The Zen Meditation Sect.
Before the Celestial Person Hall.
Blade Ghost stood with his hands behind his back, gazing at the plaque above the hall doors as he explained to Xu Taiping, nostalgia written across his face:
"The words 'Celestial Person' in the Zen Meditation Sect's Celestial Person Hall do not mean heaven and humanity. They actually refer to races from Primordial Antiquity, such as the Kuafu Clan."
"The physiques of these races were themselves the most powerful treasures in the world. But as the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures that sustained their physiques grew scarcer, and the Dragon Clan preyed upon them, their numbers dwindled."
"However, most of our Human Race today carry their bloodline."
"When martial artists temper their physiques, they are actually removing the impurities within their bodies bit by bit, ultimately forging a celestial person's body comparable to those beings."
"In other words, what you call a divine being's body."
Xu Taiping said with some feeling:
"The Zen Meditation Sect named this place where disciples tempered their physiques the Celestial Person Hall. They must have had lofty ambitions back then?"
Blade Ghost turned and gave Xu Taiping a long, searching look, then nodded.
"Yes."
Had the Zen Meditation Sect not harbored lofty ambitions, they would never have allowed him to enter and leave the Celestial Person Hall at will merely because they cherished his talent.
Then Blade Ghost said to Xu Taiping:
"Because this is a specific location, the spirit form manifested by my Tenth Layer Blade Domain will only appear within this Celestial Person Hall."
Xu Taiping pressed his hand against the doors of the Celestial Person Hall. "So once I go inside, I'll receive this spirit form directly?"
Blade Ghost nodded again.
Xu Taiping therefore hesitated no longer. In his spirit-travel state, he passed