By the time Zhang Yu learned of it, five days had already passed. The manager of the Chu Family branch in Phoenix Tower City had personally delivered the news.
The Chu Family's businesses spanned all of Great Chu, and every branch kept carrier pigeons for relaying messages.
During this time, Zhang Yu had been staying in the Shi Family's separate courtyard with Niu Mancang and Li Feifei.
He had reassigned Su Lingxi to the Misty Rain Pavilion and given her a task: move the Heavenly Heart Sect underground and build it into a tightly organized intelligence network.
After Master Shi Cangyue intimidated the Sima Family, he returned to Hidden Spirit Academy to enter seclusion.
During this time, Zhang Yu had been studying the Bedrock Physique. Yesterday, he had pushed the third layer of the Bedrock Mountain-Forming Art beyond its limit and successfully cultivated the Bedrock Physique.
Standing in the courtyard, he circulated the Bedrock Physique. Sure enough, a heavy aura rose from the ground, entered his body through the soles of his feet, and flowed through his flesh and blood.
About one-tenth of that heavy aura eventually entered his internal organs. Though it was little, Zhang Yu could feel his organs slowly growing stronger.
"The earth veins truly are extraordinary for tempering the body." An hour later, Zhang Yu opened his eyes, satisfaction on his face.
This heavy power of the earth veins was also immensely beneficial for opening the dantian. Master Shi Cangyue had said that the Bedrock Physique could increase the dantian's resilience, allowing one to store twenty percent more true qi than others.
At the middle three realms, it ultimately came down to who had more true qi and whose true qi was purer. That person would be stronger.
That was why the dantian was especially important.