The Mysterious Phantom gave Zhu Lan enough time to digest the news she had heard.
Subsequently, he added: “You do not need to be so worried. The cultivation technique I am passing on to you is the life’s work of an old friend. She was also a Pure Yin Body, and this technique was created by her; in the future, your cultivation speed will progress by leaps and bounds.”
Hearing this, Zhu Lan calmed down considerably.
She asked the question she cared about most: “Senior, is there any way to tell who has a Pure Yin Body?”
“Ordinary people cannot tell. However, it can be seen by those born with variant pupils or by cultivators who have practiced pupillary arts.”
Zhu Lan’s heart felt a lot better all at once.
According to the novel’s plot, variant pupils and pupillary arts were matters for the later stages of the story, serving as products of the author’s deus ex machina.
She had enough time to cultivate until she reached a level of power that could protect her.
“Thank you, Senior!”
Zhu Lan performed a deep bow with utmost sincerity.
“It is no matter. You should depart now. On your way out, you may take any medicinal pills or spiritual plants you see.”
The Mysterious Phantom issued an order to see the guest out.
Zhu Lan, however, did not really want to leave.
She had not obtained the two most important things yet; how was this different from the content in the book?
Where was her massive Abyssal Sword?
“Senior, please forgive this junior’s greed. This junior heard there is an ancient divine weapon named the Abyssal Sword…”
“That is my personal sword. Little girl, the immortal path is long; do not let a heart of greed arise. My personal sword must be passed down together with the cultivation technique, the Nine Yang Pure Radiant Scripture.”
With a wave of the Mysterious Phantom’s hand, Zhu Lan instantly appeared at an unknown location somewhere outside the Cave Dwelling.
Zhu Lan: ……
Damn it!
She had risked her dignity to shamelessly ask for someone else’s sword, only to be blasted out.
The pills were gone, and the spiritual plants were gone too.
Fortunately, no one else saw it, otherwise she would have suffered a social death.
Although she had not achieved the two goals of this trip, the senior in the cave had still passed down a cultivation technique suitable for her, so the trip was not in vain.
Thank you, Senior!
Inside the Cave Dwelling, the Mysterious Phantom was just about to sink back into slumber when he detected an extremely pure aura of Pure Yang.
“Oh?”
The Mysterious Phantom’s interest was piqued instantly, and with a wave of his hand, he summoned the person outside the Cave Dwelling inside.
“Human junior, it has been ten thousand years since anyone has set foot in this place. I have long since reached the end of my life, and now only a wisp of divine sense remains for the purpose of passing down my cultivation technique, so that it may continue to be carried forward.”
Ye Feng was panting for breath.
After the scenery before his eyes flashed, he heard these words.
He had gambled correctly.
That damn fellow from Earth had actually knocked him unconscious and trapped him in a mountain cave, forcing him to crawl toward the Cave Dwelling bit by bit like a worm.
Now that he was learning the inheritance of an ancient powerhouse today, he would definitely harvest that woman to death in the future.
The Mysterious Phantom passed the cultivation technique to Ye Feng and also gifted him a giant sword that was stabbed into the high throne of the palace.
“My will still remains upon this Abyssal Sword. You must now let go of your divine sense’s restrictions and refine the final seal on the Abyssal Sword; then, this ancient imperial weapon will belong to you.”
The Mysterious Phantom was speaking persuasively, his tone seemingly carrying a hint of impatience.
“Quickly, quickly. I can no longer hold on for much longer. The passage of ten thousand years is about to wash away my final wisp of divine sense until it dissipates…”
Ye Feng hurriedly released the restrictions on his divine sense, touching the sword hilt to allow the remaining will on the hilt to enter his sea of consciousness.
The moment the remaining will entered Ye Feng’s divine sense, a sudden change occurred!
The originally fragmented and weak will suddenly erupted with a magnificent red light and began to frantically attack and plunder the control of Ye Feng’s divine sense!
“Jie jie jie jie! Ten thousand years! For ten thousand years, someone has finally come.”
The Mysterious Phantom erupted with an extremely excited, sinister laugh, his phantom form trembling uncontrollably.
“A Pure Yang Body just like mine, and even an otherworldly soul! Once I refine your divine sense and take control of this shell, I, the Wheel-Turning Divine King, will be unrivaled in the world!”
The Mysterious Phantom finally revealed his sinister true face.
But what he did not expect was that his sudden attack was actually blocked by the Qi Condensation cultivator before him.
“I truly have to thank that fellow clansman who snatched my opportunities. If it weren’t for him, I’m afraid I would have firmly believed everything you said.”
Ye Feng did not panic.
Instead, he was incredibly calm at this moment, as if he had expected this long ago.
Just now, when the phantom asked him to release the restrictions on his divine sense, he had remained cautious; there was no such requirement in the original text.
Ye Feng could not help but think that because of the arrival of the “otherworldly soul” mentioned by the phantom, the development of this world had undergone an incredible change.
Perhaps the Mysterious Phantom felt that an “otherworldly soul” was a great supplement for his divine sense, which caused him to change his mind.
Unwilling to be extinguished from the world, the thought of possession arose.
But of all things, he should not have targeted him.
And specifically, his divine sense.
Ye Feng’s divine sense space suddenly erupted with an even more shocking golden light.
The endless golden light directly wrapped around the Mysterious Phantom’s red light, slowly eroding and devouring it.
“Ah!”
The phantom let out a miserable scream of pain.
“No! How could the divine sense of an otherworldly soul be this powerful! No, this isn’t your divine sense!”
As if he had seen some terrifying existence, the phantom tried to flee Ye Feng’s divine sense space in horror.
But it was too late.
Under the heartless erosion of ten thousand years, not even one-ten-thousandth of the phantom’s strength remained.
With the meager power left, there was simply no way to escape Ye Feng’s divine sense space.
“No, no!”
The phantom let out a final desperate and unwilling sound as his last bit of power remaining in the world was completely ground away.
Perhaps he was not a bad person during his life, and was even indeed an ancient powerhouse of the human race.
The only thought keeping him in the world was to pass down his legacy.
Upon seeing the otherworldly soul inside Ye Feng, he had also seen the hope of reappearing in the world.
Under the weight of immense temptation, the events that occurred in this life turned out to be vastly different from the original novel.
After Ye Feng devoured the Mysterious Phantom within his divine sense, a terrifying aura suddenly erupted in his consciousness, causing the entire Cave Dwelling to become precarious and shaky.
Ye Feng fell into unbearable pain and could not help but cry out.
“Ah!!”
“You kid, you!”
The old man inside Ye Feng’s divine sense space was trembling.
A world-shaking transformation was occurring within Ye Feng’s divine sense space; the divine sense that was originally the size of a lake was expanding frantically until it turned into a vast ocean with no visible end.
What made him feel horrified was that the frantically expanding ocean of divine sense actually had a faint intention of assimilating him.
It wanted to refine him into a part of Ye Feng’s divine sense as well.
Just what kind of thing was sealed within this boy Ye Feng for it to be so terrifying?
At this time, the world outside the Cave Dwelling was also undergoing astonishing changes.
The originally vast space had actually begun to disintegrate and self-destruct inch by inch.
The space shattered, and the ground cracked open to form canyons.
The secret realm was collapsing.
Ye Feng, the source of all this, finally managed to regain consciousness, only to discover that the secret realm, which had not been open for long, was actually about to collapse.
“Go!”
Ye Feng was startled.
With a shift of his divine sense, his figure flickered, and he unexpectedly entered directly into the magnificent palace from before.
This palace seemed extraordinary, as it was not affected by the collapse of the secret realm outside.
Furthermore, with the dissipation of the phantom’s divine sense earlier, the owner of this palace was now Ye Feng.
After the danger was resolved, Ye Feng felt a sense of joy like he had survived a disaster.
Although the plot development was vastly different from the original novel, because of it, he had actually obtained this palace created by an ancient powerhouse at the end of his life.
All the treasures inside belonged to him.