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Chapter 246 - 149: Jiu Juez of the Worlds, Inheriting the Inner Core Skill

Chapter 246: Chapter 149: Jiu Juez of the Worlds, Inheriting the Inner Core Skill

Jiu Juez, a cultivator of the Inner Core Skill, died a mysterious death, said to have been chopped into minced meat and scattered to the winds, by whom it was done remains unknown.

Before the "First Era" emerged, he had already been dispersed, and it’s largely thanks to Jiu Juez’s minced remains that many worlds were able to manifest a Transcendent environment.

Of course, the reason wasn’t due to Jiu Juez himself, but rather because of the Inner Core Skill.

This inheritance was not some obscure or demonic practice; rather, it was a legitimate Heavenly inheritance. Even during Gu Shanhai’s most glorious past life, this Inner Core Skill inheritance was considered top-tier, balanced and harmonious, with boundless prospects, pointing directly to the Saint Realm, and once acquired, one wouldn’t need to switch cultivation techniques for a lifetime.

However... it wasn’t something humans were meant to cultivate. The Inner Core Skill had nine main trials, and Gu Shanhai had also practiced them in his past life. Wherever there were Jiu Juez’s remains, there was inheritance; thus, usually, they were relatively easy to attain.

But... he only managed to reach the first stage of the middle trial, and then he could ascend no further. It was too difficult, the kind of difficulty that was off the charts.

More importantly, after one’s death, all their mana would feed back into the world, causing a revival of Spiritual Energy. This world too, due to possessing a part of Jiu Juez’s remains, began to exhibit the phenomenon of Spiritual Energy.

Moreover, these remnants date back to an age long past, having once caused a leak that led to the emergence of Martial Arts True Immortals, before falling into silence for a time. Only in recent years has the entire world pried it open again, allowing Spiritual Energy to revive.

"My heart is so tired, I’ve suffered a huge loss," Gu Shanhai wanted to cry but no tears would come. Indeed, this matter could be considered an opportunity, an enormous one at that, but it was one that he was not destined to enjoy.

To note, Jiu Juez only reached the first stage of the upper trial himself, yet after his death, his body parts could radiate and affect who knows how many worlds, thus demonstrating the formidable nature of his Inner Core Skill.

Even in his past life, when Gu Shanhai cultivated worlds, he would select many to specifically practice the Inner Core Skill, and once they made progress, he would cull them to use as fertilizer for the worlds. Such people were truly useful.

"Forget it, now that it’s in my hands, I’ll just have to adjust it." Gu Shanhai could only make peace with it, as he had no prejudice against the Inner Core Skill, aside from the phenomena of mana feeding back into the earth after death and the extreme difficulty of cultivation.

In his past life, the Jiu Juez inheritance trial Gu Shanhai participated in was not an imperial examination, but rather something from the time when Jiu Juez had already stepped into the Immortal Dao. The difficulty wasn’t that great, especially since, at that time, Gu Shanhai had the assistance of the "First Era" technology, making things relatively easy.

"Let’s forget about the Inner Core Skill. I’ll modify it to the Outer Elixir Technique when the time comes."

After briefly considering the Inner Core Skill, Gu Shanhai thought about making some alterations.

His branch of the money-burning, pill-consuming skill tree developed after he made no progress with the Inner Core Skill, forming a completely new ability. He had not imagined that the revival of the two factions within the Jianghu World would be motivated by a single bone of Jiu Juez; otherwise, he wouldn’t have come here to investigate but would have simply blown it up.

No wonder he couldn’t calculate it, even in death Jiu Juez was not something he, a weakling, could deduce.

As for why it was a bone – that’s because he had seen it. The unknown metal on the outside was his external bone structure, while the inside had turned to pus... no, rather into a liquid state of Spiritual Energy.

This was being absorbed bit by bit by the two factions of the Jianghu World, then entering into a cycle, creating an environment of Spiritual Energy.

And Heavenly City was situated at the upper reaches of this Spiritual Energy cycle. Even though it had been sealed off, there was still a slight advancement of Spiritual Energy, which was completely intercepted by the Martial Arts True Immortals.

After encountering an old acquaintance like Jiu Juez’s remains, Gu Shanhai found that resolving the source of Spiritual Energy immediately went from difficult to easy.

All that was needed was to invert its internal structure, transforming the Spiritual Energy from liquid to solid, and then burning it would do the trick.

Yes, it was that simple. It was just a bone of Jiu Juez after all. Apart from the Spiritual Energy, the Inner Core Skill was the most valuable thing left, and now that he had taken the latter, there was no further threat.

In fact, Gu Shanhai also wondered whether someone was secretly spreading this Inner Core Skill. The reason was simple: every piece of Jiu Juez carried with it a complete Inner Core Skill inheritance.

Normally, considering how terribly Jiu Juez had died, it was unlikely he did it to himself. Given his character, he wouldn’t likely do such things, but rather, the one who killed him might use this to spread the practice.

If one’s abilities or temperament were not sufficient, they would unlikely succeed in cultivating the Inner Core Skill and more likely end up as fertilizer to supplement the world, thereby promoting its elevation, with the person behind the scenes harvesting the world, creating a very efficient harvesting process.

"Never mind, let’s not dwell on these, it’s all in the past now." Gu Shanhai climbed out of the bone, looking somewhat exhausted.

Although the task ahead was now easier, he still needed quite some time to work on it, especially since the reversal process required some research, and this life, without the associated memories, he had to start all over.

Fortunately, with the Inner Core Skill in hand, he didn’t have to worry that it wouldn’t be possible.

If something he had managed in a past life proved impossible in this one, then his rebirth would have been in vain.

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