Chapter 121: Soul Cultivation

Lu Zheng was stunned.

Contribution points were not easy to gather.

Even after ten missions, a person might not even receive up to twenty contribution points.

It was safe to say that one rank nine contribution points was the equivalent of a lifetime of hardwork.

Lu Zheng suddenly grew interested in earning contribution points.

Within the information path artifacts were ways of earning contribution points. The missions were graded in order of difficulty from small grade missions to super large grade missions.

The small grade missions could be handled by even Sky realm experts while many Eternal realm experts would struggle to complete a super large grade mission!

The rewards also depended on a person's cultivation base. If one accepted a mission far below their strength, the rewards would also be scaled down and vice versa.

The thought of trading another rank nine soul core crossed Lu Zheng's mind but he quickly shunned it. Using the teleportation formation, Lu Zheng vanished from the large hall.

…..

Lu Zheng sat on a small mat in the cultivation chamber in his house.

The house was elaborately decorated and if it were ten thousand years ago on Earth, it would be regarded as a wealthy man's home.

A translucent orb was held in Lu Zheng's hand before it suddenly cracked and turned into dust.

Lu Zheng's pupils glistened as his thoughts clashed.

~My soul foundation has fallen from the eight thousand man soul level to the hundred man soul level. Even after absorbing the soul Qi within ten rank five soul cores, my soul foundation has only reached the thousand man soul level~

Lu Zheng shook his head bitterly.

When he had died, his soul foundation had fallen greatly. After Old man Gu Li had saved him, it had only risen to the hundred man soul level.

Compared to his former soul foundation of eight thousand man soul level, his current soul foundation was miserable.

However, Lu Zheng did not give up. The rate at which his soul foundation rose was faster than before.

It was like filling a parched well with water once more. He did not have to go through the stress of digging the well to make it deeper.

Clapping his hands, Lu Zheng dusted the dust from the used soul core away and willed out more.

His eyes were closed as soul Qi flowed through his meridians from the soul core. His soul foundation slowly rose as the cracks on his soul mended over time.

It was only after he reached the three thousand man soul level that he stopped and left the cultivation chamber.

He was headed for the Sea of Nirvana.

…..

The Sea of Nirvana was a soul path Secluded Domain of Heaven and Earth.

It was a sea of pink flames that existed within a realm of their own. Chang Court used special methods to connect the Sea of Nirvana to the main world.

It was common knowledge that the Sea of Nirvana had eight separate layers, each deadlier than the former.

At the moment, a man clad in red and white robes with skin pure like jade and silky hair as black as ebony that flowed like a river of darkness to his waist stood in the air above the pinkish flames.

The man was naturally Lu Zheng.

After paying a thousand contribution points, he could use the Sea of Nirvana for as much as he could.

Lu Zheng remembered the face that the Elder in charge of the Sea of Nirvana had given him.

He knew that Chang Court was baiting people to spend all of their contribution points by taking dips in the Sea of Nirvana.

Although they said that they could use it for as much as they could, they knew otherwise.

The tolerant abilities of the average person could only allow a person to endure for a little over a second in the Sea of Nirvana. Anymore and the average person would run mad from pain.

Moreover, higher soul foundation was equivalent to higher pain felt. Yet, if the soul foundation was too low, the soul would be destroyed by the Nirvana Flames.

With a slight smile, Lu Zheng dove into the pink sea of flames.

"Plop~"

At first, Lu Zheng did not feel anything, only a strong wave of cold washing over him.

The next very instant however, a pain that could not be described by words tore through his very being.

Lu Zheng felt like his cells were being torn apart and dipped in boiling oil, over and over again.

Seconds passed like years for Lu Zheng till he couldn't bear it anymore.

After nearly thirty seconds, Lu Zheng flew out of the Sea of Nirvana with fear colouring his features.

He had just undergone the might of the third strongest Mystical Flame – the Nirvana Flame.

…..

Lu Zheng left the Sea of Nirvana, his psyche sunk into his Soul Lake.

The cracks on his soul had thinned in numbers and were mostly mended. It was like Old man Gu Li had said, the Sea of Nirvana was the most effective way to heal his soul injuries.

If his soul was a vase, the soul cores were clay. They could still mend the vase but if he didn't use the Sea of Nirvana which was an oven, the vase would never remain the same.

Lu Zheng's soul foundation had fallen to the five hundred man soul level. If he dared to use the Sea of Nirvana again without recuperating, he would only harm himself.

Thus, Lu Zheng's daily routine was set. He would absorb soul Qi from the soul cores and use the Sea of Nirvana to heal his soul injuries and temper his soul.

He also remained diligent in his cultivation and constantly absorbed Qi from his many firestones, frost gems and wind cores.

The high rank beast meat he ate served to increase his bloodline power and aid his bloodline to grow.

Over time, days passed and soon, a full year had gone by.

His soul foundation was as low as ever but his soul injuries were already gone.

His soul was constantly tempered by the Sea of Nirvana and his endurance for the shower of Nirvana Flames steadily increased.

He could reach the third layer of the Sea of Nirvana at will.

It was only when Chang Court had informed him that he was too dormant that Lu Zheng decided to take a mission.