Lotus Petal Strange Fire

Shen Luo looked faintly pleased and was about to conjure two more watery hands to try opening the wooden box.

A soft click came from inside the gray wooden box, and its lid opened on its own.

He looked closely and saw a silk scroll lying inside. The silk was soft and covered in tiny writing. There was nothing else in the box.

A silk scroll? Could it contain some cultivation art or secret technique? Shen Luo wondered as he picked it up and unrolled it.

Four large characters headed the scroll: Body Refining Secret Canon.

It really is a secret manual! He looked farther down.

A secret canon kept under such tight protection was bound to contain something extraordinary.

After reading only a few lines, Shen Luo's expression changed dramatically, filling with delighted surprise. But that delight did not last long. His expression turned peculiar, then gave way to utter disappointment and dejection, even a trace of resentment.

Only after the time it took to drink a cup of tea did he recover, though he still stared blankly at the silk scroll in his hands.

The contents of the Body Refining Secret Canon were truly astonishing. It detailed several cultivation arts and secret techniques passed down within the Body Refining Altar, including the methods Xie Yuxin sought for rebuilding the Dantian, reconstructing meridians, and healing injuries to the divine soul.

These secret techniques were exquisitely profound. Shen Luo possessed several supreme cultivation arts, including the Nameless Art, the Huangting Scripture, and the Pure Yang Sword Canon. He had even cultivated to the great vehicle stage in his dreams and had a deep understanding of the arts of immortal cultivation. Yet these writings still opened his eyes.

The Body Refining Secret Canon offered remarkably profound explanations of the physical body,