Free Web NovelChapter 543: Chapter 330: Spin, Jump
This confirmed his suspicion that Luo Yingning truly knew something.
But he figured she was just waiting for Mu Wanrou to succeed at Foundation Establishment before making her move.
It didn’t really matter. His main goal right now was to ensure Mu Wanrou failed her Foundation Establishment.
"You think I’d agree?" Zou Feng couldn’t be bothered to waste any more words on her.
Luo Yingning’s eyes burned with intensity. "I can’t think of a single reason why you’d refuse! For Cultivators like us, the Dao comes first. There’s no need to be emotional. Can all your Dao Companions combined offer you more benefits than I can?"
Zou Feng scoffed. "At least I don’t have to worry about them stabbing me in the back while I sleep."
"That’s enough. Please leave. It would be better for us to just find an opportunity to devour each other!"
Luo Yingning frowned at Zou Feng. "Are you really going to be this foolish?"
"Even if I’m being foolish, it’s better than losing my mind like you have. Show yourself out!"
With that, Zou Feng turned and prepared to head back to the Hongxing Inn.
"Zou Feng, don’t think I’m just trying to scare you. Without the ’dowry’ I’m offering, you will certainly die!"
"You have no idea what kind of entity has its eyes on you..." Luo Yingning tried to press on with her threats.
Just in case, Zou Feng secretly checked the List of Gods again.
No new names had appeared.
"Don’t you worry about me, Junior Sister Luo!"
Seeing Zou Feng’s determined stride, Luo Yingning knew that anything more she said would be useless.
’There’s nothing to be done. I clearly gave him a chance, but he’s just useless.’
Of course, Luo Yingning wasn’t kind enough to make a special trip just to warn Zou Feng of danger.
She had simply realized that if that other entity succeeded, she would no longer be able to gain any benefits from Zou Feng herself.
That’s why she had taken the initiative to come here, settling for second best: obtaining his Poison Body through the method of dual cultivation.
’Unfortunately, the man was obstinate and refused to see reason. He couldn’t be saved...’
With a cold snort, Luo Yingning flicked her sleeves and departed.
Aside from Mu Wanrou’s attempt to establish an Earth Tier Dao Foundation, Zou Feng paid no mind to this little interlude.
He returned to the Hongxing Inn and resumed his discussion with Leng Jing about Jiang Wanzhao’s 500th birthday celebration.
Zou Feng had already considered that when it came to a gift, he would have no advantage just by spending a ton of Immortal Fate to buy something nice.
Even a gift worth hundreds of thousands, or even millions, of Immortal Fate would mean little to a True Disciple like Jiang Wanzhao.
Many others who had received Jiang Wanzhao’s patronage, some of them Core Disciples stationed in the Outer Realm, could undoubtedly offer far better things than he could.
Thus, simply throwing money at a gift wouldn’t work; he had to play the nostalgia card.
Zou Feng thus began to question Leng Jing in detail about Jiang Wanzhao’s past, especially her time as a Martial Artist in the Great Yan.
As it turned out, Leng Jing knew quite a bit about this.
After all, with a great figure like Jiang Wanzhao in his ancestry, her deeds were widely circulated within their clan.
Leng Jing had heard countless stories from his elders since he was a child.
After listening for a while, a plan for the perfect gift began to form in Zou Feng’s mind.
Night fell. After seeing Leng Jing off, Zou Feng began to select a suitable Skill into which he could integrate his Black Tortoise Sea-Suppressing Force.
Ideally, cultivating this Skill would also help him sabotage Mu Wanrou’s attempt at establishing her Dao Foundation.
Since his Black Tortoise Sea-Suppressing Force couldn’t be improved any further, he needed to pick a new Heart Skill anyway.
Of course, the Fiend-Inducing Formula was also a Heart Skill, but it couldn’t be used to integrate with the Black Tortoise Sea-Suppressing Force.
Abyssal Vortex Cyclone Art.
This Skill could make the Spiritual Qi, blood, and even eyeballs and bone marrow within the body generate cyclones, thereby granting bodily functions and Spiritual Qi an extra boost from the intense rotation.
The principle was simple, but having the entire body generate vortex-like cyclones was, in itself, an utterly ridiculous concept.
Therefore, it was no surprise that the side effects of cultivating this Skill were absolutely massive.
Initially, everything one saw would spin, and one would be constantly immersed in a state of dizzying, world-spinning vertigo.
In the most severe cases, one’s brain would start to spin and jump, and then the person would close their eyes... permanently.
Of course, the initial stages of cultivation wouldn’t have such severe consequences. But for causing problems for a Cultivator focused on Foundation Establishment, a little dizziness and disorientation would be more than enough.
Under normal circumstances, the initial side effects of this Skill wouldn’t have caused Mu Wanrou much trouble.
But a delicate task like Foundation Establishment allowed for no mistakes whatsoever...
Of course, the main reason he chose this Skill was its high suitability for integration with the Black Tortoise Sea-Suppressing Force.
Zou Feng didn’t hesitate any longer and purchased it directly.
It was worth mentioning that Skills like this, with massive side effects that could harm not only the user but potentially others, were generally not something an Inner Sect Disciple had the authority to purchase.
But Zou Feng was a prodigy certified by the Celestial Dao Cauldron, so his privileges were naturally different from those of an ordinary disciple.
However, out of safety concerns, an Inner Sect Elder still had to personally deliver it and confirm on the spot that Zou Feng was genuinely capable of suppressing the side effects.
Zou Feng, of course, passed this kind of inspection without a single hitch.
After seeing off the Inner Sect Elder, Zou Feng immediately began cultivating the Abyssal Vortex Cyclone Art.
After just one night of meditation, the Abyssal Vortex Cyclone Art appeared on his status panel.
Once it was on the panel, things became simple. He didn’t overthink it and immediately began integrating the Black Tortoise Sea-Suppressing Force into it.
In fact, the reason these two Heart Skills were so compatible was precisely because they were complementary.
The "Sea-Suppressing" intent could be used to suppress the "vortexes," allowing for better control over the "vortex cyclones."
If Zou Feng’s guess was correct, once the integration succeeded, the "Love That Can Stretch and Contract at Will" that was derived from the Black Tortoise Sea-Suppressing Force would gain a new spinning function.
’Wait, no. It’s not just that my Spiritual Qi can spin in various ways; certain... body parts... could also produce a terrifying rotation.’
’And who knows, maybe this rotation could help amplify the effects of cultivating the Dragon and Tiger Kan and Li Skill...’
With a cough, Zou Feng shook these wild thoughts from his mind and began to focus on integrating the Black Tortoise Sea-Suppressing Force.
Atop Sun and Moon Peak, a mountain within the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect, Mu Wanrou was fully focused on achieving Foundation Establishment.
This time, she was much more prepared than the last and felt far more confident.
Ever since Zou Feng had won his battle against the Reincarnated Sword Emperor, it had not only been a huge slap in her face but had also caused her to suffer heavy losses.
But pressure can also be a source of motivation. Mu Wanrou stopped her intimate dalliances with Luo Yingning and focused all her energy on achieving Foundation Establishment.
Mu Wanrou was talented, after all. Once she put her mind to it, her progress was on a completely different level.
Lately, she’d had a strong feeling that she would successfully establish her Dao Foundation very soon.
So, Mu Wanrou had decisively come to this peak, a place where she could absorb the essence of the sun and moon, to make another attempt at Foundation Establishment.
At first, everything went smoothly. She felt that establishing an Earth Tier Dao Foundation was a sure thing.
Suddenly, however, her head became inexplicably and terribly dizzy. Then, everything she saw began to spin.
Finally, she felt as if a black-hole-like vortex had appeared in her sea of consciousness...
At first, Mu Wanrou was utterly baffled and panicked by these symptoms.
Gradually, however, she found herself drawn to these "vortexes." She felt they were exceptionally profound, as if they were hinting at something.
As her mind was "spun" into a daze, Mu Wanrou had a flash of inspiration. Amid the chaos, she came to a great realization.
’Could it be... that some unseen force is reminding me that an Earth Tier Dao Foundation isn’t my limit!?’
With this realization, Mu Wanrou was ecstatic.
As she gradually adapted to everything spinning, she felt that even her "Dao Foundation" could start to spin along with it.
If she kept spinning it, maybe she could really spin her way to a Celestial Tier Dao Foundation!
The reason Mu Wanrou had come up with such an outrageous idea was clearly that the "vortexes" had spun her mind into a state of utter confusion.
The moment one fully concentrates on establishing a Dao Foundation is often when one’s mental state is at its most fragile and susceptible to influence.
Mu Wanrou’s current state could only be described as wanting to spin, jump, and blindly mess around with her eyes closed.
