Chapter 376

"Qingxue's cultivation base has indeed reached the Golden Core Realm."

On Reincarnation Peak, Fang Yu spoke to Fang Han.

"Your cultivation speed is incredibly fast."

Fang Han's face showed surprise; he still remembered that just a few days ago, when his senior sister and brother had rescued him at the Taiyuan Immortal Mansion, she had not yet formed a Golden Core—how could she have achieved it in just a few days?

"Everyone has their own strokes of fortune; it's perfectly normal. This time, we went to the Fang Clan and gained some benefits in the Long Yuan River region. Fang Han, brother, look at what this is?"

Fang Yu smiled and reached out with a gesture; seven eggs appeared in the void, each radiating an immense life force and a faint, dragon-like aura.

"Brother has such great fortune—these are eggs of ancient ferocious beasts! I sense an unfathomable energy within them—could they be the legendary dragon eggs?"

Fang Han stared repeatedly, carefully pondering, as if trying to identify which ancient race these eggs belonged to.

Ancient races were numerous—such as Kunpeng, Celestial Dragon, Phoenix, Taotie—all of whose offspring possessed intense vitality and required careful judgment.

"You're right, Fang Han, these are indeed dragon eggs. Seven dragon eggs—if hatched and raised, would become seven titans of the Longevity Secret Realm. But the Xu Yuan Qi required is immense; I still have one Kunpeng egg here that hasn't even hatched yet."

Fang Yu's expression turned contemplative as he spoke.

With a wave of his hand, another Kunpeng egg appeared in the void, radiating an aura of devouring all things.

The moment this Kunpeng egg appeared in the void, the seven dragon eggs seemed to sense a mortal threat.

"You have a Kunpeng egg too? What a coincidence—truly a coincidence! I also have one Kunpeng egg, and I've been pondering how to handle it."

Fang Han's face showed astonishment, then broke into a smile; he gestured, and another Kunpeng egg appeared in the void.

This massive egg was white, covered with dense, intricate runes that sealed its life force.

But to the discerning eye, Fang Yu's Kunpeng egg and Fang Han's Kunpeng egg were nearly identical—as if they came from the same source.

"Fang Han, you're incredibly lucky. My Kunpeng egg was bought at auction for tens of millions of elixirs. The cultivator who sold it said there were originally three Kunpeng eggs, fought over by a Longevity Secret Realm titan and several demonic gods; the titan claimed one, and the remaining two fell into the hands of two demonic gods. How did you get yours?"

Fang Yu said.

"Hah! What a coincidence! I slew the Seven-Night Demon Lord in the Flesh and Blood Mire—he possessed exactly this Kunpeng egg. Now it's clear: the demonic god who fought the Longevity Secret Realm titan back then was the Nine Yin Demon Lord. After winning one Kunpeng egg, he didn't use it himself, but gave it as a gift to his son, the Seven-Night Demon Lord. I never expected that killing him would net me this Kunpeng egg."

Fang Han laughed. "Brother, you're so wealthy you casually spend tens of millions of elixirs. But I got lucky—I ended up with one Kunpeng egg."

"Our Kunpeng eggs seem different—mine has none of these arrays."

Fang Yu examined them closely and quickly pointed out the difference between the two Kunpeng eggs.

"I heard from Yan that the demonic runes on my Kunpeng egg form a demonic array designed to cultivate the supreme demonic technique, Great Devouring Art. If the Great Devouring Art's runes are fused with the Kunpeng egg, once hatched, it will become a complete Great Devouring Art array, saving hundreds of years of arduous cultivation. Brother Yu, take a look."

Fang Han immediately said.

"Supreme demonic technique—Great Devouring Art? Fine, I'll examine it."

Fang Yu's face showed surprise, and he immediately studied Fang Han's Kunpeng egg closely.

The two entered the elixir chamber and sat down.

To engrave the Great Devouring Art runes onto his own Kunpeng egg was no simple task, so Fang Yu began channeling magic power to suppress the Kunpeng egg with great force before acting decisively.

"Brother, your magic power is immense!"

Seeing the elixir chamber filled with magic power surging like an ocean, Fang Han felt stunned.

"Your brother Fang Yu is truly terrifying—I see his Heavenly Man Realm cultivation base has already reached over three million magic power? Unthinkable, utterly unthinkable! Most Heavenly Man Realm experts struggle to reach twenty or thirty thousand. Even exceptional geniuses like you barely manage three hundred thousand. How did he accumulate three to four million?"

In the Huang Quan Map, the spirit Yan spoke.

The ancient dragon cackled inside the Huang Quan Map. "There's only one possibility—he must have cultivated the Pan Wu Great Strength Art. Only the Pan Wu Great Strength Art can open a second brain. No—even with a second brain, one couldn't achieve such immense magic power in the Heavenly Man Realm. Has he opened a third brain? Strange—where did he get so much devotional energy?"

"Pan Wu Great Strength Art? Third brain?"

Fang Han felt stunned. "Hua Tiandu cultivates the Pan Wu Great Strength Art—could he have passed it on to Brother Yu?"

"Hua Tiandu certainly wouldn't have passed it to you, Brother Yu. Fang Yu must have obtained the Pan Wu Great Strength Art through other means. Just ask around a little—you'll find out. Pan Wu Great Strength Art—Pan Wu Great Strength Art—what a marvelous technique! Fang Han, you must learn this art—then even in the 5th Stage of Divine Abilities, you can possess two or three million magic power!"

Yan cried out from within the Huang Quan Map.

"Since the Pan Wu Great Strength Art was obtained by Brother Yu, and I currently have nothing valuable to offer, asking for it outright would be improper. I must travel and seek out some good treasures—only then can I ask him without guilt."

Fang Han whispered to Yan.

"You've already taught him the Great Five Elements Art—isn't that valuable enough?"

Yan, inside the Huang Quan Map, sounded furious.

"Too many favors. The Great Five Elements Art was repayment for something else. I'll get the Pan Wu Great Strength Art eventually."

Fang Han shook his head again.

At that moment, Fang Yu finally completed engraving the Great Devouring Art demonic array; his face showed delight.

Now he only needed to wait for the Kunpeng egg to hatch, and he would obtain the complete Great Devouring Art array.

This did carry a distinct demonic flavor.

In another world, obtaining a Kunpeng egg and not raising it, but instead using it to cultivate a technique like Great Devouring Art, would be sheer waste.

But here, devouring it into oneself—I am more Kunpeng than the Kunpeng itself—it's perfectly normal.

"By the way, Fang Han, I know you dissected Fire Cloud Immortal's Jin Dan in the Taiyuan Immortal Mansion—you must have experience. Could you help me with something?"

Having succeeded, Fang Yu retrieved the Kunpeng egg, thought for a moment, and spoke again.

"Oh, Brother, go ahead."

Fang Han was curious, wondering why he mentioned this.

"During my travels, Qingxue and I slew two Jin Dan experts—one was the Star-Extinguishing Bandit, the other the Moon-Stabbing Bandit, both of the Forty Thieves. I obtained their Jin Dans; some of their divine abilities still remain. Could you help me separate these Jin Dans?"

Fang Yu gestured, and two Jin Dans appeared in the void.

These two shimmering golden cores were each formed from twenty divine abilities. The Moon-Stabbing Bandit's Jin Dan aside, the Star-Extinguishing Bandit's Jin Dan alone carried the Book of Infinite Stars—a branch of the Great Star Art, ranked among the top ten of the Three Thousand Great Dao, an ultimate divine ability of immense importance.

"This… Brother actually obtained the Jin Dans of two bandits!"

Fang Han was so stunned he couldn't speak; even Yan flew frantically inside the Huang Quan Map.

"How is this possible? How? Jin Dan experts are powerful and hold high status in the Cultivation World precisely because their Jin Dans can self-explode. A Jin Dan formed from twenty divine abilities—if it detonates, even a Longevity Secret Realm cultivator would suffer serious injury. Fang Yu is only at the 5th Stage of Divine Abilities—how did he capture both Jin Dans intact?"

Yan emitted waves of shock, feeling utterly incredulous.

Golden Core experts do have life-risking measures; the self-detonation of a Golden Core is an incomparably terrifying thing. Even if they are beaten down to only a wisp of Xu Yuan Qi, self-detonation is but a single thought away.

Therefore, struggles between Golden Core experts in the Cultivation World often do not end in lethal blows — leave a line of life between life and death, so that meeting again in the future remains possible. If pushed too hard, both sides would perish together.

A Golden Core expert in the Cultivation World can live out a full natural lifespan.

A single Golden Core expert can shelter the disciples of a Men Sect for over a thousand years, cultivating even more disciples.

Unless they encounter Huang Quan Holy Water, Golden Core experts will not easily self-detonate.

But if they fight desperately, they can still leave behind a single thread of intent and self-detonate directly.

And now, two Golden Core experts were actually slain outright, and even their Golden Cores were taken.

This is simply impossible.

"I was able to obtain Fire Cloud Fairy's Golden Core because Fire Cloud Fairy had died of old age and never thought to self-detonate her Golden Core — that's how I got it. Yet Senior Brother Fang Yu actually slew two great bandits in direct combat and seized their Golden Cores. Such divine abilities, such magic power — truly boundless and without end."

Boundless emotion welled up within Fang Han's heart.

These are both Heavenly Man Realm, yet the gap between them is actually this vast.

He privately reckoned that with a lower-grade Dao artifact, the Blood Firmament, in hand, and having cultivated over fifty kinds of divine abilities, he did not fear experts of the Return to Oneness Realm at the 6th Stage of Divine Abilities, and could even struggle against experts of the Golden Core Realm at the 7th Stage of Divine Abilities. But to kill Golden Core experts like this, without even letting them self-detonate — that was something he absolutely could not do.

Especially slaying two Golden Core experts outright like Senior Brother Fang Yu did, and seizing their Golden Cores — that was truly a measure beyond the grasp of ghosts and gods, magic power vast and boundless, and it left him utterly shocked.

"Senior Brother Yu actually managed to slay in one stroke the Star-Destroying Bandit and the Moon-Piercing Bandit among the Forty Great Bandits. If this spreads abroad, it will truly greatly elevate the reputation of our Yuhua Sect. Even experts of the Bihumen Sect failed to kill these two great bandits, and the number-one young genius of the demonic path, the Demon Marshal, also failed to kill them. In the end, it was Senior Brother Yu who succeeded."

A look of admiration appeared on Fang Han's face, and his tone shifted. "Since Senior Brother wishes to absorb these great formations one by one, I do happen to have some experience, so I shall accompany Senior Brother on this trip."