Placing the object in front of him, Qiu Shanming hesitated briefly before swallowing it.
After consuming the strange item, Qiu Shanming’s eyes and expression changed entirely.
Like a starving ghost reincarnated, he began frantically devouring the bloody flesh scooped from the crimson jar.
In the end, he even shoved his entire head inside.
After finishing, Qiu Shanming stood up satisfied, licking his lips.
“Is this the power of resurrection? Truly marvelous!”
By now, Xu Fei had followed the group to the legendary ancestral land.
Nestled among towering mountains, there was no phone signal.
Though the place didn’t seem overly remote, it was clearly shielded by special means, feeling utterly cut off from the world.
Xu Fei surveyed the surroundings, finding a basin encircled by mountains. At its centre stood a massive altar, now reduced to ruins.
Even in its dilapidated state, the altar was striking.
It rose three or four stories, over ten metres high, with a stone statue at its centre.
Xu Fei recognised the statue, nearly identical to one he’d seen in an underground temple.
“That’s the founder of the Heavenly Path Acupuncture, isn’t it? It seems he really came here and left his legacy!”
Xu Fei’s heart raced with excitement, sensing he might uncover the remaining techniques for the Heavenly Path Acupuncture.
When he apprenticed, Xu Fei learned that the highest realm of the Heavenly Path Acupuncture required wielding 108 needles simultaneously.
Only that level was considered true mastery.
Xu Fei was still short by about twenty needles and had already awakened the dual forces of yin and yang, a testament to his talent.
But afterwards, his progress in the Heavenly Path Acupuncture stalled.
The main reason was that he didn’t know the techniques for the remaining twenty needles.
During his training, even his master didn’t know them and had jokingly told Xu Fei, “I only learned this much. With your talent, maybe you can create the rest!”
Now, Xu Fei understood. The founder must have deliberately designed it this way to prevent the powerful Heavenly Path Acupuncture from being easily leaked.
Part of the technique was left in China, the other here.
Unless someone diligently sought it out, luck alone wouldn’t suffice to gather the complete set.
This also prevented people from using it for illegal or criminal purposes.
“As expected of the founder. If I hadn’t met Kawashima Ichio by chance, I probably never would’ve found this place in my lifetime.”
