Chapter 505: Chapter 198: The ’Heavenly Dao Talisman’ of Swallowing a Golden Core

Zhang Feng heard about this, and as he activated his 1200-meter Spiritual Sense, he walked out the door.

An old friend had already reached his doorstep.

She was a young girl dressed in light blue gauze.

Her features were as picturesque as a painting, her clothes fluttered gently in the breeze, slender fingers brushing through her hair, with skin as white and smooth as jade.

To an ordinary person, this girl was certainly beautiful, even to the point of seeming unreal.

Zhang Feng knew she indeed wasn’t real and looked at her bare white feet, using his Spiritual Sense to see through the illusion.

It was a little carp striving to maintain its human form illusion.

"Zhang..." Upon seeing Zhang Feng look over, she spoke in human language, her voice as pleasant as the reverberation of clear water.

At the same time, the face of the girl in the illusion blushed slightly and lowered her head.

So it was the little carp blushing and lowering its head.

The girl was her human form, naturally mirroring her actions.

If she were to transform into a human, it would indeed look like this.

For in the aesthetic of fish, she was also a fairy in appearance. 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

Zhang Feng was also observing her true form at her feet; perhaps due to successful cultivation, her fish body was slender, and her scales orderly and exquisite, like they were carved from beautiful jade.

And seeing Zhang Feng constantly looking at her, although women often beautify themselves for those they admire, she shyly said, "Zhang... why are you staring at my feet so much?"

"Remember to wear shoes," Zhang Feng said helplessly, "I was just looking at your true form, don’t say such things.

From what I see today, your cultivation hasn’t fallen behind.

Moreover, you can transform into a human form, not bad."

"Thank you for your praise, Zhang!" The little carp was very happy and immediately wanted to wrap her arms around Zhang Feng’s.

Zhang Feng instantly stepped back several paces.

The little carp, upon seeing this reaction, suddenly pouted in anger, then, as if a thought struck her, she suddenly ran off.

About ten seconds later.

She came back holding a rustic basin, looking embarrassed as she said,

"Zhang, I’ve always kept the token of affection you gave me back then..."

’??’ Zhang Feng was nearly driven mad by his Heart Demon upon hearing this. What token of affection? He was just living a good life as a reclusive master. How had this turned into a romance scene after just a few sentences?

Truth be told, Zhang Feng didn’t really like chatting with capricious young girls.

Especially since the other party was actually a ’spirit creature,’ whose way of speaking and acting was erratic and nonsensical.

Zhang Feng didn’t take it seriously at all, didn’t think a fish would think of him for over a decade.

"It’s just a basin," Zhang Feng denied directly, "I saw you were tired back then and let you rest, that’s all."

"Then... do you like my attire today, Zhang?"

The little carp, seeing Zhang Feng deny the token, wasn’t angry; instead, she twirled around in place, her garments swaying with the breeze.

This scene, like a fairy dancing, left several distant villagers awestruck.

But remembering that the other party was a monster, they lowered their heads with a bit of fear.

However... a monster wasn’t necessarily impossible.

The premise was that it liked them; otherwise, before dying beneath a peony, they would turn into a ghost first.

"Come on, let’s find the treasure." Zhang Feng saw the little carp causing trouble and decided to leave with her.

Her garments were materialized from Spiritual Qi and had a physical presence and were very sturdy.

Zhang Feng, with her, crossed several miles in the air; with the aid of his Spiritual Qi, nothing was damaged.

"Zhang, you’re so amazing..." The little carp relaxed completely while being carried, and her bright eyes looked at the forest below.

"If you say one more word, I’ll seal your mute acupoint." Zhang Feng just wanted to quickly find the treasure and not engage in too much conversation with her, as her curious nature would lead to endless babbling.

Then.

A minute later, they arrived at the treasure location she mentioned.

Zhang Feng was speechless.

Because here was a crude ancient wedding scene.

This was something the little carp had secretly learned from the nearby village and built herself.

There were no guests at this moment, just the little carp pinching the corners of her clothes coyly, occasionally stealing glances at Zhang Feng,

"Zhang, you said once I successfully cultivate, I could come find you...

I... I’ve now transformed into a human form, so we...

We... should get married!"

"When did I say that? You..."

Zhang Feng wanted to say something, but upon seeing her ready to throw a tantrum with innocent eyes, suddenly chuckled.

This laugh was a laugh of speechless exasperation.

Zhang Feng had never met such a ’person’ before.

But it was this very laugh, a releasing kind of laugh, that instantly dispelled the final Heart Demon within him.

Suddenly, Zhang Feng felt the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi rushing toward him.

And within a moment, liquid Spiritual Qi coursed through his entire body, converging at his heart, forming a round object imperceptible to the naked eye.

As the Spiritual Qi continually merged in, the sphere gradually solidified, seeming to manifest from formless Spiritual Qi material.

Amidst the same root and origin, it easily traversed through his internal organs, finally settling in the center of his chest, linking the three Dantians into a line.

The Upper Dantian’s Spiritual Thought commanded the three divisions, activating the Lower Dantian’s Spiritual Qi.

The Spiritual Qi then spread throughout his limbs and bones through the Golden Core’s operation.

The next second, in an invisible, uncontrollable natural change, the telomeres that control human lifespan began to lengthen.

Their shortening is one of the signs of aging.

As telomeres shorten, cells gradually lose their ability to divide, entering inevitable decline.

But at this moment, within the rules of the Golden Core’s Magic, in the unique microscopic change belonging to the Golden Core.

Telomeres were extensively modified, gradually extending, forcibly rewriting the genetic logic of lifespan.

Zhang Feng suddenly had an epiphany; rather than saying the Golden Core is a ’realm.’

It’s more accurate to say, perhaps he was a vessel, and the Golden Core was a special ’rule Talisman,’ inscribed upon him.

At this moment.

In the surprised, hand-covering-mouth gaze of the carp girl.

Zhang Feng’s facial wrinkles vanished at a speed visible to the naked eye, white hair naturally fell out, black hair grew like ink, replacing the white hair.

In an instant, without any action or self-repair, Zhang Feng naturally experienced a rebirth, returning to the peak of his youthful physical state.

From acquired, back to Innate.