Dan Tie

Chapter 23 When a Certain Switch on the Husky Was Pressed

"Three thousand years have passed so quickly..." Ancestor Tian Qing sighed and began to recount.

More than three thousand years ago, he and his nemesis perished together, and everyone thought they were both dead.

Little did they know, Ancestor Tian Qing used a secret technique to seal his weakened soul within his physical body, nurturing it slowly.

This nurturing lasted for over three thousand years!

"Tomorrow, this old ancestor will successfully emerge from the coffin," Ancestor Tian Qing said calmly after finishing his tale. "Are there any hostile forces against the Tian Qing Sect now?"

"Replying to the Ancestor, there indeed are," Daoist Tian Qing quickly recounted everything that had happened.

"They are merely at the Soul Transformation realm. Tomorrow, this old ancestor will personally help you eradicate the Purple Cloud Sect!" Daoist Tian Qing declared. "Tomorrow morning, you shall go to the Purple Cloud Sect and display the might of our Tian Qing Sect!"

"We shall obey the Ancestor's decree!" everyone chimed in.

They understood what the Ancestor meant.

After all, when it came to a fight, their subordinates would naturally have to pave the way.

Once the atmosphere was sufficiently built up, the Ancestor would then appear in his grand expert persona.

To put it bluntly, it was a matter of prestige!

"Alright, you may all depart," Ancestor Tian Qing commanded. "Tonight is a critical period for my emergence from the coffin. Under no circumstances are you to be disturbed by anyone."

Daoist Tian Qing and the elders left with immense excitement.

The next day.

Early in the morning, Daoist Tian Qing led a massive procession towards the Purple Cloud Sect.

A quarter of an hour later.

The well-rested husky lazily opened its eyes.

It acknowledged that the allies here were quite good, their attitudes friendly, and they even fed it all sorts of delicious food.

But it didn't belong here.

It wanted to leave.

To return to its master's side.

It had been out playing for more than a day, and its master must surely be worried about its safety.

Under the veil of night, the husky sauntered out of the Tian Qing Sect.

The forbidden area in the back mountains.

Spiritual energy surged wildly towards a specific location.

The spiritual energy seeped into the earth, eventually entering a coffin buried deep underground.

Inside the coffin lay a corpse, its exposed skin on its hands and face shriveled like a Shar-Pei's.

As this spiritual energy was injected, a faint sheen began to appear on the desiccated skin of the corpse.

The skin started to stretch, regaining its color and blood.

Ancestor Tian Qing began to feel a surge of excitement!

Three thousand years!

He had been lying in this accursed ground for a full three thousand years!

He could finally return to the beautiful world outside!

This secret technique was his first attempt, and he had approached it with a mere trial-and-error mindset back then.

Now, not only had it succeeded, but his cultivation had also leaped several realms!

If all went as planned, upon emerging from the coffin, he would smoothly reach the Void Glimpse realm!

Destroying the Purple Cloud Sect was merely the first step.

Next, he would lead the Tian Qing Sect to dominate the entire Eastern Desolation!

Just as he was lost in his pleasant reverie, a minor hitch occurred.

Although spiritual energy was still being injected into his body, its restorative effect was weakening!

The Ancestor panicked!

If this continued, not only would he be unable to emerge from the coffin, but he might even suffer a backlash from the technique, leading to his death!

If he were to die now, it would be for good!

The Ancestor forced himself to calm down and quickly analyzed the situation.

The cultivation technique was functioning correctly, so the problem must lie with the spiritual energy.

Upon careful observation, he finally understood.

The spiritual energy itself was not the issue.

The problem was that the current amount of spiritual energy was insufficient to sustain his technique any further!

Simply put, there wasn't enough!

With this realization, he decided to summon his descendants.

Although the Tian Qing Sect was impoverished after being plundered by the Purple Cloud Sect, he didn't expect resources of that caliber to be of much use to him.

What he needed was the flesh and blood of his descendants!

Even though their cultivation levels did not exceed the Nascent Soul realm, their flesh and blood had absorbed the essence of countless rare treasures.

Coupled with their usual cultivation, the effect of their flesh and blood was far superior to those natural treasures!

Ancestor Tian Qing harbored no reservations about sacrificing his descendants.

To be able to assist this old ancestor in his revival was the honor of these descendants!

When this old ancestor later brings glory to the Tian Qing Sect and they stand at the pinnacle of the continent, these descendants would also share in that glory!

Just as he was about to summon Daoist Tian Qing and the others, he suddenly paused.

For he keenly sensed an incredibly dense and pure energy fluctuation nearby!

He swore this was the densest and purest energy fluctuation he had experienced in thousands of years!

During his lifetime, the cultivation world had experienced a catastrophe triggered by a thousand-year-old snow lotus.

Many powerful figures at the Out-of-Body realm had been involved then.

Although he hadn't obtained the thousand-year-old snow lotus, he had sensed its aura from nearby.

He had once believed that the aura of the thousand-year-old snow lotus was the densest and purest treasure he had ever encountered in his life.

But now, when compared to the aura emanating from outside, the snow lotus was nothing!

The Ancestor became ecstatic!

If he could absorb this energy, not only would he emerge from the coffin successfully, but his cultivation would undoubtedly soar far beyond expectations!

He might even break through to the Void Refinement realm!

In his excitement, Ancestor Tian Qing immediately sent a stream of true qi towards the ground.

On the ground.

The little husky was strolling along.

Seeing that there seemed to be no path ahead, it planned to fly away.

But before it could take flight, it felt a gust of wind brush past it.

The little husky tilted its head in confusion and looked around suspiciously.

There was nothing there.

After a moment's thought, the husky ignored it and prepared to take off again.

Beneath the ground, Ancestor Tian Qing was stunned to find his true qi ineffective.

This shouldn't be the case!

In his estimation, such a dense and pure energy body could only be a rare treasure.

Rare treasures were inanimate objects; there was no reason why he couldn't reel it in.

Stubbornly, Ancestor Tian Qing sent another stream of true qi towards the ground.

The little husky paused again.

This time, it clearly felt that the gust of wind was coming from beneath the ground!

So the little husky stopped walking and looked down at the ground.

It found it rather amusing.

After failing for the second time, Ancestor Tian Qing was completely bewildered!

But he could no longer afford to ponder the reason for his failure.

His physical body had begun to crack again, and if he didn't replenish his energy soon, he would be in dire straits!

Ancestor Tian Qing immediately circulated his limited true qi and sent it furiously towards the ground.

The third attack!

The fourth attack!

The fifth attack!

...

After unleashing dozens of attacks in quick succession, Ancestor Tian Qing was forced to stop.

His remaining true qi was depleted...

After all, he had not fully revived yet, and the spiritual energy within him was merely what he had accumulated earlier.

As his internal true qi ran out, he unexpectedly discovered that his physical body was beginning to repair itself again!

Ancestor Tian Qing understood.

More precisely, the surrounding spiritual energy could only repair his body to this extent, and anything beyond that was insufficient to support it.

The good news was that his physical body would not continue to deteriorate; at most, it would remain in a semi-conscious state.

He was also grateful for the coffin.

This coffin was itself a superior artifact, capable of preserving his physical body from decay for three thousand years.

If his physical body were to be exposed outside the coffin now, he would be utterly doomed!

Fortunately, it was buried deep underground, so such a scenario was impossible.

Never mind.

This old ancestor would rest for a while, and then he would have his descendants retrieve external heavenly treasures for him.

Above the ground.

A gentle breeze blew, and the little husky closed its eyes contentedly.

It felt quite comfortable.

However, after a while, it noticed the wind had stopped.

I was just getting comfortable, why did you stop so suddenly?

The little husky stared intently at the ground beneath its feet, its thoughts a mystery.

One minute later.

A flash of inspiration struck the little husky!

At this moment.

A certain gene within its body awakened!