This Punch Carries Thirty Years of Power

"The Moonlight Vast Cold Scripture contains two accompanying Techniques, one Secret Method, and a Qi-gathering method. The Techniques are a perfect match for my Great Yin Law Power."

"I can also deduce and compare them, to avoid pitfalls in the Cultivation Method, immortal foundation, and Divine Abilities."

"The immortal foundation formed by cultivating the Plain Luminary Supreme Yin Wondrous Instruction is the [Youying Luminary]. It requires two kinds of Great Yin Spiritual Qi to form, which is rare and difficult to fake."

The Miscellaneous Records of the Land of Wu mentioned that most Cultivation Methods required only one corresponding type of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi to set foot on the Dao Path.

Cultivation Methods that required refining two types of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi were rare, and all of them were at least fifth grade.

The Law Power and immortal foundations they produced were far stronger than those of ordinary cultivators.

For example, when he had formed the Azure Origin Wheel, his Law Power had gained a trace of Great Yin power, doubling its might.

If he refined Emperor Flow Serum and Moonlight Yin Qi and became a Qi Refinement cultivator, his Law Power would be true Great Yin Law Power.

"What I still need to be careful about are the other Divine Abilities I'll have to cultivate after forming my Purple Mansion."

He had these doubts because the [Vast Cold Palace], the immortal foundation formed by cultivating the [Moonlight Vast Cold Scripture], did not belong to any of the five Divine Abilities of the [Plain Luminary Supreme Yin Wondrous Instruction].

Since even a third-grade Immortal Method like the [Great Universal Dharma Flower Return to Oneness Scripture] had pitfalls, he had reason to suspect that the [Plain Luminary Supreme Yin Wondrous Instruction] had problems too.

In any case, Great Yin Cultivation Methods weren't expensive right now. Trying more of them wouldn't hurt him, and he could also deduce the fifth-grade Cultivation Method to a higher level.

The higher a Cultivation Method's grade, the more abundant the Law Power it produced. It also came with more Secret Methods and Techniques, giving it a greater advantage.

The [Plain Luminary Supreme Yin Wondrous Instruction] had two Secret Methods, one more than the sixth-grade [Moonlight Vast Cold Scripture].

Each one mastered increased the chance of advancing to the Purple Mansion by ten percent!

"Two months is enough time for plenty of people to run wild, but they still can't be too brazen about it."

After returning, he had used the Spirit Eye Technique to scan in every direction and make sure no one was on the small island.

He then changed his appearance once more, taking on the guise of "Wu Song," leaped onto the lake, and scooped up a Silver Moon Rainbow Trout.

"Peach Blossom Spring Lake has plenty of spirit fish and exotic beasts. Within ten days, they'll be enough to bring me to the peak of Fetal Breathing, after which I can refine Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi."

He took a pot from his Storage Bag, built a fire on the spot, and boiled the fish, enjoying its unadulterated flavor.

Before long, he had eaten the entire treasure fish, which weighed five or six catties. Only then did he sit cross-legged and refine the spiritual essence of heaven and earth within his body.

On the mudflats by Peach Blossom Spring Lake.

In the shallow water beneath a black-canopied boat floated a man's corpse, its blood not yet dry.

The boat rocked constantly. From inside came a woman's ceaseless pleas for mercy and moans, along with the sounds of a man beating and cursing her.

Two men stood at the bow, chatting and laughing. One was dressed as a scholar, while the other was a fat man in a loose robe.

"Our three brothers didn't lie in wait all this time for nothing. That Xu Fan finally showed his tail."

A smile curved the scholar's lips as he gazed at the islands faintly visible on the lake.

"You're right, big brother."

The fat man held a braised pork knuckle in his left hand and a roast chicken in his right. He took a bite and nodded with a smile:

"We've cleared out all twelve water bandit strongholds on those islands. No one dares show up there, except Xu Fan!"

The scholar unfolded his fan and chuckled. "That Xu Fan was a fisherman, so he knows Peach Blossom Spring Lake best. The last place he appeared was also Peach Blossom Spring Lake, and he even escaped from Mu Yunyang."

"The most dangerous place is the safest place. Sure enough, he came back."

Back then, Mu Yunyang had made his move but returned empty-handed, while the woman accompanying him had been gravely wounded and left at death's door. Everyone knew about it.

As a result, everyone had gained a better understanding of Xu Fan's strength. He should have been at the level of someone who had just entered the Innate realm, or had reached minor accomplishment.

The three of them, the Three Heroes of the Yin Mountains, had all reached Innate Major Accomplishment.

With the seamless coordination they had developed over many years, they had even surrounded and killed Innate Major Accomplishment experts several times!

The fat man took another bite and picked up the conversation, his words muffled. "But Xu Fan has run into us three brothers. With your wisdom, big brother, you already figured out what he was thinking."

"It looks like that Emperor Flow Serum is going to fall into the hands of us Three Heroes of the Yin Mountains."

The scholar smiled and looked inside the boat. "Yuan Er, are you done enjoying yourself?"

"You're even doing a fisherman's wife? Aren't you afraid you'll pick up the smell of fish?"

As his words fell, the boat began rocking harder and harder. A few breaths later, the sounds abruptly stopped.

Crack!

The sound of breaking bones followed. A figure was thrown into the lake and slowly sank.

"Heh heh, big brother, you know I just want to try all kinds of women. It's also to suppress the side effects of my martial art."

A tall, thin man stepped out of the boat. He had a gaunt figure, sunken cheeks, and eyes gleaming with vitality.

He was still pulling up his trousers, looking little different from a street hooligan.

"Your martial arts are good, but the side effects aren't small."

The scholar shook his head.

"One of you can't be happy without a woman, and the other can't stop eating."

"Let's go. Let's take Xu Fan's head sooner rather than later, before Mu Yunyang comes charging back. That kid has a Great Grandmaster helping him in secret."

On an island in the lake.

Xu Fan was eating a treasure fish when his expression suddenly changed. He raised his head and activated the Spirit Eye Technique.

"Three Grandmasters at major accomplishment. Their presences are a little weaker than Mu Yunyang's was last time."

"Looks like I was still discovered after staying in the same place all these days."

For nearly ten days, he had done little besides accumulate Law Power and catch treasure fish and exotic beasts to charge up. He had also mastered a Great Yin Technique.

"Fine. Let Grandpa Xu see just how powerful Yin Sha Mysterious Light is, and how the Golden Sword Talisman, with the full-force strike of an early-stage Qi Refinement cultivator, measures up."

Xu Fan had just gotten to his feet.

In the distance, the black-canopied boat split apart in an instant. Three vastly different figures landed in separate spots, sealing off his escape routes.

"Kid, aren't you going to show your true face?"

Yuan Er's arms hung down to his knees, and he was skin and bones. He looked like an ape that had become a spirit, a truly unsettling sight.

The three looked relaxed, having long since regarded Xu Fan as something already in their grasp.

"How can you be sure it's me?"

Xu Fan stopped hiding and changed back into the delicate-featured youth he truly was, voicing the question on his mind.

He had avoided people whenever he could these past few days. No one should have discovered him.

"These days, there aren't any other living people on the islands in Peach Blossom Spring Lake. Who else could dare show up here but you?"

Yuan Er chuckled.

Even if it wasn't him, they would only be killing one extra person. They could simply keep waiting.

Fortunately, as they had expected, Xu Fan had indeed returned to Peach Blossom Spring Lake to hide.

"Second brother, why waste words on him?"

The fat man stared at Xu Fan and licked the grease from his face, a hunger already plain to see.

"Let's hurry up and take this kid together. I want to eat those legs of his."

The higher the cultivation, the more benefit he gained, and the longer he could go before getting hungry again.

Xu Fan looked fair and tender. He would surely have a flavor all his own.

"Let's strike together."

The scholar stepped forward, cyan True Qi swirling around him.

"You want to kill me?"

"This punch carries thirty years of power. Can you withstand it?"

Xu Fan gave a cold snort, stepped half a pace back, and made as if to unleash a punch.

"You're only eighteen or nineteen. Where did you get thirty years of power?"