Fellow Daoist, I gladly accept this heaven-defying opportunity.

The woman in palace attire frowned slightly, reached out and took Asang's hand, and in one step she leaped into the air.

A flash of light appeared in her hand, and she tossed something else at Xu Mofeng—a piece of jade shimmering with a dark golden luster.

"Considering your deep affection for this girl, this martial arts technique is my compensation. I'm taking her with me."

Xu Mofeng didn't even glance at the jade piece on the ground before suddenly calling out, "Senior, may I ask your name and origin?"

The woman was taken aback, then a look of amusement and exasperation crossed her face: "What? You think you can come looking for me here?"

Xu Mofeng didn't speak, he just stared intently at her.

The woman said indifferently, "Telling you won't hurt. I am the Holy Lord of Yaoguang, a blessed land in Kunlun, Central China. If you work hard enough, you might have another chance to hear this name from others in this lifetime."

"The Central Plains... the blessed land of Kunlun, is that right?"

Xu Mofeng muttered to himself, "I've got it."

Then he shouted at the top of his lungs towards the sky, "Ah Sang, wait for the young master to come and get you!"

With tears streaming down her face, Asang nodded at him with all her might.

The woman in palace attire shook her head, turned and left with Asang, disappearing into the horizon in a flash.

The moment the two disappeared, the familiar system notification sound finally rang in his mind.

[Congratulations, host, on successfully transforming your destiny! You have received the following reward: Spirit Body Advancement Pill x1]

Xu Mofeng let out a long sigh of relief, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but turn up.

Asang's emotional bond has finally been fully formed.

He picked up the dark gold jade piece from the ground.

It's rumored that only cultivation techniques of Earth Rank or higher are sealed within jade tablets. Could it be...?

A look of anticipation flashed in Xu Mofeng's eyes as he probed the jade piece with his divine sense.

In an instant, a technique was clearly imprinted in his mind.

"The Purple-Gold True Qi, a mid-grade Earth-rank cultivation technique!"

Xu Mofeng took a deep breath, his face showing undisguised emotion.

It was actually a mid-grade Earth-rank cultivation technique, and the rarest one at that. He was currently lacking a superior Qi cultivation method, and this "Purple Gold True Qi" would just fill that gap.

Sects in the Tianxuan Continent are divided into nine ranks. Sects like Biyou Sect and Red Maple Valley are only considered the lower three ranks of the eighth rank. Only the upper three ranks of sects are qualified to be called "blessed lands".

Throughout the entire Southern Region, there are very few sects at the Blessed Land level.

As the Holy Master of Yaoguang Blessed Land, the woman held a noble status, so it was not surprising that she casually gave away a low-level cultivation technique.

If even she could obtain a low-level cultivation technique, one can imagine the kind of treatment Asang, whom she treasured and brought back to Yao Guang Blessed Land, would receive.

Xu Mofeng estimated that Asang's cultivation technique must have started at the Heavenly Rank.

"No wonder it's a gold-level opportunity; this is quite a grand gesture..."

Unfortunately, the key opportunity fell on Asang and could not be transferred.

But getting a free Earth-rank cultivation technique and maxing out the affinity bonuses is a huge win.

Given time, Asang will return after successfully cultivating in the blessed land of Yaoguang... The thought of that scene is simply beautiful.

Xu Mofeng checked the system rewards.

[Spiritual Body Advancement Pill: Directly raises any Spiritual-level physique by one level.]

At this moment, he was covered in countless hidden injuries, and his spiritual body was on the verge of collapse. This reward came at just the right time.

Without the slightest hesitation, Xu Mofeng tilted his head back and swallowed it directly.

As the elixir entered his body, a surge of spiritual energy erupted instantly, its power even stronger than that of the underwater stone tablet.

Rumbling--

Under the nourishment of spiritual energy, the hidden injuries in the body healed rapidly, a large amount of impurities and blood were expelled from the body, and the spiritual body steadily climbed to a higher level.

Meanwhile, high in the sky.

Yao Guang Holy Lord carried Asang across the sky, the wind howling, and the stars, moon and clouds rushing past them.

For most people in the world, this is a rare and wondrous sight, but Asang's mind was not on this at all.

She clutched the storage ring tightly in her palm, Xu Mofeng's image constantly flashing through her mind, her eyes filled with worry.

Seeing her like this, the Holy Lord Yaoguang couldn't help but say, "Still thinking about that brat? Don't worry, he won't die."

Asang visibly relaxed upon hearing this, but when she looked at Yao Guang Holy Lord, she still timidly turned her face away.

The Holy Lord Yaoguang felt somewhat helpless, knowing that he had beaten the child too hard and made this precious little darling resent him.

She softened her tone and asked, "What's your name?"

After a moment of silence, Asang replied softly, "Asang."

"A-Sang..."

The Holy Lord of Yaoguang frowned. "How can the future Holy Maiden of Yaoguang be called such a name? From now on, you will take my surname and be called Yin Yueshuang."

To be personally named and designated as the future Holy Maiden by the Holy Lord, and placed in the Central Plains, is an incredible blessing that countless people would never dare to dream of.

But for Asang, it seemed to be far less important than the ring in her palm.

She gave a soft "hmm," her gaze remaining fixed on the ring in her hand, lingering there for a long time.

Yao Guang Saint Lord glanced at the dusty, low-grade storage ring on Asang's fingertip, a sneer curling at the corner of his mouth: "Even the maids who sweep and clean this kind of low-grade stuff would find it beneath their dignity. Once you enter the blessed land, I'll reward you with a ring a thousand times, ten thousand times better. Throw this piece of junk away as soon as possible."

"Even if it were a thousand times better, ten thousand times better, it wouldn't compare to even one ten-thousandth of what you gave me!"

Asang suddenly raised her head, meeting Yao Guang's gaze for the first time, her eyes filled with an unyielding stubbornness like tempered iron.

Seeing this, the Holy Lord Yaoguang felt a bit helpless, and his tone turned serious: "You really don't understand. You are a phoenix on a parasol tree branch, destined to perch under the sun and look down on all living beings; that kid is just a mudfish in a ditch, who knows when he will die out there. You are not from the same world, and there is no possibility of you ever meeting again in this life."

"impossible!"

Asang shook her head resolutely, her tone unwavering: "Young Master said he would definitely come to pick me up! He meant what he said!"

She gripped the ring on her finger, looked up at the deep night sky, as if she could see Xu Mofeng's figure through the clouds.

Yao Guang Holy Lord sighed inwardly, feeling a headache coming on.

But she wasn't flustered at all. This girl had just crawled out of the mud, which was why she would treat a country boy like a treasure.

Once she entered the sacred land of the Central Plains and became the holy maiden admired by all, having seen so many outstanding talents and geniuses at the height of their fame, how could she possibly remember such a passerby?

Time is the most ruthless thing; even the deepest obsession can be worn down to ashes.

As dawn broke and the first rays of sunlight swept across the wilderness, the humanoid blood cocoon on the ground suddenly trembled violently, then exploded with a loud "boom."

A tall, slender figure leaped out, his robes fluttering in the wind—it was Xu Mofeng.

In just one day, his physical body had been completely transformed.

Unlike the bulging muscles of ordinary body-refining martial artists, Xu Mofeng's figure is well-proportioned and upright, with every inch of his muscles containing explosive power, like a perfect masterpiece sculpted by heaven and earth.

This is the power of the spirit, born at the finish line of physical cultivation.

He raised his hand and casually threw a punch into the void.

The fist first left a thin, long black mark as it sliced ​​through the air, and half a breath later, a sharp, piercing sound rang out.

This is an unusual phenomenon that only occurs when the force of a punch compresses the air to its extreme, demonstrating the terrifying power involved.

"The powerful spiritual body broke through to the mid-stage, its strength skyrocketing to the level of a three-dragon, a full 300,000 jin!"

Xu Mofeng looked at his hands, his eyes filled with surprise.

With such power, tearing apart a Foundation Establishment cultivator with bare hands is no different from tearing paper.

"Not only that, the efficiency of spiritual energy absorption has also increased from ten times to fifteen times..."

At this rate, it won't be long before he can break through to the ninth level of Foundation Establishment.

With all his injuries healed, Xu Mofeng looked down at his naked body, not even a piece of cloth left to cover himself, and couldn't help but shake his head and laugh at himself: "Good heavens, I went out loaded with money, but I came back naked and left with nothing to lose."

With the storage ring lost, all the looting by the Xiao family in Chu Jingcheng went down the drain, and even the human-grade longsword was shattered into pieces.

In return, he gained an advancement in his spiritual body and even acquired a mid-grade Earth-rank Qi Refining Technique... He made a killing.

"Now is not the time to switch cultivation techniques. Let's go back to the sect first."

He found a fast horse and rode away, raising a cloud of dust.

Three days later, at the inner sect of the Biyou Sect.

Xu Mofeng took a bath and changed his clothes, washing away the dust of his journey, and then turned around and entered the cultivation room to sit cross-legged.

He took out the dark gold jade piece and began to study the cultivation technique recorded on it.

After reading it through once, Xu Mofeng's eyes lit up.

The Purple Gold True Qi is truly domineering and unparalleled. It can condense the spiritual energy in the body into true qi, and its quality is more than ten times that of ordinary spiritual energy.

Moreover, this true energy is incomparably sharp and possesses extremely strong killing power.

If one truly masters this art, the power of a casual strike can be more than ten times that of an ordinary martial artist.

"This technique is clearly designed for sword and saber cultivators. It seems that the Holy Lord Yaoguang brought it out specifically because she saw me using a saber..."

Xu Mofeng became more and more satisfied with this technique and immediately decided to switch to cultivating it.

Fortunately, he had the foresight to cultivate the attribute-free "Pure Yuan Gong" after reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, so there was no barrier to switching to any other cultivation method.