A Night of Desperation-Chapter 569: Crossing the Tribulation I

"What kind of person am I...?"

Ever since arriving in this world, he never had time to ponder this question.

The crisis of survival kept pushing him forward relentlessly, constantly running away. But now, after reaching the Nascent Soul Stage, he had to confront this difficult question.

"Am I willing to sacrifice everything for others?"

He asked himself this.

"No, I would only help those who are good to me if I have the capacity left after ensuring my own safety."

"Am I the kind of person who upholds justice? Am I someone with strong will?"

"Not really. I’m just being forced to move forward by constant danger, nothing more."

Yu Hong questioned himself repeatedly, continuously affirming and denying himself, until finally, he came to several answers that reflected his true nature.

In the end, the conclusion was quite simple.

"I’m just an ordinary person... a little selfish, a little courageous, afraid of dying, and a regular person who trembles with fear...."

Yu Hong had never recognized himself as clearly as he did now.

He closed his eyes, and his spiritual power continuously scanned his body, every inch of flesh and blood laid bare in his mind.

"This is who I am, no need to hesitate, no need to worry, no need to fear criticism. I was born this way, raised by life, shaped by my environment. I will continue to change, but right now, at this very moment...."

Scenes of his journey flashed in Yu Hong’s mind, he could clearly see his gradual growth and transformation with each step.

Every thought he had ever had resurfaced at this moment.

Suddenly, he sat down cross-legged, right in the Black Black Spirit hall, under the gaze of Quan He and Su Dan. He sat down on his own.

His vast and unrestrained spiritual power rapidly disintegrated into numerous thoughts, impulses, notions.

These things were borne by strands of differently colored spiritual power.

His rationality stemmed from the instinct to seek benefit and avoid harm. The spiritual power derived from this instinct was blue, mostly concerning how to avoid harm and how to maximize benefits.

The instinct for sensual and reproductive desires was split into five senses’ desire and reproductive desire, a collection of pink, red, and yellow, constantly changing color but overall much weaker than the blue.

There was also a faint thread of silver spiritual power, a small essence derived from the interweaving of rational and sensual spiritual power.

That was the collection of perseverance, persistence, never giving up, courage, and so on.

At this moment, Yu Hong’s mind was devoid of any thought, he just observed quietly like a high-above eye, watching the structure of these three types of self.

Suddenly, he sensed that his Nascent Soul Power seemed to start disassociating along with the self-structure.

The originally integrated mana began to classify according to different self-parts, turning into three types of differently colored mana.

Simultaneously, the mana’s form transformed from simple halos into delicate threads.

With the change in mana, Yu Hong clearly sensed his five senses being amplified, their strength increased manifold compared to before.

He carefully experienced this brand-new change, feeling how the categorized mana operated more smoothly.

Rational mana controlled and commanded, sensual mana was responsible for attack and defense, and the silver mana linked and reinforced the two.

Yu Hong sat still, not knowing how much time had passed.

Suddenly, a golden light shone from his body.

In the golden light, his Nascent Soul slowly grew.

From the previous infant form, it gradually grew taller and larger, and in just over ten minutes, it grew into the form of a young boy.

"It seems you have broken through," Su Dan said with satisfaction.

"Yes...Thank you for your guidance, senior." Yu Hong stood up and bowed respectfully towards the window. "After reaching Micro, all the forces obstructing myself were eliminated, and the amplification of mana has increased by more than double."

"Good, the Micro level has no limits, continue to consolidate it yourself in the future. Now, let’s continue discussing your plans," Su Dan said warmly.

"I still plan to keep moving forward. However... I need to find a place to prepare thoroughly first."

Yu Hong felt the rejuvenation of his mana. After reaching Micro, the categorized mana began to meticulously strengthen every aspect of himself.

The efficiency of mana was also much higher;tasks that previously required two portions of mana could now be done with one.

"Alright, young people should be energetic. Keep going," Su Dan laughed a few times, gradually fading away and making no more sound.

Yu Hong exhaled and briefly explained the current situation to Quan He.

"I agree. Our strength is too weak right now, we can’t accomplish anything. Instead of blundering around, we should find a place to cultivate ourselves first. The Great Annihilation won’t come immediately," Quan He nodded.

"Alright, let’s stay in the City of No Light for a while first." After numerous instances of powerlessness, Yu Hong decided to stop for now, resolve to strengthen his cultivation to the utmost before taking action.

Only then would he not be helpless when facing despair.

Cultivate first, then explore, seeking the hope of the land of vitality!

After setting their goal, the two action-oriented individuals quickly returned to the Cultivation Room to cultivate diligently.

Apart from eating, drinking, and excreting, they even replaced sleep with Half Meditation.

Days passed.

The two focused on cultivation, almost forgetting everything. They didn’t move from the City of No Light, occasionally asking Su Dan about cultivation puzzles. Su Dan, craving company, responded happily and comprehensively.

Although Quan He couldn’t hear the voice, she could still ask questions through Yu Hong’s relay.

In the blink of an eye, nearly two months passed again.

Yu Hong, calculating the countdown, quickly apologized and left the City of No Light with Black Black Spirit for a while.

Quan He remained deeply immersed in cultivation, caring nothing about the outside world. She seemed to have entered a peculiar state of self-forgetfulness, with her cultivation level soaring.

In just two short months, she had already started forming her Golden Core.

Yu Hong didn’t disturb her;instead, he informed Senior Su Dan about needing to resupply and then returned to the depths of the Wind Disaster on his own.

Poof.

In an instant, the Black Black Spirit stationed in the depths of the Wind Disaster blurred momentarily before returning to normal.

There weren’t many changes to the exterior of the safe house, and the interior remained unchanged as well.

Only Yu Hong, sitting in the Cultivation Room, felt the difference from before.

At this moment, he was holding a newly appeared enhanced manual, reading it carefully.

"Safe house enhancement completed;outer wall strength enhanced to Bernardo Level of the Spiritual Formula Empire, granting immunity to any damage below Immortal Level. For attacks above Immortal Level, damage is reduced by 32% before impact."

"Special ability: Merging Void State (can perfectly disguise and integrate itself in any environment without being repelled. Undetectable by Perceptions below Heavenly Human Level)."

"...No wonder it took five months of enhancement... This effect is getting more and more monstrous. But it’s still not enough!" Yu Hong knew where he needed to go.

So, although the safe house was already very strong, it was still not enough, far from enough.

Heavenly Human Level corresponds to Golden Immortal Level, and this strength, combined with the array set up by Golden Immortal Fu Bai, had already maxed out the safe house’s strength.

Yu Hong pondered for a moment and then took out the Source Material he had previously obtained from Senior Su Dan in the City of No Light.

"Let’s try this."

With a mix of anxiety and anticipation, he reached out his hand to press on the Source Material.

"Enhance the Source Material. Direction: Toxins for humans."

First, he checked for any hidden dangers, as was his usual practice.

"No human toxins. Enhancement not possible." The Black Mark’s feedback started again.

Yu Hong meticulously examined each item until he was sure that there were no problems. Only then did he place it on the floor and reached out to press the ground.

"Enhance the safe house, direction: Fusion Source Material, free enhancement."

Dark lines quickly flowed into the ground, and the feedback sound Yu Hong anticipated soon rang out.

"Enhance the safe house?"

The countdown then appeared on the ground.

He focused and looked.

"March 7, 114 at 11:45."

Precise and exact... hmm, very realistic.

Yu Hong stood up silently, taking away the Source Disaster. He now understood the value of this item, even Senior Su Dan found it useless.

To integrate it into the safe house required so much time.

He removed the Source Material, casually took some other item to enhance the current safe house, and the countdown appeared as just over six months.

Then he added back the Source Material, and the time changed once more to 114 years...

"Indeed, this thing is damn tricky!" A hundred years—who knows what level of cultivation he’d reach by then, would he even need it anymore?

Temporarily abandoning the idea of merging the Source Material, Yu Hong controlled the safe house to return to the City of No Light and then began enhancing his own Outer Eye.

In reality, he had many items on his body that could be enhanced;it was just that he never had the time to deal with them. Now that he had some free time, he started progressing on these enhancements.

Removing his eye, Yu Hong held it in his hand and had a sudden thought.

"Wait, what if I enhance the Royal Golden Eye along with the Outer Eye? What would happen?"

Yu Hong acted on his impulse, placing the eyeball and the Royal Golden Eye together.

His current eye strength was already very high, with hardness comparable to stone. Putting them together wouldn’t cause any damage.

"Enhance the Outer Eye, direction: Random."

Yu Hong used his consciousness to encompass both items, initiating the enhancement.

Dark lines flowed out from the back of his hand, converging into the Outer Eye.

The countdown quickly appeared: March 11 at 4:07.

"It can actually work!?" Yu Hong’s anticipation grew.

Without a doubt, the Royal Golden Eye was extremely formidable, providing complete defense against all attacks below the Golden Immortal Level. The Outer Eye had also evolved to a very high level, comparable to the eyes of top Immortal Generals in the Spirit Disaster.

The combination of the two was bound to create some marvelous changes.

The Black Mark’s inquiry quickly rang out, and Yu Hong promptly confirmed. He then separated the two items, placing the Outer Eye back in its socket.

He had tried before;once the range of enhancement was determined, the enhanced items would remain intact until the enhancement completed, at which point they would disappear, leaving only the enhanced result.

He had thought of using this method for some no-cost trades in special circumstances.

But he hadn’t found the opportunity yet.

Enhancement began again, and life returned to the previous monotonous state of cultivation.

Time flew by, and over a month passed.

Knock, knock, knock.

Suddenly, there was a light knock on the door of Yu Hong’s Cultivation Room.

"Come in," Yu Hong didn’t need to guess who it was. He opened his eyes and looked towards the door.

With a click, his mana moved, unlocking the door. freewēbnoveℓ.com