Am I the only good person in this cultivation world?

"Old friend?"

Xu Huan frowned, his two horizontal eyebrows rising to his forehead.

"What's your name, old friend?"

"This senior is named Xu Yuan, and he is a Core Formation Elder of the Myriad Manifestations Temple in the Binghai Kingdom."

"..."

Xu Huan hesitated, gave Yao Han a meaningful look, and then changed the subject:

"It must be a misunderstanding, fellow Daoist. I do not know any Xu Yuan, nor have I ever been to Binghai Kingdom. I have important matters to attend to in this market and cannot continue our conversation. Please make yourself at home, fellow Daoist."

After saying that, Xu Huan turned around, strode forward, and disappeared into the crowd.

"What did Brother Yao say to this person?"

Zhou Yunli realized that they had just been communicating telepathically.

"I just felt he looked somewhat like an old friend. Maybe I'm mistaken."

Yunli nodded:

"I see. But Brother Yao is really generous, spending so many spirit stones for a piece of fire amber..."

"Are you worried that you've run out of spirit stones? Don't worry, six hundred spirit stones are nothing to me."

The two walked side by side, chatting as they went. Before long, they caught up with Zhiyu and Ailan, who were holding a handful of freshly baked, hot pastries in their arms. They were stuffing them into their mouths with gusto, their hands and faces glistening with oil.

"Brother, this silverfish... hiccup. This silverfish cake is delicious, you should try it!"

Yao Han greeted Song Zhiyu, then waved his hand in refusal.

"Why not put it in a storage bag? It's too much trouble to carry it by hand."

"Oh right, I forgot, hehe."

Yao Ailan stuck out her tongue, put the food in her hand into her storage bag, tilted her head and thought for a moment, then stumbled over a cleansing spell to dry her hands.

"This place is great, there's food and fun to do. Brother, why don't we just stay here with Sister Zhiyu and the others?"

Yao Han rubbed his forehead, thinking to himself, "Can't we be a little more successful?"

"Sister Lan'er, you're mistaken. As the old saying goes, people strive for higher positions. If you want to go further on the path of cultivation, it's best to find a powerful backer. Since your brother has a way to enter the Water Moon Palace, you must seize this opportunity. Putting aside everything else, the Foundation Establishment stage alone is difficult enough to stump countless Qi Refining cultivators. But if you enter one of the Six Sects, with your talent, as long as you cultivate diligently, you will definitely achieve great things in the future."

"Why don't we have to worry about Foundation Establishment once we join one of the Six Sects?"

"Because of the Foundation Establishment Pill," Zhou Yunli added from the side.

"For cultivators to establish their foundation, Foundation Establishment Pills are essential. The formula for the pill is relatively easy to obtain, but the materials needed to refine Foundation Establishment Pills have always been controlled by powerful clans. Ordinary rogue cultivators have no chance to even see them, and they are extremely rare, worth a fortune."

Yao Han nodded in agreement.

Actually, there was another reason why he was in a hurry to establish his foundation: his lifespan.

Qi Refining cultivators have a lifespan of a little over a hundred years; Foundation Establishment cultivators can live to around two hundred years old; Core Formation cultivators have a lifespan of four or five hundred years; and Nascent Soul cultivators can even live to a thousand years old.

Before the reconstruction, he was over 120 years old; now he is approaching 130.

Everyone knows that possession can give one a second chance at life, but they don't know that the lifespan of the person who possesses the body will not be reduced to zero. Although they may seem vigorous now, they may suddenly become weak and old one day.

This is not an exaggeration. The reason he can maintain his youthful appearance is because his cultivation is progressing very quickly, and he also has the help of elixirs and the Dragon Qi Technique. In other words, he is supported by his rapidly increasing blood and magical power.

However, if he cannot break through to the Foundation Establishment Realm as soon as possible and lingers in the Qi Refining Realm for too long, he will face the fate of dying of old age.

Based on his own assessment, he estimated that he would have about three to four years left to reach his limit. If he still couldn't establish his foundation after four years, then no amount of Foundation Establishment Pills would be able to save him.

However, Yao Han never told Lan'er about these things; he kept them to himself.

"I see... Well, when I break through in the future, I'll get a few more so that you two can also reach Foundation Establishment. That way, we'll both be Foundation Establishment cultivators."

Song Zhiyu smiled and stroked Ai Lan's head:

"Alright. But that will have to wait until you've established your foundation first."

Yao Ailan nodded seriously:

"I can do it!"

Jiuyin Market was extremely large. The group spent the entire day exploring it, but only managed to see one-fifth of it. As evening approached, they found an inn to rest for the night.

Knowing they would soon be separated, the little girl insisted on sleeping with Zhiyu, so Yao Han booked three rooms: one for the two of them, and one each for him and Yunli.

Upon entering the guest room, Yao Han closed the door, sealing it completely, and then took out countless talismans and pasted them on the four walls.

There were no ordinary people coming and going in Jiuyin Market. In fact, some small soundproof and spirit-purifying magic arrays were set up in this guest room, but Yao Han always felt that they were not very reliable.

Having taken full precautions, he sat cross-legged in the center of the ground, pondered for a moment, and then took the piece of Earth Fire Amber that he had bought for six hundred spirit stones into his hand.

The small, round fire amber was held between my fingers, reflecting a faint orange light under the lamp.

He probed the stone with his divine sense, but it passed right through and he found nothing.

The room was eerily quiet, except for the constant, vibrant pulse of vital energy within the body.

After observing for a long time, Yao Han no longer hesitated. He instructed Xiao Yuan to stand guard from the side, took out a cold, long sword from his storage bag, and held it in mid-air.

Earthfire amber is not a particularly hard mineral; with the sharpness of a high-grade magic weapon, it is more than enough to split it open.

He moved very carefully, pressing the blade against the surface of the amber, slowly lowering it, and intently watching the increasingly deeper cut.

Time passed slowly, but Yao Han did not slack off for a moment. Just when the blade was about to penetrate halfway into the fire amber, a sudden change occurred!

A long cry suddenly rang in his ears, like the neighing of horses and the roar of tigers, or like a sudden storm, shaking Yao Han's sea of ​​consciousness!

From within the fiery amber crack, a dazzling, multicolored glow suddenly rose, followed by a tiny red shadow that flashed past and was about to fly out of the house!

Yao Han reacted quickly, throwing out several talismans for sealing, but the red figure ignored them and broke through the talismans in an instant.

"Obuchi!"

Yao Han gave a silent shout, only to find that Xiao Yuan, who was usually very reliable, was now prostrate on the ground, trembling. It was not that it intentionally disobeyed its master's command, but rather that the oppressive aura emanating from the red figure made it instinctively feel afraid.

This is a fear that comes from the depths of one's blood!

Yao Han reacted extremely quickly. Since the talisman was ineffective, there was probably nothing in the room that could stop it. So he suddenly leaped up from the floor, used the Dragon Control Palm, and reached out to grab it!

White mist and golden light flared up from his palm. This time, he finally succeeded and saw the blood shadow clearly.

With a horse's head and a snake's tail, and the length of a scaled insect, its entire body was bright red with five ferocious claws. Its slender, snake-like body twisted and struggled in his palm, causing golden-white spiritual light to flash continuously. He had to use all his magical power to barely suppress it.

Feeling the fluctuations of true qi within his body, Yao Han, who had memorized the "Dragon Qi Prosperity Technique," immediately drew a conclusion—

This is a drop of true dragon blood!