However, strictly speaking, that opportunity, rather than being an opportunity, might as well be seen as an act of "aiding the enemy."

This matter is a long story, so for now, let's make a long story short.

In this cultivation land of the Nine Wastelands, there is a group of enemies long since forgotten by today's cultivators.

And that batch of old enemies of the Nine Wastelands were all at the Nascent Soul stage!

It's just that these Nascent Soul stage individuals were far inferior in strength to the proper Nascent Soul stage cultivators of the Nine Wastelands. Because this was the price they had paid to prolong their lifespans.

But there were always a few extraordinarily brilliant ones who could maintain powerful strength while ensuring their own lifespans were extended.

Among them, there was an Ancient Cultivator named "Wu Yuan."

This was an old woman who had lived for over five thousand years, a top figure among the old enemies of the Nine Wastelands, and at the same time a living history, having personally witnessed the great changes of heaven and earth in the Nine Wastelands.

However, after living for so long, "Wu Yuan" still eventually developed problems.

One day, she mysteriously disappeared.

Her descendants came to the Nine Wastelands to bring her back, and then they actually managed to find her. But "Wu Yuan's" condition was far from optimistic. Although she could barely keep her own consciousness clear, her strength was surging madly, or to be precise, recovering to her power when she was a proper Nascent Soul stage cultivator!

For Wu Yuan, who had already turned her back on the immortal path, this was not a good thing, because when she recovered the cultivation of her former prime, that very moment would be when she suffered heavenly punishment and was annihilated in body and soul.

Thus, Wu Yuan's descendants began their ancestor-saving plan again.

What exactly the plan was, Fang Jinyu didn't know, because it wasn't written in that book. He only remembered that it was somewhat related to the Tianling Sect's superior-grade formula, Wind Thunder Attraction, and moreover, Wu Yuan's descendants later succeeded!

For this, Wu Yuan gave a heaven-and-earth rare object to Su Yier's love-brained master.

Although Su Yier's master was a sword cultivator, the formula he had initially cultivated was still Wind Thunder Attraction. He had even nearly broken through to the Foundation Establishment stage by thoroughly comprehending all the bottlenecks of Wind Thunder Attraction and then accumulating mana.

That is, the very breakthrough method Fang Jinyu had used previously.

But in the end, Su Yier's master still chose to swallow a Foundation Establishment Pill, because his family circumstances didn't allow it—his parents had already prepared a whole bottle of Foundation Establishment Pills for him.

So, regarding the comprehension of the Qi Refining chapter of Wind Thunder Attraction, within the entire Tianling Sect, originally it was indeed Su Yier's master who ranked first.

Now, naturally, it was Fang Jinyu.

And the heaven-and-earth rare object that Wu Yuan bestowed had an extremely simple name: Golden Core Fruit.

But its use was far from ordinary.

Swallowed at the Foundation Establishment stage, when forming the core, it would at minimum result in a third-grade Golden Core, disregarding spiritual root restrictions! Swallowed at the Golden Core stage, then when shattering the core to form a nascent soul, it could spare one from the calamity of the nascent soul and physical shell splitting. If one was so unlucky as to reincarnate, they could also retain all memories.

And if swallowed at the Nascent Soul stage, it wouldn't have such miraculous effects; it could only reduce three hundred years of bitter cultivation effort, increasing one's cultivation by about one layer.

Fang Jinyu naturally coveted this Golden Core Fruit, for this thing was far too broken. That the female lead Su Yier could later form a first-grade Golden Core was largely owed to this Golden Core Fruit.

Wu Yuan had originally given it to Su Yier's master, but in a turn of the head, this Golden Core Fruit ended up in Su Yier's hands.

Fang Jinyu was now explaining the process of his own comprehension, because after Xu Tingyu had flattered him a couple of times, she expressed that she wanted to hear it. Don't mention it, since Xu Tingyu had married, not only had she become more charming, but she also understood more about the ways of the world. As for Fang Jinyu, it wasn't that he had some Cao Cao-like tendencies or Jian'an spirit (NTR); he simply wanted to take this opportunity to spread this matter far and wide.

Originally, quite a few people knew about it, but it was only limited to the vicinity of Xiaohe Peak and Li-Character Spirit Medicine Peak.

"Hearing Brother Fang's words, I've come to know the brilliance of Brother Fang's talent. Though I've only heard of Wind Thunder Attraction and never seen it with my own eyes, just from Brother Fang's speech alone, I've drawn parallels and understood several errors and omissions in my own cultivation." Zhang Wenye expressed deep admiration, and then couldn't help but say, "If speaking of comprehension of Wind Thunder Attraction at the Qi Refining stage, I dare assert that Brother Fang should be the foremost person!"

Xu Tingyu at the side also couldn't stop nodding repeatedly. Fang Jinyu had described the process of advancing from the Qi Refining stage to the Foundation Establishment stage in incomparably thorough detail. Although she couldn't break through without external aid like Fang Jinyu, as long as she thoroughly assimilated today's insights, then with another Foundation Establishment Pill, she would definitely be able to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage!

"My master is the one who comprehends the Wind Thunder Attraction formula the most profoundly!" But at this moment, a slightly discordant voice suddenly rang out.

Fang Jinyu couldn't help but follow the sound.

Then he saw a girl who appeared rather frail, but as pure as a little white flower. At this moment, this girl's face was full of innocence. Seeing him look over, she seemed even more frightened, stepping back three steps in succession, then said weakly, "This Uncle-Master, I was just speaking my thoughts. Please don't look at me so frighteningly; I haven't done anything wrong."

Fang Jinyu: "..."

In just a few words, he had inexplicably become a great villain?

Wait!

Fang Jinyu suddenly jolted. This image of a pure little white flower, combined with this white-lotus speech that far surpassed even green tea...

Could it be Su Yier?

And at that moment, a young man's figure suddenly appeared in Fang Jinyu's field of vision. This young man shielded the girl behind him, and on that slightly cold but handsome face, his eyes looked at Fang Jinyu icily: "You, apologize."

Fang Jinyu: "..."

What was this feeling of a domineering CEO cross-over?

And, what was he apologizing for?

"Senior Brother Qin, it's fine. It's my fault, none of this Uncle-Master's concern." At this moment, that girl suddenly pulled on the young man, then spoke with a flustered expression.

Fang Jinyu: "..."

There were quite a few ellipses today, mainly because even when facing that little girl, he had never been this speechless.

"I said, make you apologize. Do you not understand human speech?"

However, it wouldn't have been so bad if the girl hadn't spoken. Once she spoke, that young man's expression immediately grew even uglier. His gaze was dark and cold, as if a faint aura swept past. Then he spoke coldly: "Although you are Foundation Establishment and I am only at the ninth layer of Qi Refining, it won't be long before I too am Foundation Establishment. So then, please do not stint your guidance! Junior Sister Su, let's go!"

At the end, that young man's voice suddenly changed as if he'd turned into a different person, becoming gentle.

Fang Jinyu: "..."

Love-brained neurotic +1.

But he could now confirm that this white-lotus girl was Su Yier! Besides Su Yier, there couldn't be this many brainless people around anyone else.

‘Thinking about it, Lu Shaojun also seemed to be half a person around Su Yier. Truly, birds of a feather flock together…’

Fang Jinyu grumbled inwardly, then looked at Xu Tingyu and Zhang Wenye, only to see that these two were also wearing expressions of utter stupefaction.

Clearly, Su Yier and her aloof senior brother had thoroughly shocked these two normal cultivators.

"Which family's direct descendant is this?" Zhang Wenye couldn't help but ask. He figured only a direct descendant of a great cultivation family would dare face a Foundation Establishment cultivator like this.

"The Sea Queen (Harem Controller) and Fish family (her simps)," Fang Jinyu said darkly.