No hope for eternal life

Chapter 283 Half-step Thunder God Realm

"This relationship is really tangled and confusing." Mu Changsheng sighed lightly. He was sighing for Mu Xun. Although he didn't want Mu Xun to get too close to the demons, the reason given by Yi Qianhuan was really irresistible. After all, fighting against the demons was related to Mu Xun's life and property, and any improvement before the war was better.

Yang Wuque seemed to know what Mu Changsheng was worried about, and consoled him, "Good and bad go hand in hand. Yi Qianhuan's willingness to guide Mu Xun is a good thing, at least for now."

Mu Changsheng shook his head slightly. He first activated the warning array to prevent anyone from eavesdropping, and then talked a lot with Yang Wuque, from the inheritance of Emperor Tianqing, to Yi Qianhuan forcing him and Mu Xun to swear a great oath to the inner demon, to You Poling's opinion on the death of Mo Xuansheng.

Mu Changsheng spoke freely and without reservation. Although his cultivation strength was getting closer and closer to Yang Wuque and perhaps he would surpass Yang Wuque in the near future, his trust and respect for Yang Wuque had never diminished in the slightest.

Mu Changsheng's words successfully opened up a new perspective for Yang Wuque. He also understood Mu Changsheng's concerns better, and then said earnestly: "I think what you said is very right: in order to eliminate the hatred between the two races, either resurrect Mo Xuansheng or let You Wuye commit suicide to apologize. Since the hatred between the two races is destined to be irreconcilable, let them resolve the conflict themselves, and you just need to do your best."

Mu Changsheng nodded slightly, agreeing with Yang Wuque's point of view.

Yang Wuque stretched out his hand and said enthusiastically: "Come on, it's been a long time since we last sparred. Let's see how much you have improved in the past few years."

Mu Changsheng smiled knowingly and also got ready for battle. During the competition with Lin Yu, he became more and more aware of the importance of basic skills.

After a fight, although Mu Changsheng was severely beaten again, the gap between him and Yang Wuque had been visibly shortened.

After the competition, Mu Changsheng took out the ten thousand year old lightning-struck wood and began to practice the Five Thunder Body Tempering Secret Technique again. He wanted to reach the perfect state of Thunder Fruit Realm as quickly as possible, and even make an impact on the Thunder God Realm.

In addition, every time Mu Changsheng's body refining realm improved, he would practice with Yang Wuque again to consolidate his foundation, adapt to the newly increased strength, and so on.

A month and a half later, the ten thousand year old lightning wood was completely consumed, and Mu Changsheng had to come out of seclusion. His body refining realm also broke through to the Half-Step Thunder God realm.

The so-called half-step to the Thunder God realm is actually related to the five thunder fruits in Mu Changsheng's five internal organs. If one wants to break through to the Thunder God realm, one must transform the five thunder fruits one by one into Thunder God Dao fruits similar to the Nascent Soul. Mu Changsheng has only just completed the transformation of one thunder fruit so far, so he can only be regarded as a half-step to the Thunder God realm.

However, even if a thunder fruit transformed into the Thunder God, Mu Changsheng already felt a huge improvement.

Having tasted the sweetness, Mu Changsheng wanted to complete the transformation of another thunder fruit within the last half month.

So, Mu Changsheng left Duzhao Peak and rushed to Lingzang Peak again. He wanted to buy another ten-thousand-year-old lightning-struck wood and some spiritual materials for making various talismans.

When Xia Rong saw Mu Changsheng coming, his eyes lit up and he said, "Junior Brother Mu, in just one and a half months, your aura has improved a lot. It seems that your strength has improved a lot."

Mu Changsheng is going to represent the human race in the battle against the sect, so naturally the more his strength improves the better, that's why Xia Rong seems so happy.

"It's OK." Mu Changsheng said modestly: "This time I came here to buy some spiritual materials, and I also want a lightning-struck tree that is more than ten thousand years old. The older the better."

"Ten thousand year old lightning wood." Xia Rong couldn't help but frown and said, "Ten thousand year old lightning wood is rare. The one you bought last time was the last one. But don't worry, with our sect's channels, I will definitely help you get a lightning wood that is more than ten thousand years old within three days, and I will personally deliver it to you then."

Seeing Xia Rong's confident tone, Mu Changsheng was relieved and said thankfully: "Then I'll trouble you, Senior Sister."

"Why bother? As long as you can win, it's all worth it. The lightning-struck wood you reserved will be considered as a gift from me." Xia Rong said proudly. A thousand-year-old lightning-struck wood has thousands of contribution points. It may be worth a lot to other disciples, but it is just a drop in the bucket to her.

But Mu Changsheng refused to agree and quickly declined, saying: "I appreciate your kindness, but I am not short of contribution points, so how can I ask you to pay for me?"

"Your contribution value is enough now, but it doesn't mean it will be enough in the future. What? Do you think I'm kidding you, or do you think I can't come up with that little contribution value?" Xia Rong said seriously.

"No, that's not what I meant." Mu Changsheng quickly explained.

Xia Rong waved his hand and said, "Okay, there's no need to talk about this anymore. Didn't you say you wanted to buy some other spiritual materials? Hurry up and tell me your name. Don't waste your time here."

Mu Changsheng was helpless. He completely understood the straightforward nature of this senior sister and could only obediently report the list of spiritual materials.

In addition to the 350 contribution points required for the spiritual materials, Mu Changsheng also spent 5,000 contribution points to exchange for 5,000 top-grade spirit stones at one time.

After buying things, Mu Changsheng went straight back to Duzhao Peak. The lightning-struck wood would take another three days to arrive, and he had no plans to be idle during this time, so he could take some time to refine some talismans and formation plates.

Through the previous competition, Mu Changsheng deeply realized that facing the top figures at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, the fifth-grade primary-level talismans and formation plates would hardly be effective, so this time he would refine more fifth-grade mid-level talismans and formation plates.

Among them, Mu Changsheng refined ten sets of the fifth-grade intermediate-level Zhu Xian Four Formations, totaling fifteen sets. He also refined ten sets of the fifth-grade intermediate-level defensive formation plates, star formations, totaling fifteen.

The next one was the fifth-grade intermediate golden light talisman. Mu Changsheng refined another 105 of them, for a total of 161.

In addition, Mu Changsheng also refined hundreds of fifth-grade intermediate-level defensive talismans, named Mingjia Talismans.

Mu Changsheng knew that before the competition, his body refining realm would not be able to completely break through to the Thunder God realm, and physical defense would be his only shortcoming, so he deliberately used the Mingjia Talisman and the Star Array to replace defense.

Afterwards, Mu Changsheng continued to refine the talisman. This time he wanted to refine a talisman called the Pure Spirit Talisman. This talisman was exactly the magical talisman passed down to him by Ji Tianyu, the patriarch of the Ji clan.

Mu Changsheng once said that this talisman was of great help to him, and it was not an exaggeration, because this talisman could purify the cultivator and eliminate all bad conditions, and it was extremely practical.

The most important thing is that with the Pure Spirit Talisman, Mu Changsheng can use the Virtual God Talisman many times, instead of only being able to use it once in a competition as before.

The only drawback is that this Spirit Purification Talisman is not omnipotent. According to the talisman tradition, the effectiveness of the Spirit Purification Talisman will fluctuate depending on the severity of the cultivator's bad condition. For example, for an ordinary minor injury, one Spirit Purification Talisman can heal the injury, but for a serious injury, three or four or even more talismans may be needed to complete the healing.

Therefore, it would take some experimentation to determine how many times Mu Changsheng could use the Virtual God Talisman with the help of the Pure Spirit Talisman.

Before that, Mu Changsheng also had to refine the Spirit Purification Talisman first.

All magical talismans have unique methods of refining. To refine the Void God Talisman, one needs to use the essence and blood of other cultivators, while to refine the Pure Spirit Talisman, one needs to use the cultivator's own blood.

There are two points that require extra attention. First, it must be the cultivator's own blood rather than his essence and blood. Second, the refined soul-purifying talisman can only be effective on the original owner of the blood and will not have any effect on others.

For cultivators, there is a huge difference between blood and essence blood. They can survive even if most of their ordinary blood is lost, but they can die if half of their essence blood is lost.