Hundreds of Artifact Spirit Underlings—Wasn't That Basically Invincible?

Lingtian Peak.

Some time had passed since the Extreme Dao Heavenly Stele vanished.

Under Master Pagoda's explanation,

Jun Wangyou gradually figured a few things out.

First, he was not trash. His talent was simply too powerful—explosively powerful.

His body was essentially born with its own compressor.

Others only needed to circulate their spiritual energy through thirty-six major cycles to break through.

But he had to circulate it through more than three thousand six hundred.

Others might only need to absorb a hundred spirit stones to break through.

But he needed ten thousand, or even a hundred thousand, spirit stones to do so.

In other words, given the same resources, Jun Wangyou was destined to cultivate more slowly than others.

But in return, Jun Wangyou was invincible among those of the same realm—absolutely invincible.

The fact that he had shattered the Eternal Extreme Realm just after breaking through to Early Qi Refining was proof enough.

Second, he had struck it rich—the kind of rich where he had become filthy wealthy overnight.

Several hundred treasures had voluntarily acknowledged him as their master, and even the lowest-ranked ones were Top-grade Dao Artifacts.

As for Master Pagoda, according to him, he had once been a Half-step Innate Spirit Treasure.

And now, he was a Top-grade Innate Spirit Treasure.

He had also proudly declared that within this Mystic Realm, there was no treasure of a higher grade than him.

"Tata, are you saying they all belong to me now?"

Inside the room, Jun Wangyou sat cross-legged on the bed, still wearing an expression as though he were dreaming.

Master Pagoda sat beside him with one leg crossed over the other, looking utterly arrogant.

Before them stood several hundred artifact spirits in neat rows.

Each of them had round, lively eyes as they looked Jun Wangyou up and down.

Master Pagoda picked his nose. Though there was nothing to pick out, he casually said,

"Yes, they all belong to you now, Master. If you tell them to go west, they won't dare go east.

If you tell them to stick out their butts, they won't dare lie down."

"Really? Then wouldn't I be ridiculously awesome whenever I went out from now on? Whoever refuses to submit, I'll beat them up?"

Jun Wangyou said excitedly, as if he had discovered a whole new world.

With hundreds of artifact spirit underlings following him whenever he went out and hundreds of top-grade treasures surrounding him, all he needed was a wave of his hand to unleash a barrage of destruction.

How was that any different from carrying hundreds of missiles around with him?

Oh, no!

It was even more awesome than missiles.

Missiles were single-use consumables, but these top-grade treasures were not!

Just thinking about it made Jun Wangyou incredibly excited.

"Uh..."

Master Pagoda had been about to say without hesitation, "That's exactly right."

But then something suddenly occurred to him, and he could not help but ponder it.

The Heavenly Emperor wants Master to gain experience in this world. Since it's experience, he'll definitely need to go through setbacks.

But if Master can casually control these guys, what kind of experience would that be?

He would be invincible the moment he stepped outside. What the hell would he be gaining experience for?

At that thought, cold sweat broke out all over Master Pagoda.

The thought that he might have ruined the Heavenly Emperor's plans made his heart pound uncontrollably.

"Oh no, this won't do!"

Master Pagoda suddenly came back to his senses. His eyes rolled as he thought for a moment, then he hesitantly said, "In theory, that's how it works, but..."

"They have already acknowledged you as their master, so how much strength they can actually display depends on you, Master."

"If you have enough spiritual energy, then naturally you can control them as you please. But if you don't have enough spiritual energy, you won't be able to control them."

"And if you forcefully control them when your spiritual energy is insufficient, you might get drained dry in an instant."

"Is that so?"

Jun Wangyou glanced at Master Pagoda, only half-convinced.

He felt that Master Pagoda was trying to fool him.

But his cultivation was only at Qi Refining right now. He had yet to absorb spiritual energy and reach Foundation Establishment, so he could not control these treasures.

Thus, he had no way to tell whether it was true.

Master Pagoda nodded frantically. "Yes, yes, that's exactly how it is!"

Then he turned to look at the many artifact spirits. "Isn't that right?"

The artifact spirits had long since received Master Pagoda's voice transmission and immediately nodded.

"Is that really how it is?"

Jun Wangyou frowned slightly, and the desire in his heart to show off gradually dimmed.

If that was truly the case, then he could only work hard at cultivating.

He had to strive to become ridiculously awesome as soon as possible.

With a wave of his hand, countless Dharma treasures would blast everything apart and crush anyone who refused to submit.

Jun Wangyou imagined it with an eager expression.

Just then, True Man Qingwei's excited voice finally rang out from outside.

"Good disciple, good disciple, are you there? Your beloved master is here."

Inside the room, upon hearing True Man Qingwei's smugly sleazy voice,

Jun Wangyou seemed to see an image appear before his eyes.

In that image, True Man Qingwei pinched his fingers in a delicate gesture, took tiny steps, and wore a sleazy expression as he jogged toward his room.

"Eugh!"

Jun Wangyou inexplicably felt a chill run down his spine, and his body could not help but shudder.

That was disgusting.

The next moment, the door opened.

All the artifact spirits instantly vanished, returning to their respective vessels.

The scene Jun Wangyou had imagined did not appear.

True Man Qingwei strode in with the bearing of a dragon and tiger, a loving smile on his face as he said,

"Good disciple, I knew I hadn't misjudged you. You've truly brought glory to your master! Hahaha!"

[True Man Qingwei's favorability toward you has increased. Current favorability: 8 stars.]

True Man Qingwei threw back his head in wild laughter as he repeatedly slapped Jun Wangyou on the shoulder.

Jun Wangyou: (ー_ー)!! That hurts, you know?

Fortunately, his physique had greatly improved by now. Otherwise, True Man Qingwei might have slapped him crippled on the spot.

"It is all thanks to Master's excellent guidance. Without it, how could Wangyou have achieved what he has today?"

Jun Wangyou stood up and respectfully cupped his hands, giving True Man Qingwei credit for everything.

Even though True Man Qingwei had never taught him anything over the past month and had not visited Lingtian Peak even once.

"Wangyou, who taught you to lie so smoothly with your eyes wide open?"

To Jun Wangyou's surprise, True Man Qingwei did not accept the credit. Instead, he looked at Jun Wangyou with slight disdain.

He also said without any attempt to hide it,

"I have been busy with the Holy Land's affairs this past month and never came here. How could I have taught you anything?"

"Originally, I thought you would at most break through to Early Qi Refining in one month. I never expected you to give me such a huge surprise.

Not only did your cultivation break through to Qi Refining Great Perfection in one go, but you also shattered the Eternal Extreme Realm."

"You have no idea how jealous your martial uncles and martial senior uncles are of me right now."

True Man Qingwei's face was filled with a smug smile.

Yet upon hearing True Man Qingwei's words, Jun Wangyou froze for a moment.

"Qi Refining Great Perfection?"

Jun Wangyou hurriedly lowered his head to examine himself.

That was right.

He was indeed at Early Qi Refining.

But why did True Man Qingwei say that he was at Qi Refining Great Perfection?

Filled with confusion, Jun Wangyou quickly said, "Master, I'm not at Qi Refining Great Perfection. This disciple has only just broken through to Early Qi Refining."

"What?"

Now it was True Man Qingwei's turn to be stunned.

He looked Jun Wangyou over, reached out to sense him, then withdrew his hand with a face full of astonishment.

"You really are at Early Qi Refining! But why can't I see through your cultivation?"

"You can't see through my cultivation?"

Jun Wangyou was stunned once more and lowered his head in thought.

So True Man Qingwei could not see through his cultivation, which was why he had assumed Jun Wangyou was at Qi Refining Great Perfection.

That made sense. In the minds of ordinary people, one had to be at least at Great Perfection to shatter the Eternal Extreme Realm.

No one would believe that someone could shatter the Eternal Extreme Realm immediately after breaking through to Qi Refining.

Even Jun Wangyou himself would not have believed it if he had not experienced it firsthand.

This was far too absurd.

It was like he had cheats enabled!