CHAPTER 247: BENEFITS

"Divine beasts have long become extinct in the cultivation world. Even in the immortal realm, there are only a few left."

"However, all divine beasts that choose the nine lives rebirth technique are exiled to the cultivation world. This is perhaps the main reason why divine beasts don’t dare to cultivate the nine lives rebirth technique."

"This..." Shen Xu couldn’t help but be shocked.

A moment later, he turned to Yang Shi with incredulous eyes.

"Even those in the God realm are exiled to the cultivation world once they choose the nine lives rebirth technique?" He asked and Yang Shi nodded in agreement.

"There are no exceptions." He said.

"Is becoming a yin-yang divine beast worth so many risks?" The double asked and Yang Shi sighed before speaking.

"Regardless of cultivation level, a yin-yang divine beast is immortal." Yang Shi said.

Hearing this, Shen Xu shook his head.

"This benefit doesn’t seem powerful enough." He said.

After all, a monster cultivator only needed to become a level ten beast to gain immortality.

Since divine beasts were innately more talented than other monster clans, it was easy for them to become level ten cultivators and consequently gain immortality.

Considering that, Shen Xu didn’t think gaining immortality was a powerful enough motivation to cultivate the nine lives rebirth technique.

"It’s a little different from what you are thinking." Yang Shi said with a thoughtful expression.

"Do you know why the immortality peach is so precious?"

"Isn’t it because it can make an ordinary cultivator immortal?" Shen Xu asked and turned to Zhen Yuan for confirmation.

Seeing the look, Zhen Yuan nodded but Yang Shi smiled.

"It’s not so simple." The snake said and began explaining.

"Immortals can be easily killed but it’s not so easy to kill a yin-yang divine beast or a cultivator who has eaten an immortality peach."

"What do you mean?" Zhen Yuan asked.

After all, he and Shen Xu had eaten an immortality peach.

Since this matter concerned them, he was naturally eager for information.

"Master, lord Zhen, you are as immortal as any creature can get." Yang Shi said and quickly continued.

"Even if your body is blown to pieces and your soul is destroyed, you will be resurrected as long as a speck of you remains."

Hearing this, Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan couldn’t help but be shocked.

They originally thought the immortality peach was all about immortality.

Unexpectedly, the fruit gave them an even more shocking ability.

"This matter can never be known by a fourth person." Shen Xu said in a paranoid voice.

"Don’t worry." Zhen Yuan assured, rubbing the double’s hand to soothe his emotions.

"Yin-yang divine beasts have the same ability?" Shen Xu questioned and Yang Shi nodded.

"It’s almost impossible to kill a yin-yang divine beast." He said.

When he heard this, Shen Xu nodded but soon frowned.

"This benefit is good but it doesn’t seem enough." He said.

"It’s not the only benefit." Yang Shi said, looking at Shen Xu with a questioning expression.

"Master, do you know about fire rankings?" He asked.

"I know." Shen Xu nodded and subconsciously smiled.

During his retreat, he refined a few drops of fire jelly which improved his spiritual root fire from rank eight to rank six.

Similarly, Xiaomu refined a few drops and improved its rank from six to four.

"Whether phoenix fire or dragon fire, all divine beasts’ natal fire are rank four flames. However, yin-yang divine beasts’ natal fire are rank two flames."

"It doesn’t..." Shen Xu started but Yang Shi shook his head.

"Don’t underestimate the gap between a rank two and a rank four flame. In fact, there is an insurmountable gap between rank two and rank three flames, let alone between rank two and rank four flames."

"Is that so?"

"A rank four flame can’t put up a fight against a rank two flame."

"Sounds powerful." Shen Xu muttered and subconsciously glanced in the direction of the hidden room.

"Have you seen the yin-yang phoenix fire?" He asked but Yang Shi shook his head.

"Xue’er has never used her natal fire in front of me."

"That’s too bad." The double said, feeling a little disappointed.

However, he soon got over his disappointment and looked at Yang Shi.

"What other advantages does a yin-yang phoenix have?" He asked.

"A yin-yang divine beast has unparalleled talent and their cultivation has no bottlenecks. Unless something unexpected happens, they are guaranteed to become a level nine God."

Hearing this, Shen Xu sighed and nodded in understanding.

"No wonder your phoenix friend chose to cultivate the nine lives rebirth technique." He said.

From what he knew, only a handful of immortal cultivators could advance to the God realm every million years.

Unfortunately, few gods would make it past sixth level.

According to the original book, there was an abyss between the sixth level and seventh level of the god realm.

Without talent, luck, and hard work, most gods were stuck in the sixth level for an eternity.

That said, a few were lucky enough to advance to the seventh level but the gap between the levels only grew wider.

By the end of the original book, Xiao Weimin was a level seven god but was nowhere near the peak of the god realm.

"Master, yin-yang divine beasts are very special. Don’t miss an opportunity to contract one." Yang Shi urged with an eager expression.

Seeing Yang Shi’s eager eyes, Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan subtly glanced at each other.

On one hand, Shen Xu wanted to contract the yin-yang phoenix.

However, he had many concerns and couldn’t afford to be reckless.

"Yang Shi, you seem to like the phoenix. What does she think of you?" The double finally asked.

Hearing this, Yang Shi frowned and lowered his eyes.

In the end, he sighed and looked at Shen Xu with solemn eyes.

"She seems to like me but we have avoided talking about this matter." He said.

After all, it was still unknown whether Shen Xu would form a contract with Feng Xue.

Until that was settled, talking about a relationship was like building castles in the air.