Cultivation System: Stronger with Age

After all, ordinary Martial Cultivators can't be compared to me!

However, although this Profound Truth Jade is extremely precious, it's completely useless to me! The amount of True Qi my Life Plate can store is tens of thousands of times that of ten Profound Truth Jades! And this is only for now... When I reach seventy or eighty, who knows how much pure True Qi it will amount to—a hundred thousand times, perhaps several hundred thousand times?

Lin Xuankong was pondering when, beside him, the topknot on Zheng Yunrui's head suddenly perked up.

She widened her eyes, staring at the Profound Truth Jade in Lin Xuankong's hand, which had turned pure white. Her eyes were full of confusion.

"Eh?"

"Brother Mu, you... you... how can you activate True Qi?"

Lin Xuankong was surprised. "Why can't I activate True Qi?"

Zheng Yunrui froze. She carefully sized up Lin Xuankong for a while, a look of realization finally dawning on her face. She nodded repeatedly, the topknot on her head swaying twice.

"I see! Brother Mu, you really know how to joke! It turns out you're not a Fourth Layer Martial Cultivator, not even a Fifth Layer Martial Cultivator. You must be a Martial Cultivator at Sixth-Layer Perfection!"

"Otherwise, how could you have so much True Qi in your body to instantly fill the Profound Truth Jade!"

"Only a Martial Cultivator at Sixth-Layer Perfection, possessing both the Sunflower Water Vein and the Wood Vein, could possibly fill a Grade-Entering Profound Truth Jade instantly!"

She suddenly looked up at Lin Xuankong.

"So, when you entered the cave just now, you weren't using the Heavy Water Spiritual Object to advance? No wonder you came out so quickly! Oh my goodness, a Martial Cultivator at Sixth-Layer Perfection! I, Zheng Yunrui, actually know a Martial Cultivator a full Realm stronger than my own father!"

Lin Xuankong: ...

I didn't say anything, yet you guessed so much! As for the reason I can inject so much True Qi... it's hard to explain for a moment! My Life Plate has the talent to store a large amount of True Qi; I can't just casually disclose this to others!

So Lin Xuankong had to remain silent, neither denying, acknowledging, objecting, nor agreeing.

Zheng Yunrui, on the other hand, stood up, her face full of joy.

"Brother Mu is so powerful, actually a Martial Cultivator at Sixth-Layer Perfection! No wonder you weren't the least bit afraid of that Little Yu King before. With this strength, you're definitely capable of dominating the Great Marsh and the Ba Mountain Secret Realm. Even that Little Yu King might not be your match!"

"How fortunate Yunrui is to have met such a powerful Martial Cultivator like Brother Mu... This... this Profound Truth Jade, please accept it as a gift from Yunrui to commemorate our friendship!"

Zheng Yunrui, her topknot perked up, looked at Lin Xuankong with utter amazement and reverence.

Lin Xuankong: The misunderstanding is getting deeper. I wish I were a Martial Cultivator at Sixth-Layer Perfection right now!

He shook his head and handed the Profound Truth Jade back to Zheng Yunrui. "I can't accept such a precious jade without earning it. It's very important to you; how can I take it so casually!"

After saying this, he didn't wait for Zheng Yunrui to refuse and continued, "I've made some progress in my cultivation and need to test it out. I'm going to take a look around! Please wait here for a moment. When I return, we'll leave this place and go to other Cold Pools. With your map, we should find more Cold Pools and hopefully some more Heavy Water Spiritual Objects. I'll share some with you then!"

With his strength now greatly increased, he was naturally itching to test his various abilities and see how much they had improved!

Zheng Yunrui, dumbfounded, took the jade. When she looked up at Lin Xuankong, he had already vanished into an afterimage, heading into the distance.

As Zheng Yunrui watched his afterimage cover more than ten li in an instant before disappearing into the distance, she was once again somewhat amazed.

Looking down at the two jades of different colors in her hands, she lamented silently: Every time I consume a lot of Demon Flesh, convert it into True Qi, and infuse it several times, the Profound Truth Jade in my hand never turns pure white. Yet Brother Mu only gave it a squeeze, and another piece of Profound Truth Jade turned pure white within ten breaths, completely full! My father, who is at the Late Fifth Layer, is far, far from being able to do this. The difference between people is truly immense!

Brother Mu infused so much True Qi into the jade, yet he's still so vigorous and brimming with True Qi. My guess must be correct; he's definitely at Sixth-Layer Perfection!

Zheng Yunrui's topknot perked up very high; had she really latched onto such a powerful benefactor?

「Less than half an hour later,」

Zheng Yunrui sat by the giant rock at the cave entrance, slowly infusing True Qi into the jade in her hand. Then, she looked somewhat confused towards the sky a hundred miles away.

At this moment, a hundred miles away, the sky was clear and cloudless. Yet, thick bolts of lightning constantly appeared, striking towards the heavens and shimmering brightly.

She thought to herself, The Ba Mountain Secret Realm is indeed different from the outside. This kind of lightning from a clear sky... if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, it would be hard to believe. The crucial point was that such long and powerful lightning bolts couldn't be cast by Martial Cultivators; it could only be a natural phenomenon! My father said that in the Central Divine Dynasty and Boundaryless Mountain, when Great Demons and Demon Kings attempted to break through the Ninth Layer to become Demon Emperors, they might encounter countless bolts of lightning from a clear sky. This phenomenon was referred to as a Demon King's Celestial Tribulation! The scene before me is very similar to the Celestial Tribulation my father described when I was young. Growing up, I thought my father was just teasing me. I never expected that lightning could truly strike from a clear sky! However, there shouldn't be any Demon Kings present in the Ba Mountain Secret Realm... after all, this place contains the Celestial Demon Bone. Demon Kings and Great Demons wouldn't dare enter!

「A few miles away,」

Two Martial Cultivators stood beside a pile of jagged rocks, also looking at the strange clear-sky lightning with astonished faces!

The two men wore green robes and appeared to be around thirty-seven or thirty-eight years old. One of them was Liy Ruoqing, the Master of the Black Tiger Gang's Great Marsh Hall.

At this moment, he clutched a Demon Fox Demon Pearl, frowning as he gazed at the sky a hundred miles away. He said in a low voice, "Second Brother, this lightning is quite strange. Is someone activating a powerful Thunder Technique?"

Liy Ruo Ying, also holding a Demon Fox Demon Pearl, shook his head. "Thunderbolts that span such vast distances and possess such power... even the Sect Leader of the Yin Talisman Sect couldn't unleash them. This is likely beyond human capability; perhaps it's just a peculiar natural phenomenon!"

Liy Ruoqing nodded, then glanced a few miles behind him.

There, two Vice Hall Masters of the Black Tiger Gang, both at the Mid-grade Fifth Layer, were watching over some forty Fourth Layer Martial Cultivators. All of these cultivators had faces tinged with a purplish-black hue, clearly poisoned by Corpse Scorpion Venom.

He withdrew his gaze and said, "We've collected eight drops of Heavy Water Spiritual Objects and over two hundred Zhengyuan Grass plants from these people. With this much Zhengyuan Grass, if we capture a few more Fifth Layer Martial Cultivators, we can consider heading to the Secret Realm Center!"

"Although Second Uncle warned me not to covet the Celestial Demon Bone, it's an ownerless treasure. If there's a chance, we must try for it. If we could truly obtain the Celestial Demon Bone…"

Liy Ruo Ying frowned. "The center area is filled with Poisonous Fog, and most plants and rocks there contain deadly toxins—a kind of poison that even Zhengyuan Grass cannot neutralize. Besides, the Celestial Demon Bone is extremely difficult to refine! With our current cultivation, it's far beyond our reach!"

"What are we afraid of?" Liy Ruoqing said coldly. "We've captured so many Martial Cultivators; let them scout the way!"

"As for refining the Celestial Demon Bone, I have ten thousand pounds of Tier Three Demon Flesh in my Ghost Frog Pouch. We'll set up a Grand Array and force these dozens of Martial Cultivators to refine it together!"

After speaking, he looked towards Zheng Yunrui at the cave entrance a few miles away, turning the Demon Pearl in his hand.

"Second Brother, judging by this woman's appearance and attire, she should be Zheng Yunrui from the Zheng Family Trading Company. The Zheng Family Trading Company, which trades between the Rakshasa Kingdom and Great Xia, has always been immensely wealthy. Although she's only twenty-seven or twenty-eight, thanks to abundant resources and training, her strength is quite formidable; she's already at the Early Stage Fifth Layer!"

"Capturing this Zheng Yunrui might yield more Zhengyuan Grass, and possibly other valuable items! Besides, capturing one more Martial Cultivator will increase our chances of refining the Celestial Demon Bone!"