Hidden Spirit Land, Ghost Walk Mansion

"What?"

"What did you say? Innate? You, you fused and created an Innate Heart Method?"

"You fused and created all three into Innate?"

Nangong Renshe and the five elders were stunned into numbness, their eyes wide open, unable to believe it.

"I fused the Flying Sand Steps with the Purple Cloud Technique."

Liu Chengfeng handed the transcribed manual to them; the Cloud Rising Sect had been generous to him, and he would not hide anything from them.

The Cloud Rising Sect taught him their best techniques, and he would repay the Cloud Rising Sect in kind.

As Nangong Renshe and the five elders read the manual, they were struck numb once again.

"It really is Innate, there is no mistake, it is Innate."

Nangong Renshe practiced the Gold Knot Heart Method, the First Elder practiced the Flying Sand Steps, and the Second Elder practiced the Purple Cloud Technique.

How could they fail to see the difference between Innate and the top-tier or high-tier grades?

"A genius who appears once in ten thousand years—no, a genius who appears once in a hundred thousand years."

"To be able to fuse and create an Innate technique in such a short time, even those geniuses who ascend to heaven and become gods are nothing more than this."

The Fourth Elder, who came from a royal background, was shocked beyond words; the Su Family of the Qiuchi Kingdom had never produced such a genius.

"Heaven has blessed our Cloud Rising Sect; our Cloud Rising Sect is going to produce a god."

The First Elder was also shocked, so moved that he was on the verge of tears.

Nangong Renshe and the five elders were all people who had seen the world.

They knew that basically no one could fuse high-tier techniques into Innate ones; those who could were existences that ascended to heaven and became gods.

Let alone doing it in such a short period of time.

"You have exhausted your spirit too severely; rest well and recover your blood energy first."

"The sect will immediately prepare blood medicine for you, and Mountain Pills will also be prepared to help you cultivate the Treasure Mountain Divine Treasury."

Nangong Renshe and the five elders treated Liu Chengfeng like a precious treasure.

"We will take out two million to buy first-refinement blood medicine—no, buy second-refinement blood medicine, and include the Mountain Pills as well."

After returning, Nangong Renshe and the five elders calculated the sect's inventory; there were still over four million left, and they decided to take out two million in one go to buy medicine.

Because no alchemist in the Cloud Rising Sect could refine blood medicine above the second refinement, they had to buy it from outside.

"Second-refinement blood medicine is not easy to buy, and Mountain Pills are even harder to come by."

"Add another million—three million total. Buy as much as we can."

Nangong Renshe gritted his teeth and took out all the liquid assets from the sect's treasury.

The Cloud Rising Sect possessed its own Spirit Vein, and the Spirit Vein could produce spirit stone mines.

However, several million spirit stones were still a massive sum for the Cloud Rising Sect.

"This child is worth it. If we have the means, we must give him the best blood medicine and Mountain Pills."

The Cloud Rising Sect spent a fortune for Liu Chengfeng, purchasing blood medicine and Mountain Pills for him everywhere.

They hoped he would recover quickly and not be left with any hidden ailments.

With the help of the Cloud Rising Sect's blood medicine, Liu Chengfeng quickly recovered his blood energy and began cultivating without a moment's delay.

He circulated the Gold Knot Heart Method; the Innate Heart Method possessed infinite power, and his blood energy was vast, washing over his muscles, tendons, and bones again and again.

He continuously tempered every meridian, not only making his muscles and bones harder and firmer.

It also caused every muscle and every meridian to store a massive amount of blood energy, even beginning to condense into essence blood.

In this way, he could make his muscles and meridians as hard as iron, and also allow them to heal rapidly.

The Treasure Mountain Divine Treasury focused on training the muscles, meridians, and internal organs.

When practiced to the fourth stage, it not only made the body like a treasure mountain and the muscles like copper and iron, but it also greatly enhanced the ability for healing and regeneration.

Just like when practiced to the third stage, even if his bones were shattered, he would still have the strength to fight, and his wounds would heal very quickly.

The Gold Knot Heart Method was a Human Scroll Innate technique; when Liu Chengfeng circulated the heart method, golden threads appeared on his muscles, intertwining with one another.

This caused Liu Chengfeng's muscles to glow with a golden luster, making it look as if he were wearing a golden garment.

After tempering his physical body over and over again, Liu Chengfeng swallowed a first-refinement Mountain Pill.

As the Mountain Pill entered his body, in places invisible to the naked eye, hidden injuries and ailments were washed away, and new flesh and fascia grew, healing and fusing once more.

The Blood Sea Divine Treasury required blood medicine to strengthen blood energy.

The Treasure Mountain Divine Treasury required Mountain Pills to treat wounds and heal hidden ailments, ensuring the physical body was left with no hidden dangers and became even stronger.

After Liu Chengfeng practiced the Treasure Mountain Divine Treasury, his physical body became powerful, which in turn made his blood energy and vitality even more vigorous; the Blood Sea Divine Treasury and the Treasure Mountain Divine Treasury complemented each other.

At the same time, it also increased the power of his Celestial Body; his Sky Eye could see further and deeper, and the perception range of his Heavenly Mound grew larger and larger.

While cultivating, Liu Chengfeng did not forget to use his Celestial Body to perceive the mountains and waters of the Cloud Rising Sect, listening to the various sounds and exchanges between heaven and earth.

Liu Chengfeng knew the mountains, rivers, and streams of the Cloud Rising Sect like the back of his hand; he was intimately familiar with every branch of the underground spirit veins and every minor node.

Liu Chengfeng sensed the underground spirit veins, and the Golden Lotus Root within his Blood Sea Divine Treasury slowly unfurled its silk-like fine roots, which acted like tentacles.

As Liu Chengfeng experimented with his perception, he discovered that the roots of the Golden Lotus Root could actually carry his consciousness into the spirit veins.

It felt like a fish entering a river, swimming freely through the spirit veins—it was truly miraculous.

Could this be the principle behind the Source of the Origin God?

Liu Chengfeng's consciousness swam through the spirit veins with great joy, traversing the entire length of the vein before turning to flow upstream.

The spirit vein of the Cloud Rising Sect was a branch of the Bayu Mountain Range, and the entire Bayu Mountain Range spanned the whole of the Qiuchi Kingdom.

He did not know how long he had been swimming upstream through the spirit veins, moving from the branches into the main artery, continuing his ascent.

Finally, he drifted toward the source of the Bayu Mountain Range—the Cloud Mist Marsh.

Upon entering the source of the Cloud Mist Marsh, Liu Chengfeng's consciousness suddenly entered a bizarre realm, one plunged into total darkness.

Through his perception, Liu Chengfeng witnessed a scene of incomparable horror.

The sky was dim and gloomy, pouring with torrential rain, while thunder roared incessantly and lightning danced wildly.

Seeing the rain and lightning, Liu Chengfeng could not help but feel a chill in his heart.

Because the torrential rain falling from the sky was black, as if ink were being poured down from the heavens.

The lightning that streaked through the thick, dark clouds was also black.

The entire world felt like a black, dead realm, as if he had entered hell itself.

The rain fell harder and the lightning grew more frequent, and then an even more terrifying scene unfolded.

Liu Chengfeng's consciousness saw an Ancient Domain deep within the mountains; the Ancient Domain was mottled and dilapidated, with graves as dense as a forest.

As black lightning tore through the sky, one corpse after another crawled out from the graves.

These corpses were of all kinds: there were human corpses that still radiated divine light, clearly belonging to powerful god-cultivators in life.

There were also the corpses of exotic beasts, some a hundred meters long, exuding a terrifying bestial aura.

There were even corpses of unknown origin and species.

Even more terrifying were the corpses that floated out from the fissures, tightly wrapped in white cloth; it was impossible to tell what kind of creatures lay beneath.

Whether they floated from the fissures or crawled from the graves, they all drifted upward, their feet hovering off the ground.

Every corpse opened its mouth wide, emitting a "hehe" sound, using their mouths to absorb the black rain falling from the sky.

The more black rain their bodies absorbed, the higher the probability of attracting black lightning.

The "crackling" sound of lightning striking their bodies brought them no pain; instead, it seemed to give them a sense of pleasure.

"Hehehe" laughter echoed from their mouths.

Even though he was not there in person, Liu Chengfeng felt his skin crawl through his perception.

He had never seen such a bizarre and terrifying world.

Liu Chengfeng's consciousness delved deeper and discovered an Ancient Mansion within the Ancient Domain, solemn and imposing.

Entering the Ancient Mansion, Liu Chengfeng's consciousness saw a person sitting on the throne in the main hall.

This person was clad in black armor, head bowed and hands resting, unable to tell if he was dead or alive.

He sat there, integrated with the entire Ancient Mansion and the Ancient Domain, as if he were the master of it all.

A terrifying pressure radiated from his body, capable of crushing mountains and rivers.

Although this pressure could not compare to the invincible divine might of the Azure Emperor, it was still enough to suppress all directions and strike terror into the heart.

Suddenly, the Black-Armored Emperor opened his eyes, seemingly catching sight of Liu Chengfeng's consciousness.

After Liu Chengfeng's consciousness entered the Ancient Domain, none of the other corpses had noticed him, yet the Black-Armored Emperor had.

As the Black-Armored Emperor stood up, the sky tilted and the earth shifted, his gaze instantly locking onto Liu Chengfeng's consciousness.

Liu Chengfeng shouted in his heart that something was wrong; the roots of the Golden Lotus Root retracted, and his consciousness retreated from the Ancient Mansion like a receding tide.

The Black-Armored Emperor followed closely behind, his overwhelming momentum threatening to seize Liu Chengfeng's consciousness.

As his consciousness retreated from the Ancient Domain like a tide, the Black-Armored Emperor pursued relentlessly.

This disturbed all the dead bodies in the Ancient Domain, which turned to look at Liu Chengfeng's consciousness and gave chase.

In an instant, a corpse tide erupted throughout the Ancient Domain, and the aura of death surged like a tidal wave, submerging the domain.

"Oh my god, I'm being chased by a horde of corpses!"

Liu Chengfeng was terrified and desperately tried to withdraw his consciousness, but the Black-Armored Emperor remained in hot pursuit, chasing him out of the Ancient Domain.

The Black-Armored Emperor pursued him out of the Ancient Domain and appeared in the Cloud Mist Marsh, instantly causing panic.

Many exotic beasts in the Cloud Mist Marsh, even ten-thousand-year treasure beasts, were frightened into fleeing in a panic.

Even the demonic trees rooted in the earth turned and fled the moment they saw the Black-Armored Emperor.

Liu Chengfeng could not care about anything else and desperately withdrew his consciousness; the Black-Armored Emperor was too terrifying, and he was capable of tracking his consciousness.

The Black-Armored Emperor, who had been in hot pursuit the entire way, suddenly halted just as he was about to cross the boundary of the Cloud Mist Marsh, standing perfectly still.

Seeing that the Black-Armored Emperor was no longer chasing him, Liu Chengfeng withdrew his consciousness at top speed.

Liu Chengfeng fled in a panic, while the Black-Armored Emperor stood in the Cloud Mist Marsh, no longer pursuing, simply standing there and gazing up at the sky.

This was because a woman stood in the sky, her loose green robes fluttering in the wind.

Ye Huijian.

Ye Huijian looked at the Black-Armored Emperor, and the Black-Armored Emperor stared back at Ye Huijian.

The two sides remained in a stalemate; Ye Huijian did not strike, and neither did the Black-Armored Emperor.

In the end, the Black-Armored Emperor said nothing, turned around, and left, vanishing into the Ancient Domain.

Liu Chengfeng felt a wave of exhaustion and collapsed onto his bed.

Although he had not been physically present in the Ancient Domain, the effort of desperately pulling back his consciousness while under the pressure of the Black-Armored Emperor had cost him a great deal of blood essence.

"What is that thing? What kind of hellish place is that?"

Thinking of the eerie ancient corpses in the Ancient Domain and the Black-Armored Emperor, Liu Chengfeng muttered to himself, certain that this was a case of the dead coming back to life.

"You've been wandering off again."

Ye Huijian's face came into view as she looked down at Liu Chengfeng.

"I was just curious. I entered an Ancient Domain, saw many corpses, and there was a Black-Armored Emperor."

Liu Chengfeng was accustomed to Ye Huijian's elusive nature and spoke of the matter candidly.

It seemed there were no secrets between him and Ye Huijian—or rather, he had no secrets, while he knew absolutely nothing about her.

He only knew she was his convenient martial aunt, and one other thing he was very clear about: Ye Huijian would never harm him.

"Hmph, don't go wandering off next time. There are some places you aren't ready to peek into yet. If you want to peek, grow up quickly and become stronger."

Ye Huijian glared at him, though she didn't scold him, merely sounding annoyed.

"I'm plenty grown up, very grown up indeed."

Liu Chengfeng didn't stand on ceremony with this convenient martial aunt, glancing at her figure as he spoke.

"All you do is run your mouth."

Ye Huijian flicked him and turned to leave.

"What kind of place is that?"

"The God Burial Ground, the Ghost Walk Mansion. Don't go wandering around them."

Ye Huijian left these words behind and vanished.

"The God Burial Ground, the Ghost Walk Mansion."

Liu Chengfeng murmured to himself; those names could not have been more fitting.