"This should be it!"
Wang Hao took out a map and compared it from left to right, his gaze finally settling on a mountain hollow ahead.
This map was the one made of Profound Iron left by Yang Jingzhong. Although it was very simple, the terrain and scenery inside could still be discerned. With Yang Jingzhong's description, Wang Hao finally arrived here.
He wasn't trying to take the piece of Profound Iron Profound Iron away; rather, he wanted to confirm whether it truly existed.
" Wangcai, you stay here and keep watch. I'm going in to check!"
After giving a few words of advice to Wangcai beside him, Wang Hao stepped into the ravine ahead and, following Yang Jingzhong's message from that day, finally arrived at the edge of a sinkhole.
This is a sinkhole hundreds of feet in size, surrounded and at the bottom by trees and vines, making it difficult to see clearly.
Wang Hao was both skilled and daring. After looking around, he climbed down a green vine and soon arrived at the very center of the sinkhole that Yang Jingzhong had mentioned.
"There really is such a large piece of Profound Iron!"
Digging through the soil beneath his feet, Wang Hao saw the piece of Profound Iron that Yang Jingzhong had mentioned.
This is indeed a piece of Profound Iron, about ten feet in size, and by appearance alone, it probably weighs tens of millions of pounds.
" Xiao Mengmeng, are you sure it contains the Star Essence?"
After confirming that it was indeed a piece of Profound Iron, Wang Hao asked Xiao Mengmeng in the System Space.
Although the system only has three main functions, the system spirit, Xiao Mengmeng, is quite capable, and naturally, she was able to sense the essence of this piece of Profound Iron.
Profound Iron can be said to be a product of the infinite weakening of Star Essence, but if Profound Iron is large enough, old enough, and in an environment rich in energy, it can still evolve into Star Essence.
Although the Smiling Proud Wanderer World the heavens and earth does not have such energy, this piece of Profound Iron has existed for billions of years. Even without the nurturing of the energy of heaven and earth, it is not impossible that it could not have given birth to the Star Essence over such a long period of time.
Even obtaining just a Sisi of Star Essence would be a huge windfall.
"This piece of Profound Iron does indeed contain the Star Essence, and a full ten strands of it."
Xiao Mengmeng quickly responded, confirming that the Star Essence did indeed exist inside.
"That's great!"
Wang Hao was overjoyed; now he was even more confident in completing the main quest of this world.
Although the Ziwei Soft Sword had been nurtured with a Sisi Acquired Spirituality, its material was too weak, which limited the development of that Sisi of Acquired Spirituality.
To truly make the Purple Ziwei Soft Sword Ziwei Soft Sword a divine weapon capable of splitting mountains and cleaving peaks, its materials must be improved.
Wang Hao was initially quite troubled by this, since the Ziwei Soft Sword was made of Profound Steel Profound Steel refined to the 100,000th level, which was itself the most advanced material in a low-level martial arts world like the Smiling, Proud Wanderer at the World.
Even though he inherited some of the forging techniques of the Nine Li Tribe from his previous life in the Primordial World world, without enough high-grade and powerful ores, he was like a skilled cook without rice to cook!
But now that we have this Star Essence, things are different. Combined with the Acquired Spirituality within the Ziwei Soft Sword, it will surely be able to forge a truly divine weapon.
This will greatly boost his strength!
"That's not enough, we need to add another layer of concealment!"
After covering the removed soil back onto the Profound Iron, Wang Hao surveyed the surrounding environment and felt it still wasn't safe enough.
Although this place is sparsely populated, since it was discovered by the hunter that Yang Jingzhong mentioned, it is possible that it was discovered by others.
Even if the chances of being discovered again are slim, we still need to find a way to ensure that this priceless treasure is absolutely foolproof.
If someone else were to discover this piece of Profound Iron and take it away, he'd be crying his eyes out in the toilet!
After climbing out of the sinkhole, Wang Hao looked around and finally found a stream outside the ravine. On a whim, he slightly modified the stream, diverting half of it to flow into the ravine.
Watching the stream branch off and eventually flow into the sinkhole, Wang Hao nodded in satisfaction.
Now everything is finally foolproof!
That sinkhole was quite deep, over a hundred feet deep. It would be difficult for anyone to dive into such deep water, and even if they could, they definitely wouldn't be able to stay there for very long, let alone find the piece of Profound Iron buried at the bottom.
After dealing with these matters, Wang Hao finally determined his direction and quickly ran south, with Wangcai following closely behind.
During his time at the Five Wheels Temple, he took the opportunity to unlock his Dao Comprehension Function and thoroughly learn the language of the grasslands. At the same time, he also thoroughly comprehended the Dragon-Elephant Prajna Art, the Five Wheels Marvelous Art, and the Vajra Great Handprint.
He wasn't particularly concerned about the Vajra Great Handprint and the Five Wheels Marvelous Art for the time being, because both of these martial arts required true qi. Unless he could break through to the Acquired Grandmaster Realm and cultivate a portion of Innate Qi from the outside in, it would be impossible for him to cultivate these two martial arts.
In comparison, the Dragon-Elephant Prajna Art can be cultivated, at least in the first part.
Only after truly comprehending the Dragon-Elephant Prajna Art did Wang Hao realize that this divine skill truly lived up to its reputation as a guardian deity skill of the Esoteric Sect; it was simply abnormally powerful.
This technique is divided into three parts: upper, middle, and lower. The four levels of the upper part correspond to the cultivation realms before Acquired Grandmaster, which are the levels of Super-First-Rate, First-Rate Second-rate, and Third-Rate.
The four levels in the middle section correspond to the cultivation of the Acquired Grandmaster Realm, while the four levels in the lower section correspond to the cultivation of the Xiantian Grandmaster.
What's even more terrifying is that the thirteenth level contains descriptions of realms beyond the Xiantian Grandmaster Realm. Although it's just the creator's conjecture, it's still quite remarkable.
This proves that the founder of the Dragon-Elephant Prajna Art had cultivated to the peak of the Peak Xiantian Grandmaster, which is extremely terrifying.
Moreover, the Dragon-Elephant Prajna Art is a cultivation method from the same lineage as the Qi Refinement of the pre-Qin period; at least, that's how it was in the original version.
After talking with the Long Ling Longling, he learned that there are two versions of the Dragon-Elephant Prajna Art: one is the original version passed down from the Legend of Qin, and the other is a version that was re-derived by later generations based on the Body Refinement of internal energy in the Central Plains.
While the latter is much easier to cultivate, its power also drops drastically.
The version that High Person Linghui wrote for him that day was the oldest original version, which suited Wang Hao's taste perfectly.
After all, knowing that the current internal energy Body Refinement in the Central Plains was a huge pit created by Confucian School, he was determined not to get involved!
During the month I stayed at Five Wheels Temple, I learned a big secret while chatting with the young Long Ling Longling.
It turns out that the cultivation of the Dragon-Elephant Prajna Art can be accelerated by a special medicinal material, namely the blood from the crown of a Pusi Qu Snake. This blood contains a substance that can accelerate the cultivation of the Dragon-Elephant Prajna Art.
At least the previous part focused on the cultivation of purely external martial arts!
Unfortunately, according to the little Long Ling Longling, the Pusi Qu Snake originated in Tianzhu, but it disappeared from Tianzhu hundreds of years ago. The reason for its extinction was that it was hunted in large numbers by practitioners of the Dragon-Elephant Prajna Art.
This strange beast has indeed become extinct in Tianzhu, but it may still exist in the Central Plains.
When Hatsune of the name, he felt it was somewhat familiar. Then, after asking the Long Ling Longling about the fact that the Pusi Qu Snake was covered in golden light and moved as fast as Inazuma, he thought of the Return of the Condor Heroes Old Master Jin.
The protagonist, Yang Guo, once encountered the Pusi Qu Snake in a valley and greatly increased his strength after consuming a large amount of its gallbladder.
That snake looks like Pusi Qu Snake!
Therefore, if one wants to quickly master the Dragon-Elephant Prajna Art, one must find a large number of Pusi Qu Snake and use their blood for cultivation.
Soon they left the Helan Mountains and entered the territory of Huaxia. Wang Hao entered a city and found a reputable escort agency to entrust Yang Jingzhong's urn of ashes to them.
After all, they had given him such a generous reward, so he naturally had to do his job well for them. Wang Hao even slipped them a thousand taels of silver, hoping that the girl named Xiulan, whom Yang Jingzhong had mentioned, would have a better life.
Human King truly didn't know how to evaluate Yang Jingzhong; he was a rather contradictory person, but also an interesting one.
Then, Wang Hao disguised himself again, found another reputable escort agency, sealed the three martial arts manuals of the Dragon-Elephant Prajna Art (which he had specially translated and copied into Chinese) into an iron box, and paid them to escort them to the old mansion in the east as soon as possible.
After completing these tasks, Wang Hao followed the hidden markers to find 9527 and the others recuperating in a house. He handed over the ledger given to him by Yang Jingzhong to 9527, thus successfully completing the mission.
While Wang Hao was dealing with matters, Dingyi and the others rested in the same place for a whole day before recovering.
They were exhausted from searching for Dingzhen, and everyone lost a lot of weight.
Although Dingzhen and Dingzhen others were somewhat worried as they watched her playing with the wolves, they did not stop her.
The Mount Heng Sect is located near the border, and they often encounter wild wolves on the grasslands. Even Dingzhen, who was still an infant, was brought to the Mount Heng Sect's territory by a white wolf with a broken leg, and was subsequently adopted by them.
They had kept that white wolf with the broken leg in the Mount Heng Sect for several years, so they weren't afraid of wolves.
Of course, most importantly, they all possessed formidable strength, enough to handle these wild beasts.
After playing with the wolves for a while, Dingzhen picked up two swords and began practicing the Foundation Establishment Sword Art taught by Wang Hao.
Although her meridians have not fully recovered and she cannot regulate her internal energy, her bones and muscles are unharmed, so she can now cultivate the Foundation Establishment Sword Art.
Dingyi initially paid little attention to Dingzhen's Foundation Establishment Sword Art, but after watching for a while, his expression suddenly became serious.
She was a Peak Super-First-Rate, so she could naturally see the extraordinary nature of Foundation Establishment Sword Art.
In her opinion, the sword moves of this Foundation Establishment Sword Art were simply exquisite, reaching the pinnacle of First-Rate martial arts.
At least none of the sword techniques below the Grandmaster Acquired in the Mount Heng Sect can compare to it, which is terrifying.
" Dingzhen, where did you learn this sword technique?"
Dingzhen finished demonstrating his Foundation Establishment Sword Art and paused to rest, Dingyi asked in a deep voice, his expression very serious.
While learning such advanced swordsmanship is a great opportunity, it can sometimes be accompanied by danger and trouble.
The person or force capable of creating such a perfect martial art is certainly not simple. If Dingzhen, it would inevitably lead to enmity with the other party, which would be disastrous.
"The uncle told me not to say it!"
The Dingzhen nun Dingzhen shook her head firmly. Since Wang Hao had specifically instructed her not to tell anyone, she wouldn't say a word, not even if her master and senior sisters asked.
"It's that kid again!"
Dingyi Yi's eyebrows furrowed, and her anger flared up again.
Throughout the day, Dingzhen kept muttering about that uncle, which made her feel a pang of jealousy, and even a bit of resentment, like Xiao Bai she had raised for over ten years had been Evil Fire by a wild boar.
He harbored intense hatred for Wang Hao!
"Huh? What are you eating?"
Dingyi, whose Evil Fire with desire, suddenly noticed Dingzhen taking a pale red flower from the back of a horse and eating it. The flower looked somewhat familiar to her, so she asked her about it out of curiosity.
"Snow lotus! Uncle picked these especially for me. He used eighty-one of them to heal my wounds, and there are still a few left. Senior sister, would you like to try some? Although they're not as delicious as the fiery red ones, they're still quite good, and they'll warm you up nicely!"
As she spoke Dingzhen took out another Heavenly Mountain snow lotus from the bundle on the horse's back and handed it to Dingyi, looking completely unconcerned, as if she were offering him an ordinary dessert.
Dingyi and the other junior sisters around him looked at the Heavenly Mountain snow lotus that Dingzhen handed over, and then at the one that Dingzhen was Dingzhen eating, their faces twitching repeatedly.
When did such a superior quality as the Heavenly Mountain snow lotus come to be used for heating?
Dingyi was no stranger to the medicinal herb Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus. In fact, some places in Mount Heng even had this herb growing there, but those were just ordinary snow lotus, at most with a little bit of pink.
However, the snow lotus petals in Dingzhen's hand were peach- Taohong in color, only one grade lower than the finest fiery red.
Even so, Heavenly Mountain snow lotus of this quality could fetch at least tens of thousands of taels of silver, and even then, it was difficult to find a buyer.
If I heard correctly, this girl just said that she had used a full eighty-one Heavenly Mountain snow lotuses of this quality to save her, and even one top-grade one.
That adds up to at least two or three million taels of silver, plus that rather extraordinary swordsmanship...
Dingyi and the others exchanged glances, their expressions becoming increasingly awkward.
They realized they might have truly wronged an innocent person yesterday. If the other party really harbored evil intentions towards Dingzhen, why would they pay such a huge price?