I Am Your Natural Enemy

He navigated to the trading zone and saw that his level was too low to post any trades, he could only view them.

The trading zone mostly dealt in information, with little actual goods. He refreshed the page and saw a post.

”As per the usual, destined individuals only, deleted after three seconds.”

Wen Yan clicked in to view the content.

”Every month on the night of the full moon, wait at the crossroads, someone will come to meet you.

You can trade various items, including but not limited to professional abilities, physical body, soul, spirituality, and lifespan.

Special statement: I am not a devil!”

He checked the publisher ID, named Fateless Pawnshop.

After scanning through the content, the post suddenly disappeared, indicating it was gone.

Wen Yan frowned slightly, skimmed through other posts, finding nothing that needed particular attention.

Before exiting, he clicked on Little Bun’s post. His level was too low to leave a comment, so he just liked the post from the expert.

After exiting, he specially sent a message indicating that he couldn’t leave a comment, only a thumbs-up for support.

Wen Yan picked up his phone and searched the Scorching Sun Department’s database for Fateless Pawnshop.

He did find some information.

The earliest record, from fifty years ago, was in the form of a written report. A person from Nanwu County reported that he pawned one of his eyes but the pawnshop had not kept its promise to send him down to Nanyang.

For decades afterward, there were no records inside Divine Land, and the latest record was found in this forum.

Someone posted and deleted after three seconds, but unfortunately, this forum is now hosted on the Server Domain, so deleting posts doesn’t accomplish much.

The current speculation is that this Fateless Pawnshop might not be active on the continent of Divine Land.

Wen Yan put away his phone, thinking about how the accelerated Spiritual Qi Resurgence has made all sorts of bizarre and sinister things appear.

According to records from the Scorching Sun Department, this year is especially noticeable, with various phenomena shifting from a stable annual percentage increase to a J-shaped curve.

He needs to accelerate his cultivation.

Wen Yan put away his phone, headed to the backyard, and continued his cultivation.

He had already gained inspiration for cultivating the torso from Zhang Xuewen, and that fireworks diagram conveying harmonious Divine Essence was etched in his mind.

Finally settling down, with time to truly cultivate, Wen Yan immersed himself deeply in practice.

For the torso part of cultivation, the skin and bones are the simplest.

Especially the bones, complemented with Tiger Bone Fortification Pill, the cultivation proceeded smoothly.

But when he reached the internal organs, he clearly hit a snag.

He had seen Zhang Xuewen’s miserable appearance, starting to urinate blood after cultivation issues...

Now with a clear route, things were much easier for him.

He didn’t start with the heart as it was too intense, opting to begin with the liver, the place that nurtures blood and stores it.

To cultivate Qi and blood, starting from here was the gentlest and easiest to control; additionally, it helped to initially improve his body’s resistance to abnormal conditions.

Wen Yan assumed a boxing stance, stood in place, and began expanding his route, simultaneously mobilizing a thread of Qi and blood power he could maneuver.

Using the liver as the basis, he simultaneously incorporated relatively gentle Qi and blood power into the route during expansion, achieving one-step integration.

This approach made subsequent cultivation easier and raised the level of compatibility.

This is the advantage of being high above, with experience and insight, you can avoid pitfalls from the start and find the optimal solution.

Wen Yan maintained at least 12 hours of cultivation each day; in the blink of an eye, three days passed.

He stayed at home without going out, his family was reassured, and the atmosphere was different from before.

Finishing a night of cultivation, he suddenly received a call from Zhang Qihui.

”Brother Wen, the Spirit Soldier you wanted is ready!”

”Oh, this quickly?”

”This was re-molded from scratch, it’s already slow; if made in a human form, it would have been done today!”

”Do you have many human-shaped ones?”

”Quite a few without any consciousness. Brother Wen, do you want them, or do you want some with consciousness? Ones with consciousness are more difficult, it’s a matter of luck.”

”Wait, I’ll come over to take a look. Is it still at the old place?”

”It is, you can come.”

Wen Yan hung up the phone, gathered his things from the basement, and headed out.

Borrowing the Nether Path, he arrived at Zhang Qihui’s factory and entered inside, seeing numerous unconscious synthetic beings already formed.

Not rushing to show Wen Yan the finished products, Zhang Qihui first took him on a tour.

Besides the synthetic beings resembling White Bone Dao Soldiers in the majority, there were other synthetic beings that at first glance were indistinguishable from real humans, with even skin folds and textures replicated.

Especially the eyes, crafted particularly well, noticeably superior to other parts.

”Are there Spirit Soldiers that resemble a Taoist sage with divine and ethereal bones?”

”Certainly!”

Zhang Qihui led Wen Yan to another room filled with various humanoid synthetic beings, among which there was a particularly suitable one.

”These are actually failed products; their materials and craftsmanship might be better than my initial White Bone Dao Soldier. Unfortunately, they lack spirituality and consciousness and ultimately remain artificial.”

”No worries, I’ll take this one for a try.” Wen Yan pointed at one of the Taoist synthetic beings.

After retrieving this synthetic being, Wen Yan reached out to take a jade pendant and placed it into the synthetic being’s head cavity, then extended his hand to tap on the jade pendant.

Yang Energy was blessed onto the jade pendant, then slowly dispersed, spreading over the entire synthetic being, using pure Yang Energy to unite the two.