Permanent Preservation (End of Volume Four, Ripe for the Taking)

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Qin Yi finally entered the house and sat down next to Liusu. Liusu looked up at him, then looked down at Xiao Gutou.

"Still can't figure it out?"

"No, it's clear now." Liusu sighed, "The things needed are all Innate Item, and my headache is where to find them."

The concept of "innate" is not the same as the concept of "acquired and innate" in martial arts. The concept of "innate" here is very high and narrow. It refers to things that coexist with heaven and earth, things that are born with the splashing of the world when it was created, and may even have existed before the separation of heaven and earth.

In a broad sense, these are creations bestowed by heaven and earth, not later evolved, nor conceived by mortals. This concept is slightly better, as there are always places to find them, and many heavenly materials and earthly treasures fall into this category.

This Innate Creation Bone is somewhere in between. It was born from the beginning, but it also took many years of nurturing by heaven and earth, absorbing the essence of the sun and moon before slowly condensing.

What Liusu is looking for is roughly at this level.

"With this bone in hand... I need the Netherglow Jade Crystal, the Celestial Soul Profound Soil, the Blood-Chilling Nether Marrow, the Jianmu Celestial Fruit, and finally, the Heavenly Evolution Radiance, to be refined with the Chaos Fire."

Qin Yi opened his mouth, then closed it again.

I've never even heard of it.

No, I've heard of some of those keywords: Jianmu, Chaos Fire.

It's almost like the primordial chaos... Are you sure you're resurrecting a body, and not creating the world?

"Actually, it wasn't that exaggerated." Liusu hugged Xiao Gutou, looking a little melancholy. "Without this bone, I wouldn't have thought about it so much. But now that I have it, I naturally couldn't help myself... I was greedy."

Qin Yi asked, "If all these conditions are met, how strong will my body be? Will I be able to directly achieve the Qi Integration stage?"

The highest realm of Martial Cultivation is called "Heqiao," which sounds much lower than these things just from the name alone... although names don't mean anything.

Liusu was a little uncertain. "Let's just go straight for perfection... Forget it, let's lower the bar by one level. This sounds too exaggerated, like we're creating something out of the world."

In a sense, the bodies of the most powerful immortals are not much different from those of those who created the world. Even the Radiant Sun level Buddhist beads contain a small void realm, and the Qian Yuan Painting can truly be considered a real world, only smaller and with fewer elements. As for the Taiqing body, it is of course different from simply molding clay... Thinking this, Qin Yi felt that Liusu was indeed worthy of being called a creator of the world.

However, being worthy of something is one thing, but reality is harsh... Even in their primordial days, they would have had to fight tooth and nail to find these things, and now it's uncertain whether they even exist. It's definitely overthinking things.

Liusu sighed, "If we lower our standards, there are many alternatives. Let's search slowly and use whatever we find. We won't force anything."

This was Liusu's State of Mind; she was momentarily conflicted, but ultimately let it go. Qin Yi, on the other hand, felt a pang of heartache watching her, cradling her in his arms and whispering, "I've remembered these things. We'll do our best."

The White Jade Little Person formed from Liusu's pure soul power was so tiny, like a figurine. The Innate Creation Bone was also small, appearing in its hand like a figurine carrying a stick. Qin Yi couldn't help but blink repeatedly; it was just too adorable...

The next second, Bone swung over and hit him in the face.

The little figure held its head high, nose in the air. "They're building snowmen outside, I'm not your snowman, so what's with that stinky face!"

Qin Yi pressed his index finger on its nose.

The people building snowmen in the garden outside soon heard a loud explosion coming from inside the palace. Cheng Cheng Ye Ling rushed into the palace and saw Qin Yi lying face down on the floor like a dog, smashed into a deep, human-shaped crater. His limbs were still twitching slightly, a truly gruesome sight.

Cheng Cheng suppressed a laugh and pulled Qin Yi out of the pit. The onlookers outside clicked their tongues in amazement at the large crater in the ground.

"Waaaaah, this big character is very standard."

Sha Diao said, "That's the word Tai. You can see that there is a place that is particularly deep."

The Gang Jing retorted, "According to you, it should be the character for 'wood'..."

"It can't be that long!"

"It's not that deep!"

Shi Tou exclaimed, "You've matured! You've even learned to correct your words after repeating a grade..."

Qin Yi arrived at the garden in a disheveled state and immediately spotted his snowman.

He had no staff in his hands... He was holding a white fox, with Soaring Serpent coiled around his shoulder, and Cheng Cheng was holding his arm beside him. The two of them were all smiles and looked quite like a married couple.

Qin Yi leaned back slightly and examined it carefully. The snowman's face wasn't a rough button or carrot; its features were finely sculpted, and it really did resemble a real snowman. It seemed that even if Cheng Cheng didn't study calligraphy and painting, the Great Demon of Myriad Manifestations could naturally create physical forms without needing to learn.

The snake coiled on its shoulder looks fine normally, but if you pile it up with snow, it won't look like a snake at all; it'll just look like the lump on Lazy Sheep's head.

Ye Ling didn't notice anything wrong and happily pulled Qin Yi along, saying, "The snowman that my master and I made is pretty, isn't it?"

Qin Yi could only say, "It looks good."

Ye Ling exclaimed happily, "I wonder how long this snowman will last. I'm going to move it back to the palace..."

"It can stay for a long time." Chengcheng waved her hand, and the snowman turned into solid ice, its form frozen Cheng Cheng time. "From now on, this snowman will be placed in the garden as a statue, to preserve the image of the four of us forever."

Qin Yi felt that her hasty solidification was intentional, but seeing Ye Ling's oblivious and delighted expression, he couldn't bring himself to expose her. He stared helplessly at the lump of something on his shoulder for a long time before sniffing, "Okay."

With Cheng Cheng's Demon Power, this snowman might be preserved for a very long time, becoming a valuable historical research material for future generations. How will people analyze it when they see it on their shoulders? It's really unbearable to look at.

"Sir," a young palace maid called from outside the garden, "Humble Origins family requests an audience. Shall we let him in?"

"Hmm? Please let him in." Qin Yi turned around and went out to greet him.

Humble Origins is now the acting Clan Leader of the human race in the Demon City. Does his visit have something to do with humans?

Not long after, a fat ball waddled over. Qin Yi was speechless. Normal mice don't behave like this. He could only say that this was a kind of "Divine Beast Bloodline," like Pikachu's bloodline.

Seeing the Humble Origins's serious expression, Qin Yi didn't joke around and asked directly, "What happened?"

"You forgot, I promised before that I would investigate Southern Li's matter. It's just that I've been busy with things at Rift Valley recently, and I haven't been able to devote much energy to this matter."

"Hmm?" Qin Yi asked, "You mean there's a result now?"

The Humble Origins solemnly replied, "The monsters of this world are not limited to the Rift Valley."

"Isn't that obvious?" Qin Yi said irritably, "You're not from Demon City either, you're from the Ancient Tomb Sect. There are plenty of monsters like that outside, I even know a dog..."

"I visited all the former officials of the Xiao Kingdom and finally found a eunuch who had seen some clues in the Xiao King's palace. He said that a horse came to the palace around that time."

Qin Yi: "..."

"That horse is definitely from elsewhere... because I heard that it is likely between the peak of the Core Formation stage and the Myriad Manifestations stage. Apart from our king, there is no other demon like that in the Demon City."

Qin Yi asked, "So what's the use of this information?"

"This proves that an outsider informed the Xiao King about the Startling Dragon Jade Pendant, and this horse is the messenger who delivered the message," Humble Origins said. "If you leave the valley, you might want to keep an eye out for such a horse. This clue isn't exactly a needle in a haystack; after all, there aren't that many monsters in the human world, so how many horses like this could there be?"

Qin Yi nodded, the image of Li Qingjun's tired yet resolute face appearing in his mind.

We'll meet soon...

Then this news is the best gift for her; she'll want to know.

Cheng Cheng's voice came from the side. "How is the cultivation situation for humans in the Demon City?"

The Humble Origins background bowed and said, "There are quite a few bright young men whose cultivation is already on the right track."

Cheng Cheng looked at Qin Yi: "Are you relieved now?"

"Okay." Qin Yi held her hand. "Let's go together."

Cheng Cheng smiled enigmatically, "You were just talking about Southern Li, weren't you... Perfect timing, I've been wanting to meet that human Princess for a long time."

Qin Yi nearly stumbled, his old face quickly turning red.

The difficulties and dangers ahead seem to be more than just enemies... What if one day, instead of being killed by the enemy, I die by my own sister's wood-cutter's knife?

End of Volume Four