Chapter 464: Double Grandmasters (1)
However, that was then, and now was now. Zhu Wuwan was able to stand out in the Hundred Poisons War and become the most eye-catching prodigy, but it did not mean that he would be able to regain his glory in the Demonic Sense Tower trial.
On the contrary, in the eyes of most of the Thousand Poisons Sect cultivators, Zhu Wuan was the weakest Successor Crown Prince in the trial of the Demonic Sense Tower. He probably could not even pass the 30th level of the Demonic Sense Tower and wasted a heaven-bestowed opportunity.
Many people felt sorry for Zhu Wuyan. It was obvious that Zhu Wuyan’s status in the Demonic Will Tower was very low. Even Liang Jingyan and Pan Yufeng of Nine Dragon Mountain did not think highly of Zhu Wuyan, let alone the Successor Crown Princes of the other mountain ranges.
Under such circumstances, Zhu Wuyang still appeared in such a high-profile manner and attracted the attention of countless people. When the first one to be beaten down later, he was afraid that he would lose all face.
Therefore, many people felt that Zhu Wuyan’s actions were unwise. Most of the cultivators from the Thousand Poisons Sect felt that Zhu Wuyan had bought the nine dragons with her wealth and power.
After all, Zhu Wuan was only a weak prince in the Nascent Soul Stage. How could he subdue nine dragons with his own strength? Even one would be difficult to handle.
Perhaps the nine Feng Shui Dragons were given to him by the Dragon Flame Palace Master, Cai Chaoan, who took good care of him. This possibility was not small.
Even the higher-ups of Nine Dragon Mountain didn’t think that Zhu Wuwan could subdue the nine dragons with her own strength. However, the truth was that Zhu Wuwan had indeed subdued the nine dragons in the depths of the Endless Snake Marsh.
The Endless Snake Marsh had accumulated countless resources and treasures over the years. It contained countless good things, and the nine Wind Water Dragons were just one of them.
After receiving the news that there was a Fengshui Dragon in the depths of the Endless Snake Marsh, Zhu Wuyang covered up the news and disguised himself to go to the place where the Fengshui Dragon was.
When they arrived, Zhu Wuwan was pleasantly surprised to find that there was not only one Feng Shui dragon there, but nine Feng Shui dragons. The nine Feng Shui dragons that had been born in the Endless Snake Marsh for millions of years were all there.
It just so happened that Zhu Wuyang knew some techniques to subdue the Fengshui Dragons, so he used both carrot and stick. He first used his fists to subdue the nine mid-stage Soul Formation Fengshui Dragons, then used benefits to entice them to contract with him and become Zhu Wuyang’s pets.
At the same time, Zhu Wuyang also made them swear a poison oath that they would never reveal Zhu Wuyang’s true strength. If they violated it, Zhu Wuyang would not even need to do anything. The contract would make their souls dissipate.
Although the combat strength of the nine Feng Shui Dragons was weaker than that of a Soul Formation Intermediate Stage cultivator of the same level, they could gather Feng Shui Spiritual Qi. The place where they were located was a land of Feng Shui, allowing Zhu Wuyang to obtain many invisible benefits.
Moreover, the nine dragons were a symbol of fortune and luck, and they could greatly increase Zhu Wuyan’s reputation. The reason why Zhu Wuyan was able to recruit twenty Soul Formation Realm cultivators over the years was also because of the nine dragons.
Before subduing the nine dragons, the number of Soul Formation Stage cultivators under Zhu Wuwan barely exceeded two digits. However, as the news of Zhu Wuwan subduing the nine dragons spread, many Soul Formation Stage cultivators came to visit and join them.
Apart from that, these nine dragons were also extremely helpful in helping Zhu Wuwan set up the array formation. They could make the array formation set up by Zhu Wuwan even stronger.
After several years of cultivation, Zhu Wuyan’s array formation cultivation had already advanced to the peak of high-level middle-grade, and she was barely able to arrange high-level high-grade spiritual arrays.
In other words, the current Zhu Wuyang was qualified to be called a High Rank Upper Spiritual Array Grandmaster.
There were only a few Spiritual Array Grandmasters of this level in the entire Thousand Poisons Sect, and they were even rarer than the ancient giants.
Even his cultivation in alchemy had been raised to the peak of high-level middle-grade by Zhu Wuwan. He could barely refine high-level high-grade spirit pills and was qualified to be called a high-level high-grade alchemy grandmaster.
Zhu Wuan’s alchemy skills had already surpassed Wen Kuizhi’s.
However, in everyone’s opinion, Zhu Wuyan’s alchemy skills were only of the top-grade intermediate level. She only had the hope of stepping into the ranks of alchemy grandmasters. Compared to Wen Kui, she was far, far inferior.
Many of the Breakthrough Stones that Zhu Wanhao had earned over the years had been invested in the Dao of Array Formations and the Dao of Alchemy. Otherwise, Zhu Wanhao would have accumulated even more Breakthrough Stones at this moment.
With the help of the formation, Zhu Wuwan was even confident that he could kill the ancient giants at the Early and Mid Void Refinement Realm. If he was given enough time and the opportunity was right, he might even be able to defeat or kill the ancient giants at the Late Void Refinement Realm and above.
In the past few years, Zhu Wuyang had not only improved his strength, but also his abilities in all aspects.
It was time for the accumulation of many years to bloom.
In the midst of the commotion, the sect master of the Thousand Poisons Sect, Ma Qingshan, came to the bottom of the Demonic Will Tower. After briefly explaining the things that needed to be taken note of when entering the tower, he prepared to open the tower and let all the legacy Crown Princes enter it to train and obtain a huge amount of mental power.
Ma Qingshan was the winner of the previous Ten Thousand Poison Sect’s legacy competition. He came from the Long-Breath Mountain, which was ranked second in the Ten Thousand Poison Sect. He had been in charge of the Ten Thousand Poison Sect for nearly a thousand years and had withstood the combined attacks of the Medicine God Sect and the Sacred Flame Sect. It was considered a great contribution.
The most important thing was that Ma Qingshan had obtained a lot of resources and treasures by virtue of his position as the sect master of the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect. Every year, he could obtain a large amount of dividends from the ninety-nine mountain ranges of the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect. His strength had risen steadily, and he had already stepped into the ranks of the ancient giants a few hundred years ago.
Now, he had already reached the peak of the Early Void Refinement Realm and was only half a step away from entering the ranks of the Mid Void Refinement Realm.
Once Ma Qingshan abdicated in a few decades, he would become one of the legacy elders of the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect and would be qualified to recruit legacy disciples. Once the legacy disciple he recruited became the new sect master of the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect, Ma Qingshan would become the master of the sect master and would be able to reap greater benefits.
Therefore, Ma Qingshan did not feel disappointed about losing his position as the sect master of the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect.
The 99 legacy elders joined forces. Bright light bloomed from their hands and connected to the Demonic Sense Tower. It gathered into a complete key and opened the door of the Demonic Sense Tower.
There were 99 mountain ranges in the Thousand Poison Sect, and each mountain range held one of the 99 keys to the Demonic Sense Tower. Only when the 99 keys were combined could the legendary treasure land, the Demonic Sense Tower, be opened.
On the pitch black first level of the tower, a deep ghost head door slowly appeared. The inside was hazy, and even the ancient giants couldn’t see it clearly. This was the door to the tower.