Swordholder

After his initial shock, Lu Chengfeng continued heating up the dishes.

He was chopping meat just now; he's probably going to make soup.

With these thoughts in mind, Chen Yuan licked his lips, suppressed the hunger in his stomach, and focused on cultivating again.

"To begin cultivation from a mortal body, the first step is to open the spiritual apertures within the body and draw in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth..."

"The number of spiritual apertures determines the speed at which the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is drawn into the body."

"The next step in cultivation is to gather spiritual energy in the lower dantian."

"The lower dantian is located one and three-tenths of an inch below the navel..."

"This place... is also called the Sea of ​​Qi."

"The Qi Sea is the furnace of life, where the spiritual energy of heaven and earth absorbed by the spiritual aperture is gathered, ignited and refined, and transformed into magical power."

"Magic power flows through all four limbs and bones, strengthening the physical body and achieving the effect of refining essence into qi..."

"Upon completion of this process, one attains the Dharma Body Realm!"

……

The words Lu Chengfeng had taught him about cultivation flashed through Chen Yuan's mind, and he began to draw upon spiritual energy, which flowed through his limbs and bones, tempering his physical body.

The spiritual energy of heaven and earth flowed into Chen Yuan's body through his 361 spiritual apertures, which are the vortexes of energy, and gathered in his sea of ​​qi.

The spiritual energy churned and erupted in the sea of ​​qi, transforming into three vortexes.

A pitch-black darkness.

A crimson line.

A pure white.

The spiritual energy that was originally absorbed into the body by the cyclone automatically split into three streams upon reaching this point.

A stream of black energy surged into the black vortex.

A stream of red energy surged into the red vortex.

What remained was pure white vapor, surging into the white vortex.

"really……"

Chen Yuan was overjoyed to suddenly be able to see inside his body!

The spiritual energy of heaven and earth has been polluted, making it impossible for human cultivators to cultivate normally. They need to rely on elixirs to purify the demonic and evil spirits.

However, Chen Yuan's body can contain these demonic and malevolent energies.

They were even categorized at the dantian (lower abdomen).

While an ordinary person would be eroded by absorbing it, he remained completely unharmed.

Furthermore, the sun and moon marks on his palms can even devour the demonic and malevolent spirits within others.

This is equivalent to purifying something for someone else!

Chen Yuan couldn't understand why this was happening.

But without a doubt, this is an incredibly extraordinary existence.

This will give him enough confidence to establish himself in this perilous world.

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Time passed slowly.

During his cultivation, Chen Yuan could hear the bubbling sound of soup in the kitchen next door and the aroma wafting over, making it impossible for him to concentrate on his cultivation.

From leaving home at dawn, through the morning and noon assessments, to returning and then encountering the Liu family coming to kill him... Chen Yuan has not eaten anything since.

The blood-red moon has risen, and it is now late at night.

Qingshan Village remained deathly silent; no one dared to speak loudly.

The people here are extremely cold and indifferent, and there is very little interaction between neighbors.

But Chen Yuan felt that the little house was particularly cozy.

Although there was an Uncle Lu who turned into a zombie after death but still retained a sliver of rationality... Chen Yuan still felt warm.

At least, there's a little money-grubber here, an adorable and playful little glutinous rice.

"Sticky rice……"

Chen Yuan had pondered the meaning of the name.

Could it be that Lu Chengfeng deliberately named his daughter Nuomi (sticky rice) to suppress the zombie-like evil aura emanating from him?

"Brother Yuan, dinner's ready."

Just then, Nuomi's excited shouts came from outside, bringing Chen Yuan back to his senses.

He finished his meditation, left the room, and went to the hall.

Although the table had broken in the morning, Lu Chengfeng somehow found a brand new wooden table.

The table was already set with more than a dozen dishes, most of which were hearty dishes that Chen Yuan had packed back from the Liu family.

There was also an extra pot of soup, made from some kind of animal meat, I wonder.

"Wow, Daddy's cooking is the best!"

Nuomi's eyes lit up. She first used her chopsticks to pick up a piece of meat for Chen Yuan and Lu Chengfeng, and then happily picked up a piece for herself.

She couldn't wait to stuff the meat in her hand into her mouth and chew it heartily, soon her mouth was full of oil.

"Little Nuomi, eat slowly, there's plenty more."

Chen Yuan smiled and started eating, but he was even faster, wolfing down his food with the speed of a whirlwind.

"Hmph, if I eat too slowly, you'll eat it all, Brother Yuan!"

Little Nuomi snorted, revealing two small tiger teeth, and snatched food from Chen Yuan like a starving ghost reincarnated.

Lu Chengfeng had no desire for cooked food; he simply watched Chen Yuan and Nuomi devour their meal with a slight smile on his lips.

"Killing the entire Liu family, as well as Director Wang, will surely enrage the garrison commander, who might even send troops from the county to suppress them."

At this moment, Lu Chengfeng suddenly spoke.

Chen Yuan slowed down his movements and looked at him.

"Leaving Qingshan Village tomorrow."

Lu Chengfeng said again.

"Where to?"

Chen Yuan asked curiously, his expression revealing anticipation.

The outside world is vast and incomparable to Wuqiao Town.

Nuomi also raised her little head, her eyes blinking as she stared at Lu Chengfeng.

"We'll talk about it tomorrow," Lu Chengfeng said expressionlessly. After a pause, he added, "Go to bed early after you finish eating."

Chen Yuan and Nuomi nodded emphatically and continued to enjoy their meal.

In less than half an hour, Chen Yuan and Nuomi had finished all the food on the table, and Nuomi even licked the empty plate clean.

Chen Yuan clicked his tongue in amazement. It was one thing that his appetite had increased greatly after he started cultivating, but Xiao Nuomi had eaten so much, yet her belly wasn't bulging at all.

That's really strange.

Could it be because of the evil spirit seed in Nuomi's body?

Chen Yuan narrowed his eyes, his thoughts racing.

Unlike human cultivators, demonic beasts and other creatures benefited from the demonic spiritual energy after the great changes in the world and the appearance of the red moon and black sun. They thrived in this energy and rose rapidly.

Ultimately, they defeated the human cultivators, seized control of the human world, proclaimed themselves gods, established a divine court, and enslaved all living beings.

Below the Divine Court are four ruling nations.

The country where Chen Yuan was located was the Great Xiang Empire.

Xiang refers to the Chinese zodiac animal sign.

The Great Xiang Empire was a kingdom established by the twelve zodiac animals with the support of the divine court.

Therefore, the evil demons believe that the black sun is a demon god, and also their—father god.

As for the red moon, it is an evil god, and also their mother goddess.

However, in this environment where spiritual energy is polluted, some people among the human race will also undergo mutations.

This mutated person will gather demonic spirits or evil spirits in their heart, causing the heart to mutate and become a breeding ground for evil spirits and demonic spirits.

Such a heart is called—the seed of the evil god.

Or perhaps—a demon god spirit.

These two spiritual seeds have a fatal attraction for demonic and evil types of beings.

They will capture those who possess spirit seeds, rip out their hearts, and devour them.

The heart inside Nuomi's body is—the seed of the evil god.

Thinking of this, Chen Yuan felt increasingly heavy-hearted.

However, he didn't show it. After cleaning up the dishes with Nuomi, he returned to his room to continue his cultivation.

He wants to enter the Dharma Body Realm as soon as possible.

As long as you are strong enough, you don't need to be afraid of any monsters or demons that come your way.

……

After dinner, the three of them went about their own business.

Lu Chengfeng has disappeared.

Little Nuomi was counting money in her room, piecing together her fingers as if she were plotting something.

Chen Yuan, on the other hand, was focused on his cultivation.

time flies.

The room was quiet, without a single candle. Only the dark red moonlight shone in through the window, falling on Chen Yuan's shoulder, making him seem as if he were surrounded by a faint blood-red glow.

Outside, all was still deathly silent.

It was nearly midnight.

The night was dark and the wind was high.

Suddenly, a series of hurried footsteps startled Chen Yuan awake, and a cold glint flashed in his eyes.

"Are the naval base personnel here?"

"Or is it... Granny Black Mountain?"

Chen Yuan was puzzled. He quietly got up, bent over and went to the kitchen next door. He took out the kitchen knife that Lu Chengfeng had sharpened and tucked it into his waistband.

He immediately went outside, leaped onto the roof, and looked towards the entrance of the village road.

The next moment, he saw a man and a woman, covered in dirt, rush into Qingshan Village, less than a few dozen meters from his house.

When Chen Yuan saw that slightly chubby, endearing face, his pupils suddenly contracted!

"Holy crap... Li Wei???"

Chen Yuan's eyes widened in disbelief.

The man rushing towards them was none other than his childhood friend from his previous life—Li Wei.

Moreover, Li Wei also looks like a teenager!

"Could it be... that he also time-traveled?"

Chen Yuan was stunned, his mind jolted, and countless questions flooded his mind.

He immediately jumped off the roof and walked towards the two men.

"Who?"

As soon as Chen Yuan approached, the woman immediately held her sword horizontally in front of her, her gaze sharp.

Chen Yuan then noticed the girl next to Li Wei.

She was about sixteen or seventeen years old, about 1.65 meters tall, with a slender figure and long, straight legs.

Her dark hair was tied into a neat ponytail, with a few stray strands falling across her forehead. In the dim moonlight, her face was even colder than jade.

Chen Yuan's gaze fell on her attire, which featured a tight-fitting outfit in shades of blue and black that accentuated her slender yet toned figure.

She was clearly a girl with an extremely cold demeanor, yet she possessed a pair of exceptionally beautiful eyes, her pupils like stars twinkling in the night.

"What are you looking at?!"

She glanced coldly at Chen Yuan, brandished the long, narrow knife in her hand, and pretended to be intimidating.

Li Wei also saw Chen Yuan's face clearly, and his eyes widened instantly!

"Ah... Ayuan?"

"Holy shit? Holy shit???"

Li Wei exclaimed in shock, "Damn it, is it really you? Godfather?"

"It's me, Wei. What are you doing here?"

Chen Yuan also stared at him with wide eyes, incredulous.

Initially somewhat wary, they instantly became excited upon hearing the other party's tone and expression.

This is his real childhood friend; he could never be some kind of demon in disguise.

"Didn't you and that kid Kong Xiangfei take me to a foot massage parlor back then? How could a foot massage lead to time travel?"

Chen Yuan asked, looking completely bewildered.

His last memory of his past life was of having barbecue with Li Wei and Kong Xiangfei at night, and drinking too much.

Later, the two said they would take him to get a foot massage, and even shouted: "If you don't wash your feet, how can you wash the world?"

Chen Yuan didn't want to go. He considered himself a model citizen, so how could he go to a place like that?

Hmm... it seems I still went in the end.

He just wanted to go and take a look.

But when she woke up, she was already at Lu Chengfeng's house.

"Waaaah, A-Yuan, it really is you!"

Li Wei could no longer hold back and hugged Chen Yuan tightly, crying uncontrollably.

"Damn it, don't wipe your snot on me!"

Chen Yuan shoved him away, his face full of disgust. "What kind of behavior is this, a grown man crying like this?"

"Waaah, A-Yuan, do you know I almost died!"

"When I woke up, I was lying on a cold iron plate, surrounded by monsters with human bodies and wolf heads, and many people were being roasted like pigs, hanging on the furnace in the cave..."

Li Wei spoke through tears, his eyes still etched with terror:

"I thought it was karma for eating too much roasted bull penis, and I almost got gutted and turned into a roast pig."

"They say that this 'lucky pig' is an offering to an evil god!"

Chen Yuan's pupils contracted sharply as he glanced at the woman beside him with a strange expression: "Then where did you escape from?"

"It seems to be called Black Mountain. There's a tree spirit there called Black Mountain Granny."

Li Wei said with a sob in his voice, "I also heard those monsters say that the Black Mountain Granny is at the peak of the Yellow Court Realm, and to break through to the Purple Mansion Realm, she needs many young men and women who possess the seed of an evil god!"

"But what kind of damn spiritual seed do I have? They want to eat me too? Damn it!"

Li Wei still felt lingering fear when he spoke of this.

Chen Yuan's heart sank!

really!

The Liu family had initially agreed to waive the debt because he was about to become a law enforcement officer, but they suddenly changed their minds!

This must be Black Mountain Granny's order to search for young boys and girls throughout Wuqiao Town.

They may not know that Nuomi possesses the seed of an evil god, but they would rather kill the innocent than let the guilty go free.

Moreover, she's actually going to break through to the Purple Mansion Realm?

Chen Yuan was greatly alarmed!