I am a late bloomer in the world of cultivating immortals

Following this 'Ghost Clan Soul Pill' from the Mist Ghost Clan, the next few treasures are also of interest to Wei Tu.

For example, the third-ranked mid-grade seventh-level spiritual pill that is highly beneficial to cultivation...

However, due to the watchful eyes of the assembled cultivators, Wei Tu suppressed this impulse.

After all, at such a high-level auction targeting cultivators at the Integration Realm, the least scarce commodity is elixirs and miraculous medicines that enhance cultivation. He doesn't need to rush for this elixir and attract attention.

At worst, we can wait another hundred years and participate in the next 'Five Races Auction'.

A mere hundred years is but a fleeting moment in the eyes of a Nascent Soul cultivator like him.

Half a day later.

With the final, most coveted item auctioned off, the "Five Clans Auction," held in Liu Clan Immortal City and jointly organized by the five major clans, officially came to an end.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, the scarred man who had bid for the 'Ghost Clan Soul Pill' on behalf of Weitu also mingled into the crowd, transforming into a streak of light and leaving Liu Clan Immortal City.

Meanwhile, Wei Tu, who remained in the city as a 'junior cultivator in the Void Refinement stage,' was also secretly observing the surroundings to see if anyone would try to steal the treasure and pursue him.

Of course, more importantly, it was also a chance to scout out whether any of the cultivators in this group were pursuers secretly sent by the 'Nine Serpents Liu Clan' to hunt him down.

Time passes slowly.

After a few quarters of an hour, seeing that there was nothing unusual around him and that there were no pursuers behind the rainbow formed by the scarred cultivator, Wei Tu finally breathed a sigh of relief and fled from the spot.

An hour later.

On a desolate mountain outside Liu's Immortal City.

The scarred cultivator who had left earlier flew out from inside the desolate mountain after seeing Wei Tu's escape light arrive. He respectfully bowed to Wei Tu and called him "Master".

Indeed, this scarred cultivator was actually a seventh-tier demonic beast under his command—the Bloodwing Mo—in disguise.

However, the exposed physical body was not the Bloodwing Mo's true form, but rather a seventh-order refined corpse transformed from Wei Tu's hand.

This ensures that the Bloodwinged Beast, which has appeared in the 'Rebirth Realm,' will not be noticed by his enemies. After all, this beast is not a cultivator of life like him, and its ability to conceal its aura is far inferior to his.

"You did a good job on this trip."

Wei Tu nodded slightly, gave the Bloodwinged Beast a word of encouragement, and then raised his hand to put the Bloodwinged Beast, which was 'parasitizing' the Scarface cultivator's body, into the spirit beast pouch at his waist.

Then, he took another look at the 'scarred monk' and a look of satisfaction gradually appeared on his face.

Back in the Radiant Realm, he spent a century refining the 'Five Extraordinary Corpses,' elevating four of the corpses within to the seventh rank. He originally intended to use this as a standard technique in the 'Hundred Spirits Demon Realm,' a secret realm.

Unexpectedly, plans can't keep up with changes, and before they even entered the Hundred Spirits Demon Realm, they were 'kidnapped' by Venerable Firestone and others.

Fortunately, and coincidentally, these 'seventh-order corpses' were just what he needed to conceal his identity within this 'Black Cloud Minor World'.

This can be considered a lucky accident that played a significant role.

……

After retrieving the Bloodwinged Demon and the seventh-tier refined corpse.

Wei Tu did not linger in the wild for long; with a flash of light, he returned to the Deer Mountain Dojo.

Without hesitation, he took out the Ghost Clan Soul Pill he had obtained from the Five Clans Auction, as well as the healing elixirs he had purchased from the Nine Serpents Liu Clan for alchemy.

"First, examine the profound mysteries of this Ghost Clan Soul Pill. After refining it using the 'Seven Eyes Technique of the Nether Cauldron,' then begin the furnace refining process..."

Wei Tu, who was sitting cross-legged, waved his sleeve and placed the spirit medicine bag that was floating in the air on the table. Then, with a flick of his finger, he took out the Ghost Clan Soul Pill from the brocade box in front of him.

If you ignore the combined aura emanating from its surface, this Soul Pill looks just like an ordinary object, a dark, indistinct mass.

However, when Wei Tu's divine sense pierced into the 'Soul Pill', the remaining fragments of the Mahayana secret technique inside immediately poured out like a river overflowing its banks.

Every word he wrote was precious, seemingly containing profound mysteries.

“Yuanmo Demon Body…” After a moment, Wei Tu, his eyes gleaming, uttered the true name of this Mahayana secret technique.

“No wonder Pei Hong had to seal off Silver Canopy Island to break through to the first stage of the Integration Realm back then… it was actually related to this secret technique.” Wei Tu looked enlightened.

After many years, he finally understood the mystery behind the thousand-year-old closure of 'Silver Canopy Island'.

It is closely related to this Mahayana secret technique passed down by the Mist Demon clan.

Nothing else—

This 'Mahayana Secret Technique' happens to have the wonderful use of sacrificing blood to others and repairing the 'losses in the soul' of cultivators!

—For Pei Hong's safety, sealing off Silver Canopy Island and isolating it from the outside world naturally became the only option for the Mist Ghost Clan at that time.

After all, the major powerful clans of the Spirit Realm have always been deeply wary of large-scale blood sacrifices against cultivators.

Of course, besides that.

This Mahayana esoteric technique also has another function.

That is... this method can be of great help to cultivators who break through to the peak of the Integration Realm and enter the 'Half-Step Mahayana' Realm or even the Mahayana Realm!

Because once this secret technique is mastered and refined into the so-called 'Primordial Demon Body', it can directly increase a cultivator's spiritual power by several times... In this way, when breaking through, the probability of success will naturally be higher than that of ordinary cultivators.

Unfortunately, as mentioned at the 'Five Clans Auction,' this method is merely a fragment of the 'unclaimed consciousness' left behind by the original owner of the 'Ghost Clan Soul Pill.' It lacks the introductory cultivation method and the method for using blood sacrifices to absorb soul power, making it rather useless.

Because any cultivator with a higher level of cultivation can easily see how difficult it is for this 'Primordial Demon Body' to reach perfection through hard work alone.

The soul power required is difficult to meet even for a cultivator at the Integration Stage.

“For others, this technique would be useless, with only the soul power within it being worth using for refining… but for me, it’s not like that.” Wei Tu’s eyes flashed as he pondered to himself.

Although his "Seven Eyes of the Nether Cauldron" technique is not as domineering as the "Primordial Demon Body" which directly sacrifices others and absorbs their soul power, it can still increase his own soul power by refining the soul pills of the ghost race.

In other words, these two secret techniques can directly complement each other!
Moreover, at present, his "Seven Eyes Technique of the Nether Cauldron" has only refined the soul cores of three ghost clans: the Heavenly Ghost Soul Clan, the Hundred Weapon Ghost Clan, and the One-Eyed Ghost Clan... He is still 4 eyes short of the upper limit of "seven eyes"!
As long as the other ghost clan soul pills refined in the future are of high quality, they can completely make up for the soul power missing when cultivating this 'Primordial Demon Body'...

However, only he, this 'lucky one,' could do such a thing.

The 'Primordial Demon Body' is useful for spiritual cultivators breaking through to the half-step Mahayana or Mahayana realms, allowing their spiritual soul to surge by several times...

But how could this spiritual cultivation technique possibly be effective against the demonic soul of an ancient demon?
Secondly, even among the ancient demons, the 'Seven Eyes Technique of the Nether Cauldron', a secret technique of demon ancestor level, is not easy to obtain.

He was lucky enough to encounter the powerful demon lord's fragmented soul, 'Weeping River Demon Lord,' in the lower realm, and thus managed to obtain this demon ancestor-level secret technique from him.

For any other ancient demon, without special opportunities, it would be extremely difficult to obtain this secret technique of the Demon Ancestor on their own.

If even ancient demons are like this, let alone the 'fusion spiritual cultivators' who have a very low status in the ancient demon realm.

However, after examining the 'Ghost Clan Soul Pill', Wei Tu did not rush to refine it.

Right now, recovering from the injuries he sustained while escaping the Realm of Rebirth is the most important thing for him.

The matter of refining the Ghost Clan's Soul Pill can be postponed for a while.

……

You don’t know how many years you have spent practicing cultivation.

However, Wei Tu did not forget that the identity he was currently disguising was that of a disciple of the Feather Saint Sect.

At the same time, the purpose of his seclusion was to break through from the 'mid-stage Golden Core' to the 'late-stage Golden Core' and to prove his talent to the cultivators of the Feather Saint Sect.

Therefore, after ten years of seclusion in the cave.

Wei Tu also broke through his cultivation barrier at the opportune moment and reported this important matter to the steward of the Feather Saint Sect who was in charge of his cultivation.

Of course, this small display did not arouse the suspicion of these Feather Saint Sect cultivators. After all, Wei Tu had already reached the mid-stage of Golden Core when he left 'Little Egret Lake Prefecture'. Before that, it would not have been difficult for him to accumulate enough resources to break through a small realm.

This alone is not enough to prove that Wei Tu's aptitude is 'extraordinary' and not limited by bloodline!
but--

as time flows.

Twenty years later, when Wei Tu once again told the deacon of the Feather Saint Sect that his cultivation had improved again and that he was not far from reaching the peak of the Golden Core realm...

The Feather Saint Sect cultivators inside the Deer Mountain Dojo immediately became restless.

"Is this child's breakthrough in cultivation really that fast?" Upon hearing this, the middle-aged beauty in charge of the Deer Mountain Dojo immediately showed a thoughtful expression.

This wasn't because she doubted Wei Tu, but because there were very few bloodline cultivators who could transcend the limitations of 'bloodline'.

Those bloodline cultivators who can demonstrate such talent often achieve just as much as those with higher bloodlines in the future.

Therefore, if this is true, it means that Wei Tu's qualifications are truly comparable to Ruan Shui'er's.

"It shouldn't be false! This boy's guidance on Shui'er's cultivation, in terms of insight, is in no way inferior to that of a Nascent Soul cultivator..."

"Moreover, this boy has always been focused on cultivation, unlike other new disciples who pay attention to socializing."

The middle-aged beauty pondered to herself.

In her heart, the label she had given Wei Tu at this moment had instantly changed from 'reclusive' to 'a cultivator single-mindedly focused on the Great Dao'.

Different people have different standards of treatment.

This is not a double standard, but rather the norm in the world.

"With this level of cultivation, I'm afraid that within a thousand years, they will be among our generation."

After thinking it over, the middle-aged beauty sighed softly, and with a light tap of her lotus feet, she instantly arrived at a dark room within the Deer Mountain Dojo, where she began to use a secret magical artifact to contact the main sect of the Feather Saint Sect.

Previously, she had harbored dark thoughts about Wei Tu, intending to use him as a stepping stone for Ruan Shui'er.

But since this matter has not been widely publicized...

Therefore, she would not deliberately hinder Wei Tu's path because of this.

Ultimately, as the 'manager' of the Lushan Dojo, if Wei Tu, who comes from her lineage, becomes successful in the future, she will also benefit from it.

"This junior's breakthrough speed is so fast?"

Several days later, Zhong Yi, as the 'guiding cultivator' who led Wei Tu away from the Yunlan Desert, arrived at the Lushan Dojo.

Even though he already knew about this from the main sect of the Feather Saint Sect, this cultivator still showed surprise on his face.

"When I first heard about this, I couldn't believe it either, but after secretly testing the cultivator's realm with my divine sense, I gradually came to believe it..." Upon hearing this, the middle-aged beauty smiled slightly and defended Wei Tu.

"I wonder which fellow Daoist or senior from Iron Wing Peak has taken a liking to this junior?"

After exchanging a few words, the middle-aged woman asked a question that sparked an idea in her mind.

According to convention, branch cultivators who 'stand out' like Wei Tu will be valued by the main sect cultivators of the Feather Saint Sect, just like Ruan Shui'er, and then be accepted as their personal disciples.

Often, the arrangements for the lineage within the sect are already made before the sect's envoys arrive.

That's why she asked that question at that moment.

However, upon hearing this, a look of surprise flashed across Zhong Yi's face.

Seemingly puzzled, the middle-aged beauty was unaware of this matter.

"Junior Sister Liu, don't you know that this junior, like Ruan Shui'er, has been favored by Clan Chief Liu and is being considered as a personal disciple?" Zhong Yi asked with a puzzled expression.

"What? This cultivator has also been valued by the clan leader?"

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged woman was momentarily stunned, her expression blank for a moment.

Ruan Shui'er is alright. As a cultivator whom she had been focusing on cultivating, it was reasonable for her to be discovered by the clan leader first and then taken in as a personal disciple.

Because, when she was training Ruan Shui'er, she had secretly reported Ruan Shui'er's aptitude to the clan.

But... Wei Tu is a complete stranger to the 'Nine Serpents Liu Clan'.

"This was personally instructed by Sect Master Qi. Although Iron Wing Peak is dissatisfied with this, there is nothing we can do..." Zhong Yi said with a bitter smile, as if abandoning Wei Tu's disciple was also a considerable loss for Iron Wing Peak.

"Could it be that the clan leader intends to cultivate more high-ranking members within the Feather Saint Sect who are close to the 'Nine Serpents Willow Clan'?" The middle-aged beauty's eyes flickered slightly as she gradually figured out the key point.

Cultivating disciples in other sects who are loyal to or inclined towards their own faction is a common practice among the major clans.

For example, the Nine Serpents Liu Clan not only has influence within the Feather Saint Sect, but other sects within the Black Cloud Minor Realm also have confidants trained by the Nine Serpents Liu Clan to varying degrees.

It is not unimaginable that they would now focus their efforts on the Feather Saint Sect.

Figured this out.

It's not hard to understand why the Liu clan patriarch suddenly accepted Wei Tu as his disciple.

"So—from this day forward, he and Ruan Shui'er will be temporarily under the jurisdiction of the Deer Mountain Dojo, and all cultivation arrangements will be entrusted to Clan Chief Liu... no, Elder Liu!"

"As for our sect, we will wait until he breaks through to the Nascent Soul stage and officially enters the higher levels before we receive him."

After a pause, Zhong Yi took out a jade edict personally issued by the Yu Sheng Sect and handed it to the middle-aged beauty.

"It's natural."

Upon seeing this, the middle-aged beauty slowly nodded and accepted the imperial edict.

More than twenty years ago, she had experienced this very thing with Ruan Shui'er, so she was extremely familiar with it.

But what the two of them didn't know was...

Outside the main hall where they were conversing, there was also a divine consciousness secretly spying on them.

"I've become... a disciple of Clan Chief Liu?"

The next moment, upon hearing this, Wei Tu's face immediately showed a similar look of bewilderment and astonishment as the middle-aged beauty.

Similarly, like the middle-aged beauty, Wei Tu did not see any further conspiracy in this arrangement, simply assuming it was a common practice for large families like the 'Nine Serpents Liu Clan'.

“Although the plan has changed, this change may not be a bad thing for me…” Wei Tu’s eyes flashed as he thought to himself.

He personally confirmed that the 'Five Clans Auction,' jointly organized by the five major clans, would be a high-level auction that allowed anonymous participation and was quite safe...

For this reason alone, staying at the Deer Mountain Dojo would be far more beneficial to him than staying at the main branch of the Feather Saint Sect.

In addition, this was also an opportunity for him to infiltrate the "Nine Serpents Willow Clan".

As a disciple of the clan leader, gaining access to high-level intelligence in this realm is far easier than for an ordinary disciple of the Feather Saint Sect. (End of Chapter)