Li Zhexiong heard Ye Wushuang's words, his long eyelashes trembling slightly before he finally closed his eyes.
A moment later, he opened his eyes, took a long breath, and said, "Alright."
Ye Wushuang, upon hearing Li Zhexiong's words, became excited, "Haha, I just knew you had a way, Brother, you have a way to help me!"
Li Zhexiong resumed his indifferent demeanor and said calmly, "I do have a method that can repair your Dantian, but the process is extremely painful. You might very well die from the pain during the restoration, so think it over for yourself."
In truth, Li Zhexiong didn't wish for Ye Wushuang to fall into hatred; he would rather have him let go and live a peaceful life.
Unfortunately, different people have different aspirations, and he couldn't persuade Ye Wushuang.
"Might very well die from the pain?" Upon hearing Li Zhexiong's words, Ye Wushuang's expression changed slightly, and he couldn't help but ask, "What is this method?"
Li Zhexiong explained patiently, "It's a Sword Cultivation Technique. It uses the sword as the Dantian, compelling cultivators to continuously temper the sword within their Dantian with True Yuan. The sword doesn't store True Yuan but becomes stronger with each tempering. The stronger the Dantian sword is, the stronger your strength will be, and the Sword Qi you unleash will easily kill opponents of the same rank."
Listening to Li Zhexiong's explanation, Ye Wushuang's eyes focused, and he immediately thought of the time he was almost killed by two ferocious beasts of the same rank because he had no weapon to fight with.
Then it was Li Zhexiong who made a move, a seemingly faint Sword Qi easily slayed both beast kings. Could it be that this was the technique?
With this thought, Ye Wushuang immediately asked Li Zhexiong if this was the method.
Li Zhexiong nodded and said, "Correct. Although my Dantian was not broken at the time, upon finding such a subtle method I couldn't just let it pass without trying. Ultimately, I succeeded, but it was a narrow escape from death, so I'd rather you didn't try it."
Ye Wushuang's face showed his inner turmoil, knowing all too well that with Li Zhexiong's obsession with martial arts and his strong yearning for the Sword Dao, he would indeed risk his well-being to experiment with such techniques.
However, having Li Zhexiong as a precedent who tried and succeeded was reassuring, at least he wouldn't be an experimental subject blindly facing a potentially fatal outcome.
And remembering the power and grace with which Li Zhexiong acted after their reunion, Ye Wushuang thought to himself, if Li Zhexiong could succeed, why couldn't he?
"Fine, I want to cultivate this method. Unable to cultivate, becoming a useless person, I would rather die in pain attempting this method than linger on in a half-dead state!" Ye Wushuang said resolutely.
He was so excited that even his pale and weak face turned a flush of red!
Li Zhexiong was familiar with Ye Wushuang's personality and had anticipated his decision, sighed softly, and rose from the rocking chair, saying, "Then it's decided, let's go to the Kunlun Ruins."
"Why must we go to the Kunlun Ruins?" Ye Wushuang asked with a change in his expression, a hint of apprehension flashing through his eyes.
Like Yu Shenfeng and perhaps the God Realm powerhouses in the top ten of the Divine Rankings, he had once gone to the Kunlun Ruins when the Earth's environment was deteriorating, and spiritual energy was scarce with scant Cultivation Resources available.
However, most people fared poorly in the Kunlun Ruins, some even lost their lives there, and like Yu Shenfeng, he too left the Kunlun Ruins in disappointment to return to the Land of Huaxia for secluded cultivation.
If there were any powerhouses in the Divine Rankings who thrived in the Kunlun Ruins, those were only Li Zhexiong and Divine Fist Zhuo Yue, ranked third!
Therefore, with his Dantian shattered and his strength dwindling, Ye Wushuang truly didn't want to return to that place of sorrow.
Li Zhexiong explained, "Because only the Kunlun Ruins has a place that is a treasure trove where you can practice and seize a glimmer of hope for survival, so you won't die an unnatural death while transforming the precious sword into the Dantian!"
"In any other place, cultivating this Sword Cultivation Technique would be certain death."
"Alright then, Brother, help me up, let's head to the Kunlun Ruins right now," Ye Wushuang conceded, having no reasons left to resist, so he agreed to proceed to the Kunlun Ruins.
Struggling to get up from the bed, flames seemed to burn in Ye Wushuang's eyes—a fire of hatred but also a blaze of hope.
'Dragon King, just wait, once I've achieved success in my cultivation in the Kunlun Ruins, I will come back for my vengeance, I will flay you, crumble your bones into dust, extract your soul and refine your spirit...' Ye Wushuang muttered in his heart, seething with hatred.
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Mu Jinyu, thousands of miles away, was unaware at this moment that his senior brother Li Zhexiong, and also others, possessed such cultivation methods and were also preparing to head to the Kunlun Ruins for advanced study.
After saying goodbye to his mother and wives, he spent the better part of the day traveling and finally arrived at Kunlun Mountain.
Kunlun Mountain, Kunlun Mountain, the first divine mountain of Huaxia, the mountain of all ancestors, is the most mythologically colored mountain range in Huaxia.
It is also the entrance to the secret realm, the Kunlun Ruins.
Mu Jinyu had never been to the Kunlun Ruins and didn't know how to enter.
But that wasn't a problem, as Jian Ruyan knew how.
After all, she had come out from the Kunlun Ruins.
Mu Jinyu asked Jian Ruyan to take the lead, and they quickly arrived at the entrance to the Kunlun Ruins.
"Little Yanzi, is this the entrance to the Kunlun Ruins? How do we open it?" Mu Jinyu followed behind Jian Ruyan to the edge of the Valley of Death, looking around curiously and asking.
"Mm." Jian Ruyan hummed a response and, not wanting to bother with him, began fiddling with the spot on the ground.
Soon, as Jian Ruyan finished setting up the formation, Mu Jinyu suddenly noticed nature's spiritual energy assessingly converging here, then being furiously devoured at a node, making the surrounding nature's spiritual energy instantly become sparse.
As nature's spiritual energy was devoured, space at that node began to slowly twist, and then, as it twisted and spun, a screen of light finally appeared.
"Eh, there's such a technique?" Mu Jinyu's eyes lit up when he saw this scene, feeling deeply inspired.
He had some talent in the path of formations too; otherwise, he would not have been able to set up a Mountain Protection Array by himself.
Therefore, the layout of this entrance to the Kunlun Ruins secret realm, connected with the Land of Huaxia and folded space, gave him an inspiration, making him feel there was much to explore.
"Let's go," Jian Ruyan said, dusting off her hands and turning back to Mu Jinyu.
After speaking, she paused, seeing Mu Jinyu deep in thought, as if he had an epiphany.
Epiphanies were a rare state of cultivation, Jian Ruyan knew too well, so she moved in her heart and quickly prevented Wen Rou from pulling Mu Jinyu, letting him think in silence.
"Buzz!"
The vortex gateway leading to the Kunlun Ruins would not last for long; after spinning for approximately three minutes, it automatically dissipated, and the various stones and objects Jian Ruyan had arranged were scattered by a force in all directions.
"Hm?!"
Mu Jinyu was jolted awake, his brow furrowing.
He had just begun to realize something, almost grasping a concept, when the disappearance of the screen disrupted his inspiration.
"How is it?" Jian Ruyan, seeing Mu Jinyu instantly wake up, quickly asked anxiously.
Mu Jinyu, with furrowed brow, lightly shook his head and said, "I was interrupted."
Hearing this, Jian Ruyan hurried to pick up those objects and reset them, making the light screen reappear.
"Try again?" Jian Ruyan asked somewhat unyieldingly.
Mu Jinyu gently shook his head, and his deeply furrowed brow also relaxed, saying, "Let it be; if I can't grasp it, I can't grasp it. If it's truly something I can comprehend, I will naturally understand it in the future. If it's destined not to be mine, no amount of studying will help."
"Fortune comes, I am lucky; fortune goes, so be it. No need to force it." After saying this, Mu Jinyu didn't show any sign of discouragement, smiling and adding, "Let's go."