Super Gene Hunting Ground

After dinner, Xingyun Piaoxue suggested first going to Qin Lu’s casino for a few rounds, then enjoying a foot bath and sauna, and finally having a good time at his brothel.

Nowadays, Xingyun Piaoxue and Qin Lu live each day indulging in debauchery and dreams.

Huang Mi was the first to refuse,

”I’m not interested in brothels or casinos, you guys go ahead.”

Saying that, he glanced at Yang Xiao.

Yang Xiao said,

”I’m a pure young man, you two can degenerate together.”

Xingyun Piaoxue and Qin Lu chuckled but didn’t insist.

Everyone went their separate ways.

Yang Xiao found Gu Beifeng, Du Tianxing, and others.

”How is your training with the Bone Forging Technique going?”

”It’s going well, in a while we can achieve Bone Forging Great Success and break through to King Level advanced realm.”

”What about Xiao Zhe, Xia Luo, and the others?”

”They are close to breaking through to King Level intermediate, now they train with the Bone Forging Technique every day, they estimate it will take around six months to complete.”

”Six months?”

Yang Xiao sighed, genetic evolution is something where haste makes waste, yet the situation forces urgency.

If the flames of war from the Great Dragon Empire, Snow Leopard Empire, and Youming Empire really reach Purple Origin Star, Wildman Valley will inevitably be dragged into it. He can only hope for this day to come later, to give his brothers more time to grow.

Gu Beifeng saw Yang Xiao’s sigh and asked,

”Yang Xiao, is something wrong?”

”Oh, nothing, it’s just that I feel the time is too long and I wish they could grow up in a day.”

”Haha, they’ve been working hard, the training for Bone Forging is indeed painful, everyone is bearing it without complaint, Qin Lu, Xingyun Piaoxue, and others have given up, slacking off frequently.”

”We can’t compare with them, they have strong backing, supported by families behind them. If we don’t work hard, we could be eliminated by opponents at any time.”

Gu Beifeng and Du Tianxing nodded in agreement.

For them, even breaking through to Emperor Level would only be equivalent to ordinary status among Witch Star people, and to improve further is very difficult.

At night, under the starry sky, in the square of Earth Village, Gu Beifeng led more than thirty brothers from Earth to train the Bone Forging Technique together.

For people from the Witch Star, practicing Genetic Transformation Technique is a common thing, so no one paid much attention to Gu Beifeng and the others’ training.

It’s just as common as elderly people doing square dancing on Earth.

Yang Xiao also went to the square, found a secluded spot, and began to train Ancient Martial Arts.

He had been busy lately, only occasionally training Shaolin Temple’s Dragon Subduing and Elephant Taming Divine Skill, neglecting other Ancient Martial Arts techniques.

Yang Xiao first performed the Divine Mountain Sword Skill, and as he practiced, the clear and graceful image of Lan Xin appeared in his mind, moments of their time together constantly resurfaced, leaving him melancholic.

Although the two had become husband and wife, they parted hurriedly even before consummating their marriage.

Thinking of Lan Xin naturally brought memories of Qin Yu. He had heard Qin Yu was pregnant, but didn’t know how things were going now. If she were to have a child, he wondered if it would be a daughter or a son.

At the thought of having descendants soon, he felt an inexplicable excitement.

He also thought of Huang Wen and Deng Xiao.

A strong sense of longing surged in his heart, wishing he could return to Earth immediately to see Lan Xin and the others.

Putting aside the distractions, Yang Xiao trained all the Shaolin Temple Divine Skills again: Finger Flicking, Shaolin Swordsmanship, Great Body Shifting Skill, and so on.

Completing all the Ancient Martial Arts training took about four hours, and when he stopped, Gu Beifeng and the others had already finished their Bone Forging Technique training and moved on to practicing Yijin Scripture.

Xia Luo and Xiao Zhe had already taught the basic mental method of the Yijin Scripture to everyone, and now they needed to diligently practice it every day.

Yang Xiao was able to unexpectedly complete the third stage Yi Jin of the Genetic Transformation Technique early, thanks to the Ancient Martial Arts Yijin Scripture he had studied at Shaolin Temple.

Yang Xiao walked around the group, and in a corner of the square, he noticed a young man sitting cross-legged, training Ancient Martial Arts, but didn’t seem to be Yijin Scripture.

Curious, Yang Xiao approached and stood a few meters away, watching closely.

After watching for half an hour, he still couldn’t tell what Ancient Martial Arts technique the young man was practicing.

Just as he was about to turn away, the young man suddenly opened his eyes, took a deep breath, indicating he had finished training.

Seeing Yang Xiao, the young man immediately greeted,

”Boss!”

”What are you practicing?”

”I followed the Wudang Sect and practiced some techniques before, and just now I was training the Heavenly Silkworm Technique.”

”Heavenly Silkworm Technique? That name sounds familiar.”

”Haha, of course, Mr. Jin Yong wrote a novel titled ’Liancheng Technique’ years ago. In it, there’s a peerless Divine Skill called Heavenly Silkworm Technique. You should have heard of that novel or seen the TV show, right?”

Yang Xiao slapped his forehead,

”Ah, I remember now, no wonder it seemed so familiar. I recall the novel also mentioned the Wudang Sect. Really, does the Wudang Sect actually possess a martial art like the Heavenly Silkworm Technique?”

”Of course, I’m practicing the Heavenly Silkworm Technique right now.”

”I remember reading in the novel that cultivating the Heavenly Silkworm Technique allows the cultivator to transform like a silkworm, emerging like a butterfly from a cocoon, and their power increases,”

Yang Xiao suddenly stopped, a spark of realization flashing in his mind.

Heavenly Silkworm Technique, transformation, death and rebirth, breaking out of the cocoon?

These words continuously flashed in his mind, and then he recalled seeing a method to break the genetic shackles in the stone cave of the Wildman elder—consuming an elixir medicine to put oneself in a near-death state, and then being reborn from the flames.

Yang Xiao gazed at the young man in front of him, feeling an inexplicable excitement.

The young man looked at Yang Xiao, seeing the excitement in his eyes under the starlight, and asked:

”Boss, what’s up?”

Yang Xiao calmed down from his excitement, took a deep breath, and asked:

”Ah, nothing much. What’s your name?”

”Duan Fei.”

”Duan Fei, what experiences or effects have you had practicing the Heavenly Silkworm Technique?”

”The Heavenly Silkworm Technique has nine levels in total. I’ve just reached the second level. As for the effects, I feel that since I started practicing the Heavenly Silkworm Technique, the speed of my genetic evolution seems to be a bit faster than before,

and compared to evolvers of the same level, my speed is a bit quicker.”

”So, can you teach me the Heavenly Silkworm Technique?”

”Haha, no problem, as long as you’re willing. By the way, I have a secret manual of the Heavenly Silkworm Technique here, which I brought from Earth. You can take it to have a look first, and if there’s anything you don’t understand, I’ll explain it to you.”

Duan Fei took out an ancient book from his space ring and handed it to Yang Xiao.

Yang Xiao took the secret manual and said,

”Thank you, I’ll take a look and return it to you another day.”

”No worries, go ahead and read it. I’ve memorized it a long time ago.”

Yang Xiao quickly returned to his room, eagerly flipping through the ”Heavenly Silkworm Technique.”

This book appeared to be an original ancient text from the Wudang Sect. Who knows what methods Duan Fei used to acquire it; he probably stole it.

Yang Xiao spent half an hour quickly reviewing the principles and cultivation methods of the entire Heavenly Silkworm Technique, closing the book with a surge of excitement.

A complete and mature concept of genetic evolution emerged vividly in his mind.

Whether it be humans from Earth, Witch Star people, or beasts and other creatures, the process of genetic evolution is about altering the original genes, continuously optimizing and enhancing them.

The four stages of body refinement, bone forging, Yijin, and marrow cleansing studied by the Witch Star people were essentially about continuously tempering the cultivator’s body to change the original genetic structure of the body, achieving restructuring and optimization.

The cultivation methods left by the Wildman elder in the cave, using special elixirs to bring cultivators near death and then be reborn from the flames, were also about restructuring the genetic composition of the cultivator.

As for why the Yijin Scripture cultivated by Yang Xiao was effective on his genetic evolution, it’s the same principle.

In ancient martial arts cultivation, the saying of marrow cleansing and bone weeding has always been there, which is essentially about changing the physique and genes of the cultivator to better adapt to ancient martial arts.

Yang Xiao couldn’t obtain the marrow cleansing technique of the Witch Star people, nor could he reproduce the elixirs of the Wildman elder, but the ancient martial art of the Heavenly Silkworm Technique perfectly aligned with the genetic evolution’s core principle of rebirth from ashes and genetic reorganization.

Duan Fei said that after practicing the Heavenly Silkworm Technique, it accelerated genetic evolution, which is exactly the reason.

Having understood these principles, Yang Xiao’s mind was as clear as day, filled with excitement, like someone walking in the dark who finally saw a light in the distance.

Yang Xiao studied the Heavenly Silkworm Technique several times throughout the night and began attempting its cultivation.

The next day, Yang Xiao went to find Duan Fei early in the morning to seek advice on some questions he had encountered during cultivation.

At this point, Yang Xiao was already at the King Level advanced realm, and the energy from genetic evolution could serve as a foundation for ancient martial arts cultivation. The higher the level, the more powerful the inner strength that can be converted.

Additionally, Yang Xiao had a foundation in Shaolin ancient martial arts, allowing him to cultivate the Heavenly Silkworm Technique much faster than Duan Fei.

Three days later, Yang Xiao completed the first level of the Heavenly Silkworm Technique and entered a breakthrough stage, falling into a deep sleep for 24 hours.

This speed genuinely startled Duan Fei.

”Boss, that’s incredibly fast!”

During Yang Xiao’s 24-hour slumber, someone needed to look after his safety, but fortunately, Earth Village was very safe, completely under Yang Xiao’s control.

Yang Xiao had Duan Fei and Gu Beifeng personally guard his room, without alerting anyone else.

During the 24-hour sleep, Yang Xiao’s consciousness was exceptionally clear. He could feel his body undergoing a significant transformation in a critical state, with an electric current coursing through his body, refining every inch of his skin, flesh, and bones.

In a moment, Yang Xiao suddenly thought of the mysterious black bottle and realized with a start.

”The black mysterious bottle, after refining the liquid left by the mutated creatures, should accurately have the function of refining the body and modifying the genetic structure,

but the energy of the liquid from the refined mutated creatures also helps enhance evolution, which is why Yang Xiao’s genetic evolution continues to improve rapidly.”

With that realization, Yang Xiao thoroughly understood all the doubts that had troubled him.