Burial Furnace

"Holy crap... there are still treasures left on the corpse?" Zhang Yuan was overjoyed, but his face remained expressionless.

He quickly ordered in his mind: "Don't burn it, preserve it."

"boom--"

Dark golden flames instantly ignited, engulfing the body bag.

This time, the flames burned for more than a dozen breaths before gradually going out.

A corpse at the Golden Core stage!

Zhang Yuan understood.

The moment the flames went out, an immense primordial power surged forth from the Immortal Transformation Furnace, rushing into Zhang Yuan's body like a flood bursting its banks.

His lifespan increased at a rate visible to the naked eye.

One year, two years, three years, four years, five years, six years!

A full six years of life!

With his previous accumulation, his remaining lifespan is now over thirty years!

Zhang Yuan was overjoyed, but dared not show it, and simply stood respectfully to the side.

The masked female cultivator looked at the pile of ashes in the furnace and nodded in satisfaction.

She turned around and took out two high-grade spirit stones from her spatial ring.

It wasn't given to Zhang Yuan immediately.

A half-smile curved her lips, and a hint of amusement flashed in her cold eyes.

"I heard," she began slowly, a hint of mockery in her voice, "that if you stay overnight, it's free?"

Zhang Yuan was stunned.

His brain worked at lightning speed, and he instantly figured out the key points.

It must have been Liu Mei or Hua Jinhuan who spread the word!

Those vixens from the Hehuan Sect are all big mouths; they must have made it their topic of conversation, spreading the word everywhere that you can stay overnight at his place for free.

This Golden Core female cultivator might also be a member of the Joyful Union Sect, and perhaps even a generation above Liu Mei, Hua Jinhuan, and Jiang Yao!

Of course, she might not be from the Hehuan Sect; it's just that her divine sense was so powerful that she occasionally perceived the demonesses' conversations.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yuan broke out in a cold sweat.

He quickly cupped his hands in apology and said in a flustered manner, "Senior is too kind. Those fairies stayed overnight because they were short of money and didn't want to incur debts. They just wanted to find a safe place to rest for the night. I am only at the first level of Qi Refining, and my strength is too weak to refuse or resist. To be honest, I didn't even dare to touch them, for fear of angering them and losing my life."

The masked female cultivator's eyes held an even deeper hint of mockery.

"How about I stay and keep you company tonight?"

As she spoke, she made a gesture as if to take back the two high-grade spirit stones.

Zhang Yuan was startled and quickly waved his hands, saying, "No, senior! This junior relies entirely on customers like you to keep the business running. If you don't pay with spirit stones either, this little shop really won't be able to stay afloat!"

He looked anxious and spoke earnestly, as if he was genuinely afraid that the other party wouldn't give him the spirit stones.

But in reality, he was struggling internally.

To be honest, he really wanted this mysterious Golden Core female cultivator to stay overnight.

She has such a great figure and such a cool, aloof aura; she has that icy beauty quality that makes you want to get closer.

If I could hold her and sleep through the night, that would be absolutely wonderful.

But the thought of those two high-grade spirit stones made Zhang Yuan feel a pang of heartache.

Two high-grade spirit stones!

That's equivalent to 20,000 low-grade spirit stones!

Although he has some savings now, he is far from being able to ignore two high-grade spirit stones.

Seeing his anxious expression, the masked female cultivator's smile deepened. She sighed, "This place is indeed very safe. No matter how vicious a cultivator is, they wouldn't come to a place like this. So, I really want to rest here for the night."

She paused, then said, "However, I have something to do tonight, so let's skip it. We can talk about it another time."

After saying that, she handed the two high-grade spirit stones to Zhang Yuan, then turned around, lightly touched the ground with her toes, and soared into the air like a giant night bird, tracing a graceful arc under the moonlight and disappearing into the night in the blink of an eye.

Only that cool, lingering fragrance remained in the air, lingering for a long time.

"This woman must be in the late Golden Core stage. She might even be close to advancing to the Nascent Soul stage. As for whether she's from the Joyful Union Sect, that remains to be verified."

Zhang Yuan stared in the direction she disappeared, muttering to himself.

He walked to the stove.

He reached out and carefully felt through the ashes.

Soon, it touched a circular object.

He carefully took it out and placed it in his palm.

It was a ring, completely transparent; if he hadn't touched it with his own hands, he wouldn't have been able to see it with the naked eye.

"The Shadowless Ring... truly lives up to its name," Zhang Yuan murmured.

He excitedly closed the shop door, bolted it, then sat behind the counter, bit his finger, squeezed out a drop of blood, and dripped it onto the ring.

It was absorbed instantly.

Then it automatically slipped onto the ring finger of my left hand, the size of which was just right, as if it had been tailor-made for me.

Almost simultaneously, Zhang Yuan established a strange connection with the Shadowless Ring.

He sensed that there was a space inside that was as big as a room!

It's overflowing with treasures!

First, there are spirit stones.

The top-grade spirit stones were neatly stacked in a pile; a quick glance revealed there were 10 of them!

There are at least 1000 mid-grade spirit stones!

There are over 10000 low-grade spirit stones!

These spirit stones alone are enough to turn Zhang Yuan from a penniless man into a wealthy young man!

In the wooden box next to the spirit stone, there were three talismans.

One thunder talisman, one sword talisman, and one talisman treasure!

A talisman is something that only a Golden Core cultivator can refine; it seals the full power of a Golden Core cultivator's attack.

Once unleashed, it's enough to instantly kill a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator!

This is a life-saving weapon!

Then he found two more bottles of pills.

One bottle contains Qi and Blood Pills, and the other contains Golden Marrow Pills.

Both of these pills are suitable for cultivators in the Qi Refining stage. The former can replenish Qi and blood, while the latter can temper the physical body.

Finally, he found another jade slip.

He placed the object between his eyebrows to examine it, and a vast amount of information immediately flooded into his mind.

That was a spell called the "Nine Heavens Thunderous Aura Technique," which was extremely powerful, but required a Golden Core stage cultivation level to practice.

"It's a pity I can't learn it yet." Zhang Yuan shook his head with some regret, but then smiled. "But it doesn't matter, one day I will reach the Golden Core stage."

"A man can't get rich without unexpected wealth, and a horse can't get fat without night grazing." He looked at the treasures overflowing in his Shadowless Ring and exclaimed, "So, disposing of corpses has such hidden benefits."

We used to be so poor that we couldn't even afford a storage bag.

But now, not only do we have a magical Shadowless Ring, but we also have so many cultivation resources.

This time, I might be able to break through several realms!

So cool.

Hopefully, I'll continue to encounter such good things in the future!