194: Chapter 195 Blood leads to the seizure of the foundation!

High in the sky, a crimson streak of light cut across the firmament, leaving a long trail.

After an unknown duration of flight, the crimson escape light gradually slowed down, halting mid-air.

“No one should disturb me here.”

The red light dissipated, revealing two figures below.

Lu Ming, holding the unconscious Chu Yunxiao with one hand, stood high in the sky, looking down.

Below was a desolate mountain forest. Lu Ming nodded in satisfaction, exhaling a breath of turbid Qi.

He then surveyed the surroundings, finally choosing a cliff face where he carved out a cave, then leisurely walked inside.

“It’s time to tally the gains from this trip. I hope you don’t disappoint me.”

Lu Ming tossed Chu Yunxiao aside like trash before taking out his Storage Pouch and two Spiritual Artifacts.

Lu Ming merely glanced at the White Bone Skull Staff and the Blood Blade, then lost interest.

To be honest, Spiritual Artifacts didn’t provide much of a boost to his combat power now, so their appeal was greatly diminished.

However, their quality was undeniable; even if he didn't use them, he could sell them at an opportune time later.

He then picked up the Storage Pouch and began to inspect it.

After some effort, he broke the Restriction on it and, with anticipation, extended his Divine Sense into it.

“Why is there so little inside?”

Soon, Lu Ming frowned.

Although the Storage Pouch contained a large pile of miscellaneous items like Spiritual Materials, Medicinal Pills, and Ore, their actual value was not high!

While this was consistent with the wealth of a Foundation Establishment Late Stage Cultivator, it didn’t match the identity of the Grand Elder of the Chu Family in Lu Ming’s estimation; in fact, the disparity was significant.

“Could it be that I guessed wrong, and this person didn’t carry the Family Legacy?”

Lu Ming mused, but he wasn’t too disappointed.

After all, he had already prepared himself for this possibility.

Moreover, resources were not his primary goal.

He glanced at Chu Yunxiao, who was still tightly bound by the lightning net beside him, and Lu Ming was about to perform Soul Searching.

He then noticed a jade thumb ring on Chu Yunxiao’s left thumb, glowing with a faint green light in the dim cave.

“This is… a Storage Ring!?”

Lu Ming’s face showed surprise, and he stepped forward to pull it off.

But after several attempts, he found that the jade thumb ring seemed rooted to Chu Yunxiao’s thumb and wouldn’t come off.

Lu Ming frowned, immediately losing patience, and pulled hard.

Crack!

With the sound of bones breaking, Chu Yunxiao’s left thumb was forcibly torn off!

“Ah!!!”

Accompanying it was an agonizing scream that echoed through the cave.

The extreme pain, originating from the interconnectedness of the fingers and heart, jolted the unconscious Chu Yunxiao awake.

“Noisy!”

Lu Ming backhanded a punch to Chu Yunxiao’s temple.

The still wailing Chu Yunxiao immediately let out a gurgle, rolled his eyes, and fell unconscious again.

Withdrawing his gaze, Lu Ming toyed with the severed finger in his hand, attempting once more to remove the jade thumb ring.

This time, Lu Ming removed it without any obstruction.

As his Divine Sense probed inside, Lu Ming’s eyes immediately lit up!

“It really is a Storage Ring!”

Although there was still a Divine Sense imprint on it, preventing him from viewing its contents, he could confirm that it was indeed a Storage Ring.

While a Storage Ring’s function was identical to a Storage Pouch, both the rarity of the Materials used to create it and the difficulty of refining it far surpassed a Storage Pouch.

At the same time, the storage space inside was also considerably larger than that of a Storage Pouch.

In the Southern Wilderness Region, Lu Ming had rarely seen one.

However, he understood that for this type of Cultivation ‘item,’ its practical use was secondary; it served more as a symbol of status.

Only high-ranking members of major powers like Golden Core Sects were qualified to possess one.

For a Foundation Establishment Family like the Chu Family, perhaps only the Old Ancestor of the Chu Family would be qualified to wear it.

Now that it appeared on Chu Yunxiao, Lu Ming had some guesses about what this implied, and his breathing became somewhat hurried.

“Whether it is or not, I’ll know once I look!”

Lu Ming quickly began to refine the Storage Ring.

This Storage Ring was a Tier 2 treasure, making its refinement much more complicated than that of a Storage Pouch.

However, Lu Ming still completely erased the Divine Sense imprint on it an hour later.

He eagerly extended his Divine Sense into it.

Compared to a Storage Pouch, which was only a few cubic meters in size, this Storage Ring had a much larger space, at least several tens of cubic meters internally.

And inside, the dazzling array of items nearly blinded Lu Ming.

Compared to the resources in the previous Storage Pouch, the contents of this Storage Ring were simply extravagant.

The first thing that caught his eye was a mountain of Spirit Stones, piled up like a small hill in one corner.

There were also numerous jade boxes and jade bottles containing Medicinal Pills, all neatly categorized and placed within.

Jade Slips, ancient texts, Spiritual Plants, precious medicines, Ore, and Materials were also categorized and arranged neatly.

“I’m rich! I’m rich!!”

Lu Ming was dazzled, muttering excitedly to himself.

However, he quickly adjusted his mindset.

Resources were external possessions; the true purpose of this trip was the key.

Lu Ming skipped over the mountain of Spirit Stones, bypassed the Spirit Pills and precious medicines, and focused his attention on the pile of Jade Slips and ancient texts.

After a while, Lu Ming retrieved a Jade Slip from the pile, crystal clear like jade and emanating a faint pressure.

He eagerly extended his Divine Sense into it, and his eyes immediately brightened!

“The Asura Dharma Body, Dual Cultivation of both Dharma and Body, a Tier 3 Demonic Path Legacy!”

“Hahahaha…”

Lu Ming burst into laughter. After so much planning, he had finally obtained what he had longed for.

Even someone as composed as Old Dog Lu couldn’t help but feel a surge of emotion.

Tier 3, the Golden Core Realm, already touched upon the pinnacle of the Southern Wilderness Region.

Over so many years, looking across the entire Southern Wilderness Region, it was rare for a Golden Core Immortal Master to emerge even once every few centuries.

The world had changed, yet it had only evolved into a four-way standoff, which showed how rare Golden Core Immortal Masters were.

Furthermore, Golden Core Legacies were firmly controlled by the four major powers as their foundation.

Even direct descendants of the four Golden Core powers might not have the opportunity to obtain a Golden Core Legacy!

But now Lu Ming had obtained it!

How could this not make him happy!

With the golden book’s side-effect-free Cultivation, his path in Cultivation was already incredibly smooth.

Now with the Cultivation Technique, it could be said that his Breakthrough to the Golden Core Realm was a certainty.

However, there was one question Lu Ming had never been able to figure out.

That was, why would the Ji Dynasty leak such a foundational Legacy? What was its intention?

This time, it was by chance that he provoked trouble, coupled with the Qingxuan Sect’s suppression, which forced the Old Ancestor of the Chu Family to form his Golden Core prematurely.

But if the other party had truly been given enough time, they would certainly have become a Golden Core Immortal Master.

But wouldn’t that mean the Ji Dynasty was shooting itself in the foot, cultivating an opponent to divide resources with?

This was clearly not an action a thousand-year-old Legacy power should take.

“If I can’t figure it out, then I’ll see for myself!”

Lu Ming once again turned his gaze to Chu Yunxiao.

As the Grand Elder of the Chu Family, the contents of his mind must be very interesting, right!

Lu Ming sat down in front of Chu Yunxiao, raising his sole remaining arm, his five fingers spread over his crown.

Moonlit Soul Observing Art!

As the profound runes began to flash, Chu Yunxiao’s memories, from his Divine Soul, transformed into streams of information, presented like slides for Lu Ming to peruse.

A moment later, upon seeing a certain segment, Lu Ming’s expression changed drastically, and his mind trembled with fear.

“Blood! Draw! Seize! Foundation! Art!”

Lu Ming murmured each word, his eyes filled with horror!

At this moment, he understood!