Primordial Era: The Way of the Three Lights and Stars

Chapter 43 043 The Fragility of Human Nature

The jade slip records a heterodox cultivation method called "Blood God Technique," which accelerates cultivation by consuming the essence and blood of humans.

According to the description in the "Blood God Technique", even those with poor talent can break through to the Qi Refining stage within ten years by practicing this method.

The Qi Refining stage is the first realm of Qi Refiners, which is divided into nine levels. Lu Ya took three years just to enter the stage, and it is truly remarkable that he was able to break through to the ninth level of Qi Refining in ten years.

But... how could he bring himself to do it, being a fellow human?

Shaking his head, Lu Ya temporarily put the "Blood God Technique" aside and then took out a second jade slip from his jade thumb ring.

Unfolding the jade slip, Lu Ya frowned again after just one glance. This guy must be a demon, how come all his cultivation methods are these evil ones?

Following the "Blood God Technique", now comes another one: the "Yin God Technique".

Yin spirits never cultivate magical power, only the soul. If they can achieve great success, they can survive even if their physical body collapses. As long as their soul is not destroyed, they will not die.

However, this Yin God Technique requires the devouring of human souls to cultivate.

If Lu Ya hadn't seen the real Qi cultivation methods, he probably would have really regarded these two techniques as the orthodox path of cultivation, thinking that this was how cultivation in the world was.

After closing the Yin Shen Jue, Lu Ya pinned his hopes on the last jade slip, but upon taking it out and looking at it, he was immediately disappointed.

The last jade slip did not contain any cultivation techniques, but rather some knowledge of alchemy and several pill recipes, and none of the pills recorded in those recipes were normal.

These are all evil pills used to assist in the cultivation of the two techniques.

"Bang!"

Lu Ya kicked the dried corpse away: "I said I would inherit your legacy and give you a proper burial, but now it seems that burying you will only pollute the land."

"snort."

With a cold snort, Lu Ya put away the alchemy furnace and then left the cave.

After leaving the cave, Lu Ya hunted down two wild boars, then returned to his tribe, where he once again immersed himself in a state of cultivation free from desires and wants.

Ten years have passed in the blink of an eye.

For ten years, Lu Ya's cultivation had not improved at all, as if he was stuck at the first level of Qi Refining. During this time, he had evil thoughts and thought about practicing those evil methods, but he suppressed them in the end.

On this day, a hunter returning from the mountains brought news that his father had been killed by a tiger.

Lu Ya was furious and immediately went into the mountains. He searched for seven days and killed all the tigers in the mountains. However, when he returned, he found that his mother had also passed away due to excessive grief.

Looking at his mother's body, Lu Ya was filled with remorse.

His father had just passed away. He should have been at home with his mother, comforting her. If he had, his mother would not have died from excessive grief.

Afterwards, with the help of various families, Lu Ya buried his parents.

Another year passed, and Lu Ya still hadn't broken through to the second level of Qi Refining. At this time, he was thirty-two years old. After refusing the matchmaker who came to his door again, Lu Ya resolutely left the tribe.

After leaving the tribe, Lu Ya finally saw a wider world.

He met other humans, other cultivators, including some evil practitioners, and even demons, monsters, ghosts, and other strange beings, thus gaining an understanding of the vastness of the world.

During this period, Lu Ya's cultivation finally made a breakthrough, but it was only to the second level of Qi Refining.

He also learned from other Qi cultivators that with his talent, without the right opportunity, he would never reach the fourth level of Qi cultivation in his lifetime; the third level of Qi cultivation would be his limit.

Those who reach the third level of Qi Refining will not live more than a hundred years, and their final fate will be nothing more than a handful of dust.

After seeing reality clearly, Lu Ya had evil thoughts several times, wanting to cultivate that evil cultivation method. He even took action several times, and was just one step away from doing it.

But he was eventually awakened by the pleas for mercy and ultimately couldn't bring himself to do it.

Finally, Lu Ya found a wife as beautiful as a fairy and returned to the tribe, passing on the righteous cultivation methods he had learned from outside to some of the younger members of the tribe.

Thus began Lu Ya's reclusive life, which lasted until his death.

……

Lu Ya suddenly opened his eyes, looking at Wei Guang and the others in front of him with a blank expression, his thoughts still not free from that test.

"I'm not dead, am I...?"

Suddenly, Lu Ya realized that he was the Crown Prince of the Demon Court, the Golden Crow Lu Ya, not the Lu Ya in the dream.

Although Lu Ya had awakened to the truth, everything he experienced in the dream was still vivid in his mind, as if it were a real life he had lived.

At this moment, Lu Ya understood perfectly well that it was nothing more than a test.

"Junior Brother Lu Ya, welcome to the Jie Sect. I hope you can continue to uphold your original intentions as you did in the dream. Otherwise, Chang Er and the others will be your fate."

As he spoke, Wei Guang casually waved his hand, using illusion magic to recreate the fate of Chang Er and the others from the past.

Having witnessed the fate of Chang Er and the others, Lu Ya saw for the first time the ruthlessness of Wei Guang. Those were five thousand fellow disciples, not strangers.

Wei Guang killed him without hesitation, not even giving him a chance to be reincarnated.

"Junior brother, you must remember this."

Wei Guang nodded slightly and said no more.

Although Wei Guang didn't know why Lu Ya had come to the Jie Sect, since he had already passed the character test, he naturally wouldn't turn him away.

Jin Ling then spoke up, "Junior Brother Lu Ya, rest for now. We'll take you all to pay respects to Master after the other junior brothers have passed the test."

"Thank you, Senior Sister." Lu Ya bowed slightly in thanks before taking a seat to the side.

Lu Ya's test has ended, but others are still going through it, or have just begun. Different people are also showing different behaviors in the illusion.

Human nature cannot withstand tests, especially those with a specific purpose.

To be honest, even Wei Guang himself might not be confident that he could pass the test, but he really couldn't think of any other way.

This method might force many people to become heretical practitioners, but as long as they can succeed, there will be no truly evil people among them.

As for the pass rate, to be honest, Wei Guang didn't care much. In fact, he wished that no one would pass, since the number of disciples of the Jie Sect was already sufficient.

However, Wei Guang ultimately underestimated human nature.

As time went by, people gradually walked out of the formation. Although many more were kicked out, there were also quite a few kind-hearted people among them.

Five hundred years have passed in the blink of an eye.

As the last person stepped out of the formation, Wei Guang waved his hand to dispel the formation, announcing to the world that this apprenticeship was now over.

Many who failed the test were unwilling but had nothing to say, because from the moment they woke up, they had already understood the true meaning of this test.

Wei Guang ignored those people and instead looked at the group of people who had passed the test.

This trial lasted for five hundred years. In addition to the initial tens of thousands of people, more and more people arrived later, bringing the total number of participants to no less than one million.

However, less than 30,000 people passed through the checkpoint.

(End of this chapter)