Dharma Aspect Golden Body

Everyone followed Zhao Yuling to the Zhang Family's mountain gate.

Here, a group of martial artists who had been frightened away by Chu He had returned with reinforcements.

Once both sides pooled their information,

they reached a conclusion.

The Zhang Family had allied themselves with the foreign races, and the Murong Family had problems as well.

A mysterious senior had discovered the issue, come here, and slaughtered both the Zhang Family and the foreign races.

"I just went to take a look. There are remnants of flesh and blood on the hillside that senior blasted apart. There must have been foreign races lying in ambush. Senior discovered the problem and saved us!"

Someone returned after going down the mountain and excitedly shared his discovery.

"What? That actually happened?"

"I thought it was strange at the time. How could an expert like senior slaughter innocents at random? That Murong Bo had a pointy mouth and monkey cheeks at first glance—he was clearly no good. Sure enough, there was something wrong with him!"

"Good thing we encountered senior. Otherwise, we might have all perished here today."

Once the martial artists who had come as reinforcements understood what had happened, lingering fear filled their faces.

From Zhao Yuling and the others' information, they already knew that the foreign races here were extremely powerful. There were many Xiantian Invincibles, and even Half-step Kings holding the fort. If they had fought, not a single one of them might have escaped unharmed.

At this moment, they were filled with boundless gratitude toward that mysterious senior.

"A mysterious senior?"

Zhao Yuling clutched the bloodstained paper in her arms tighter and murmured to herself.

She fell into thought.

Recalling the oddities in the prison cell and piecing them together with the information at hand, she finally uncovered the traces and connections.

The dead guards, her handcuffs and shackles, even that sudden sensation of being about to break through.

All of it had been man-made!

The evidence pointed straight at that senior!

"Was it Little Chu Brother?"

Zhao Yuling felt that was very likely.

However, when that senior had appeared, his figure had been blurred. No one had seen his true face, so it was difficult to judge with certainty.

Many suspected that it was the Lin Family's Hidden Ancestor.

"But does the Lin Family really have a Hidden Ancestor?"

By now, Zhao Yuling had long harbored doubts about this matter.

After so many years in the Book Repository, she had never seen any trace of that mysterious Hidden Ancestor.

Chu He, on the other hand, seemed to fit better and better as her cultivation grew stronger.

"First, we'll clear out the foreign races everywhere. Then I'll go back and ask Little Chu Brother!"

Zhao Yuling quietly made up her mind.

She did not reveal the contents of the bloodstained paper to the public.

For one thing, there were too many people and too many eyes. If she said it aloud, some loudmouth might spread it, alerting the enemy.

For another, these people were not strong enough. Telling them would be useless anyway.

By this time, Chu He had already left Shaoyan Mountain, where the Zhang Family was located, far behind and returned to the Book Repository.

Shaoyan Mountain was over two hundred kilometers from Lin City. Even the fastest warhorse, or an Innate Grandmaster exerting their lightness skill to the fullest, would need roughly three or four hours to make the journey.

But with Chu He's martial cultivation, even for a round trip, he did not need to use his full strength. Traveling with only the cultivation of the first level of the Third Transformation, a dozen or so minutes was enough.

The Third Transformation corresponded to the King realm, separated from Innate Grandmaster martial artists by a gulf as vast as heaven and earth.

When he returned to the Book Repository, only a little over four hours had passed since he left.

That was only because he had guarded Zhao Yuling as she broke through, and admired the scenery along the way back.

"Chirp, chirp!"

The moment Chu He returned, Little Turtle happily waddled over on its two short little legs.

They saw each other every day, so it had never felt much. But when Chu He suddenly left, it immediately lost its sense of security!

"Only now do I realize that you little fellow are actually this timid!"

Chu He found it amusing.

When they saw each other every day, Little Turtle had never been this enthusiastic. Day after day, it was even calmer than him, and when he touched its head, it looked disdainful.

Yet after only a few hours apart, the little fellow was already so anxious it was hopping mad!

Sure enough, the saying that distance creates beauty was not groundless.

Chu He picked up Little Turtle and entered the Book Repository. He casually took a book, sat in the reclining chair, found a comfortable position, and began flipping through it while stroking the turtle's head.

As for those Demons and Monsters outside, he would leave them to the little girl!

She was now a King-realm martial artist. Dealing with foreign races whose highest cultivation was only Half-step King posed no problem.

It was the perfect chance for her to temper herself properly and consolidate her cultivation.

Chu He was not worried that the information provided by those foreign races was false.

The Xia Clan's highest known realm was only Half-step Invincible King. If those Charm Clan members had even stronger beings, if their strength truly surpassed imagination, they would not need to skulk about in the shadows. They would act openly and aboveboard instead.

Time flowed on. Some bore heavy burdens as they pressed forward, while the years remained peaceful.

It was wonderful!

For an entire month, Chu He read books, stroked turtles, cultivated, and checked in.

Peaceful and leisurely.

One morning,

after Chu He finished cultivating, he performed his customary check-in.

The check-in was quickly completed.

"Ding! Congratulations, Host, for successfully checking in. You have obtained one copy of the Dharma Aspect Golden Body!"

A violet-gold book appeared in the system space.

A look of surprise appeared on Chu He's face.

A violet-gold grade Martial Arts Divine Ability—this was only the second time one had appeared.

The first had been the Nine Transformations Golden Body Technique he received during his very first check-in.

Over the years, the Cultivation Methods, martial arts, and divine abilities he had obtained

came in seven grades: white, blue, green, black, red, gold, and violet-gold.

White was the most worthless. He could not even be bothered to look at it. Violet-gold was the highest and rarest grade.

This Dharma Aspect Golden Body was impressive even without considering anything else—its grade alone was incredible!

Chu He hurriedly took it out of the system space and pressed it against his forehead.

An ocean-like torrent of information appeared within Chu He's spiritual sea of consciousness.

This Dharma Aspect Golden Body was both a method of spiritual cultivation and a powerful offensive divine ability.

The Dharma Aspect Golden Body's function seemed simple, but its effects were extraordinary.

It used spiritual power to forge a golden body. Throughout this process, one's spiritual and soul power would undergo terrifying tempering. At the end of the cultivation, it would become terrifyingly powerful, allowing the spirit and soul to become eternally indestructible. Even if his physical body exploded, his soul could survive in this world, then shape a new body with the soul and live again.

This overlapped somewhat with the soul-method cultivation in the later stages of the Nine Transformations Golden Body Technique.

However, the Nine Transformations Golden Body Technique primarily cultivated the physical body. Its enhancement of the soul was far inferior to the Dharma Aspect Golden Body.

The Dharma Aspect Golden Body could also leave the body and kill enemies a hundred li, a thousand li, ten thousand li, or even countless tens of thousands of li away.

That showed just how formidable the soul could become through its cultivation.

A Cultivation Method of this grade was naturally extremely difficult to cultivate.

Ordinary people would likely fail to even enter the doorway in their entire lives.

But this was not a problem for Chu He. As long as he decided to cultivate a Cultivation Method from the system space, he could enter the doorway, and his comprehension would yield twice the result with half the effort.

In the days that followed, Chu He began focusing most of his energy on cultivating the Dharma Aspect Golden Body.

Thanks to his current cultivation realm, the Dharma Aspect Golden Body progressed smoothly.

After only ten days, the first layer was complete!

That night, Chu He stood atop the roof of the Book Repository.

With a thought, a golden phantom emerged from his body and floated into the air.

The phantom's glow was extremely faint. If it had not been nighttime, it would have been almost impossible to see.

Yet the moment it appeared, a noble and domineering aura spread outward from it.

In an instant!

Centered on the Book Repository, everyone throughout the Lin Family—whether resting or diligently cultivating—suddenly felt their hearts palpitate.

Those who were asleep were better off, merely suddenly losing control of their bladders and bowels. Those who were awake fell straight to their knees! Some could not help vomiting three liters of blood!

Fortunately, Chu He was only conducting a small test, and he quickly withdrew the golden body phantom.

The terrifying aura dissipated, but the Lin Family was destined to have a sleepless night!

Chu He returned to the Book Repository, moved his hand, took a Pill that restored spiritual power from the system space, and swallowed it.

This move certainly had style, but it also consumed a great deal of spiritual power. At his current level, it was not yet very practical in battle.

Still, Chu He had never intended to fight and kill. What he coveted was the eternal indestructibility of the soul upon cultivating it to the end.

An indestructible body!

An indestructible soul!

Eternal life!

PS: Thanks to boss Zhetian Zhetian Ah for the 100 reward.

Thanks to boss DK98 once again for the 500 reward.