The man and the wolf reached the cave entrance. Zhang Fan looked at the wolf king's hind legs and said, "I'll carry you down."
The wolf king nodded, and Zhang Fan hugged the wolf king like a dog, and the wolf king did not resist at all.
After safely descending into the cave, Zhang Fan placed the wolf king on the ground.
He walked to the cave entrance and pointed to the jade beads: "Bring those beads out for me. Remember, you can't touch them. Use a twig to sweep them out."
Last time, the jade bead directly merged into the wolf king's body; that won't do.
The wolf king, carrying a twig in its mouth, walked towards the jade beads, while Zhang Fan observed its every move.
However, the wolf king kept his word and swept the jade beads out with a branch, without touching a single one.
There were five Solomon's Seal seeds in total. Zhang Fan bent down, picked them up, and examined them in his palm.
The five jade beads were all engraved with ancient characters. Last time, the jade beads were directly integrated into his body, but this time there was no change.
Zhang Fan was puzzled and couldn't see anything different about these jade beads, so he could only put them in his pocket and study them when he had time.
As for that ancient tomb, he can only do so when he learns "physiognomy," which allows him to read people's faces, assess their homes, and even determine the feng shui of burial sites.
However, the most important thing right now is to solve the water shortage problem. According to his observation, if the drought continues for another month, all the crops will probably fail.
Rural people toil in the fields, relying on crops for survival. Without crops, it would be a huge disaster.
Zhang Fan carried the wolf king back to land, keeping his promise to adopt the wolf cubs.
Before leaving, he also treated the wolf's traps and wounds.
After all, the pack of wolves indirectly helped him escape danger.
Zhang Fan walked ahead, and the little wolf cub followed behind, swaying its plump body.
On the way back, we happened to pass by the river where the rocky fish lived. The water level there hadn't dropped, so there must be a deep underground river nearby.
This place is remote and undisturbed, and there are even rock fish to eat nearby.
Zhang Fan found a large, open rock, sat cross-legged on it, faced the sun, closed his eyes, and focused his mind, circulating his spiritual energy within his body.
After one cycle of spiritual energy circulation, the spiritual energy core was now the size of a plum. Zhang Fan tried to accumulate spiritual energy to break through his middle dantian.
He focused all his attention on the spiritual energy crystal core, and then controlled the crystal core to rush towards his middle dantian.
Like a stone falling into the sea, his middle dantian remained unmoved. Undeterred, Zhang Fan absorbed the spiritual energy in the air and the essence of the sun once more.
Countless golden points of light flew in from all directions and poured into his body. Zhang Fan controlled the circulation of spiritual energy within his body.
Zhang Fan felt his dantian getting hotter and hotter, and then his whole body felt hot, with a tingling, electric sensation inside him.
As his body grew hotter and hotter, Zhang Fan felt as if he were being roasted over a fire. The jade beads in his pocket also began to burn. His eyes, gleaming with a sharp light, suddenly snapped open, and Zhang Fan couldn't help but jump into the water.
It's hot, so hot.
The cool river water washed away the heat, and Zhang Fan lay comfortably on the shallow beach by the river.
He took out the jade bead, but whether it was his imagination or not, the jade bead was not hot to the touch and felt cold. Zhang Fan could only put the jade bead back in his pocket.
As if sensing something, the rocky fish were not afraid of Zhang Fan. Instead, they surrounded him, all pointing their heads at him.
The wolf cub was anxious to come closer, but it was afraid of the water, so it stopped on the bank and circled around, looking very anxious.
The warm sun was so bright that it was hard to open one's eyes. Zhang Fan squinted and noticed that the stone fish were scrambling to eat the spiritual energy emanating from his body.
He waved his hand to shoo it away, but the rockfish were not afraid of him at all. He could catch the rockfish with a simple wave of his hand.
The cultivation he had just undergone had exhausted a great deal of his energy, and he was now so hungry that his stomach was practically sticking to his back.
"Little one, you have to do something. Go and gather some branches."
"Awooo~" the little wolf cub howled and hopped off to pick up a branch.
Zhang Fan casually tossed a few rockfish onto the shore and used a sharp rock to gut and scale them.
As soon as they finished processing, the branches that the wolf cubs had collected piled up into a small mountain.
The wolf cub was about the size of a half-grown dog, and the dry twigs they found were just the right size.
The weather has been dry lately, and the dry branches are very dry. Zhang Fan pulled up a handful of dry grass, heated it with his spiritual power, and the flames ignited instantly.
Zhang Fan set up a fire, large enough to lay the fish skewers flat. He skewered five rockfish on a tree branch and placed them on the fire to roast.
The wolf cubs were wolfing down their internal organs nearby.
Zhang Fan kept an eye on the fire while studying the jade beads.
These five jade beads are similar in shape and size, and are no different except for the ancient characters engraved on them. However, upon closer inspection, they are slightly smaller than the jade beads he picked up last time.
Zhang Fan had never figured out why, and the hot jade bead just now didn't seem like an illusion.
He held the jade bead in his hand and channeled his spiritual power again. The jade bead shone brightly and began to heat up, gradually turning red.
Zhang Fan quickly poured all his spiritual power into the jade bead, which then rose into the air and spun in a circle, its speed increasing rapidly until it left afterimages.
Then, with a whoosh, the jade beads merged together, transforming into a single jade bead that landed in the palm of the hand.
Zhang Fan's forehead was covered in sweat, and he was completely exhausted, unable to continue circulating his spiritual energy.
The jade bead in his palm was larger than before, similar in size to the jade bead that had merged into his body, but this jade bead had cracks on it.
Only then did Zhang Fan understand the ancient characters on the jade beads.
The art of divination can determine good and bad fortune and has a great influence on the way of heaven. Li Bi was worried that it would affect the operation of the world, but he was also worried that the knowledge would be lost. So he divided these jade beads into seven, waiting for the right person to possess them.
No wonder the jade beads failed to fuse on their own.
The grilled fish was just cooked, and Zhang Fan put the jade beads back in his pocket, picked up the grilled fish and ate it.
After eating five fish, Zhang Fan felt his strength gradually returning.
The Wuji Jing once recorded a creature called Wenyao, which resembled a carp in shape, had wings on its body, and had flesh that was sweet and sour. Eating it could strengthen the body and prolong life.
The text only described the stonefish, and since the stonefish didn't fly, Zhang Fan didn't immediately make a connection.
He observed the appearance of the experimental fish and, after considering its effects, found that it was indeed very similar to the manta ray.
That's why he recovered his strength so quickly after eating the ray. If he could be raised, he would definitely make a lot of money.
As Zhang Fan felt his physical and spiritual energy recover, he continued to channel spiritual energy into the jade bead.
As if sensing something, the jade bead swayed in Zhang Fan's palm, faster and faster, until it turned into a wisp of smoke and disappeared into Zhang Fan's palm, merging into it.
A scorching force surged through Zhang Fan's body, leaving him dazed and disoriented.
He gritted his teeth, used all his willpower to steady himself, sat cross-legged, and took control of the chaotic power surging within his body.
That force had been resisting him, but it was not to his liking, and it even seemed to have the power to crush him.
Zhang Fan would never admit defeat and would not give up even at the last moment.
Overwhelmed by the combined force, Zhang Fan coughed up a mouthful of blood.
Zhang Fan will never admit defeat.
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