Upon hearing Mu Ye's words, Lin Xingyu's spirits lifted, and he looked up ahead.
Even though this level of travel was nothing to Lin Xingyu, Lin Xingyu still had some guesses about the location of the Body Sect.
In this day and age, in pursuit of various resources, the Federation has scraped the Douluo Continent's land several times, and the Star Dou Great Forest has almost been flattened, now becoming a protected area.
Most of the mainland has been explored, including the coastal areas, and they have even set their sights on two other mainland regions.
In addition, the Body Sect itself has been very well hidden, and there are very few disciples in the sect now, but their strength is not weak.
Based on calculations, there are only a few places that meet the requirements of the Body Sect. There are no important resources in the depths of this snow mountain, and the living environment is relatively harsh. However, this place can also temper one's physique. For the owner of the Body Martial Soul, tempering the physique is tempering the Martial Soul. It is indeed a good location for the Body Sect to hide its sect.
Lin Xingyu looked ahead and saw a towering gate standing not far away, with the three large characters " Body Sect " engraved on it.
To Lin Xingyu's surprise, he only noticed the mountain gate after getting so close and being reminded by Mu Ye. Such a large mountain gate should have been visible from a great distance.
Lin Xingyu carefully examined the mountain gate of the Body Sect and was somewhat surprised to find that not only the mountain gate, but the entire mountain was shrouded in a Soul Guide Array, with Soul Guide Array inscribed all over the mountain.
They arrived at the Mu Ye gate together, and watched as Mu Ye seemed to be typing something into the gate little by little.
Finally, Mu Ye took out a small Soul Tool and handed it to Lin Xingyu, saying...
"This is yours. It contains various information about the sect. You can take it and read it at your leisure."
Lin Xingyu took it and looked at it; it was no different from an ordinary Communication Soul Device.
After casually accepting it, the two of them climbed the steps one by one.
Unlike any city Lin Xingyu had ever been to before, the buildings within the Body Sect were diverse and varied, ranging from those built with various types of blue bricks to those constructed entirely of modern metal.
It can be said that one can see the evolution of architecture over thousands of years here.
There weren't many people in the Body Sect. Lin Xingyu followed Mu Ye all the way to the Ancestral Hall at the highest point of the mountain gate. Along the way, including in the various rooms, he only saw a dozen or so people.
Compared to other sects, it is suffering from a severe shortage of talent.
After entering the Ancestral Hall, Lin Xingyu saw full-body portraits of Soul Masters enshrined there.
The people in the portrait are men and women, young and old.
Mu Ye looked at the portraits and said, "These are the portraits of the past sect leaders of the Body Sect. Over the past 16,000 years, there have been quite a few people enshrined here."
"Come with me, we'll just pay our respects to the First Ancestor and your Ancestral Master, we won't go to worship the rest one by one."
"Yes, teacher," Lin Xingyu replied respectfully.
Lin Xingyu followed Mu Ye in paying respects to the founder and Ancestral Master of the Body Sect.
During this process, Mu Ye looked at Lin Xingyu with a complicated expression. Perhaps this was the hope for the resurgence of the Body Sect Body Sect, which had been in decline for too long.
After leaving the Ancestral Hall, Mu Ye specially prepared a good meal for Lin Xingyu.
After walking in the deep mountains for several days, we hadn't eaten anything except for various pills and dry rations. However, Mu Ye's cooking skills were as superb as ever. Dinner was not only nutritious but also tasted excellent.
As soon as he took the first bite, Lin Xingyu felt an ultimate pleasure spread from his taste buds throughout his body, making him completely immersed in it. Having not eaten anything proper for several days, Lin Xingyu couldn't help but eat heartily.
Seeing Lin Xingyu enjoying his meal, Mu Ye said with a smile, "Eat slowly, I've prepared more than enough for you."
Lin Xingyu nodded and said, "Master, we haven't seen many disciples along the way. Are there so few people left in our sect?"
Hearing Lin Xingyu's question, Mu Ye nodded with some melancholy, "There really aren't many disciples left in the sect."
Lin Xingyu asked with some curiosity, "Our Body Sect offers pretty good benefits, so why aren't there many people here?"
Hearing Lin Xingyu's words that he already considered him a member of the Body Sect, Mu Ye was somewhat pleased.
The reason he led Lin Xingyu through the mountains and slowly walked back to the sect to tell him that his master had led him in the same way, and took him directly to the Ancestral Hall as soon as they entered the sect, was to enhance Lin Xingyu's sense of belonging to the sect!
Honor, benefits, and emotions are all means to enhance disciples' sense of belonging to the sect. Thinking of this, Mu Ye couldn't help but feel a little emotional. Shrek really does a good job in terms of honor.
Dispelling these thoughts, Mu Ye said, "In summary, our sect has already declined, and there are many reasons for that decline."
"Let me first talk about the reasons for the rise of our Body Sect. At the beginning, the Body Martial Soul was not strong. It was the original founder who, after being chased, unleashed his potential and discovered the wonderful use of the Martial Soul Second Awakening. He relied on the powerful strength after the Martial Soul Second Awakening."
"This ancestor established the Body Sect. At first, it was just a group of local Martial Soul sticking together for warmth. Later, it gradually became stronger, and various sect secret techniques were also developed by the predecessors."
" The Body Sect gradually grew stronger, but later, with the development of Soul Tool, especially after our Body Sect was severely damaged by the Sun Moon Empire ten thousand years ago, and with other forces also mastering the secret techniques of the Second Awakening."
"It's just that other organizations don't have as perfected their methods for the Second Awakening as we do. If an organization wants to stand on the continent, it always needs some special means."
"After other sects mastered the method of Martial Soul Second Awakening, our advantage was greatly reduced. In addition, with the rise of Soul Tool, ten thousand years ago, our sect rejected these external objects because Martial Soul are inherent to the body."
"Although we have worked hard to develop Soul Tool, we are still inferior to other forces. In addition, our sect has always only accepted members with their Body Martial Soul, so the number of people is small and the chances of them becoming successful are naturally smaller."
"With the establishment of the Federation, resources from all over the world were consolidated. With fewer people, our speed of resource collection was naturally slower."
"In the end, these are just minor matters. If there is an invincible expert in the sect, then naturally everything will be fine. However, the sect has quite a few problems in this regard."
"You've seen that Innate Secret Method too. This technique requires cultivation from infancy, consumes terrifying resources, and has a considerable chance of failure. Although once successful, it can create a powerful body expert, enough to make the Body Sect prosper for several more centuries."
"But for a long time before, all those who tried this secret method died. The sect wasted a huge amount of resources and ended up with nothing. They lost the means to stably cultivate top experts, which led to several gaps in the number of top experts. In my generation, I was also unworthy and went down the wrong path, which is why I am trapped here."
By the end, Mu Ye seemed rather melancholy.
Seeing this, Lin Xingyu reassured him, "Master, don't worry, I will make the sect strong again in the future."
Hearing Lin Xingyu's words, Mu Ye laughed heartily twice.
"Although our Body Sect has declined, that's only in comparison to top-tier forces. Compared to ordinary forces, we are still strong. Besides, I have already found the path forward, and it won't be long before I break through the bottleneck!"
The food on the table gradually disappeared, and Lin Xingyu patted his stomach with satisfaction, feeling a warm current flowing from his stomach to his limbs.
Seeing that Lin Xingyu had finished eating Mu Ye, he said, "Go back and rest tomorrow. I'll take you to the sect's Secret Realm tomorrow, and I'll put your gift there."
"Thank you, teacher!"
The next day, Lin Xingyu slowly woke up from his sleep; he had slept well the night before.
While meditation can replace sleep, it's still better to take a nap after a long period of meditation. This not only relaxes the mind and body but also improves the speed of one's spiritual practice.
After several days of long journeys, Lin Xingyu finally got to relax at the sect.
Listening to the cold wind outside, Lin Xingyu felt that he had slept very comfortably.
After getting dressed and washing up, Lin Xingyu slowly walked out of the room. It was still early, and a biting cold wind was blowing outside. Lin Xingyu was surprised to find that the disciples of the Body Sect had already started training their bodies outside early in the morning.
'No wonder they're all about physical prowess.' Lin Xingyu thought to himself. He had never seen such a diligent student at the Eastsea Academy.
The fact that the Body Sect has been able to maintain a stable lineage for over 16,000 years indicates that the atmosphere within the sect is quite positive.
After finishing his morning routine exercise, Lin Xingyu was somewhat surprised to see Mu Ye walking over looking rather disheveled.
"Xingyu, let's go have some food first and then visit your Grandmaster."
"Good."
When Lin Xingyu followed Mu Ye to the restaurant, he saw a burly young man whose body faintly glowed with Goldlight. He exuded a terrifying power.
"You two get to know each other first. This is my newly accepted disciple, Lin Xingyu, and this is your senior brother, A Ruheng. Let's eat first; we have other things to do afterward," Mu Ye said.
"Senior brother!" Lin Xingyu greeted him first.
"Junior brother," A Ruheng greeted him with a smile, also looking at his new junior brother with some curiosity.
Lin Xingyu and A Ruheng's first meeting unfolded under these circumstances.
Mu Ye said, "From now on, you two will be fellow disciples. You should take good care of each other."
"Yes, teacher," the two replied in unison.
Afterwards, the two asked each other some basic questions.
Lin Xingyu learned that at this time, A Ruheng was still cultivating the Body Sect's secret technique Immaculate Golden Body.
A Ruheng had some understanding of his junior brother.
However, faced with the delicious food that Mu Ye served, the two quickly became affectionate.
"He's a strong person!" A Ruheng thought to himself as he watched Lin Xingyu devour the food without stopping.
Because the Body Martial Soul's Bloodline Power are very strong, everyone in the Body Sect can eat a lot. Those who can't eat are not necessarily weak, but those who can eat are definitely strong!
Half an hour later, as Lin Xingyu swallowed the last bite of food, he felt his Vitality boiling.
Mu Ye watching the two finish eating, Mu Ye said, " A Ruheng, your training plan remains the same today. Xingyu, come with me."
Mu Ye led Lin Xingyu out of the gate and headed towards the back mountain. As they walked through the snow on the path, Lin Xingyu was curious about what Mu Ye was going to prepare for him.
"What do you think of your senior brother?" Mu Ye suddenly asked.
"He's a very good person, with great talent. He's an excellent successor," Lin Xingyu said.
"Yes, A Ruheng is indeed a good successor. He is the only person in hundreds of years to have successfully cultivated the Innate Secret Method. Moreover, he has a good will, but he is too upright and it is difficult for him to understand all the convoluted things," Mu Ye said with a sigh.
"Before you came along, I always groomed him to be my successor. Now that you're here, and I see that the two of you get along well, I'm relieved." Mu Ye nodded.
Finally, Mu Ye said with some difficulty, "Xingyu, I have some secret techniques that you gave me that I would like to pass on to your Grandmaster."
Upon hearing this, Lin Xingyu immediately said, "Since I have already given those secret techniques to Master, Master can decide for himself who he wants to pass them on to. Moreover, I think Grandmaster is a very good person, so if Master wants to teach him, there is naturally no problem."
Hearing Lin Xingyu's words, Mu Ye breathed a sigh of relief. Although it made sense, it was Lin Xingyu who had provided the information, so he still needed to ask Lin Xingyu's opinion before teaching it to anyone.
To avoid causing any unpleasant trouble later. After all, this thing is quite valuable, even more so than all the secret techniques in the main body. If Lin Xingyu wanted, he could even use these secret techniques to open a top-tier sect in the future.
"These two disciples are both good children," Mu Ye thought to himself.
After these secret methods are passed on to A Ruheng, it should be much easier for A Ruheng to cultivate the Immaculate Golden Body.
In this way, within a few decades, the Body Sect should produce two top-tier experts. At that time, the Body Sect's wish to revive might be realized in our hands!
Thinking of this, Mu Ye felt a surge of pride.
We've arrived!
Mu Ye suddenly spoke up.
Lin Xingyu carefully examined his destination. Ahead was a tall stone house, surrounded by various Soul Tool Array. If you ignored those Soul Tool Array, there was nothing particularly special about this place.
If this place were so ordinary, Mu Ye wouldn't have brought him here.
Lin Xingyu carefully examined the patterns on those soul-path arrays.
"Is this a seal? No, there are also energy gathering, soul calming, and refining?" The more Lin Xingyu looked, the more he felt something was wrong. These Soul Tool Array seemed to be sealing and refining the things under the house.
"Not bad! You can actually see the Soul Guide Patterns here!" Mu Ye said with some surprise.