nyslfriends Chapter 29: Fishing for Shadows and Taking Stock of the Harvest
Chapter 29: Fishing for Shadows and Taking Stock of the Harvest
The words, interwoven with flowing light, shimmered before my eyes.
The next moment, Bu Che felt incredibly small. The blizzard seemed to vanish in an instant. He looked up and saw the night, which should have been as dark as ink, being cleaved in two.
Above his head, a massive sword aura, stretching across the sky, surged and slashed down, growing larger and larger in his pupils until it swept across his body, sweeping over every corner of his flesh.
It started shaking on the scalp, then the cheeks, and then every inch of skin was shaking!
Bu Che opened his eyes in a daze, looked up, and saw that the night was still pitch black.
Snowflakes drifted down, carrying a chilly edge.
At some point, his forehead and shoulders were covered in snow, as if he were wearing a goose feather cloak.
"My flaw, impulsiveness... has been eliminated."
Bu Che murmured.
The flaw I eliminated last time was laziness; the flaw I'm eliminating this time is... impulsiveness!
Impulsiveness is a product of emotion, and it can be seen as good or bad.
But sometimes, impulses come out of nowhere.
This time, he acted impulsively. Although his cultivation had broken through to the Entry-level, if he failed to assassinate Tiger Lord and was countered, he would likely be in danger.
There was a risk of death involved; calling it impulsive... is absolutely no exaggeration.
"call……"
"By eliminating impulsiveness and cultivating a steady and excellent quality, one ultimately attains the fruit of enlightenment: 'The Art of Fishing for the Submissive Heart'!"
Bu Che's gaze gradually became focused, growing brighter and more radiant!
A new kind of Taoism, fishing for the heart of the wicked!
With a slight shift in his mind, sword energy instantly intertwined to form a screen of light that appeared before his eyes.
……
[Sword Master: Bu Che]
【Sword Qi of the Broken Blade: Laziness (-16%)】
[Blood Sacrifice Sword Qi: Impulsiveness (-10%)]
[Cultivating the Path to Life: Dao Seed - Diligent Cultivation (Rank 9, 16%), Dao Seed - Fishing for a Despicable Heart (Rank 8, 10%)]
[Tao Seed Cooldown: Plant More Frequently (Six Days)]
[Remaining Diligence: Fourteen Years]
……
[Multiple work types lock in the generation of diligence-specific projects]
[Xue Family Qi and Blood Technique (Ninth Grade) Great Completion (1/15)]
[Battle Body Fist Hammer (Rank 9) Mastery (0/15)]
[Introduction to Hunyuan Step (Nine Grades) (1/2)]
……
"Blood Sacrifice Sword Qi... seems to be somewhat different from the Blade-Piercing Sword Qi."
"Is it because of the Blood Porcelain Cult's Blood Porcelain? Blood Mountain God... Perhaps if I want to improve the Dao Seed of Fishing for the Heart, I will need to shatter ghost and god porcelain statues like Blood Porcelain?"
After examining his own sword master panel, Bu Che felt a slight chill run down his spine.
Having an extra Dao Seed is certainly a good thing, but to improve this Dao Seed, it is necessary to connect with the Blood Porcelain Sect.
Only broken blood porcelain can do this...
Is this thing something that can be broken so easily?
No, is the Blood Porcelain Cult someone you can just offend?!
Bu Che's brows quickly relaxed. Why think so much?
Having one more Dao Seed is always a good thing, as it will help him become stronger!
It's like having an extra reliance and a trump card!
Play it safe and survive; don't be reckless.
With a heart set on survival and a reputation for steadiness, he achieved remarkable success quietly and without fanfare.
The thought just started, and a notification of intertwined sword energy immediately appeared before my eyes.
Suddenly, Bu Che felt a slight unease in his chest. He raised his hand and instinctively clenched it, as if his chest had transformed into a dark vortex, constantly devouring flesh and blood, and consuming his vital energy!
It took about three breaths.
Bu Che felt as if he could no longer hear his heartbeat!
His heart seemed to have transformed into a "fishing for cunning."
He hurriedly used the mutated spirit, which was growing stronger under the soothing effect of the Cleansing Porcelain Powder, to perform an internal examination. Through this examination, he quickly saw his own heart...
It was actually wrapped in a black mist, which looked like a blurry serpent!
This caused Bu Che's expression to change drastically.
The heart... is the body's engine! If the engine malfunctions, the problem is huge!
However, after sensing it for a moment, there seemed to be nothing strange about this "fishing for cunning".
This calmed Bu Che down a little.
"What is this black snake...?"
Bu Che's brows furrowed into the shape of an "eight".
Then, his eyes narrowed, and he used his mutated spirit to mobilize the "black energy" swirling around his heart.
hum-
The instant the spirit touched the black aura.
The black energy exploded with a roar, and then Bu Che found that his surroundings seemed to be covered by a thin layer of black mist, with billowing black mist swirling around him.
The body's heartbeat, blood flow, breathing rate, and so on, all seemed to be erased from the world.
"this……"
Bu Che looked shocked. What was going on?
He felt as if he had been detached from the whole world, as if he didn't belong there.
With a light touch of his toes, his body darted out in an instant, the snow on the ground still burst open, and there was still movement and sound, but it was much quieter than usual.
Soon, in the snowy night, Bu Che saw a wild wolf that had come out to hunt for food in the middle of the night.
With Bu Che's current level of cultivation, he might need to turn and run if he encountered a tiger or a worm, but he would be no threat whatsoever if he encountered a wild wolf.
However, when Bu Che approached within three zhang of the wolf, the wolf was completely unaware. Even when he got closer to two zhang, the wolf still made no attempt to escape.
When the wolf got within a meter, it immediately pricked up its ears, looked in Bu Che's direction, bared its teeth, and then turned and ran, disappearing into the snow.
"The black aura that fishes out the heart can help me conceal my presence and hide my aura!"
Bu Che was overjoyed!
This is practically an essential skill for murder, arson, and sneak attacks!
"Unfortunately, the effect wasn't very good. The wolf sensed us as soon as we got within a meter. Wild animals have a more acute sense of perception than humans, but that also means we can still be detected."
Bu Che muttered something to himself.
However, he was also content. If he could perfectly conceal his presence and not be detected, what difference would that be from being invisible?
"Perhaps... if I continue to shatter porcelain, and shatter the blood porcelain of the Blood Porcelain Cult, I can obtain the divine soul of the Blood Mountain God and achieve further advancement in my ability to fish for the heart!"
"Perhaps in the future, perfect invisibility will also be possible!"
"At that time... we can achieve a truly 'transparent world'!"
Bu Che's eyes brightened slightly.
Afterwards, he tried to study the black energy for a while before returning to the burning campfire. The black energy that had been fishing for Gou Xin was finally exhausted, lasting for about half an hour.
As the black energy dissipated, the feeling of being detached from the world vanished without a trace.
The fleshy lump between his brows twitched slightly, and his mutated spirit felt a wave of weakness. Clearly, activating the black energy would consume his spiritual power.
[Taoist Seed Cooldown: Frequent Seed Planting (6 days), Fishing for a Snake's Heart (1 day)]
"Shadow Snake..."
Bu Che rubbed his temples, his heart leaping with joy. The appearance of the Shadow Serpent meant that he had gained a new ability, which increased his chances of survival in this dangerous world.
Suppressing my excitement, I sat by the flickering campfire.
Bu Che continued the count.
In Tiger Lord's package, besides a piece of broken blood porcelain, there were fifty silver peace coins and three hundred ordinary peace copper coins!
This single transaction alone made Bu Che's investment very profitable!
"As expected... murder and arson bring wealth, this is still the fastest way to make money."
Bu Che muttered to himself, "But killers should be prepared to be killed themselves. Money may come quickly, but the risks are also extremely high."
As they continued counting, Tiger might have been planning to pull off this heist and then go into hiding for a while.
So I brought quite a lot of things with me.
Besides the blood porcelain and peace money, there were also bottles and jars filled with cultivation medicine powder, and a book with a blue cover.
Bu Che completely ignored the bottles and jars that emitted a pungent medicinal smell, and fixed his gaze on the blue-covered book.
His breathing became rapid!
"Fifth-Rank Superior Qi and Blood Technique... Blood Porcelain Qi Elixir Technique!"
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