Chapter 1

{There is still a message from Xiao Long at the beginning, as well as some arrangements and activities for new books. You can check it out if you have time.}

Xiaoming stood at the classroom door, took a deep breath, and firmly gripped the secret letter from his mother.

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Lingfeng slowly opened his eyes and looked around, finding himself lying in a rather shabby and unfamiliar room. However, the rich spiritual energy around him invigorated his spirit. "Could it be that those old immortals succeeded, and I really returned to a thousand years ago..."

"Screech—"

At this moment, a slightly shrill sound came from the front. Following the sound, he saw a girl of about fourteen or fifteen years old, holding a bowl of steaming white soup, walking in from outside.

The girl's clothes were washed to a pale color, with a few patches on her shoulders and cuffs. Her appearance was bright and lovely, but her body was somewhat thin, and her complexion was not good.

However, Lingfeng could clearly feel that she was practicing a rudimentary cultivation method.

When the girl approached and saw that Lingfeng was awake, she couldn't help but smile happily: "You're finally awake. Do you know, you've been unconscious for three days? I thought you wouldn't wake up. Quickly, drink this meat soup first."

As she spoke, the girl quickly handed the bowl to Lingfeng.

As she got closer, Lingfeng clearly saw her face and was taken aback.

Because her appearance was somewhat similar to his sister, whom he might never see again, especially her eyes, which were clear and bright, almost identical.

Thinking of his sister and family, his heart couldn't help but ache.

Not only could he not return to Earth, but even after coming to this world and experiencing another穿越 (time travel), the situation was so complicated that it was almost impossible to see those relatives again.

Every time he thought about this, Lingfeng felt very depressed. He sighed, took the bowl from the girl, said thank you, and drank the soup in one breath.

At this moment, his body was severely depleted and needed a large amount of nutrition to replenish it.

After drinking, he looked up and saw the girl licking her lips and swallowing saliva at the bowl in his hand.

Lingfeng's heart stirred. Looking at her worn clothes, he instantly understood that this soup was probably something this family rarely ate.

Lingfeng couldn't help but feel moved and resolved to repay the girl's life-saving grace in the future.

After thinking for a moment, Lingfeng asked the girl, "What year is it now in the Tianwu era?"

If those old immortals succeeded, then he should have returned to a thousand years ago, around the year 2000 of the Tianwu era.

The girl clearly paused, then touched Lingfeng's head and compared it with her own, frowning: "There's no problem. This year is 3228 of the Tianwu era. It's really strange, how could you not know this?"

Lingfeng was instantly stunned. The year when those old immortals set up the world-shattering array and forcibly opened a spatial tunnel was 3098 of the Tianwu era. This meant that he didn't return to a thousand years ago but to 130 years in the future.

But how could the rich spiritual energy be explained, which was a concentration that was unimaginable at that time?

Lingfeng hurriedly asked the girl, "Isn't the spiritual energy in this era already scarce? How can there be such a strong spiritual energy fluctuation?"

"You don't know? Over a hundred years ago, the sages of the Wu Dao holy city, Tianfeng City, used a world-shattering array to open a spatial tunnel, hoping to seek a glimmer of hope for Wu Dao. Unfortunately, they failed, and Tianfeng City was instantly destroyed by the terrifying force that descended from the sky."

"However, after that, the spiritual energy in the world underwent a great reversal. Today, the spiritual energy is no longer scarce. Unfortunately, Tianfeng City was destroyed, and a large number of Wu Dao secret texts were also destroyed along with it..."

At this point, the girl couldn't help but clench her fists: "If I could get a middle-grade human-level Wu Dao text, I would have a chance to advance to the third level of human Wu Dao. Then, I could go out of the city to fight some small demon beasts, and I wouldn't have to rely on farming to barely sustain my life."

"But even a middle-grade human-level Wu Dao text costs a hundred low-grade spirit stones..." At this point, the girl's face showed a strong sense of helplessness.

"A middle-grade human-level Wu Dao text for a hundred low-grade spirit stones? You must be joking." Lingfeng thought to himself.

After all, over a hundred years ago in Tianfeng City, the least valuable thing was Wu Dao texts. A middle-grade human-level Wu Dao text was so worthless that no one would even pick it up if it were thrown on the ground.

At that time, a tree pig could be exchanged for a large number of Wu Dao texts, and even a high-grade Wu Dao text was just worth a bit more food.

However, low-grade spirit stones were extremely precious at that time.

Because the spiritual energy in the world was no longer sufficient to support the cultivation of martial artists, the only thing that could allow them to continue cultivating was spirit stones.

Therefore, at that time, the value of cultivation methods was less than that of spirit stones.

But then he thought, it was no longer over a hundred years ago. The concentration of spiritual energy in the world was comparable to that of thousands of years ago, making cultivation no longer a problem. As a result, the value of cultivation methods naturally increased.

With the disappearance of a large number of cultivation methods along with Tianfeng City, this increase was further amplified.

Understanding this, Lingfeng immediately became elated, as his memory contained a vast number of texts, and even the lowest-grade high-level texts were the worst, with a few celestial-level cultivation methods.

This was because the sages of Tianfeng City, fearing that they would be oppressed in the future due to the lack of powerful cultivation texts, opened the city's scripture hall before opening the spatial tunnel.

Of course, this wasn't the most important thing. The most important thing was how many spirit stones his texts in his mind could be exchanged for in this world...

Moreover, with such a vast "treasure trove," he might even have a chance to cultivate the Four Holy Diagrams.

The Four Holy Diagrams were the most advanced cultivation method of that time, with no equal. They were the secret and treasure of the Four Holy Palace, the strongest force thousands of years ago.

To put it simply, it wasn't a cultivation method and had no specific grade, but no one could deny that it was an extremely mysterious secret technique.

It was divided into four parts: Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise. Because after cultivation, the Four Holy Diagrams would form on the body, it was named the Four Holy Diagrams.

Each diagram had extremely mysterious abilities. Although it didn't directly increase the cultivation speed, it could significantly enhance the cultivator's overall qualities and indirectly increase the cultivation speed, which was extremely miraculous.

Lingfeng obtained the Four Holy Diagrams by chance in a dangerous place, but cultivating this method required the refinement of a large amount of the essence of the five elements.

The essence of the five elements was an extremely rare material, needed for both the refinement of top-grade elixirs and top-grade weapons. Its existence was extremely scarce, and it was always in high demand, even if you had a lot of money, you might not be able to buy it.

Even a superpower like the Four Holy Palace could only supply two or three people to cultivate this method, including the palace master himself.

For ordinary people, even if they obtained this cultivation method, they wouldn't have the money to cultivate it.

Although the cost of cultivating the Four Holy Diagrams was extremely high, once it was completed, the Four Holy Diagrams would merge with the body, creating a wondrous effect, and could even allow one to reach an extremely high realm.

It was rumored that when martial artists reached an extremely high realm, they could possess the terrifying power to destroy the heavens and the earth. Perhaps one day, he could use this power to break through the void and return to Earth.

Thinking of this, Lingfeng couldn't help but take a deep breath. Although he was extremely excited, he tried to appear indifferent and asked, "If it's a high-level Wu Dao text, how many spirit stones could it be exchanged for?"

"High-level? That's not something ordinary people can have. It's almost all controlled by major families. I can't say exactly how valuable it is, but I think no one in Xiangyang City can afford it. You'd have to go to a larger human settlement." The girl, noticing Lingfeng's excited expression, quickly reminded him, "Don't get too excited, your wound might reopen."

"I'm fine!" Lingfeng had already forgotten the pain in his body and hurriedly asked, "By the way, I just heard you say something about going outside the city to fight small demon beasts. What's that about?"

Lingfeng was eager to understand the current situation, as there was a gap of over a hundred years in his memory, which made him feel like something was missing.

Moreover, in his memory, ordinary animals were very rare outside the city a hundred years ago, let alone powerful demon beasts that could match martial artists.

"After the destruction of Tianfeng City, for some reason, demon beasts suddenly increased in number and started killing people. Some say that the actions of those sages went against the will of heaven, causing us humans to be cursed. I've heard that many people died back then, and now we are forced to live within the city, always worrying about demon beast attacks."

"Moreover, those demon beasts can self-cultivate and evolve like humans. If those cultivation texts hadn't disappeared with Tianfeng City, we wouldn't be in this situation, and my parents wouldn't have... sigh!" The girl's voice choked up, and a look of pain appeared on her face.

After a few more words, Lingfeng learned that the girl's name was Sun Xiaoying. After sending Xiaoying away, Lingfeng immediately began to check his condition.

Not checking was fine, but his body had suffered severe damage, with countless broken tendons and meridians, and the true qi in his dantian was almost depleted.

"Fortunately, this guy is still here." Lingfeng immediately looked at his chest, where the green dragon-shaped pattern still existed. His heart stirred, and the dragon-shaped pattern responded, moving slightly.

Then, the dragon-shaped pattern actually detached from Lingfeng's chest, transforming into a palm-sized green snake, which was quite bizarre.

This was the first diagram of the Four Holy Diagrams, the Azure Dragon Diagram. The Azure Dragon belongs to the wood element, and cultivating this diagram requires a large amount of wood essence.

When he obtained the Four Holy Diagrams, he also obtained some wood essence. After refining it according to the method recorded in the Azure Dragon Diagram, he obtained this item.

Although it was formed from wood essence, it had a physical form and could recognize objects, like a living creature, which was extremely miraculous.

It could both reside inside the host's body and live outside the host's body.

When inside the host's body, it could absorb the wood element spiritual energy from the world at any time and convert it into unattributed spiritual energy, which it then injected into the host's body, increasing the host's cultivation speed.

When outside the host's body, it could live and eat like a regular animal, and the energy it obtained would be returned to the host, enhancing the host's soul and vitality.

After all, the soul and vitality were very important for a martial artist.

Especially the soul, the stronger the soul, the deeper the understanding of the world, and at a certain level, one could directly draw spiritual energy from the world to increase cultivation.

Without mentioning other things, just the fact that the Azure Dragon could enhance the host's soul demonstrated its preciousness.

Unfortunately, the wood essence he obtained back then was very rare, resulting in a low level for the Azure Dragon.

However, with this opportunity now, he believed that as long as he had time, he could cultivate the Four Holy Diagrams to their ultimate level. Then, breaking through the void and returning to Earth to see his family would no longer be a dream.

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