Chapter 43: The Star-Sucking Flower Demon Tree

This Master Bai was extremely despicable. The sword he used to kill the demon Daoist Master clearly grazed past Ding Hao's scalp on purpose.

He was just taking advantage of Ding Hao's low cultivation to scare him, and then loudly scolded him, truly disgusting.

"I didn't expect the disciples of the Nine Provinces Academy to be no more than this." Ding Hao couldn't help but sigh and turned to leave.

Hearing this, the only woman among the four crossed her arms and said, "Senior Brother Bai, he said you are no more than this."

Senior Brother Bai immediately flew into a rage and shouted, "Stop!"

Ding Hao stopped and said, "Master, you told me to get lost just now, and now you're telling me to stop. What do you want?"

Senior Brother Bai's face turned dark and he said, "A mere Sixth Stage of Innate, what are you? What qualifications do you have to evaluate the Nine Provinces Academy? Insulting my school, do you want to die?"

Ding Hao replied, "Master, I didn't insult the Nine Provinces Academy. It's you who bullies the weak and the innate. Who is tarnishing the reputation of the Nine Provinces Academy is obvious."

The male Master beside him said, "Senior Brother Bai, why bother with him? A mere Sixth Stage of Innate, just kill him."

Senior Brother Bai's eyes immediately flashed with a killing intent.

Ding Hao then tore off his mask and said, "Senior Liu Yunkun, are you going to kill me too?"

Liu Yunkun then realized it was Ding Hao and quickly stopped his companions, "Everyone, everyone, this person is an acquaintance of mine. Senior Brother Bai, don't be angry, we are all on the same side."

Ding Hao's strength was worlds apart from these Masters, but he dared to speak out only because Liu Yunkun was there.

Liu Yunkun was relatively upright and wouldn't let them kill him.

Although they were acquaintances, Senior Brother Bai's anger hadn't subsided, and he coldly said, "Make your acquaintance speak more carefully in the future. Not all geniuses are as good-tempered as me!"

Liu Yunkun quickly explained, "This young master Ding Hao is also a top-notch genius in Wuzhou. After the imperial examination, he will enter the Nine Provinces Academy. Geniuses tend to speak sharply, don't take it to heart."

"Is he also a genius?" Senior Brother Bai re-evaluated Ding Hao.

The female disciple crossed her arms and said, "Why does a top-notch genius need to take the imperial examination? Can't they be directly admitted?"

Ding Hao said, "Sorry, I am a growth-type."

"Growth-type?" Senior Brother Bai and the others burst into laughter, "A growth-type is also a top-notch genius? How many actually grow up? Fool!"

The remaining unnamed male disciple walked over and said, "Kid, today Senior Brother will teach you a lesson! Don't think the Nine Provinces Academy is like Wuzhou. Your talent might be a genius in Wuzhou, but in the Nine Provinces Academy, you're just a commoner! Our Senior Brother Bai is a true genius from Yunzhou, with a top-notch golden body and jade constitution, and his body type is one of the ninety-nine Dao bodies, the Golden Body Dao Body! He also has the Golden Body Transformation skill! How can you compare?"

The Nine Provinces world is full of talents, with geniuses emerging one after another. Not only are there different levels of immortal roots, but even the body and meridians have distinctions! Among them, ninety-nine excellent qualities are called the ninety-nine Dao bodies! Superior talents! On top of that, there are nine immortal bodies, even more dominant! Similarly, meridians and divine consciousness also have superlative qualities!

Each type has countless strong individuals, all converging at the Nine Provinces Academy!

Faced with the boastful Senior Brother Bai, Ding Hao had only one thing to say, "I have the blessing of an immortal maiden."

He had once heard Min Zhengyuan say that the blessing of an immortal maiden is something very few people in the Nine Provinces Academy have.

Sure enough, when he said this, the people opposite him were quite embarrassed.

The woman didn't believe it and said, "A mere growth-type, how can he have the blessing of an immortal maiden?"

Liu Yunkun said, "It's true, the blessing of an immortal maiden, protected by the will of heaven."

Senior Brother Bai finally believed it and sneered, "We in Yunzhou don't have immortal maidens, only the blessings of immortal kings! No matter how beautiful an immortal maiden is, she can only be under the immortal king... hahaha."

Ding Hao's eyes immediately flared with anger, and he shouted, "Master! Although you are strong, you cannot insult the immortal maiden of Wuzhou!"

In the Nine Provinces world, there are nine immortals, who are the totems of the Nine Provinces. Senior Brother Bai's words insulting the immortal maiden of Wuzhou were intolerable to any Wuzhou person.

Liu Yunkun said, "Senior Brother Bai, it's better not to say such things."

Senior Brother Bai angrily said, "Liu Yunkun, get your priorities straight, we are here to help you complete your mission! Which side are you on? Don't think that just because you are favored by Lord Piaoling, I won't do anything to you!"

Liu Yunkun said, "Senior Brother Bai, the nine immortals of the Nine Provinces are our academy's venerated ancestors. Your words were indeed inappropriate!"

Senior Brother Bai said, "This isn't the will of heaven, why should I care?"

At this moment, the other two tried to mediate, "Enough, enough, why are you arguing? Let's not talk about it."

Liu Yunkun walked over, picked up the head of the female flower demon, and said, "The mission is complete, let's go! I don't want to argue with you!"

Senior Brother Bai said, "Look at this person, crossing the river and then dismantling the bridge!"

The female disciple said, "But your words were indeed excessive." She then followed Liu Yunkun.

The remaining male disciple also said, "Forget it, let's go."

Senior Brother Bai took a few steps, feeling depressed, and turned back to point at Ding Hao, "Worthless top-notch genius, you wait! I won't touch you today, but when you get to the Nine Provinces Academy, you'll have a hard time!"

He laughed and said, "Remember my name, Bai Tiancang, Fourth Stage of Qi Cultivation, I will find you!"

Watching the four Masters walk away, Ding Hao felt a sense of regret. It's over, he hadn't even gone to the Nine Provinces Academy, but he had already offended a senior.

However, the more it was like this, the more it gave Ding Hao a sense of urgency, "Fourth Stage of Qi Cultivation, so boastful? I have the Star-Sucking Magic Technique, I'm not afraid of falling behind you. If you want to step on me, you might just kick a hard stone!"

Thinking of this, Ding Hao clenched his fist!

In the dense forest, a headless corpse lay alone.

Ding Hao walked over, and from the body, it was clear that this was a young girl. The faces of female flower demons were covered with flowers, and Ding Hao couldn't tell if this girl was the one who had nodded and smiled at him the day before.

Actually, defying Bai Tiancang was a very foolish thing to do. If Bai Tiancang really wanted to kill him, Liu Yunkun couldn't stop him.

But he couldn't help it! Seeing this girl die in front of him, Ding Hao really felt a strange sensation. This girl wasn't a bad person, she just took the wrong path.

It wasn't that Ding Hao was overly sympathetic, but he had also taken this path!

"In this world, only strength is believed. Whether it's the righteous path or the demonic path, strength is the greatest!" Ding Hao clenched his fist again!

He took out a medium-grade Xiu Chun knife, dug a hole, and buried the girl's body.

However, just as he pushed the headless female corpse into the hole, he noticed that her tightly clenched hand had loosened.

"This is..."

Ding Hao's eyes lit up, and he saw that the girl's hand was holding a red flower seed.

The Star-Sucking Stone sensed the spiritual energy in the seed and wanted to absorb it. However, Ding Hao didn't pay attention to it but instead infused it with spiritual energy and then threw the seed on the ground.

Whoosh!

Instantly, a fiery red flower tree grew in front of Ding Hao. Demon cultivators practice the art of controlling demons, and each demon Daoist Master has their own life-bound demon. This girl's life-bound demon was the flower tree in front of him.

"But I can't accept this." Ding Hao frowned.

The girl's spirit treasure pouch had already been taken by Senior Brother Bai and the others, leaving only this flower demon tree. However, Ding Hao couldn't accept it. This thing couldn't be brought into the will of heaven, and more importantly, he had never learned how to raise it.

"Bad, the life force of this thing is continuously fading."

With the death of the flower demon tree's owner, it would soon die unless it was quickly refined.

"I can't refine it, I can't possibly refine it. Should I just let it wither and die?" Ding Hao was stunned, but then he suddenly had an idea and placed his hand on the fiery red flower demon tree.

"Star-Sucking Magic Technique, absorb!"

Ding Hao's eyes immediately lit up with surprise.

"Such strong spiritual energy, just right for me! No wonder the trees I absorbed before were unsuitable. At this level, the most suitable for me to absorb is the spiritual wood demon!"

Now, spiritual rice was no longer effective for him. He had been worrying about what to replace it with, but he found it so quickly!

"Right! Flower demons are plants with spiritual awareness, their strength is equivalent to a Qi Cultivation stage cultivator! Absorbing their spiritual energy is like absorbing across levels! Great!"

Perhaps it was a reward for burying the demon Daoist Master, he discovered the secret of absorbing the spiritual energy of demon trees. The spiritual energy contained in this flower demon tree was enormous for him!

"Such strong and pure spiritual energy!" Ding Hao felt his dantian instantly fill up.

"This place is still relatively secluded. No matter what, I can't waste it. I'll cultivate here." Ding Hao didn't want to waste the spiritual energy, so he released Da Huang and sat down in a meditative posture, starting to break through to the Seventh Stage of Innate.

The Seventh Stage of Innate is a bottleneck because the original dan at this level is particularly thick. Moreover, at the end of the refinement, there is still a membrane!

However, these were not problems. The spiritual energy of the flower demon tree was too strong! Imagine, the flower demon tree is already equivalent to a Qi Cultivation stage cultivator, so the spiritual energy it contains is naturally powerful, and it is very effective for Ding Hao's innate original dan.

"Too fast!" In no time, a faint spiritual energy emanated from Ding Hao's body, and he opened his eyes, filled with surprise, "I broke through! Entered the Seventh Stage of Innate! The spiritual energy of the flower demon tree is too strong. It only took half an hour to break through this level!"

"Is there still spiritual energy in the flower demon tree? Should I continue to cultivate?"

Ding Hao was puzzled when a cry suddenly came from the sky, "Lii!"

He looked up and saw a black dot flying across the sky through the dense forest.

"Let's not, breaking through to the Seventh Stage of Innate is already risky. If I continue to cultivate here, I might encounter a strong person or a demon Daoist Master, and they might think I killed that girl."

Thinking of this, Ding Hao placed his hand on the flower demon tree again, "Fellow Daoist, you are going to die anyway. It's better to let my Star-Sucking Stone benefit. Come on! Star-Sucking Magic Technique! Absorb!"

After absorbing the remaining spiritual energy in the flower demon tree, the fiery red tree quickly turned black and rotted, and the space in his Star-Sucking Stone became larger, from two cubic meters to seven or eight cubic meters, large enough to fit his entire body.

"Consider it a gain, let's leave quickly. Da Huang, follow me!"

"Sure, damn it."

Ding Hao laughed, "You learn fast, let me teach you one more thing, be obedient!"

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