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Geocentric Essence Pond
🕑 Added 2022-10-08 18:51:36 +0000 UTC--- Chapter 107 ---
"They are disappointing," Hayate commented while walking beside Cheon Ma. "Their martial art proficiency is not enough to be called Demonic General. It's like fighting against training dummies. No, I think the training dummies are better because they stand still without creating unnecessary movement."
Cheon Ma weakly smiled when hearing Hayate's criticisms about the Demonic General. Even though he agreed with the young man's words, Heavenly Demon Cult declined poorly under his control. It's a saddening fact that they couldn't even touch Hayate's clothes.
"Well, It's my fault for meditating for too long. My old teaching is not good enough for the current Heavenly Demon Cult." Cheon Ma replied with a sigh.
Hayate shook his head slightly and returned, "It's not entirely your fault, Cheon Ma. According to your brief teaching to me, Heavenly Demon Arts should have affected Demonic Soldier's energy, right?"
Chaon Ma nodded and answered, "That's correct. Heavenly Demon Art generated "Inner energy." that could enhance one's innate mastery of martial arts. It applies to the Demonic Techniques learned by Demon Practitioners, but more inferior than us Heavenly Demons. We can "Simply." release our Ki to suppress them, making every Demon Practitioner that learns from Demonic Cult hopeless."
Hayate closed his eyes and said, "That inner energy doesn't work on some Demonic General."
"Huh?? What do you mean?"
Cheon Ma frowned when hearing that response because every martial art recorded within the Heavenly Demon Sect truly was designed to be a loyalty seal toward the Heavenly Demon. It's
"Absolute." law in this place, but Hayate said the inner energy doesn't work for some reason.
"There was a rat inside the cult. That's it." The young man added without batting an eye. "Don't worry. It's not hard to bait this kind of person out."
"Either way, that person was going to be the one who opposes me a lot or that one guy who hugged my thighs and licked my shoes. No in-between."
"Thank you for the insight, young leader." Cheon Ma cupped his hand at him. They walked down steep stairs and moved underground slowly.
Hayate could sense the sudden temperature change in a matter of seconds. Cold and Heat oddly seemed to coexist in this place, causing the scenery to become milky white and fiery red. He looked down and saw this excellent sight.
It was a hot spring and not an overly large one. Enough for two or three people at most. The spring's water is separately colored milky white and vermilion. Even more bizarre, though they were in the same place, they remained clearly disconnected, not advancing on each other and constantly keeping to their own sides.
"Well, this is definitely an amazing one," Hayate commented while jumping from the stairs and approaching the hot spring with a curious expression. "A balance between two energies, just like my profound arts. I used Primordial Energy to stabilize mines, but this pond flows more naturally."
Cheon Ma landed beside Hayate and said, "This is the Thousand Years Yin-Yang Pond, having the coldest and fiercest energy from nature itself. I discovered this place while wandering around the Illusory Demon Realm."
"Nature, huh?" Hayate dipped his finger into the pond and sensed two powerful energies invading his body. He closed his eyes and watched them travel through to Profound Veins.
After a few minutes, Hayate opened his eyes again and realized what this place was. Blue Polar Star was a planet created by the Evil God, possessing some traces of Primordial Energy within it. This pond was the result of condensation over millions of years.
"The essence of the planet." He pondered because this place was useless for him. Hayate has a Primordial Core inside his inner universe, which could generate Primordial Energy faster than this pond.
It's a heaven-defying treasure for people with poor innate talent because the trace of Primordial Energy from the pond could enhance one's Profound Veins and body. No wonder the Demonic Practitioner has better physical prowess than people on the Profound Sky Continent.
"I can make it better, though." Hayate thought about utilizing his Manifestation on the Thousand Years Yin-Yang Pond. "Should I do it?"
"Cheon Ma, how did you distribute this pond to Heavenly Demon Cult's members?"
"I didn't." Cheon Ma shook his head. "The base makes them stronger naturally."
"The aura coming from the Thousand Years Yin-Yang Pond makes the environment harsher than the outside world. You should have noticed the slight gravitational difference when entering the Heavenly Demon Cult. And It also makes the profound energy slightly denser than normal."
"Here, I believe the Profound Energy is five times denser."
"Ah..." Hayate realized something. "The Heavenly Demon Cult's progression is slow because all the profound arts here are inefficient. Without proper breathing techniques and knowledge of Profound Veins, even absorbing Profound Energy in the atmosphere would be extremely hard."
Hayate smirked and patted Cheon Ma's shoulders as this man tried his best for a century to uncover Profound Way with his previous world's understanding.
"I'll help you to fix everything."
"Now, let's start with this pond." He said while activating Formless Emperor form.
A brilliant golden light escaped Hayate's eyes, covering the cave with a god-like aura. Cheon Ma was dumbfounded and felt his entire being submit to this young man. He kneeled instinctively and discerned boundless energy coming from Hayate.
Hayate used Manifestation on the Thousand Years Yin-Yang Pond and transformed it into a "greater." treasure. The opposing liquids merged, creating beautiful pink hot springs filled with vitality. The size also expanded a few meters, allowing more people to use it.
He sighed and continued, "This pond will be named the Geocentric Essence Pond. What do you think, Cheon Ma?"
"Like I can't deny your words, young leader." Cheon Ma chuckled in defeat. "And Geocentric Essence Pond is a better name than Thousand Years Yin-Yang Pond. It shows this was the result of earth's nature."
"Well, not pure nature anymore." Hayate chuckled while thinking about bringing his companions to this place. Hong Guan and Little Ghost enjoyed the hot spring quite a lot.
Hayate placed a spatial seal around the place so no one could enter without his permission. Cheon Ma agreed with this decision because it would invite the greed of others. Though, the former Heavenly Demon doubts anyone can win against Hayate.
"I'll stay here for a moment. Can you bring all books inside the Heavenly Demon Cult? I'll review and fix them with my fundamental understanding of this world." He instructed Cheon Ma calmly.
"Will do." A smile appeared on Cheon Ma's face.
"I'll be back in a few hours. There are too many books within the Heavenly Demon Cult's library."
Hayate watched the Cheon Ma return to the surface and make a gate to Lost Heaven, calling Hong Guan and other girls for a dip in the Geocentric Essence Pond.
A few minutes later, Hong Guan, Little Ghost, and Cang Yue walked out of the gate with surprised expressions.
"Hmm, what's this place?"
"It's warm."
"Woah, so pink! Is this a new hot springs master trying to develop?"
Hayate shook his head wryly because their reaction was amusing to him. "This place is under the Heavenly Demon Cult. I recently became the new leader of it, having access to this pond." He explained to them slowly everything that happened yesterday.
Hong Guan giggled in amusement and said, "It's been only one day, and you've conquered an organization. As expected of you, young master."
"Umu, my fiance is the best." Cang Yue nodded her head proudly.
"Well, enough explanation. This pond would improve your overall prowess, so try it." Hayate smiled while leaning on the cave wall.
Hong Guan, Cang Yue, and Little Ghost stared at each other for a moment and smirked simultaneously. They moved to Hayate and held his body.
"What are you guys doing?"
"Hehe~! We'll bring you in with us." Hong Guan winked at him playfully.
Cang Yue held Hayate's arm tightly and added, "This is the revenge for the last spar!"
"I-I want to try it." Little Ghost mumbled while hugging Hayate from the side. Her face blushed in embarrassment because she couldn't let away this chance.
"Are you sure?"
"Yes!!!" They shouted excitedly.
"Then, don't blame me for doing it rough." Hayate couldn't help but grin a little.
