"What is going on? What is happening?!"
Seeing Xiao Heng in such a state, Ye Feipeng was utterly shocked.
Having "lived a second life," he naturally understood that such a water sword could only be condensed after practicing a cultivation technique.
Yet how could that be possible?
This kid had only just come into contact with the cultivation world and knew nothing at all.
How could he have mastered a cultivation technique overnight?
Could his talent truly be so monstrous that he could create a cultivation technique out of thin air?
Or could it be...
He had been possessed?
The thought surged unbidden in Ye Feipeng's mind.
Looking at Xiao Heng, whose demeanor had changed completely, the more he looked, the more it seemed to fit.
Forcing a grimace of a smile, Ye Feipeng scrambled to his feet, intent on fleeing back to the flying boat.
"Fatty! What are you running for?" Xiao Heng, awakening from his cultivation, shouted in bewilderment as he caught sight of Ye Feipeng's frantic retreat.
Hearing that familiar tone and cadence, Ye Feipeng couldn't help freezing in his tracks.
He turned back, eyeing Xiao Heng with deep suspicion. "You weren't possessed?"
Xiao Heng snapped irritably, "You're the one who's possessed!"
"How do you know what possession is?!"
"How do you know what possession is?!"
The two shouted in unison, pointing straight at each other's noses.
"Just what kind of secret are you hiding?!"
"Just what kind of secret are you hiding?!"
After glaring at each other in an icy standoff for a moment, Ye Feipeng, being far weaker, was the first to yield.
"Hmph, I'll go first then. It's not that big a deal anyway, but you have to keep it a secret for me," Ye Feipeng said, his eyes darting as an idea formed.
"Fine!" Xiao Heng nodded in agreement.
"It's not some earth-shattering secret either. Have you ever heard of being born with innate knowledge?" Ye Feipeng glanced sideways at Xiao Heng. "From the moment I was born, all sorts of knowledge were naturally present in my mind. It was just that I was too young before to figure out what those things actually were.
"But as I grew older, I finally came to understand that all of it was knowledge regarding cultivation.
"All right, I'm done. Hurry up and tell me what happened with you!
"How did you change so much overnight?"
Ye Feipeng fired off questions at rapid speed.
*So he's not a spy for the Alliance of Ten Thousand Immortals!* Xiao Heng breathed a sigh of relief.
Still, he didn't just believe him outright.
*One must never let down one's guard. Senior said our Immortal Restoration has fallen on hard times and many restriction methods have been lost.
Borrowing this contract from the Five Elders Association to ensure our safe growth isn't shameful either.*
With that thought, he pulled a golden contract from his storage ring and handed it over.
"You have to sign this before I can tell you."
*A Commercial Contract? Where did this kid get this? If I remember correctly, this thing isn't cheap at all.*
Suspicious and uncertain, Ye Feipeng took the contract and read through it carefully.
"I voluntarily join Immortal Restoration."
"I will not disclose any information regarding this organization to outsiders."
"I will commit no harmful acts against members of this organization."
"..."
It was a unilateral conditional contract, but the terms were not harsh.
Ye Feipeng read it several times, thought it over, and signed his name upon it.
Feeling the golden light enter his body, Ye Feipeng said, "Well? Can you speak now?"
Xiao Heng was delighted. On just the second day of Immortal Restoration's reappearance in the world, they had already gained a new member.
*Senior said that any companion with decent talent could be recruited into our Immortal Restoration. Fatty was born with knowledge, so his talent should be considered pretty good.*
With that, he recounted everything that had happened that night in full detail.
After listening, Ye Feipeng's first reaction was disbelief.
What Immortal Restoration? He had never even heard of it.
Free cultivation techniques just for joining an organization? How could such a good deal exist?
"Were you scammed?" Ye Feipeng couldn't help asking.
Xiao Heng rolled his eyes at Ye Feipeng. "We've only just entered the cultivation world. We're penniless and have nothing to our names. What do we have that's worth scamming?
"If you don't believe me, just follow me."
Xiao Heng produced a necklace, then retrieved the jade-like skeletal hand from his storage ring and snapped off the index finger.
Handing both the necklace and the bone finger to Ye Feipeng, Xiao Heng said, "Keep the bone finger on you and activate the formation inside the necklace."
Half-believing, half-doubting, Ye Feipeng did as instructed.
A moment later, the light and shadows around him shifted.
Ye Feipeng's consciousness arrived within the skeletal Vanguard Realm.
Five fingers pointing toward the sky, a vast and ancient scene—it shook the heart of Ye Feipeng, a "reincarnator" who in his previous life had only reached the Qi Condensation stage.
"Well? I didn't lie to you, did I?" Xiao Heng said with a touch of smugness.
"A True Immortal falls, creating a world in a single thought. Both illusion and reality..." Ye Feipeng pinched himself, the shock in his heart churning like surging waves that refused to settle.
Suddenly, as if remembering something, he bolted toward the middle finger-bone of this secret realm.
"Slow down! You don't know how to fly yet—watch out or you'll fall!" Xiao Heng called out hurriedly.
*Idiot, this is obviously a mental space. Falling won't kill you,* Ye Feipeng thought dismissively. Ignoring Xiao Heng, he clambered upward along the slanting bone finger.
Soon, he reached the tip of the finger.
An archaic altar stood plainly before his eyes.
*If what that kid said is true...*
"A cultivation technique, a cultivation technique... I want a cultivation technique," Ye Feipeng prayed devoutly.
The altar showed no reaction for quite a while.
Only then did Xiao Heng scramble up lazily.
"Doing that won't work! Whatever you want, you have to shout it out loud!" Xiao Heng hurriedly explained upon seeing him like that.
*Why the fuck didn't you say so earlier? Little brat, if I weren't outmatched by you, I'd have beaten you black and blue already...* Ye Feipeng felt thoroughly exasperated.
However, with a cultivation technique right before him, he couldn't be bothered to squabble for now.
Standing in the center of the altar, Ye Feipeng yelled at the top of his lungs, "A cultivation technique! I want a cultivation technique!"
As if hearing Ye Feipeng's voice, the altar instantly shone with a lustrous white light.
Then the light dimmed.
Ye Feipeng's heart stopped dead in his chest.
Time seemed to freeze.
Only an instant passed, yet it felt like an eternity.
Suddenly, a glimmer of white light emerged in the center of the altar.
Moments later, the light dispersed.
A jade slip floated quietly in midair.
Unable to wait a second longer, Ye Feipeng grabbed the jade slip and eagerly read its contents.
"The Wandering Sea Dragon Technique, a Foundation Establishment cultivation technique..."
"It's an actual Foundation Establishment technique right off the bat!"
Ye Feipeng's voice trembled slightly, his eyes bloodshot with emotion.
In his previous life, he had slaved away for years and still failed to save up enough contribution points to buy a Foundation Establishment technique.
Who could have guessed that in this life, it was given away for free!
"Good! Excellent!"
Fully aware of just how precious a cultivation technique was, Ye Feipeng was too thrilled to form coherent words.
Only a single thought remained in his mind:
*To hell with the Alliance of Ten Thousand Immortals!
With this unfathomable organization giving out free techniques...
...and my foresight from the past...
In this life, Dao Integration is within reach!*
Chapter 209