BTTH: DISCIPLE CASHBACK SYSTEM

Chapter 535: One-Star Dou Saint!

Hearing Liu Ling’s words, Queen Medusa and the seven surrounding Serpent Tribe leaders were all extremely excited.

The Serpent Tribe had endured this barren desert for so many years, and today, they finally had the opportunity to leave.

“Thank you, Commander Liu!”

Queen Medusa offered her heartfelt thanks. If they could successfully relocate to the Magical Beast Mountain Range this time, she would have the Serpent Tribe completely let go of past grievances with the Jia Ma Empire and strive for genuine peaceful coexistence in the future.

After Queen Medusa spoke, the other seven Serpent Tribe leaders also gave slight bows to express their gratitude to Liu Ling.

“It’s nothing!”

Faced with the thanks from the Serpent Tribe’s high-ranking members, Liu Ling casually waved his hand and said, “I’ve completed the task I promised, so I won’t stay here any longer!”

With that, Liu Ling and Yue Mei left the temple directly.

After leaving Queen Medusa’s temple, Liu Ling, along with Yue Mei, headed to the Charm Snake Tribe to help them with their relocation.

Relocating an entire tribe was nothing like the previous march of the Serpent Tribe army, which had moved at a lightning-fast pace.

This time, they had to move the elderly, the weak, women and children of the tribe, along with essential survival resources and other items crucial to the tribe’s survival. As a result, the process was much slower.

The massive amount of supplies the tribe needed couldn’t simply be stored in storage rings. First of all, those rings didn’t hold that much, and secondly, storage rings were extremely luxurious items. In the human world, those from ordinary families rarely had the chance to even see one. Even cultivators at the Dou Fighter or even the Da Dou Shi level might not own one, let alone members of the Serpent Tribe, for whom they were even rarer.

Therefore, the Serpent Tribe had to rely on the most primitive methods of transportation. Although the desert environment didn’t allow for keeping beasts of burden like in the human world, where carts pulled by animals were common, the Serpent Tribe’s physical strength more than made up for it. Their method was to have the strongest adult serpentfolk tie themselves to ropes and pull simple carts with two wheels, loaded with supplies, to move forward.

Some of the elderly, infirm, and young serpentfolk were even placed on the carts to prevent exhaustion from long periods of travel, which could lead to physical ailments.

Among the main group, serpentfolk wielding weapons guarded the perimeter to respond to any potential threats.

It was Liu Ling’s first time witnessing such a scene. Watching the Charm Snake Tribe prepare for relocation, his first thought was that staying in the desert really meant extreme water scarcity. Most of the goods loaded onto the carts—about seventy to eighty percent—were water, as they were about to travel through the desert for an extended period. Under the blazing sun, serpentfolk would lose water rapidly, making water their most essential resource.

Though the relocation process would be extremely arduous, Queen Medusa had likely already thought of ways to solve the various challenges. These weren’t issues Liu Ling needed to worry about.

After storing enough water in his own storage ring, Liu Ling, together with Yue Mei, began escorting the relocation convoy toward the desert’s edge and the direction of the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

This full-scale migration of the Serpent Tribe progressed very slowly. Even after more than ten days, the vanguard of the tribe had only completed less than half the journey. It would take at least another half month before they could truly enter the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

…

At the same time, over five thousand li from the Yunlan Sect, a massive vortex of heaven and earth energy was slowly forming above a small mountain valley. In less than a minute, the vortex expanded to tens of thousands of feet across. Even from dozens of li away, one could see this strange spectacle.

Moreover, an extremely terrifying pressure began to continuously spread from within the valley.

This mountain range did not belong to any one nation, but was divided among three or four different countries.

At this moment, following the manifestation of this strange phenomenon in the heavens and earth, countless people within those three or four countries took notice of the situation. Many assumed that some rare treasure or ancient ruin had appeared.

“Hurry, go check it out! If it really is a ruin, our Che Chi family can seize the opportunity and strengthen our clan’s power! Then, within a thousand li radius, our Che Chi family will reign supreme!”

“Is this truly the emergence of an ancient ruin? If so, then this terrifying pressure—could it be released by an ancient expert from within?”

“With such an ancient expert present, these fools still dream of seizing treasures from the ruin? Laughable!”

Though most people were acting blindly in that moment, there were still a few who remained clear-headed. Upon sensing that overwhelming pressure, they had no intention of approaching the center of the mountain range.

Because, at that moment, the magical beasts within the mountain range reacted in the most honest way—fleeing wildly in all directions. Not a single beast dared to approach the center.

At the heart of the valley, Gu He—who had entered seclusion over a month ago to cultivate—suddenly opened his eyes. At that moment, a muffled bang unexpectedly rang out from within his body. As that sound echoed out, a powerful energy wave burst forth. The massive green stone slab beneath Gu He’s seated form cracked open, and soon after, the entire valley trembled violently under the enormous force, with rocks cascading down.

Any falling stone that came within ten feet of Gu He would suddenly shatter into dust without warning, drifting into the air.

Just the natural wave of energy emitted from Gu He’s body was enough to destroy the entire valley.

“I’ve finally broken through,” Gu He murmured in a low voice, feeling the change in his strength after opening his eyes.

At this moment, Gu He’s cultivation had surpassed the Half-Saint level—he had become a true Dou Saint!

Though the difference between Half-Saint and Dou Saint was only a single character, the gap between them was immense. While a Half-Saint could also claim the title of Dou Saint and indeed possessed strength far beyond the peak of a Dou Zun, in strict terms, they were merely “false saints.” Only by reaching the level of One-Star could one truly be called a Dou Saint!

The so-called lower, middle, and upper stages of the Half-Saint realm might seem like minor distinctions, but crossing them was far from easy. For example, Bone You, the second hall master of the Hall of Souls who had been implanted with a puppet seed by Gu He some time ago, had spent at least several decades to reach the Half-Saint realm. Yet, before encountering Gu He, he had only just reached the high-level Half-Saint stage.

If not for consuming a tier-nine pill provided by Gu He, Bone You would likely have needed another dozen years to break through to Dou Saint. This clearly demonstrated the vast difference between a One-Star Dou Saint and a high-level Half-Saint.

(End of Chapter)

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