So decisive?
So kind-hearted?
So trusting of me?
Fang Yu hesitated.
Could it be a trick to lure me into a corner and ambush me?
Yuan Hongxin already strode ahead, leading the way.
Fang Yu hesitated for a moment, then quickly followed.
Let’s see how it goes first.
If something feels off, it’s not too late to escape.
Following Yuan Hongxin, Fang Yu found that there seemed to be no problems.
This path led straight to the hall.
It was the hall where he had smashed a table when he first entered the Martial Arts.
Now, that spot had a new table, and Yuan Hongxin hadn’t asked him to compensate for it, which was nice.
Yuan Hongxin sat above, gestured for someone to come over, and helped retrieve the secret manuals and rewards.
Then he started to talk about family matters with Fang Yu.
Fang Yu couldn’t just let him know everything about his family situation, so he vaguely brushed over it.
Fortunately, Yuan Hongxin didn’t really focus on that either; after they talked about family, the topic subtly shifted. He began to inquire about Fang Yu’s cultivation progress and whether there were parts he didn’t understand.
Of course, there were.
Fang Yu selectively asked some questions.
Unexpectedly, Yuan Hongxin answered everything thoroughly, as if he feared that Fang Yu might not understand, explaining everything in great detail.
A minor issue could be elaborated in such detail, almost as if he was grinding knowledge into powder to pour into his brain.
This puzzled Fang Yu.
Why was his casual mentor being so kind all of a sudden??
Could it be that I’ve always misunderstood Yuan Hongxin?
Is he actually a good person? A good person who occasionally turns into a demon with five thousand lives?
Just when Fang Yu was slightly shaken inside, the person delivering the secret manuals and rewards arrived.
"Yuan Body Hammer Head," one book.
"Yuan Body Protect Heart Bone," one book.
"15 Silver Taels."
"10 Life Essence Concentration Pills, one each day, it will aid your cultivation."
"Also a total of thirty-day supply of soup medicine, specially proportioned by me."
There were quite a few miscellaneous things.
But the most important, naturally, were the two Martial Arts manuals!
The Yuan Body set was just missing these two.
But what stood out the most wasn’t the two Martial Arts manuals, but...
The Life Essence Concentration Pills?
Fang Yu’s mouth twitched slightly.
Looking at the Life Essence Concentration Pill, the size of a goose egg, filled densely with Heart-Piercing Demons.
A rough count, one Life Essence Concentration Pill, contained at least 100 Heart-Piercing Demons.
Ten pills, that’s 1000.
Okay, an evolved form of meat balls, huh?
Meat balls only had one Heart-Piercing Demon, but you packed so many into one Medicine Pill, that’s a lot of effort.
He accepted all the items nonchalantly.
"Thank you, Master, for your reward!"
Thanks must be given, one must keep up appearances.
Right now, Fang Yu didn’t have the confidence to defeat this casual mentor.
"Hmm, go back and cultivate well, come to me anytime if you make progress to claim rewards."
"If there’s anything about cultivation you don’t understand, you can also always ask me."
"And remember to take one Life Essence Concentration Pill a day, don’t forget, it’s greatly beneficial for your training."
"By the way, are you really not interested in me explaining those two Yuan Body Martial Arts manuals? With your talent..."
The cultivation problems raised by Fang Yu were quite elementary.
Entirely fitting Yuan Hongxin’s view of Fang Yu’s cultivation aptitude.
Unfortunately, this guy didn’t have this awareness.
He didn’t stay to ask further questions, but instead took the rewards and quickly left.
"No rush, there will be time in the future."
Yuan Hongxin watched Fang Yu’s departing figure, deep in thought.
Humans have limits.
This limit includes both racial and personal aspects.
The human limit lies at the Wood Realm Peak.
And his, Yuan Hongxin’s limit, stayed at the grass realm.
That was more than a decade ago.
At that time, he was full of vigor and ambition.
How could he accept the reality of his inferior talent?
But sometimes, talent and potential can’t be faked.
Once you hit the upper limit, you just can’t improve anymore.
Even with all your might, you still end up thoroughly defeated.
It was when Yuan Hongxin felt utterly hopeless about life, that he met someone.
Lin Wotian.
The uncle of Lin Wu, the old master of the storeroom.
He proposed a very interesting theory.
That is, humans can break their upper limit.
The precondition is, not remaining a human.
Yuan Hongxin thus learned about the Demon Bloodline and knowledge of spirits.
Having reached his personal limit, to advance further meant seeking transformation.
"The theory Lin Wotian proposed."
"My decade plus of research."
"Aligning Martial Arts, cultivating Demon Eggs, mentoring numerous disciples."
"All for that initial theory."
"Whether humans can simultaneously possess, the power of demons and spirits."
"To complete the research of unity of human, demon, and spirit."
"To become the new sovereign of this world."
Although so many years have passed and the research has only touched the Demon Bloodline part.
But the research path did not deviate, the ultimate goal has always been that ultimate existence.
"At present, the closest to that ultimate form is the Fallen Spirit Demon."
"Fallen Spirit, becoming a demon, possessing composite features."
"And the entire plan’s first step is to mimic the structure of the Fallen Spirit Demon."
"Starting from the human itself, turning the individual into a vessel."
"Integrating flesh with demons, then inviting spirits into the body, sealing the entire body with Bone Armor, self-refining, and thus completing the original concept, a trinity."
It seems simple to say, but in practice, there are numerous difficulties.
Among them, the Cultivation Technique of Bone Armor, the requirement for mental state, is extremely demanding.
But if one can’t cultivate the pure Bone Armor, isn’t mentally strong enough, one doesn’t qualify to bind a [Spirit] of such kind.