Thirty-Six Heavenly Stars

Whoosh!

With a flick of Yu Duxiu's wrist, the force of his Taiji internal martial arts condensed into a line, and the sharp branch in his hand fiercely stabbed into the river.

The branch shattered the river's tranquility. Nearby fish and shrimp scattered in panic, while Yu Duxiu's branch plunged into the mud beneath the water.

Splash!

Delight appeared on Yu Duxiu's face as he quickly ran over. As he lifted the branch, a fish weighing seven or eight pounds was hauled out.

Yu Duxiu shook the water droplets from the branch-spear with satisfaction. With a light flick, the seven- or eight-pound fish was tossed into the bucket.

"Not bad force application. Your body is rather interesting too."

A gentle voice that sounded like thunder suddenly rang out behind Yu Duxiu.

Yu Duxiu's smiling face instantly stiffened. He spun around and instinctively raised the branch-spear in his hand.

"Who?"

Yu Duxiu was certain there had been no one within a hundred meters of this riverbank—at least, there had been no one a second ago. Yet Fang Xuan had appeared at some unknown moment, filling him with an eerie feeling.

A ghost?

"Have you ever seen such a handsome ghost?" Fang Xuan remarked.

"You can hear my thoughts? No, wait—handsome? How do you know that word? You... who exactly are you?"

Once Yu Duxiu realized what had happened, his expression changed drastically. He felt as though the deepest secret in his heart had been exposed, and fear rose within him.

"Ancestor Dragon blood, and Fetal Transformation and Shape Shifting. Not bad, not bad. With these two, you can lay the firmest possible foundation for the immortal path. Even after entering the cultivation world, you won't be inferior to those second-generation immortals," Fang Xuan said with a smile.

If Yu Duxiu had