A Secret Move!

Anchan City, Changsheng Estate.

Brush!

Zhou Hao's Asura God clone and his demon servant Zhurong Ying, who had just left Tianbao Mountain, appeared out of thin air in front of the Red Dust Immortal Mansion in the backyard.

Call!

A beam of light shot out from Zhou Hao, transforming him into an eighteen- or nineteen-year-old child, none other than Ao Xiaobao, who had followed his second avatar to the Earth Ruins Realm.

"Little Treasure, you and Lao Zhu stay here and guard the mansion. If anything happens, just let me know via telepathy," Zhou Hao instructed.

At this moment, both the main body and Liu Yu were in the Red Dust Immortal Mansion, waiting for the second avatar to bring back the gains from the past ten years in the Earth Ruins Realm before they would begin their secluded cultivation.

Although the manor has Chief Steward Qingyun to handle various miscellaneous matters, if there is an urgent matter that Zhou Hao needs to deal with, someone needs to be able to contact and report it in a timely manner.

Ao Xiaobao is his spirit beast, capable of telepathic communication over short distances, making him the perfect choice.

"No problem." Ao Xiaobao led Zhurong Ying excitedly toward the front hall.

He had been longing for the delicious food prepared by the head chef of the manor.

... In the main hall of the Red Dust Immortal Mansion.

After handing a storage ring to Zhou Hao, the clone went directly to the black stone platform in the Hongchen Lotus to cultivate.

After briefly examining the items in the ring, Zhou Hao waved his hand.

Wow~~~

Suddenly, a small pile of bottles and jars appeared next to it, along with various Ganoderma lucidum and other medicinal herbs.

"Yu'er," Zhou Hao pointed to the ground, "These are all things that nourish the soul. Take them and use them to cultivate your Visualization Technique. Once your soul can cover six hundred miles, then you can use the Second Primordial Spirit Secret Technique."

To cultivate Second Primordial Spirit, the soul needs to be divided into two.

If one's soul is weak, attempting to split oneself in two using the secret technique will not only fail to cultivate Second Primordial Spirit, but will instead lead to suicide!

Even if cultivators obtain a suitable vessel, they usually only develop Second Primordial Spirit long after becoming Primordial Spirit Daoist or reaching the Earth Immortal of the Void Return realm.

Liu Yu's divine soul can only cover four hundred miles at present, which is still some distance from the perfected Primordial Spirit Daoist. Of course, Zhou Hao would not let her take any risks.

These items that nourish the soul were collected from the hundreds of storage rings he obtained from the Snow Maiden Peak Clan's territory. Selling them all would only yield two or three hundred thousand catties of Origin Liquid, which was nothing to him, so he kept them all.

"Hmm." Liu Yu knew that her senior brother meant well, so she waved her hand to collect all the treasures on the ground and followed Ou Huang to the quiet room in the Immortal Mansion to cultivate.

After Liu Yu and Ou Huang left, Zhou Hao was the only one left in the empty hall.

Brush!

A black jade gourd appeared out of thin air in his hand, containing all the Origin Liquid he had obtained from selling magical treasures at Tianbao Mountain.

Let's begin.

Zhou Hao closed his eyes and began to circulate the <Xuanwu Great Divine Ability> technique.

"Splash splash splash~~~"

The Origin Liquid poured into Zhou Hao's body like a galaxy flowing backwards.

His bones, muscles, skin, hair... every part of his body seemed to have become a sponge, frantically absorbing the primordial energy of heaven and earth transformed from the Origin Liquid.

As time passed, Zhou Hao's body continued to improve, becoming increasingly resilient, even producing clanging sounds like those of forging magical artifacts.

Cultivating physical supernatural abilities is essentially about refining the body towards becoming an indestructible magical artifact.

To refine a magical artifact, a large amount of energy is required. For example, the most renowned physical supernatural abilities, such as the "Eight-Nine Arcane Art" and the "Sixteen-Foot Golden Body," require top-grade immortal-level elixirs to replenish the consumed energy just to enter the realm.

Relying on Origin Liquid is too slow to absorb, and it simply cannot trigger the instantaneous consumption required for the operation of such supernatural powers.

A single top-grade immortal-level elixir is worth the same as a high-grade immortal-level magic weapon.

Moreover, even if you wanted to buy the original solution, no one was willing to sell it; they would only offer to barter.

"Fortunately, the consumption of the third level of the Xuanwu Great Divine Ability can still be addressed with Origin Liquid." Zhou Hao thought to himself as he felt the changes throughout his body, "Although cultivating with Origin Liquid is slower, it doesn't matter."

At this moment, the patterns on his tortoise shell had turned bluish-black, and his skin even faintly shimmered with a black sheen.

finally--

"Boom~~~"

As his muscles, bones, and internal organs roared, all the black light receded, and the tortoise shell patterns that had appeared disappeared. Only then did Zhou Hao open his eyes.

"The third step is finally complete!"

A glint flashed in Zhou Hao's eyes, and his hand, sharp as a knife, slashed across his own arm.

"Clang."

The blade flashed, leaving not even a white mark.

"My original body is now comparable to a top-grade Earth-rank magic weapon, almost reaching the level of a Heaven-rank magic weapon. Even if I stand there and let a Nascent Primordial Spirit Daoist attack me, I won't be able to get hurt."

Although it is still far inferior to the divine body of the Asura God's avatar, the true body is only at the level of the Myriad Phenomena and demons.

"The strongest at the Immortal Fate Assembly is only Myriad Phenomena True Person; he poses no threat to me whatsoever."

"Three years later, by seizing the spot as a disciple of the Dao Ancestor, my true form can also quickly leap to the Void Return Divine Demon level."

"Haha, by then I will be equivalent to two top-tier celestial immortals, or even half a step into the Pure Yang realm." Zhou Hao felt extremely happy.

Just as he was thinking about it, Ao Xiaobao's voice suddenly rang in his mind.

"Zhou Hao, Zhou Hao. Yun Yuchan and Lin Xia'er are back. They say they have something urgent to discuss with you."

Urgent?

Zhou Hao immediately realized what was happening.

"It seems to be about Shaoyan Nong's death."

As Zhou Hao emerged from the Red Dust Immortal Mansion, he immediately spotted Yun Yuchan and Lin Xia'er waiting for him in the lakeside pavilion.

"Senior brother, Shaoyan Nong is dead."

Sure enough, the first thing Lin Xia'er to Zhou Hao upon seeing him was the news of Shaoyan Nong's death.

"How did he die?"

Zhou Hao knew from reading the original work in his previous life that Shaoyan Nong would die during this trip to the Wu River Immortal Mansion.

He didn't feign surprise; he only asked the question to confirm.

"It was Ji Ning who killed him," Lin Xia'er said. "It turns out that Ji Ning's mother was a member of the ' Yuchi Clan ' of Eastern Isle Commandery. The Yuchi Clan was destroyed by the Shaoyan Clan because of their unique supernatural ability, ' Wind Wing Escape Art.' When Ji Ning used this supernatural ability, he was first recognized by Shaoyan Nong. Then, Xue Hongyi, who was traveling with him, revealed Ji Ning's mother's name, which confirmed Ji Ning's identity. Shaoyan Nong immediately ordered his divine and demonic servant, ' Xiangliu Fang,' to take action. In the end, Ji Ning used a black circular artifact to kill both Shaoyan Nong and Xiangliu Fang."

Zhou Hao listened quietly and, finding no difference from the original, nodded slightly.

"Senior brother, why aren't you surprised at all?" Lin Xia'er asked, puzzled.

The Shaoyan Clan is a powerful clan that could easily rank among the top ten in the Xia Clan Great World.

His successor as clan leader died just like that; shouldn't we at least be a little surprised?

"A life-or-death feud, dying because one's skills are inferior, what's so surprising?" Zhou Hao laughed. "Now, has Ji Ning fled alone?"

"Mm." Lin Xia'er nodded.

Although she still found it a bit strange, she simply assumed it was because her senior brother had a higher perspective.

Previously at Winged Serpent Lake, Senior Brother didn't even bother to greet Shaoyan Nong.

"I understand. I'll have Old Zhu go to Winged Serpent Lake later," Zhou Hao said. "It's understandable that the Shaoyan Clan wants revenge on Ji Ning, but his clan is innocent."

"Senior brother is going to protect Ji Ning's clan? That's wonderful! Before, Mu Tou was worried that the Shaoyan Clan wouldn't be able to find Ji Ning and would slaughter his people." Lin Xia'er said happily, "Senior brother, I'll go tell him."

"Go ahead." Zhou Hao nodded.

After Lin Xia'er left, only Zhou Hao and Yun Yuchan remained in the waterside pavilion.

"Senior brother."

Yun Yuchan had remained silent until now, looked at Zhou Hao and suddenly said, "I'm leaving."

"Leave?" Zhou Hao asked in surprise.

"I also made a move when Shaoyan Nong died," Yun Yuchan said in a low voice. "If I had stayed here, I would have definitely caused trouble for my senior brother."

"Why did you make a move?" Zhou Hao was taken aback.

Could it be...?

I got off work a little late, so this is the last chapter.