Desolate Devouring Art

Chapter 609 - Seclusion

Elder Tian Xing walked out from the crowd and patted Liu Wuxie's shoulder. He was satisfied with Liu Wuxie's performance in the past few days.

"The sect master told me to tell you that you've done it beautifully, and he owes you a favor," Elder Tian Xing whispered to Liu Wuxie as they walked through the crowd.

Having the sect master owe you a favor was an immense honor because this meant Liu Wuxie didn't have to fear anyone in the sect.

"This is my responsibility as a sect disciple," Liu Wuxie replied, rubbing his nose awkwardly. Since he caused the entire incident, it was only natural for him to end it.

"I bet you must've been exhausted. Go and rest. Your reward from the sect will arrive shortly," Elder Tian Xing said with a mysterious smile before motioning Liu Wuxie to continue.

Having accomplished so much for the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion, it was only natural for Liu Wuxie to be rewarded. As for the reward, Liu Wuxie still had no idea about it.

Jian Xing'er and others had been eagerly waiting. They had already received news of what happened in Treasure City. They wanted to leave the sect to help Liu Wuxie several times, but Tang Tian and the others stopped them. After all, they would only be a burden to Liu Wuxie if they left the sect.

Everyone from the Heavenly Dao Society cheered when Liu Wuxie returned to his abode.

"Alright, everyone, get back to your tasks! Wuxie must've been exhausted," Fan Zhen said before dispersing everyone.

Along the way back, Fan Zhen noticed that Liu Wuxie seemed oddly unhappy, as if weary of his current lifestyle.

Taking a deep breath, Liu Wuxie sat with his legs crossed. Regardless of how difficult the road ahead, nothing could sway him from his original resolve—to return to the Celestial Realm and slaughter those hypocrites.

In the afternoon, Fan Zhen said that someone wished to see him.

After a few hours of rest to adjust, Liu Wuxie felt like himself again. He tidied his clothes before he stepped out of his abode.

Old Fan rarely bothered him with visitors, which meant that the visitor had to be someone important.

When Liu Wuxie stepped out of his abode, he saw a graceful back that stuck a familiar cord with him.

Not long after Fan Zhen left, this woman came to look for him and insisted on meeting Liu Wuxie. No matter how he tried to persuade her, she wouldn't leave until she finally declared that she was Liu Wuxie's woman.

This left Fan Zhen with no choice but to notify Liu Wuxie about her arrival.

"What are you doing in the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion?" Liu Wuxie asked. He was shocked at the sight of Murong Yi because he didn't expect her to come to the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion.

When Murong Yi turned around, her face wasn't veiled, and her stunning beauty was completely revealed to Liu Wuxie. Her beauty seemed more radiant than when they parted in Serene Sea City.

"I'm a disciple of the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion now, and this is my identity token as a true disciple," Murong Yi said with a playful smile as she tossed her medal to Liu Wuxie.

When Liu Wuxie received the medal, he examined it closely, and he found that it was indeed an identity medal from the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion.

"Did you come here to hold me to my promise, afraid that I'll go back on it?" Liu Wuxie asked with a slight frown as he handed the medal back. He never failed to keep his promises once given, and Murong Yi came to ensure that he kept his promise of rescuing her parents.

"I have already disbanded the House of Tea Art and sent everyone back to the Western Barren. So I have nowhere to go now except for the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion," Murong Yi explained. She had some understanding of Liu Wuxie's personality during this period, and she knew that he would keep up with his promise.

"With your unclear background, how did the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion allow you in?" Liu Wuxie asked, genuinely curious. The Heavenly Treasure Pavilion only accepted disciples with a clean background, and Murong Yi was someone in the high levels of the Astral River Realm. Thus, he needed clarification on why the sect allowed Murong Yi to join.

"That's simple—I told them I was your woman!" Murong Yi laughed as she covered her mouth, curious about Liu Wuxie's reaction.

Liu Wuxie staggered when he heard Murong Yi's reply. His forehead was wrinkled, and Murong Yi had no qualms about saying whatever came to her mind.

She did mention that she would do anything if Liu Wuxie could rescue her parents, and they both understood the implications.

"I'm just kidding. The Heavenly Treasure Pavillion allowed me to join, but with conditions attached," Murong Yi said with a serious expression.

"What condition?" Liu Wuxie asked. He couldn't think of anything Murong Yi could offer to the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion when she had disbanded the House of Tea Art.

"The Ten Grand Ceremony will take place soon, and I've promised to help the sect achieve good results," Murong Yi explained honestly.

Liu Wuxie nodded and finally figured everything out. The Ten Grand Ceremony was vital to the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion, and Mu Tianli encouraged him to participate, though he still had not decided.

The two chatted for an hour before Murong Yi left.

As he watched her graceful figure, Liu Wuxie couldn't help but let out a wry smile. But Elder Tian Xing hurried over just when he was about to return to his abode.

"Wuxie, here's the reward from the sect. Take them!" Elder Tian Xing took out an interspatial ring and handed it to Liu Wuxie.

"Please thank the sect master on my behalf," Liu Wuxie said as he kept the interspatial ring. The reward came at the right time, and it was ideal if he could reach the Astral River Realm with the resources.

"The sect master also asked me to get your reply for the Ten Grand Ceremony," Elder Tian Xing said as they sat down on a large boulder.

"Do I have a choice?" Liu Wuxie shrugged. He had no desire to participate and only wanted to cultivate in peace.

"Absolutely not!" Elder Tian Xing replied straightforwardly.

"Then why are you even asking me?" Liu Wuxie retorted, resisting the urge to give Elder Tian Xing a beating. If he had the strength, he would've acted long ago.

"I was just being polite by seeking your opinion. I have already submitted your name, so you are going," Elder Tian Xing grinned, revealing his genuine side when he was with Liu Wuxie.

Liu Wuxie sighed with a headache because Murong Yi had come to tease him earlier, and it was Elder Tian Xing's turn now.

"Alright, enough—go away. Don't bother me in the next few days," Liu Wuxie said, waving his hand to dismiss Elder Tian Xing. He didn't want to see the latter for another moment.

"Haha, focus on cultivating. Don't let us down," Elder Tian Xing chuckled as he patted Liu Wuxie on the shoulder before leaving.

Now that he was finally alone, Liu Wuxie went into seclusion in his abode, forbidding anyone from entering. Once inside, he sorted through the resources given to him by the sect, and the amount of resources nearly blinded his eyes.

"Now, that's more like it!" Liu Wuxie said with his spirits lifted.

"A thousand high-grade spirit stones, a coral essence, five high-grade spiritual essences, materials to forge a monarch artifact, and fifty million mid-grade spirit stones..."

The resources stacked up like a mountain, all rewards from the sect. That was especially true for the thousand high-grade spirit stones crucial to Liu Wuxie.

As he further sorted the resources, he found several cultivation technique manuals. While he didn't need them, it was a thoughtful gesture from the sect.

After all, the sect master didn't know that he had practiced the Desolate Devouring Art and possessed a heaven-defying treasure like the Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron.

In addition to the cultivation technique manuals, there were about a dozen porcelain bottles, all containing pills that could aid him in his cultivation.

Those pills were also crucial because he had to depend on them to see if he could reach the pinnacle of the Heavenly Phase Realm. He had been stuck at the eighth-level of the Heavenly Phase Realm for a month now and needed to make a breakthrough quickly.

Only one month was left until the Ten Grand Ceremony, and time was running out for him.

He quickly opened the porcelain bottles because ordinary pills couldn't catch his attention, as he was also a grandmaster alchemist. Since the sect master had gifted these pills to him, this meant that they would be anything but ordinary.

He poured out a purple pill when he opened the first porcelain bottle. When he took a closer examination of the pill, he exclaimed, "The Indigo Flame Pill!"

This was a ninth-grade pill, but the sect master had given to him like that, something he didn't expect. He opened the second porcelain bottle and muttered, "The Insight Pill!"

He moved on to open the other bottles, each time revealing more surprises.

"The Purity Pill, Spirit Consolidating Pill, and the Meridians Cleansing Pill!" Liu Wuxie was shocked as he stared at the pills before him. Each of them was a ninth-grade pill, potent beyond measure. After all, even eighth-grade pills could no longer satisfy his requirement.

"This is great! With these resources, I have at least a fifty percent chance of making it into the Astral River Realm, and I can also reforge the Heretic Blade into a monarch artifact," Liu Wuxie exclaimed as he carefully stowed away the pills.

He was running out of time and was prepared to use the time law in the cultivation chamber to make a breakthrough in his cultivation.

Upon learning that Liu Wuxie required a cultivation chamber, many people stepped aside and let him pick the best one available.

Liu Wuxie didn't have to worry about points because the sect master had given him a staggering amount of one million points, on top of all the resources he was awarded. This was enough for him to cultivate as he pleased, and he could even reserve the cultivation chamber for an entire year without concern.

When Liu Wuxie stepped into the cultivation chamber, he was enveloped by the dense spiritual energy. He took a seat and wasn't in a hurry to consume the pills. Instead, he spent some time tempering his cultivation first.

The Desolate Devouring Art began to revolve and formed into a vortex around him to devour the spiritual energy in the cultivation chamber.

As Liu Wuxie's cultivation deepened, the power of the Desolate Devouring Art became even more evident. After refining a large amount of spiritual essence, the desolate world had obtained a hint of spirituality, and his spiritual root was infinitely closer to an immortal root.

He took out five spiritual essences given to him by the sect and held them in his hand, absorbing the spirituality within. As spirituality poured into his body, the desolate world continued to advance, and even the growth of the Golden Spirit Fruit sped up, reaching maturity.

Over a dozen days passed in the cultivation chamber, but it had only been two hours in the outside world. He took out the Insight Pill and consumed it.

The Insight Pill wasn't meant to help Liu Wuxie make a breakthrough but to strengthen his comprehension before that breakthrough.

In a nutshell, this was a pill that could enhance the intellect. A comfortable sensation spread throughout his limbs when the pill dissolved in Liu Wuxie's mouth, with each pore devouring the spiritual energy greedily.

As Liu Wuxie's soul sea pulsed, the Heavenly Dao Book began to shine brightly under the golden radiance.

He proceeded to take out the Meridians Cleansing Pill, trying to use it to perfect and strengthen his meridians. The pill cleansed and fortified his meridians, and it was a rare pill that couldn't be easily found in the market.