ebookland Chapter 382 I'm a Good Person
Chapter 382 I'm a Good Person
As soon as the ascendant was carried into the cave, he turned ashen-faced with fright, but he seemed to be bound by the headband and could only cry and beg for mercy.
Ding Yi naturally knew about Ascension Ointment; it was nothing more than a cultivation consumable made from the essence of those who had ascended to immortality.
This upper realm is somewhat strange, seemingly devoid of spiritual energy. Therefore, cultivators can only rely on unorthodox methods for cultivation, such as the faith of those in the lower realms and the souls of those who have ascended to immortality.
Ding Yi naturally didn't need any ascended beings to refine the Ascension Ointment; in fact, he never intended to refine it himself.
He sat upright in his cave, looking at the ascended being kneeling on the ground, and slowly asked:
"Ascension?"
Upon hearing this, the ascendant quickly replied:
"Immortal Master, I am an ascendant from the lower realm. I truly do not know how I offended the immortals here, and have been bound here! Please, immortal, save me!"
The man was sobbing uncontrollably; it was clear he was terrified.
Ding Yi, however, rested his chin on his hand, looked at the man, and then suddenly asked:
How many cities were massacred?
The man was taken aback, then hesitated for a moment before weakly saying:
"Three...no, fourteen seats, Immortal Master, they forced me to do that!"
Upon hearing this, Ding Yi burst into laughter.
He had to disguise himself as an alchemist, and the ascendant would inevitably be sent to his cave. But if he refused, wouldn't he become the biggest target after he could refine the Ascension Ointment?
Therefore, he can only take these ascendants, and he also has to consume them.
If the person sent to him is a good person, Ding Yi will naturally feel very troubled, as he considers himself a good person and would not kill innocent people indiscriminately.
Calling him "Old Devil Ding" is an insult to his character!
But if what's sent over is a demonic cultivator, then everything will be much easier.
So, Ding Yi happily shouted towards another room in the cave:
"Nine Precepts for Pigs!"
No sooner had Ding Yi finished speaking than Zhu Jiu Jie came running over, stood beside Ding Yi, and asked him:
"Boss, is this guy's yelling annoying? Should I twist his jaw off?"
Ding Yi glanced at Zhu Jiu Jie, then shook his head and asked:
"Do they eat people on a regular basis?"
Zhu Jiu Jie was taken aback upon hearing this, and then said:
"Of course it's food. If someone delivers it to your door, you'll naturally grab it and eat it."
Ding Yi smiled upon hearing this and said:
“That’s where you’re wrong. Your ancestor, Zhu Bajie, was originally a man-eating monster. He only attained enlightenment after following Tang Sanzang.”
Upon hearing this, Pigsy immediately blurted out:
"Boss, I know, I know! I won't eat people anymore, I'll be a vegetarian, I'll eat what monks eat!"
Upon hearing this, the man next to him immediately relaxed and then looked at Ding Yi with some gratitude.
But Ding Yi smiled slightly and continued:
"Whether you eat or not is not the key to your enlightenment, but rather it lies with me."
Zhu Jiu Jie was taken aback by Ding Yi's words, then asked:
"Boss, I really don't understand. Just tell me what to do?"
Ding Yi pointed at the man and said:
"Swallow it, don't eat it. I don't like the cave being covered in blood because of you."
Zhu Jiu Jie was momentarily stunned by these words, but the ascended being on the other side was startled and then roared:
"You monster! You dog! You'll die a horrible death!!"
Upon hearing that this person dared to insult Ding Yi, Zhu Jiu Jie immediately stepped forward and slapped the man's chin off twice. He then brought his nose close and sniffed the man's jaw.
"Boss, this guy smells a lot of blood. He might have killed more people than I, Old Pig, have!"
Ding Yi hummed in agreement, then said:
"Come and take it away in half an hour."
Upon hearing this, Zhu Jiu Jie nodded and then returned to his room amidst the ascensioner's resentful gaze.
The next day, Ding Yi began selecting suitable materials from the auxiliary materials sent by the Blood Tower.
These materials were clearly things that alchemists often used, but Ding Yi didn't recognize any of them and lost interest completely after looking through them for a while.
After taking out all the materials, he rubbed them into powder with his fingers and then sprinkled them evenly on the Ascension Ointment brought by the Blood Tower.
Immediately afterwards, Ding Yi dipped a brush in water and wrote the words "enhance the medicinal properties by one-tenth" on the top of the Feisheng Ointment jar.
[Currently available for enhancement; required lifespan: 80 years. Enhance now?]
Ding Yi looked at the text in front of him and then naturally chose to strengthen it.
As Ding Yi's pottery jar trembled slightly, a line of text appeared in his field of vision the next moment.
[Blood-Guiding Ointment Enhanced Version]
The improved Blood-Guiding Ointment has about 10% better efficacy than the original, making it a fairly good Ascension Ointment.
Ding Yi looked at the prompt in front of him, and a smile immediately appeared on his lips.
Immediately afterward, he seemed to remember something, and then quickly took out the Soul-Severing Ointment he had obtained from Zou He, covered his mouth and nose, and then opened the lid.
Afterwards, Ding Yi poured in some more of the auxiliary powder, put the lid back on, and then wrote the words "No side effects, enhances efficacy" on it.
The prompt in front of Ding Yi immediately changed to:
[Currently available for enhancement; enhancement requires a lifespan of 189 years and 13 days. Enhance now?]
It actually requires such a long lifespan?
Ding Yi sat on the stone bench, stroked his chin and pondered for a moment, then shook his head.
This stuff works great for other cultivators, but for him it's just a stimulant at best.
He was on the path of cultivation, which was completely different from the cultivators of this world. The Five Elements Heaven-Mending Technique required materials of the five elements from all over the world, which was why he chose to join the Blood Tower.
In the Little Yuan Palace, he witnessed his own insignificance and the terror of those high-level cultivators.
"Give me some time, just a little more time."
Ding Yi stroked the Soul-Severing Ointment in his hand, a hint of excitement flashing in his eyes.
Another half month passed, and Ding Yi remained holed up in the cave without coming out.
But on this day, he wrote down a list and had Zhu Jiu Jie take it to the people of the Blood Tower.
Zhu Jiu Jie was very excited after receiving the mission. After all, he was originally a wandering spirit, but now he was living in this cave with Ding Yi, and after a while he felt very uncomfortable.
So he happily ran out.
Although Zhu Jiujie is a spirit, he is indeed quite efficient.
By evening, Zhu Jiujie returned, bringing with him a large box.
"Boss, you have no idea, when I took these things, the Blood Tower people looked at me like I could eat them alive!"
Zhu Jiu Jie placed the box at Ding Yi's feet and gesticulated wildly, mimicking the expressions of the people from the Blood Tower.
Ding Yi chuckled and then opened the box in front of him.
Inside the box were three boxes of different sizes.
Ding Yi was about to reach out his hand, but then suddenly remembered something and said to Zhu Jiu Jie:
"Come on, open them one by one, smell them, and lick them."
Zhu Jiujie was confused, but he naturally did not doubt Ding Yi's instructions and even thought that it was the right thing to do.
How could someone who can tell a story like "Journey to the West" be a bad person?