After Zhang Yan swallowed the Xuanzhu, he imdiately sat down to operate his cultivation and begin refining it.
Inside the cave mansion, Luo Xiao paced around a few tis. Her gaze fell on Du You, recalling that when this man collapsed earlier, he seed to want to take sothing out. This sparked her curiosity.
She walked over to Du You’s side, bent down, and searched him for a while. From his sleeve, she pulled out a Qiankun Pouch.
"Hmph, I’ve heard that the Du Family’s influence spans across three major sects in the East Splendor Continent. As expected, they are indeed extravagant—actually using a Qiankun Pouch for a disciple who hasn’t even opened his ridians yet."
The Qiankun Pouch is a Dharma Treasure belonging to Xuann sect practitioners, typically used to store personal items. In a sect, only those at the Ming Qi Stage cultivation level or higher, and who have made significant contributions, are eligible to receive it. Even the Xuan Guang Stage disciple she had killed before didn’t possess one, yet here Du You—without even having opened his ridians—already had one.
She rummaged through the pouch. Initially, she didn’t have much hope, rely thinking she might find so elixir pills and console herself, but what she discovered truly surprised her.
First, she pulled out a jet-black inkstone, then she found a Cloud Pattern Red Pen.
She exclaid in astonishnt, "Huh, could this be that scoundrel Du De’s ’Soul-shattering Inkstone’ and ’Proclamation Pen’?" She kicked the unconscious Du You with hatred, spitting contemptuously, "Pah, lucky for I acted quickly—otherwise, I might’ve fallen prey to you, brat."
She toyed with the Dharma Treasures for a while, a sly grin forming at the corner of her lips. "Who would’ve thought this brat had actually refined these two treasures? Hmph, such precious treasures in soone else’s hands would make hesitate to seize them, but you—a re child who hasn’t even opened his ridians—are a different matter altogether."
With a rough swipe of her hand, she brutally erased the remnants of Du You’s blood and essence on the two Dharma Treasures, rendering them ownerless. Although this action would slightly reduce their power, she didn’t care. As long as they could be of use to her now, she could refine them again later.
"With these two treasures in hand, if I were to fight Du Bo, even if I couldn’t defeat him outright, I could at least retreat safely."
After storing the two Dharma Treasures, she resud her exploration of the Qiankun Pouch, only to uncover yet another surprise. "Huh, a Cloud Perching Flying Boat? What a fine item!"
"Wuxuan Golden Dagger? In your hands, it’s truly like casting pearls before swine!"
"Great Origin Pills? And so many of them? What a generous young brat..."
"This is... Evil Salt Powder... Pah!"
Luo Xiao, as if disgusted by the thought of touching sothing filthy, tossed a package of dicine powder to the side. She continued rooting through the pouch, extracting a ssy array of items and eventually pulling out a stack of Daoist Books. Her gaze settled on one particular book.
"Taiyin Golden Book?"
Luo Xiao was taken aback. This was an extrely famous cultivation thod among human cultivators. It was said that once mastered, even at the Ming Qi Stage one could dissolve tal and forge it into swords. If cultivated all the way to the Xuan Guang Stage, the Xuan Guang emitted from one’s body could rival Flying Sword Magic Treasures.
This ti, Du You had co to Open ridians, ensuring a foolproof preparation: Daoist Books, elixir pills, magic artifacts—none were lacking. The Taiyin Golden Book, in particular, was sothing his mother Du Luo had painstakingly requested from a renowned elder using many of the Du Family’s connections.
Du You treasured this Daoist Book, gifted to him by his mother before his departure. He kept it close to him at all tis.
Luo Xiao glanced at Zhang Yan, who was now deeply imrsed in ditation, and chuckled slyly. She remarked, "Daoist Zhang, this Young Master Du certainly has been generous toward you. Even I, this humble maiden, am envious of your fortune. This is a Ming Qi Stage cultivation thod only suitable for upper middle-grade ridian types. It’ll depend on whether fate grants you the opportunity after you open your ridians this ti."
Zhang Yan was now completely sealed off from perceiving the external world, paying no attention to Luo Xiao’s words.
The cultivation thod recorded in the Xuan Yuan Inner Secrets was exceptionally perilous. Even though Zhang Yan had carefully practiced it using the Broken Jade beforehand, he still didn’t dare let his guard down. He cautiously guided the Qi chanism through his ridians.
Once the Xuanzhu entered his abdon, a cool current like eternal ice sank into his dantian, chilling and contracting the blood vessels in his limbs and bones, sending frosty energy directly to his crown. Shortly thereafter, the Xuanzhu yielded a wave of scorching heat that flowed downward from his chest to his abdon, surging to the soles of his feet.
The two streams of Qi Veins—one Yin and one Yang—occupied opposite ends of his body. Instead of originating from a common source, they seed like opposing forces, locked in a stalemate, each encamped on its own side.
Zhang Yan understood that this was because the Xuanzhu, ford from the union of two Shell Kings, hadn’t yet reached its Perfect Realm. However, this was precisely the ti it was most suitable for swallowing—if delayed even slightly, the Yin and Yang would rge and the Shell Prince would break out from the pearl, and then all hope would be lost.
The first step in Opening ridians required careful guidance to unify the two streams of Qi Veins, ensuring that the essence within the Xuanzhu would be fully absorbed and utilized.
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