When Zhou Li asked how his Black Tortoise Body Refining Technique was coming along, Zhou Cheng sat down and smiled. "It's going all right."
Zhou Li was stunned.
After all those years of cultivation, he still hadn't broken through to Body Refining Level Four. And he called that going all right?
He chose his words carefully. "Mother said you still haven't broken through to Body Refining Level Four." Then he added, "Since Abbot Huineng said you have an innate affinity for Buddhism, big brother thinks you should try switching to a Buddhist cultivation technique."
He encouraged him, saying, "Who knows? Maybe one day you'll cultivate even faster than big brother."
That was why he had come.
"I've been thinking the same thing these past couple of days," Zhou Cheng said with a nod.
Zhou Li was clearly taken aback. He'd thought he would have to spend quite some effort persuading him.
He smiled. "Big brother has a Buddhist body-refining technique. I got it from my master, and you can take a look." As he spoke, he took out a Buddhist cultivation manual and handed it to Zhou Cheng.
Zhou Cheng took it and glanced at the title. "Golden Body Method."
Like his previous Black Tortoise Body Refining Technique, the Golden Body Method was an Earth Grade, mid-tier technique.
Zhou Cheng thought it over and didn't refuse. Smiling, he said, "Thanks, big brother. I'll give it a try."
Although the Golden Body Method was an Earth Grade, mid-tier technique, Buddhist techniques were rare. Zhou Li must have gone to great lengths to obtain this manual, so Zhou Cheng accepted his big brother's kind offer.
Seeing Zhou Cheng accept it, Zhou Li smiled. "Actually, if you become Abbot Huineng's disciple, Shaolin Temple has an Earth Grade, high-tier body-refining technique. You wouldn't need to cultivate the Golden Body Method."
He continued, "Your cultivation speed may be a little slow right now, but big brother believes you'll break through to the Qi Refining Realm within three years. When that day comes, the two of us will join forces and slaughter the Demonic Cult disciples until they flee in disarray!"
At the mention of the Demonic Cult, a cold glint flashed in Zhou Cheng's eyes. "We will."
Zhou Li stayed a little longer, sharing some cultivation insights, then left Zhou Cheng's courtyard.
"The Demonic Cult." After Zhou Li left, Zhou Cheng thought of the Demonic Cult's assassination attempt on his father, Zhou Wei, and his eyes turned cold. For the past few days, he'd had Qin Meng and the others investigate the Demonic Cult's secret hideouts in and around the Capital City, but unfortunately, they hadn't found a single clue.
The Demonic Cult's people sure knew how to burrow deep.
But that was only natural. If the Demonic Cult hadn't hidden itself so well, the Great Feng Dynasty would have discovered it long ago.
Now that the Demonic Cult had risen from the ashes, Emperor Zhu Xuan of Great Feng had already decided to join forces once again with the Sun Moon Sword Sect, Shaolin Temple, and the Myriad Stars Sect to wipe out the Demonic Cult remnants in Eastern Victory Province.
"Prince of Southern Ming, I hope you don't die too soon," Zhou Cheng thought.
At his current cultivation speed, he was confident he could kill the Prince of Southern Ming, who was at the late stage of Xiantian Level Ten, within a year at most.
A year!
Zhou Cheng suddenly felt that a year was an awfully long time.
Then he opened the Realm-Breakthrough Gift Pack for Body Refining Level Nine and obtained a Marrow-Cleansing Pill, a Bronze-Armored Guard, and a juvenile White Tiger Divine Beast.
The Bronze-Armored Guard was named Meng Siyao. She was a woman who wielded a whip and was also a Xiantian Seventh Level grandmaster.
Meng Siyao was sturdy and good-looking, standing about 1.7 meters tall—taller than Zhou Cheng, who was only a little over thirteen and about 1.6 meters tall.
Looking at the juvenile White Tiger Divine Beast, Zhou Cheng thought that the Four Sacred Beasts were finally all here.
He told the White Tiger Divine Beast to shrink.
After a flash of shifting light, the White Tiger Divine Beast became the size of a kitten. From a distance, it really did look like a little white cat.
As for the Azure Dragon, when it shrank, it became a little green snake.
The Black Tortoise often lay in the courtyard, basking in the sun.
A turtle lying on its back with all four legs in the air would have a hard time turning itself over, but the Black Tortoise often rolled around on the courtyard ground, flipping this way and that.
Seeing this, Zhou Cheng couldn't help but marvel. Divine beasts really were divine beasts.
"By observing the form of the White Tiger Divine Beast, your Roaming Dragon White Tiger Fist has gained the might of the Tiger King, greatly increasing its cultivation speed once again," the system reminded him.
Well, the Roaming Dragon White Tiger Fist had taken the lead again, leaving the Wind-Facing Willow Steps and Demon-Subduing Saber Technique far behind.
Zhou Cheng swallowed the Marrow-Cleansing Pill, raising his aptitude by another 25 points. His upper-grade aptitude reached 75; with just one more pill, he could evolve into a century-level genius.
Of course, with the medicinal power of the Marrow-Cleansing Pill, Zhou Cheng's Black Tortoise Divine Technique and Indestructible Vajra Divine Technique also made rapid progress.
The Black Tortoise Divine Technique smoothly broke through to the eighth layer.
The Indestructible Vajra Divine Technique reached 20 percent of the ninth layer.
Zhou Cheng didn't waste any more time. He put on the Demon God Garment and went with Qin Meng and the others to the Green Demon Mountain Range to slay demonic beasts.
Now he had five Xiantian Seventh Level grandmasters following him and four divine beasts surrounding him. With a lineup like that, he could roam freely through much of the Great Feng Dynasty, so Zhou Cheng didn't worry about his safety.
As Zhou Cheng swiftly slaughtered demonic beasts, his Demon-Subduing Saber Technique, Demon God Garment, and God-Slaying Saber continued to improve.
Before, Zhou Cheng couldn't take down a hundred demonic beasts in two hours. Now he could kill a hundred in less than an hour.
After killing a hundred demonic beasts, Zhou Cheng used the fierce winds in a mountain cave to cultivate the Wind-Facing Willow Steps for another two hours.
But the next day, Abbot Huineng didn't come. Instead, Zhou Wei arrived at the courtyard early to see Zhou Cheng.
Ever since learning that Zhou Cheng was the Great Buddha reincarnated and possessed an astonishing affinity for Buddhism, the old man's perpetually stern face had grown much younger—and positively radiant.
He smiled at Zhou Cheng. "Cheng'er, you've listened to Abbot Huineng explain Buddhist teachings for the past three days. How do you feel about them?"
Zhou Cheng thought for a moment. "Pretty good."
He'd broken through to Body Refining Level Eight on the first day, then to Body Refining Level Nine last night. It was pretty good.
Hearing that, Zhou Wei smiled. "That's good." He paused, then said, "Abbot Huineng can't come this morning. The Emperor summoned him, Sect Master Chen, and Sect Master Liu to the palace to discuss wiping out the Demonic Cult remnants."
Zhou Cheng felt a little disappointed.
Zhou Wei considered this, then said, "Your big brother told me you wanted to switch to a Buddhist cultivation technique. That's a good idea. You have an affinity for Buddhism, so if you cultivate a Buddhist technique, you might break through to Body Refining Level Four by the end of the year."
Zhou Cheng smiled. "Don't worry, Father. I'll work hard at my cultivation and aim to break through to the Qi Refining Realm within two years. Then I'll join big brother and slaughter the Demonic Cult disciples until they flee in disarray."
Hearing Zhou Cheng say he would break through to the Qi Refining Realm within two years, Zhou Wei burst into hearty laughter, delighted.
That afternoon, Abbot Huineng arrived as promised and continued explaining Buddhist teachings to Zhou Cheng.
Three days passed like this.
On the evening of the tenth day since Zhou Cheng had arrived in the Immortal Martial World, Abbot Huineng had just finished explaining the Buddhist teachings and left. Not long afterward, Zhou Cheng's Indestructible Vajra Divine Technique finally broke through to the tenth layer.
The instant Zhou Cheng broke through, Buddhist light blazed all around him, layer upon layer, as if a Buddha had descended into the mortal world.
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