"Into the Mountain Valley: A Surprising Discovery and the Alluring Yang Fruit"

After returning from the Eastern Palace Institute, Huang Xiaolong sat cross-legged on his wooden bed in the room, deep in thought. The rampant behavior of Huang Ming and his son in the Northern Palace Institute today had stirred up indifference and falseness in his heart, fueling his growing malicious intentions.

He used to hesitate about confronting Huang Wei, that boy and his father, until the end of the year due to some reservations. However, those reservations had now completely vanished from his heart. "Huang Ming actually thinks he can hold onto the position of Village Lord!" Huang Xiaolong sneered.

Since Huang Wei's Martial Spirit awakened, the elders of Huang Family Manor had isolated Huang Ming. As a result, they had received Battle Qi Pills and achieved success in the Northern Palace. Huang Xiaolong suppressed his malicious intentions and continued to cultivate his Battle Qi using the Profound Azure Cultivation technique.

His Variation Double-Headed Snake Martial Spirit unfurled behind him, absorbing the surrounding spiritual energy at an unexpectedly faster rate than before. Moreover, the Double-Headed Snake Martial Spirit, now much larger than before, emanated a thicker black and blue radiance. As it absorbed the spiritual energy, the radiance circulated continuously.

The influx of spiritual energy into Huang Xiaolong's meridians transformed into Battle Qi, flowing through his second-layer meridians repeatedly. Several days passed by quickly.

During these days, Huang Xiaolong practiced tirelessly, almost described as "obsessed." Gradually, he reached the peak of Rank 2.

Huang Peng and Su Yan visited Huang Xiaolong's yard almost every day to observe his progress. Seeing their son's relentless practice, Huang Peng and Su Yan couldn't help but feel affectionate. Su Yan even shed a few secret tears. Although Huang Peng and Huang Xiaolong had not mentioned it, the villagers had learned about the recent events in the Northern Palace.

Half a month flew by. Apart from practicing Battle Qi in his yard, Huang Xiaolong also practiced the Body Metamorphose Scripture in the back side of the mountain. He had to keep his practice of the Body Metamorphose Scripture a secret, so he could only practice at night in the mountains.

Under the dark night sky, in the dense forest of the mountain, a small figure stood in an unusual posture. Moonlight pierced through the leaves, creating speckled patterns on the ground.

Huang Xiaolong raised his hands above his head, following the movements of the Body Metamorphose Scripture. The spiritual energy visibly poured into his meridians, transforming into internal energy and gathering in his dantian.

As the night gradually faded and the sun's rays touched the dewdrops on the surrounding grass, Huang Xiaolong opened his eyes, ending the rotation of the Body Metamorphose Scripture.

Suddenly, Huang Xiaolong shouted and raised both palms. His figure soared, hovering above the lawn, with countless shadowy figures following his movements.

Air currents spun rapidly in the surrounding space, creating a howling sound.

This was an excellent martial art inherited from Huang Xiaolong's family in his previous life—Soft Palm.

With each palm strike, Huang Xiaolong's hands were supple and characterless. Every time he struck, the palm seals formed by the moisture remained imprinted in the air for a long time.

The highest level of the Soft Palm technique was to create unbreakable palm seals with continuously increasing dark strength.

In his previous life, Huang Xiaolong was not only physically gifted for martial arts, but he also possessed an incredible comprehension of martial skills.

After half an hour, Huang Xiaolong's figure gradually came to a stop.

After a few breaths, Huang Xiaolong noticed that palm-sized palm seals had formed on the trunks of all the surrounding trees. He furrowed his brow. In his previous life, when he struck the tree trunk with his palm strength, no palm marks would be left behind. This was due to his current weak internal strength.

"I wonder how powerful this martial skill is in the Martial Spirit World," Huang Xiaolong pondered.

Usually, family juniors were only allowed to learn martial skills after reaching the rank of Warrior Middle Rank 4. This was because only with a solid foundation of Battle Qi could the true power of martial skills be unleashed. Even if someone of Warrior Low Rank learned a martial skill, its effect would be minimal.

At that moment, a strange sound came from behind. Huang Xiaolong's heart stirred, and he turned around to see a pale-purple monkey with blue eyes hanging from a large tree in front of him.

"Spirit Devouring Purple Monkey!" Huang Xiaolong was startled.

In his previous life, Huang Xiaolong had read about the Spirit Devouring Purple Monkey in ancient books. It was an extremely rare spirit beast in the world.

Seeing Huang Xiaolong's gaze, the Spirit Devouring Purple Monkey suddenly grinned and squeaked, making gestures with its hands. Then, it turned and ran deeper into the forest.

Huang Xiaolong hesitated for a moment before deciding to follow the Spirit Devouring Purple Monkey into the depths of the forest.

To his surprise, the Spirit Devouring Purple Monkey's speed on the trees was incredibly fast. If Huang Xiaolong hadn't practiced the Body Metamorphose Scripture for several years and displayed the Daytime Star Step, it would have been difficult to keep up.

After half an hour and crossing numerous small rivers, Huang Xiaolong arrived with the Spirit Devouring Purple Monkey at a mountain valley. The valley was silent, emanating a chilling aura that made Huang Xiaolong furrow his brow.

"Squeak squeak squeak!" As Huang Xiaolong hesitated about entering the mountain valley, the Spirit Devouring Purple Monkey squeaked and gestured, urging him to go in.

After considering it for a moment, Huang Xiaolong lifted his foot and entered the mountain valley with the little creature. The further they ventured, the stronger the scent of dampness and a putrid odor became. Along the way, they encountered an increasing number of scattered skeletons, indicating that they had been dead for many years.

As they went deeper, the number of skeletons increased to the point where they could be described as piling up. Even with his extraordinary resilience, Huang Xiaolong couldn't help feeling fear and apprehension in the face of such a scene.

Just as Huang Xiaolong was about to retreat from the mountain valley, they arrived at a green lawn. The fragrance of life and various exotic flowers and grasses created a paradisiacal scene. In the center of the lawn was a green lake, leaving Huang Xiaolong dumbfounded. He had not expected that the first half of this mountain valley would be a hell of skeletons, while the second half would be a heavenly oasis.

At that moment, the Spirit Devouring Purple Monkey reached a part of the mountain valley wall and gestured towards it, pointing to a stubby green plant. Several red fruits were hanging from it.

These dazzling red fruits emitted an intoxicating aroma, evoking a strong desire in anyone who smelled it.

"Could this be Yang Fruit?!" Huang Xiaolong was astonished, a surge of excitement welling up within him.

The Yang Fruit grew in extremely yin places, absorbing the world's Nine Yang Qi. When consumed by someone practicing Battle Qi, it not only promoted their cultivation level but also cleansed and strengthened their bones and marrow, providing unimaginable benefits for future practice!