This Foundation Establishment cultivator of Spirit Medicine Peak was instantly stunned, his rather righteous-looking face filled with shock. And at that moment, a cascade of flowing flames descended.

The flowing flames weren't highly lethal to Foundation Establishment cultivators, but their sheer numbers were overwhelming, and they contained Foundation Establishment mana.

Caught off guard, this Spirit Medicine Peak Foundation Establishment cultivator had his face directly smeared by the cascade of flowing flames. Though his injuries weren't severe, he was left in a sorry state.

"Senior Brother, what reason do you have for suddenly attacking me?" Fang Jinyu had already retreated to the side and was ready to flee at any moment.

Although his Wind Thunder Attraction was a superior-grade cultivation technique, the gap between their cultivation levels was not small. The other party was already at the third layer of Foundation Establishment. In a true life-or-death battle, Fang Jinyu would absolutely not be a match.

However, at this moment, he finally understood how that good-natured Foundation Establishment cultivator had died in the original text.

Most likely also ambushed.

If he hadn't read that suddenly-appeared book and known the plot, he would have been on high alert from the start. While he might not have been killed instantly by a sneak attack, he certainly wouldn't be as calm and composed as he was now.

"You..."

This Spirit Medicine Peak Foundation Establishment cultivator's expression changed drastically. He had clearly disguised himself so well and succeeded with this method last time. How could it fail when repeated this time?

And at that moment, Fang Jinyu had already struck again.

Wind Thunder Attraction, a superior-grade cultivation technique for triple-attribute spiritual roots, naturally didn't only have wind-attribute divine abilities and spells. Fang Jinyu tossed the Fire Flowing Ring in his hand, and as the incantation fell from his lips, a vast mass of thunder surged forth.

This was one of the great divine abilities within Wind Thunder Attraction, Borrowed Law Thunder!

However, the cost to cast it was not small; each use required sacrificing a spirit tool. Moreover, training it to success was extremely difficult. If Fang Jinyu hadn't attempted to train it the previous day and unexpectedly gained a divine ability extraction, he wouldn't have been able to master it.

The Spirit Medicine Peak Foundation Establishment cultivator's face changed at the sight of this vast thundercloud—not because of the power of this divine ability, but because its sheer scale was too great. Likely half the Tianling Sect could see it at this moment.

Just as expected, a rainbow streak of light flew over, and then the terrifying pressure of a Golden Core great cultivator descended.

In a single instant, the thundercloud dispersed.

"Why are the two of you locked in combat?" that Golden Core cultivator asked coldly.

Fang Jinyu didn't recognize this Golden Core cultivator, but the Spirit Medicine Peak Foundation Establishment cultivator did. His expression lighting up with joy, he hurriedly spoke: "Uncle-Master, allow this disciple to report! It was this disciple who saw this Junior Brother committing violence here, and thus I intervened to save these three!"

He was clearly trying to frame Fang Jinyu before any explanation.

And at that moment, two more rainbow streaks of light flew over, and the pressure of two more Golden Core great cultivators descended once again.

"Senior Brother, this is a disciple of your peak," one of the Golden Core cultivators said to the first one who had arrived, smiling.

"What Junior Brother says is correct. Leave this matter to the Sect Leader; I shall not involve myself." The first-arrived Golden Core cultivator's expression remained unchanged upon hearing this. He merely nodded, then left directly.

By this time, the Sect Leader had already rushed over upon hearing the news. Seeing him, the Spirit Medicine Peak Foundation Establishment cultivator hurriedly repeated his earlier words.

"Junior Brother Fang, is this truly the case?" The Sect Leader's expression was unreadable. He asked Fang Jinyu with a blank face.

"From the very beginning, I had activated this Precept Bead. Later, I'll trouble the Sect Leader to deactivate it for this disciple." Fang Jinyu produced that Precept Bead.

Ever since he had received it last time, he had refined this Precept Bead.

But he had never activated it.

Because unlike talisman tools and spirit tools, once a Precept Bead was activated, it would record everything in its surroundings. Even a Golden Core great cultivator, without the proper method, could not deactivate it.

Thus, the moment Fang Jinyu brought out the Precept Bead, the Spirit Medicine Peak Foundation Establishment cultivator's face changed drastically. He cried out in terror: "How do you have a Precept Bead!"

With the Precept Bead present, truth and falsehood would naturally be clear at a glance.

* * *

However, the matter subsequently went nowhere.

As if it had never happened.

And that Spirit Medicine Peak Foundation Establishment cultivator, along with those three ninth-layer Qi Refining disciples, never appeared again.

Even though Fang Jinyu had been somewhat mentally prepared for this, he couldn't help but feel a bit indignant.

Because when the Sect Leader returned the Precept Bead to him, he had especially instructed Fang Jinyu not to speak of this matter to outsiders.

[Today was a day of righteous courage]

[Extraction obtained: Future Opportunity of the Newly Emerged Female Lead +1]

‘This thing can even be extracted?’

Fang Jinyu stared at the small guiding arrow that appeared before his eyes, utterly dumbfounded. Fate energy, insight, mana, charm, and such—those were all related to himself. But this had absolutely nothing to do with him!

At that moment, Fang Jinyu suddenly fixed his gaze on the disappearing second line of text.

‘Newly Emerged Female Lead? Could it be Du Man'er?’

Fang Jinyu thought it over and could only lock onto Du Man'er. The worst innate talent, a steady character, full of ambition, and also good-looking—wasn't this the standard setup for a waste-to-marvel protagonist?

‘Then, does this mean this world will have two female leads from now on?’ Fang Jinyu's expression couldn't help but turn odd.

In order to salvage a loss of seven hundred spirit stones, he had ended up giving this world an extra female lead?

But come to think of it, how did this feel even more advantageous for himself?

This world had fate energy. The female lead Su Yier's fate energy was strong—this was beyond doubt. But if another female lead emerged, wouldn't that split Su Yier's fate energy in half?

‘I'll find out whether this guess is right later by watching Su Yier's cultivation speed. If she doesn't form a Golden Core within five years, then her fate energy was probably halved.’

Thinking this, Fang Jinyu followed the small guiding arrow that only he could see and went to seek the opportunity.

This opportunity was not far away.

Which made sense—if the opportunity were too distant, how could a little weakling like Du Man'er ever obtain it?

In the end, Fang Jinyu dug up an exquisitely crafted spirit-tool-grade Hundred Treasure Box from a rather inconspicuous spot. Inside the box wasn't much, only two pills.

Two pills that looked very ordinary and somewhat resembled poison—black pills.

Fang Jinyu thought for a moment and took only one.

After restoring the spot to its original state, Fang Jinyu left and then began flipping through various pill compendiums. But among the existing pill compendiums, he couldn't find any record of the pill in his hand.

Though there were records of a few similar pills, none felt reliable when combined with Du Man'er's circumstances.

This was Du Man'er's future opportunity, so it had to be something tremendously useful to her!

Then, Fang Jinyu began searching through various pill-related legends. Finally, after flipping through books for two days, he actually found it.

Life-Reducing Mortal-Shedding Pill. Consuming one reduces one's lifespan by half a sexagenary cycle (30 years), but it can strip away the weakest attribute of one's spiritual roots. However, it cannot help dual-attribute spiritual roots transform into Heavenly Spiritual Roots.

Fang Jinyu's eyes blazed. If nothing unexpected, the pill in his hand should be the Life-Reducing Mortal-Shedding Pill!

A heaven-defying pill that could turn five-attribute spiritual roots into dual-attribute spiritual roots.

Of course, the prerequisite was having enough lifespan to be deducted.