Chapter 27

Alone in the small detached house, Hero was about to guess where Master Turtle had gone to do some hard labor, but then he realized that Master Turtle was no longer in his pocket, having run off to cause trouble somewhere.

Taking advantage of the fact that no one else was around to disturb him, Hero patrolled the small detached house, making the most professional arrangements for this temporary bear den. From now on, if anything inside was moved or if someone entered while he was away, he would be able to detect it.

After making the arrangements, Hero waited quietly in the house for Scorpion to contact him. Since he had successfully infiltrated the Hua family, Scorpion would definitely receive the message. If Scorpion didn't contact him, he wouldn't know what to do next after entering the Hua family.

Hero waited for nearly an hour, but when Scorpion still hadn't contacted him, he sensed something was amiss. He had been betrayed by Dragon Emperor once before. Just as he felt that something was wrong, his phone in his pocket rang.

Hero received a message full of garbled code. This type of garbled code was unique to that organization, changing automatically every hour. Only the intelligence officers and relevant logistics personnel of the organization knew how to decode it.

After his body was reshaped by the Life Transmutation, Hero felt his thinking speed was dozens of times faster than before. What used to take two or three minutes to decode now took just a slight turn of his mind. The decoded message read: "Patiently infiltrate the Hua family and gain the trust of Old Master Hua."

After reading the message, Hero felt an urge to find the person who sent it and beat them up. It was a useless statement that didn't specify what to do after entering.

He wanted to ask about Old Bandit's condition, but he could only be contacted by the organization, and he couldn't reach them. He couldn't help but wonder: "Isn't my partner Scorpion? Why is the one contacting me Shadow?"

He didn't know that from the moment he received this message, he had become cannon fodder for infiltrating the Hua family.

The message didn't reassure Hero. He had never trusted Dragon Emperor from the start, and now he was even more worried about Old Bandit's safety.

Barefoot isn't afraid of those with shoes. He and Old Bandit had already died once. If he was betrayed again, as long as he didn't die, he would make those people pay a thousandfold.

There was no longer any scheme in the world that could trouble him, for he now had nothing.

With nothing to do, Hero decided to meditate and familiarize himself with his new body and soul, which he had received after completing the Life Transmutation that morning.

Hero's divine consciousness carefully observed the changes within his body, getting to know his new form.

After the Life Transmutation, his body was perfectly suited for the Natural Transmutation Dao, showing no signs of artificial alteration, indistinguishable from something naturally created by heaven and earth.

The man who founded the Natural Transmutation Dao truly had incredible skills, able to refine such a miraculous Life Transmutation Pill.

Feeling around aimlessly wasn't a solution; the truth would be revealed through practice.

Hero began to practice the foundational breathing technique. The technique operated according to his will.

The soul imprint in his gourd heart glowed, and the soul of the bear-like figure in the imprint came to life, its dull expression replaced by one of enlightenment as it sat cross-legged within the imprint.

The moment he entered meditation, Hero felt his spirit and flesh merge into one, integrating with nature. Numerous roots extended from his gourd heart, directly penetrating the earth.

These roots, once embedded in the earth, ninety percent of them aggressively implanted themselves into the plants within a mile, turning these plants into his respiratory system for absorbing spiritual energy.

There were no fewer than hundreds of thousands of flowers and plants within a mile, along with various trees used for landscaping, some of which were rare species.

All the plants within a mile were absorbing spiritual energy for him.

The spiritual energy absorbed by the plants was purer, with most impurities filtered out. Although the amount of spiritual energy delivered to Hero's body wasn't large, it was very pure.

Hero had an incredibly greedy gourd heart.

This gourd was a heaven-defying object that devoured nature, so greedy that it even rooted itself into the chaotic time streams of the time exile zone.

Hero vaguely felt that after becoming his heart, the gourd possessed some nascent talents. He could guess the direction of these talents, but when they would fully develop was up to fate!

Fate? Life Transmutation!

Hero only indulged in this thought for a moment before focusing entirely on his practice.

The gourd heart greedily absorbed the pure spiritual energy transmitted by the plants.

In the center of the Hua family's villa complex, in a grand palace-like building, Old Master Hua was meditating, seated in a large purple emblem outlined in 'Purple Secret Silver' liquid.

The purple emblem was inlaid with many 'Thunder Pattern Crystals' that contained natural lightning patterns, each with unique and terrifying lightning power.

Surrounding Old Master Hua in the center of the purple emblem were several blue test tubes. These were not ordinary test tubes but special vessels used by his level of strength for practice. One such vessel was worth as much as a set of superpowered mage's patterned equipment. These vessels contained lightning-flashing liquids.

These liquids were fifth-level ability enhancers refined from the blood of 'Lightning War Eagles,' specifically for use by superpowered war generals like Old Master Hua.

Old Master Hua's soul emblem was a 'Thunderstorm War Eagle' with lightning in its eyes. Using the blood of a lightning beast to refine the ability enhancer was more effective than using lightning pattern crystals, with no side effects or residue.

However, it was several times more expensive than a regular fifth-level ability enhancer.

He was the pillar of the clan, so ninety percent of the Hua family's total resources were invested in him. Just as a pack of wolves needs a wolf king to lead them in battle and intimidate other beasts.

In addition to these crystals and reagents, a crystal ball floated in front of him. This crystal ball was called the 'Heavenly Insight Imprint Ball,' and it imprinted a pattern.

This pattern was one of the ancient patterns imprinted from the broken stele. Anything on the chaotic broken stele that had not been comprehended could not be stored in memory.

Old Master Hua absorbed the lightning energy transmitted by the purple emblem while locking his divine consciousness on the imprint ball, trying to comprehend the pattern.

After a breath, the imprint ball suddenly cracked and exploded in front of Old Master Hua.

The more powerful the pattern, the harder it was to imprint. Compared to the patterns on the chaotic broken stele, the pattern array inheritance obtained by the man who founded the Transmutation Dao was like a beginner's text, far less profound. However, this beginner's text was the foundation for these profound patterns.

Without this beginner's foundation, even the strongest superpowered beings in the world would find it extremely difficult to comprehend the inscriptions and patterns on the chaotic divine stele! Hero didn't realize that he had stumbled upon a treasure. A seed, though small, can grow into a forest. A towering tree, though tall, can no longer sprout a single leaf once it is cut down.

Hero also didn't know that the reason the man who founded the Natural Transmutation Dao could rise from the weakest peak to become a feared existence was that he started from a seed, nurturing it until it grew into a forest.

A seed can absorb all the nutrients from heaven and earth, but a cut-down tree cannot.

"This is the sixty-fifth Heavenly Insight Imprint Ball. I have only successfully comprehended one chaotic pattern, 'Thunder God's Wrath.' I need to go back to that place again." Just as Old Master Hua finished his practice and muttered to himself, he suddenly frowned and looked in the direction where Hero was staying.

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