” Bai Shendong replied, realizing something.
He was indeed very wise. During the days when his parents were alive, he displayed remarkable intelligence and even assisted his family in business, leading them to prosperity and earning them great praise. Everyone believed the Bai Shen family was on the verge of a comeback.
Heh, though in the end, they had failed against absolute strength.
Let’s set those old matters aside for now…
Bai Shendong was clever, so he considered everything from many angles.
Once Yun Ye mentioned hatred towards families, he immediately recalled Yun Ye’s early kindness towards him.
Yun Ye had urged him to change his ways; although it was just a single sentence, it was the first time Bai Shendong encountered someone like Yun Ye.
Indeed, he had never seen even one unfamiliar Spiritual Law master show him kindness, even if that kindness was just a barely noticeable reminder.
That he received such a reminder clearly had its reasons, one being that he was angry about Ashu’s death!
A person who could feel such anger and sadness for a mere coachman was not the kind of beast that belonged to a prestigious family…
If that was the case, then Bai Shendong was just an ordinary Spiritual Law master. Though they weren’t deeply acquainted, as long as he hadn’t committed any great sins or evil deeds, it wouldn’t matter if Yun Ye offered a reminder.
