Some People Are Born with a Gold Mine Inside Them!

It was a difficult matter, but still manageable.

Clearly, Fang Qing intended to help his companion Ye Fan.

Ye Fan was deeply moved by Fang Qing's words.

Over the past few days, he had also received several bottles of Hundred Herb Liquid. Brother Fang had reported the matter to Elder Wu Qingfeng, who had then allocated them under the pretense of seeing whether the Ancient Desolate Sacred Body truly had any potential.

Yet Ye Fan knew that these were all benefits Fang Qing had secured for him.

He had already consumed more than a dozen bottles of Hundred Herb Liquid, but he still could not sense the Wheel of Life. He had no idea how he was supposed to cultivate from here on.

Just as Ye Fan was about to speak, Fang Qing took out many more bottles of Hundred Herb Liquid, all provided by Han Men Zhongliang.

"Ye Fan, try taking some more Hundred Herb Liquid. The Ancient Desolate Sacred Body seems to be a high-consumption sacred body—it needs more resources."

Fang Qing spoke.

He did not begrudge giving away these resources. If Ye Fan embarked on the path of cultivation, he would surely benefit Fang Qing in the years to come. There were always places in the Beidou World that Ye Fan could enter but others could not.

Now that Fang Qing had given Ye Fan these resources, he would surely receive substantial returns in the future.

Besides, if the simplest Hundred Herb Liquid could earn him treasures that would delight him in the future, then this investment would be an absolute windfall.

"Thank you! I won't let you down, Brother Fang!"

Ye Fan wanted to say much more, but when the words reached his lips, only these simple sentences remained.

He drank bottle after bottle of Hundred Herb Liquid, feeling the vital essence in his blood surge and boil.

Bottle after bottle of Hundred Herb Liquid entered Ye Fan's body, continuously raising his blood vitality. In the end, the vital essence within his blood vitality finally became saturated, and intense fluctuations finally appeared where his Wheel of Life lay.

This seemed to be the mystery of the Ancient Desolate Sacred Body.

For the Ancient Desolate Sacred Body to perceive the Wheel of Life, it first needed vast amounts of life essence to replenish the body's energy. Only once the energy throughout the body was saturated could the Wheel of Life be sensed.

Ye Fan had now completed the first step. As he circulated the Dao Scripture, waves of roaring tsunami-like sounds suddenly erupted within the Thatched Cottage. Fang Qing, Pang Bo, and Ye Fan all saw it.

From Ye Fan's Bitter Sea surged endless divine radiance, a brilliant expanse of gold seemingly accompanied by flashes of lightning and peals of thunder.

It was an utterly astonishing sight.

Within the Bitter Sea, Divine Light shone in myriad streams, while golden waves surged. It was an unprecedented phenomenon; neither Fang Qing nor Pang Bo had ever displayed anything like it.

This phenomenon seemed unique to the Ancient Desolate Sacred Body, revealing its extraordinary nature.

The sound of the tides filled the air like thunder. They seemed to be the life essence of the Ancient Desolate Sacred Body—its life essence as vast as the sea, unlike the Bitter Seas of others, which were black and heavy with Death Qi.

"Why is Ye Zi's Bitter Sea golden while mine is black...?"

Pang Bo was profoundly shaken. He sensed his own Bitter Sea, and it truly was black. Elder Wu Qingfeng had also said that the Bitter Sea was inherently desolate, either pitch-black or dark green.

But why was Ye Zi's Bitter Sea like this?

"The Ancient Desolate Sacred Body..."

Fang Qing's gaze remained fixed on Ye Fan. This Ancient Desolate Sacred Body's Bitter Sea differed from everyone else's. It was practically like being born with a gold mine inside one's body; as long as one had the strength, one could dig out little pieces of gold from it and immediately reap immense benefits.

Others, however, were not born with gold mines. There was nothing inside them, and if they wished to develop, they had to put in far greater effort.

From this perspective, heaven truly was unfair. Some people were born possessing things that others had to struggle for countless years to obtain.

Sacred bodies, divine bodies—physiques like these truly allowed cultivators to advance swiftly in the early stages. If ordinary cultivators wanted to keep up, they had to expend immeasurable effort.

Moreover, ordinary cultivators would often never catch up to physiques such as sacred bodies and divine bodies in their entire lives.

"Ye Fan, how is your cultivation progressing?"

Fang Qing looked at Ye Fan.

"It should count as a success."

Hearing Fang Qing's words, Ye Fan circulated the Dao Scripture once more. A minuscule Golden Light Dot immediately appeared at his Bitter Sea. Though only the size of a sesame seed, it truly existed and could gradually grow larger through future cultivation.

"Having one is what matters most! Ye Zi, you've finally stepped onto the path of cultivation too. The three of us are all cultivators now!"

Pang Bo was thrilled.

The deadlock had finally been broken. No matter how small the light dot within the Bitter Sea was, it existed. That meant Ye Fan had stepped into the Bitter Sea Realm as well. This was absolutely a day worth celebrating.

"We really ought to celebrate properly. This day has been far too hard-won! Ye Zi has entered the Bitter Sea Realm, I'm in the Bitter Sea Realm too, and Brother Fang is already a great cultivator of the Life Spring Realm!"

Pang Bo was overjoyed and practically wanted to take a few drinks.

Unfortunately, there was no alcohol in Lingxu Grotto-Heaven, though there was plenty of tea.

"It is indeed worth celebrating. Ye Fan has advanced into the Bitter Sea Realm. In the years ahead, the two of you can join the Enforcement Team as well, allowing our strength to keep growing and Lingxu Grotto-Heaven to increasingly return to the right path."

Fang Qing smiled faintly.

"The Enforcement Team."

Ye Fan and Pang Bo's expressions shifted at the term.

They both knew that Brother Fang now held great authority. He was a manager in the Enforcement Team and was deeply trusted by several elders. If they joined the Enforcement Team as well, then no one in all of Lingxu Grotto-Heaven would be able to bully them.

Of course, given their character, they would not bully other disciples either.

In that case, both they and the ordinary disciples would develop a strong sense of belonging toward Lingxu Grotto-Heaven.

A sect was only a good sect when its members felt that sense of belonging. This place would become their second home.

"We can become members of the Enforcement Team too? Sometimes it feels like a dream. We've only been in Lingxu Grotto-Heaven for such a short time, yet we can actually become Law Enforcement Disciples in the Enforcement Team."

Pang Bo sighed with emotion.

Joining the Enforcement Team and becoming a Law Enforcement Disciple would also bring additional Hundred Herb Liquid subsidies. His cultivation speed would be even faster in the future.

And all of this was because of Fang Qing—Brother Fang.

Brother Fang was the Peerless Genius among them. Now that Brother Fang had risen, they were rising along with him.

"Being able to join the Enforcement Team and become Law Enforcement Disciples is indeed a good thing for us. We don't like bullying others, nor do we want to be bullied. But Brother Fang, you should still be careful of Elder Han. I heard there are two Elder Hans in Lingxu Grotto-Heaven: one refines pills, and the other refines artifacts. Both are very formidable."

After thinking for a moment, Ye Fan spoke.

"I will."

Fang Qing's smile grew wider.