Besides feeling exceptionally light, his vision also seemed to have improved enormously. Even things far away had become crystal clear. The scents of flowers and grasses carried clearer layers in his nose, and his hearing had grown sharper too. He could even faintly hear the sounds of the activities people in the village town at the foot of the mountain were holding after nightfall. When he focused his attention on that little town, the sounds in his ears immediately became much clearer. A mountain stream babbled as it flowed; when he shifted his attention to it, the stream's sound became clear and resounding, like a booming symphony, while the sounds from the distant town automatically faded into the background. The feeling was incomparably marvelous. And when he gazed at the multicolored clouds and mist within Castle of Black Iron, he discovered that their flow seemed to have slowed. At this moment, the whole world possessed a sense of liveliness and tranquility, with an air of responding to his heart's slightest thought everywhere...
Zhang Tie tried moving his body and limbs, and discovered that his control over his body seemed to have risen to a new level. More possibilities and potential within this body began to reveal themselves. Many things he had never imagined or been unable to do before had now become easy. The most direct example was that, so long as he focused his attention on his heart, he could actually control the strength of his heart muscles' contractions just as he controlled the muscles in his palm, thereby controlling the speed of blood circulation throughout his body. This ability was truly beyond Zhang Tie's imagination. Before this, Zhang Tie had always thought that it was impossible for him to control his own heartbeat. Now, however, he understood: once