The boy swiftly stored the valuable parts like the beast's demon core, fur, and claws into his spatial ring before hastily leaving the scene.
As beasts had a highly acute sense of smell for blood, even though this area was at the edge of the Falling Cloud Mountain Range, formidable beasts were still abundant. He knew his current strength was insufficient to deal with such threats.
Finding a cave, he set up a concealing formation to block his aura before taking out some pills from his spatial ring. After a while, he recovered from his injuries and opened his eyes, exuding a more powerful aura. He understood that he had gained much from this battle.
"Unfortunately, my cultivation progress is still too slow."
Su Heng shook his head. In his past life, he was a Venerable in the realm of Life and Death, yet after regaining his memory recently, he had just successfully broken through to the early stage of the Profound Martial Realm.
"It's time to return to the Su Family and see what's been happening."
He crossed the North Star Seven Star Array. This time, he could sense the formation's formidable power, a vast difference from when he left. This formation was at least of Heavenly Stage grade, giving him a sense of threat. Furthermore, he sensed seven pairs of eyes upon him. These cultivators were at least at the Profound Origin Realm, or possibly even higher.
What exactly happened? Why was there such a significant change? After inquiring, he realized that numerous major events had occurred during his absence.
"It seems this family isn't simple at all."
Su Heng muttered to himself, feeling a sense of helplessness. There was a spot in the back mountain that even he couldn't probe. It emitted an aura of death, mystifying him. Could the Su Family's ancestor be in a situation similar to his own? Su Heng pondered, unable to make sense of it.
Nonetheless, he also felt relieved. With this, he could focus on cultivating peacefully. He arrived at the Scripture Pavilion, planning to exchange the techniques he had for points
In his recollections, the Su family possessed numerous cultivation-enhancing pills, like the Jiuhua Yulu Pill and the Qingling Pill… These pills were unheard of in his previous life, yet they undeniably facilitated cultivation progress.
Within the registration office of the Scripture Pavilion, there sat an elderly man overseeing the registration process.
"Xiao Hengzi, you've returned!"
As soon as Su Heng stepped inside, his eyes fell upon an elderly figure reclining on a lounge chair, leisurely fanning himself with a slightly tattered fan.
"Grandpa Hongyi," Su Heng greeted, recognizing the old man who had treated him kindly in his memories.
"Ah, the late stage of the Spirit Martial Realm, not bad at all," Su Hongyi remarked, casting a quick appraisal over Su Heng's cultivation. Unbeknownst to him, if he were aware that Su Heng had advanced to the Earth Martial Realm, his approval might have been even more heartfelt.
"Late stage of the True Martial Realm," Su Heng, in turn, noted the cultivation level of the elderly man.
"Are you here to select techniques today?" The old man didn't bother getting up.
"I obtained some techniques during my journey and intend to exchange them for points." Su Heng spoke truthfully.
Hearing this, Su Hongyi stood up, took out a jade slip from behind and laid it out, conjuring a spiritual pen in his hand.
"Let me take a look! I'll estimate the points for you."
Su Heng didn't waste words either and presented around twenty techniques and martial skills. Most were at the Profound Rank, with a few at the Earth Rank. There were no Yellow Rank ones.
Su Heng didn't dare present overly precious techniques; he could only test the waters with some items.
"Hmm?"
As Su Hongyi examined them, he noticed the ranks of these techniques. What kind of ancient ruins had this kid poked into? Also, judging by the look of things, they should have been left behind, but he didn't ask. He wasn't interested in a junior's opportunities.
"Alright, I've recorded these points under your name. Deduct them when you use them."
Su Hongyi said as he entered these techniques and martial skills into the white jade pillar standing in the center. The pillar would then carve the jade slips and place them where they belonged.
"Spirit Artifact?"
Su Heng saw the reason for this – it was a Holy Artifact, right? It was well-known that only Holy Artifacts possessed spirit entities. Others might have spirits, but they couldn't achieve self-awareness.
Su Heng looked up and noticed that the outside remained unchanged, but inside, significant changes had occurred.
It even employed spatial formations. No, it was a self-contained space. The nine-level tower only illuminated four levels. Could there be Holy Arts or Emperor Scriptures on the upper levels?
"Grandpa Hongyi, can I go to the fourth floor?" Su Heng asked with some uncertainty, glancing at Su Hongyi.
Upon hearing this, Su Hongyi's initial thought was to refuse, but before he could speak, a sound transmission reached his mind.
"Given that you've contributed many techniques, you can go! However, you mustn't study them privately; otherwise, your father can't protect you." Su Hongyi spoke with a serious tone.
Su Heng nodded and went upstairs.
"The fourth floor indeed contains Heaven-Rank techniques, and there are quite a few."
However, Su Heng's focus wasn't on techniques; even Heaven-Rank ones wouldn't impress him. He was more concerned about what was above the fourth floor.
At the staircase of the fourth floor, a formidable restriction existed. Forget his current self, even his past life's self couldn't break it.
He quickly left and exchanged various Heaven and Earth treasures for enhancing his cultivation. He was relieved that the Exchange Pavilion wasn't a Holy Artifact; it was a simple loft. Otherwise, he'd be tormented.
Every move of Su Heng was seen by Su Xun. He allowed Su Heng access to the fourth floor of the tower, but most of the techniques on the fourth floor were illusions. However, they didn't matter; what mattered was the intimidation it created.
[Name: Su Heng
Cultivation: Early Stage Earth Martial Realm
Techniques: 'Divine Emperor Scripture' (Reincarnation-Rank Technique)
Martial Skills: 'Meteor Chase,' 'Setting Sun on Snow,' 'Shifting Shadows' (Life-Death-Rank Martial Skills)
Title: Venerable Heng Yuan
Loyalty Value: 60
Profile: Originally the Divine Emperor Valley's top cultivator in the Divine Realm, a thousand years ago he failed to overcome the Heavenly Tribulation during the Reincarnation Realm breakthrough, and only a trace of his soul escaped the baptism, possessing reincarnation power. After many years of gestation, he reincarnated as a member of the Su Family, recently awakening his memories.]
Seeing this, Su Xun smiled. A loyalty value of 60 wasn't high, but it was better than the initial forty. Moreover, he learned more about realms from the system. There were seven realms above the Nine Realms: Creation Realm, Nirvana Realm, Yin-Yang Realm, Life-Death Realm, Reincarnation Realm, Holy Realm, and Emperor Realm. His previous life's Su Heng was at the Life-Death Realm.