Three Steps of the Physical Body

Giant Marsh City is located Soldier Ancestor Marsh. Qiuzhou City is located north of Soldier Ancestor Marsh.

The official road along the lake requires a detour of two thousand li to reach it.

Of course, one can cross Soldier Ancestor Marsh by boat.

However, strange events and phenomena always occur deep within the Soldier Ancestor Marsh, which cannot be explained, and countless ships disappear every year. Among the missing martial artists, there are many with high cultivation levels.

The battleground for those young martial artists was only two or three hundred miles from the land, not really deep in the Soldier Ancestor Marsh's Marsh.

It has been snowing for five days in a row.

The carriage sped along the official road, which was covered in snow and riddled with ruts, making it muddy and extremely bumpy. In the last hundred miles to Qiuzhou city, the road widened, paved with huge stones, and lined with thousand-year-old pines and cypresses. The carriage finally became stable.

Li Weiyi sat alone in the car, golden light flashing in his eyes. He clenched his fist, and crackling sounds emanated from his bones. Golden light spewed from every pore of his body.

"His entire skeleton is gilded, and he has finally achieved minor mastery of the Golden Bone technique. With just his physical strength, his combat power is comparable to that of an ordinary martial artist at the Fifth Realm of the Five Seas."

Li Weiyi felt as if his entire body had been reshaped, filled with power, as if he could smash his body against a city wall.

The fishing boat took half a month to travel, but only five days.

In just twenty days, if Li Weiyi were to encounter Huo Qiankun, the Nine Springs Perfected Person of the Fourth Realm of the Five Seas, again, he believed that even without wearing the Provincial Governor's Official Robe, he could send him on his way within ten moves.

After all, he not only possessed physical strength, but also magical power.

As for Yuwen Chao, who was at the Fifth Realm of the Five Seas, he could be dealt with within twenty moves.

This only represents his own combat strength, not counting his trump cards such as the Evil Camel Bell, the Dao Ancestor Taiji Fish, and the Provincial Governor's Official Robe. At this level, high-level magical artifacts can no longer be considered trump cards; almost everyone has them.

Within the Dao Ancestor Taiji Fish, a wisp of Zen Sea Observing Mist emanated.

"Whoosh!"

Li Weiyi took her out of the Blood Mud Space.

The one inside the car was Li Ling. The true form of Zen Sea Observing Mist could only be exposed to the world of the Yang Realm at night, and currently still needed to reside in Li Ling's body.

Li Weiyi smiled and said, "Your seclusion is over? Coming out at this time, your soul must have recovered to a certain critical point?"

"Lesser Yang Star is no ordinary place; for those of us who participated in the war back then, it was a sacred place for healing and recuperation."

She sat opposite Li Weiyi and lifted the carriage curtain. "How far is it from Qiuzhou city?"

"It should arrive this afternoon," Li Weiyi said.

Zen Sea Observing Mist nodded slightly, then closed the car window again, which was constantly letting in the cold wind. "You're right. My soul has recovered a lot in the past two months, but now it's my newly forged physical body that's become my weakness. You've achieved minor success in your Golden Bone Technique?"

Li Weiyi nodded, then asked in surprise, "Your bone structure is that of Son of Heaven Bone, so how can your physical body be a weakness? Isn't physical strength your strongest point?"

Zen Sea Observing Mist said, "Our current situations are quite similar. Our bones are strong, but our flesh and muscles are weak. I'm even more extreme than you. When I throw a punch, my bones might not feel anything, but the flesh and blood of my entire arm will be shattered. If you take a palm strike, your bones can withstand it, but your internal organs might already be shattered by the force of the palm strike."

"If you want your physical body to advance further and become stronger, you need to nourish your blood with blood crystals and forge your flesh with Immortal Soil."

"When your blood and qi flow like Dragon Roar, and your internal organs and muscles radiate divine light, that will be the beginning of the completion of your physical body. At that time, your physical combat strength will naturally reach a higher level."

Li Weiyi said, "Reaching that level, could they possibly be a match for the Seventh Sea martial artist? A mere Seventh Sea mortal!"

He knew that even though they were Perfected Person cultivators of the Seventh Sea, their combat strength was vastly different.

The combat strength of a mortal in the Seventh Sea is several levels lower than that of the Seventh Sea with Hundred Meridian Lines All Silver Pure Immortal Body.

Zen Sea Observing Mist said, "The first step is the minor completion of the Golden Bone. The second step is the minor completion of the Flesh and Blood. The third step is to refine the tendons and shape the skin. Once all three steps are completed, one can Dao Body, and one's physical body can rival Dao Seed Realm Martial Cultivator."

"You've been cultivating on Lesser Yang Star for a long time, absorbing a lot of the blood mist there. Your blood energy is already quite strong, and you should be able to achieve minor success soon."

"Immortal Soil is used to refine Longevity Pill and forge Longevity Body. If you can use Immortal Soil to shape your internal organs and muscles, your body will naturally be stronger than an ordinary Dao Body. Therefore, I cannot give you an accurate power level; how strong you can become is something you will have to verify yourself through cultivation."

The practice of physical cultivation finally has a direction to continue.

Li Weiyi asked, "The first step requires the Golden Spring. The second step requires Immortal Soil. What kind of rare resources are needed for the third step, the cultivation of the tendons and skin to a minor degree?"

Zen Sea Observing Mist said, "This is why I left Lesser Yang Star! The skin and tendons belong to the wood element, and require Divine Stove Wood to refine them quickly. The Divine Stove Abyss, eight hundred li from Qiuzhou City, is like a furnace between heaven and earth, constantly spewing forth magma; only there can one find Divine Stove Wood."

"Shall we head to the Divine Stove Abyss now?"

Li Weiyi secretly calculated the time.

There are still more than twenty days until the end of the year.

There's still more than a month until the Lantern Festival, so there's plenty of time.

Zen Sea Observing Mist shook his head. "With your cultivation level, you can't get in. I'll go! I'll try my best to get back before the end of the year... so we can celebrate the New Year together."

She forced a smile as she said the last sentence.

Li Weiyi leaned back against the carriage and laughed, "Actually, you don't need to force yourself like this. We're not like lovers at all. We're so close, yet it feels like we're miles apart. We're both indifferent to each other and can't feel that urge to be intimate."

Zen Sea Observing Mist didn't deny it, but asked, "What about Jiang Ning?"

Li Weiyi's smile faded as he fell into thought. He said, "She's beautiful. No man wouldn't want to be close to her. To be honest, being alone on the fishing boat for half a month, I felt an unprecedented sense of ease and joy. Even though we were just sitting in silence at the bow, enjoying the evening breeze, there was a peaceful and wonderful feeling... I really wish it could last forever."

"It's so good to be young!"

A sigh escapes Zen Sea Observing Mist.

"Don't misunderstand! My feelings for Jiang Ning are, at most, just admiration, like my feelings for all other beautiful things in the world," Li Weiyi said.

"Is that so? Zen Sea Observing Mist's beauty is actually no less than anyone else's. It's just that her cultivation is too high, which is why everyone only recognizes her as the emperor and dares not talk about her figure and appearance. Your impression of her cannot forever be just that of the white bones in the tomb."

Zen Sea Observing Mist speaks in a sweet tone, exuding a confident and relaxed aura.

Li Weiyi stared at her for a moment, then waved his hand and smiled, "I think as long as you're still inside Li Ling's body, it will be very difficult for me to separate you from her."

Zen Sea Observing Mist's smile faded, and he nodded seriously. "Give me some more time, and let's be fellow Daoists supporting each other on the path of cultivation! Second Qi Sea, how many cubic units of Qi have you accumulated?"

"After taking the Qi Ascension Pill, my Qi accumulation speed has greatly increased. I have already completed my cultivation. After nourishing my lungs for a period of time, I will be able to break through to the third realm," Li Weiyi said.

"Using Immortal Soil to reshape the internal organs and muscles can significantly shorten the time required to nourish the lungs."

Zen Sea Observing Mist took out a pill bottle and handed it to him. "This is the last batch. The medicinal herbs are all used up, and all the Qi Ascension Pill are here. I'll refine more for you after I return from the Divine Stove Abyss. Oh, and I took ten catties of the Immortal Soil you left in the Blood Mud Space."

She also wanted to cultivate her physical body.

The carriage fell silent.

The two seemed to have nothing in common except for matters of cultivation, whereas they could bicker with Li Ling.

As they approached Qiuzhou city, Li Weiyi got out of the car and waved goodbye to her.

The carriage turned and headed north.

After the heavy snow, the weather cleared up, and the sky was a pristine blue.

Qiuzhou City is the largest city in the Southern Territory and also the premier cultivation holy land in the Southern Territory. Its magical energy is more abundant than anywhere else, and it boasts more than one Heaven Law Earth Spring.

Jiang Ning told him not to come, but he insisted on coming anyway.

Any young martial arts practitioner in the world can come, so why can't he?

Zuoqiu Courtyard clearly attached great importance to the Qianlong Lantern Festival, and its management was strict, requiring identity verification for all those entering the city gate.

Li Weiyi took out the register of commoners and passed through easily, but was told that the younger generation of martial arts practitioners in the Southern Territory could only live in the South City. They could travel to the North City, Eastern City, and Western City, but they had to return at night.

When pressed for a reason, the other party simply stated that it was a regulation from above.

Li Weiyi didn't care at all. After entering the city, he paid for a ride and headed to Immortal Forest.

Go to Immortal Forest and find Yin Shi.

To put it simply, he was just a newcomer to the Jiu Li Hidden Gate, having been there for less than a year, and was unfamiliar with many things. Qiuzhou City was also vast, almost boundless, so asking him to find the special markers of the Hidden Gate sect's strongholds one by one was like finding a needle in a haystack.

Hidden Ten will be easy to find!

Once she arrives in Qiuzhou, she will definitely stay in Immortal Forest.

Thinking that he would soon see Yao Yin and Hidden Twenty-Four and the others, Li Weiyi was very happy. Sitting in the car, he lifted the curtain and looked around at this bustling metropolis, which was one of the most prosperous cities in the entire Lingxiao Shengjing.

The Lantern Festival is still more than a month away, but young talents from the Twenty-Eight Prefectures have already begun to gather here.

Accompanying them were some of the older generation of strong individuals.

Young people value more than just power and profit.

Many of them value reputation more!

Who wouldn't want to be famous throughout the world at a young age?

Being famous means that wherever you go, countless people will admire and respect you. You will be regarded as an idol by young men and women, and you will be valued, favored, and admired.

The Qianlong Lantern Festival, a grand event specially prepared for outstanding talents from all over the world, is an excellent opportunity to make a name for oneself in one battle, and there are also the world's most precious treasures as rewards.

Such an opportunity is enough to make countless Xue Qing risk their lives for it.

Of course, there are also quite a few self-aware young people who genuinely came to join in the fun and wanted to catch a glimpse of the charisma of those world-renowned young talents.

As for the older generation of powerful figures, they came from all over the country, and their purposes were much more complicated!

Of course, they have their own circles and don't easily appear in public, and they don't even want Zuoqiu Courtyard to know about their arrival.

The carriage traveled for more than an hour, passing through the inner city gates and arriving at a Dao domain where the magical energy was as thick as clouds, before finally coming to a stop.

At the very center of Qiuzhou City lies Peach Plum Mountain, the ancestral realm of the Zuoqiu Courtyard. It is the largest Dao domain in the city, possessing the largest Heaven Law Earth Spring in the Southern Region.

That Heaven Law Earth Spring, located above the clouds, is like a crack in the sky, from which the energy of law flows down like a waterfall.

Standing anywhere in the city, one can witness the spectacular sight of a waterfall of flowing light descending from the sky, enveloping Peach Plum Mountain like a fairyland.

Centered on Peach Plum Mountain, the area expands outwards in a Bagua (Eight Trigrams) pattern, dividing it into eight inner city districts.

This Bagua formation is said to have been laid out by the founder of the Zuoqiu Courtyard of Daoist lineage, with dense underground Formation Script.

Each of the eight districts has a small Dao Domain, and the Immortal Forest is built within one of these small Dao Domains.

Even a small Dao Domain covers tens of thousands of acres.

Li Weiyi got out of the car and was stunned by the sight of Immortal Forest before him.