Forbidden Land Blocks the Path, Two Supreme Treasures Revealed

["Vermilion Bird Ancestor, please do not take it to heart. To tell you the truth, I have a younger sister who lacks the innate root bone and cannot cultivate, and she has been sickly since childhood.

An old doctor said that her days are numbered.

My journey this time is to try my luck at the Holy Land, to see if there is any method to cure her.

Alas, I suppose there is no method in this world that can strengthen the constitution of a mortal who cannot cultivate..."]

[Hearing this, the Vermilion Bird's eyes, which flickered like dancing flames, widened.]

["There is! There is, benefactor! The body-tempering techniques of our Monster Race are unmatched in the world. Across all the myriad races in the Void Realm, they are second to none!"]

[The trait you previously acquired, 'My Knowledge is Too Miscellaneous', allows you to ignore bloodline and race restrictions when learning cultivation techniques.]

[And what the Monster Race excels at the most is body-tempering techniques.]

[While their formidable physiques are certainly due to their racial talents, the techniques they cultivate post-natally also serve to enhance and glorify this innate gift.]

[Since you want to draw on the strengths of all schools, how could you miss the body-tempering techniques of the Monster Race?]

[Hearing the Vermilion Bird say this, you revealed a look of pleasant surprise, but in the blink of an eye, your expression shifted again and again. The nuance of your acting was so good that you were owed an Oscar.]

["My sister has no root bone, she can't even cultivate human techniques. How could she learn the techniques of the Monster Race?"]

[The Vermilion Bird explained.]

[Of course, the Monster Race's body-tempering techniques can only be cultivated by the Monster Race.]

[For the Monster Race, they can raise their cultivation realm through practicing these techniques.]

[However, if one merely wishes to strengthen their body and improve their constitution, anyone can achieve this effect by diligently practicing the foundational chapters of the body-tempering techniques.]

[Naturally, this kind of 'improving the constitution' only applies to mortals, such as giving a frail person more vigorous vitality; it cannot achieve the tyrannical physical bodies of cultivators.]

[You began your routine of repeatedly declining out of modesty.]

["I did not save you for a reward, say no more!"]

["Since it is a secret technique of the Monster Race, how can I accept it?"]

["It seems that if I do not accept it today, the Vermilion Bird Ancestor will not let this go. Very well, very well..."]

[Vermilion Bird Flame Scripture.]

[This was the body-tempering technique of the Vermilion Bird lineage.]

[The Monster Race's body-tempering techniques are restricted not only by race but also by bloodline.]

[Even among the Monster Race, one cannot cultivate it without the Vermilion Bird bloodline.]

[What the Vermilion Bird gave you was a massive stone carving, inscribed with the technique's text in the Monster Race's language, along with some illustrative diagrams.]

[The Vermilion Bird still had matters to attend to. After thanking you profusely once again, it left Hongluan behind to translate the technique for you.]

["Benefactor, if your sister wishes to rely on this technique to strengthen her body, she actually only needs to read this single line..."]

[You studied very earnestly alongside Hongluan.]

[But in truth, you could read all these words perfectly well.]

[After all, if you're going to put on a show, you have to go all the way.]

["Are you saying there are also the Azure Dragon Thunder Scripture, the Black Tortoise Earth Scripture, and the White Tiger Wind Scripture, which together make up the Four Great Body-Tempering Techniques of the Monster Race?"]

[Looking at your handsome face, Hongluan blushed and said.]

["Yes."]

["If one could cultivate them simultaneously, would the effects of the four body-tempering techniques stack?"]

["Of course they would."]

["These body-tempering techniques are restricted by bloodline. How do you know their effects can stack? Has someone cultivated them simultaneously before?"]

["Yes, Mother said that the Monster Emperor of the past was able to cultivate all four body-tempering techniques at the same time."]

["Impressive. I suppose that is why he was the Monster Emperor."]

[You thought to yourself that you could also cultivate all four simultaneously.]

[Then does that make me equal to the Monster Emperor?]

[Afterward, you chatted about the forbidden land known as the Great Wilderness.]

[Hongluan told you that the forbidden land itself actually did not cover a large area; it was only situated around the Hundred Deaths Mountain.]

[However, when the forbidden land began to riot, the area of this life-forbidden zone would rapidly expand and continuously spread.]

[That darkness would swallow all living creatures. Only those of the Monster Race at or above the Martial King realm could protect themselves within it.]

["When will this forbidden land's riot end?"]

["It's hard to say. The duration of each forbidden land riot is uncertain; sometimes it's long, sometimes it's short."]

[You decided to stay temporarily and wait for a while to see what happens.]

[Year 4, 23 years old.]

[Extracting trait...]

[Extraction successful!]

['Human Outlining Master' (White Common): Your shooting skills are unmatched; every shot you take will miss.]

[Adjust traits?]

[Yes / No]

[You replaced 'Badminton Expert' with 'Treasure Snatching Wonder Nose'.]

[You waited in the vast sea of forests for a year.]

[The forbidden land's riot stopped expanding its range, but those dark storms did not recede.]

[When you tried to cross over from high in the sky, the darkness would trail after you. Detouring from above was a dead end.]

[The same was true for underground.]

[You also tried piloting the Nine Provinces Cauldron to pass through the darkness.]

[It did have some effect.]

[You were able to venture quite deep into the darkness.]

[But if the Nine Provinces Cauldron stayed in the darkness for too long, that dark energy would also seep into the cauldron's realm.]

[Although it wasn't much, the impact on Da Chun seemed quite significant. You felt that Da Chun was very uncomfortable, so you simply gave up on the idea.]

[Hongluan accompanied you throughout this entire year.]

[You understood her feelings, but you maintained your distance from her.]

[When you had nothing to do, you would tell her stories like 'A Chinese Ghost Story', 'The Legend of the White Snake', and 'Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf'.]

[Through this, you indirectly hinted to her that romance between different species would not end well.]

[You didn't know whether she understood or not, but the more she listened to these stories, the more she admired you.]

[Year 5, 24 years old.]

[Extracting trait...]

[Extraction successful!]

['Asian Sorcery' (Green Rare): You are proficient in makeup skills, and you can use local materials to create a look that can pass off as the real thing using the simplest props.]

[Adjust traits?]

[Yes / No]

"Oh? I guess this counts as a low-budget disguise technique, but it probably wouldn't evade the detection of divine sense. After all, it doesn't actually change one's facial structure; it's not even as good as the Star Realm's Beauty Liquid."

This trait was worth keeping an eye on, but currently, Chen Yi didn't have a slot available for it.

[Another year passed.]

[Your patience was gradually wearing thin.]

["It seems I have no choice but to detour through the Star Realm."]

[At this moment, the Star Realm was probably still hunting down the epic-tier thief who stole the Star Source and the Universe Mirror. Going to the Star Realm was a risky maneuver.]

[Just then, the 'Treasure Snatching Wonder Nose' reacted.]

["There's a supreme treasure?"]

[Over the past two years, you had strolled around the edges of the rioting forbidden land quite a bit.]

[You had discovered some ancient human ruins from thirty thousand years ago, but you hadn't caught the slightest scent of any supreme treasure.]

[Yet today, you suddenly made a discovery.]

["Someone must have arrived carrying a supreme treasure."]

[You flew over, following the scent.]

[Hongluan followed curiously by your side.]

[The scent of the supreme treasure was not far from you.]

[As you flew in that direction, Hongluan warned you.]

["Benefactor! If you fly any further, you'll approach the Hundred Deaths Mountain. That is the center of the forbidden land, an absolute life-forbidden zone holding great terrors!"]

[She said that, but as you drew closer, you could distinguish that there were actually two scents of supreme treasures.]

[This meant that there were two supreme treasures in this place!]

[How could I not go take a look?]