The Urban Medical Martial Immortal

Chapter 1667: Chapter 1659: A Little Bit of Xiao Xiao’s Fortune

The bone-white skeletons piled up around the furnace.

Broken leg bones, caved-in skulls, human and fierce beast alike, all lay scattered in a mess.

Mo Jiwu and Shen Hongming stood by the side, as if their feet were nailed in place, too scared to move.

The two of them.

Their faces were somewhat pale, clearly terrified.

This was a scene they had never seen before.

Normally, they were no strangers to fights, bloody battles were a common occurrence.

Even.

There had been deaths!

But such a scene, such a horrific sight, was more frightening than a horror movie!

”Mr. Lin, this place...”

Mo Jiwu felt a chill creeping up his back, shivering with fear, he couldn’t help but turn to Lin Tian.

”Could this be the aftermath of a slaughter? A battleground where human cultivators and demon beasts clashed?”

Long Motian, on the other hand, was extremely calm, taking a deep breath as he surveyed the area, ”However... the walls around and this furnace seem to bear no traces of fighting!”

”Moreover, these bones here show no signs of having been broken by swords or any weapons, they appear to have died naturally, or were completely subdued before dying!”

Hearing Long Motian’s words, Lin Tian nodded lightly.

Gazing at the pile of ominous white bones, Lin Tian’s heart was filled with shock and a sense of unease.

However.

His eyes were brimming with excitement.

”Could there be something unclean here?”

Suddenly, Shen Hongming’s face changed, he glanced at the furnace, his voice trembling, ”Could there be something inauspicious inside this furnace? Otherwise, why would these people and beasts die here so inexplicably? Or perhaps this used to be a powerful faction, using people directly for alchemy?”

”You’re not far off! It does resemble alchemy... using humans like herbal medicine for refinement!”

Lin Tian turned to look at Shen Hongming, nodding as he explained, ”This method is quite cruel, sometimes it goes against the will of Heaven!”

”Ah... using living people?”

These words startled Long Motian, it was his first time hearing of such a terrifying method.

Mo Jiwu and Shen Hongming almost fell to the ground in shock, their faces filled with terror.

”It could be said so! But this method of refinement is somewhat different, it’s soul refining...”

Lin Tian looked at the group and wasn’t stingy with explanations. Since they’d witnessed it, letting them know wouldn’t hurt. He continued, ”Just like Shen Hongming mentioned about the inauspicious things! Actually, there are no ghosts or deities in this world! Yet, there are demons, ghosts, divine soul beasts, and the like. And those unclean things we ordinary folk encounter are mainly human souls and corpse souls, which indeed exist, but aren’t as mystical as imagined... Souls that haven’t cultivated are like wandering ghosts, eventually dissipating into the heavens! Whereas corpse souls... to put it simply, are zombies, bodies that have incubated for years, gaining sentience to form powerful walking corpses!”

”However, these all require harsh conditions to form; they’re generally hard to come across! So, on most days, there isn’t much to fear!”

These words.

Lin Tian explained with astonishing calmness, as if discussing trivial matters over tea.

But to Mo Jiwu and Shen Hongming, it sent chills down their spines.

Even Long Motian felt a tingling scalp.

”Then... inside that furnace...”

Shen Hongming suddenly shivered, pointing to the large black furnace.

”There’s definitely something inside! So if you’re ready, I’ll open it...”

Lin Tian glanced at Long Motian, who was tinged with fear, and laughed lightly, ”Of course, there are also good things inside!”

With that, Lin Tian had already gripped the lid of the furnace and removed it in one swift motion.

”Ahhh...”

Terrifying, piercing screams instantly surged from the furnace.

Accompanied by a horde of grotesque ghostly faces, be they human or fierce beast, pouring forth from within.

The sudden scene sent Shen Hongming and Mo Jiwu screaming as they crawled backward in a hurry.

Even Long Motian shouted, as his entire body circulated with True Qi, bracing against those sinister, fearsome entities.

But as the screams subsided, those ghost faces vanished as well.

”Look how frightened you all are! These are merely resentful souls accumulated over countless years!”

Lin Tian turned to glance at the three, smiling as he spoke.

Subsequently.

His gaze fell onto the interior of the furnace.

Inside were hundreds of black objects, smooth like pebbles.

These things, however, emitted a lingering chill.

Making anyone feel uncomfortable.

Lin Tian picked out three of them and tossed them to Long Motian and the others, saying, ”Hold onto these, carrying them long-term will be beneficial!”

The three received the black objects, shivering involuntarily.

Especially Shen Hongming and Mo Jiwu, they trembled, barely daring to hold them.

Yet.

Since Lin Tian, a person of such stature, had spoken, they chose to trust him.

He wouldn’t bother to trick them with such convoluted means!

”This should be a treasure!”

Mo Jiwu murmured softly as he caressed the cold stone.

Beside him, Shen Hongming’s eyes lit up slightly, his fear dissipating, quickly valuing the stone as he secured it safely.

Though unaware of the benefits Lin Tian mentioned, the trio treated these stones as jade that nourished the body.

”Long Motian!”

Lin Tian now looked up at Long Motian, speaking, ”I mentioned before that I would grant you a small fortune! Now, I’m keeping my promise!”

”Ah... thank you, Mr. Lin!”

Long Motian was first surprised, then he let out an exclamation and knelt down.

Having truly witnessed Lin Tian’s daunting abilities, he understood that such an existence at the level of a Nascent Soul Monster, even offering something as small as a fingernail, would benefit him greatly.

Lin Tian wasted no words, lifted his hand to point at Long Motian’s forehead, retracting it moments later.

”This... True Martial Battle Body Technique?”

Long Motian was dumbfounded for a moment, then exclaimed in disbelief.

”Yes! A set of body refining combat techniques! Starting the cultivation or cultivating to the First Layer might only slightly change your physique. However, if you deeply cultivate it, breaking mountains and rivers with one hand isn’t out of the question! If you could now cultivate to the Ninth Layer, defeating a Golden Core Early Stage cultivator isn’t impossible! In myriad ways, they all lead to the same goal. If your physique reaches a certain level, you can dominate the battlefield! But mastering this technique is extremely difficult and requires perseverance!”

Lin Tian nodded slightly, explaining to Long Motian, ”Whether you can obtain such fortune in the future depends on you!”

Upon hearing this, Long Motian was utterly stunned.

His eyes widened, fixing on Lin Tian with a gaping mouth, too shocked to react for a moment.

”Mr. Lin, do you mean... if I cultivate this body refining technique to a high point, with my Foundation Establishment Stage cultivation, I could defeat a Golden Core Cultivator?”

Long Motian still couldn’t believe his ears, swallowing his saliva, he asked again, eyes wide open.