The ancient giant bear hiding in the world of immortal cultivation

Chapter 542 The Secret of Ancient Blood

From one person to two.

Nothing much has changed in these days.

The world outside, however, has long since changed beyond recognition.

For six thousand years, Wang Wu packed up and took away all the ruins and remnants of the Great Wilderness City, turning the site into a huge pit covering a radius of a thousand miles. Later, it became a basin, and then a large lake.

The eastern shore of the great lake is a fertile field, where people already live.

To the west and north lie towering mountains, where wild animals once roamed. Thousands of years ago, descendants of the ancient Mangshan bear would occasionally come here to worship with tearful eyes, and a few old bears nearing the end of their lives would bury their remains in a large pit.

But now, time has erased all traces of it and faded the memories of the past. The former prosperity is condensed into a few words and buried in old papers. Even if someone reads them, they are just a fleeting passerby.

Time is merciless.

Before Shuangjun arrived, Wang Wu ignored the changes outside.

After Frost Lord arrived, they had a very, very small island.

Within a few miles, there is a small hill, a clear spring, dozens of miscellaneous trees, and two thatched huts, which look quite decent.

There are also five small stone statues in a thatched hut, one of which is where Frost Lord's mother stayed, and the rest are the residences of the four clowns.

Initially, Frost Lord packed up Hairy Lord and the other five and sent them to the Great Wilderness Prison Tower, but later, Clear Snow sent them back.

Shuangjun was right; she had given away all her ambition and aspirations, leaving only gentleness for Wang Wu.

That's why Xiao Hao Qingxue could leave so decisively and without any worries.

However, after the four clowns and his mother-in-law returned, Wang Wu no longer needed them, nor did Shuang Jun. So, he could only make five stone statues to worship them, since he wasn't worried about leaking secrets anyway.

It's not too late to become a "golden touch" (a term used to describe someone who is financially successful and influential) when you have children in the future.

But that will take a very, very long time.

Even though Shuangjun transferred most of his power to Qingxue, it was still his true form. Given enough time, it wouldn't be difficult for him to recover his power at the eighth level of the Taiyi realm.

She only raised Yang Lei's power to 9999 points, so her lifespan wasn't greatly reduced, and she still has 100,000 years of lifespan to squander.

Anyway, both she and Wang Wu seemed quite relaxed.

There's no need for sweet words; even just sitting quietly together and enjoying the scenery won't feel boring.

Moreover, Shuangjun loves brewing wine, infusing it with sincerity. Every day at dusk or when night falls, the two of them would bring out the five stone statues together, and the whole family would gather together to enjoy wine, chat, and discuss the past and present. They wouldn't even hide anything about their cultivation practices.

So much so that his mother-in-law sometimes had to warn him, "My dear son-in-law, although your current mindset is very good, it is already different from your cunning ways. If you continue like this, I am worried that one day you will also become sincere."

“My mother-in-law is absolutely right. Tomorrow I will change my ways to cultivate sincerity.”

Wang Wu didn't care at all. Shuang Jun smiled without saying a word, occasionally glancing over with a ripple-like gaze, everything was understood without being spoken.

As for the four clowns, they remained quiet, focusing only on drinking and sipping tea. Unless absolutely necessary, uttering even a single extra word would be considered a loss.

Because they can no longer see through Wang Wu.

"I'm tired, do as you please!"

My mother-in-law drank a whole jar of immortal wine, then took the four clowns and went home.

In fact, they only come out once every three months.

The rest of the time belonged entirely to Wang Wu and Shuang Jun.

"Have you considered adding another variation to your ancient bear bloodline?"

"I haven't decided yet. Do you have any suggestions?"

"I have no suggestions. In the past, it would have been easy to secretly hunt down an Azure Dragon from the Azure Dragon clan, extract its tendons, and obtain its blood and heart. But now, the Azure Dragon clan has become extinct in the cultivation world." Shuang Jun spoke casually and easily, and Wang Wu smiled. It wasn't so easy in the past. He didn't continue the topic, "When do you plan to deploy a fourth-order Foundation Establishment array? Do you need my help? I have everything ready here."

"Wait a little longer. Don't open this miniature prison tower of yours too often. It would be bad if the Celestial Realm sensed it. Do you know the twelve Heavenly Laws that the twelve Great Luo Immortals issued to the cultivation world? Your actions have violated every single one of them."

"How long will you have to wait?" Wang Wu was very concerned about this. Shuang Jun's aptitude was naturally not bad, and now that he had recovered, it was the perfect time to deploy a fourth-order foundation-building formation.

“At least five thousand years, Wang Wu. I’m not joking. Last time you activated the Miniature Prison Tower and gathered Yin and Yang energies together, it was a very dangerous act. In fact, I would even suggest that you never activate it. As long as it’s not activated, the Celestial Realm will never know of our existence. Even if I don’t deploy a fourth-order Foundation Establishment array, with some effort in the future, I can still cultivate to the ninth level of Taiyi. My lifespan may be a little shorter than yours, but I can still accompany you for 150,000 years.”

"I quite like this comfortable and relaxed life right now. Isn't it good to continue like this?"

Frost Lord was very serious. Goodness, you've lost all your ambition, haven't you?

“Alright, then let’s not take the risk. But could you try another method, which is to observe and record the twenty-four solar terms, evolve the Nine Absolutes, and then deploy your own miniature Sin Prison Tower? In this case, the moment you successfully deploy it, you can capture the Yin and Yang energies, which will provide the illumination standard for you to deploy the fourth-order Foundation Building Formation.”

Wang Wu then proposed a new method.

Deploying a fourth-order foundation-building formation requires the illumination of both Yin and Yang energies.

Just like when you want to build a road, you have to take measurements.

Otherwise, who knows what consequences might arise from even the slightest deviation?
The reason why it was so easy for Wang Wu to deploy the Five Elements Cat Formation or the Heaven and Earth Needle was because the Great Wilderness Prison Tower provided him with the signal transmission of Yin and Yang energies.

In spiritual practice, the higher the level, the more important it is to have the right direction.

Randomly fixing things can easily turn you into a mess!

Upon hearing Wang Wu's suggestion, Shuang Jun sighed and shook her head. "I know this method, but I can't do it. I don't have your spiritual insight to see through it, and my soul is disturbed too much, so it's difficult for me to do it on my own."

"But that shouldn't be the case. I feel that your soul strength is no weaker than my spiritual insight." Wang Wu was somewhat puzzled. Shuang Jun's soul was truly powerful. Even after splitting into a super mini version of Qing Xue, her current soul strength was still more than three times that of Wang Wu, and her total number of divine senses was as high as 1580 strands!
"So this brings us to the influence of your ancient bear bloodline. Do you know what the standard for cultivation of all living beings was before the discovery of Yin and Yang energies?" Frost Lord suddenly asked.

"It seems to be—some kind of witch blood." Wang Wu vaguely remembered something, but had only glanced at it at the time.

"Then do you know why the Azure Dragon, Phoenix, Vermilion Bird, White Tiger, Ancient Bear, Qilin, and other nine demons are called ancient blood divine beasts? Why don't other demon races have this title?"

"It's because their blood can point the way."

"The ancient cultivators used the blood of these beasts to explore and refine their methods little by little until they finally discovered the Yin and Yang energies. In fact, even today, although most cultivators outside the world are unaware of this secret, the ancient blood demon clan still uses ancient blood as a standard to guide their future cultivation."

At this point, Shuangjun's expression turned serious. "I've always been worried that you followed those Taiyi to the Celestial Realms because your ancient blood is very pure. It's not the kind of purity in the narrow sense, nor is it the kind of purity that you've gradually strengthened through your own efforts. Rather, it's the result of being nourished and nurtured by a single type of spiritual energy for hundreds of thousands of years in a special, enclosed environment."

"And you happen to come from the Great Wilderness Sin Prison Tower. Do you really think that the Great Wilderness Sin Prison Tower is just a place to imprison criminals?"

"Actually, there is another reason, which is to screen for very pure ancient blood."

"I only learned this secret by chance. If I had dared to tell you this six thousand years ago, I would have suffered the same fate as my mother—being silenced. But it doesn't matter now."

"Don't you find it strange? Your spiritual insight is far too useful. With this kind of spiritual insight, plus some fortuitous encounters, you can comprehend and build a miniature Sin Prison Tower on your own. I bet the Azure Dragon Clan would be astonished when they see it! Their insight talent is definitely stronger than yours, but in some aspects, they are clearly inferior to you."

"So, let alone me, even if you brought a Taiyi Azure Dragon, it wouldn't be able to comprehend and build a miniature Sin Prison Tower on its own within six thousand years."

"Because your ancient blood possesses a sense of direction! It has the ability to point the way, something that the Azure Dragon Clan's ability to discern bloodlines simply does not have."

"Of course, every clan will reserve and cultivate such pure ancient blood, and not just one, but often a large group, which will be stored generation after generation. Such pure ancient blood is usually called the Great Witch Priest among the demon clan. You know the Great Witch Priest of the Ancient Bear Clan, right? The Azure Dragon Clan also has one. The Vermilion Bird, Black Tortoise, White Tiger, Qilin, and the Nine Ancient Blood Demons all have Great Witch Priests."

"Among humans, those ancient bloodline humans with a sense of direction are called prophets, or astrologers, or other secretive names, such as goddesses, holy sons, etc. In short, I don't know much about them."

“Back when I made contact with you in the Great Wilderness Sin Prison Tower as an avatar, I discovered that your blood was very pure, but not quite up to the standard of being outstanding. In the Mangshan Ancient Bear Clan, someone like you could only be a prospective shaman priest. But I must say, you were very lucky, and I was very lucky too. You helped me, and I helped you. It was like using Yin and Yang energies to purify your ancient blood once.”

"But this situation is very difficult to replicate. In short, that's roughly how it is."

"If you had gone to the Celestial Realm of the Ancient Bear Great Luo six thousand years ago, you would probably have become one of his Great Priests. Every Great Luo has a group of Great Priests, including the Great Luo of the human race, who also like to use the Ancient Blood Great Priest. They seem to have difficulty using Yin and Yang energies to point the way, so they can only choose other methods."

"I don't know how these high priests pointed out the way. Maybe they won't die, but who knows?"

"So I'm very happy, and I'm genuinely happy for you. Let's just stay in the cultivation world peacefully and not go anywhere else, okay?"

(End of this chapter)