The tearing sensation in his body lasted for about a few breaths.
Then, Yang Che found himself at the foot of a tall city gate.
It was late at night, and the city gate was tightly shut.
Yang Che's sudden appearance did not cause the slightest disturbance.
"Zi Yin?"
Yang Che's Divine Sense immediately entered the Void Illusion Magic Stone Space, only to find the Purple King Pavilion's door tightly closed.
Recalling what Zi Yin had said earlier, Yang Che's thoughts stirred, and the Jade Slips she had left appeared in his hand.
Holding them, his Divine Sense carefully scanned through each one.
Afterward, Yang Che stood still, sighing deeply.
After consuming two Nourishing Yuan Pills, he sat cross-legged on the ground to Cultivate. By dawn, Yang Che paid a Low-Grade Spirit Stone and entered the city.
After a brief inquiry, Yang Che learned that this was the largest Cultivator city in the southern part of Jiang Country.
The city was named 'Jiang Huo City'.
The City Lord, Jiang Wudao, was a Nascent Soul Stage Grand Cultivator and an Old Ancestor-level figure of the Jiang Family, a prominent Cultivation Family in southern Jiang Country.
And Jiang Huo City was naturally controlled by this Jiang Family.
From the Jade Slip left by Tianxie Ziyin, Yang Che already knew that one of the items she had agreed to help him find during their blood contract was very likely in or near Jiang Huo City.
Therefore, before Tianxie Ziyin fell into a deep sleep, she had painstakingly sent him here.
Upon entering the city, Yang Che quickly rented a very ordinary and inconspicuous small courtyard.
He then set up the Small Three Talents Illusion Concealment Array and the Small Reverse Chaos Four Symbols Array.
Only then did he quickly enter the Void Illusion Magic Stone Space.
Arriving before the Purple King Pavilion courtyard, Yang Che tried calling out a few times. After confirming that he would not receive any response, he completely gave up the idea of waking Tianxie Ziyin by this method.
"It seems I can only wake her using the method Zi Yin mentioned on the Jade Slip."
Exiting the Purple King Pavilion, Yang Che glanced at the Spirit-Level Ancient Blood Corpse, then quickly went to the Tongyou Medicine Garden.
He sat cross-legged beside the Spirit Eye Tree.
While meditating to recover from his injuries, Yang Che rapidly contemplated his next steps in Cultivation.
And how to fulfill the task entrusted by Tianxie Ziyin.
As for the Ancient Blood Corpses potentially causing chaos in the Cultivation World in the future, Yang Che, apart from finding an opportunity to inform the Old Man Old Ancestor, bothered with nothing else.
Over half a month later.
Yang Che's injuries had fully healed, and he appeared full of vigor.
He directly stood up and walked to the Spirit Rank Ancient Corpse suspended on the red earth.
As soon as the Ancient Corpse saw Yang Che approach, its eyes immediately flared with malevolent light, and it abruptly tried to pounce on Yang Che.
However, some Spirit Talismans on its body suddenly glowed with dazzling light, directly suppressing the Ancient Corpse.
Yang Che already knew that these Spirit Talismans were all extremely precious Seal Spirit Talismans, which had forcibly sealed this Spirit Rank Ancient Corpse in this location.
Raising his finger, Yang Che once again squeezed out a drop of fresh blood and flicked it directly towards the Spirit Rank Ancient Corpse.
The Ancient Corpse was furious, resisting frantically, but with the suppression of the Seal Spirit Talismans, it was unable to evade.
Yang Che's essence blood directly entered the Ancient Corpse's glabella and quickly fused into it.
The Spirit Rank Ancient Corpse immediately trembled, then the malevolent light in its eyes greatly diminished, followed by a hint of confusion.
However, it did not last too long; the confusion in the Spirit Rank Ancient Corpse's eyes gradually vanished, and the malevolent light reappeared.
Yang Che immediately sat cross-legged, and a mouthful of blood mist suddenly sprayed out, scattering and rapidly covering the Spirit Rank Ancient Corpse.
At the same time, Yang Che formed peculiar hand Seals, and strange runes appeared one by one, quickly landing on the Spirit Rank Ancient Corpse.
The Ancient Corpse struggled wildly, but gradually, the malevolent light in its eyes vanished again, and then it slowly calmed down.
This was the 'Blood Refinement Method' that Tianxie Ziyin taught Yang Che.
Tianxie Ziyin had used a secret method, utilizing the life-soul essence blood left by the deceased Luo Jian in the scissor Magical Artifact, to fuse Yang Che's essence blood into it, forcibly establishing a connection between Yang Che and this Spirit Rank Ancient Corpse.
As long as Yang Che continuously refined it with the 'Blood Refinement Method' while slowly erasing the trace of Luo Jian's life-soul essence blood Qi, this Spirit-Level Ancient Blood Corpse would eventually become Yang Che's 'Strange Spirit'.
This blood refinement lasted for nearly a month.
Yang Che consumed a large amount of blood and felt incredibly fatigued, so he had no choice but to stop.
At this point, Yang Che clearly felt that the peculiar sensation and connection between himself and this Spirit-Level Ancient Blood Corpse became increasingly clear and strong.
"Take off your boots."
Yang Che coldly commanded the Spirit-Level Ancient Blood Corpse.
The Spirit-Level Ancient Blood Corpse's eyes immediately flickered with expressions of obedience, confusion, struggle, and more, too numerous to list.
"Take them off."
Yang Che commanded coldly again.
The Spirit-Level Ancient Blood Corpse slowly took off the pair of strange glowing cloud boots from its large feet and threw them to Yang Che very reluctantly.
Yang Che waved his hand, and the boots immediately became clean and shiny, as if brand new.
He immediately put them on his feet.
A trace of spiritual power was injected, and the boots immediately changed according to the size of his feet, adjusting to the most comfortable size.
Yang Che had learned from the Jade Slip left by Zi Yin that these boots were a special 'Pseudo Ancient Treasure', with the Divine Ability of 'Swiftness' and 'Teleportation'.
The so-called 'Pseudo Ancient Treasure' refers to imitations of Ancient Treasures, not true Ancient Treasures.
Ancient Treasures are Magic Treasures truly refined by Ancient Cultivators. Because their refining methods are vastly different from current refining methods and are basically lost, such Magic Treasures are called 'Ancient Treasures'.
Every Ancient Treasure possesses astonishing power.
Even a Pseudo Ancient Treasure can unleash six or seven tenths of the power of a true Ancient Treasure, making them equally precious.
For example, this Pseudo Ancient Treasure, the 'Flash Cloud Boots', could even achieve 'Teleportation', a feat only Nascent Soul Stage Grand Cultivators could successfully Cultivate.
However, after testing it over a hundred times on this endless red earth, Yang Che discovered that with his current cultivation, to achieve Teleportation, he had to exhaust all the spiritual power in one of his Dantians at once.
In other words, at present, with these 'Flash Cloud Boots' and his dual Dantians, he could barely manage two Teleportations.
After that, he would have to wait for his spiritual power to recover.
As for 'Swiftness', there were almost no restrictions; with just a thought, he could double his speed like a streak of light.
After familiarizing himself with the 'Flash Cloud Boots', Yang Che's heart stirred, and he immediately began to comprehend and Cultivate the third Realm of 'Wind Severing Shadow'.
Which was to achieve both Wind Severing and Shadow at the same time.
By utilizing the airflow of the wind, he could completely conceal his aura while moving at extreme speed, leaving no shadow behind.
Time flowed by as Yang Che Cultivated frantically.
Half a year later.
Yang Che not only successfully Cultivated the third Realm of Wind Severing Shadow but also established an increasingly strong mental connection with the Spirit-Level Ancient Blood Corpse through the 'Blood Refinement Method'.
According to Tianxie Ziyin's guidance, the final step, if he could successfully 'connect souls', this Spirit-Level Ancient Blood Corpse would completely become his 'Strange Spirit'.
However, this step was not only extremely difficult but also carried extremely high risks.
Even a slight mistake could lead to being severely injured by the Ancient Blood Corpse's backlash.
But time was becoming increasingly precious.
Tianxie Ziyin stated in the Jade Slip that they had to race against time with the 'King-Level Ancient Blood Corpses' that might exist in the ten-thousand-foot deep pit and possibly other places.
If all these 'King-Level Ancient Blood Corpses' were to awaken normally, this world would be doomed.
And he, Yang Che, must possess sufficient self-preservation ability when that moment arrived.
Once he completely controlled this Spirit-Level Ancient Blood Corpse, even though Yang Che's cultivation level would not allow him to unleash all its power, he could still proceed to the next step.
That is, to search for one of the items Tianxie Ziyin needed, the nine-colored fire lotus.
And it had to be a fully mature nine-colored fire lotus, from which he needed to pluck its lotus pod and obtain nine complete lotus seeds of nine different colors from within.
Another half year passed.
When Yang Che walked out of his rented small courtyard, he realized that outside, the world had already changed.