Kaiyang Sect

Heavenly Devil Body Tempering Great Technique?

Seeing this, Master Zhong's eyes lit up.

The Heavenly Devil Body Tempering Great Technique had over thirty thousand characters. Just like when he saw the Red Phoenix Heavenly Scripture, Master Zhong spent five days in this cave memorizing it all.

The Heavenly Devil Body Tempering Great Technique was not the name of a standard cultivation technique, but rather an auxiliary technique that stimulated potential.

True Qi and True Essence, depending on their intensity, could be unleashed all at once using the Heavenly Devil Body Tempering Great Technique. Within an hour, depending on the level of cultivation, one could exert several times their normal ability.

There were a total of twelve levels. If one cultivated to the twelfth level, they could exert thirteen times their own strength. How abnormal was this ability?

After circulating the technique for an hour, one would correspondingly enter a period of weakness, lasting from one to five days. During this time, their strength would drop to less than half of their original, or even just ten percent.

Only after the weak period passed could everything recover. However, the Heavenly Devil Body Tempering Great Technique was different from ordinary body disintegration techniques. This was because every time the Heavenly Devil Body Tempering Great Technique was used, the rapidly consumed energy did not disappear but transformed into power to temper the physical body. Just like the Fiend God, the abnormality of his physical body filled Master Zhong with pleasant surprise.

Heavenly Devil Body Tempering Great Technique?

It wouldn't conflict with other techniques, so could it be practiced alongside others? Well, the thirty thousand plus characters were already memorized. What about this black cloth? Pass it down to future generations? Nonsense, of course it had to be destroyed.

How to destroy it? Even the Yin energy couldn't corrode it, so what to do?

Regardless, he would try. Master Zhong took out a fire starter and gently touched the cloth with the flame.

"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle..."

The black cloth actually caught fire?

Seeing this scene, Master Zhong's mouth dropped open. Yin energy couldn't destroy it, but Yang energy, this small flame, set it ablaze?

Watching the black cloth slowly turn to ash, Master Zhong's heart settled.

Looking around, he took down the fist-sized night-shining pearl. There was no dust on the night-shining pearl, clearly brought by the Fiend God and others.

Walking out of the cave, he looked back at it. Master Zhong wasn't going to stay here any longer. If someone else came, wouldn't he be dead?

He found some stones and blocked the entrance, remembering the location in his heart. Master Zhong then crossed the mountain and continued north.

Finding a relatively hidden valley, Master Zhong buried the night-shining pearl in a concealed spot. Whether it was valuable or not, Master Zhong didn't plan on carrying it, fearing it would be recognized in the future. He would come back for it when he had the strength.

Finding a quiet place, Master Zhong practiced the Heavenly Devil Body Tempering Great Technique once.

Like the Red Phoenix Heavenly Scripture, the first level was the easiest to practice. After a month, he grasped the knack. However, Master Zhong didn't deliberately use it out of curiosity to see its effect. Once the weak period arrived, if a demon beast appeared, he would be finished.

Right now, getting to the Kaiyang Sect was the priority.

He traveled over mountains and rivers, quickly heading towards the Kaiyang Sect. Along the way, he encountered some demon beasts again. It was also Master Zhong's good fortune. There was even one time when he encountered a Black Panther Demon Beast. If he hadn't used the Heavenly Devil Body Tempering Great Technique to exert double his strength and used the Red Phoenix Mist to drug the black panther, he would have been completely finished.

After one use of the Heavenly Devil Body Tempering Great Technique, his body was indeed weak for a day, but it quickly recovered. Moreover, his body had become much tougher.

A month and a half later, finally, wearing tattered clothes and carrying a small bundle, he arrived at the location of the Kaiyang Sect.

The Kaiyang Sect was located in a mountain range shrouded in mist. Looking at the seemingly real and unreal mountain range, it was not difficult to see that a powerful formation was hidden here.

Outside the mountain gate was a heavenly stele, or rather, a stone mountain that had been split in half. On the flat side, there were three characters. The three characters were written in a vigorous and flowing style, full of dominance.

"Kaiyang Sect"

This was the Kaiyang Sect's mountain gate.

The area around the Heavenly Stele was as vast and empty as a wilderness. Even some high-level Demon Beasts didn't dare to approach without permission.

Before him, besides the Heavenly Stele, was a thatched hut not far away. Outside the hut was a vegetable patch.

As Master Zhong's gaze focused on that spot, the door of the hut suddenly opened, and a white-haired old man, who looked even older than Master Zhong had been back then, slowly walked out.

Upon seeing Master Zhong, a strange glint flashed in his cloudy eyes, and he slowly walked over.

"What do you want?" the white-haired old man asked indifferently.

"This junior, Zhong Shan, greets senior," Master Zhong immediately said.

"Zhong Shan?" The old man paused slightly, thought for a moment, but couldn't recall who Zhong Shan was. He then looked at Zhong Shan again.

"May I ask, senior, are you from the Kaiyang Sect?" Zhong Shan respectfully asked.

"That's right. I am the Shoushan greeter of the Kaiyang Sect. What do you want?" the white-haired old man said indifferently, as if this person who had suddenly appeared couldn't stir the slightest ripple in his heart.

Seeing the white-haired old man's attitude towards him, Zhong Shan frowned. Countless thoughts flashed through his mind. Master Zhong's cultivation might be much weaker than these cultivators, but there was one thing Master Zhong possessed that was not inferior to those high and mighty cultivators.

His heart. Master Zhong's heart. Fifty-five years was not a long time, but Master Zhong had rolled around in the mundane world and had long seen through a great deal of human nature and character. At this moment, Master Zhong's heart was clear. If the old man before him was merely a Shoushan greeter as he claimed, he wouldn't have this kind of attitude.

"May I ask for senior's name?" Zhong Shan asked.

"Name? What name could I have? My cultivation failed, I'm nearing the end of my life, guarding the mountain and greeting people here, just living out my remaining years. You can call me 'Shoushan'," the white-haired old man said with a faint smile.

"Senior Shoushan, this junior, Zhong Shan, was entrusted by a senior from the Kaiyang Sect to deliver a jade slip. It needs to be presented to the Sect Master, and the words of that senior from back then need to be conveyed," Zhong Shan said.

"Jade slip?" Shoushan frowned.

Zhong Shan quickly and very carefully took out the jade slip, which had a restriction placed on it, from his chest.

Seeing the jade slip, Shoushan's cloudy eyes clearly paused. He reached out as if to grab it, but only for that instant. His eyes then became cloudy again, and he nodded at Zhong Shan.

"Give me the jade slip, I'll go notify them," Shoushan nodded.

"Yes," Zhong Shan nodded in response.

Shoushan's momentary change just now did not escape Zhong Shan's eyes, but Zhong Shan did not expose it. He merely kept this moment of speculation in his heart.

Shoushan took the jade slip and slowly walked towards the foot of the mountain not far away. Then, his figure flickered and disappeared from Zhong Shan's sight, clearly having entered the formation.

Zhong Shan waited patiently outside the formation until about the time it takes for a stick of incense to burn.

Suddenly, three people flew out from within the formation in the distance.

All three were stepping on clouds. In the center was a man in a Daoist robe, looking like a mortal of sixty years, holding Zhong Shan's jade slip. To his left was a woman in a white Daoist robe, who looked somewhat old but still had a charming demeanor. To his right was a middle-aged man with sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes.

Upon exiting the formation, all three looked at Zhong Shan with a frown.

"This junior, Zhong Shan, greets the three seniors," Zhong Shan immediately bowed.

"You are the one who delivered the jade slip?" the old man in the center stared at Zhong Shan and said with a frown.

"Yes," Zhong Shan immediately nodded in response.

"Alright, follow me into Kaiyang Hall," the old man said.

Then, the old man waved his hand, and a white cloud suddenly appeared beneath Zhong Shan's feet, carrying Zhong Shan as he entered the formation with the three of them.

The white clouds circled along a strange path. After flying for a while, they saw the interior. Although the scenery inside was also mountainous, it was vastly different from what was seen outside. It seemed the outside was a massive illusion.

Inside, there were valleys, waterfalls, lakes, bamboo forests, and houses. All sorts of buildings were present.

The four flew extremely fast and soon arrived at the summit of a tall mountain. On the summit was a large plaza, and also a large palace.

The four flew directly into the palace. As they entered, Zhong Shan saw the plaque above the palace entrance.

"Kaiyang Hall"

Inside the great hall, there was no one.

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