Chapter 724 - Essence Transfusion Technique

~shua~

Once the formation arrays disappeared and the restraints were lifted, the white sphere in the depths of the mountain trembled.

~Crack~

~Crack~ Crack~

Cracks spread over it and copious amounts of Frosty air leaked out from it along with a spirit Qi wave that seemed to be a bit violent. About ten seconds later, it finally shattered apart completely.

~KACHA~

"HRAAAAAAA!!!" An almost beastly roar was heard as a handsome looking old man came out from the shattered white sphere.

But even if he was handsome, right now his face was contorted in anger and his eyes were red with fury. Sharp nails could be seen on his hands that were curled up like claws. Long canines could also be seen protruding from the corner of his lips.

Wang Xiong and Ye Jin were covered in cold sweat and were almost knocked away from the force of the attack, but Lin Wu shielded them. The force was a full power attack from a Dao Shell realm cultivator and would easily kill most people if they felt it.

"Calm down!" Lin Wu called out.

Yun Bai who had been perpetually furious for a while, now heard a familiar voice. He looked up and saw a towering figure in front of him. 

"Lin Wu?" The Demon beast finally came to his senses and his anger started to fall.

"What happened?" Yun Bai asked in confusion.

"We released you from the seal." Lin Wu calmly spoke.

He understood that perhaps Yun Bai couldn't even tell how much time had passed by.

'He might have been trying to break the seal non stop since he was sealed. Considering his current appearance, it looks likely,' Lin Wu thought, seeing the tattered robes. 

Most of the damage looked to be self inflicted due to rebounds that might have happened due to the white sphere.

"How?" Yun Bai questioned, still feeling a bit confused.

"WHERE IS THE SUPREME ELDER!?" Yun Bai yelled as he recalled the main perpetrator.

"He's dead. You don't need to worry. The entire Frozen Cliff division's elders are dead." Lin Wu answered.

Upon hearing this, Yun Bai's aura fell down, almost like a balloon fizzling out.

~thud~

He fell to the ground, and his aura greatly weakened. His spirit Qi fluctuations reduced, but a lot as well.

"Guardian Yun!" Wang Xiong called out in shock.

"System, check him." Lin Wu immediately ordered.

~DING~

——

SCANNER: Activated

TARGET SELECTED: Yun Bai

SCAN: Completed.

…

TARGET: Yun Bai

CULTIVATION BASE: Shell Expansion stage of the Dao Shell realm

VITALS: Unstable 

CURRENT STATUS: The target has signs of severe Qi depletion and has taxed his body's vitality. The bloodline of the target has also been suppressed for too long and has weakened him over all.

——

Lin Wu furrowed his brows upon seeing this. He had not expected Yun Bai to deteriorate this far, even if he had been sealed. It only made him that much alarmed about the sealing formation.

"System, make sure you analyze that formation array and extrapolate methods to break it." Lin Wu spoke. "Also, what can be done for Yun Bai now?" he asked.

~DING~

——

ANSWER: Yun Bai's bloodline is weakened, but its source is not damaged. With enough rest and some healing resources, he should be able to recover to his peak in about a year's time. 

Caution: he should not strain his cultivation base too much or he will risk going into Qi deviation and might even regress his cultivation base.

——

Lin Wu raised his tail and touched the tired looking old man. 

~shua~ 

His tail glowed lightly, and Yun Bai suddenly felt a warmth traveling into his body.

"W-what?" Yun Bai was taken aback.

He could feel the damage in his body starting to heal. Not just that, he could feel the vitality that he had burned returning as well.

"What are you doing? This technique…" Yun Bai asked.

Wang Xiong and Ye Jin too looked curiously, wondering what Lin Wu was doing.

Suddenly, Yun Bai seemed to have recalled something and his expression changed.

"Stop! Stop using this! The Essence Transfusion Technique is no joke! You'll harm your longevity!" Yun Bai screamed upon realizing what Lin Wu was doing.

But it was not just Yun Bai whose expression changed upon hearing his words. Wang Xiong and Ye Jin were the same.

"The essence transfusion technique…?!" Ye Jin muttered in shock.

"Senior used that?" Wang Xiong was no less shocked.

Both of them knew what the Essence Transfusion Technique was and its effect. After all, Wang Xiong had experienced its effects once, and Ye Jin was the one who had used it.

He couldn't help but recall the withered and old Ye Jin who had died in his arms back in the trials of the Taiji Celestial. Back then, in order to save Wang Xiong, Ye Jin had used the forbidden technique and restored him to his peak at the expense of her very own life. 

The Essence Transfusion Technique was a forbidden technique that used the very longevity of a being and used that to heal and restore another person. It was considered a dark technique and was originally brought by invaders in the past.

The invaders would teach this technique to their slaves and then force them to use it on them so that they could heal. This was one of the reason why there were so many people that the invaders captured.

They would have entire cities filled with just slaves and more slaves, whose sole purpose was to cultivate and then use the Essence Transfusion technique on their masters.

It was a technique that had long since been deemed forbidden by the sects and the three great guardian clans in the past. While traces of it had been mostly removed from the secular world, the sects and the clans still kept copies of them in their records.

After all, even if it was a forbidden technique, it was one that was very useful. Though it would mostly kill the person who used it. 

It would have been fine if the technique could be stopped after the other person was healed, but that was something only a very strong cultivator could do. But the cultivators who were made to use this technique were mostly weak ones that would die in just a single use.

"Oh, shut up!" Lin Wu suddenly scoffed. 

"You think this little thing can hurt me? What made you think I'm using the inferior version that you call the Essence Transfusion technique?" Lin Wu spoke.

"Huh?" Yun Bai and the couple were all stunned upon hearing this.

"You're not using that technique, senior?" Wang Xiong asked.

"No! This is something entirely different!" Lin Wu replied.

It was then that Wang Xiong remembered that Lin Wu was not like them. In his mind, Lin Wu was a being from a higher world who used to have a far greater cultivation base. So it made sense to him that he might have some other technique that could do the same.

"What are you doing, then?" Yun Bai asked.

"I'm just transferring Vital Essence to you and healing you." Lin Wu replied.

"But isn't that the same thing?" Ye Jin asked, feeling confused.

"Nope. The Essence Transfusion Technique uses up your very longevity to heal. I'm using my own Vital essence to heal. The higher form of the Vital Energy that you all are used to." Lin Wu informed.

The two of them felt enlightened at hearing this and Yun Bai too, was surprised.

"This technique… doesn't it still harm you?" Yun Bai asked.

"I mean, it can. If I use it till I'm out of vital essence." Lin Wu replied. "But that will take a while…" he said while looking at the window in the corner of his eye.

~DING~

——

VITAL ESSENCE TRANSFERED: 3,021,964 units

VITAL ESSENCE STORAGE: 36,500,000 Units -> 33,478,036 Units

——

The three of them had confused Lin Wu's normal method of transferring Vital Essence to be the Essence Transfusion Technique.

"They really should change that name. It isn't really accurate. Make it Life Transfusion technique or something." Lin Wu muttered.

The two names were pretty close and could be easily mistaken by others.

"Well… Thank you for this." Yun Bai said, not knowing what else to say.

"This will heal some of your injuries. But the more deep seated ones will take a while to heal on their own. And your cultivation base will also need to be stabilized by yourself." Lin Wu replied.

After about five minutes, Lin Wu lifted his tail and stopped the process.

~DING~

——

VITAL ESSENCE TRANSFERED: 478,036 units

VITAL ESSENCE STORAGE: 33,478,036 Units -> 33,000,000 Units

——

'There... I even gave him a little extra to make the number even.' Lin Wu muttered in his mind.

With this done, Yun Bai felt a lot better. 

"What exactly happened?" Yun Bai finally asked.

"It's a long story. Why don't you tell this time, Wang Xiong?" Lin Wu spoke.

"Umm, sure!" Wang Xiong hurriedly replied.

He then narrated all that had happened after Yun Bai got sealed. Him calling for Lin Wu's help and the actions of the Frozen Cliff division. 

Yun Bai really didn't know what to think after hearing that Lin Wu had slaughtered pretty much the entirety of the Frozen Cliff Division. Right now only some disciples were left alive but all Elders of it were killed.

'I might have done it differently, but in the current situation, there isn't really a way to complain,' Yun Bai thought to himself.

Ideally, he would have liked it if the supreme elder, elder Qianshu, and some of the more loyal elders of the division were killed while leaving the others alive.. This way, the sect would not be weakened too much.