"Tiger Clan?"
Little Marten scratched his head. He remembered that the Tiger Clan had once produced a hegemonic clan, but its bloodline had eventually died out.
"Senior, could you mean the Dark Holy Tiger, whose bloodline inheritance had already been severed in ancient times?"
"Looks like someone still remembers those blockheads."
Cang Wu sighed softly at this, and a complicated look surfaced in his eyes.
Over the past few months, whenever Cang Wu sensed Space-Time Power and felt even the slightest stir, he would head into the mountains to spar with the demonic beasts. He had killed countless ordinary ones.
As far as Cang Wu was concerned, he paid little mind to these unintelligent demonic beasts, or even to Xiao Yan and the others.
If Lin Dong hadn't refined the Ancestral Symbol, Cang Wu wouldn't have given him much thought either.
Cang Wu was free-spirited and unconstrained, and he didn't like to concern himself with every little thing—especially the trivial affairs of others.
But every time he went into the mountains, he brought back the demonic beasts he had killed, along with their demon crystals and corpses, for Xiao Yan.
It wasn't because Xiao Yan had been adopted by Lin Dong. It was because Xiao Yan belonged to the Tiger Clan, and carried a mutant bloodline of the clan.
The Tiger Clan had once followed Cang Wu into the final battle. The entire Dark Holy Tiger Clan had fallen, not one surviving!
"Senior, what exactly happened back then?"
Seeing that Cang Wu's expression had changed, Little Marten hurriedly asked with caution. Once Cang Wu came back to himself, however, he waved a hand and said,
"I'll tell you when the time comes. If I tell you now, it'll only undermine your drive to cultivate and make progress."
Cang Wu composed himself, turned to Lin Dong, and smiled as he changed the subject.
"Kid, why do I sense so many unfamiliar auras around your Lin Family today? And there seem to be a lot more people in Yan City lately too. Is something going on?"
"Oh, that. I heard that an ancient tomb mansion belonging to a Nirvana expert is about to emerge in the Tianyan Mountain Range. I actually came here today to tell you about it."
Lin Dong scratched his head and spoke softly. He had learned about it from the Wanjin Merchant Association.
"I heard from Little Marten that when some Nirvana experts die, the Nirvana Qi inside them might not dissipate. Instead, it can condense into a Nirvana Heart, which is said to help people break through to the Nirvana Realm."
After a soul or demon spirit was reborn, it still had to cultivate anew. Rebirth didn't mean it could immediately recover all its strength.
Let alone being reborn in a newly formed body, even a Reincarnation expert reborn through reincarnation needed time to cultivate and gradually recover their strength.
Of course, there were exceptions to everything—though they weren't really exceptions.
First, one could use a high-grade pill with an enormous amount of energy, such as the Life and Death Reincarnation Pill, to harness its tremendous energy while forming a body and raise the cultivation of the body after rebirth.
Second, one could use a secret art to awaken a reincarnated being.
There were also other special methods.
The two methods listed seemed to restore a great deal of strength all at once, but in truth, they still amounted to cultivating anew—just with a shortcut.
When Cang Wu recovered his body, all he had used was a single Yin Yang Pearl. The Three Realms of Creation were already the limit of what the pearl could achieve.
"Nirvana Heart?"
A hint of eagerness entered Cang Wu's eyes. He truly needed something like that. Lin Dong nodded and explained,
"Still, I'm not sure. But I heard that the four great clans of our Great Yan Dynasty will all send people here. I think there should be one."
"The four great clans?"
Cang Wu raised his brows slightly, and someone immediately came to mind.
Too much time had passed. Cang Wu had forgotten many things, but he clearly remembered that someone would come when this Ancient Tomb Mansion emerged—
Ling Qingzhu!
Ling Qingzhu was a prodigy of the Eastern Xuan Region, an heir of the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace, a personal disciple of the Palace Mistress, and the Young Palace Mistress of the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace.
If Cang Wu remembered correctly, the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace had a legacy art called the Supreme Induction Art. His teacher, the Symbol Ancestor, had personally passed it down.
The Eight Ancient Lords had all practiced it too, but unfortunately, despite years of cultivation, Cang Wu had never managed to grasp it.
The Supreme Induction Art was an exceptionally unusual cultivation art, unlike ordinary things.
If Cang Wu remembered correctly, Ling Qingzhu was the first person to successfully cultivate the Supreme Induction Art. Anyone who managed to cultivate it could be considered to have inherited his teacher, the Symbol Ancestor's, legacy and become his final disciple.
So Ling Qingzhu could be considered Cang Wu's junior sister in all but name.
As for Lin Dong, he was a complete accident.
Besides, that Ancient Tomb Mansion seemed rather interesting. Cang Wu remembered that its master had been an upright gentleman who cultivated the Dao of Yin and Yang. Even the Nirvana Heart could only be refined through the union of yin and yang.
Don't ask why a gentleman who cultivated the Dao of Yin and Yang was so upright—the founder of the Dao of Yin and Yang had been a paragon of virtue.
"Senior, with your strength, those so-called prodigies of the four great clans would be no match for you. You could take them down with a casual slap! That Nirvana Heart should rightfully belong to you!"
Seeing Cang Wu remain silent, Little Marten hurriedly showered him with flattery. As he spoke, he gave Lin Dong a look, as if to say, Do you still want that Extreme Yin Object, the Fiendish Yin Dragon Saliva?
Lin Dong caught on and quickly added,
"Senior, if you get that Nirvana Heart, you'll definitely be able to recover your strength quickly. Then you won't have to worry about Nirvana Pills anymore. Wouldn't that be great?"
Cang Wu came back to himself. Seeing how Little Marten and Lin Dong were urging him on, he couldn't help but smile and shake his head, though he found it amusing.
Back in the day, Hong Huang, Thunder Master, and those other troublesome fellows would often try to get him to lead the way in competing for resources.
In the blink of an eye, so many years had passed. His junior brothers from back then had all gone silent, one by one.
"You're not trying to get something from that Ancient Tomb Mansion and deliberately egging me on to go with you, are you?"
Cang Wu teased him with a smile. Seeing Lin Dong give an awkward grin, he chuckled. Then, after a moment's thought, he said with sudden understanding,
"I'm guessing there's an Extreme Yin Object in that Ancient Tomb Mansion, right?"
"Senior, you really do know everything. So, what do you say...?"
Lin Dong looked at Cang Wu expectantly. Beside him, Little Marten's tiny eyes were practically brimming with anticipation too.
Lin Dong needed to find an Extreme Yin Object for Lin Qingtan, while Little Marten needed things like demon spirits to recover his strength.
"Let's go. I've hit a bottleneck in my cultivation lately anyway. It'll be good to get out, have a look, and meet them."
Cang Wu couldn't help feeling a little anticipation too. He was curious what the person who had successfully cultivated the Supreme Induction Art was like.
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