Who Brought Him into the Cultivation World?

The slightly bashful five-year Qi Fortune Cultivator stepped forward first, and Han Yu took out the pill that belonged to him.

Without hesitation, he tilted his head back and swallowed it.

A mysterious wave instantly emanated from within him, continuously spreading outward. Ling Wuce’s expression turned from surprise to tension as he kept a close watch.

”Pain!”

The cultivator suddenly opened his eyes and wailed, but before Ling Wuce could intervene, he quickly closed his eyes again because he could feel an unprecedented change occurring within him.

Meanwhile, the aura around the cultivator began to surge wildly, escalating from the Celestial Human Realm, to the Divine Spring Realm, to the Divine Bridge Realm, and finally skyrocketing to the Seeing Me Realm, before firmly stabilizing at the Divine Gaze Realm.

Ling Wuce’s eyes widened in disbelief, nearly pulling out his own beard.

This was utterly ridiculous. Wasn’t it supposed to enhance strength, yet here a little shrimp from the Celestial Human Realm jumped straight to the Divine Gaze Realm.

This is not just an enhancement of strength, you’ve practically given someone an Ascension in One Step, what’s the point of effort then.

Mere moments later, the once bashful cultivator underwent a tremendous transformation, exuding an energetic and radiant demeanor, with his eyes gleaming with confidence.

”My turn.”

”My turn.”

The other two, realizing the greatness of the pill, hurriedly stepped forward, eager to experience it themselves.

Han Yu smiled as he distributed the pills to the two of them, who without hesitation swallowed them and quickly sat in meditation.

After another cup of tea’s time passed, when a cultivator at Great Perfection and another at the Divine Gaze Realm stood, they appeared to have experienced a lifetime.

Ling Wuce’s gaze at Han Yu turned complex and unfathomable.

”Do you realize that just this one pill of yours could make the entire world swallow you alive?”

It wasn’t a joke, if the world knew of a pill that could grant one Ascension in One Step, it would drive people crazy.

”Without Qi Fortune, it’s inedible.”

Han Yu was unconcerned.

”But the world might not believe you, and even if they do, they might still force you to make more pills.”

Such a pill, capable of seizing fate, could drive all pharmacists to despair.

”Let them come.”

In the Sea of Consciousness, Glass suddenly spoke with overwhelming disdain.

Suddenly, the Sea of Consciousness was stirred as if never before seen.

A sudden transformation in the Sea of Consciousness, with storm clouds forming, lightning flashing, and thunder clashing.

Immediately, a fire spread across the entire space, causing a tempest, and thunder and lightning seemed intent on extinguishing this flame.

Damn!

Where’s my fire?

Seeing the fire in the Sea of Consciousness being extinguished, without leaving even a spark, Han Yu was instantly anxious.

At that moment, a white flame suddenly emerged, resembling a starfire, and soon after the sparse flames rapidly grew into a sea of fire.

The fiery sea burgeoned, reaching the skies, dispersing the storm as if devouring even the thunder and lightning. When they fell again, the fiery sea slowly contracted and finally coalesced into a white lotus, then vanished.

”Divine Technique Divine Communication, this is truly the Divine Fire!”

Glass looked pained, having expended all nineteen years of Qi Fortune accumulated into Profound Yellow Qi to propel Han Yu’s Fire Series Divine Techniques from the As You Wish phase to the Divine Communication stage in one go.

Divine Communication, as the name implies, the fire now possessed divinity, thus completely breaking free from the shackles of Mortal Fire.

”This time let them come, and I’ll burn every one of them.”

It gritted its teeth in agony.

Just as a surge of emotion welled up in Han Yu, it didn’t forget to remind him.

”You owe me thirty-eight years of Qi Fortune, you have to repay.”

Damn!

A pointless emotion, it was borrowed.

And there’s interest to consider as well.

Ling Wuce was carefully observing the three’s conditions. Externally, the three’s temperaments were radically altered, their cultivations astonishingly eye-catching.

However...

As he swept over the tops of the three’s heads, the Omen Star faintly glowed, and the space between their eyebrows shone with an ominous black.

Fifteen-year curse of bad luck! Twenty-four-year curse of bad luck! Eighteen-year curse of bad luck!

Ling Wuce calculated using the Divination Path, his heart chilled.

How unlucky must these three be, to the point it couldn’t be calculated?

Just how unlucky would they be?

As he pondered, suddenly a piece of roofing tile clattered above, a beam overhead snapped, and with a crash, it all collapsed down.

Everything happened so quickly that the three were buried in debris before they could even react.

As everyone watched in astonishment as they emerged awkwardly from the rubble, all wore odd expressions.

Ou Mingdong looked at the large hole that suddenly appeared on the roof of the inner courtyard, lost in thought.

His cousin immediately thought of the oddities surrounding Han Yu’s pills.

Ling Wuce’s mouth twitched. He thought even more deeply. Behind these seemingly harmless little calamities and mishaps, the real question was, how to continue cultivating in the future?

What if he goes astray into inner demons while flying?

What if an unexpected event occurs during a duel?

The Omen Star is shining, certainly, these things are not baseless conjectures.

No wonder Quan Xiaotong let him come here, simply knowing that no fortunes fall from the sky; the real price hides here.

He hurriedly waved to have four cultivators take these three out, lest the entire government office collapses later.

”What do you want from the Inspectorate?”

After people left, Ling Wuce opened with a complicated expression.

Since it was he who came on behalf of the Inspectorate, obviously he had to handle this deal; in deeper terms, the Inspectorate didn’t intend to treat Han Yu harshly, otherwise, Quan Xiaotong with his stingy nature would never let someone else negotiate on the Inspectorate’s behalf.

What to want? That made Han Yu a bit troubled, as the Inspectorate might not have anything he wants. He doesn’t need any magical treasures, doesn’t want to join the Imperial Court, and benefits from Ping in his cultivation, and wealth holds no allure for him.

After thinking it over, it seems the Inspectorate truly has nothing that could move him.

”Why not? Bring more Qi Fortune Children to repay my debt.”

The Artifact Spirit hurriedly chimed in.

”How about you send over some more Qi Fortune Cultivators?”

Han Yu tentatively suggested.

Ling Wuce almost seemed to mishear: the condition is this?

”What kind of a condition is this? As long as the Ascension Tower can tolerate your side effects, there will be plenty of opportunities to send them over in the future, give another request.”

The Inspectorate aimed to form goodwill with him, so they couldn’t just deal with it haphazardly.

Yet Han Yu truly couldn’t think of what he wanted for the time being. He didn’t want anything, but others insisted on giving.

”Just remember it for now! I can’t think of anything I want for the time being.”

In response, Han Yu could only reply this way, which left his cousin and Ou Mingdong dumbfounded.

No wonder he could thrive within the Inspectorate, easily creating a debt of gratitude owed to him.

Ling Wuce gave him a knowing glance without further inquiry, recalling how the gift from Elder Gao was also forced onto him before; most likely, now it’d be Quan Xiaotong’s turn to have a headache upon return.

”Elder Gao mentioned you’re proficient in the Dao? Is it true?”

Suddenly he recalled how Gao Feng had returned to revise the documentation on Han Yu, showing great interest.

Not again?

Han Yu feared most when this old man mentioned anything about the Dao.

They were professionals, whereas he was an impersonator.

Moreover, the other seemed to enjoy discussing the Dao; just because he managed to bluff last time didn’t mean he could every time.

”Alchemy Dao, minor path, no need for discussion!”

Han Yu hurriedly cut off the line of questioning.

Thankfully, Alchemy Dao seemed not to fall within the other’s concerns, to which Ling Wuce expressed a regretful pout.

The Divination Path is arduous, hard to find fellow practitioners for mutual verification, and Han Yu’s previous words had provided him some new insights, long desiring for someone to examine them with, yet he clearly saw through Han Yu’s evasive responses.

”Xiuwen!”

Mo Family’s Sixth Uncle, Mo Xingzhi, swiftly entered with the long-unseen old steward alongside him.

But as the two entered, their expressions bore a heavy gravity.

”Come back with me.”

The old steward’s first words upon entering.

His cousin, who originally saw Master Qiu with a beaming smile, suddenly halted in bafflement.

”News from the clan, all Celestial Wave Ferries dispatched to various state prefectures have been destroyed.”

Mo Xingzhi’s face was gloomy; there was no need to think to know this was the Corpse Refining Lineage retaliating against the Imperial Court.

Being the future Patriarch of the Mo Family, his cousin couldn’t possibly be left outside; the risk was too great.

Ling Wuce’s expression changed, immediately inquiring.

”When did this happen?”

Such a significant event, yet the Fifth Tower hadn’t received news, and the opponent moved so swiftly?

Moreover, had the opponent gone mad? This act was blatantly provoking the entire Imperial Court.

The old steward sighed deeply, speaking in a somber tone.

”This morning, simultaneously!”

Just then, a communication bird shot across the sky like a meteor, landing at the feet of the gathered individuals…