The ancient giant bear hiding in the world of immortal cultivation

Chapter 352 The Nameless Spring
"Get out of here! Look carefully, this is the fourth ninth-rank vassal of our Bear Ridge. We can't afford to be negligent!"

The big monkey roared, and the surrounding monkeys quickly squeaked and ran away, quite obediently.

At this moment, the big monkey grinned and said to Wang Wu, "Brother Er Gou, don't worry, take it one step at a time. I have faith in you. Now, let's get to know each other. I am a ninth-rank lord of Bear Ridge. Although I am the lowest-ranking lord, I am the lord and you are the subject. It's different!"

"So, while I won't interfere with what you do, you must do what I ask you to do well. Nod if you understand. Hey, Er Gou, you seem pretty shrewd."

"Hey monkey, are we having braised carp for dinner tonight?"

At that moment, a muffled voice came from afar, and a disheveled, drunken old man came flying at high speed on his sword, crashing to the ground with a thud. It was actually a person!

"Haha! Brother Er Gou, don't worry. This is Zhou Jun, the second-ranked ninth-grade vassal of our Bear Ridge. The village you just saw is his fief. Besides him, there are two other ninth-grade vassals in our Bear Ridge. One is Mu Zhenren, but he is currently in seclusion and we won't see him for three to five years."

"The other one is a member of my clan, named Jia Ding Hou. It is responsible for fetching water from 800 li away. Our Xiongling area is 300 li in circumference, and all living things, people and horses eat and eat, all rely on taking turns fetching water to survive. That's why I say the Xijiang aquatic tribe is too damn immoral. It hasn't rained for three years, it's practically killing us!"

The big monkey kept rambling on and on, then kicked Zhou Jun, who was still lying on the ground, hard. "Stop wasting your days! I finally managed to trick and swindle an aquatic creature, so you should help me out."

The old man Zhou grunted twice, rolled his eyes, and said, "Go to hell, you big monkey! How about you withhold ten months of my spiritual energy salary? Today you either give me my spiritual energy salary, or I'll stew this big carp and we'll eat braised fish together with some liquor. Let's live for today and not care who suffers tomorrow!"

"Old Zhou! Stop complaining. Let's solve the problem. Your negative attitude makes me distrust you. I'll pay you for a month first, then you can come and help me right away." Big Monkey, with his stern face, actually started bargaining, which was quite surreal!
Wang Wu wasn't too surprised. The reason was simple: the big monkey had cultivated a demon core, and the old Zhou had cultivated a spirit core. Now that the spirit network was spreading everywhere, what you were doing was going against the trend!

He'll be ridiculed as Old Deng.

Cultivating demon cores and spirit pills is truly a bottomless pit.

Another reason is that since the King of Xijiang and the Lord of Muyang Mountain are about to break off relations, think about it, the Great Monkey's Bear Ridge is right next to the Xijiang River... Well, it is actually a tributary of the Xijiang River. Here, it is flat and there is no natural defense. When the flood comes, it will flood everything without making a sound. It is not a strategic location at all.

This place is going to be abandoned sooner or later; the higher-ups don't have any surplus funds either!

"Really?"

Old Zhou got up weakly, and surprisingly, he didn't try to bargain anymore.

"Seriously, I, Big Monkey, keep my word. Every word I say is a promise. When have you ever seen me speak recklessly? Hurry up, Brother Er Gou is probably getting impatient!"

"Give me your spiritual energy first!" Old Zhou didn't believe in the big monkey's character.

"Grass!"

The big monkey cursed, then took out a gourd that looked like a spirit gourd and carefully poured out a drop of spirit liquid, which Old Zhou immediately caught in a small gourd.

Wang Wu estimated that this small drop of spiritual liquid was worth only 10,000 points of spiritual energy. Was that a month's salary? This was quite an eye-opener.

After receiving the spiritual liquid, Old Zhou immediately became more sober. He glanced at it and asked, "How many years of cultivation has it had?"

"One year."

"Only a year?" Old Zhou was very surprised.

But the big monkey wasn't finished yet. "To be precise, it only has the cultivation of the Nine Heavens. It was only nine days ago that it was brought out of the Gray Mist Zone by Fish Two. But as you know, it is indeed a descendant of the King of Xijiang, and it might even be the King of Xijiang's son, so its potential is limitless."

"Bah! You've only reached the ninth level of cultivation, yet you think it's worth offending the West River aquatic tribe? Aren't you afraid of being punished later?"

"What do I have to be afraid of? It's already like this. As a ninth-rank lord, I can't go anywhere except to the battlefield. Rather than suffer here, I might as well end it all!"

"Besides, I bet the King of Xijiang won't be able to skip the First Rank Dragon Gate this time!" The big monkey suddenly chuckled wickedly.

Old Zhou sighed helplessly.

"You big monkey, you're even crazier than me! Fine, then I'll see what kind of quality this little carp is. Hey, do you understand what we're saying?"

It was finally Wang Wu's turn, and he nodded repeatedly inside the water sphere.

"Hey, not bad, this intelligence is quite advanced. Tsk tsk, let me see... Wow, this blood and qi are quite rich, this is a great tonic! I say, big monkey, how about we slaughter it and braise it, or steam it if we want!"

"Shut up! Look at the golden seal on its back. You dare to eat a vassal's food? You're courting death!"

"Holy crap, he really is a ninth-rank official. Alright, Brother Er Gou, just pretend this old man is talking nonsense. Hmm, now you have two paths to choose from..."

Old Zhou shook his head, only to be interrupted by the big monkey, "What two paths? Just take the path of cultivating the demon core. Although it's slow, it's reliable. Besides, we don't have the resources to cultivate strong blood and qi. Do you think maintaining this big water sphere doesn't require spiritual energy?"

"Alright! Let's go down the path of cultivating the demon core. Brother Er Gou, you seem to have eaten quite a few spiritual fruits and herbs these past few days, which has made your blood and qi exceptionally strong. Now I'll teach you a method. You need to follow this method, first using your heartbeat as a medium and your breath as a guide, step by step mobilize your blood and qi, condense it in your heart, gather it into a vortex, and then disperse it to your limbs and bones. After one cycle, condense it in your heart again. This is one complete cycle."

"Now, watch as I lend you a hand with my golden needles! Here you go!"

As he spoke, five golden needles were inserted with surprising accuracy. Wang Wu couldn't have been happier; this was exactly the kind of upright and legitimate way he needed to clear his name.

Ignoring Old Zhou's nagging outside about guiding the needle with spiritual energy, he directly activated the Thirty-Six Transformations of Earthly Fiends internally to make a fundamental adjustment. In about half an hour, he truly completed the 'first cycle' of his blood and energy.

Even so, Old Zhou was completely taken aback.

"Tsk tsk, big monkey, you really picked up a treasure this time. You've mastered the basics so quickly. Good! Good! It seems that Bear Ridge can turn things around this time."

At this point, Old Zhou continued to help guide him, and Wang Wu didn't dare to go too far, so they just kept running it over and over again.

His blood and energy circulated continuously from morning until evening, successfully completing twenty-four days of circulation—an astonishing speed.

Wang Wu also took this opportunity to gradually shrink his original twelve-meter-long body to nine meters!

Previously, his abundant blood and qi were manifested externally, but now that he is cultivating into a demon core, his blood and qi will no longer be visible externally, but will instead be generated internally within the demon core.

This is the right way.

The idea that forbids the cultivation of demon cores and only focuses on strengthening the body and increasing blood and qi, in conjunction with the spiritual network's methods, is truly indescribable.

In this way, Wang Wu spent three days shrinking his body to one meter in size, and he actually cultivated a ninth-grade 'demon core'!
At this stage, although he still cannot transform into human form, he can speak human language and communicate normally.

On this very day, the giant water sphere that the giant monkey had condensed with his magic finally gave way and with a splash, it dissipated, directly flooding half of the valley.

At the same time, the sky outside suddenly became overcast, as if it was about to rain.

However, the area of ​​this dark cloud is not large, only about tens of kilometers in radius. Behind the dark cloud, there is a monkey holding a flaming whip. Every time the whip is lashed out, flames several thousand meters long sweep out.

It was as if they were herding sheep.

And it was in this way that it drove away this large patch of dark clouds.

So this is what "chasing the water" means.

Upon closer inspection, Wang Wu discovered that there were actually quite a few ice crystals within the dark clouds, and within each ice crystal was an Ice-Sealing Divine Talisman. So that's how it was.

The Ice-Sealing Talisman can absorb water vapor from hundreds of miles around, which condenses into dark clouds, and then is sealed off with raging flames, creating a hot-cold convection. Well done!

Quite smart.

This Ice-Sealing Talisman must have come at a high price, huh? Using the Flame Whip to create hot air must have consumed a lot of spiritual energy.

At that moment, Big Monkey and Old Zhou both flew into the sky to help drive away the clouds. In no time, a light drizzle began to fall. The three of them controlled the clouds, letting a certain amount of rain fall in one area before immediately driving the clouds to other areas.

It's pretty strange.

However, if you look at the menacing Fish Eyes over a hundred miles away, you'll know that transporting water and bringing rain is really too difficult.

And from now on, this task will likely fall to him.

Thinking of this, Wang Wu spat out the small gray seal from his mouth. The seal instantly overlapped with the gray spiritual light of the spring, and at the same time, a faint gray spiritual light expanded outward.

In the end, he was given an additional 1,900 square meters of spring watershed area, which became his fiefdom.

Wang Wu sensed the area below the spring and saw that it was a branch of a branch of an underground water vein, flowing from the mountains to the west.

However, it is quite obvious that in the direction of the large river to the east, a golden water-blocking talisman can be seen, which directly intercepts the water flow of the entire Xijiang River basin.

That's pretty awesome.

Wang Wu glanced at it briefly but didn't have any specific plans. For the time being, he decided to first establish his identity and then proceed gradually.

Huh?
Suddenly, a thought struck him. He saw that the spiritual light emanating from the small gray seal seemed to have merged into a much larger and more vast network. It was invisible to the naked eye, but his level 15 spiritual essence could perceive it clearly.

Good heavens, what a vast spiritual network! It stretches out like an endless nebula, a thousand meters above the ground, with an immeasurable amount of spiritual energy stored within it.

Under normal circumstances, such a massive amount of spiritual energy would have already turned this world into a place where everyone is a little superhuman and all insects and beasts are little demons.

However, this boundless spiritual energy is now bound by an incomprehensible and unimaginable force, requiring the correct key to access the spiritual network.

It's like needing a cell phone and paying a phone bill to access the internet.

Is this the method of the immortal?
(End of this chapter)