Chapter 107: The Heavenly Secret

"Sister Bone! Sister Bone! Sister Bone!"

"Without Master Cang’s permission, I should not have intruded upon his dantian. Please forgive me, Master Cang!"

Uesugi Emiko continued apologizing while vigorously swinging the melon.

Cang Luo stared blankly for a long while, then, struck by conscience, remembered she already had a boyfriend, and quickly averted his gaze, embarrassed: "Sister Uesugi, stop right away—I’m not angry."

"Hey!" Uesugi Emiko immediately stopped swinging the melon and looked at Cang Luo in confusion: "Master Cang, are you really only at Warrior Ninth Layer cultivation?"

Cang Luo was speechless: "Didn’t you just inspect my dantian? Is there some hidden method to conceal your cultivation?"

Uesugi Emiko thought seriously—it was indeed possible to conceal cultivation. High-level warriors had techniques to mask or fake their cultivation base, and there was also a heavenly treasure called the Illusionary Yuan Fruit that could disguise one’s cultivation.

Master Cang clearly isn’t a high-level warrior—who would ever take a first-tier beast as a beast companion?

Also, when he first heard the Shadow Tiger was a fifth-tier beast, he panicked and ran away immediately—no high-level warrior would act like that.

As for the Illusionary Yuan Fruit...

Uesugi Emiko decided against it—she’d rather believe Cang Luo could kill the Shadow Tiger by crossing tiers than believe he possessed the Illusionary Yuan Fruit.

My sisters are scattered across all seven nations of the Yuanwu Continent, gathering intelligence in every major sect—over the past decade, no one has ever reported the appearance of an Illusionary Yuan Fruit...

Cang Luo saw Uesugi Emiko staring blankly, waved his hand, and asked: "By the way, Sister Uesugi, why did you come back?"

"Ah!"

Uesugi Emiko startled, quickly saying: "Master Cang, there’s a Thunder Leopard Sheep behind us—let’s kill it together!"

Cang Luo was speechless again—you only came back because a beast was chasing you; I thought you returned because you were worried about me.

Hmph, I overestimated myself.

Cang Luo shook his head slightly, saddened. He had already seen the Thunder Leopard Sheep via satellite—unless he was mistaken, it was a second-tier beast.

Just from its name: Thunder Leopard Sheep is a lightning-element beast, with a leopard body and a sheep head, horns on its head capable of releasing lightning attacks.

Lightning-element beasts are rare among first- and second-tier beasts. If Cang Luo were at General level, he’d likely capture the Thunder Leopard Sheep as a beast companion.

Unfortunately, Cang Luo was still at Warrior Ninth Layer. He’d taken beast cores these past two days to cultivate, yet his cultivation hadn’t advanced a single step—he was beginning to doubt whether he’d ever reach General level.

Oh, the Shadow Tiger’s beast core!

If I ate a fifth-tier beast core, could I break through to General level?

Cang Luo brightened, ready to dig out the Shadow Tiger’s beast core.

But just then, a rustling sound suddenly came from ahead, and a strange gray-furred beast leapt out from behind the grass.

This gray-furred beast was none other than the second-tier Thunder Leopard Sheep!

To Cang Luo, an Earthling, the leopard body and sheep head were bizarre indeed—the sheep’s head bristled with hair like steel needles.

Hidden within the fur were a pair of two-foot-long gray horns; Cang Luo guessed the hair stood up due to static electricity from the horns.

Ugly.

The entire sheep head looked like a gray sea urchin.

Cang Luo found the Thunder Leopard Sheep hideous, utterly violating his aesthetic sense—he instantly abandoned the idea of capturing it as a beast companion.

"Baa yah die! Baa yah die!"

The Thunder Leopard Sheep eyed Cang Luo and Uesugi Emiko warily, then let out two strange cries—extremely unpleasant and piercing.

It wasn’t like a sheep, wasn’t like a leopard, but vaguely resembled a cat in heat.

Cang Luo now fully gave up on capturing it, muttering: "Yamete kudasai? Is it in heat?"

Uesugi Emiko froze, then said seriously: "Master Cang, you understand Japanese?"

Cang Luo was embarrassed: "A little, a little. Many teachers in my hometown actively teach Japanese. I never studied it myself, but I’ve picked up a few words from occasional exposure."

But I know very little—only simple phrases like 'No!', 'Hurry up and give it to me!', 'Harder!'—that’s all..."

Uesugi Emiko froze again, then blushed deeply—she understood.

Many Japanese women work as prostitutes across the seven nations of Huaxia; in the eyes of Huaxia people, Japanese women are all lowly.

Yet in Uesugi Emiko’s eyes, they were warriors—women who sacrificed themselves for Japan’s rise, to surpass the seven Huaxia nations.

She shook her head lightly, no longer thinking of it, her gaze sharpening: "Master Cang, let’s kill the Thunder Leopard Sheep together—its horns can be made into throwing spears, one for each of us."

Cang Luo nodded. Thunder Leopard Sheep horns were valuable; when forged into throwing spears, they were the most favored weapons among Chu soldiers—easily piercing standard armor and exploding on impact.

When thousands of soldiers threw them together, their power was immense—without high-level warriors to block them, they could level cities and destroy fortresses.

As they spoke, the Thunder Leopard Sheep suddenly attacked, charging straight at Cang Luo with its horns, visible arcs of electricity crackling between them.

Uesugi Emiko immediately said: "Master Cang, dodge quickly—let your beast companion absorb the attack first, then we strike opportunistically..."

Before she finished speaking, she had already leapt aside. The Thunder Leopard Sheep didn’t pursue her—it locked onto Cang Luo alone.

Cang Luo laughed: "Pick the softest target? Even beasts judge strength by cultivation level? You think Warrior Ninth Layer is easy to bully?"

Uesugi Emiko, seeing Cang Luo still standing there laughing, frowned and snapped: "Master Cang, dodge!"

Cang Luo pretended not to hear, standing still—yet secretly, he had already activated the Body-Annihilating Divine Art, charging the Dragon-Slaying Palm.

The next instant, the Thunder Leopard Sheep was already before him, its sharp horns stabbing straight for his heart—blazingly fast, the electricity at the horn tips leaving a faint blue trail as it struck.

Yet the Thunder Leopard Sheep was fast, but Cang Luo was no slower—especially with his dynamic tracking ability.

Dynamic tracking couldn’t increase his speed, but it maximized his reaction time, allowing him to push his speed to its absolute limit.

At this moment, the Thunder Leopard Sheep’s movements appeared to Cang Luo like a slideshow—frame by frame, crawling like a turtle.

In fact, his own movements looked the same through the satellite’s camera.

But Cang Luo now had the advantage: superior reaction, stillness controlling motion, and the ability to strike unpredictably.

Boom!

Cang Luo sidestepped the horn strike by a hair’s breadth, then unleashed his fully charged Dragon-Slaying Palm, slamming it hard onto the Thunder Leopard Sheep’s head, sending it flying with a dull thud.

The Thunder Leopard Sheep died instantly, its head exploding into a spray of blood—though thankfully, its horns remained intact.

Cang Luo dispersed the Body-Annihilating Divine Art, secretly watching Uesugi Emiko through the satellite, calmly saying: "Second-tier beast? That’s all? I can handle it alone!"

Beside him, Uesugi Emiko stared, dumbfounded.

What martial art had Master Cang just used? Such power—he killed the Thunder Leopard Sheep with just one palm strike.

Uesugi Emiko couldn’t help asking again: "Master Cang, are you really only at Warrior Ninth Layer?"

Cang Luo replied calmly: "Why would I lie to you? Didn’t you see I couldn’t even summon aura?"

Uesugi Emiko thought it over—yes, she had seen that. She didn’t ask further, instead furrowing her brows in deep thought.

Logically, how could a Warrior Ninth Layer kill a second-tier beast so easily? And the Shadow Tiger—he killed it without a scratch.

Also, Master Cang’s dantian contains three types of elemental energy, one of which is non-elemental.

Something’s off. Something very off!

Master Cang definitely has a secret!

Did he cultivate a Heaven-grade scripture? Was that palm strike a Heaven-grade martial art?

Or does Master Cang possess the martial legacy of a Wu Huang—or even a Wu Di?

Uesugi Emiko was lost in her own speculation about Cang Luo’s power, while Cang Luo widened his eyes—no, he widened the satellite camera’s lens, inch by inch, peering at her...

Cang Luo didn’t understand—this Japanese girl didn’t seem to care that she was half-naked...

After a long while, Cang Luo felt deep guilt, stopped spying, picked up his sword, and dug out the beast cores of the Shadow Tiger and Thunder Leopard Sheep, along with the pair of horns.

The Shadow Tiger’s beast core was the same deep blue as its fur; the Thunder Leopard Sheep’s beast core, unlike its gray fur, was pale blue—likely due to its lightning element.

Cang Luo also noticed the Shadow Tiger’s beast core glowed faintly, emitting a soft dark blue luminescence.

But the Thunder Leopard Sheep’s beast core didn’t glow—nor had any first-tier beast cores he’d harvested before.

Cang Luo knew it was due to the Shadow Tiger itself—it was a fifth-tier beast, after all; it had to differ from lower-tier beasts.

"Eat it now?"

Cang Luo murmured, staring at the beast core, then shook his head—he’d find a safe place to slowly absorb it.

After securing the beast cores, Cang Luo pulled out his phone and took a flurry of photos of the Shadow Tiger and Thunder Leopard Sheep corpses, then posted on Weibo: "Fifth-tier beast: Shadow Tiger, second-tier beast: Thunder Leopard Sheep..."

Cang Luo was typing, unaware that Uesugi Emiko had silently appeared behind him, staring wide-eyed at his phone in shock.

Watching him type, watching him edit the text, upload photos of the Shadow Tiger and Thunder Leopard Sheep, then post them to Weibo...

Uesugi Emiko was stunned.

What treasure was that in Master Cang’s hand?

How did the Shadow Tiger and Thunder Leopard Sheep appear inside it?

And the Huaxia characters—the content suggested Master Cang was recording what he’d done today, noting he’d just slain the Shadow Tiger and Thunder Leopard Sheep...

It almost seemed like boasting, filled with obvious pride.

Uesugi Emiko was utterly astonished—what kind of treasure could record text and images of beasts?

Seconds later, she was stunned again—she saw Cang Luo wasn’t typing, yet the text appeared on its own.

The new text seemed to be replying to Master Cang’s recent entry...

This time, Uesugi Emiko was completely bewildered.

The treasure in Master Cang’s hand didn’t just record text and images—it could communicate and connect with others!

Who was Master Cang communicating with? Who was he reporting to?

At this moment, Uesugi Emiko realized she had uncovered a heavenly secret...