The Illusion Formation was quickly withdrawn, and the Defensive Formation was shut down as well. More than thirty cultivators appeared outside.
Among them were two Golden Cores and nine Emergence from Dust cultivators. Aside from Adept Liang from Coastal Market, all the others came from Pine-Cypress Peak.
Naturally, both sides had much to discuss upon meeting.
Yan Yuxi in particular had been a Nascent Soul Formation prospect of Pine-Cypress Peak before being abducted by a Nascent Soul True Immortal. The entire Pine-Cypress Peak had been shaken—her physique was exceptional. While it was not rare across the entire plane, she was absolutely the sort who could be cultivated successfully as long as resources kept up.
Strictly speaking, an Immaculate Physique might not necessarily surpass Zhang Caixin's Innate Pure Water Physique. But Innate Pure Water still had to be cultivated step by step, while with an Immaculate Physique, once it was immaculate, it depended on what you filled it with.
In other words, Yan Yuxi's physique was, at its core, one that could burn through resources—or perhaps a blank sheet of paper. However much her family could support her was how far she could develop. Born into a clan without resources, she would amount to little.
Moreover, such resources did not guarantee returns just because they were invested. She still needed tempering and trials.
Thus, for most clans, this physique was not necessarily better than Innate Pure Water. Aside from requiring more resources, the Immaculate Physique was molded through infusion, whereas Innate Pure Water also needed infusion, but later tempering was equally important.
None of that was the crucial point. The crucial point was that both were top-tier physiques, yet they had to guard against different enemies.
Those with the Innate Pure Water Physique had to worry about being captured and made