Breakthrough to Blood Moving Extreme Realm, Key Unlocks Mountain Treasure

"Rise!"

Above the vast waterfall, a small figure faced the morning glow, hoisting a boulder weighing a hundred thousand catties. His entire body shimmered, his flesh radiating a precious light.

This scene startled the nearby wild beasts into roaring and fierce birds into taking flight; all trembled, terrified by that small figure.

Bathed in the morning light, the small figure appeared brilliant, exuding a terrifying aura like a young god standing atop the waterfall, his body imbued with an indescribable charm.

"Phew, finally did it!"

In the blink of an eye, ten months had passed since this training began. Today, Bai Yixin had finally succeeded in lifting a hundred thousand catties.

Bai Yixin's body flowed with a precious luster in the morning glow, shaking the Great Wilderness; many fierce birds and beasts were so frightened that they fled entirely.

His flesh faintly revealed a sheen, healthy and translucent, as if he possessed inexhaustible strength.

"Is this the 'Dao of Grinding'? Too strong!" Bai Yixin stood upon a massive rock as the torrential water rushed past, white and roaring like thunder, causing the surrounding mountains to tremble.

Watching Little One, who was still struggling to climb the rapid waterfall, Bai Yixin sighed.

"The longer I grind, the higher my efficiency becomes. By now, I've actually surpassed Little One by a wide margin!"

"I thought that if this kind of grinding stopped, the progress would reset, but it turns out it can be accumulated."

"As long as I grind long enough, effort can surpass even innate talent."

Day after day, regardless of wind or rain, Bai Yixin had never missed a single day. He was now seven, nearly eight years old.

"Open panel."

[Name]: Bai Yixin.

[Age]: 7.

[Realm]: Foundation Establishment Stage 1 (35687/10000), Blood Moving Realm (100562/100000).

[Techniques]: Wind and Rain Summoning Art (Perfected).

[Skills]: Silver Moon Precious Technique - Mastery (396/1000), Suanni Precious Technique - Minor Success (55/100), Gale Sword Technique - Mastery (656/1000), Wind Manipulation - Gale (92/100), Minor Rain-Calling Art - Minor Success (35/100), Breath Concealment Art - Mastery (183/1000), Minor Fireball Art - Minor Success (56/100).

[Experience]: 23333

[Money]: 99995

[Talent]: Dao of Grinding. The Liver Emperor is all liver; when entering the 'grind-burst' state, efficiency increases exponentially over time.

Bai Yixin looked at the Blood Moving Realm (100562/100000) entry.

"Does this mean my physical strength can lift a maximum of 100,562 catties?"

"Roar, it seems the hundred-thousand-catty extreme is not my limit after all. With the help of the 'Dao of Grinding,' I can reach even higher heights!"

Bai Yixin looked at the Foundation Establishment Stage 1 (35687/10000) entry, then shifted his gaze to the money column.

99995.

A standard Foundation Establishment cultivation technique could be bought in the shop for ten thousand, but how could Bai Yixin be satisfied with that?

If one is to buy, one must buy the best tier; if one is to cultivate, one must cultivate the highest quality immortality. This only required a small price—not much, just ten times the cost of the original tier.

One hundred thousand for the strongest Foundation Establishment technique!

Once mastered and perfected, it would lay the most solid Dao Foundation and forge the strongest Golden Core!

And now, he was only five short of one hundred thousand.

Once he learned a Foundation Establishment technique, Bai Yixin's cultivation realm would be able to break through accordingly.

However, compared to spending one hundred thousand to buy a Foundation Establishment technique directly, there was actually another path before Bai Yixin.

This path carried some risk, but if successful, Bai Yixin would not have to worry about cultivation techniques for any realm for a long time to come.

That path was to spend money to buy a key to open the Mountain Treasure.

In the shop, [Universal Key]: Price 100,000.

Universal Key: I can open all "doors."

And restrictions could also be considered a type of "door" that requires a key to open.

But this might just be Bai Yixin's wishful thinking.

Therefore, spending one hundred thousand to buy a key to try and open the Mountain Treasure involved quite a significant risk.

It was a question worth deep consideration.

If he opened the Mountain Treasure and it was empty, it would be a total loss.

But fortunately, Bai Yixin remembered clearly that the Mountain Treasure contained at least the Six Paths of Reincarnation Heavenly Art and the Nine-Leaf Grass's Sword Art; this could not be considered a blind box.

Perhaps you might ask, doesn't this still fail to solve the problem of lacking a Foundation Establishment cultivation technique?

Yes, but do not be impatient.

Knowledge can create value.

As mentioned before, the shop can recycle everything in this world, and this naturally includes knowledge like precious techniques.

Knowledge is the only thing one can share while still retaining it for oneself.

As long as the Mountain Treasure was opened, Bai Yixin would copy the Precious Technique within, sell the copy to the shop, and use the proceeds to fund the purchase of cultivation methods.

Bai Yixin had already verified this process, and it was extremely effective.

The Silver Moon Precious Technique, along with Bai Yixin's insights into it, sold for fifty thousand in the shop.

Although it didn't seem like much, as long as Bai Yixin gained new insights into the Silver Moon Precious Technique, he could continue to sell them to the shop.

Otherwise, how could Bai Yixin, who was busy cultivating every day, find the time to hunt and accumulate nearly one hundred thousand?

However, he had only sold one Silver Moon Precious Technique during these past few days.

The basic, unrefined Suanni Precious Technique alone could sell for one hundred thousand, but because Bai Yixin had to focus on tempering his physical body during this period, he was in no rush to purchase a Foundation Establishment cultivation method.

This period of tempering not only brought a great breakthrough to his physical body, but also polished Bai Yixin's Dao Foundation for immortal cultivation. His originally floating spiritual power was now extremely solid; within his golden Spirit Sea, every drop of water was thick and viscous, as if it weighed a Thousand Jun.

Looking at it this way, there was no need to overthink things. With the Suanni Method as a fallback, even if the Universal Key failed to open the Mountain Treasure, he would still have enough money to buy the Foundation Establishment cultivation method needed for his immortal path.

Once Bai Yixin made up his mind, he took action. He called out to Little One, leaped into the dense forest beside the waterfall, and caught up to a beast that was still running.

A flash of silver light, and the beast's head fell to the ground.

[Money] +10.

Seeing that his money had exceeded one hundred thousand, Bai Yixin did not hesitate for a second. He opened the shop and clicked directly to purchase the Universal Key.

Though called a Universal Key, it didn't look like a key at all. It resembled a Chaos Light Cluster that constantly shifted its shape, turning from an ordinary key into a glowing seal and back again.

"Don't let me down!"

With that, Bai Yixin pressed the constantly shifting Chaos Light Cluster onto the Pure White Bone Block held in his other hand.

The Chaos Light Cluster enveloped it, and the hexahedral Pure White Bone Block emitted a crisp crack. It opened; one of its sides was a lid that detached automatically from the bone block, revealing the scene inside.

The interior was dotted with rays of light. Was this Treasure Box a massive spatial artifact?

It looked small from the outside, yet the interior gave a feeling of vast emptiness, like a night sky filled with twinkling stars.

Inside lay several pieces of Beast Skin, very old and stained with patches of dried blood, having existed for who knows how many years.

"It really worked! Oh yeah!"

Bai Yixin's face was filled with wild joy as he held them and examined them one by one.

"Six Paths of Reincarnation Heavenly Art!"

Bai Yixin looked at the piece of Beast Skin in his hand, feeling extremely agitated. It clearly and explicitly recorded the most supreme Ancient Heavenly Art of the Supreme Hall—the Six Paths of Reincarnation!

In addition to this Ancient Scripture Great Law, there were other techniques and quite a few Precious Techniques, such as those of the Hou Clan, the Luan Bird Clan...

When he flipped to the last piece of Beast Skin, it recorded the Suanni Method, but it was far too damaged; the runes were blurred and nearly impossible to make out.

"Eh? Where is the Grass Sword Art?" Bai Yixin rubbed his head, feeling a bit puzzled.

"Did I remember it wrong?"