Absorbing Resentment

Whether in talent or strength, Wujin was enough to overpower a host of prodigies. His only flaw was the undead resentment within his body.

Although Xia Yi had a favorable impression of Wujin and felt that he was even more trustworthy than Gu Yue, he still shook his head and said calmly, "It's true that I came from the Star Dou Forest, but I'm not a subordinate of the Master of Soul Beasts. I have no obligation to clean up her mess."

It was not that Xia Yi was cruel-hearted. The resentment within Wujin's body was simply too immense. If he provoked it carelessly, he feared that it would completely erode him.

He was not kind enough to risk his life for someone he had only just met.

He could lend a hand, but only if he could ensure his absolute safety.

Back in the Star Dou Forest, perhaps because his knowledge had been limited, Xia Yi had not cared much about life and death. The strong preyed on the weak. He had eaten so many Soft Bone Rabbits that he could guess that one day, he might either become food for another Soul Beast or be captured by humans like the old turtle he knew and subjected to so-called Spirit Soul experiments.

At that time, he only needed to fill his stomach every day, then set as many traps as possible to keep himself alive a little longer. That had been enough for him.

Because of Gu Yue, his world had undergone earth-shaking changes.

After seeing more of the world, he had long since become unwilling to remain ordinary. He desperately wanted to grow stronger and learn about his origins.

He even wanted to drag out the plane and ask why it had targeted him and the Soul Beasts.

And to accomplish all that, the first thing he needed was to survive.

So he had to be even more cautious than he had been in the Star Dou Forest.

"How about this? As long as you're willing to try, whether it works or not, I'll give you a Hundred-Thousand-Year Heaven and Earth Spirit." Wujin still refused to give up. Since Xia Yi had arrived here safely without being affected, there was a good chance that even if Xia Yi absorbed the resentment, he would remain unaffected.

The resentment inside him had severely hindered his cultivation speed. Having finally seen hope, how could he possibly give up so easily?

Moreover, after seeing Gu Yue, he was already close to losing control over the resentment within his body. Xia Yi was his only choice.

"A Hundred-Thousand-Year Heaven and Earth Spirit?" Xia Yi frowned. Because he had been weak, he had always lived at the edge of the Star Dou Forest and truly did not know what a Heaven and Earth Spirit was.

Because his talent had been too poor, Di Tian had concluded that he could never achieve much on the path of cultivation, so he had never considered giving him a Heaven and Earth Spirit to consume.

Furthermore, the Heaven and Earth Spirits in the Star Dou Forest had long since been almost completely harvested by the Spirit Pagoda. Even among the Beasts of the Star Dou Forest Core, there were not many left.

During Xia Yi's month in the Star Dou Forest Core, he had mostly followed Di Tian, Bi Ji, and Zi Ji while familiarizing himself with his human body and Soul Skills. He had never seen any Heaven and Earth Spirits from the Star Dou Forest Core either.

"What do you think? A Hundred-Thousand-Year Ice Phoenix Flower. I carefully cultivated it for a hundred thousand years and intended to use it to survive a Beast's Heavenly Tribulation. It's an unparalleled treasure and absolutely among the finest Hundred-Thousand-Year Heaven and Earth Spirits." Wujin continued tempting Xia Yi. He believed Xia Yi was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Transformed Soul Beast and had no idea that Xia Yi did not even know what a Heaven and Earth Spirit was.

Xia Yi did not know that even the Star Dou Forest no longer possessed any Hundred-Thousand-Year Heaven and Earth Spirits.

Once, the Star Dou Forest had contained several Hundred-Thousand-Year Heaven and Earth Spirits.

Some of them had even been more effective than Wujin's Hundred-Thousand-Year Ice Phoenix Flower, but the Spirit Pagoda had harvested them all under various pretexts.

Looking across the entire continent, aside from the Ice Phoenix Flower in Wujin's possession, only the Tang Sect's Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and the depths of the Wujin sea might still contain Hundred-Thousand-Year Heaven and Earth Spirits.

"A Hundred-Thousand-Year Ice Phoenix Flower." Xia Yi frowned slightly and said calmly, "Let me see it."

"It's still in the Endless Mountains!" Wujin looked embarrassed. "I raised the Ice Phoenix Flower inside a snow mountain in the Endless Mountains. No one but me can find it. That place is currently occupied by the Blood God Legion. Once I join the Blood God Legion in the future, I'll be able to retrieve the Ice Phoenix Flower for you."

"The Blood God Legion?" Xia Yi frowned again. In front of Wujin, he felt like he did not even measure up to an elementary school student. He knew nothing.

"The Blood God Legion is a legion formed by humans to fight the Abyssal Creatures," Wujin explained. He did not dislike the Blood God Legion.

His goal was to join the Blood God Legion, then use its strength to gradually fight his way into the Abyssal Plane.

"A Hundred-Thousand-Year Ice Phoenix Flower... is it really as good as you say?" Xia Yi asked again.

"Of course. Even if you don't consume a Hundred-Thousand-Year Ice Phoenix Flower, simply carrying it with you can speed up your cultivation." Wujin spoke in a deep voice. It pained him to use the Ice Phoenix Flower as a bargaining chip with Xia Yi, but he had no choice. The only leverage he had left was the Ice Phoenix Flower he had painstakingly cultivated in the Endless Mountains when he was still the Snow Jade Lion Emperor.

"Speed up cultivation?" Xia Yi's eyes lit up. His biggest problem now was that his cultivation was too low. If he could raise it quickly, then taking a little risk was acceptable.

Once his cultivation caught up to prodigies like Wujin, Gu Yue, and Na'er, Xia Yi believed that even if his First Soul Skill could not be used in combat, he would still be able to fight them head-on.

"That's right. And after consuming the Ice Phoenix Flower, it can nourish your body and meridians, improving your cultivation talent." Wujin nodded.

"Fine, I can try. But let me make this clear: if the resentment affects me at all, I'll immediately stop helping you absorb it. And you must still give me the Ice Phoenix Flower." Xia Yi looked at Wujin and spoke solemnly. What he lacked most right now was cultivation and talent, and the Ice Phoenix Flower could satisfy both needs.

Wujin had seen that what Xia Yi needed most was to improve his cultivation and talent. That was why he had explained those two qualities of the Ice Phoenix Flower to him.

"Of course." Wujin's eyes brightened, and a trace of burning anticipation appeared in his gaze. If Xia Yi could truly help him resolve the resentment, his cultivation would surely advance by leaps and bounds.

"Good. Tell me what I need to do." Xia Yi nodded.

"It's simple. Just meditate here like you usually do when cultivating. The only difference is that when you normally meditate, you absorb the energy of heaven and earth, but here, you can only absorb resentment." Wujin spoke in a deep voice.

"Alright." Xia Yi nodded, closed his eyes, and began to meditate.

The moment he began meditating, he immediately felt threads of icy power entering his body through every pore.

It was a chill that spread from within outward, as though what had frozen was not temperature, but his heart.

In an instant, Xia Yi felt a force fill every corner of his body. At that moment, he felt both his body and mind freeze stiff.

"Wake up!" A voice that pierced straight into his soul suddenly exploded beside Xia Yi's ear.

Xia Yi abruptly opened his eyes and realized that he was already lying on the bed in the dormitory.

He shifted his body and discovered that his entire body had been frozen stiff by a force emanating from within. Even moving was extremely difficult.

"How is it? Are you alright?" Wujin asked impatiently, looking at Xia Yi with expectant eyes.