"Die you vile beasts!" Hua Ke roared, his voice echoing through the dark, damp cavern.
A giant mole rat, roughly the size of a fully grown ox, lunged at him from the shadows, its razor sharp teeth snapping at his face.
Hua Ke did not use martial arts. He did not wave another wind arrow. Instead, he boldly thrust his hips forward with the confidence of a peerless grandmaster.
"Yeehow, The Great Pillar Strikes the Heavens!"
With a mighty rustle of fabric, his Rank 1 Boner Spirit extended with the speed of a lightning bolt.
It grew into a sturdy, fleshy club and smacked the giant mole rat directly on its sensitive snout. The beast squealed in pure confusion and pain, tumbling backward into the darkness.
"Ha! You dare challenge my mighty weapon?" Hua Ke laughed handsomely, though he was sweating profusely. "Truly, this Rank 1 Boner Spirit is a treasure! Though I must admit, the stamina drain is quite taxing on the lower back."
But the cavern trial was far from over. From the deep cracks in the cave walls, a massive swarm of purple poisonous ants scurried out, their toxic mandibles clicking menacingly.
Right behind them, giant crawling centipedes with hundreds of scythe like legs slithered across the rocky cavern floor.
They locked their multiple eyes on Hua Ke with immense hunger. They had never seen any other creature in this cave like him, especially one wielding such an unorthodox, terrifying spiritual weapon.
"Come at me, you creepy beasts!" Hua Ke yelled, adjusting his stance. He focused his cultivation base. He was currently at the Rank 1 first stage, which meant his spirit essence was lot limited, but his willpower was boundless.
The poisonous ants jumped toward him like a deadly rain.
Hua Ke swung his hips in a wide, majestic arc. His elongated spirit acted like a flexible, heavy whip, swatting dozens of poisonous ants out of the air. The cavern echoed with the bizarre sounds.
A giant centipede tried to ambush him, snapping at his ankles. Hua Ke quickly used his spirit as a pole vault, planting it firmly on the ground and launching himself high into the cavern ceiling to evade the attack.
"The path of cultivation is truly filled with perilous trials," Hua Ke thought while suspended in midair, adjusting his penis before landing safely. He remembered the ancient teachings from his clan elders.
Spirit masters who left behind inheritances always set up elaborate, dangerous tests. Some masters implemented mortality testing challenges to evaluate a disciple’s character and mental fortitude.
Others relied on brutal fighting challenges to ensure only the strongest would inherit their legacy.
These trials were strictly implemented so the inheritance would ultimately end up in the hands of the most suitable person.
Right now, Hua Ke was proving his immense worth. Every thrust, every parry, and every spin with his Boner Spirit was a testament to his unyielding determination.
He fought tooth and nail, using his Rank 1 first stage cultivation to survive the gauntlet, slowly pushing his way toward the center of the inheritance where the Immortal Red Lotus and the statue of Senior Pu Zi awaited.
After finally clearing out the last of the centipedes, the journey felt like it had taken an eternity. Just like how it felt when he originally crawled his way to the heavenly milk basin, the path was grueling.
It was not that he had neglected his cultivation on the way here. Whenever he found a moment of peace, he meditated and tried to expand his soul, using the heavenly milk as a powerful supporter.
He had absorbed so much of it into his body earlier.
"I have not eaten a single meal or drank a single drop of water for days," Hua Ke muttered, checking his internal meridians. "Yet, my energy is overflowing."
He noticed a small scratch on his arm from the fierce centipede battle. Instead of regular crimson blood, a thick white liquid oozed out from the wound.
"White blood," he gasped in shock. This visual evidence confirmed his wildest suspicions. The more he proceeded, the more he realized the heavenly milk basin really did numbers to his physical body.
The nutrients were so profound and tyrannical that they had literally transformed his blood. It completely made sense now. Usually, without the support of a jade stone, breaking through a cultivation realm was considered impossible for someone of his talent.
Hua Ke thought about the owner of this inheritance, the legendary Senior Pu Zi. If this was her personal domain, and that was her milk basin...
Hua Ke gulped loudly. "Whose milk exactly did I drink? Could it be..." He quickly slapped his own cheeks. "No! I must not disrespect the Senior! I wouldn’t dare to speak that way about the great owner of this inheritance! But heaven have mercy, her nutrients are absolutely divine!"
Guided by the tyrannical milk energy coursing through his white blood, Hua Ke closed his eyes and pushed his limits.
An invisible wave of pure energy erupted from his body. Rank 1 middle stage!
Inside his mind, his soul expanded massively. The previously empty void started to fill with spirit essence, which was highly transparent and sloshed around like actual water.
As a cultivator advanced in rank, this spirit essence ocean would get more and more viscous and thick.
Legends stated that upon reaching the pinnacle of Rank 6 Immortal, this watery ocean would fully turn into a solid land, forming a personal miniature world. But that realm was incredibly far away from Hua Ke’s current status.
He stood up and stretched his limbs. He looked down at his reflection in a small puddle. He had grown much taller. His previously lean frame was now packed with sculpted, explosive muscles. A thick, manly beard had sprouted on his jawline, and his hair cascaded down to shoulder length.
And it was not just his height that had grown. He looked down at his penis, which were now bulging more prominently than ever before.
"Even my base weapon has leveled up," Hua Ke smirked proudly. "This cave is truly a blessed land!"
Finally, after walking down the last corridor, he reached the massive main room again.
At the center of the brightly lit chamber rested the Immortal Red Lotus, pulsing with a supreme glow. Right behind it stood the breathtaking statue of Senior Pu Zi.
"I made it!" Hua Ke cheered, running toward the center.
He reached out toward the Immortal Red Lotus, his mouth watering at the treasure. But he stopped his hand just inches away.
"Wait," he frowned, recalling his teachings. "It is completely impossible for me to store the red lotus in my soul right now. Only a supreme Rank 6 Immortal could store an immortal spirit like that in their soul without exploding into a mist of blood."
He sighed in defeat and withdrew his hand. "So I cannot take the treasure yet. But what could make me progress from here? Am I supposed to stay in this cave forever until I reach Rank 6? Obviously not! There has to be a secret path."
He began to frantically pace around the enormous chamber. He knocked on the stone walls, searching for hidden mechanics or levers to open some secret paths all around the chamber. He spent hours pressing every brick, but he completely failed to find any.
"There is absolutely no path forward," Hua Ke grunted, wiping sweat from his new muscular brow. "It doesn’t look like this chamber has anything else but this statue of Senior Pu Zi. So it has to do something with the statue!" Read the latest chapters at novelping . com.
He walked up to the pristine white stone carving. "Excuse me, Senior. I am just looking for the exit mechanism. Please do not blame me for being exceptionally thorough."
He then closely observed each and every inch of the statue.
First, he looked at her face. The statue had perfectly captured a calm and erotic smile, an expression so alluring that it could put anyone into a mindless trance.
He moved closer, inspecting her elegant neck and nape. To his absolute shock, it looked exactly like a living woman’s skin. It even radiated the same sweet fragrance of a beautiful maiden, piercing right through the ancient stone.
His gaze slowly lowered to her chest. The statue possessed the most round and beautiful looking breasts he had ever seen in his entire life. The protruding nipples were sculpted with such intricate perfection and dominance that Hua Ke felt a sudden urge to suck on.
"Incredible," he muttered in sheer awe. "If these peaks were discovered by worldly men when she was alive, they could surely point the way to absolute nirvana."
He continued his highly respectful yet thorough search down the rest of her body. He checked the waist, the hips, the smooth thighs. Nothing.
Finally, there was only one place left to inspect. Hua Ke looked at her secret valley, her sacred flower garden. There was obviously a hole carved there. It looked like a natural part of the anatomy, but in the context of a mysterious puzzle room, it was highly suspicious.
"Could the lever be inside?" he wondered.
Taking a deep breath, Hua Ke extended his index finger and gently inserted it into the opening.
Instantly, his eyes widened to the size of teacups.
"What in the nine heavens?" he gasped.
Upon closer inspection, Hua Ke realized this specific part was not stone at all. Unlike the cold, hard exterior of the other parts of this statue, the interior was incredibly warm.
It felt exactly like he had slipped his finger into a very damp and wet cloth. There was a lot of intricate texture to it, softly gripping his finger with a welcoming heat.
He pulled his finger out, completely flabbergasted.
Hua Ke sat back on his heels, his mind racing at a million miles an hour. He looked at the warm, inviting mechanism. Then he looked down at his penis, where his Rank 1 Boner Spirit was already showing.
He thought about the fighting challenges. He thought about his wildly unique spirit weapon. He thought about how inheritances always paired the trial with the specific talents of the cultivator.
An absolutely wild, heaven defying idea flashed through his mind.
"Wait a minute," Hua Ke whispered, his eyes gleaming with a profound sense of enlightenment. "If a regular key is meant for a regular lock... then my spirit which she gave me earlier..."
He looked back up at Senior Pu Zi’s smiling, inviting face.
"Senior," Hua Ke swallowed hard, unbuckling his belt. "Is this your challenge for me?"