Dragon Qi

The SUV slowly descended. Huo Ze gripped the steering wheel, controlling the vehicle the moment its tires touched the ground.
Ye Xing Zhi still had his eyes closed, regulating his breath, and casually put the jade pendant into his Spatial Ring.
He knew he had encountered great fortune.
In truth, even when facing bottlenecks before, he had ways to quickly gather a large amount of spiritual energy and use secret arts and medicinal pills to break through.
But a realm advanced in this manner would be unstable. Moreover, the biggest problem was that this was currently an era of extremely sparse spiritual energy. The Spirit Gathering Array he had set up in the valley was also a self-circulating type, accumulating little by little. Although it could slowly gather surrounding spiritual energy, overusing it would destroy many precious jade stones buried underground. He couldn't waste these resources just to break through a small Core Formation Stage.
Previously, Ye Xing Zhi had thought of alternative plans, such as swallowing over a thousand low-grade Spirit Replenishing Pills at once... Thus, Ye Xing Zhi had spent a long time staying up late refining pills.
But with the immense spiritual energy in this ancient jade, everything became easy. He could even eat Spirit Replenishing Pills like candy.
Now, he had perfectly advanced to the Core Formation Stage, his realm solid. His speed of absorbing surrounding spiritual energy had also greatly increased, and spiritual power circulated throughout his body, continuously nourishing his newly expanded meridians.
But Ye Xing Zhi did not immediately relax. Instead, he first cast the Purification Art on himself five times, then swallowed a Spirit Replenishing Pill. Each advancement was like a metamorphosis, expelling many impurities and toxins from the body, which for Ye Xing Zhi, who was somewhat fastidious, was unbearable.
Thus, his already fair skin, under the sunlight, became even more radiant, looking as if he had just completed a high-end spa treatment and had expensive skin oil applied.
Huo Ze clearly witnessed Ye Xing Zhi's "skin care" process, his heart deeply shaken.
No wonder Ye Xing Zhi became a movie star... With this skin, even a super high-definition camera zoomed in on his face would show no flaws, not even visible pores.
Seeing that Ye Xing Zhi seemed to have stopped cultivating, he quickly dispelled the chaotic thoughts in his mind and said, "Mr. Ye, there was some abnormality by the river just now, and it seemed like an earthquake."
"I have advanced to the Core Formation Stage; theoretically, I can move mountains and fill seas." Ye Xing Zhi calmly explained.
"You are truly amazing!" Huo Ze praised profusely.
Of course, the Core Formation Stage could only shake mountains and make river water surge violently. In the eyes of truly capable individuals, it was merely like an ant.
Naturally, these words did not need to be told to Huo Ze.
At this moment, he was in a very good mood. The Golden Core in his Dantian was round and solid, surrounded by a delicate circle of golden-jade patterns. They looked tiny and hard to detect, but when spiritual power circulated, those intricate patterns emitted light, somewhat shocking even Ye Xing Zhi himself when he observed them.
"Huo Ze." Ye Xing Zhi couldn't help but pat the young man's shoulder, speaking softly.
Huo Ze, who was focused on driving, turned his head. His gaze met Ye Xing Zhi's deep eyes, and he quickly asked seriously, "What is it?"
Ye Xing Zhi's expression was serious: "I've struck it rich."
Huo Ze paused: "...Congratulations, Sir."
"That jade pendant contained Dragon Qi," Ye Xing Zhi said in a solemn tone, "The person who gave me the jade pendant, he has encountered a great calamity, his whole family is in trouble. Next time we go there, we'll give him some food as compensation."
He hadn't expected that in the Era of Dharma Decline, there would still be Dragon Qi remaining! This trace of Dragon Qi was hidden within a large amount of spiritual energy, domineeringly rushing in and merging with his Golden Core, requiring gradual refinement.
Although from Ye Xing Zhi's perspective, well, the source of this trace of Dragon Qi was very likely a dead dragon. The reason it was so domineering was because dragons were originally the masters of all spirits; even a single strand of hair carried innate majesty.
No wonder demons and the underworld seemed not to exist. Such a large City A didn't even have a proper City God temple, and when he rented the mountains, he couldn't even find traces of a Mountain God.
Even dragons had died, so how could any other gods exist in the human world?
Huo Ze didn't understand the reason but was still happy that Ye Xing Zhi had encountered good fortune. He smiled faintly, "Yes, we can give some rice, noodles, seasonings, dried food, and biscuits, as well as fresh vegetables and fruits. Ordinary people definitely need these things."
As he spoke, Huo Ze secretly recalled the fresh vegetables and fruits in the small garden, feeling that his home was truly wealthy. Although neither he nor Ye Xing Zhi properly tended the garden, the weeding, pest control, and soil turning all relied on the chickens, ducks, and puppies in the house... yet the vegetables and fruits were still lush and thriving.
"Mm, I'll follow your lead on such matters." Ye Xing Zhi completely lacked understanding of trivial chores and social interactions, and the more he listened, the more reasonable it sounded.
At this moment, he was in a very good mood. His usually indifferent face also carried a hint of a smile, and he reached out to pat Huo Ze's head.
Huo Ze subtly pursed his lips, looking out the window. He always felt that recently, physical contact between him and Ye Xing Zhi was too frequent.
But he quickly thought of Ye Xing Zhi's shocking words under the moonlight the other day, suspecting in his heart, could this person regard him as Jin Wu and Yu Long, as a fluffy animal...?
His mood was complicated.
But before Huo Ze could dwell on his complicated feelings for long, Ye Xing Zhi spoke, interrupting his thoughts: "Oh right, Huo Ze, I have a suggestion."
"What suggestion?"
"I want to go dig up an emperor's tomb; there must be more burial objects containing Dragon Qi inside."
Huo Ze nearly choked to death: "Absolutely not!"
Ye Xing Zhi raised an eyebrow and looked at him: "Alright, I'll listen to you."
It was rare to hear such a domineering tone from Huo Ze; he found it somewhat novel. Ye Xing Zhi wasn't lying; if he was to listen to Huo Ze outside, then he would listen to Huo Ze.
Huo Ze hadn't expected him to be so agreeable. He wanted to explain but didn't know where to start, so he just nodded and silently drove.
Meanwhile, Ye Xing Zhi leaned back in his seat at ease, extended his hand out the window, and quietly urged his spiritual power.
Zombie corpses lay scattered on the road. As soon as Ye Xing Zhi had a thought, the Energy Cores that hadn't been extracted were as if summoned, simultaneously bursting out of their heads and flying straight towards the SUV like bullets.
Ye Xing Zhi's hand, extended out the window, was like a high-intensity magnet, collecting all the Energy Cores into his bag.