"You are cultivating a broken technique. An incomplete one that hinders you greatly. It will eventually lead to your secret getting exposed." Shen Yue relaxed and focused back on refining everything in the Flame Vortex Core. 'So slow injured. To think they attacked me together like that. How annoying.'
"Fine, I agree." Xiao Yu didn't think anything overall could come out of it, but the display of power was needed to be taken seriously. 'The Lighting Divine God is here.. that makes no sense. But the power is no lie. I couldn't tell if he was as strong as my Foster Father or not.'
*Woom!* The Matrix Law appeared. Controlling the mixtures of Law and focusing on Xiao Yu particularly with the small Connection formed from the "agreement" just then helped it along.
Xiao Yu was shown a picture of a child with its parents. Was not hard for her to link together it was her. The view of areas in the Tiny World then multiple battles her parents took part in. Seeing them injured, and the sacrifice they made had Xiao Yu crying.
"Haa, you sure know how to cause problems with people." Duan Jian said. Lanruo and Hongyue nodding with it. The Officers and the others were deciphering what they saw. "Why didn't you invite Yu Yan and the others to see this?"
"They are not part of the Inner Camp." Shen Yue shook his head at him. "Ye Ziyun, Ye Hong, and Yu Yan are at best just part of the Outer Camp some. Hell, most of the kids back home, the civilians are more trustworthy than them."
His Connection as a Champion served as a firm warning. Stimuli to the soul revealing a lot to him. Deception and Unease the strongest.
"Hmm, because of a strong "sense" of character or better yet, sense of morality that differs from your own." Long Sha said knowingly. It was confirmed by a simple nod from Shen Yue. "At least it allowed the defending of your people."
"Only this time. Not last time." Shen Yue didn't continue to speak on that matter. Staring at Xiao Yu who collected herself, he continued. "Do you need to know more or.."
"I do." Xiao Yu thanked him with a heartfelt bow. "But that can come later. Why did you take out the Soul Family members like that?"
"My cultivation."
"That all?" He nodded at her. "Fine then. That one right there purchased a bunch of items from the Auction House, I have a few items like that as well. How about I hire you?"
"I don't see why not." Shen Yue nodded and received the items. They were of good quality and passed out to his people to use. "Hire me for what?"
"To deal with the Death Spiritual God Temple."
"OK, it is part of our plan to deal with it anyway." Shen Yue stated. "Since that is the case, would you like to request something else?"
"Hmm, that weird Law of yours revealed a lot, do you know about my.. Inscription?" Shen Yue nodded at her. "Then tell me about it."
"Very well. But your payment will only get you a little of it." Shen Yue's tone turned serious. "Based on the natural occurrence and the current unnatural one, the Sage Emperor will start acting after the Ancestral God Land's Holy Maiden will "disappear" and the land will be ravaged by "Golden" Flames. You should be mindful of those with it for that matter."
"Wait.. doesn't Yu Yan have rich flames with gold hues sometimes?" The 1st Officer asked. The others just shaking their head thinking he was messing around.
"Yup." Shen Yue didn't say much on that matter. He couldn't remember exactly the deal with her. Even with his energy inside her, he was not overly optimistic about how she will turn out. 'But I can detonate the Ruby Heart and seriously injure her the moment she decides to go against me. As long as her body doesn't become something else, I have a little sway with it as well.'
Shen Yue did not trust Yu Yan for various reasons. Xiao Yu who was born in the past and sent to the future was more trustworthy.
"The aura of the Heaven's Divination technique will leak from your body and the Sage Emperor will be able to sense you. Your parents.. are not that great of parents actually. That is a really heavy burden to put on a child." Shen Yue said simply.
"Do not bad mouth them." Xiao Yu started to cry again but seeing Shen Yue smile she was a little angry. "Your an asshole!" Every bit of her grief caused the Heart Method to produce more power. Aiding the recovery ot the Flame Vortex Core along. "Stop pushing my buttons!"
"Yup. But at least you cried a little more. Pretty sure you haven't done it much." Shen Yue took a sip of an elixer. It sped up the repairs to the Flame Vortex Core and sped up the refining process inside it. "It is good to cry sometimes. When you are happy, sad, or angry anyway."
Xiao let loose an angry cry before they turned into overall sobs for her parents. Shen Yue did not care for the relationship she had with the Nether Master really, if memory served correctly, a lot was hidden from her at the worse case losing her virginity as one of them.
A few hours passed by before she collected herself and was helped to a section of the tent to rest. Huyan Lanruo and the 2nd Officer staying with her. Sikong Hongyue just didn't have it in her to do so.
She also commandeered Duan Jian who smelled intoxicating more so than ever before.
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Discussion-
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Currently, within a tent, a small meeting was taking place. Not orchestrated by Shen Yue but by Duan Jian who was playing mediator.
"Shen Yue, are you interested in becoming the disciple of the Nether Realm Master?"
"What could your foster father Ming Fei have to teach me?" Shen Yue countered. Considering he had know idea where the Ice bastard Spiritual God was to hunt him down, the best bet was to use this little crossdresser to flush him out. "Have you finished cultivating the Dragon Martial Arts I gave you yet?"
"I.. um.. ugh!" Xiao Yu was taken off guard for a bit. "The answer is yes. It has helped me a lot. It is one of the reasons I bring up the Nether trial." Not really far as she only started. 'Why can I not get ahead with him!? It is so frustrating!'
Xiao Yu was dealing with the same pain Yu Yan felt.
"Alright, I will give you insights up to the second Heavenly Layer worth next." Shen Yue grabbed her hands and transferred the information over by circulating it within her body. "Do not resist the energy. It is called Star Energy and it is healing you without showing your.. other bits.."
Since the Star energy would have healed her burns to get rid of that discomfort, it would also restore her feminine features that were altered over the years. Without concentration, it would happy all on its own.
"Ok." Xiao Yu started to get misty-eyed and red face. The Star energy was way more potent then the last time Shen Yue used it. He forgot about the euphoric effect inside it for some people when used. The circulation finished in less than three minutes. "This is nothing, I will finish in no time."
Xiao Yu said. Trying to regain a little respect.
"That is good. Since their is 7 more layers and more after that." Shen Yue took a sip of his water once he sat back down. Actual water instead of medicine. "Deliver this to him if you don't want him to die. Zhu Long will make his move soon and Ming Fei needs to be ready for him."
"You know this Zhu Long?" Nie Li asked. The first question he asked Shen Yue since arriving.
"I know of Zhu Long. He is the Ice Spiritual God. I cannot let that stay." Shen Yue looked to the 2nd Officer for a moment. She cultivated the Law pretty far already. The last bit was out of her reach. "Better if more humans acquire those spots considering the future threat."
"I agree." Yu Yan nodded. "So many died, it is hard to determine who inherited what so far."
"Well, I have Darkness and some attainment in Light." Nie Li said.
"Congrats. But Light won't be able to go far, unfortunately. The Spiritual Goddess of Light was already established." Yu Yan said. "But training with it can still empower one's attacks further and help with cultivation."
"Lightning & Metal Spiritual God has already been taken. With Hell & Earth in a tussle so far." Shen Yue looked over to Duan Jian. "How goes your progress anyway?"
"Good, but it puts me in a bad mood. I think it best I do not become the Spiritual God of Hell." Duan Jian said dejectedly.
"That is disappointing." Shen Yue rubbed his chin in thought. He could do it himself, but he felt the conflict with the Heart Method the very moment he sensed the Law of Hell previously. It would be better to not pursue that. "But it is not to bad."
"Law of Metal? I am not familiar with that one."
"Because you know it as Gold. Limiting it to just that one metal is bad." Shen Yue flipped his hand over showing the Law of Metal. It was a dense silver that moved about under his very will. Lightning moved around it with a simple thought. "These two complement one another quite well."
Xiao Yu's eyes bugged out for a bit at the display. Shen Yue's Officers showed various attainments in Laws and openly exchanged their insights. If it was not in a different language, she as well as those who didn't speak would have benefitted greatly.
Every now and then Shen Yue would add something in and display a different Law. But they were small compared to the others but they each listen attentively. His single focus Laws were better overall but the mix not so much.
"How far have you advance the pot Nie Li?" Shen Yue asked out of the blue. To say Nie Li had the look of the cat eating the canary was an understatement. "Pass it over and I can advance it for you."
"Tch!" Nie Li gave Ye Hong a dirty look. He said there would be a payment for entering the tent tonight. That Shen Yue would ask him three questions and he must answer truthfully if he wanted to get back on Ye Ziyun's good side. "Sure.. but I want it back."
The Nightmare Demon Pot was removed. Before most could get a good look at it, Shen Yue wrapped it in his energy deciphering the marks on it. Mostly creating a copy of it. His Astral Sense dived inside taking out the gathered energy from inside during the process making the mutated Demon Spirits.
*Sizzle!* The Nightmare Demon Pot did what he thought it would do and absorbed some of his spirit energy. He was glad he didn't send any of his Flame Vortex Core energy to do this. Cutting it off from his Astral Sense after everything was taken back, it was tossed back to Nie Li.
"Careful, it is hot." Shen Yue gestured. He had what he needed from the pot. 'It is inferior to the ability of my Flame Vortex in terms of strengthening Demon Spirits. But the mutation process.. upgraded my Beast Law. As well as Time in a way. Guess because of the mutation part technically being a form of evolution? Who knows.'
"Does look better." Nie Li stored it away. Not finding anything wrong with it after checking it over. It would take some time to see how much it changed, however. "How did you find out about it?"
"Read it in a book." Shen Yue stated. Which happened to be completely true. 'Just was an online book.' As everyone talked amongst themselves, he found a stirring in his chest. 'A nice increase in recovery just then.'