Chapter 20: Sudden Change

Just as Sun Xuan was thinking of heading to Teng Family City, a System prompt suddenly appeared in his mind.

"Disciple Wang Lin's cultivation has reached the Great Perfection of the fifteenth level of Qi Condensation, triggering a ten-thousand-fold cultivation rebate!

Please select the cultivation rebate method."

Hearing the voice in his mind, Sun Xuan's heart stirred as he thought,

"Wang Lin's cultivation has already reached the very peak of the Condensing Qi Stage, and next is Foundation Establishment.

I hope I can make it in time to stop him from seizing the foundation of Teng Huayuan's direct descendant.

Otherwise, with my current strength, I won't be able to stop Teng Huayuan from annihilating Wang Lin's entire clan!"

However, since the ten-thousand-fold cultivation rebate had arrived, he should still raise his own strength first.

Sun Xuan secretly thought to himself:

"Consume the rebate cultivation to assist in cultivating the Withered Blood Soul-Devouring Demonic Art."

The contents of this Withered Blood Soul-Devouring Demonic Art were bizarre, profound, and obscure, making it difficult for Sun Xuan to figure out an entry point for the time being.

Rather than wasting time cultivating it himself, it was much more direct to simply use the rebate cultivation to assist in his practice.

"Consume three thousand times the rebate cultivation, System, activate the Cultivation Technique-assisted practice mode."

As the System's voice rang out in his mind, comprehension insights for the Withered Blood Soul-Devouring Demonic Art quickly surfaced in Sun Xuan's mind.

At the same time, the magic power and Divine Soul power inside Sun Xuan's body quickly began to circulate according to the cultivation method of the Withered Blood Soul-Devouring Demonic Art.

"Buzz buzz!"

A series of eerie humming sounds emanated from within Sun Xuan's body.

The magic power and Divine Soul power inside Sun Xuan combined in a bizarre manner.

Then, under the catalysis of this peculiar power, a blurry black-red shadow emerged on the outer side of Sun Xuan's Divine Soul.

It closely adhered to Sun Xuan's Divine Soul.

The moment this eerie shadow formed, a patch of black-red halo surfaced from the surface of Sun Xuan's body.

It gave people a contradictory feeling of being both eerie and sacred.

Just at this moment, Sun Xuan gently opened his eyes, revealing a bizarre black whirlpool slowly rotating deep within his pupils.

After the span of a few breaths, the black whirlpool vanished.

The black-red halo around Sun Xuan's body also gradually converged back into his body.

"What a bizarre Cultivation Technique!"

Under the System's assistance, Sun Xuan had barely managed to gain an entry-level understanding of the Withered Blood Soul-Devouring Demonic Art.

However, the bizarre nature of this Cultivation Technique also greatly shocked Sun Xuan.

That layer of black-red shadow attached to the surface of the Divine Soul could not only protect the Divine Soul from attacks by certain Divine Sense-type spell techniques,

but it was also a powerful means of attack.

As long as one was struck by this black-red shadow, the opponent's entire body's essence blood would be instantly absorbed.

Even the Divine Soul and Nascent Soul would be directly devoured by this black-red shadow.

The devoured essence blood and Divine Soul would be refined and purified by this shadow cloak.

Then, they would be fed back into Sun Xuan's body.

The remaining impure essence blood and Divine Soul dregs after purification would be absorbed by this layer of black-red shadow,

allowing it to slowly grow even more powerful.

Feeling the formidable nature of this Withered Blood Soul-Devouring Demonic Art, a look of satisfaction immediately appeared on Sun Xuan's face.

Then he continued in his heart:

"Use all the remaining rebate cultivation to improve my own cultivation!"

As soon as Sun Xuan's voice fell, the remaining six thousand times rebate cultivation immediately and rapidly integrated into Sun Xuan's magic power.

Sun Xuan's cultivation also broke through directly from the Early Stage of Core Formation to the Middle Stage of Core Formation.

He slightly calmed down his newly broken-through cultivation.

Then Sun Xuan secretly circulated a breath-concealing spell technique, hiding his cultivation to the thirteenth level of the Condensing Qi Stage.

This level of cultivation would neither attract the attention of those with high cultivation levels

nor would it prevent him from being troubled by some clueless nobodies.

Following that, Sun Xuan urged his magic power, speeding up and heading rapidly toward Teng Family City.

Half an hour later, Teng Family City came into view from afar.

To avoid being noticed by the experts within Teng Family City, Sun Xuan slowed down his flight speed.

After a short while, he arrived before the city gates of Teng Family City.

After paying the city entry fee, Sun Xuan walked casually within the city.

Upon seeing a building that had turned into ruins and was currently being cleaned up,

Sun Xuan gradually felt a bad premonition in his heart.

"This Fellow Daoist, this poor Taoist is Tongxuanzi, dare I ask what happened here?

Why are there traces of spell battles where houses collapsed?

Wasn't it said that Teng Family City is extremely safe and such aggressive fighting events rarely happen?"

Sun Xuan's eyeballs rolled slightly, and then he reached out to stop a passing Cultivator whose cultivation was only at the ninth level of Qi Condensation and asked.

Seeing someone blocking him, the Cultivator was just about to fly into a rage.

But upon sensing the thirteenth level of the Condensing Qi Stage cultivation that Sun Xuan was displaying at the moment,

he had no choice but to forcefully suppress the impatience in his heart and explain to Sun Xuan:

"This Fellow Daoist must have just entered Teng Family City and is unaware of what happened shortly before.

Earlier, for some reason, the city guards went to this inn to arrest two people.

One of them was extremely alert, realizing something was wrong, and directly fled for his life.

That fleeing person had only the cultivation of the Great Perfection of the fifteenth level of Qi Condensation.

He was chased and fled out of the city by Young Lord Teng Li of the Teng Family, who possessed the Late Stage Foundation Establishment cultivation.

It's estimated that he has long been in more danger than good.

As for the other person who resisted fiercely, he was directly killed on the spot by the city guards.

This ruin was caused by the fight at that time."

Hearing this person finish, although Sun Xuan's expression did not change, a hint of solemnity was revealed deep within his pupils.

That person being hunted down should be his Disciple Wang Lin.

"Oh!

There is such a thing.

Which direction did the person chased by Young Lord Teng Li flee to?

If I chase after him along the way and help Young Lord Teng Li slay the enemy,

perhaps I will gain the appreciation of Young Lord Teng Li, and then my cultivation will advance rapidly, making Foundation Establishment within reach!"

Sun Xuan intentionally spoke like this.

Hearing what Sun Xuan said, although that person didn't show anything on his face,

inwardly he thought with some mockery that this person was truly out of his mind.

What kind of person was Teng Li? You go to help him hunt down an enemy and still expect to get his appreciation.

Not being killed by him casually would already be considered you having a great life.

However, none of this had anything to do with him, and this person blocked him in the street, delaying his cultivation time.

Now that the other party wanted to go seek death, he couldn't stop them, could he?

Thinking of this, the corner of this person's mouth revealed a trace of a smile as he spoke:

"Fellow Daoist truly has great courage, and becoming a Foundation Establishment Senior is definitely just around the corner.

At that time, the two of them, one chasing and one fleeing, flew directly out of the North City Gate and headed rapidly south."

Having obtained the answer he wanted, Sun Xuan said no more.

He cupped his fists slightly toward this person, then quickly headed toward the North City Gate.

Emerging from the North City Gate, Sun Xuan immediately urged his magic power, rapidly chasing in the direction where Wang Lin had fled.

With this chase, several days' time passed in the blink of an eye.

Just at this moment, a primitive jungle shrouded in deep miasma appeared before Sun Xuan's eyes.

Looking at the primitive jungle before him, Sun Xuan thought to himself:

Wang Lin and Teng Li should have entered this jungle.

Just as he wanted to lift his foot to enter this jungle, following that, Sun Xuan's expression changed.

The System's voice suddenly rang out in Sun Xuan's mind:

"Disciple Wang Lin's cultivation has reached the Early Stage of Foundation Establishment, triggering a ten-thousand-fold cultivation rebate!

Please select the cultivation rebate method."