Hidden Immortal Courtyard

Within the Yuhua Sect, hundreds of thousands of Outer Sect Disciples lived and cultivated on this mountain plain. Their residences included dozens of immortal courtyards such as the Reclining Immortal Courtyard, Clear Immortal Courtyard, Hidden Immortal Courtyard, and Quiet Immortal Courtyard. Each immortal courtyard contained countless separate residences, numbering in the thousands upon thousands.

Every immortal courtyard where disciples lived was as vast as an imperial palace.

Grand and majestic.

Fang Xuan had been assigned to the Hidden Immortal Courtyard, while Fang Qingxue was in the Quiet Immortal Courtyard.

"What a huge residence."

When Fang Xuan entered his lodgings, he saw that his own courtyard covered several mu. The buildings were arranged in pavilions and towers, slender bamboo swayed in the breeze, and gentle streams ran everywhere through the courtyard and garden. Goldfish played in the water, kingfishers flitted about, and the air was thick with immortal aura.

"No wonder everyone fought so desperately to enter the Yuhua Sect. Being a disciple has so many benefits," Fang Xuan said with a sigh.

He shut the door, sat on his bed, and changed into the feathered robe issued by the sect. At once, he looked full of Daoist grace, while a refreshing scent wafted from his clothes.

He then performed Blood Offering Refinement on the five jade talismans—the Clean Clothes Talisman, Dust Repelling Talisman, Soul Fire Talisman, True Water Talisman, and Blood Stopping Talisman—one by one. He immediately felt a mental connection to them.

This was the simplest method of refining a magical treasure, called Blood Offering Refinement. By dripping one's blood onto a magical treasure, one could establish a connection with it.

Before cultivating magical power, one could use this method to unleash part of a magical treasure's might in battle. However, only the magical power of the Mystic Divine Realm could fully bring out a magical treasure's strength.

Fang Xuan was equally amazed. With a thought, a wisp of flame rose from the Soul Fire Talisman.

"Good stuff. It's absolutely essential for traveling and everyday life—more convenient than a lighter."

Only after testing the effects of the other jade talismans did he set them aside.

He then opened the jade booklet that recorded the three foundational martial arts of the Immortal Feather Sect's outer sect.

The moment he opened it, he saw a white-robed Daoist flickering and shifting within its pages, continuously demonstrating martial techniques move by move. At the same time, a faint voice came from the jade booklet, explaining the mysteries and methods of exerting force in the fist technique.

"As expected, every world has its own rules of operation. Isn't this just video instruction? The key is that it's even better than Uncle Tong's teaching. Is this the difference between a professor and a teacher?"

The jade booklet explained in detail the force techniques and various mysteries of the three foundational arts. He only needed to follow along and practice.

The Flying Spirit Supple Bone Body was a movement technique. Once mastered, it could train the entire body to become soft and boneless, supple as silk.

As for the Dragon Walking Flying Tiger Step, it was an extremely profound footwork technique.

Fist techniques, movement techniques, footwork techniques.

All three could temper the body and raise one's realm. None was inherently better or worse; they simply focused on different directions.

However, if he mastered all three martial arts and made up for his shortcomings, his combat strength would increase by at least a great deal.

Thinking of this, Fang Xuan carefully studied the white-robed Daoist's movements, pondering each one.

After killing his duplicate, Fang Xuan's foundation had greatly increased, and his comprehension had improved tremendously in particular.

Put simply, things he normally could not understand now revealed a little of their meaning to him, while his memory had also improved greatly.

Fang Xuan abruptly leaped up and shot into the courtyard.

Dragon Walking Flying Tiger Step.

His body moved like a dragon and a tiger, trampling the ground as he roamed across the courtyard.

His comprehension had greatly increased, and his memory had surged as well. After watching only a few times, he could roughly imitate the moves, though grasping their true essence still required careful contemplation.

Tiger Pounces Dragon Swims.

With a long howl, Fang Xuan stepped out in mysterious footwork. In his mind, an azure dragon and a white tiger appeared. Dragon and tiger roamed the abyss; his body resembled a swimming dragon, his aura a fierce tiger. The breath throughout his body circulated, while his internal organs beat out a tangible rhythm.

Dragon Breath.

Tiger Swallow.

Dragon Essence.

Tiger Ferocity.

Suddenly, Fang Xuan changed moves, his body twisting in an eerie posture.

Flying Spirit Nine Revolutions.

Carp Pierces Waves.

Supple Bones Like Water.

A moment later, he changed moves again.

Crane Claw Imprints Sand.

White Crane Spreads Wings.

Immortal Crane Shakes Feathers.

The three martial arts alternated in succession. For a time, the entire small courtyard echoed with crane cries, dragon roars, and tiger howls, making for a lively scene.

An hour later, Fang Xuan withdrew all his movements and stood still. He exhaled a stream of white breath that shot from his mouth and nose, remaining unbroken for three feet against the wind, like an immortal controlling a flying sword.

"Still a little short. If I had enough pills, I could enter the Divine Courage Realm within three days. Unfortunately, the Heaven's Will Four Symbols Art causes too much of a commotion. Drawing upon the power of heaven and earth with only the Body Tempering Realm is simply too shocking. I cannot use it lightly," Fang Xuan sighed.

The Heaven's Will Four Symbols Art could draw the benefits of heaven and earth into his body, like endlessly swallowing Origin Pills. Unfortunately, he could not use it freely!

After resting for a while, Fang Xuan began studying another jade booklet.

"All Worlds."

The sect had distributed five jade booklets in total: three on martial arts, one on sect rules, and one called All Worlds.

Sect rules were a joke. As long as one had strength, what did it matter if one killed someone?

In the original story, Fang Qingxue had killed numerous Outer Sect Disciples not long after making her first appearance, yet the sect had not punished her in any way. Thus, within the Immortal Feather Sect, strength always came first.

Still, before gaining sufficient strength, one had to obey the rules honestly. Fang Xuan briefly read through them and remembered the general outline.

However, the most valuable of them all was undoubtedly All Worlds.

Those three simple words conveyed a vast and boundless expanse. Upon opening it, he found that the table of contents alone contained more than a thousand entries.

As he browsed through them, his eyes could barely take it all in.

And this only recorded a small portion. Many hidden places were not included at all.

The book contained immortal, demonic, and monster sects, along with all sorts of formidable figures, various magical treasures, numerous unorthodox independent cultivators, the many dynasties of the continent, oceans and deserts, demons hidden deep underground, countless Void Grotto-Heavens and mysterious spaces spoken of in legends, as well as the mysterious starry worlds above the heavens, with all kinds of medicinal herbs and treasures...

In short, it encompassed everything and lacked nothing.

Even three to five years would not be enough to finish reading it.

Fang Xuan had only looked through some of the contents, yet his heart was already surging with excitement, and a heroic spirit rose within him.

Compared with the dull nine-to-five life of his previous world, the endless opportunities in the world of Eternal Life were what truly stirred the heart!

"Knock, knock, knock~"

Fang Xuan rose and opened the door. The Shen siblings stood outside—one noble and the other radiant. Even standing still, they made people unable to resist looking at them a few more times.

"Third Prince, Ninth Princess."

Shen Hao feigned displeasure. "Why are you still addressing us like that? We are both Outer Sect Disciples of the Yuhua Sect now, and our status is the same. I'm a little older than you, so call me Senior Brother Shen from now on."

"That's right, Brother Fang Xuan. Just call me Ruo Lan."