282: Cultivating the threshing ground

Kolen looked at the two juniors and sighed in his heart.

He once held such a fanatic devotion to the so-called gods, believing they would protect him, but what was the result?

Kolen said, "I ask you, the Lion Clan is so powerful and possesses vast resources. Under the leadership of the gods, they have conquered more than one civilized world. Why has a second Lion God never been born?"

"The same goes for other races; they each only have one god."

"After conquering so many civilized worlds, where did the primal divine light from those worlds go? You must know that in most civilizations, as long as there is a sliver of hope, a Star Lord will leave behind their primal divine light."

"This..."

Ge Tian and Lian Tian were unable to answer; they knew nothing about this.

"Demigod Kolen, may I ask why this is?" Xiao Weiqing asked.

Kolen said, "To protect their own status. As I said before, the cultivation resources in a single world are limited. Even the Star Lord Realm is not that powerful an existence within the cosmic civilizations."

Xiao Weiqing asked, "Senior Kolen, if that's the case, couldn't obtaining primal divine light allow one to mass-produce Star Lord Realm experts to increase their race's strength?"

Kolen shook his head in denial.

"primal divine light is merely a vessel for the Divine Soul. It only exists because our world is special. From what I know, my teacher had no need for such a thing."

"Furthermore, obtaining primal divine light only gives you a possibility of reaching the Star Lord Realm; it is not absolute. No one can replicate the exact same path to become a Star Lord."

"Besides, in this world, the Yao Race holds absolute power. Why would they want to add more Star Lord Realms to compete with them for resources?"

Xiao Weiqing nodded. Human nature was greedy, and the Yao Race—even animals—were the same. Fledglings would push their siblings out of the nest; the cruelty of nature had always been thus.

Several days passed.

While Xiao Weiqing cultivated the Astral Visualization Technique, he also beat the Mangniu Demon every single day without fail, using Gu Yu to practice his Formless Blade Technique.

"Demigod Kolen, I remember this Mangniu Demon seemed to have a remnant soul inside him," Xiao Weiqing reported.

"It was devoured by the Spirit Devouring Pool."

"That pool was placed there by Star Lord Xuetian specifically to prevent me from escaping. Anyone without a Star Lord-level Divine Soul strength will be devoured."

The Mangniu Demon, standing to the side, felt a bit indignant upon hearing this.

Seeing this, Kolen barked angrily, "Gu Yu, I'll give you one more month. If you can't succeed, I'll kill you."

"Yes, Lord Demigod," Gu Yu replied in terror.

In truth, Gu Yu didn't know that Demigod Kolen's heart was already wavering.

Initially, he had given a portion of primal divine light to Gu Yu to prove to the Lion Clan and the Yao Race that they could be stronger and have more Star Lords.

In the past, when the Yao Race conquered other civilized worlds, the primal divine light was always destroyed—firstly because they didn't use it themselves, and secondly to prevent it from falling into the hands of the Human Race just in case.

That was exactly what happened with the Three Star Civilization back then.

Those two portions of primal divine light weren't taken away by the Yao Race Star Lord; they were destroyed directly, along with the divine temple.

But now...

Kolen discovered that although Gu Yu had talent, it wasn't enough—not by a long shot. He couldn't compare to that Blue Planet person, Qin Weiqing, and he was even inferior to the trio of Ge Tian.

Gu Yu had been unable to refine this portion of primal divine light for a long time. While it might be that the Yao Race wasn't suited for primal divine light and it wasn't entirely Gu Yu's fault, Kolen couldn't wait. He didn't have much time left; otherwise, he wouldn't have even left behind his own primal divine light.

Two hundred years had passed, and his divine body had long been damaged, losing the chance to enter the Star Lord Realm. He didn't have much desire for revenge anymore; he only wanted to do two things now.

First, use his method to Cultivate a Star Lord Realm expert to show all the Yao Race the true face of the so-called gods, and to prove to all his clansmen that he wasn't wrong.

When Demigod Yutian let Ge Tian and the other two in, he understood that the clan had compromised.

Two hundred years.

The confrontation between him and Star Lord Xuetian had finally reached a conclusion; the clan had leaned toward his side.

Or perhaps, Demigod Yutian and the others didn't necessarily lack the desire to break through to the Star Lord Realm themselves.

The other thing was to see his teacher one more time.

This was even harder to achieve.

But...

A human had come here—an exceptionally gifted human who was about to form a Divine Soul, and a Genius who was doing so through his own cultivation.

This reignited his hope. This person's future achievements would certainly not be low, and he might eventually encounter his teacher.

"Qin Weiqing, if Gu Yu cannot defeat you in one month, you shall kill him." Demigod Kolen's voice rang out in his mind. Xiao Weiqing was startled and instinctively asked, "Senior, why?"

"He is rotten wood!"

Xiao Weiqing: "..."

"I will give that portion of primal divine light to you. I want to make a deal with you."

"Please speak, Senior."

"If you meet my teacher in the future, give her something for me."

"Alright."

Regardless of whether Demigod Kolen was telling the truth, he would agree first.

Seven days later.

The Spirit Devouring Pool still showed no movement. Ge Tian and Lian Tian couldn't help but grow anxious.

Demigod Kolen said, "What's the rush? Qin Weiqing only came up after four days inside. It's impossible for Xun Tian to come up in less than ten days or half a month. Of course, it's also possible he won't come up at all."

"..."

Ge Tian and Lian Tian were helpless, bitterness filling their hearts.

That's your fellow clansman! Whose side are you on? You haven't actually started considering yourself a human, have you?

Just then.

Gu Yu, who had been cultivating for two days, opened his eyes.

His massive body let out a low growl.

"Qin Weiqing!!!"

Xiao Weiqing sighed. "Stop shouting and just come at me."

This time, Gu Yu didn't rush. Instead, he took steady steps, walking slowly to the center of the hall.

Xiao Weiqing raised an eyebrow at the sight.

After being thrashed over a dozen times, Gu Yu wasn't as impulsive as before. No, it wasn't impulsiveness, it was arrogance. He knew the gap between himself and Xiao Weiqing; he didn't have the capital to be arrogant.

Compared to a few days ago, Gu Yu's massive body contained even more surging power. What remained unchanged was that unconcealed killing intent.

However, this had no effect on Xiao Weiqing at all; this was the confidence brought by strength.

Gu Yu grinned, his throat emitting several suppressed low growls, and his massive body suddenly charged forward.

Thud!! Thud!! Thud~~~

Gu Yu's bull hooves trampled on the floor tiles, creating a booming sound. In the blink of an eye, he appeared before Xiao Weiqing.

"Decent speed."

Xiao Weiqing chuckled.

With a flicker of his figure, he appeared ten meters away.

Gu Yu's arms smashed into the spot where Xiao Weiqing had just been.

Boom!

The strike missed.

Gu Yu turned and stomped toward him.

Xiao Weiqing dodged while nodding. "Power and speed are both good, comparable to a Yao King."

Hearing this.

Gu Yu was even more infuriated. What was with this tone of a teacher critiquing a student?

"Roar!!!"

Gu Yu activated his Great Demon True Body. His physique grew another size larger, and his eyes became even more crazed as he lunged at Xiao Weiqing.

His pitch-black bull horns, shimmering with starlight, sought to gore a hole through Xiao Weiqing's body.

In his Great Demon True Body form, Gu Yu's speed increased by two levels, already surpassing the speed of an ordinary Yao King.

However, to Xiao Weiqing, it was still not enough.

His figure flashed again. The massive horns only struck an afterimage. The afterimage was so realistic that Gu Yu didn't realize it for a moment, letting out a long howl toward the sky with his neck stretched out—one might have mistaken him for a Wolf Demon if they didn't know better.

"Hey!"

"Big guy, is this all you've got?"

Gu Yu finally reacted, even more enraged at being toyed with by Xiao Weiqing. He opened his mouth and let out a furious roar toward Xiao Weiqing, sending out waves of ripples.

Xiao Weiqing shook his head, clenched his fist, and threw a punch.

Ripples were also forced open in front of his fist.

Boom!!

The two collided. Gu Yu fell back onto his buttocks, while Xiao Weiqing only retreated half a step.

"Some progress, but still not enough."

As soon as he finished speaking.

Xiao Weiqing flickered and appeared beside Gu Yu. With a sweeping kick, Gu Yu was knocked unconscious.