Episode 17: The Phantom Blue Mansion Chapter 1: Cultivation Speed

“Wow~” The waves of the Star Mist Sea lapped against the shores of Tearloe Island. Under the watchful eyes of the Bagshaw family patriarch ‘Bowkwy’, You Lai, and the others. Linley’s group of them rode on metal beings. Embarking on a journey to the Blood Peak Continent.

The metal life transformed into the shape of a ship. On the bow deck of the ship.

“Finally leaving.” O’Brien sighed.

“Right. Leaving.” Hisser was relieved, “Forget this place. Forever!” Linley glanced at Hise, when Hise had asked himself to help find out about Cecily, Linley though the situation wasn’t quite right in Fasan. It wasn’t certain whether that Cecily was alive or dead.

But still, he had told Cissé that Cecily was well within the matriarch’s residence.

“Perhaps this way, Hisser will be better off.” Linley said in his heart.

“Finally leaving, father. We’ve finally left.” The eldest of the six-eyed golden geese, ‘Cleo’, was also excited. In the past, neither he nor his brother knew. Their father, Di Lin, had been controlled by his soul until now.

They were also scared for a while.

“Right. Leaving, relieved.” Di Lin looked away to the southeast, not looking back at all. He was afraid that he would never come back to Tear Luo Island in his life.

“Newt!” An ear-piercing sound abruptly resounded through the sky.

Linley turned his head to look. It was none other than Tarosha. Tarosha was currently tilting his head back and emitting a bizarre, ear-piercing sound. His entire body was faintly trembling. It was only after a long time that the roaring stopped. Tarosha turned back to look at Linley. His eyes were vaguely red: ”Linley. This great favor. There’s no need to say more. Thank you.”

Not having been controlled by a soul. Couldn’t understand the mindset of Tarosha and Di Lin Di at this moment.

“Haha, let’s go. Go to the Blood Peak Continent. Go to the Phantom Blue Mansion.” Linley held Delia’s hand.

The journey on the Sea of Stars and Mists was peaceful. Occasionally, they encountered some bandits and robbers, but with the power of Linley and his group. All it took was for a few higher gods to show up. It made the bandits flee in fear.

The journey was uneventful.

Inside the cabin.

Linley sat in the corner with his knees crossed and eyes closed. It didn’t matter if it was the current deity. Or the other three great godly bilocations were all in the middle of cultivation. After this time, Linley had also discovered his greatest weakness, which was his soul!

It wasn’t that his soul defense arcana was weak!

Now that he had fused the three great arcana of earth pulsation, gravity space, and the element of earth, he wasn’t weak in terms of his soul defense ‘arcana’, but what he really lacked was the foundation, that is, the soul force itself!

The soul power of a Mediate God. Essentially. To be a great deal worse than the power of the soul of an Elder God, even if Linley relied on his soul axioms, this defensive ability, at most, could catch up with the most common defense of the power of the soul of an Elder God.

Of course, Linley still had the crippled soul defense main divine artifact. It was also with this main divine artifact that …… Lin Lei was able to crisscross the Sea of Stars and Mist and kill Ganmontin. Kill a large number of Upper Gods. Without the Soul Defense Master God artifact, how could Linley be so strong for a Mediate God?

Master divine artifact. Too strong.

“Nowadays, the first goal is to hurry up and reach the Upper God realm.” Linley understood the direction of his cultivation, “Once I reach the Upper God realm. At that time, it will also be possible to refine a large number of amethyst crystals again, both of which. It would then allow the soul power to essentially increase by tens of times! In this way, I only need to defend against a single gap in the main divine artifact ground, that is, the seven-star demons that specialize in soul attacks. I won’t be afraid anymore.”

Linley was clear.

The Mediate God stage. It was easier to fuse arcane mysteries. And reaching the upper god stage. The difficulty increased greatly.

But to fuse a large number of arcane aeons at the Middle God stage, it took too much time to be amazing. The ‘Earthwalking Technique’ of the Earth Laws. Nowadays, it wasn’t fused with any of the other three arcane auras, let alone the entire fusion.

“I’m fusing three arcane auras now, if I were to fuse four. By the looks of it, I’ll be thankful if I can succeed within 10,000 years.”

“I’m now introductory to the ‘Power Arcana’, so I’ll hurry up and cultivate the ‘Power Arcana’ to its grand completion, and then cultivate the final ground of ‘Life Force’. All six are completed. I will be an Elder God, and by then, my strength will have increased greatly! Whether it’s material defense or soul defense, there isn’t much of a weakness. We’ll be able to deal with ordinary seven-star demons. I’ll be able to handle it.”

Linley was clear.

Reaching the upper god realm. It wasn’t like it was impossible to fuse arcane mysteries, it was just that the difficulty had increased.

“Wait until we reach the Upper God. It’s not too late to slowly fuse again.”

As long as one became a god independently. There would be hope for fusion.

“I also have to thank that Mo Si, if it wasn’t for his hammer, this power arcana, I still don’t know when I’ll be able to get started.” Linley then meditated. The main body and the Earth God doppelganger, fully devoted to cultivating the ‘power arcana’.

Linley now. Favored the Earth Laws.

As for the Wind Elemental Laws, Linley had only just cultivated five arcane mysteries now, but there were still a whole four that needed to be cultivated. The time consumed was also extremely staggering.

As for the Fire Elemental Laws, Linley’s Earthly Fire God doppelganger hadn’t even reached the Mediate God realm by now, “Fire Elemental Laws cultivation, too slow.” Linley also felt the importance of talent.

Talent was high.

Earth Laws and Wind Laws cultivation speed was also fast, Linley had less than a thousand years. Lin Lei had cultivated the fifth arcana of the Earth Laws in less than a thousand years.

Low talent.

Although there is no bottleneck. But the Fire Elemental Laws are so slow that even the second Arcane Axiom is still being cultivated.

Bottleneck breakthrough. Need epiphany. Need opportunity, need personal enlightenment.

However. This normal cultivation speed was dependent on individual talent.

Linley’s ‘earth, according to the test at a young age. That elemental affinity, it’s superb! Fire. Just medium, as for the others. As for the others, they were extremely low.

Obviously, Linley now had the most hope of being the first to reach the Upper God realm. It was the Earth God doppelganger. Moreover, the Earth God bilocation was clearly the strongest, naturally. Even the original body was also comprehending the laws of the earth, speeding up its cultivation speed.

The sea of star fog was boundless. From time to time, an island was seen.

“Clatter~” the metal beings broke through the waves.

The two of them, Linley and Delia, looked side by side at the southeast from afar, and beside them there was also a group of people including Olivia, Bebe, O’Brien, Tirin, Tarosha, and Hisser, all of whom had smiles on their faces.

Only to see that in the distance ahead, a coastline appeared, the length of the coastline was extremely long.

“The Blood Peak Continent, it’s finally here!” Linley was thrilled in his heart.

From Tearloe Island. Traveling for twenty-three years. A group of them had finally arrived at the Blood Peak Continent.

“The Blood Peak Continent has arrived. The Phantom Blue Mansion is almost there as well.” Bebe’s eyes glowed. “Boss, I remember on that map, it seems like the Yu Lan Mansion. It’s not too far from this coastline, is it, yadda yadda yadda, it’s been nearly seven hundred years, and it’s finally almost here.”

Linley and Delia’s hands were also clasped together as they looked at the coastline from afar.

“Linley, when we arrive at the Blood Peak Continent. Should we go directly to the Phantom Blue Mansion. Or are we going to pick up an escort mission to the Phantom Blue Mansion?” Olivia looked towards Linley. After all, that was what Linley had done before.

“No need.”

Linley shook his head, “Weak in the past. Afraid of trouble, now that we’re going directly to the Phantom Blue Mansion, we’re not afraid of anything on this road.” Linley’s self-confidence was still very high right now, there were several Upper Gods in his own team.

And Tarosha was also considered a six star demon level expert.

The metal beings advanced extremely quickly, and soon arrived at the shore. At once. The original ship-shaped metal life immediately transformed. It transformed into a cheetah and flew over the Blood Peak Continent.

The Blood Peak Continent was similar to the Purple Bauhinia Continent.

Tribes were scattered everywhere, and bandit forces were also scattered everywhere. Killing and fighting would take place at any time. Of course, no bandit forces dared to mess with Linley and his group.

“Linley. How’s the cultivation going?” Tarosha laughed.

This road trip. It was only then that Tarosha, Tierin, and the others realized that Linley was a Mediate God, and as for why a Mediate God could exert such astonishing strength. Linley had only vaguely explained.

Tarosha and the others, however, heard and understood. It all had to do with the Amethyst Mountain Range.

“Fortunately, the power arcana have also been cultivated to the later stages.” A small smile appeared on Linley’s face. “It’s just a pity, that Life Force Arcane Arcane Arcane Arcane Arcane Arcane Arcane Arcane Arcane. I can’t even get started.” The thing that bothered Linley the most was the ‘power of life’.

According to the book he had read about the explanation of law arcana. This ‘birthforce’. It should be considered one of the most special arcana in the ‘Laws of the Earth’, and it was extremely difficult to comprehend.

A kind of esotericism, this introductory. And finally break through the bottleneck into a great success, are two gates. Fast is an epiphany, slow is trapped for millions of years is normal.

“There is no rush. Maybe you’ll suddenly comprehend it sometime.” Talosha laughed.

Linley smiled and nodded, and rightly so. His own ‘power arcana’ was a sudden realization. And then he was initiated.

“Your speed is already very fast, you have cultivated until now, less than a thousand years, the six arcana of the Laws of the Earth, you have comprehended the fifth, and most importantly …… you have also fused three arcana.” Talosha admired Linley.

Because he himself had only fused two arcana. Still relying on a combination of natural aptitudes. Only then did he have six star demonic strength.

“Feeding, Tarosha, this doesn’t need to be said by you, my boss was already powerful.” Bebe came over. Very proudly said. “Look at you oh. Cultivating for I don’t know how many years before fusing two arcane mysteries. Hmph.”

Tarosha couldn’t help but laugh, “Bebe. Don’t be so smug. You are practicing the Dark Laws, right? Let me ask you, the six great arcana of the Dark Laws. How many more have you cultivated. How many have you fused? As I recall, you and Linley have been cultivating for about the same amount of time.”

“Haha ……,” O’Brien, Heather, and the others beside him all laughed.

Linley couldn’t help but laugh at Bebe as well.

Everyone knew that Bebe didn’t have the patience to cultivate. At most, he would meditate and cultivate for a year and a half. And then he started wandering around. This kind of mentality …… even if the talent was good, how could one progress without serious cultivation?

“Tarosha, you know that Bebe is like this. Still asking?” Di Lin said.

Bebe’s nose was crooked with anger: “Right. I haven’t even fused a single arcane mystery!”

“Bebe. Alright, don’t be angry.” Linley smiled and patted Bebe’s shoulder. Beibei, however, continued to hold his head high, “But of the six arcana of the Dark Laws, I, Beibei, have now comprehended four!”

The entire hall of the cabin. For a moment, it was quiet.

Linley suspected that he had misheard his ears. He couldn’t help but look towards Bebe, “Bebe, what did you just say?” Linley was remembering. Beibei didn’t spend much effort on cultivation. Usually it was all play. It was just occasional cultivation.

“Bebe, say that again, I doubt I heard you wrong.” Tarosha also said. Even Tierin and Olivia looked at Bebe.

Regardless of Di Lin. Or Olivia. Neither of them had cultivated the four arcane mysteries nowadays.

“You all heard it clearly.” Bebe raised his eyebrows in triumph. Said aloud. “Although I, Bebe, haven’t fused one arcana, but the six arcana of the Laws of Darkness, I’ve already achieved great success with four, and I’m now comprehending the fifth!”

Linley’s own Earth Laws had only comprehended four of them, and he was just in the process of comprehending the fifth.

“Beibei, slow cultivation is slow cultivation. It’s not okay to brag.” Xisai opened his mouth.

“I brag?” Bebe glared in anger.

Only to see Bebe flip his hand. Dark elements gathered. A black snake formed and wrapped itself in Bebe’s arm. It also made a ‘snorting’ sound, just like the real thing.

“This is the Dark Elemental Arcana.” Bebe said smugly, “See?”

“You would have known this.” Olivia laughed.

Bebe’s figure moved. Dozens of Bebe’s phantoms appeared in the hall of the cabin, everyone still didn’t care, this ‘Transformation Shadow Diversion Technique’ everyone knew Bebe knew.

“Hmph.” Bebe steeply let out a cold snort.

Only to see bizarrely a black tentacle emerging from the surface of Bebe’s body, in an instant, Bebe was like an octopus, with dozens of long, cold tentacles around his body. Exuding a black mist, it was bizarre.

Linley was creeped out as well. The others were stunned as well.

Dark Laws – arcane ‘evil’.

“Just now it was the third. Now it’s the fourth.” Bebe’s figure moved. Those evil tentacles disappeared, and Bebe’s right hand stretched out in vain. Only to see a vortex unexpectedly appear above his right hand. It was wantonly devouring the surroundings. Even the sunlight was devoured. This dark area was getting bigger and bigger.

Dark Law – Arcane ‘Devouring’.

Everyone in the cabin was stunned, that Olivia to this day. The Dark Laws had only comprehended two arcana, and the third was still being researched. As for Di Lin. He has only comprehended three, and the fourth is still being researched.

This Bei Bei. Surprisingly, it is faster than all of them. Faster.

“How is it possible?” Everyone felt incredulous.

“Hmph. Surprisingly, you don’t believe me, Bebe, let me tell you, maybe I’ll tomorrow. I’ll comprehend the fifth one.” Bebe proudly straightened his straw hat and said with his head held high.

“Bebe, what’s going on?” Linley was confused.