Chapter 108 – Departure

“Martial Uncle Ruan, even if you want to undergo secluded cultivation to break through your bottleneck, you do not need to give such things to me.” After hearing what he had said, Liu Ming was very surprised and could not help but speak with suspicion.

“The secluded cultivation this time is different from times before. When I was young, my meridians were once injured by a great opponent, so originally, my level of cultivation would have been stuck at the level of a Beginning Spirit Master. However, I discovered a method that allowed me to break through the bottleneck of the beginning level when I started to understand the Dark Bone Method. This method is very dangerous and if I forcefully attempt to break through, perhaps there is only a one in three chance that I can come back alive. As for the remaining two-thirds, I will be like the other Spirit Apostles practicing the Dark Bone Method that tried to break through the Spirit Master bottleneck, exploding and then dying. The Dark Bone Method and the Green Death language is the product of several tens of years worth of hard work on my part, I don’t want it to be lost without a sound. After all, I never accepted any personal disciples. Originally, Jue Er was not a bad candidate but it was a pity that his mental power was only average and he will be unable to break through from a Spirit Apostle to a Spirit Master. Therefore, only you are left as the best candidate to inherit this. If I can break through to Middle Spirit Master, then everything will be fine. If I do not survive, all you need to do is to make sure these things are not lost and left without an inheritor.” The fat elder explained matters as such and revealed a sincere feeling to his words for the first time.

“Martial Uncle, worry not. I will definitely use all my power to achieve this.” Liu Ming quickly thought a few times, and after determining that there were no other problems, he easily agreed.

“Very well, this jade chit is handmade by me. All the information is recorded in it. You can first place it on your forehead and scan through it with your consciousness to check if there are still any problems.”

After saying this, the fat elder produced a milky white jade chit from his sleeve. He rubbed it with his fingers a few times as if he was unwilling to part with it, before handing it over.

Liu Ming bent over and accepted the jade chit, before placing it on his forehead.

A wave of consciousness swept through the chit and suddenly, Liu Ming’s head felt heavy. Immediately, a purple ball and a white ball appeared in his mind.

As soon as Liu Ming’s consciousness touched the purple ball, a countless number of green ancient words came flying out and lined up together to form quite a few pages of text.

This was the Dark Bone Method in its original ancient Green Death Language form. However, when Liu Ming glanced over it, he suddenly paused.

Then, when his consciousness touched the white ball, the text that consisted of only the Green Death Language became mixed with ordinary words.

This was Martial Uncle Ruan’s interpretation that was obtained after many years of research.

Liu Ming only skimmed through both versions before removing his consciousness from the jade slit.

“Martial Uncle Yuan, why does this Dark Bone Method only have five pieces? If I remember correctly, shouldn’t the entire method contain nine levels?” Liu Ming asked in a surprised manner.

“Our sect founder only found the first five layers of the cultivation method. The remaining four levels are located in an unknown location. However, the first four levels are actually enough. It took me ten years of hard work to interpret the fourth level. If Martial Nephew Bai is able to interpret the fifth layer’s meaning then you can be considered a genius in understanding the Green Death Language. When you actually become a Spirit Master and have no need to continue cultivating the Dark Bone Method, then you can exchange it for another high-ranking suitable method. The first four levels of the Dark Bone Method will have provided you a fairly sturdy foundation. If you do feel like going down this path then the Refining Corpse and Baleful Yin faction’s respective high level method will not be bad choices.” The fat old man calmly replied.

“I see now. Back then, when Martial Uncle told me I had no need to change to another method, it seems that you were trying to deceive me.” After Liu Ming heard the fat old man’s words, he couldn’t help but grin.

“Haha, this… at the time, if I had not said that, then I’m afraid that I would have had to waste a lot more words convincing you to choose this Cultivate Method.” The old man let out a laugh but the expression on his face didn’t change in the slightest.

Liu Ming listened but could only remain silent.

“That’s right, if I don’t succeed in becoming a Middle Spirit Master and you manage to become a Spirit Master, then if you have the ability to, help me take care of Gu Jue. He can be considered one of my few relatives in this world.” The fat old man’s face became solemn.

“If I truly possesses the ability, then it is only natural.” Liu Ming was slightly startled as he replied.

“Very good, you still have some time now, so if you had any complications when you were cultivating the Dark Bone Method, then you can ask me right now. I will do my best to answer your questions.” A trace of a smile appeared on the old man’s face after he heard Liu Ming’s reply.

“Thank you very much master. I actually have a few places in the Dark Bone Method where I have yet to comprehend. One of them is…” Liu Ming was overjoyed and immediately started asking away.

An hour later, Liu Ming finally departed the forest on his cloud with a satisfied expression. He flew toward the Nine Infants Mountain.

The fat old man remained in the forest and he slightly squinted his eyes as he stared at the gray cloud slowly flying away.

After an unknown length of time passed, he insipidly said, “Sect Leader, since you have been here for such a long time, why are you still hiding?”

After his voice faded, his gaze shifted and turned towards a large neighboring tree.

“Junior Ruan is worthy of being Master Yan’s personal disciple. As I expected, this sort of a concealment method cannot escape your attention.” An indifferent voice came from the large tree. A figure flashed and from the tree, a yellow-robed old man walked out. A trace of a smile hung on his face; it actually was the Barbarian Ghost Sect Leader.

“Sect Leader saw me give the item to Martial Nephew Bai but didn’t stop me. It seems that you agree with my decision.” The fat old man let out a chuckle.

“Since Martial Nephew Bai is the only disciple cultivating the Dark Bone Method who has a chance of becoming a Spirit Master, coupled with the fact that he only received a duplicate because the original text of the Dark Bone Method is still in the Scripture Pavilion, I naturally had no reason to stop this. Truthfully, when I saw that Martial Nephew Bai had become a Late Spirit Apostle in such a short amount of time with merely a Three Spiritual Pulse, I had already guessed that he was cultivating the Dark Bone Method. The fact that Martial Nephew Gu is, unexpectedly, your sister’s son and that cultivating the Dark Bone Method to the late stage gives one the ability similar to the Great Controlling Bone Technique, surprised me. I’ve never heard of these things before.” The Barbarian Ghost Sect Leader let out a sigh as he spoke.

“You had better not use Gu Jue. Just now, you also heard that his current cultivation isn’t enough to use the controlling bone ability; using it will cause him to lose a large chunk of his lifeforce.” The fat old man immediately spoke in a vigilant manner.

“Haha, Junior doesn’t need to worry. Now that I know about Gu Jue’s actual circumstance, giving those few sect items to him to control will leave me uneasy. However, if Martial Nephew Bai is able to become a Spirit Master, letting him use those items shouldn’t be too big of an issue.” The Barbarian Ghost Sect Leader replied in a composed manner.

“Mhm, if Martial Nephew Bai is able to become a Spirit Master, then the problem of his physical body crumbling will not happen. Giving him the items to use is rather fitting.” This time, the fat old man