Chapter Thirty-Five: The Sheepskin Scroll

  Night fell, and Ye Xuan did not fall asleep, but instead sat cross-legged in his room to continue cultivating. The small Xuan Dan was being rapidly refined within his body, and under the effect of his heart method, he had refined a considerable amount of small Xuan Dan. However, towards the end, he felt that the speed was slowly decreasing, and the Xuan Qi in the Xuan Gate seemed to be full, gradually no longer absorbing even a bit of Xuan Qi.

  This made Ye Xuan wonder, was the storage of the Mystic Gate full? But he didn't feel any signs of a breakthrough. He thought it was because of the Small Mystic Pill, so he took another one, but it was still like this, the Mystic Gate no longer absorbed the mystic energy. Just as he was puzzled, the voice of Hun Dun Lao sounded.

  "You fool, stop wasting your efforts now, the current Xuanmen is already perfect."

  Hun Dun Lao is now lying in the heart of his soul, gazing at the confusion in front of him with a careless expression, as if everything that happened was within his grasp.

  "Is it complete? Am I going to break through?" Ye Xuan asked in doubt.

  "Breakthrough? You must be dreaming, it's still too early for that." The old Chaos snickered.

  "So why is that?"

  "I've told you before, cultivating isn't just about storing up spiritual energy. You're absorbing so much now, but you haven't refined it, so it's too scattered and thin. Only by refining and controlling it will it become more pure and solid, and its volume will decrease. Once the volume decreases, there will be extra space in your dantian, and only then can you continue to absorb and refine."

  "Yo, this is still related to the density issue, tsk!" Ye Xuan said in surprise.

  "What's the secret? I'll tell you, to make your Xuan Qi become pure and thick, you must constantly practice. The best way is through actual combat, this way you can temper yourself and also speed up your cultivation."

  In the midst of chaos, Ye Xuan suddenly thought of a great place, the martial arts arena at Da Ri's shopping mall. That was indeed a great place for actual combat, and winning would also bring rewards. It seemed that only there could he find good opponents, but he needed to learn some advanced techniques; otherwise, he wouldn't be able to hold his own in battle.

  Just as Ye Xuan was thinking, the voice of Hun Dun Lao came again: "I know the secret of that sheepskin volume."

  "Oh? Is it really a secret recipe?" When he heard the old man mention the sheepskin scroll, Ye Xuan took it out of his pocket.

  "Those irregular red and yellow striped roads reminded me that this must be a sealed scroll, and as long as the seal is opened, perhaps you can know the secret of this sheepskin volume." The chaotic old man who was lying down has now sat up.

  "Seal? Then how can I open the seal?" Ye Xuan asked in confusion.

  "Being able to seal it to this extent, almost to the point of being formless, probably only a master craftsman's spiritual power can achieve. And not just any ordinary master craftsman. Try infusing your spiritual power into this sheepskin scroll and you'll understand." Chaos Old said with his eyes narrowed in a smile, as if he was very confident in his guess.

  " Spiritual power? Alright, let me take a look at what this sheepskin scroll has hidden." Ye Xuan heard the analysis of Hun Dun Lao and felt great joy. He immediately urged the spiritual power in his Dan Tian Palace to flow out, and the invisible spiritual power flowed through his arm into his palm, slowly dispersing from there. Ye Xuan placed his palm on the sheepskin scroll, he felt his spiritual power floating back and forth on the surface of the scroll, but did not feel anything unusual about it.

  "Try to focus your spiritual power on those red and yellow roads." The old man with a confused expression said.

  After listening to the words of Hun Dun Lao, his spiritual power once again converged through Ye Xuan's palm and began to surge towards those patterns. Suddenly, those patterns seemed to have suction power, and the surging spiritual power disappeared continuously on the red and yellow patterns. Ye Xuan furrowed his brow.

  "Keep going in!" Chaos Old said again when he saw Ye Xuan stop.

  Ye Xuan immediately activated the spiritual power of his Dantian Palace again, and it surged into the pattern on his palm. As he continued to invade, he felt that the suction force of the pattern was getting smaller and smaller, until it finally disappeared. Just as Ye Xuan was wondering, the pattern suddenly had a surge of spiritual power coming out, and those spiritual powers followed his palm and gradually returned to the Dantian Palace.

  In the midst of that returning spiritual power, a surge of information suddenly flooded into Ye Xuan's brain memory. The sudden information made Ye Xuan close his eyes instantly. As he closed his eyes, a strange map appeared in his mind. On this map, mountains and rivers intersected, with a place marked with a symbol that looked like a cross, shining brightly.

  "Have you obtained the information on the sheepskin scroll?" asked Chaos Old.

  "Hmm, this is too strange, how did this map appear in my memory?" Ye Xuan asked inexplicably.

  Hun Dun stroked his whiskers and chuckled: "I didn't expect that sheepskin scroll to be a spiritual scroll."

  "Spirit Scroll?"

  "Not bad, this is the master's specialty, can turn some book illustrations and even memories into intangible spiritual scrolls. The paper scrolls we usually see are visible to the naked eye, but these spiritual scrolls can only be obtained by the master through mental power, and after obtaining them, they become part of his own memory."

  Ye Xuan exclaimed in surprise: "My god, this craftsman is too handsome!"

  "Are you excited? Are you envious? Cultivate your spiritual power well, by the way, what information did you get?" Chaos Old said with a smile.

  "It's a map, right? Chaos Old Master, can I send the map to you for a look?" Ye Xuan couldn't understand this map at all, so he caught the attention of this clever guy. As the saying goes, if you have resources and don't use them, it's a waste. If Chaos Old Master knew about this idea, he would probably faint from anger.

  "Bring your spirit and body here!" said Chaos Old.

  Ye Xuan closed his eyes, and in the half-transparent spiritual body of Dan Tian Palace, a stream of spiritual energy came to the Soul Heart. He saw Hun Tun Lao smiling at him with a pair of deep eyes, making him feel that there was no privacy under his gaze, as if all his thoughts would be seen through.

  "You focus your mind and recall that map once more here." Chaos Old reminded.

  Xue Xuan nodded, closed his eyes, and the strange map reappeared in his mind. The cross-shaped symbols were still shining brightly. After Xue Xuan finished recalling the map, he slowly opened his eyes to find that Hun Dun was still meditating with his eyes closed.

  After a long time, the old chaotic finally opened his eyes and said: "There is a marked cross on this map. The information of the entire map seems to be hidden in that marked place, as if some secrets are hidden."

  "Treasure map?" Ye Xuan exclaimed excitedly as soon as he heard that something was hidden.