Chapter 104: You Yelan is Jealous: Why is She So Favored!
“What do you mean by this?”
You Yelan looked at him warily, her heart racing, feeling that something bad was about to happen.
“It’s nothing, I just want to fulfill your long-held wish.”
Zhou Tong circled around her, his spiritual power and spiritual energy surging simultaneously, leaving intricate patterns on the ground.
Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be depicting an extraordinarily complex array.
This made You Yelan’s hair stand on end because she felt that this array looked somewhat familiar.
“What are you doing?!”
“Can’t you see? I’m preparing to transfer the material qualification from her to you, so that you can contribute to the Celestial Master Clan. Don’t you feel honored?”
At this remark, You Yelan felt as if she had been struck by lightning.
“You’re lying! This is impossible; no one can achieve such a level!”
She quickly shook her head, her eyes filled with fear and helplessness, as Zhou Tong’s move shattered her confidence completely.
If she also became a material, the Celestial Master Clan would not hesitate to sacrifice her.
“You don’t need to believe; you just need to see the facts.” Zhou Tong said nonchalantly.
“You’re spreading fear! You don’t even know what materials are, yet you dare to talk big!”
You Yelan breathed heavily, desperately trying to find excuses to stabilize her confidence.
“Hmph… It’s just a sacrificial offering for the tribulation, right?”
As soon as she said this, You Yelan’s pupils suddenly constricted.
The Talisman Way is incredibly strong, therefore it is also more severely suppressed by the Heavenly Dao.
To reach a higher realm, one must endure the terrifying Three Calamities and Four Trials.
For example, transitioning from a sixth-level talisman master to a seventh-level talisman master is a huge hurdle.
The higher the aptitude of the talisman master, the stronger the tribulations faced, making it more likely to lose one’s life.
To put it bluntly, among a hundred geniuses striving to reach seventh-level talisman master, only two or three actually succeed.
This death rate is horrifying.
To compensate for this flaw, sacrificial offerings were created, which are the materials.
The chosen materials must undergo baptism from a young age, enjoying different treatments according to their grades.
Lower-grade materials must endure trials, constantly suffering, experiencing solitude and loneliness.
Higher-grade materials enjoy a privileged life, feeling superior everywhere.
Yet their end is the same.
They must be sacrificed to the Heavenly Dao, using their essence blood to illuminate their peers and help them reach a higher realm safely.
Though this method seems cruel, its effects are significant.
With the sacrifice of materials, the probability of peers successfully advancing will increase to thirty percent.
This is already a several-fold improvement.
For the brutal cultivation world, this kind of thing is as normal as can be.
Even Zhou Tong holds a reserved attitude towards such rituals, neither praising nor denying them.
However, if anyone dares to sacrifice the Little Demoness, he would take the lead and sacrifice their entire clan.
“The array is complete!”
Zhou Tong clapped his hands, and two complex arrays appeared beneath them, interlocking with each other.
You Yelan’s face went pale; she felt a horrifying aura.
The level of this array was extremely high; it was definitely not just for show.
“What kind of formation is this?”
“You should have heard of it, the Yin-Yang Separation Array and the Fusion Array. Combining these two can extract the material physique from the Little Demoness and transfer it to you.”
“No! You can’t do this! I cannot become a material!”
You Yelan struggled violently, trying to escape this fate.
No one wants to be a sacrificial offering, even if this offering is of significant value.
“At this point, do you think you still have the right to back out? You clearly agreed earlier.”
Zhou Tong showed no mercy, inviting the Little Demoness into the array and standing at the center of the formation, which was the separation point for the materials, while You Yelan naturally occupied the fusion position.
“Open!”
Zhou Tong shouted lightly, his brows splitting open to reveal a Heavenly Eye, and then a dense spiritual power surged into the array.
“Boom!”
The two arrays operated simultaneously, and as expected, everything proceeded smoothly.
The Little Demoness trembled, and three strands of starlight flew out from her chest, descending towards You Yelan.
These were the essence of the materials.
However, at this critical moment, an unexpected change occurred.
You Yelan suddenly shook violently, a dazzling light emanating from her chest, accompanied by a powerful repulsive force.
Under the influence of this force, the three strands of starlight could not fall and return successfully.
“I still don’t believe in evil.”
Zhou Tong increased his force brutally, trying to force it down, causing You Yelan to scream in pain.
“It hurts! There’s a force trying to tear me apart! Please spare me!”
Zhou Tong remained unmoved, his eyes cold as he continued to apply pressure.
Whether You Yelan lived or died was not within his consideration.
However, at this moment, the array beneath them reached its tolerance limit first.
A humming sound was heard.
The two arrays shifted and collapsed in the void, transforming into pure spiritual energy that vanished into heaven and earth, as the starlight returned to the Little Demoness’s body.
“Ha…”
You Yelan gasped for breath, suddenly realizing that the shackles on her body had shattered, restoring her freedom.
“You failed!”
Seeing Zhou Tong in a daze, she couldn’t help but laugh.
Yet Zhou Tong only stared blankly for a moment, looked at her, and then suddenly burst out laughing.
“What are you laughing at?”
You Yelan retracted her smile, feeling a chill in her heart.
“I laugh at how pathetic you are!”
Zhou Tong looked at her with a sense of pity and a hint of mockery, leaving her at a loss.
“Hmph!”
Without saying a word, You Yelan suddenly moved, sprinting straight towards the Little Demoness.
She realized clearly that to leave this place, she had to take a hostage.
Zhou Tong snorted coldly; it seemed this pet wanted to come to the table; she needed to be chained.
Just as he was about to pull the rope, the Little Demoness acted first.
“Talisman Sixty-Six, Five Elements Light Prison!”
The instant spell burst forth, turning into five barriers that firmly trapped You Yelan, rendering her immobile.
“You… you also know this kind of Seal Art.”
She looked at the Little Demoness and Zhou Tong as if she had seen a ghost, her face filled with disbelief.
“He’s actually passed down such a heavenly technique to you! What are your qualifications? This is clearly a peerless treasure!”
You Yelan felt deep jealousy; Zhou Tong’s Seal Art was unparalleled in the world, and the Celestial Master Clan would lock it away, only the clan leader was qualified to practice it, not even the young master could.
Yet Zhou Tong unhesitatingly taught it to the Little Demoness; this level of trust and favoritism exceeded even that shown to his wife and daughter.
But soon, she thought of a more crucial matter.
The Little Demoness’s mastery of the Seal Art, having broken through to the Heaven-Cutting Realm, had entered the realm of a seventh-level talisman master.
And she had not endured the Three Calamities and Four Trials; this was simply a myth.
Suddenly, a light bulb went off in her head, realizing a possibility.
This made her tremble all over.
“The Seal Art practiced by the Little Demoness… it can actually ignore the bottleneck of talisman masters!”
