Cultivating the Golden Body

Seeing this, Su Fang tactfully soothed him. "Old Sun, this really was my fault. I got held up by something these past few days."

"How about this? I'll knock your head one extra time as compensation."

Su Fang proposed his compensation plan.

When Mad Old Man heard that he could get his head knocked one more time, he immediately stopped being angry.

"Little Madman, you said it yourself. You have to knock my head one more time. No backing out!"

"Yes, yes, I won't go back on my word. Don't worry." Su Fang promised.

Hearing that, Mad Old Man immediately began to giggle foolishly, then stretched his head over.

"Quick, start knocking my head," Mad Old Man urged.

Seeing this, Su Fang stopped dawdling and began gathering his soul power to "cleanse Mad Old Man's soul."

Just like that, he cleansed it four times in a row.

Only then did Su Fang stop and send Mad Old Man away.

With Mad Old Man's matter settled,

Su Fang continued toward the tomb region of Violet Star Palace.

He soon arrived at his destination.

Since he was only looking for a human skeleton to try cultivating with, Su Fang did not choose any of the larger tombs to dig up.

After all, the larger the tomb, the more dangers it contained.

Although Su Fang had the [Heavenly Evolution Array Disk], he was far from invincible. If some mechanism ambushed and instantly killed him, that would truly be throwing good money after bad.

On the contrary, the smaller, simpler tombs probably did not contain many mechanisms, though they naturally would not have many burial goods either.

However, Su Fang's target was human bones. He did not care much about the number of burial goods.

After wandering around for a while,

Su Fang quickly found a target.

It was a very remote tomb, and a very small one at that.

On its gravestone, Su Fang saw the account of its occupant's life.

"128th-generation elder of [Violet Star Palace], Wang Qinghe. Died at the age of two hundred and sixty-six! Fell in battle while defending [Violet Star Palace]!"

By all accounts, he had died young.

Su Fang smiled as he looked at the gravestone.

"Died fighting for Violet Star Palace? Then you must have been a loyal fellow. I'll dig up your grave!"

Su Fang raised his shovel and began digging without the slightest psychological burden.

Very soon, he encountered the protective array patterns.

Seeing this, Su Fang directly took out the [Heavenly Evolution Array Disk] and began examining the weak points of the protective array patterns.

Under the illumination of the [Heavenly Evolution Array Disk], the fine array patterns that had originally been invisible to the naked eye began appearing before Su Fang's eyes...

Little by little, the structure of the entire array appeared before him.

With a diagram of the entire array's layout, Su Fang quickly found the protective array's weak point.

He then waved the [Heavenly Evolution Array Disk] and lightly brushed it over that spot, opening a gap at the weak point.

Once the protective array had been opened, Su Fang put away the [Heavenly Evolution Array Disk] and entered the tomb, preparing to dig up the tomb owner's remains.

After quite a bit of fuss, he finally found the tomb owner's coffin.

Su Fang immediately pried it open.

Sure enough, just as he had expected, Elder Wang Qinghe was truly poor.

Apart from a broken sword, there was not a single other item in the entire coffin.

"Heh, Violet Star Palace really is stingy."

"One of your elders died fighting for the sect, yet you could not even bear to put in a few more burial items. What a waste of his loyalty."

Su Fang mocked.

He then took away the elder's remains.

Rather than returning to his residence, he began cultivating the Nine-Turn Golden Body Art right inside the man's tomb.

Su Fang grabbed a bone, then began absorbing it according to the circulation method of the Nine-Turn Golden Body Art.

Very soon, Su Fang clearly felt the essence within the bone flow into his body, rapidly strengthening his own bones.

"Human bones actually work!" Su Fang exclaimed in delight.

If that was the case, then cultivating the Nine-Turn Golden Body Art in the Gods and Devils Cemetery would not be a problem.

After all, there were bones everywhere.

There would be more than enough to go around. Excited, Su Fang increased the intensity of his absorption. After using up one bone, he took out another...

A great amount of essence nourished Su Fang's bones, gradually dyeing them pale gold.

At the same time, Su Fang's cultivation rose rapidly as he absorbed the bones...

Just like that, an entire day passed.

A large portion of Su Fang's bones had already been dyed pale gold.

At the same time, his cultivation had reached Martial Artist Mid-stage.

This cultivation speed was practically like riding a rocket.

In perhaps just three days, Su Fang's cultivation could advance to the Martial General realm.

"Whew! That felt good!"

Su Fang let out a long breath, thoroughly exhilarated.

However, such rapid cultivation came at a cost.

The bones Su Fang had stolen had already been used up by nearly half.

At most, they could sustain another five days or so of cultivation.

"Bones are indeed used up quickly, but it's no big problem. I can just find more when the time comes..." Su Fang muttered to himself.

He was not worried in the slightest about running out of bones.

After cultivating for a day, Su Fang left the graveyard, planning to first complete Mad Old Man's "Soul Cleansing."

Su Fang soon found Mad Old Man.

Yet after they met this time, Mad Old Man suddenly stared at Su Fang in a strange manner, sizing him up again and again...

"Strange, truly strange. Little Madman, did you eat some heavenly treasure? Why do you suddenly feel so much stronger..."

"Hm?" Su Fang's heart jumped.

He had not expected Mad Old Man's perception to be so sharp that he noticed his changes at once.

However, Su Fang had no intention of admitting it and directly changed the subject. "Old Sun, with all this talking, do you still want your head knocked?"

The moment he heard "knock your head," Mad Old Man's attention was immediately drawn away. He hurriedly stretched out his head and shouted, "Knock it, quick! Knocking my head feels the best."

Seeing that Mad Old Man did not continue questioning him, Su Fang secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

At the same time, he became quietly vigilant.

Since Mad Old Man could see his changes, he did not know whether others would be able to see them as well.

Su Fang was somewhat worried.

So he decided not to return to his residence for the time being, instead living directly in the graveyard to cultivate.

That way, he could avoid being suspected after running into others.

After completing Mad Old Man's four Soul Cleansings,

Su Fang returned once more to Wang Qinghe's tomb and continued cultivating his Nine-Turn Golden Body Art.

Three days passed just like that.

Su Fang's cultivation finally reached Martial Artist Late-stage. With a little more effort, he would be able to break through into the Martial General realm.

At the same time, the vast majority of the bones in his body had completely turned pale gold. He was only one step away from completing the First-Revolution Golden Body.

Thinking of this, Su Fang continued his frenzied cultivation.

Heaven never failed those who worked hard. Through his unrelenting efforts, dazzling golden light suddenly burst from his entire body, making him look like a golden Buddha.

"Ah! Break for me!"

Su Fang gritted his teeth and mobilized all the power in his body, along with every wisp of Creation Flame in his Qi Sea, to break through this final bottleneck...