Chapter Fifteen: The Greedy Old Man

  Xuanyuan let out a deep breath when suddenly a black light condensed into a human figure, appearing in front of Xuanyuan.

  "Hmph, you're simply courting death. The 'Body of Ten Thousand Transformations' that I personally sought out dares to move! This figure condensed from a black light, his facial features unclear, but on his body was a power that even Wu Dong couldn't match. This black shadow looked at Xuan Yuan and nodded in satisfaction:"

  "Not bad, only with the body of Wan Hua can you become my master. You're good, compared to the previous master, you not only have his perseverance but also the wisdom and cunning he didn't have. Only someone like you can survive better, it's worth me exhausting my strength to cast the 'Soul Transfer Great Method' to make you merge with the body of Wan Hua."

  Xuanyuan heard the black shadow's words, and suddenly his body shook violently. Could it be that he was the master of this black shadow? Countless small details flashed through Xuanyuan's mind. After all, Xuanyuan had been an extremely intelligent child in his past life, with an IQ that was off the charts, and grades that were always among the top in the country. Otherwise, he wouldn't have received a full scholarship and awards. Almost instantly, Xuanyuan understood everything.

  "Is this your doing? I've been cultivating for nearly twenty days, and the aura I refined is being absorbed by you, isn't it? The increase in my strength just now, wasn't it because you devoured that old man and fed back to me?" Xuan Yuan said.

  "Not bad, you're really clever, using the 'Soul Transfer Great Method' almost made me fall asleep again. Luckily, I absorbed the power of that demonic bear, which kept me from falling asleep. You truly deserve to be called the 'Body of All Transformations'. As soon as you started cultivating, you progressed so quickly. If it weren't for those twenty days of bitter practice and refinement of your fighting energy, you would have been dead by now." The black shadow laughed out loud.

  "Damn you, dog fart! If it weren't for you swallowing all my 20-day-refined Qi, I would have broken through to the Dou Shi realm by now. Even if Beautiful Master left, this old man would still take me back to the Yin family and cultivate me well, so I could see Beautiful Master again. You've ruined my future, damn it!" Xuan Yuan flipped his eyes white and started cursing, then plopped down on the ground with a thud, looking weak and out of breath. The black shadow was taken aback.

  "Hmph, the Yin family is nothing compared to the divine power of the 'Devouring Emperor'. All else is not worth mentioning. Divine powers are divided into yellow, mysterious, earth, heaven, immortal, and god levels. The divine power techniques your beautiful master taught you are at most heavenly level, not particularly impressive. Now I'll teach you the great divine power of the 'Devouring Emperor', which far surpasses that of the Yin family!" The dark figure laughed furiously.

  "What level is that, 'Devouring Emperor'! It sounds incredibly powerful!" Xuan Yuan's eyes lit up with excitement.

  Seeing Xuan Yuan's expression, Hei Ying was very satisfied, nodded and said:

  "Of course it's great, whether you learn it or not."

  Xuanyuan Long sprang up with a fierce tiger-like momentum and hastily said:

  "Of course I've learned it. What level is it? Is it even more powerful than the one that Master Yin's family has? Is it really more powerful than the divine art that my beautiful master taught me?"

  Heiying nodded slightly, looking a bit embarrassed:

  "It's yellow for now."

  Xuanyuan almost fainted from anger, this arrogant guy was talking about being the "Devouring Emperor", like a god or something, but it turned out he only had a yellow-grade divine ability, making Xuanyuan want to strangle him to death, and he cursed loudly:

  "You're killing your dad!"

  "Fart, I can be your great-grandfather already. This one divine art is something that many people dream of but can't get, if it weren't for the fact that this divine art requires a physique that only appears once in ten thousand years, 'the body of infinite transformations', would I have looked for you?" The black shadow was also enraged by Xuan Yuan.

  "Don't look for me then, I don't care." Xuan Yuan rolled his eyes and pretended to leave, but was immediately stopped by the black shadow.

  "This great divine ability, although it was only yellow-grade when you cultivated it, will one day become a Dao-grade existence. However, this requires constant devouring and plundering, only then can this great divine ability be achieved! You can think about it, why the effect of your cultivation is different from ordinary people, your strength is greater than others, and you can eat more than others. I dare say, without this great divine ability, you absolutely cannot catch up to that beautiful female master of yours!" The black shadow was anxious for a moment, fearing that this kid wouldn't understand, so he hastily spoke out the greatness of this divine ability, directly hitting Xuan Yuan's weak spot.

  Xuanyuan stopped and asked in confusion:

  "Will this divine ability really allow me to catch up to my beautiful master? Will it let me defeat her?"

  "Haha, of course, not everyone can cultivate this great divine ability, 'Wan Hua Zhi Ti', as the name suggests, can transform and change everything. Ordinary people who cultivate this divine ability without special physical support will be unable to withstand the power of transformation and devouring, and different divine abilities will also mutually reject each other, leading to explosion and death. However, 'Wan Hua Zhi Ti' is born with a sturdy physique, strong as an ox, making it most suitable for this great divine ability." The black shadow suddenly grabbed Xuan Yuan's pain and began to explain to him.

  "I don't understand, tell me, what's so special about this powerful magic?" Xuan Yuan asked.

  Heiying carefully explained to Xuan Yuan:

  "Your beautiful master taught you the divine art of tempering your physical body, which is quite decent. However, in this world, many people can only cultivate a few divine arts throughout their lives because each divine art is often incompatible with others. Nevertheless, cultivating the 'Devouring Dao Scripture' is different. With your 'Body of Infinite Transformations', you can cultivate the most powerful divine arts between heaven and earth. For example, if you don't cultivate the 'Devouring Dao Scripture', you will only be able to cultivate the divine arts of the Tianlong lineage in the future. If you try to cultivate other powerful divine arts, your body will reject them, and your cultivation will be ruined at best. The worst-case scenario is that you'll explode and die. Do you understand? Even a pig can understand this."

  Xuanyuan naturally understands at once, and by raising one point, he refutes three.

  "What you mean is that, although the starting point of 'Devouring Dao Scripture' is low, it has no limitations. On the other hand, if one doesn't break through, the Tianlong lineage's ultimate technique from the Yin family can only stay at the heavenly level and never advance further. This means that a person's cultivation path would come to an end? So, what you're saying is that 'Devouring Emperor' finds those with the strongest cultivation techniques at each stage, takes them by force, and combines them into the unique 'Devouring Dao Scripture', possessing the strengths of every family, looking down on the world, and suppressing all heroes?"

  "Haha, not bad, you little guy is indeed clever enough, it was worth my while to exhaust my strength and cast the 'Soul Transfer Great Technique'. Although you have already cultivated the 'Heavenly Dragon Refining Scales Technique' and the 'Five Claws Heavenly Dragon Fist', this does not prevent me from passing on to you the 'Devouring Dao Scripture'. A warrior refines their skin, a fighter refines their flesh, a master refines their bones, and a spirit refines their meridians. Only when your meridian refinement is complete can you cast the divine technique of external Qi emission. The level of the divine technique depends on how much Qi it can contain and the power it emits. For the 'Body of All Transformations', even if the cultivated 'Devouring Dao Scripture' is only a yellow-level divine technique, it has no impact, because the strongest aspect of the 'Body of All Transformations' is close-range melee combat, without the need to cast external Qi emission divine techniques. It's not until the Crazy Warrior realm that you'll need to devour other divine techniques to increase your divine technique level."

  Heiying felt extremely satisfied with Xuan Yuan, a person like this is not easy to find. He took a step forward and pressed his palm directly on Xuan Yuan's head, saying:

  "I'm imparting to you the 'Devouring Dao Scripture' which includes the 'Devouring Absorption Method', 'Devouring Flesh Refining Method', 'Devouring Bone Refining Method', and 'Devouring Pulse Refining Method'. These are all part of the first generation 'Body of Ten Thousand Transformations', created by the 'Great Emperor of Devouring' as an ultimate art for refining the physical body. After I impart this to you, my power will be depleted, and in the future, a portion of your cultivated internal energy will be absorbed by me, slowing down your cultivation progress significantly. However, it can only be this way, as each appearance requires me to expend immense power. Unless you have the opportunity to find a 'Fighting Stone', 'Fighting Jade', 'Fighting Crystal', or an even higher-quality cultivation stone, I won't be able to slowly recover my powers."

  As soon as the voice fell, a dark shadow of black light directly merged into Xuan Yuan's mind, and the four supreme ultimate techniques for refining the flesh were directly imprinted on Xuan Yuan's mind.

  After doing all this, Xuan Yuan saw that the black shadow had faded a lot and hurriedly said:

  "Are you okay?"

  "It's fine, you won't die yet. Cultivate properly for now and go to that Moon Flower Gate first, it will be safer." The dark figure chuckled, picked up the sword lying quietly on the ground with his hand, took a look at it, nodded, and said:

  "Not bad, a top-grade ghost artifact. The lowest grade of treasure is the law instrument, the second grade is the ghost instrument, and this ghost instrument is called 'Dragon Sword'. The dragon is a side branch of the heavenly dragon family, and the sword made from the dragon's bone is unfortunately slightly off in terms of fire timing, otherwise it would have been able to enter the ranks of earth instruments. You can make do with it for now."

  He took another look at the ring, opened the small seal on it, and the dark shadow nodded and said:

  "Uh, there's quite a lot of stuff. You can put all your money in this storage ring. This ring can hold things the size of a room. Use it for now. The greatest benefit of the 'Devouring Dao Scripture' is that it was born for the 'Body of All Transformations'. Within a day, you can cultivate every moment, and with the 'Doutu Pearl' your beautiful master gave you, it will be twice as effective. To be honest, your beautiful master is really good to you. This 'Doutu Pearl' is also extremely helpful to her, but she gave it to you, showing that she values you highly."

  Xuanyuan heard Heiying say this, and a warm current rose in his heart, with a feeling of happiness.

  He took over the 'Dragon Sword', although the previous green sword was cut off by Wu Dong, but now it's replaced with a 'Dragon Sword' that is a whole level higher, which is worth it. He put on the fighting ring, and on this day, too many things happened, but Xuan Yuan knew that he had truly gained the capital to survive in this world, as long as he was given time, he would grow bigger and stronger.

  "What's your name?" Xuan Yuan asked, looking at the faint black shadow in front of him.

  "I'll just call you Greedy, haha." Greedy slowly merged into the mysterious dagger. Xuan Yuan Xi nodded matter-of-factly and hummed in agreement:

  "Alright then, from now on I'll call you Greedy Old Man."

  The mysterious dagger suddenly shook violently, followed by the greedy old man's shrill cry:

  "I'm not an old man..."