Chapter 8

Hearing Sun Jiuyang say this, Zhaoming hesitated and did not speak.

It wasn't a problem to tell Sun Jiuyang about those two cultivation techniques, after all, he still didn't know how to practice them.

The Spirit Calming Technique is a mental cultivation technique. Acao once said it was the hardest type of technique to learn. He himself didn't even know how to start with ordinary techniques, let alone the Spirit Calming Technique, which was even more difficult.

The Great Furnace Body Refinement Technique was even more outrageous, involving the destruction of the Golden Core and the Nascent Soul. Although Zhaoming wasn't very familiar with cultivation, he still knew what the Golden Core and the Nascent Soul were.

They were the lifelines of cultivators. Once damaged, the consequences could range from a significant loss of strength to direct death. He even suspected that the Pangu statue had given him this technique to trick him into committing suicide.

If he could exchange these two techniques for a normal one suitable for his cultivation, it wouldn't be a problem. However, Sun Jiuyang gave off an eerie vibe, and even if he told him, he might not keep his promise.

Seeing Zhaoming hesitate, Sun Jiuyang smiled slightly, "Ah, forget it. I was just testing your sincerity. If you don't trust me, that's fine!"

He then took out a map and said to Zhaoming, "Look carefully, this is a map of the entire Primordial Continent!"

Zhaoming didn't understand what he meant, but he still leaned in, and Xiu Luo also moved closer.

Sun Jiuyang pointed to a place on the map and said, "We are here, in the True Dragon Territory. It's full of swamps. In the past, it was the domain of the scaled beast races, but now it mostly belongs to the Witch Race."

He then pointed to the northwest part of the map, "This is the Abyss Demon Realm. However, the southern part has become the territory of the Witch Race, while the northern part belongs to your beast races. But your beast races only have this small area on the Primordial Continent."

"Here? Here? What's this?" Xiu Luo suddenly interrupted, pointing to the bottom of the map.

Sun Jiuyang glanced at it, "This is Phoenix Ridge. In the past, it was the domain of the avian beast races. Now, half belongs to the Immortal Race, and the other half to the Witch Race. This is Juye, which was the domain of the terrestrial beast races. Now, it all belongs to the Witch Race."

"Was... all of this our beast races' territory in the past?" Zhaoming was stunned.

Just now, Sun Jiuyang casually pointed to areas that covered three-quarters of the Primordial Continent. Such a vast territory belonged to the beast races, which made him suddenly recall what Acao had said.

"Our beast races are actually very strong, stronger than any other race."

That wasn't just comforting words; it was true. The beast races had once been this powerful.

"Because the Emperor disappeared, our beast races started to fight among ourselves and began to decline. If the Emperor could return, our beast races would definitely be as strong as before!"

Where is the Emperor? Zhaoming's heart ached as he couldn't help but ask, "Does our beast race have a very powerful Emperor?"

Sun Jiuyang was taken aback, not understanding why he suddenly asked this. After a moment, he seemed to recall something and nodded, "Yes, your beast race once had the most powerful Emperor in this world, one even stronger than Hongjun!"

"Where is our Emperor? Where did he go?" Zhaoming asked.

Sun Jiuyang shook his head, "I don't know! I won't say more. Look carefully, this is now your beast race's territory. You two, follow this path."

He then pointed to the northeast, "In that direction, you can reach there. Although it's not completely safe, it's definitely safer than other places."

"You? Aren't you going with us?" Zhaoming quickly asked.

Sun Jiuyang shook his head, "No, I have other matters to attend to."

"I'm willing..." Zhaoming was about to say he was willing to exchange the techniques taught by the Pangu statue, but Sun Jiuyang still shook his head, "No need, that technique is not something ordinary people can handle."

He then smiled at the two, "Take care. Remember, don't give up. Your beast race's Emperor will return, and when that happens, your beast race will once again be the strongest race in the world, with no one able to match you."

Without waiting for the two to say anything more, he mounted the gray crane and soared into the sky.

"Hey!" Zhaoming immediately shouted loudly, but it was too late. The gray crane and Sun Jiuyang turned into a streak of light and disappeared into the sky. Unfortunately, the two were too low in cultivation to even fly, let alone chase after him.

"Brother, what do we do now?" Xiu Luo asked. Both were picked up by Acao, though they were not of the same beast race, they were like true brothers. Usually, Zhaoming made the decisions, and Xiu Luo just followed.

What to do... Zhaoming was also at a loss. Although the map from Sun Jiuyang showed that the distance from here to the beast race's territory wasn't far, the journey would definitely be dangerous. But if they didn't go in that direction, he didn't know where to go.

"Let's go to the place that senior mentioned!"

No matter what, that place was inhabited by the beast races, which was better than wandering aimlessly.

Just as the two were about to climb down from the tree, they suddenly felt the jade pendant on their chests heat up, followed by a strange mist emanating from it. They were startled and anxious, not knowing what was happening.

A moment later, a figure emerged from the mist, with pointed ears and a fluffy tail, clearly a fox.

"Acao!" Zhaoming's heart raced. Who else could it be? Xiu Luo also exclaimed, and the two immediately rushed over, hugging her, tears of joy streaming down their faces.

"Acao, you're alive! You scared me to death!" Xiu Luo said loudly.

Acao huffed, "You just thought I was dead, so no one would take care of you, right?"

Zhaoming quickly shook his head, "No, no..."

In the past, he might have felt that Acao was too strict, but now he no longer had such thoughts. If he had always listened to Acao and not run around recklessly, he wouldn't have been pursued by Zhu Hong, and things wouldn't have turned out the way they did.

Now that Acao had come back to life, he wished she could take care of him for the rest of his life.

Some things, because they were too familiar, were not appreciated as happiness. Only when they were lost did one realize what pain truly was.

Acao sighed, "Unfortunately, I couldn't defeat that person, or I wouldn't have ended up like this!"

"Like this?" Zhaoming was puzzled and quickly asked, "Aren't you fine now?"

Acao glared at him, "How could I be fine? My physical body is severely damaged. This form can't last long. Unless I have a miraculous elixir or a world-renowned technique, I'll have to stay in the jade pendant for the rest of my life."

"Then we'll find a miraculous elixir!" Xiu Luo immediately said.

Miraculous elixirs, Zhaoming immediately thought of the process Sun Jiuyang used to heal Xiu Luo. The pill he casually used made Xiu Luo fully recover, and he immediately exclaimed, "Senior Sun Jiuyang must have it. We'll ask him for it."

Acao frowned, "Ask? Miraculous elixirs aren't that easy to obtain. Do you think people will just give them to you?"

Zhaoming insisted, "He will, he will. He's a good person. I'll exchange the techniques taught by the Pangu statue with him. I can't practice them anyway!"

"What techniques? Tell me, don't get tricked!" Acao asked.

Zhaoming nodded and carefully recounted the techniques in his mind to Acao. These were the techniques taught by the Pangu statue, perhaps world-renowned techniques. If Acao practiced them, she might recover without needing a miraculous elixir.

The Spirit Calming Technique is a mental cultivation technique. In Zhaoming's view, it was somewhat similar to intimidation, using mental power to impact the target mentally, capable of damaging the opponent's soul and consciousness, which are related to mental power.

When cultivated to a high level, it could even attack the opponent's soul, killing them silently and without a trace.

However, the requirements for cultivating this technique were very high. First, one needed extremely strong mental power, which only mental power geniuses could achieve. Zhaoming didn't know the extent of his own mental power, but he thought it would be very difficult.

Second, when using it, one's mental power had to be stronger than the opponent's, or it would backfire, and the one injured would be oneself. However, once this technique could be cultivated, the effect on mental power improvement was enormous, at least surpassing cultivators of the same realm.

The Spirit Calming Technique was difficult but not impossible to cultivate. However, the Great Furnace Body Refinement Technique was almost suicidal.

This was a cultivation method that treated the body as a celestial furnace for refining. The first step was to shatter the Golden Core and incorporate the power of fire into the body, making the entire person like a magical treasure.

Introducing fire into the body was the basic step, and only after success could the true cultivation begin.

The entire technique was divided into the Treasure Realm, the Spirit Treasure Realm, the Immortal Treasure Realm, the Mystic Treasure Realm, the Sacred Treasure Realm, the Divine Weapon Realm, and the Supreme Treasure Realm. The Supreme Treasure Realm was further divided into the Post-Heaven Supreme Treasure Realm, the Pre-Heaven Supreme Treasure Realm, and the Chaos Supreme Treasure Realm.

Except for the Chaos Supreme Treasure Realm, each realm was divided into the Initial, Great, and Perfect stages, totaling nine major realms and twenty-five minor realms.

Without mentioning the later realms, just the initial stage, if the shattering of the Golden Core and the introduction of fire into the body failed, the consequences would be dire, and one would be ruined for life.

After explaining all this, Zhaoming seriously said to Acao, "Acao, the Great Furnace Body Refinement Technique is definitely not cultivable. Can you cultivate the Spirit Calming Technique?"

Acao was stunned, "There's such a technique? Tell me again?"

Zhaoming nodded and recounted the entire technique in detail again, worried that any omissions might affect Acao. He almost included the punctuation marks.

"Damn, there's such a technique? Isn't this forcing someone to commit suicide?" Acao said in disbelief.

"I also..." Zhaoming was about to agree, but suddenly paused. Acao never cursed like that.

Suddenly, his head ached, and his vision blurred. When it cleared, he was shocked.

Acao had disappeared, and in front of him was Sun Jiuyang, looking conflicted.