Eternal Heart
Chapter 678: "Blood Burning Secret Technique

"Where do you think you’re going? Hand over your contribution points!”

Junior Sister Tu Zhixiang approached slowly, her smile laced with a hint of danger, causing Hua Rong’s body to involuntarily stiffen.

Ranked sixty-third on the “Pride of Heaven List,” Junior Sister Tu’s strength meant that Hua Rong probably couldn’t withstand even three moves against her.

Once Hua Rong violated the agreement, Junior Sister Tu would have every reason to strike against him. Realizing this, fear and panic welled up inside Hua Rong.

"Junior Sister Tu, I am willing to accept the loss and will definitely hand over the contribution points to Junior Brother Chen,” Hua Rong said with a helpless look, forcing a smile. “However, I currently don’t have that many contribution points on me.”

One thousand contribution points was a significant sum even for an Inner Valley Disciple of Black Demon Valley.

Given the intense competition within Black Demon Valley, one would certainly spend any sizeable amount of contribution points to improve their strength. No one would just sit on such a large sum without good reason.

"I will gather one thousand contribution points and deliver them personally to Junior Brother Chen,” Hua Rong proposed with a forced smile, looking to negotiate.

"There’s no need for such trouble,” Junior Sister Tu Zhixiang asserted dominantly. “Just hand over all the contribution points you have now, and make up the remainder next time!”

"This Hua Rong hesitated, his mind in turmoil.

In truth, by proposing to accumulate one thousand contribution points before paying Chen Yu, he was hoping to buy time in the hopes of a fortunate turn.

Little did he expect Junior Sister Tu to be so aggressive and make such a demand.

And Hua Rong had no grounds to refuse.

"Right, there are many members of the Hua Clan present. Why don’t they share in your difficulty? Let them contribute their points. They might help you gather the full one thousand, so you don’t have to bear the debt. After all, it wouldn’t sound good for Hua Rong to owe contributions,” Junior Sister Tu suggested with a malicious grin.

Chen Yu felt that at this moment, Junior Sister Tu was full of shrewd ideas, displaying exceptional dominance.

Perhaps Shen Ji’s earlier comments had angered Junior Sister Tu and lit a fire of rage in her heart.

Now, she was venting all her anger on the people of the Hua Clan.

Confronted with Junior Sister Tu’s aggressive demeanor, Hua Rong glanced up at the blood-colored light screen above and at Feng Wuxue, the Young Valley Master of Blood Demon Valley, behind him. In the end, he merely sighed and remained silent.

Hua Rong approached Hua Dufeng and said, “This started because of you, so hand over the contribution points.”

Hua Dufeng looked stupefied, seemingly struggling to come to terms with the current situation.

Not only had he been defeated by Chen Yu, but Hua Rong, an Inner Valley Disciple of the Hua Clan, had also lost face in the best-of-three wager. Now, without handing over the contribution points, he was not even allowed to leave!

At that moment, Hua Dufeng felt the humiliation of a captured foe, wanting nothing more than to quickly escape this place filled with pain and shame.

After a while, Hua Rong handed over eight hundred and ninety-six contribution points to Chen Yu.

Among those of the Hua Clan present, all were new disciples of the valley, with few contribution points to their names, and they failed to collect the full one thousand.

Chen Yu didn’t mind. Eight hundred and ninety-six contribution points were already a considerable and substantial resource for him at the moment.

He believed that Hua Rong wouldn’t renege on the debt and would make up the remaining one hundred and four contribution points.

"Thank you for the contribution points, Brother Hua,” Chen Yu thanked politely, with a smile, after receiving the points.

But to Hua Rong, Chen Yu’s words felt like a direct mockery, a taunt.

"Chen Yu, if the opportunity arises, I, Hua Rong, will repay today’s humiliation tenfold!” Hua Rong clenched his fists, seething inside.

"Alright, you may leave now,” Junior Sister Tu waved her hand, and the massive blood screen above everyone’s heads surged and turned into a blood-colored ribbon that returned to her hand.

It was actually a Spiritual Artifact!

The members of the Hua Clan and others quickly took their leave.

"Chen Yu, I, Hua Dufeng, will surpass you and then crush you beneath my feet,” Hua Dufeng said with a look of bitterness and unwavering resolve.

Whiff!

A fragrant breeze wafted by, and when Chen Yu turned his head, he saw Junior Sister Tu standing beside him.

"Little Junior Brother, I was actually quite worried just now. If you had been defeated by Hua Rong, our Blood Demon Valley would have lost face, and our Master would certainly have been angry,” Junior Sister Tu patted Chen Yu’s shoulder and complimented him.

"I was aware of that too, so how could I dare to lose?” Chen Yu joked with a smiling face.

This time, being able to “bully” Hua Rong was largely thanks to Fourth Sister and Feng Wuxue.

Otherwise, the odds of winning the three-move wager would have been far more difficult for Chen Yu, and he might not have gained those one thousand contribution points.

The sudden appearance of Junior Sister Tu and Feng Wuxue reduced Hua Rong’s three moves to two. The second move from Hua Rong had been casual, and only on the third did he fully commit.

If no one had interfered, Hua Rong would have gone all out right from the first two moves, gauging Chen Yu’s true strength, and for the third move, might have even resorted to a killing blow to ensure victory.

Just like moments before, Hua Rong thought he had secured victory and didn’t even use his Hua Clan Bloodline Power.

"Little Junior Brother, this is Third Senior Brother,” Junior Sister Tu introduced Feng Wuxue, standing nearby.

"I greet Third Senior Brother,” Chen Yu said with inward surprise, realizing this gentle man was also a disciple of their Master, which explained why he had helped him.

"Oh, and Little Junior Brother, Third Senior Brother is also the Young Valley Master of Blood Demon Valley!” Junior Sister Tu added with a meaningful smile.

"Young Valley Master!” Chen Yu looked at Feng Wuxue with due respect.

As the Young Valley Master, if nothing unexpected happened, Feng Wuxue would be the next Valley Master of Blood Demon Valley.

No wonder Hua Rong was so wary of Feng Wuxue.

"I think Junior Brother Chen is so outstanding, you might even surpass Third Brother in the future. The position of Young Valley Master might hold some hope for you!”

Tu Zhixiang said with a mischievous smile.

Upon hearing this, Chen Yu couldn’t help but break out in a cold sweat and thought to himself that Tu Zhixiang really loved to stir up trouble.

"Zhixiang, don’t joke like that.”

Fortunately, Third Brother Feng Wuxue seemed to have long been accustomed to Tu Zhixiang’s antics and did not take her words to heart.

If Feng Wuxue was a bit more petty, and really saw Chen Yu as a threat, with his current status and position, getting rid of Chen Yu wouldn’t be difficult.

"Junior Brother, now that you have a large number of contribution points, you can go to the ‘Earth Martial Pavilion’ of Blood Demon Valley to select a cultivation technique or secret skill. Some of the core cultivation techniques and secret skills of Blood Demon Valley are extremely powerful. If you can start cultivating them early on, it will be a great help to you.”

Feng Wuxue said with a gentle smile, offering Chen Yu some advice.

Chen Yu also knew that within the Blood Demon Valley there must be cultivation techniques more powerful and profound than the “Heavenly Demon Secret Pattern Record.”

But to switch cultivation techniques was time-consuming and laborious, which he did not intend to do. Currently, the “Heavenly Demon Secret Pattern Record” was not a particularly good cultivation technique for Chen Yu, but it definitely was not bad either.

As for cultivating the Blood Path, that was even less likely.

Though he wouldn’t practice cultivation techniques, he could still take a look at some secret skills and combat techniques.

"Thank you for the advice, Third Brother.”

After saying goodbye to his brothers and sisters, Chen Yu went to the Earth Martial Pavilion of Blood Demon Valley.

There were three floors here, and the cultivation techniques, combat techniques, and secret skills were all categorized by the contribution points required for exchange. The first floor required fewer contribution points, but each combat technique cost five or six hundred contribution points, whereas the cultivation techniques were even more expensive, around a thousand.

As for the second floor, even the lowest-level techniques cost a thousand contribution points.

There was no need to go up to the third floor.

Seeing this, Chen Yu took a look on the first floor of the Earth Martial Pavilion.

"Truly fitting for a three-and-a-half star force in the Southern Domain of the Great Yu Realm, the grades of the cultivation techniques and combat techniques here are not just one level higher than Kunyun Sacred Land.”

Chen Yu casually flipped through and couldn’t help but exclaim in admiration.

This meant that for the same cost, the cultivation techniques, and combat skills obtained in Blood Demon Valley far surpassed those of Kunyun Sacred Land.

Chen Yu, who initially planned to just take a casual look, now found several combat techniques and secret skills he was interested in and didn’t know which one to pick.

"Eh? ‘Blood Burning Secret Technique’.”

Chen Yu noticed a secret skill and its description.

"Blood Burning Secret Technique”: By burning one’s bloodline, it unleashes bloodline power far exceeding the ordinary; if cultivated to perfection, it can even double the power of the bloodline.

"A secret technique that can double the strength of bloodline power!”

Chen Yu was moved.

The power of this technique was tempting, and Chen Yu even suspected that this “Blood Burning Secret Technique” should actually be placed on the third floor of the Earth Martial Pavilion.

Continuing to read, Chen Yu discovered that the “Blood Burning Secret Technique” had a very obvious downside: once used to amplify the power of the bloodline, it would accelerate the consumption of the bloodline, and if used for too long, it could even lead to a reduction in bloodline concentration, and even exhaustion of the bloodline.

"Although it’s powerful, it can damage the bloodline!”

After reading it, Chen Yu calmed down.

The “Blood Burning Secret Technique” was placed on the first floor of the Earth Martial Pavilion due to its strong side effects.

Such a technique, which could strangle potential and damage bloodlines, would likely not be practiced by many.

"However, for me, it seems that the flaw of this secret skill isn’t a big issue.”

Chen Yu couldn’t help but smile.

He didn’t possess a bloodline himself, but his mysterious heart could draw other’s bloodlines and use them for himself.

Even if he used the “Blood Burning Secret Technique,” accelerating the consumption of bloodlines, leading to an impact on the bloodline concentration or even damaging the bloodline, it wouldn’t affect Chen Yu himself.

"This one it is!”

Chen Yu picked up the secret skill and went to the front desk of the Earth Martial Pavilion, handing over seven hundred contribution points.

After returning to his residence, he began to cultivate.

The “Blood Burning Secret Technique” was a Blood Dao secret skill, and as Chen Yu was not a Blood Cultivator, his initial cultivation of such techniques was slow.

It took about a month for Chen Yu to achieve the first level.

"The first level can increase the power of the bloodline by twenty percent.”

This was what was stated above on the “Blood Burning Secret Technique,” but Chen Yu couldn’t try it out right now.

He did possess the bloodline of the Golden Winged Phoenix, but how could he use such a powerful and precious bloodline for experiments?

Chen Yu resisted the urge and didn’t concern himself with these.

In the following days, Chen Yu continued his secretive cultivation in Blood Demon Valley. Besides practicing cultivation techniques and preparing to break through to the Half-step Sky Sea Realm, he also practiced the “Blood Burning Secret Technique” and “Xuankong Palm.”

Having spent seven hundred contribution points to exchange for the “Blood Burning Secret Technique,” Chen Yu still had three hundred and six contribution points left, which allowed him occasional access to the cultivation cave mansion.

Half a year flashed by in an instant.

One day, Chen Yu walked out of the Second-level Cultivation Cave Mansion.

"Given my current progress, I can attempt to break through to the Half-step Sky Sea Realm in two or three months.”

Chen Yu said confidently.

His spirit realm, with the aid of treasures like the Demon Intent Fruit, Moon Spirit Ore Mother, and Blood Star Holy Pill, had long surpassed that of the Half-step Sky Sea Realm, and he was only a step away from the Sky Sea Realm, yet Chen Yu felt that this step was hard to take.

Perhaps, once his cultivation reached the Half-step Sky Sea Realm, his spirit realm could finally take that step.

"Junior Brother, your cultivation has improved quite a bit!”

Tu Zhixiang’s voice floated from not too far away.

"All thanks to Sister lending a hand and earning me a thousand contribution points back then.”

Chen Yu said with a smile, feeling that this Fourth Sister was also not easy to deal with, so it was better to flatter her more often.

"Hehe

After a proud laugh, Tu Zhixiang said earnestly, “Master wants to see you, come with me.”

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