Chapter 307: Development and Upgrade of the Inheritance

As the slash dissipated, the youth stood once more within this space.

His name is Ye Hao; his fourth-revolution inheritance is 【Material Solidification】, a time-system inheritance.

It can turn objects of around thirty kilograms into absolute rigid bodies, yet they can still be pushed by force and retain their original color.

Within the halted objects, the motion of every microscopic particle will cease completely, and they will react or change with no other substance.

After gaining this ability, he spent ten years deeply studying tens of thousands of human bodies.

After systematically understanding the various components of the human body, he applied the Material Solidification ability to his own body.

Simply put, he regarded every part of the body as a mechanical component, using nanometer-level microscopic operations to solidify each constituent part of the human body.

After years of arduous modification, he successfully turned the epidermal cells of his body into an absolute rigid body that cannot be destroyed by matter, without affecting bodily movement.

Any slash leaves no trace on his body surface, while also keeping his appearance forever in his youth.

Without waiting a hundred breaths, six Bai Yu walls reformed a teleportation gate.

Casually taking another white robe from his spatial ring and wrapping it around himself, Ye Hao returned to the previous room and said, "The problem is solved."

Surprised to see the youth in a different robe, Fang Can did not expect this trial to be resolved so quickly in the other's eyes.

Stepping into the lower space, Fang Can noticed the brocade split in the distance.

Just as he pondered, a strange voice faintly echoed in his mind.

'Want... zzzt... to grow stronger... zzzt... come...'

Hearing that unstable signal in his mind, Fang Can instinctively looked around, yet the expressions of those nearby showed not the slightest abnormality.

"Senior Liu, did you hear any sound?" Fang Can asked via heart-image.

Liu Qingmeng denied, "No, what did you discover?"

"I'm not sure; it might be a residual heart-image." Fang Can hesitated and said, "But caution is best."

"Hey, Fang brat, which floor do we take next?" the black-robed elder nearby spoke without courtesy.

"This way; this leads to the room on the left." Fang Can pointed to the right and said.

"Aren't we going down? Why take the long way?" Ye Hao asked.

"I sensed that going directly down from this room carries a risk of sudden death."

Fang Can explained, "Taking another path down is safer; of course, if you disagree, I don't care; in any case, I'm not the one scouting."

Since Fang Can had said so, the martial artists had little to say; one by one, they followed Fang Can's direction and descended to the lower level.

During this time, everyone moved downward, and the content experienced in each room differed.

For instance, a room where time flow increased ten thousandfold, or a room where the number of survivors must be odd, or one where they had to face a siege by five fourth-revolution cultivators simultaneously.

With six revolutions granting ten thousand years of lifespan, and living in an ancient era where fourth and fifth-revolution cultivators fought for supremacy, holding countless strange fourth and fifth-revolution sacrificial artifacts in hand, almost every room was a massive life-or-death trial.

In just five or six floors down, two fourth-revolution cultivators died, and more than ten third-revolution cultivators fell.

After descending five floors in one breath, that strange voice rang in Fang Can's mind again, only this time it was clearer.

"Want... zzzt... strength... zzzt... do you? Want to truly...?"

'It seems it really is targeting me.'

Watching the crowd whose expressions remained unchanged, Fang Can silently continued to guide everyone downward.

After breaking through three more trials in succession, the black-robed elder, looking haggard, said, "Which door do we take next?"

"This one."

Pointing at the teleportation gate below, Fang Can said, "It seems we've reached the bottom."

"Finally at the bottom."

Everyone's expressions were filled with haggardness; they wished to flee this place immediately, as the variables in every room along the way were too numerous.

If they took a few more steps, they had no confidence in surviving further.

Everyone eagerly leaped into the passage below.

Only at this moment did Fang Can clearly hear the heart-image voice.

"Do you want to grow stronger? Do you want to truly live?"

Whoosh—

By the time everyone reacted, they had already arrived in a closed space.

Here, the inverted dome was carved from flawless spiritual jade into star-track patterns, with flowing light winding through the jade's veins as if alive.

Countless black-iron chains hung down from the void, with jade boxes of various forms suspended at their ends.

A tag hung on every jade box, recording the contents stored within.

At the same time, a voice arose from everyone's hearts, notifying them that this trial had failed and that each could take one item from a jade box and leave.

'Trial?'

A thought rose in everyone's hearts; immediately, a strange voice came, and Lu Zi Yi asked in confusion:

"Where did Fang Can and my lord Liu go?"

Upon hearing this, everyone's hearts trembled; they looked around and indeed could not find the two.

'Could they have passed the sixth-revolution trial?' This question arose from everyone's hearts; immediately, a cry of shock came from the side: "It is the lost inheritance of the Great Zhou Taiyi Gate, 【Dugu Nine Swords】!"

Following the speaker's voice, one of the martial artists saw the tag hanging below a jade box.

A martial artist reacted, his eyes shining as he said, "The 【Dugu Nine Swords】, created thousands of years ago by the Zhang Sect of the Taiyi Gate, is the sword of the mind that serves as the sole general outline of all martial arts under heaven! It can break all weapons."

"In the darkness, it once treated the eyes of several fourth-revolution cultivators as hidden weapons; relying on the single move 'Arrow-Breaking Style' that breaks all hidden weapons under heaven, it instantly blinded the eyes of three fourth-revolution cultivators."

"There is also an inheritance of 【Karma Flying Dagger】 here; once thrown, it will inevitably hit regardless of the process."

As their gazes roamed through the jade boxes, they discovered more and more martial arts inheritances, sacrificial artifacts, and techniques.

Moreover, every inheritance within was a summary of countless experiences from predecessors, with detailed improvement paths from first to fourth revolution.

Compared to self-exploration and research, cultivating directly by standing on the shoulders of predecessors, skipping the process of self-study, the cultivation efficiency is simply doubled.

For instance, Ye Hao's inheritance 【Material Solidification】 and Chixiao's 【Saintly Essence as Original】 are both studies and transformations of the self.

Every step requires massive research and development, accumulating over several generations.

But if his descendants reach the Fourth Turn, their light of heart can guide the development of 【Material Solidification】.

In this way, decades of R&D can be saved, standing on the shoulders of predecessors to develop new applications.

After the diligent efforts of several generations, the flaws in the inheritance become ever smaller.

As these individuals each chose their favored jade boxes, their figures were transmitted one by one into the mystical realm.

On the other side, Fang Can, having broken away from the group, appeared in the deepest part of the Yongle Dadian.

(End of this chapter)