Chapter 13: Heart of the Planet

Nian Shutong first checked her Life-bound Contract—it was still there and it was still her Daodao.

"Daodao, what happened?"

"Master! Master. I absorbed that clump of golden energy, it is the heart of this planet."

Golden energy? The planet's heart?

"Daodao, how do you feel now? Is there anything amiss?"

"Not only is there nothing amiss, but I also learned a lot. It carried all the memories of this planet, which I am slowly absorbing to make my own, and then relay back to you."

"Good, as long as you are fine."

After confirming there was nothing wrong with Daodao, Nian Shutong assumed a meditation posture and began to cultivate.

Familiar with the process of cultivation, she gradually operated it and began to absorb the toxins that were scattered around her.

She was cultivating the Poison Scripture, absorbing outside toxins which, through a specific Cultivation Technique, were all converted into Spiritual Power, incrementally accumulating and transforming Nian Shutong's body.

Every medicine has its poison, and poison contends with seven parts of medicine.

Both complement and enhance each other.

After a night of cultivation, Nian Shutong entered the Qi Cultivation Stage, though the transformation of this body was not yet perfect, and her cultivation wasn't very smooth. She'd only just touched the first level.

Combining her memories, those in the interstellar who cultivate physical ability and spiritual power are the ones capable of resisting external radiation without being eroded.

In the entire interstellar, those who can't cultivate are considered oddities, because through generations of genetic optimization, aptitude can vary, but those who completely can't cultivate are indeed very rare.

The original owner was that unable to cultivate oddity, which had caused her body to accumulate radiation toxins, turning her into a dreadfully dark figure.

Interstellar physical ability cultivation starts from Level 7, the lowest, to Level 1, the highest, followed by S, SS, SSS levels, which are extremely rare.

Spiritual power starts from G, the lowest, to A level, and still followed by S, SS, SSS levels, rarity being exceedingly singular.

It's said that the deceased Commander Yun He was a genius who cultivated to SSS level.

Nian Shutong did not estimate her current strength, she guessed that apart from the sickly neighbor, she couldn't beat anyone else.

But the advantage of being skilled in poisons is that killing someone of a higher level is breezy.

However, this place isn't the Cultivation World, although there is a war with the Insect Race, it only involves minor skirmishes.

So, the overall environment is relatively peaceful, and naturally, she wouldn't do anything out of line.

Low-profile strength, the ability to counterstrike at any moment, abundant money, living a farming retirement life wouldn't be bad either.

Nian Shutong straightened out her thoughts, stood up, and decided to see how the wealthy person across was doing—she quite hoped he was still alive.

Opening her door, she knocked on the door across.

"Xiao He? Are you still alive?"

Inside the room, Fu Yunhe, lying on the bed, was managing his spiritual power.

The name "Xiao He" from Nian Shutong almost caused his spiritual power to collapse.

Decades of battle experience lent him a strong control, allowing him to soothe his spiritual power and slowly open his eyes.

"Just a moment," Fu Yunhe replied as loudly as he could to Nian Shutong outside.

Hearing the response, the outside Nian Shutong simply walked away; as long as he was alive, it was fine.

Inside, Fu Yunhe struggled to sit up; he needed to resolve this body's "sickly constitution" as soon as possible, otherwise, he was bound to explode someday.

His SSS-level spiritual power from his previous life had come with him, but the original owner's body was like a sieve, absolutely unable to contain his spiritual power, and currently, he dared not use any ounce of power.

If he did use it, he would end up exploding and dying.

He knew, in the past, his physical constitution was also cultivated to an SS level. But innate constitution issues are considered "incurable diseases" in the interstellar.

Fu Yunhe thought about Nian Shutong's potato from yesterday; could that thing really work?

Thinking this, he first took several breaths to gather some strength, got out of bed, and left the house.

Last night, he had activated the barrier, which currently effective within a thirty-meter diameter centered on the small wooden house.

However, Fu Yunhe was a little perplexed, why did the completely useless Nian Shutong seem completely fine?

At the very least, he was a sickly person who could still cultivate, albeit extremely slowly and used to repair and maintain his own innate constitution, so his cultivation was even worse than the non-cultivating Nian Shutong.

One word—useless!

At that moment, the outside Nian Shutong, who had found a thin stone, placed it on top of a ring of stones, beneath which flickered flames.

"Morning, want something to eat?" Nian Shutong called out as she turned her head.

When Fu Yunhe saw her holding a knife in one hand and what seemed yesterday's leftover grub or maybe a potato, he directly asked,

"How much?"