A short while later, Fairy Lingyue's voice sounded in Xu Taiping's mind again-
"For a cultivator at the Great Perfection of the Dao Integration Realm to take a place on the Half-Immortal Seat, the final and most important step is Fengshan."
"As for what Fengshan is, it is far too profound to explain just now."
"You need only know that Fengshan achieves a similar effect through different means to that Mad Monk using Sword Cultivators to dissolve the greed and anger he severed from himself in his pursuit of Buddhahood."
At this point, Fairy Lingyue seemed to be sorting something out and paused briefly.
Before long, she continued her explanation:
"Half-Step Fengshan refers to the period after a cultivator completes Fengshan, when they quietly await the onset of Heavenly Sound and Earthly Resonance."
"During Half-Step Fengshan, although they need do nothing, they absolutely must not leave the site of Fengshan."
"Leaving is tantamount to abandoning Fengshan."
"So by descending the mountain this time, Bu Xueting has effectively abandoned his imminent chance to take a place on the Half-Immortal Seat."
Although Xu Taiping's understanding of the term "half-immortal" remained shallow, after witnessing Bu Xueting's brief display of his formidable skill, he would never again have any doubts about a half-immortal's power.
Only now did Xu Taiping truly understand why even Fairy Lingyue had been so regretful and astonished upon discovering that Bu Xueting had abandoned Fengshan.
"As for how important the Half-Immortal Seat is to Zhenwu..."
After a brief pause, Fairy Lingyue continued explaining to Xu Taiping, "In the Shangqing Realm today, if this land of True Martial Heaven could produce a half-immortal, it would be tantamount to gaining another deity to shelter it."
"Every cultivator throughout True Martial Heaven would benefit."
"One could even say that, in this deadlock between