White Bone Scholar

The night ended and dawn broke.

The Black Mountain Gathering concluded smoothly, without any fights or killings.

Two streaks of light flew into the sky above Black Wind Ridge. Fei Luan looked in the direction Zhong Shenxiu had departed and asked, "What do you think, fellow Daoist?"

"This person is not simple."

The White Bone Scholar toyed with a jade bottle in his hand. "According to previous intelligence, this Young Master Shenxiu has cultivated at least two Divine Abilities, one for soul manipulation and another for spatial displacement. The latter, involving space, must be a high-grade Divine Ability!"

"It seems his combat power is at least extraordinary. Our move wasn't a mistake," Fei Luan murmured to himself.

"This person's origins are mysterious, and that's not all."

The White Bone Scholar opened the jade bottle and took a gentle sniff, a look of intoxication appearing on his face. "This Profound Yin Fiend Qi is truly pure, with a hint of the Nine Netherworlds. It could not have been condensed from an ordinary earth vein fiend's den, but rather originates from the Nine Netherworld!"

"This person can actually explore the Underworld?" Fei Luan was extremely surprised.

Many masters of Divine Abilities couldn't even do that.

"Perhaps he cultivates some special technique or Divine Ability... Heh heh, I heard that the Central Plains haven't been peaceful lately, with the Yellow Springs Demonic Sect emerging. This Young Master Shenxiu was unknown before; the two might not be unrelated."

The White Bone Scholar said with a smile, causing Fei Luan's face to show more worry.

Sweet Water Alley residence.

Zhong Shenxiu resumed Su Daozhi's appearance and played with a White Bone Daoist Scripture in his hand.

"A stream of Profound Yin Fiend Qi in exchange for half of the White Bone Book. I suppose I came out ahead."

This White Bone Book was the White Bone Scholar's inheritance. Although it was only half, it was comprehensive and extremely valuable, practically a gift.

After racking his brain for so many days, Zhong Shenxiu finally saw what a complete inheritance looked like.

This half of the Daoist scripture began with cultivating Xiantian. The entry-level techniques included the White Bone Grappling Hand for body tempering and combat, and the White Bone Yin Demon Art for cultivating White Bone True Qi.

Once the White Bone True Qi reached great mastery and the cultivator reached the Xiantian limit, they would then practice the 'White Bone Meditation Method'. This involved meditating on a White Bone Demon God, channeling its power into oneself, purifying the world's Yuan Qi, and merging it with one's own True Qi to cultivate White Bone Mana.

In terms of purity, this White Bone Mana was naturally far superior to that of Venerable Yellow Sand and others. It was also a perfect match for the several White Bone spells recorded in the Daoist scripture.

For example, the Three Yin Bone Searching Claw, White Bone Chain Armor, Xiantian White Bone Great Grapple, Hundred Bone War Chariot, Thousand Bone Hundred Demon Hammer, and so on...

In addition, there were methods for refining two magic artifacts: the White Bone Banner and the Hundred Bone Human Demon.

For an ordinary martial artist to obtain this would be akin to opening a shortcut to the heavens.

As for how to combine the various White Bone spells into a White Bone Great Divine Ability, break through to the Divine Ability realm, and how to cultivate after the Divine Ability realm, or how to condense a Yuan Dan, that was the content of the latter half.

"This is their way of saying they're not afraid I won't take the bait."

Zhong Shenxiu muttered to himself. "We're both in the Divine Ability realm; he's not afraid I'll just take it by force. As long as he still wants that descendant of his to cultivate, he'll eventually have to come to me?"

The other party had given him contact information, clearly intending to strengthen their connection in the future.

This White Bone Book was merely a gift.

What they truly cared about was condensing the Yuan Dan!

After all, ordinary cultivators in the Gang Sha Realm only lived for a little over a hundred years, and reaching 150 was considered a long life. Divine Ability realm cultivators, however, almost doubled their lifespan.

If one could become a Yuan Dan ancestor, they could easily live to over five hundred years old.

Not to mention the supreme Mana and Divine Abilities, which were truly enticing.

"The Daoist Magic of this White Bone Scholar can at most be cultivated to the Yuan Dan realm. That's not bad... It barely meets my requirements."

What Zhong Shenxiu wanted was an supreme true inheritance that directly led to immortality.

"It's a pity it's just a dream, and only half of the White Bone Book is here. The other half will likely be given to me only after I cooperate with them on something."

Zhong Shenxiu frowned. Plotting against a peak Divine Ability expert was no joke.

Furthermore, the two of them had only mentioned the name True Lord Dragon Tiger and nothing else.

But Zhong Shenxiu truly dared not get involved in such matters.

He didn't even dare to fight with Divine Ability cultivators.

Once he made a move, his disguise as a fake and impostor would likely be exposed...

Gang Sha cultivators might not be able to tell that he wasn't using a Divine Ability, but a Divine Ability expert definitely would.

Being discovered as a Westerner in this country full of Eastern cultivators, anything could happen.

In fact, if not for the black mist blockade, Zhong Shenxiu might have been better off developing in the West directly.

Unfortunately, in this Eastern world, the [Shepherd] had no more potential. He still had to focus on Daoist Magic.

"Finally, I have a method to enter the Dao. It's a pity I still can't cultivate the White Bone Meditation Method, otherwise I would truly be trapped."

Zhong Shenxiu sighed, a fierce glint flashing in his eyes.

He couldn't let his identity be discovered, so he would have to silence them.

After all, judging by the cultivation method itself, this White Bone Scholar had killed many living beings to cultivate, so he wasn't innocent.

As long as he refined the other party's soul, he could interrogate him for the rest of the technique!

"I still need to fool them for a bit and get some information..."

Zhong Shenxiu thought to himself, "Or... at the right time, should I expose this major event? Report it to Feng Xi'er... Even if my own background is questionable, if I achieve such a great merit, will my progress also be hopeful?"

He felt that the Fufeng Protectorate had started to become turbulent again recently.

After all, this was a world where power belonged to individuals.

Once certain people broke through to major cultivation realms, it would bring about extremely drastic changes to the situation.

The next day, Zhong Shenxiu went directly to request an audience with Feng Xi'er.

Even though Young Master Shenxiu was a rogue cultivator, Su Daozhi was officially employed and had connections.

"What? You want to examine the files of all rogue cultivators in the Fufeng Protectorate?"

Hearing the request, Feng Xi'er indeed frowned, "What happened?"

"According to my subordinate's investigation, yesterday at the Black Mountain Gathering, that Young Master Shenxiu appeared again and had a secret discussion with two Divine Ability cultivators, the White Bone Scholar and Fei Luan. I believe that the gathering of three Divine Ability cultivators cannot be for ordinary matters. It could cause disaster if not handled carefully, and it must be thoroughly investigated."

Zhong Shenxiu said earnestly.

Feng Xi'er's eyes lit up slightly, "It seems you ventured into the Black Mountain Gathering alone last night to investigate. Heh heh... You're much better than those who only know how to send people to their deaths. What you said makes sense... I'll write you a warrant. With this, you can access all rogue cultivator files. You go down and investigate carefully. Report any findings immediately."

"As you command!"

Zhong Shenxiu bowed again and walked out of the military tent with the warrant.

The intelligence from the government must be very detailed.

With this, combined with some information inadvertently leaked by the White Bone Scholar and others, perhaps he could find some clues.