Chapter 4: Life energy
The purple-gold divine stone was indeed extraordinary. Pang Ye used it to assist in cultivating the Zuntian Gong, and the cultivation speed increased by an unknown number of times. The spiritual energy in the tomb madly converged towards Pang Ye's skeletal body. Although a large amount of spiritual energy was lost, many still seeped into Pang Ye's skeletal body, constantly nourishing it and making his skeletal body stronger and stronger.
Because Pang Ye's skeletal body absorbed the spiritual energy contained in the purple and gold lights, his skeletal body actually also emitted purple and gold lights, causing Fang Ziyi beside him to exclaim in surprise, feeling that it was so incredible.
The vast and thick spiritual energy enveloped Pang Ye, allowing him to clearly feel that his skeletal body was becoming stronger bit by bit. His confidence increased greatly, and he focused all his attention on cultivating the Zuntian Gong without being distracted, and didn't notice Fang Ziyi beside him.
The spiritual energy contained in the purple-gold divine stone was extremely vast, as if it was endless, surrounding Pang Ye and completely submerging his skeletal body in the thick purple and gold lights, adding a bit of mystery.
Suddenly, I don't know how long it had passed, the purple-gold divine stone violently shot out a gorgeous beam of spiritual light, and the outer layer began to peel off. In an instant, it turned into a green stone, but it was smaller than the original. A brand-new energy suddenly burst out and shot into Pang Ye's skeletal body, disappearing in an instant.
Pang Ye felt a strange energy enter his bones. It was fresh, natural, and full of infinite vitality. He wondered in his heart, what kind of energy was this?
Waking up from his meditation, he saw Fang Ziyi sitting in a corner of the stone door, looking at him with a pair of big watery eyes, and her eyes were full of an incredible look. Pang Ye didn't pay much attention to her either and started to study that strange energy on his own.
The purple-gold divine stone in his hand had become a little smaller, and the purple and gold lights had dimmed a lot. However, a green energy spread out. Pang Ye was very sure that it was this energy that was full of vitality. What exactly was the origin of this purple-gold divine stone? Pang Ye then thought that it definitely shouldn't be a coincidence that the purple-gold divine stone was beside him. There must be someone manipulating it, which made Pang Ye more determined to possess powerful strength as soon as possible, get out of the ancient tomb, and find the source of everything.
Looking at the vibrant green energy, Pang Ye's heart stirred. Could it be life energy? Otherwise, what other kind of energy could have such great vitality?
Pang Ye was extremely excited. If it was really life energy, it would be much easier for him to be reborn with flesh and blood. As long as he refined and took this life energy for himself, he believed that he could restore his physical body soon.
The powerful life energy burst out and filled the spacious tomb. It was everywhere. Fang Ziyi was bathed in the light green spiritual light and immediately felt full of strength. Even the previous fatigue disappeared instantly. She was surprised in her heart. What was going on? But vaguely, she knew that it seemed to be related to the green spiritual light in the room. She couldn't help but wonder what this green spiritual light was.
After obtaining the life energy in the purple-gold divine stone, Pang Ye immediately started to cultivate the Zuntian Gong. He had many things he didn't understand about the Zuntian Gong before, but somehow he understood everything now. In short, now Pang Ye had thoroughly understood the Zuntian Gong. Through induction and arrangement, he divided the Zuntian Gong into twenty levels in total, which exactly corresponded to the third level of the Heavenly Realm, the sixth level of the Divine Realm, and the ninth level of the Emperor Realm. However, there were two more realms, which was something Pang Ye hadn't expected. But it was still too early. It wasn't that easy to cultivate to the Emperor Realm. There were only a few people in the entire Heavenly, Human, and Demon Realms who could cultivate to the Emperor Realm.
Gathering his qi and concentrating his mind again, Pang Ye directly skipped the first two levels of the Zuntian Gong and entered the third level to start cultivating, indicating that his strength had at least reached the second level of the Heavenly Realm. Compared with before, he was really too weak now. However, he was just a skeleton now, and it was already a remarkable achievement to be able to cultivate to the second level of the Heavenly Realm in a short time.
Endless life energy burst out from the purple-gold divine stone. Most of it seeped into the bones under Pang Ye's control, and only a small part dissipated and filled the entire tomb. It was a windfall for Fang Ziyi. She was just an ordinary person. Now, being bathed in such a majestic life energy, her meridians in her body had been completely transformed, and her physical functions had been greatly enhanced. At least, she had broken through the limit that ordinary people couldn't live beyond a hundred years. With her current physique, there was no problem for her to live for more than two hundred years. Moreover, because her body was filled with life energy, she could also maintain her youth forever. This was something Fang Ziyi didn't know. It could be said that she turned misfortune into a blessing.
I don't know how long it had passed, Pang Ye slowly woke up. His eyes were ablaze with purple and gold lights, and the entire skeletal body turned from snow-white to greenish. This was the result of being full of life energy. Now, the skeletal body was harder than diamond, and the strength was even more overbearing. I'm afraid that even an iron wall could be easily torn open by the skeletal claws.
Fang Ziyi had also been immersed in the pleasure brought to her by the baptism of life energy before. Now, she just came back to her senses. Seeing that Pang Ye had also woken up, she couldn't help but ask, "Why is this? Why do I feel so comfortable?"
"This is because your body has been transformed by life energy." A hoarse and low voice sounded, answering Fang Ziyi's question.
Whose voice was this? It wasn't Fang Ziyi's, nor was it Xu Feng's who had died. There was only one result, that was, it was Pang Ye's. Pang Ye never expected that he could actually make a sound. Just now, he just instinctively opened his mouth to answer Fang Ziyi's question and didn't realize that he couldn't make a sound. But he didn't expect that he actually made a sound. There was no doubt that all of this was the credit of the life energy.
"You can talk?" Fang Ziyi said in surprise. At the same time, she felt a little happy in her heart. In this silent night, especially in an ancient tomb, it was really nice to have someone to talk to. Although the person who accompanied her to talk couldn't be considered a person but a skeleton, now Fang Ziyi didn't seem to be so afraid of Pang Ye. She didn't know why either. It was a very strange feeling. She felt that this skeleton wouldn't hurt her.
Pang Ye was very happy. He could finally talk, which meant that he was one step closer to being reborn with flesh and blood. "I couldn't talk before either, but after being nourished by the life energy, I can already speak."
Pang Ye's voice was hoarse and unpleasant, just like the sound of two iron bars rubbing against each other. But in Fang Ziyi's ears, it was like the sound of nature. Hearing this, she said softly, "What is life energy?"
"It's the green spiritual light just now. Life energy is full of infinite vitality. It invaded your body and has transformed your body, making your physique stronger, extending your lifespan, and also allowing you to maintain your youth forever." Pang Ye finally could speak, so he quickly said this to relieve Fang Ziyi's doubts.
"What? Extend lifespan? Maintain youth forever? Is it really possible?" Fang Ziyi said with great joy. For a girl, extending lifespan was not that important. The key was maintaining youth forever, which made her ecstatic. Because no girl didn't want to stay young forever, but it was simply impossible for an ordinary person. And Fang Ziyi could maintain her youth forever. It could only be said that it was due to fate and she was destined to have this strange encounter.
"Of course it's true. Life energy is the purest energy between heaven and earth. It's naturally easy to transform an ordinary person's body."
"Who are you?" After the surprise, Fang Ziyi directly asked. A skeleton that could be resurrected after death was obviously extraordinary. A girl's curiosity was really terrifying.
"Who am I?" Pang Ye thought about it and decided not to tell this girl the truth for the time being. This girl had nothing to do with him, and he didn't think it was necessary to expose himself.
"Who I am has nothing to do with you." Pang Ye said coldly.
"Then why did you kill Xu Feng?" Fang Ziyi said angrily. When she thought of the death of her good friend Xu Feng, she couldn't help but feel sad. Her beautiful eyes were filled with thick mist, and she was about to cry.
"I didn't kill him." Pang Ye defended. He didn't want to be the scapegoat.
"Nonsense. Besides me and Xu Feng, there is only you here. If I didn't do it, then you must have killed him. Are you still going to quibble?" Fang Ziyi said sternly and aggressively.
Pang Ye was also a bit angry. He was a powerful war god in the Heavenly Realm. Would he need to deny it even if he really killed someone? "I just didn't kill him. If I really killed him, I would admit it."
"Hmph, you killed someone and you still dare to admit it? Anyway, you killed Xu Feng." Fang Ziyi's emotions were a bit out of control, and she shouted loudly. It seemed that her relationship with Xu Feng was more than just friendship. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been so impulsive.
"Hmph, I didn't kill him. Believe it or not, it's up to you." After saying this, Pang Ye started to cultivate the Zuntian Gong on his own and ignored Fang Ziyi.
After a long time, Fang Ziyi's emotions finally stabilized. She couldn't help but think, "Could it be that this skeleton really didn't kill him? But there is no one else here. But as the skeleton said, if he really killed him, why wouldn't he admit it? I don't even have the ability to take revenge even if I want to."
"Gurgle, gurgle," a strange sound suddenly came. Fang Ziyi blushed, and her delicate hand touched her stomach. She was hungry! She had forgotten how many days she hadn't eaten. She hadn't felt anything before because she had been in a state of tension, but now that her spirit had relaxed, the feeling of hunger immediately surged up, and it was almost unbearable.
Struggling to stand up, she walked to the stone door and continued to look for the mechanism to open the stone door. I don't know when, a voice sounded, "That stone door is likely to be a one-way switch. It can only be opened from the outside and can't be opened from the inside."
Hearing this, Fang Ziyi slumped to the ground dejectedly. She was a bit desperate. Was she going to starve to death here?
"Can you let me out?" Fang Ziyi turned around and looked at Pang Ye and said. Since Pang Ye had been here all the time, maybe he had a way to get out?
"Want to get out? Just wait. I still have one thing to do." Pang Ye said indifferently.
"What thing? I'm almost starving to death. Let's do it after we get out."
"No. If I go out like this, it will definitely cause a sensation."
"That's true. You are a skeleton now. If you go out into the outside world, you will definitely scare a lot of people."
"But I'll be able to get out soon."
"Why? Can you avoid the eyes and ears of tens of thousands of people?" Fang Ziyi asked doubtfully.
"If I were a real person, I wouldn't be afraid." Pang Ye said mysteriously.
Fang Ziyi opened her eyes wide in surprise and said, "You have a way to become a real person? How is that possible?"
Pang Ye said disdainfully, "What's so impossible about that? You can live longer than an ordinary person and maintain your youth forever. Why can't I become a person?"
"But this is too incredible."
Pang Ye raised the purple-gold divine stone in his skeletal hand that was emitting life energy and said confidently, "It's all because of it."
Was it really possible? Fang Ziyi wasn't sure either.