📖 Chapter 1014 - Rushing About to Become an In-Name Disciple

29 Jun, 2023

As Wang Baole pondered over the Star-Sealing Art, another month quickly passed.

During this second month, Wang Baole continued grooming the old ox. Endless flattery spewed forth from his mouth, causing the old ox’s satisfied laughter to boom throughout the Raging Flame Chief Planet from time to time.

At the same time, Wang Baole’s benefits weren’t limited to his deeper understanding of the ox’s body. At some point, the old ox reminded Wang Baole to catch the lice on its body…

“Little Sixteenth, the lice on my body aren’t simple. Seeing as you’ve been working so hard recently, I’ll reward you by allowing you to catch them.”

Wang Baole didn’t understand the old ox’s intentions at first, so he just scoffed inwardly.

Although they were called lice, the things infesting the old ox’s body were actually similar to pillbugs. These bugs were completely red and contained the power of flames. Their appearance was fierce, and their sharp mouthparts clearly made them good at sucking blood. Moreover, every single one was comparable to a Soul Conduit cultivator in terms of offensive prowess.

Their defensive abilities were even more astonishing. Once they curled up into a ball, they could resist even Wang Baole’s all-out attacks. Furthermore, their recovery abilities were just as terrifying. Even if injured, they would quickly recover to full health after sucking a little blood.

Bizarrely, they also changed size. When the old ox revealed its full-sized body, each louse would become like a giant beast. When the old ox shrank down, the lice would also shrink down automatically.

It could be said that although these lice seemed like parasites, they still obeyed the old ox’s will. This wasn’t surprising. After all, with the old ox’s cultivation base, if it wanted to get rid of them, it could do so with just a thought.

Moreover, there was a huge number of lice on the old ox’s body. According to Wang Baole’s rough calculations, there were no less than ten million of them. This number was shocking, and it also made him sigh when he thought about the old ox’s “reward”.

But Wang Baole soon discovered that this really was a reward.

Although these lice were difficult to capture through conventional means, Wang Baole found that it was much easier if he sealed them with his Star-Sealing Art.

Originally, if he wanted to improve his proficiency in the Star-Sealing Art, he would have to seal asteroids out in the starry sky. However, asteroids were just too big, and for someone like him who had only just begun cultivating the technique, sealing one would be extremely taxing.

In terms of efficiency, sealing these lice was much better. After noticing that his cultivation of the Star-Sealing Art was improving dramatically, Wang Baole was very pleasantly surprised.

As a result, he worked even harder to catch the lice while practicing hiss Star-Sealing Art.

Thus, as Wang Baole continued grooming the old ox, he went from researching the Star-Sealing Art to really practicing it. After the third month passed, Wang Baole had already sealed ten thousand lice. He became more and more proficient in the Star-Sealing Art, and he was already almost at the peak of the first layer.

The old ox was also in a good mood because of Wang Baole’s constant flattery over the past few months. At the same time, Wang Baole fully exercised his sharp wit. Every time he took a break and returned to his pagoda, whenever he ran into one of his fellow disciples, he would immediately search for a topic that could smoothly transition to flattering his master.

Basically everything that came out of his mouth was praise for the Flame Patriarch. That might have been the reason why the old ox’s body gradually shrank, reducing Wang Baole’s workload. Thus, after three months, Wang Baole had completely finished grooming the old ox, fulfilling the Raging Flame Galaxy’s tradition.

Moreover, all of this gradually caused Wang Baole’s suspicion of Little Missy’s words to decrease. By now, he was 90% sure that this Raging Flame Galaxy really was a one-man show put on by the Flame Patriarch. Although he saw Seventh Senior Brother being beaten many times, and he also saw Fifteenth suffering punishment, he held firm in his thoughts and continued flattering his master to whomever he met.

Thanks to his efforts, a happy and harmonious atmosphere filled the Raging Flame Galaxy. As for Wang Baole himself, he gradually adapted to life there, becoming ever more familiar with the whole place.

During these three months, the Violet Gold Civilization’s compensation was sent over, and it was astonishing. The number of red crystals alone was astronomical, and that wasn’t even counting the valuable medicinal pills and dharmic artifacts. But the most astonishing part was that they actually sent over a hundred Mortal Planets and ten Immortal Planets!

These Planets had already been refined, and there was no life on them. Any cultivator at the great circle of the Spirit Immortal Realm would be able to easily fuse with them to reach the Planet Realm. Thus, their value was immense, showing just how much the Violet Gold Civilization feared the Flame Patriarch.

This compensation was like a shower of timely rain for Wang Baole, especially since he cultivated the Star-Sealing Art. As soon as he reached the second layer of the technique, he would be able to immediately seal a hundred Mortal Planets to improve his phantom image. This would save him a lot of time and effort that he would otherwise have to spend looking for Mortal Planets out in the starry sky.

At the same time, he now had ten Immortal Planets ready for when he reached the Star-Sealing Art’s third layer. Wang Baole immediately realized that his master must have given the Violet Gold Civilization a hint; otherwise, there was no way for them to send a gift so perfectly suited to his needs.

‘I’ve made ample preparations, so the next step… is to finish cultivating the Star-Sealing Art’s first layer!’ After putting away the Violet Gold Civilization’s compensation, Wang Baole inhaled deeply. He entered his first session of secluded cultivation since arriving in the Raging Flame Galaxy.

His seclusion lasted another three months!

During these three months, Wang Baole didn’t leave his pagoda at all. With his wholehearted cultivation, he finally reached the great circle of the Star-Sealing Art’s first layer.

Inside his pagoda’s martial arts hall, Wang Baole waved his hand. There was a spell formation in the martial arts hall that made it limitlessly big, so he didn’t have to worry about space as ten thousand curled-up oxlice to appear. The small spheres whizzed around, quickly arranging themselves in the shape of the old ox.

Surrounded by flames, the ox phantom was extremely lifelike. As soon as it appeared, it let out a roar, and an astonishing aura erupted in all directions.

Wang Baole grew emotional after sensing the pressure that the ox phantom gave off.

“This much pressure… is enough to suppress all Spirit-grade Planet Realm cultivators!” The reason Wang Baole was so emotional was that this ox phantom was only made up of the oxlice he had sealed from the old ox, not even real asteroids. Moreover, he hadn’t yet activated his Dao Planet, and even the amount of cultivation power it consumed was almost negligible.

“Next, I have to seal asteroids outside each oxlouse, hiding the oxlice inside asteroids. The divine ox phantom formed from countless asteroids will be even more powerful, and even Special-grade Planet Realm cultivators will be suppressed. If I then add the power of my Dao Planet…” A strange light shone in Wang Baole’s eyes. At that point, he would be capable of disregarding 90% of Planet Realm cultivators.

Only an Ancient-grade Planet Realm cultivator in the great circle of the realm would be able to fight evenly against him.

“This is still nothing… After succeeding with asteroids, I still have to seal Mortal Planets to form the ox phantom. But it’s a pity… If I want to replace all the asteroids with Mortal Planets, the price will be too high.” Wang Baole narrowed his eyes and muttered.

Although he said that the price was too high, he was actually eager to try it out. He found that the Star-Sealing Art was somewhat different in his hands compared to its stated description.

Originally, it was said that the first layer could only seal asteroids and a cultivator had to reach the second layer before sealing Mortal Planets. However, Wang Baole felt that although he was only at the great circle of the first layer, if he added in the power of his Dao Planet, it might be possible for him to successfully seal a Mortal Planet.

With such thoughts in mind, Wang Baole narrowed his eyes and left the martial arts hall in a flash of light. He left his pagoda and sent First Senior Sister a sound transmission before turning into a long arc of light that shot up into the sky!

He intended to leave the Raging Flame Chief Planet and search for asteroids in the Raging Flame Galaxy’s starry sky in order to improve his Star-Sealing Art as much as he could. While Wang Baole was leaving, far away at the edge of the Raging Flame Galaxy, there was a shuttle emitting powerful fluctuations rushing toward the Chief Planet in the center of the galaxy.

Xie Haiyang was inside the shuttle, with determination gleaming in his eyes.

“I have to become a disciple of the Flame Patriarch. Even if it’s just an in-name disciple, it’s enough. In that case, I and that unknown expert will belong to the same sect, so it will be much easier to request their help.”