Hasty Inheritance

"Hmm?"

Ye Xiaofan had walked a hundred steps without any unusual occurrences, which made him unable to help but feel puzzled.

According to the usual practice of powerful figures, obtaining an inheritance shouldn't be this easy, with no trials set up.

Even prodigies and monstrous talents shouldn't be able to obtain an inheritance so effortlessly.

"Strange, could the trials be set further ahead, or perhaps at the summit?"

Ye Xiaofan glanced up at the stone steps that still seemed to stretch endlessly and walked towards a pavilion on the left.

This was because a stone tablet stood in the center of the pavilion.

There were some murals on the stone tablet.

He was worried that this might be part of the trial, and missing it could affect subsequent trials.

So, he planned to go and take a look.

Soon, Ye Xiaofan finished viewing the murals on the stone tablet.

They roughly depicted the cultivation process and experiences of someone in the Body Refinement stage.

Reaching Ninth Level Body Refinement in one year, completing three Blood Replacements in one year, and cultivating a Qi and Blood phenomenon – Qi and Blood Like a Dragon.

Invincible among peers!

Killing enemies of higher realms as easily as drinking water!

Ye Xiaofan frowned, unable to understand the purpose of these murals.

"Perhaps the powerful figure wants those participating in the trial to understand his life story."

Ye Xiaofan guessed and then prepared to continue climbing.

Just as he was about to turn, the murals on the stone tablet suddenly emitted a dazzling light.

It was so bright that Ye Xiaofan had to close his eyes and activate his Qi and Blood to protect them.

"Damn it, does this powerful figure really like blinding light so much?"

Ye Xiaofan couldn't help but mutter. Ever since he was at the bottom of the Clear Water River, the blinding light had never stopped.

However, Ye Xiaofan quickly admitted that his voice had been a bit too loud just now.

Because a top-grade cultivation technique for the Body Refinement stage suddenly appeared in his mind – the Heart Fire Marrow Cleansing Tendon Changing Art.

It primarily cultivated the heart among the five zang organs, tempering the resulting Qi and Blood to be as scorching as lava, with a twenty percent chance of completing three Blood Replacements.

As the light dissipated, Ye Xiaofan slowly opened his eyes, a smile involuntarily creeping onto his lips.

He had only walked a hundred stone steps and already obtained a top-grade Body Refinement technique. This was a good start.

Although it wasn't as good as the Five Elements Marrow Cleansing Tendon Changing Art he had fused using the panel.

He had already anticipated that top-grade Qi Condensation stage techniques would appear later.

Ye Xiaofan immediately rushed towards the stone steps, even pushing his movement technique to its limit.

As for the simplified prompts that appeared on the panel, he directly ignored them.

The technique he was currently cultivating had already reached the limit for Body Refinement stage techniques, making it impossible to integrate new ones.

In just a dozen breaths, Ye Xiaofan crossed another hundred stone steps.

As before, there was a platform, a pavilion, and a stone tablet.

Ye Xiaofan quickly finished viewing the murals on the stone tablet. They were also about a person's cultivation process and experiences.

However, this time it was for the Qi Condensation stage.

"Here it comes."

Seeing the stone tablet begin to glow, Ye Xiaofan grinned and quickly closed his eyes.

A top-grade Qi Condensation stage cultivation technique called the Nine Revolutions Burning Meridian Art began to appear in his mind.

Cultivators in the Qi Condensation stage were no longer mortals.

The primary focus was absorbing Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy into the body, refining it into Mana, and gathering it in the Dantian.

It also involved tempering the twelve main meridians and their connected collateral meridians.

The Qi Condensation stage was divided into twelve levels, with each level corresponding to a meridian, and each breakthrough increased one's Lifespan by ten years.

Therefore, cultivators from the Qi Condensation stage onwards were called cultivators, implying the pursuit of becoming an immortal and achieving eternal life.

[Detected Nine Revolutions Burning Meridian Art, do you wish to spend 100,000 Low-grade Spirit Stones to simplify the technique?]

One hundred thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones?

"Why don't you go rob a bank!"

Ye Xiaofan stopped grinning. He hadn't even seen what Spirit Stones were, and the panel was asking for a hundred thousand.

I don't know where to find Spirit Stones.

The red prompt on the panel flashed, as if responding to Ye Xiaofan's complaint about being a poor bum.

"Grass is a plant!"

Ye Xiaofan gave the panel the middle finger.

"Forget it, let's see what else is there."

Ye Xiaofan selectively forgot about the hundred thousand Spirit Stones and continued walking towards the mountain peak.

The rest of the climb up the mountain was smooth sailing.

There were no trials.

Every hundred steps, there was a stone tablet with murals recording the cultivation experience of the great figure who left behind the inheritance, for each of their realms.

After climbing a total of thirteen hundred stone steps and encountering thirteen stone tablet murals, he obtained a top-grade fire-element cultivation technique—the Nine Yang Burning Heaven Art!

However, besides the cultivation technique for the Qi Condensation stage, the panel did not display any techniques for higher realms.

"I wonder how much further it is to the summit. Let's keep going!"

Ye Xiaofan left the thirteenth pavilion. As his left foot stepped onto the 1,301st stone step, his vision blurred, the mist dissipated, and the scenery suddenly changed.

A small thatched hut appeared before him. In front of the hut, an old farmer was rolling up his pant legs and bending over, weeding the field.

As if sensing Ye Xiaofan's arrival, the old farmer turned and looked over.

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His face was deeply wrinkled, his eyes were cloudy, and his back was hunched.

There was nothing extraordinary about him.

"Young friend, you've arrived. Are you satisfied with my inheritance?"

The old farmer leaned on his hoe, took out a pipe from his waist, took a couple of puffs, revealing a set of yellow teeth, and smiled at Ye Xiaofan.

"Senior, this junior is very satisfied!"

Ye Xiaofan quickly bowed.

He didn't need to think; this person must be the great figure who left behind the inheritance.

Even though this great figure had no air of grandeur, he didn't dare to be negligent.

As for suspicion and caution.

What use were they in front of an Immortal Emperor?

The other party could crush him as easily as breathing.

"No need for such formalities!"

Upon hearing this, Ye Xiaofan looked up and was shocked to find himself standing three feet in front of the old farmer.

"Tsk tsk, a Ten-grade Spiritual Root. I didn't expect this old Daoist to actually wait for an eternal prodigy. Fortunately, I made a simple arrangement back then."

The old farmer smoked his pipe, his eyes unable to hide his joy.

"It's a pity that this old Daoist has already turned to dust. Otherwise, I would really want to give you my complete inheritance."

"Senior, aren't you alive and well?"

Ye Xiaofan looked at the old farmer, confused.

"Hehe, this old Daoist doesn't even know how many tens of thousands of years I've been dead. This is just a wisp of my consciousness left in the Inheritance Stone Tablet. You can also think of me as the Artifact Spirit of the stone tablet."

The old farmer grinned, seemingly unconcerned about his death.

"Artifact Spirit?"

"Indeed."

The old farmer smiled.

Ye Xiaofan waited for the old farmer to explain what an Artifact Spirit was, but the old farmer changed the subject.

"Young friend, originally, entering the Inheritance Stone Tablet required passing thirteen trials to obtain my inheritance. However, since your Spiritual Root grade reached ten, I temporarily changed the rules."

"A Ten-grade Spiritual Root! In all the endless starry sky throughout the ages, there are only a handful of recorded instances. Don't let anyone know you have a Ten-grade Spiritual Root."

Ye Xiaofan's heart trembled, and his expression changed slightly. Before he could ask, the old farmer continued.

At the same time, he extended a finger as withered as a dead branch and pointed at Ye Xiaofan's forehead.

"Don't worry. This old Daoist will help you conceal your Spiritual Root grade. From now on, your external Spiritual Root grade will be Eighth-grade. Unless someone above the Mystic Immortal realm examines you, they won't be able to tell."

Feeling nothing, the old farmer retracted his finger.

"Thank you, Senior."

The old farmer waved his hand and continued:

"My cultivation is of the Five Elements Great Dao. If you wish to obtain my complete inheritance, you will need to find the other inheritance stone tablets I left behind to piece it together."

"I have left behind hundreds of millions of inheritance stone tablets scattered across the starry sky. Each tablet contains a portion of the Five Elements inheritance."

Upon hearing that the Old Farmer had left behind hundreds of millions of inheritance stone tablets, Ye Xiaofan couldn't help but twitch the corner of his eye.

How much did he like leaving behind inheritances?

The Old Farmer seemed to sense Ye Xiaofan's thoughts and chuckled, pulling out a silver ring from his embrace.

"This is a storage ring. Inside, I've left you some cultivation resources, enough for you to cultivate until the Foundation Establishment stage."

As the Old Farmer spoke, he casually tossed the ring towards Ye Xiaofan.

"It's not that I'm unwilling to give you more resources, but just as jade cannot be carved into anything without craftsmanship, and iron cannot be forged into steel, the path of cultivation is fraught with dangers that you must overcome yourself."

Storage Ring.

Ye Xiaofan's heart leaped with joy.

Before he could even reach out to grab it, the ring directly merged into his chest, transforming into a mark.

"Senior, what is this?"

"You cannot refine it yet, so I have sealed it in your chest. It will be unsealed once you break through to the Qi Condensation stage."

Ye Xiaofan touched the mark on his chest upon hearing this, feeling no abnormality.

"Thank you, Senior!"

"Alright, I've given you everything I can. I won't force you to do anything for me, but I do hope that when you surpass the Mystic Immortal realm and have the ability, you will resurrect me."

The Old Farmer waved his hand, sighing deeply with a dejected tone. A flicker of unwillingness appeared in his eyes.

"Senior, rest assured. If I have the ability in the future, I will definitely resurrect you."

Ye Xiaofan bowed respectfully with a solemn expression upon hearing this.

It's just a verbal promise, not a Great Dao oath. It doesn't affect me in any way.

"Mm!"

The Old Farmer nodded calmly, then waved his hand.

Ye Xiaofan felt an irresistible suction force emanating from the void.

Immediately, his head spun, and his vision went black.

When he opened his eyes again, he was already in the Spirit Root Detection Hall.

At this moment, the Old Farmer's parting words echoed in his mind.

"Remember, do not step into the Mystic Immortal realm lightly."

"The dragon outside is the descendant of my friend. If he is willing to follow you, please take care of him. If he is not willing, then forget it."

"I have altered the memories of the little girl and the dragon regarding your Spiritual Root Grade."

"To leave the inheritance stone tablet, drip a drop of your vital blood onto the Spirit Root Detection Stele. You will then be teleported a hundred miles away."

"Remember, do not step into the Mystic Immortal realm lightly."