Chapter 226: Origin-Replenishing Complete, the Mystery of Defying Fate and Altering the Origin
From this moment onward, a deep impression was left in the hearts of these Jinyiwei from the Great Qian Capital: they had to firmly believe in Lord Cheng!
If they were even one step too slow, all the benefits would be given to someone else!
Because they had now completely understood.
This Lord Cheng, who had not been in the Great Qian Capital for long, was not only extraordinary in strength and methods, but when it came to nurturing and promoting his subordinates, he truly spared no expense!
As long as they followed him closely and clung firmly to this powerful patron, the benefits they received would absolutely not disappoint them!
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Several days later.
Cheng Yu opened his eyes inside the secret chamber, and the aura around him had grown even stronger.
Recently, he had been busy with his own cultivation and training the Jinyiwei. The matter of Duke Dingguo had also left the entire court, both within and without, silent with fear, so he had enjoyed a relatively peaceful period of time.
The gains from the Jinyiwei’s training had provided him with many rewards.
All kinds of Martial Dao insights enriched his already terrifying accumulation. Various weapons, tools, and pills had also piled up into small mountains, waiting to be distributed to his subordinates so they could cycle back into even better rewards.
Most importantly, with the cultivation time occasionally awarded through the System’s critical bonuses, his cultivation accumulation in the Longevity and Origin-Replenishing Chapter of the Demon-Slaying Dao Canon had now basically reached perfection.
Cheng Yu’s body had already entered an exceedingly complete stage. A steady stream of vitality surged through his entire body along with his abundant Internal Energy.
Origin!
This wondrous special power continuously nourished and repaired the damaged parts of Cheng Yu’s body.
Lifespan, recovery, endurance.
All of them had reached a level far surpassing other martial artists, comparable to a hundred times that of martial artists in the same realm.
In this world, even powerful experts had to maneuver and pace themselves when facing human-wave tactics from weaker opponents due to the problem of consumption. They had to carefully allocate the Internal Energy inside their bodies like water in a pond.
Cheng Yu did not have this concern.
Compared to a pond, the level of his Internal Energy was more like a lake—and one that constantly had rivers flowing into it!
He replenished more than he consumed!
Aside from the enormous benefits brought by the improvement of his physical condition, what excited Cheng Yu even more was that the end of Longevity and Origin-Replenishing meant the Demon-Slaying Dao Canon could enter its second chapter!
The Defying Fate and Altering the Origin Chapter!
The essence of Longevity and Origin-Replenishing was still the shaping of the body, and it shared the same underlying approach as Great Qian’s martial path of strengthening the body through Internal Energy.
This second chapter, however, would be an entirely different system of power.
Fate Dao!
A mysterious and profound power that truly exceeded the scope of Martial Dao!
Cheng Yu had personally witnessed the terrifying means by which Dan Qingzi, the current headmaster of Taiyi Sect, cursed someone to death from several thousand li away.
He had also personally experienced the ability of the Heaven-Reckoning Disk.
Relying on calculations of heavenly secrets to take the first step ahead and guide an opponent’s emotions in battle was, for pure Martial Dao, an absolutely unreasonable method.
Other martial artists were still painstakingly thinking about how to use their strengths, avoid their weaknesses, attack the enemy’s vulnerabilities, and gain the advantage by a move or half a technique in a duel.
Yet those who cultivated Fate Dao began with all kinds of schemes and curses, gaining the advantage before they even made a move.
Its terrifying nature was plain to see!
Cheng Yu was naturally filled with anticipation toward this ability, but just as he wanted to try cultivating the Defying Fate and Altering the Origin Chapter, he encountered trouble.
He could not understand the contents of this chapter in the Demon-Slaying Dao Canon at all. He could not even find a starting point!
When it came to Fate Dao, Cheng Yu did not have a very systematic understanding.
Even though he possessed a Fate Dao treasure like the Heaven-Reckoning Disk, he had only ever remained at the stage of simply using it.
He could not investigate its essence at all.
Perhaps due to coincidence, or perhaps due to some special reason, the System had never rewarded him with any insight related to Fate Dao.
Compared to Martial Dao, where every martial artist knew to first cultivate their basic Internal Energy properly before considering paths such as weapons or Hard-Body Training, Fate Dao was an entirely different system.
Cheng Yu had no experience or relevant knowledge, so he did not know how to begin.
“Perhaps I should ask Divine Physician Ma. He seems to have quite a few insights into Fate Dao. Besides that, I should also go to Tianji Tower and take a look.”
Ma Minnong had previously managed the Heaven-Reckoning Disk and seemed to have some connection with Taiyi Sect.
He was a good choice.
Moreover, Cheng Yu also thought of Zhao Yi’s reminder.
Tianji Tower’s Three Rankings were extraordinary and worth examining!
Before that, however, Cheng Yu still had to go and look at the Jinyiwei under his command. He had arranged specialized training for them, but he did not know how effective it had been.
“I’ll first go and look at the people training on the Martial Practice Ground. They should be the ones who finish the fastest.”
Jinyiwei Command Office.
On the Martial Practice Ground.
An intense battle was unfolding between two Jinyiwei.
One of the combatants was Su Wei, who had previously carried away many Blood Pills after the dead-stake training.
His opponent was a Jinyiwei with fairly good strength.
Commandant Yang Li.
His family also had some background, and they stood with the court’s Moderate Faction.
After he entered the Jinyiwei, he had naturally joined the Zhang Brothers’ side. Over the years, he had risen with the tide and gained many benefits.
Compared to Xiao Qi and Su Wei, his background was slightly inferior.
Yet because of that, he had instead developed better, and his strength was a notch higher.
CLANG!
Two Xiuchun Sabers suddenly collided, sending sparks flying as cold black aura intertwined and attacked from both sides.
The two of them were using the same move!
However, Su Wei was not as skilled as Yang Li. During the exchange, he was a step slower, suffered a loss, and fell into a disadvantage.
Seeing that he was falling behind with every move, he gritted his teeth, retreated, and disengaged.
When Yang Li saw this, he gave a cold laugh.
“I heard you trained day and night for several days. How is it that you have not even improved in the most basic cultivation method?”
“It seems that although that Lord Cheng of yours is strong, his temperament is still laughably immature. Trash is still trash. No matter how much you train, you can never be reborn anew!”
At these words, Su Wei and some of the other Jinyiwei immediately revealed bloodshot eyes.
These people could now be considered a third faction within the Jinyiwei.
The Cheng Faction, Cheng as in Cheng Yu.
It was a small matter if he called them trash, but this bastard actually dared to insult Lord Cheng!
“Yang Li, are you courting death?”
Yang Li’s smile was arrogant. “I like the way you look when you are angry. That makes it feel even better when I trample you underfoot.”
The Jinyiwei of the Cheng Faction grew even more furious.
A person like Lord Cheng was willing to believe in them. Who did Yang Li think he was to dare say such things?
“Isn’t this guy just following those surnamed Zhang and scraping up some merit and rewards? Does he really think he is someone important now?”
“Exactly! Give me another two months, and I will definitely be able to deal with him!”
After Cheng Yu’s strict training and unstinting rewards, they could clearly feel their own improvement.
However, they still needed a certain amount of time before they could close the gap between themselves and Yang Li.
One impatient person’s eyes reddened, and he looked toward Xiao Qi, who was sitting off to the side.
“Xiao Qi! Go up there and chop that bastard down!”
If the Spiritual Armament came out, they would see whether Yang Li could continue being so arrogant!
Xiao Qi, however, shook his head and raised his head to look at Su Wei, who was fighting somewhat stifledly on the platform.
“Do not worry. Old Su knows what he is doing.”