Creation Golden Core

Su Fang found a relatively decent house. Someone had probably lived here before; there were bedding and clothes, but no one was around. It looked as though the owner had not returned for quite some time.

The place was covered in dust, and there were even shovels and hoes lying around. This surprised Su Fang a little. These things would be of great use to him.

Su Fang tidied up a little and decided to live here.

Su Fang took the Blood Yin Jade from his pocket and said, "I can only rely on you now."

As Su Fang began to comprehend the Blood Yin Jade, he suddenly felt his soul fly into some mysterious space. Curious, Su Fang was about to look around when the entire scene abruptly changed, and he found himself inside a room.

Su Fang saw a woman appear before him. She was quite pretty and was earnestly reading a book in her hands.

"Miss, may I ask where this is?" Su Fang asked.

But Su Fang discovered that he could only watch the scene before him and could not affect it. His body passed straight through the woman's body. This was merely a mysterious space conjured by the system.

"Is this an illusion? It should be a scene within the Blood Yin Jade," Su Fang realized.

"That is the Blood Yin Jade!" Su Fang discovered that the woman was wearing the very same Blood Yin Jade.

Su Fang walked behind the woman and began reading the book she was looking at. He found that it was a cultivation technique, one specifically for condensing Yin Qi.

Hiss!

After a long while, Su Fang felt a faint pain in his head. When he opened his eyes again, he found that he had returned to the previous room.

[Comprehended Volume One of the Profound Yin Art!]

"That's it?" Su Fang discovered that an additional cultivation technique had appeared in his mind, but only its first volume.

That was because he had not finished reading the entire book.

If he could find a way to restore his cultivation, he would be able to comprehend this supreme cultivation technique.

"It seems my strength is still too low. Otherwise, I could have fully comprehended the Profound Yin Art." Su Fang sighed.

Su Fang was still quite satisfied, because the Profound Yin Art he had comprehended from the Blood Yin Jade was a cultivation technique specially designed to absorb and refine Yin Qi.

The denser the Yin Qi in a place, the better the results of cultivating this technique there.

Although Su Fang's dantian had been destroyed and could no longer store spiritual energy, he could directly expel the Yin Qi he inhaled from his body.

"What a pity my Qi Sea has shattered. Otherwise, I could refine this Yin Qi into my own spiritual energy. Even if it has the Yin Baleful attribute, it would still be better than having nothing."

Su Fang sighed, but since he had already found a way to expel this Yin Qi, he would surely be able to find a way to restore his dantian.

Su Fang sat cross-legged and began trying to expel the Yin Qi within his body that was devouring his life force.

As streams of Yin Qi were expelled from his body, Su Fang found that his vitality had improved considerably. Even his physical strength felt much better.

When Su Fang woke up, he looked at his hands again and found that they had returned to how they had looked when he first arrived.

Su Fang smiled in satisfaction. "Though I can't cultivate, at least keeping myself alive won't be a problem."

Su Fang was filled with hope for the future!

When he arrived at Old Meng's place, Old Meng gave an astonished "Eh?" and said, "You're all right?"

"I'm fine," Su Fang answered.

Old Meng merely glanced at him before giving Su Fang breakfast. Su Fang noticed that there were quite a few people here today.

There were more than a dozen people, several of whom were completely mad.

One of them laughed loudly while eating.

Another directly mixed the dirt from the ground into his bowl, then wolfed it down mouthful after mouthful.

There was even one person who ate with his nose, making Su Fang inwardly exclaim, What a talent!

Su Fang truly feared becoming one of these lunatics. He had not even found his ideal partner for dual cultivation yet; he could not die just like this.

Su Fang had gained another chance to comprehend something today.

The Blood Yin Jade contained only the cultivation technique of the Profound Yin Art.

Although he had yet to comprehend it fully, its only use to him was expelling Yin Qi. If he wanted to comprehend a method to restore his dantian, he would have to start elsewhere.

After breakfast, Su Fang deliberately asked Brother Meng where the graves of the other sects' supreme elders were located.

Though Brother Meng found it strange, there was nothing he could not tell him.

When Su Fang suddenly heard that the Dao Sect also had supreme elders buried here, he immediately thought of that sect's secret art, the Tendon-Reforming Sacred Canon.

Legend had it that the Tendon-Reforming Sacred Canon was the Dao Sect's supreme art, capable of defying heaven and changing fate. Unfortunately, it had vanished several thousand years ago.

The present Dao Sect had long fallen from its former status as a supreme sect into a third-rate sect.

"I once heard that the Tendon-Reforming Sacred Canon has the supreme effect of reshaping one's meridians and restoring one's dantian. Even a useless martial artist could become heaven's favored son."

"Every past sect master of the Dao Sect was once a top expert of the Black Tortoise Continent, all because of that Tendon-Reforming Sacred Canon."

After learning where the Dao Sect's former experts were buried, Su Fang returned to his room, picked up a hoe, and left.

He headed into the graveyard once more. This time, Su Fang needed to go deeper inside, and that was an agonizing matter for him.

Every step cost him the price of his life.

Su Fang once again felt Yin Qi corroding his body, his life essence rapidly draining away.

Su Fang jogged into the graveyard and began searching for the burial site of the Dao Sect's experts.

After spending a long time searching, Su Fang finally saw a desolate cemetery.

"I finally found it." Su Fang looked at his hands and found wrinkles beginning to appear on them again.

"Thirty-sixth-generation supreme elder of the Dao Sect, Long Shan. Died at the age of three hundred and fifty."

"Fifth-generation sect master of the Dao Sect, Xu Zhiye. Died at the age of eight hundred and sixty!"

Su Fang was greatly surprised upon seeing this person's name.

"I never expected him to be Xu Zhiye, the legendary genius of the Dao Sect. Though he fell more than eight hundred years ago, he was a legendary figure of his generation. In his era, he practically suppressed an entire age with his strength alone. I never thought he would be buried here as well."

The moment Su Fang saw this person, he immediately decided, "You it is!"

Su Fang picked up the hoe and said to Xu Zhiye's grave, "Senior, I have no choice. If your spirit is watching from above, please do not blame me. If I don't do this, I'll soon be going down there to keep you company. But I still haven't experienced the taste of dual cultivation, so I can only offend you."

Xu Zhiye's grave was enormous. The tombstone was as tall as a person, while the round burial mound behind it stood five or six meters high.

Here, it seemed that the higher a person's status, the larger the grave built for him.

After saying that, Su Fang moved Xu Zhiye's tombstone aside, revealing a passage wide enough for a person to pass through. Su Fang lit a candle and looked into the tomb.

Though Su Fang was afraid, compared with death, he still chose to enter.

The interior was dark and lightless, filled with swirling Yin Qi. Streams of pure Yin Qi continuously battered Su Fang. Looking at the coffin in the center, Su Fang took out a shovel and pried open its lid.

Bang!

After prying it open, Su Fang was shocked to find that there were no bones inside.

But the instant the coffin lid was opened, a fantastical radiance burst forth from within, scattering all the surrounding Yin Qi.

"Could this be... the legendary Creation Golden Core?" Su Fang stared at the golden core inside, utterly stunned.

There was a legend that some supreme experts would transform into a golden core after death, gathering all they had learned throughout their lives within it.

But for ordinary people, comprehending it was exceedingly difficult.

Yet for Su Fang, comprehension was not a problem at all.

"I really came to the right place." Su Fang looked inside and saw a complete set of clothes, along with some valuable burial objects.

Su Fang took only that golden core, then closed the coffin lid and put the tombstone back in place.

Su Fang immediately left and returned to his residence.