“Take what you need.” The silver cat’s head turned back and took a few steps forward, its voice echoing in Yuan Ming’s sea of consciousness.

“What does this mean?” Yuan Ming asked, puzzled.

The silver cat did not explain, and continued walking forward.

“No matter what your intentions are, can you help me again? I will remember it in my heart.” Yuan Ming immediately spoke up.

Upon hearing this, the silver cat paused its steps and did not leave immediately.

Yuan Ming was delighted to see this. He thought that since the other party had taken the initiative to give him a life-saving technique and had helped him again, it must mean that they had goodwill towards him. Moreover, the fact that the silver cat had been following him all this time probably meant that they had some request for him.

So he spoke with the idea of giving it a try, but he didn’t expect to actually have a chance.

“What do you want me to help you with?” The silver cat’s voice echoed in Yuan Ming’s mind.

“Teach me the Death Moon method.” Yuan Ming immediately said.

“Your talent is too poor, you won’t be able to learn it.” The silver cat’s voice echoed in Yuan Ming’s mind.

Yuan Ming hesitated upon hearing this, but then said, “As long as you are willing to teach me, regardless of whether I can succeed or not, I am willing to do something for you in return.”

Upon hearing this, the silver cat seemed to be somewhat moved and asked, “Even if it is something that could endanger your life… are you still willing to do it?”

“I believe you won’t ask me to do such a thing. Otherwise, you wouldn’t have spoken up to save me earlier.” Yuan Ming hesitated for a moment upon hearing this, then spoke up.

“At the moment, I do have some matters… that I can’t conveniently handle myself… perhaps you can do it.” The silver cat pondered and said slowly.

“But it’s fine to tell me.” Yuan Ming said, feeling that the other party’s speech seemed more coherent than before.

“The Beast Slave Hall or the Execution Hall disciples of the Biro Cave almost every month secretly go out to hunt and kill wild people. I want you to investigate their purpose for doing so.” The silver cat pondered for a moment and slowly said.

“Isn’t it to capture fur-clad beast slaves?” Yuan Ming frowned and said.

He was originally captured and selected along with a group of wild people, and eventually became a fur-clad beast slave.

“You people with spiritual roots were captured and brought back to become fur-clad beast slaves, but what about those without spiritual roots?” The silver cat’s cold voice echoed in Yuan Ming’s sea of consciousness, asking.

Yuan Ming recalled for a moment and furrowed his brows.

He still remembered that in that cave, all the remaining wild people were killed after being selected, and the people from the Biro Cave used a small silver bell about an inch in size to collect the souls of the killed wild people.

“Alright, I will go investigate.” Yuan Ming nodded.

Upon hearing this, the silver cat did not immediately leave. It pointed out to Yuan Ming, “When you were cultivating the Death Moon method just now, you wanted to use your divine sense to inspect all the meridians in one go, right?”

Yuan Ming was not surprised that the silver cat could detect his cultivation progress and nodded.

“My soul power is not enough, so my divine sense can only stay within my sea of consciousness and cannot internally inspect the meridians and dantian. In order to make a breakthrough, I can only take the risk of forcibly inspecting the meridians.” After thinking for a moment, Yuan Ming said so.

“Who told you that internal inspection of the meridians needs to be completed in one go?” The silver cat asked in return.

Yuan Ming paused, only then did he realize that he had fallen into a misunderstanding, thinking that internal inspection of the meridians required the divine sense to pass through all the meridians at once to inspect their conditions.

“If that’s the case, then the entry requirements for the technique would also require simultaneous internal inspection of the sea of consciousness, meridians, and dantian, right?” The silver cat asked again.

“In that case, do I only need to inspect one or a few meridians each time?” Yuan Ming asked.

“The key is not the quantity, but the smoothness. Whether your divine sense can smoothly travel through your body’s internal landscape is the key… The sea of consciousness and dantian are like two capitals, while the meridians are the roads. Your divine sense travels within them, like driving a car to patrol the map of your body. The ability to swiftly and smoothly travel and patrol reflects your control over the mountains and rivers within your body.” The silver cat shook its head and began to explain.

“In that case, I have been doubting myself and limiting my progress.” Yuan Ming realized this and suddenly understood.

“Sitting and observing internally is the basic ability of all Foundation Establishment cultivators. Only soul cultivators can take a step ahead without needing to establish foundations, relying on the advantage of their soul power. This was originally not difficult, but unfortunately, your talent is truly dull.” The silver cat continued to transmit its voice.

Upon hearing this, Yuan Ming pondered for a moment and then furrowed his brows, “No, I have tried to explore one meridian at a time before, but I failed. That’s why I mistakenly thought that simultaneous exploration was necessary. Why is that?”

“Your soul power operation also has problems, you shouldn’t…” After the silver cat’s guidance, Yuan Ming finally had an epiphany.

“That’s all I have to say. You can comprehend it yourself.” Finally, the silver cat left behind these words and ran out of the window, disappearing into the darkness.

After a long time, the little fire ferret, who had been rolling on the ground, finally regained consciousness.

It saw that the nearby fire crystals and fire jade that were right in front of it suddenly disappeared, and for a moment, it couldn’t handle the shock. Its stiff body fell backward, and it started rolling around again.

Yuan Ming took out a piece of fire jade and threw it over, immediately curing its sadness. He then picked up a crystal and happily started gnawing on it.

Yuan Ming himself closed his eyes, embraced the incense burner, and began to cultivate again.

…

With the guidance of the silver cat, Yuan Ming took a much shorter path and finally accelerated the cultivation speed of the Death Moon method.

After just a few days, he was able to reach the point where his divine sense was unobstructed and he could sit and observe internally, which could be considered as an entry level.After mastering the basics of the Death Moon method, Yuan Ming’s spiritual power had made significant progress. According to what the silver cat had previously said, he was now roughly equivalent to an ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Due to the increase in his soul power, his object manipulation technique had finally made a breakthrough.

In the fire workshop at the third quarter of the Mao hour, more than one hundred and eighty registered disciples had all arrived. Most of them were busy with their own tasks, except for a few who were familiar with Yuan Ming. They were all gathered outside a casting room.

Inside the room, someone was swinging a casting hammer, striking the iron embryo with a “ding-dong” sound. The sound was crisp, and sparks were flying everywhere.

“He’s already struck eight hundred and fifty-three times. Yuan Ming really has some skills…” Qi Qige exclaimed in surprise.

“This kid must have practiced in secret, otherwise, he couldn’t have improved so fast.” A Gula said with a frown.

“He can’t possibly strike a thousand times, can he?” Lina found it hard to believe.

Wu Ri remained silent, watching intently.

Yuan Ming had only been here for just over a month. Everyone knew how poor his foundation was, but his progress was also clear for all to see.

Fang Ge walked over from a distance with a serious expression. The others were somewhat afraid of him and were about to scatter when they saw him.

However, Fang Ge stopped them with a wave of his hand: “Watch closely…”

He had a premonition that Yuan Ming might actually succeed this time. However, he was also puzzled. How could Yuan Ming have made such great progress in just a few days?

Yuan Ming didn’t understand the various emotions of the others, nor did he care. At this moment, his mind was completely focused on forging. His arm was swinging with a whooshing sound, and the sound of hammering echoed continuously.

“Dang”

With the thousandth strike, Yuan Ming finally stopped and stood aside to catch his breath.

The iron embryo on the anvil was still glowing red, slowly cooling and changing color until it was completely cooled.

Everyone looked intently and saw that the iron embryo had a uniform and fine pattern on it, like layers of flowing water. It was very beautiful and in no way inferior to what Elder Brother Fang Ge had forged.

“He did it, he really did it…” Qi Qige exclaimed in surprise.

Lina couldn’t help but give a thumbs up.

A Gula touched his bald head, his face full of disbelief, but he had to believe it.

Wu Ri took a closer look, then turned to ask, “Junior Brother Yuan, how did you do it? You’ve only just started a few days ago, haven’t you?”

He was beginning to doubt his life.

Yuan Ming just smiled and didn’t give an answer. Instead, it was Fang Ge who said seriously, “It’s all due to his unchanging initial heart and persistent perseverance.”

“And the assistance of practicing the object manipulation technique.” Yuan Ming quickly added when he heard this.

Just as the others were chattering, a commotion suddenly arose in the fire workshop. The shouts of “Third Cave Master” kept coming.

Yuan Ming and the others quickly left the casting room and saw the Third Cave Master, clad in red soft armor, walking towards them.

They all quickly paid their respects.

The Third Cave Master came straight to Yuan Ming and asked directly, “Where is the fire marten?”

“I put it in the spirit beast bag when I was forging the embryo just now.” Yuan Ming replied.

The Third Cave Master’s eyebrows furrowed slightly as she looked at Fang Ge and said, “Didn’t I tell you that he doesn’t need to sift materials and forge embryos, he just needs to take good care of the fire marten?”

Fang Ge immediately became nervous, opened his mouth, but didn’t know how to explain.

“Don’t blame Elder Brother Fang, it was I who wanted to forge the embryo.” Yuan Ming quickly came to his rescue.

“Master, Junior Brother Yuan was forging…”

Before Fang Ge could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by the Third Cave Master, “I specifically didn’t want to restrict the fire marten, and didn’t want to trap it in the spirit beast bag, so I entrusted it to you. How could you be so negligent?”

Seeing this, everyone around them fell silent, not daring to make a sound.

Fang Ge opened his mouth, wanting to say something good for Yuan Ming, but before he could speak, Yuan Ming spoke first.

“It’s my fault. I’ll return the fire marten now.”

With that, Yuan Ming slapped his spirit beast bag, a red light flashed, and the figure of the fire marten appeared. The moment it landed, it immediately turned its head and climbed onto Yuan Ming’s shoulder.

It didn’t run away?

The Third Cave Master was somewhat stunned when she saw this.

According to the fire marten’s nature, the first thing it would do when it came out of the spirit beast bag was either vent its dissatisfaction or run away like crazy to play outside. Why would it behave like this now?

Seeing this, Yuan Ming habitually took out a fire crystal stone from his storage bag and handed it to the fire marten.

The fire marten took the stone with its little hands and started to chew on it with a “crunch crunch” sound.

Yuan Ming picked it up from his shoulder and handed it to the Third Cave Master with both hands.

The Third Cave Master glanced at the fire marten and her eyebrows furrowed even more. She asked in confusion, “Have you been overfeeding it with fire crystal stones these past few days?”

“No, the fire crystal stones and fire jade I gave you are measured. If you overfeed it, it shouldn’t be able to eat until today.” She shook her head after saying this.

The fire marten’s size hadn’t changed much, but she clearly felt that it seemed to have grown a bit?

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