Mo Chengkong

"Kid, don't even think about escaping. You're under my Ancient Law Sealing, so you can forget about running away. Even if you did get out, hardly anyone alive could undo the seal I personally placed on you. Until it's broken, you'll never be able to use Origin Power again. You'll have nothing but your physical strength."

Mo Chengkong spoke with undisguised smugness.

Ye Wen finally relaxed when he heard that.

"You sealed my meridians? You could seal every capillary in my body, and I still wouldn't care. I don't cultivate Origin Power!"

Mo Chengkong's Ancient Law Sealing came from an ancient martial art he had unearthed. After being stuck at the peak of Sixth Grade and unable to break through, he had searched everywhere for a way forward.

So he had excavated countless ancient tombs and obtained quite a few inheritances. His latest seclusion had begun because, in a great tomb he had explored the time before, he had discovered a method to aid advancement.

That was why he had gone into seclusion for decades. Sadly, he had still failed. Even the method he had placed his greatest hopes in had let him down. He had once concluded that the cultivation method he practiced was simply too weak to break through to Xiantian Seventh Rank.

But it was also the best method he had been able to find. So, two hundred years ago, he had ordered the Mo Family head to search with all their strength for a special cultivation method.

As a result, the bookshelves in his current place of seclusion were packed with unusual cultivation methods, yet not one had ever surpassed the one he practiced.

By the time the current family head took over, he had already regarded his eldest daughter as his successor. So he told her all the secrets that only family heads knew, including the existence of the Old Ancestor and what he needed.

That was why, when Mo Ruxue discovered that Ye Wen had achieved so much at such a young age, she had set her sights on his cultivation method. Especially after learning that Ye Wen's body was so tough he could withstand attacks from giant beasts of the same rank without injury. She had guessed that his cultivation method must be extraordinarily powerful, and that the energy released when he advanced had strengthened his body to such a remarkable degree.

That was why Mo Ruxue had repeatedly asked Ye Wen about his cultivation method, and why she had assigned him to the inner residence, where he would be with her trusted subordinate, Old Ghost Wu. She feared someone might kill Ye Wen, taking his cultivation method's secrets with him. But she was also worried that if he stayed in the outer residence, he might slip away if things looked bad. That was why she had arranged his duties this way.

Because the Old Ancestor would eventually come out. Once he did, he could take control of the situation—and of Ye Wen.

This woman's foresight and understanding were truly extraordinary. And things had unfolded almost exactly according to the steps she had laid out.

Ten thousand years ago, a cataclysm had shaken the entire world. Countless people and events had been swallowed by the river of time. That was why people now called the age of ten thousand years ago the Ancient Era.

From the scattered words in books he had dug out of many ancient tombs, Mo Chengkong had learned that the Martial Dao had flourished in ancient times, and that Sixth and Seventh Rank experts had been everywhere. There had even been people who broke through the Ninth Rank Peak and reached realms beyond imagination!

So Mo Chengkong often sighed that if he had been born in the Ancient Era, he would surely have broken through to a realm beyond Seventh Rank by now. Instead, he was stuck at the peak of Sixth Grade. The next step was just within reach, yet as hard to reach as the heavens. Thinking of this, Mo Chengkong continued speaking to Ye Wen.

"Kid, hurry up and write down your cultivation method. Then you might live. Otherwise, you're as good as dead!"

Ye Wen finally understood.

Mo Ruxue had asked about his cultivation method more than once. It seemed she had been preparing it for this old geezer.

So that little vixen had been so confident before the battle because of this old geezer! And sure enough, his strength was at least Xiantian Sixth Rank. Even if my Spiritual Power recovered and I went berserk again, I still wouldn't be his match.

Unless I could get the blade Old Man Zhang gave me. With its help, I might enter that state again and have a chance to fight him.

Damn it, this old man had not only taken my blade, but also discovered my weakness. He used Sonic Wave Skill to directly shake my soul and mind. I can't fight him at all!

Old Uncle Zong, oh, Old Uncle Zong. You always told me how invincible our clan's bodies were, but you also told me to cultivate methods that strengthen the soul. You've lived for tens of thousands of years—did none of you have a method for cultivating the soul? Even a lousy one would have helped!

This was the first time Ye Wen had understood the importance of the soul, after gaining a body that could evolve through the endless division of Pre-cancerous Cells.

That old man probably doesn't have any soul-related martial arts either. But even Sonic Wave Skill, the crudest method of attacking the mind, has me completely under its thumb!

Ye Wen thought frantically.

But what do I do now? The old man wants a cultivation method. Where am I supposed to get one for him? He's clearly near the end of his lifespan. From the look of him, he's already staking everything on this. If I don't give him a method, will he just kill me outright?