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Chapter 854: 148: True Form of the Evil Object
Chapter 854: 148: True Form of the Evil Object
Chapter 854: Chapter 148: True Form of the Evil Object
After a simple physical repair, Luo QingChi looked as if he had never been injured and said coldly to the two, “If Luo cannot eradicate this evil being today, I will not rest!”
Tang Luo was infuriated by Luo QingChi’s stubbornness, but he was also helpless. Even if Luo QingChi was a lunatic, he was Martial Saint Mountain’s lunatic. Such individuals were the most troublesome because they believed what they were doing was utterly correct; they were stubborn and extreme. It wasn’t enough to just defeat them. Even if you killed them, they might still think they were sacrificing themselves for some noble cause.
The only way to deal with such people might be to try to understand the world from their perspective and see if there was a way to break through, because the Longxi Alliance was now too secretive and too weak. Just the presence of the Kunwu Arbitration Office evoked a feeling of irresistibility, and that was just an outer force of Martial Saint Mountain.
As for what sort of power the Ten Saint Mountains might possess, it was too daunting to even consider. For him and the Longxi Alliance currently, nothing was more important than time. Even though he desperately wanted to bash this crazy Grandmaster’s head in, he could only suppress his irritation and ask, “Grandmaster Luo always says that the Yin-Yang Grinding is an evil object that must be eradicated, but where exactly does its evil lie?”
Facing the suppressed inquiry, Luo QingChi was not at all appreciative and instead replied bluntly, “Why beat around the bush? If it weren’t for the benefits of the evil object, how would you have achieved such cultivation at barely over twenty? Luo is eradicating this evil object to save you before the poison goes deeper!”
Tang Luo was amused with anger by Luo QingChi: “Don’t make things up when you know nothing. I can’t even fathom where you get such a rich imagination.” He extended his right hand and pinched the tip of his little finger with his thumb, mocking, “I do owe some of my current cultivation to the Yin-Yang Grinding, but its contribution doesn’t exceed this much. According to your logic, the problem isn’t with the Yin-Yang Grinding, but with me, right?”
“Why quibble? If not for that evil object, how could you have such dragon-like vitality?” Luo QingChi remained unmoved and said coldly, “We were both hit by the Yellow Dragon’s celestial flight. Even with a cultivation that had just entered the Fierce Realm, it’s impossible for you, even if you were a once-in-a-lifetime body cultivation prodigy, to suffer only such superficial wounds and even find an opportunity to ambush me. How do you explain that?”
Some people are just like that; once they’ve prematurely decided that you’re suspicious, everything you do becomes evidence for their case. Although Tang Luo knew his physical strength far surpassed that of a Fierce Realm or even a Grandmaster, this did not necessarily mean there was a problem. At least Tang Luo could be sure that, looking purely at physical strength, there were at least two others who surpassed him in the same realm.
But it was useless to explain this to the Grandmaster who had already fallen into paranoia, for Tang Luo had already heard the main reason he wanted to eradicate the Yin-Yang Grinding from their conversation.
“I understand now,” Tang Luo said with a strange expression. “The reason you call the Yin-Yang Grinding an evil object is because it can grind living beings and refine their essence, right?”
Hearing Tang Luo so easily reveal the biggest secret of the Yin-Yang Grinding, Luo QingChi’s belief was further confirmed, and he said grimly with a dark face, “You indeed know about it.”
“Nonsense, that’s my divine power, of course, I’ve studied it more thoroughly than you,” Tang Luo retorted with crossed arms and a cold tone. “I don’t know where you heard such nonsense, thinking that a divine power capable of refining the essence of living beings is evil. But let me tell you, to reach my current level solely by refining the essence of living beings would require the sacrifice of at least a few million people.”
“Don’t be shocked; that’s an understatement. Many people, due to nutritional issues, cannot even be used in sacrifices to extract essence. One reason is that they inherently have little essence to begin with, and secondly, because the conversion rate of the Yin-Yang Grinding is truly pitiable.”
“Even if I were truly insane enough to refine the soul essence of fellow martial practitioners for my gain, to reach my current level, I would have to kill at least a hundred thousand warriors. Do you think such a huge commotion could be concealed from anyone!?”
“Therefore, I don’t believe any idiot would use such a method after obtaining the Yin-Yang Grinding technique to strengthen themselves. If someone really did, it’s not a problem with Yin-Yang Grinding itself. That person is not seeking strength but rather indulging in the thrill of crushing souls and flesh. Even without Yin-Yang Grinding, they would find other ways to kill people!”
To become stronger, Tang Luo had considered many methods, one of which was how to perfectly utilize Yin-Yang Grinding. He once had a grand plan to set up a large breeding farm for nurturing fierce beasts and venomous insects with short growth cycles to meet his requirements for refining essence. However, after a few simple trials, he abandoned this idea because the investment and return were totally disproportionate.
The essence yielded by a fierce beast was mere threads, and for venomous insects, it was only strands. A simple calculation showed that it was more efficient and cost-effective to refine a local deity than to resort to such measures, not to mention that he had the Star-Child, an incomparably lucrative entity, which made refining the essence of living creatures seem even less appealing.
And yet today, he was blocked at his door by a grandmaster over some absurd misunderstanding. Talk about infuriating!
Luo QingChi had not expected Tang Luo to be so open and forthright about sharing the secrets of Yin-Yang Grinding, and he finally resolved the doubts in his heart.
He had always believed that the Beimang Evil Deity’s incessant sacrifices of living beings to Yin-Yang Grinding was because the method was extremely profitable, making it impossible for him to resist the desire within. Thus, what started as the Hundred Man Pit turned into the Thousand Man Pit, the Ten Thousand Man Pit, and eventually the Great Sacrifice of a Million Living Beings!
But today, he realized that the conversion rate of Yin-Yang Grinding was so low; he also understood why the evil deity of Beimang, after being exposed for his heinous crimes, was executed within three months. He had originally thought it was because the fiend came from humble origins and therefore had weak foundations, but now he knew that the cultivation technique of sacrificing one’s own kind did not yield as astonishing results as he had imagined.
Luo QingChi gazed absently at Tang Luo, his eyes unfocused, his thoughts seemingly drifting back to Beimang. That evil sovereign, shrouded in overwhelming killing intent, had been his long-standing nightmare. But now, upon reflection, it seemed the other wasn’t as formidable as he once feared; the spectacle of a path forged in blood was less about power and more about pretense.
No wonder the Arbitration Office mostly ignored what he had said, no wonder old Master Bu evaded the subject. It turns out he was wrong from the start!
As Tang Luo spoke, he observed the changes in Luo QingChi’s expression, knowing in his heart that the other had changed his mind and let out a long sigh of relief. If this grandmaster from Qilin Mountain couldn’t be persuaded, he really didn’t know what to do.
Xiao Jinlin, standing on the coach, noticed that Luo QingChi’s aura had calmed down and thus dispelled the backup plan he had prepared in the sky. He waved his hand to release the other’s confinement and bowed before returning to the phoenix coach.