Treasure Ship

Chen Fusheng wished he could chop it off with a single strike!

He always felt this was a drawback brought about by the Evil Tiger Diagram, not as satisfying as the enhanced hearing and sense of smell.

Moreover, his strengthened muscles and bones were scalding hot, like red-hot tongs about to burst out from under his skin!

"This feeling, am I about to break through?"

Chen Fusheng sat down cross-legged, releasing the energy stored within his muscles and bones, forming a rolling torrent of heat that gushed out.

This was the life essence nurtured by his physical body, radiating outwards and merging with the energy of his Qi Sea.

Boom!

His Qi Sea trembled violently, and the rotating golden energy within surged significantly!

As the energy shot out through his pores, forming two layers of energy shielding his body, it signified the second level of the Star Guiding Realm.

Immediately afterwards, the energy returned to his Qi Sea, but under Chen Fusheng's stimulation, the Qi Sea energy permeated his entire body, and the strength of his physical body surged forth, causing his robes to bulge.

"This is the unique aspect of the Furnace Contemplation Method, the physical body's energy can return to the Qi Sea, or it can be drawn out to permeate the body."

"Normally, I hide the energy in my Qi Sea, and others won't be able to detect the problem with my physique."

Chen Fusheng was pleasantly surprised, perfectly resolving the drawbacks of his physique's enhancement. The Teng Lin matter still worried him.

"There are also Outer Sect disciples who can temper their bodies with horizontal training methods; I can instead disguise myself as a Fierce Tiger Fist expert."

Chen Fusheng pondered for a moment, and as he stood up, his body swayed violently, almost causing him to fall to the ground.

"What the hell?"

Chen Fusheng felt that the ground was unstable, and he soon realized that it was his physical body that was uncoordinated!

Even the muscles and bones in his body were as hard as javelins, about to pierce through his skin.

Snap!

Chen Fusheng rolled up his sleeves, raised his hand, and grabbed his arm, pulling it violently. His muscles and bones vibrated fiercely, and a tearing pain immediately came from his muscles and skin, causing blood to seep from his pores!

Although it wasn't much pain, his skin and flesh were like waste paper, which made him extremely horrified. Had something gone wrong with his cultivation?

"What… I understand, my muscles and bones are strong, but my skin and flesh are not yet up to par, and they are about to fail to contain my muscles and bones."

Chen Fusheng finally realized that skin and flesh, muscles and bones, internal organs, meridians and blood… these were important structures that made up the human body.

So, purely shaping the muscles and bones? Over time, the foundation of the physical body would become severely unstable!

"The next stage requires shaping the skin and flesh, using the skin and flesh to wrap the muscles and bones. It seems I need to cultivate this Spirit Snake Diagram. The spirit snake is a demonic beast, and its skin is soft yet hard."

Chen Fusheng examined the densely packed carvings on the heavenly pillars. He had a flash of inspiration and smoothly guided the remaining energy from the Evil Tiger Diagram into the Spirit Snake Diagram.

"Huh, the Spirit Snake Diagram only emits a faint light?"

Chen Fusheng frowned and continued to condense the energy of heaven and earth to replenish the Spirit Snake Diagram, only to find that the charging speed had slowed down several times.

Chen Fusheng gave a wry smile, "It seems that it's because the Spirit Snake Diagram is stronger than the Evil Tiger Diagram. Then, for the subsequent carvings, like the Flood Dragon Diagram, the required energy will probably be extremely vast!"

"It seems that it's unrealistic to accumulate capital in the short term to speed up cultivation."

Chen Fusheng sighed, "Haste makes waste, the path of cultivation should be taken slowly."

Seeing that dawn was approaching, he leaped down the mountain, adapting to his uncoordinated body along the way.

On the banks of the Black River, there was a large market, trading in rare fish, demonic beast materials, and precious medicinal herbs from the river, among other things.

Chen Fusheng was just about to ask for directions to the Black River Hall when a loud voice came from behind him.

"Fusheng, why aren't you helping out at the cafeteria so early in the morning? What are you doing here?"

Chen Fusheng turned around, looking at the mighty figure who had called out to him, his eyes immediately filled with joy.

"Brother Lie!"

Chen Fusheng had always respected Wang Lie. At first, when he replaced Wang Lie to complete the rough tasks, he felt that he was difficult to get along with, mainly because of his irritable temper.

But over time, Chen Fusheng discovered that Wang Lie had a cold exterior but a warm heart, and the rewards he gave were also very generous.

Wang Lie was also a well-known figure in the East Courtyard, an Star Guiding Realm seventh heaven at the age of eighteen, with a high hope of becoming an Inner Courtyard disciple in the future.

He was also accompanied by a man and a woman, one of whom was a white-clothed young man with a slender figure, a face like jade, and a slightly arrogant expression.

When Chen Fusheng looked at the other black-skirted girl, he was immediately amazed. She was like a stunning beauty who had walked out of a painting, with a cold and alluring temperament, and an incredibly proud figure.

Information about her flashed in Chen Fusheng's mind. Mu Zhen, the number one beauty of the Outer Sect, he had even glanced at her from afar before.

Moreover, at the young age of sixteen, she was already a Star Guiding Realm ninth heaven genius, and her suitors included Inner Courtyard disciples.

"Brother Lie, I'm planning to go to the Black River to fish..."

Before Chen Fusheng could finish speaking, Wang Lie glared, his large hand pressed heavily on his shoulder, and said, "With your physique, are you enough to feed the fish?"

Huh?

Wang Lie gently pressed on Chen Fusheng's shoulder.

A hint of surprise flashed in his eyes, this bone is a bit hard...

Has he succeeded in Star Guiding, or is it a special physique?

He knew that some mortals have a probability of activating their physical potential during their first meditation and cultivation, thereby promoting the growth of their physique, which is a symbol of a special physique.

Even though this does not add anything to achieving the Other Shore Realm, it has extraordinary combat power in the Star Guiding Realm and belongs to a special talent.

"Brother Lie, I have already embarked on the Star Guiding Realm and chose the task of capturing spirit fish," Chen Fusheng said.

"Old Lie, is this your friend? He dares to capture spirit fish just after Star Guiding?" The white-clothed youth interjected with a sneer.

Wang Lie said calmly, "This is my little brother, Old Bai, don't laugh, you didn't have such courage back then, did you?"

Liu Bai's tone was unkind, "You call this courage? I've been out on the boat for three consecutive months, but I haven't even caught a scale of a spirit fish."

"That's because you have bad luck, he's a newbie, maybe he'll have explosive luck and take away a nest of spirit fish, now you're in luck!" Wang Lie laughed loudly.

"I'm in luck?" Liu Bai's face was unhappy, and said, "Wang Lie, what do you mean? Adding someone at the last minute, and bringing a newbie?"

"Brother Lie, I'm just going out to try my luck. You guys go ahead with your business, I won't disturb you." Chen Fusheng turned to leave.

However, Wang Lie's large hand remained on his shoulder, "Old Liu, I'll accompany you on a trip to the three-hundred-mile Black River, risking danger. What, can't I even bring my little brother along?"

Three hundred miles?

Chen Fusheng thought he had misheard. As everyone knew, the activity range of ordinary people was limited to dozens of miles. If it exceeded a hundred miles, they might encounter demon beast attacks.

Even the lowest-level demon beasts had Star Guiding Realm cultivation, and they might even encounter Other Shore Realm demon beasts.

Three hundred miles was even more dangerous. How could they retreat unscathed with their lineup?

Liu Bai's expression was unsightly. Wang Lie was no ordinary seventh heaven. Even if he didn't have a special physique, he had cultivated the Vajra Fist, a method of external training. Counting the added bonus of his physical strength, his combat power was no less than a ninth heaven.

Of course, the most important thing was that Wang Lie had always been fair in his dealings with others. There were no troublesome things like scheming and infighting when doing tasks with him, which was the key point.

Thinking of this, Liu Bai turned to Mu Zhen for help, but the cold and beautiful girl was constantly scanning the surrounding stalls, not interested in their conversation.

Liu Bai was immediately discouraged. They had only happened to run into Mu Zhen and mustered the courage to invite her, and she was going out for a stroll out of curiosity.

"Alright, alright, it doesn't matter if my treasure boat carries a few more people, but I'll say the ugly things first, he's not qualified to share our catch."

Wang Lie naturally had no objections, treating it as taking Chen Fusheng out to broaden his horizons.

"He even has a treasure boat?"

Chen Fusheng was astonished. Even the lowest-level treasure boat could restrain demon beasts and escape from Other Shore Realm demon beasts, but it was said that the price of this thing was a bit outrageous.

With a treasure boat paving the way, he also wanted to go on this trip and accumulate experience along the way.

"Brother Lie, it's not very good to forcibly stuff me into the team, is it?" Chen Fusheng asked as he followed the team. Who would be willing to take a newbie deep into the three-hundred-mile Black River?

"It's nothing, Liu Bai is a very nice person, and since you've become a Star Practitioner, you'll have to integrate into the circle of cultivators sooner or later."

Wang Lie also came from a poor background and had worked hard to achieve his current achievements. If Chen Fusheng's cultivation caught up, they could go out on missions together in the future.

The most important thing was to know each other well. Most of the Star Practitioners buried in the Black River every year were victims of infighting!

Waiting for the team to arrive at the Black River, Liu Bai patted the yellow bag on his waist. The mouth of the bag spewed out a brilliant glow, and a palm-sized yellow boat flew out.

"He even has a storage bag?"

Chen Fusheng was completely dumbfounded, and then he noticed that Wang Lie's gaze towards him was a little strange.

"Brother Lie, what's wrong?" Chen Fusheng was a little scared.

Wang Lie glanced at Chen Fusheng, then looked at Liu Bai, thinking that his little brother's appearance was more outstanding than his, and more importantly, he was strong. If he cultivated him well, he would definitely have a brighter future than Liu Bai!

Moreover, Chen Fusheng was not even fifteen yet, and still a virgin. Once he grew taller, he would definitely be a hot commodity.

"Fusheng, get to know Old Liu these few days, and ask him for advice on the path of life."

Wang Lie pulled Chen Fusheng aside and earnestly taught him, "This treasure boat, this storage bag, were all given to Liu Bai by his Inner Courtyard girlfriend on her one hundred and eightieth birthday."

Chen Fusheng's eyes widened, one hundred and eighty years old?

"Brother Lie, I don't have that kind of future!" He shuddered.

Wang Lie sighed, "The path of life is long. You may not reach the Other Shore even after decades of hard work. If you don't have talent, you can only take shortcuts. Fusheng, you have a future, I believe in you!"

Wang Lie patted his shoulder hard, remarking on how tough his bones were.

Chen Fusheng's expression was extremely unnatural. Wang Lie chuckled and scolded, "I'm doing this for your own good. How can you cultivate without resources? You don't have connections or a background, so you can only take shortcuts!" [During the new book period, recommendations need to be scheduled, so I can't update too much, otherwise I'll miss some new book recommendation slots. I'll make it up to everyone after this period.]