Fate Pattern

The Stone Roller still put all its strength into the attack, only to be sent flying by the light shield!

The recoil of its strength once again contributed a small cluster of Life Origin to Jing Qian.

Life Origin: 0.12!

This increase in Life Origin benefited Jing Qian tremendously, and it gave him great motivation. He constantly used the Safe Zone to lure the Stone Roller over.

Within this space, although the enemies' bodies were intact, their minds were completely gone, and their actions were extremely rigid.

The Stone Roller was clearly far stronger than Jing Qian, yet it was constantly toyed with by him and would occasionally be lured into smashing into the wall.

Every time it smashed into the wall with all its strength, there was a sixty-to-seventy percent chance that it would drop a small cluster of Life Origin.

Before long, Jing Qian had doubled his own Life Origin, raising it to 0.2 and making great progress!

The process of doubling his Life Origin made Jing Qian feel so comfortable that he nearly moaned with pleasure. He could only feel his foundations swelling tremendously!

More importantly, after grinding down the Stone Roller for so long, it had finally contributed a wisp of memory!

Jing Qian silently digested this wisp of memory, completely unconcerned with the passage of time!

He had inexplicably arrived in this world, precisely at the moment when he most needed to obtain information.

As he devoured this wisp of memory, he unexpectedly gained the contents of nearly half of a cultivation scripture:

"Azure Pine Earth Ring Natal Scripture"!

This scripture was far too incomplete. More than ninety percent of its contents had already scattered away, but the method for refining a single Fate Pattern was remarkably intact:

Fate Pattern: Earth Ring

Rank: White Fang

Gather the power of the earth to nourish the body; ring the mountains to form the method!

Refining Method: Choose a place rich in earth qi and surrounded by mountains. Gather first-rank White Fang spell materials of the Wu Earth attribute, refine talismans into them with Magic Power, mix them with the power of the earth, and contain them within the shinbones.

This scripture recorded in detail how cultivators used materials, fused the power of the earth, and refined Fate Patterns into their own bodies.

The entire process was rigorous in form and meticulous in logic. At a glance, it was clearly secret knowledge summarized through countless trials and tribulations.

Although Jing Qian had yet to fully understand this world's system of Fate Patterns, merely looking at the refining method for this Earth Ring Fate Pattern allowed him to directly sense that this was the science and technology of this world—a form of knowledge of immense value!

By glimpsing the leopard through the tube, Jing Qian extended boundless imagination from this Earth Ring Fate Pattern!

This world possessed transcendent power returned to the self, as well as unimaginable room for evolution!

And he had descended here with a mysterious golden-finger space, enjoying a hard-won second life. Perhaps he could truly accomplish something!

For a time, his heart soared, and he was extremely excited!

Jing Qian immediately withdrew from this space and returned to reality.

The situation outside was pressing, and it also concerned his safety, greatly tugging at his heartstrings.

When he woke again, he discovered that his group had already passed through the jungle under the Bamboo Pole's path-clearing and arrived at a beach.

Once they reached this place, Granny placed Jing Qian back in the cradle. With her dry but fair fingers, she pinched his cheek and spoke again:

"My grandson, Crimson Pearl Island has suffered a calamity and lost the foundation that would have allowed you to grow in peace. We elders are to blame."

"The enemy has now pursued us to our very doorstep. Your uncles and aunts have probably already met with disaster!"

"I'll have the Azure Pearl go ahead and escort you off the island, to find a safe place for you to grow."

"I only hope that the ancestors will protect my grandson, that fortune will descend upon you, and that you will succeed in cultivation, become a Spirit Official, and seize Crimson Pearl Island back from our enemies."

After saying this, the old woman took a Brocade Pouch sewn from spider silk out of her robes and stuffed it into Jing Qian's swaddling clothes.

Immediately afterward, she controlled the azure spider and had it lower her body to the ground.

Then Granny remained beside it, allowing the Azure Pearl spider to act on its own.

It first dragged the tall and short fiends over, then began gnawing on them frenziedly.

The sounds of chewing and swallowing rang out alongside splattering flesh and blood!

The Stone Roller had long since died and could feel nothing, but the Bamboo Pole was still alive and well. Amid its terror, it was gnawed to death alive!

The Azure Pearl quickly finished eating the two cultivators, storing up abundant energy reserves for the journey ahead.

Then several pale-blue strands of spider silk extended from its body.

Two of them drew over the two cultivators' copper hammer and iron spike weapons, binding them to its forelegs.

The remaining strands stretched more than a dozen zhang away. From the jungle it had come through, they felled a row of coconut trees and dragged them over.

The pale-blue spider silk was like a sharp wire saw. With a light wave, it trimmed the entire row of coconut trees into neat, orderly lengths.

Afterward, it bound the logs together with spider silk, tying them into a raft and pushing it into the sea.

The Azure Pearl carried Jing Qian onto the raft, then turned back to look at Granny standing on the shore, seemingly urging her to set off with them.

But Granny waved her hand at it without moving.

The Azure Pearl could not change its master's will and had no choice but to continue.

It manipulated a large amount of spider silk and sent it deep into the seawater.

The strands were dense and moved with incredible speed. In the blink of an eye, they covered a vast stretch of sea.

Fish swimming in the sea brushed against the spider silk by accident and were swiftly entangled and captured.

The fish then dragged the spider silk as they swam toward the depths of the ocean.

As the number of ensnared fish grew, large quantities of spider silk were pulled outward in the same direction.

The force was transmitted to the raft, actually dragging it into a gradual acceleration.

Counting carefully, the Azure Pearl had released a total of five hundred strands of spider silk, netting five hundred large sea fish and forming a massive school.

With this school of fish as its power source, the raft grew faster and faster, carrying Jing Qian and the Azure Pearl northward.

Sitting in the cradle, Jing Qian watched Crimson Pearl Island gradually recede into the distance.

Although he had spent only a short time with his relatives in this life,

their deep, tender affection for their child had been impossible to conceal.

At present, he had no ability to care for himself and was forced to let the giant spider carry him, beginning an unknown drift across the sea.

The outcome was truly impossible to predict!

Jing Qian was far too weak. The only thing he could do was think of every possible way to improve his strength as quickly as possible!

On the Azure Pearl's back, Jing Qian closed his eyes. In the blink of an eye, his divine sense once again entered that mysterious space.

Outside the Safe Zone before the stone stele, the tall and short enemies stood silently.

The instant the Bamboo Pole was gnawed to death by the Azure Pearl, its soul was also drawn into this space.

Jing Qian had gained another treasure trove of Life Origin and memories waiting to be thoroughly mined.

Without hesitation, he stepped out of the Safe Zone and continued luring the two enemies into smashing themselves against the wall.

Thus, he once again began his strange path of cultivation.

The ocean was filled with the unknown. He needed to give himself the ability to protect himself as quickly as possible!