The state of my body?
At Du Busi's reminder, Su Yu finally checked the state of his body.
In truth, even within the Inner Landscape, his perception remained connected to his body, allowing him to sense any changes in it.
It was just that, earlier, he had focused almost all his attention on what he had gained.
Having just completed his martial soul second awakening, he had overdrawn himself somewhat by activating that state too soon.
The strain was not serious, since he had stopped immediately.
But it had nearly exhausted his soul power and left his spiritual power flagging as well.
For a Soul Master with only one ring, the cost of maintaining the martial soul second awakening state was far too great.
This expenditure did not mean the mysterious substances within the Inner Landscape were being depleted.
Once his spiritual power swept over those mysterious substances, they erupted instantly.
These explosive mysterious substances caused the soul power within his body to surge rapidly.
A Soul Master whose soul power level was too low would instead overdraw himself as a result.
It was like using rocket fuel to propel a tin box.
The box would instantly shatter into pieces.
Of course, that comparison was a little exaggerated, but the principle was much the same.
Although Du Busi had been reminding Su Yu, his own expenditure had actually been considerable too, and he needed to recover.
Su Yu noticed how little soul power he had left. Seeing that Du Busi had no intention of sending him back to recover, he immediately closed his eyes and began meditating right there.
Du Busi also took advantage of the activated Spirit-Gathering Array and the dense ambient energy in the cultivation room to recover as quickly as possible.
About two hours later, both opened their eyes at the same time.
Without hesitation, Du Busi moved behind Su Yu.
Su Yu also switched his martial soul, activating the one in his middle dantian.
In truth, the three dantians corresponded to essence, energy, and spirit. Under the rules of the Douluo Plane, the three corresponding supernatural powers were naturally bloodline power, soul power, and spiritual power.
If these three powers were matched to the three dantians, the middle dantian was actually the best suited to soul power.
Yet Su Yu had cultivated his lower dantian first.
There was no other reason. It was purely because of his first soul ring.
He already possessed innate full soul power, and whenever he meditated, he did so within the Inner Landscape. In that state, his essence, energy, and spirit were united, meaning his soul power did not favor the characteristics of any particular martial soul.
He had added a soul ring to his lower dantian first purely because the first most suitable soul ring he found came from a Golden Giant Ape.
The ape excelled in physical strength, and his golden bloodline was immensely powerful. When he fully unleashed his 2,600 years of cultivation, he possessed the might of a ten-thousand-year soul beast.
Naturally, Su Yu had absorbed the ring with his lower dantian.
Now that he had switched to his middle dantian martial soul, Su Yu felt his soul power circulate even more smoothly.
Without a word, Du Busi once again activated his martial soul second awakening.
A silver silhouette took shape and merged into Su Yu's back.
Du Busi sensed his own silhouette helping Su Yu condense the second awakening silhouette of his middle dantian martial soul.
The middle dantian region of his silhouette faintly resonated with Su Yu's middle dantian martial soul.
Within this silhouette that had already completed its martial soul second awakening, the middle dantian region was suffusing Su Yu's middle dantian martial soul, guiding it to condense a silhouette of its own.
Then, through Su Yu's middle dantian martial soul, it drew his spiritual power and entire body toward a second awakening.
Developing such a secret art had required not only this theoretical framework, but also many fortunate coincidences.
As he guided the process, Du Busi could feel the silhouette behind Su Yu condensing very quickly.
It swiftly settled onto the right course and finished solidifying.
His own silhouette was pushed out and returned behind him.
Su Yu's own dantian manifested behind him as a silver silhouette.
"Another success!"
If Long Aotian and Vina had not been meditating nearby without the slightest sign of a second awakening, Du Busi might have thought he had unknowingly cultivated the secret art to a higher level.
Just as with his lower dantian's second awakening, Su Yu only condensed the silhouette before shutting it off moments later.
This time, he did not even need to leave the Inner Landscape before beginning to meditate and recover.
Once he had recovered his full soul power again, he naturally switched his martial soul to his upper dantian, the Sea of Consciousness. Du Busi did not hesitate either and guided him through the process once more.
After all three martial souls had completed their second awakening and Su Yu had recovered his soul power, he left the Inner Landscape.
Seeing the look in Su Yu's eyes, Du Busi knew he had something else in mind and asked directly, "What else do you need me to do?"
Su Yu said, "Sect Master, I'd like to learn our sect's secret arts. May I?"
"Of course. Everyone in the sect can cultivate its secret arts. Which one do you want to learn?"
Su Yu said, "The one you just used, the one that can guide someone else through a martial soul second awakening."
Du Busi froze for a moment.
He had not expected Su Yu to be interested in this secret art.
Cultivating a secret art was no easy task in itself. For Soul Masters who obtained skills through soul rings, mastering a technique through their own cultivation required considerable effort.
Especially when this secret art offered little benefit in itself.
Yes, the secret art itself really did not offer much benefit.
Its only advantage was that it allowed one to sense more clearly the parts already encompassed by one's martial soul.
What use was that?
Besides, Su Yu's martial souls were his dantians. What body martial souls could three dantians possibly encompass?
"Even if you learn this secret art, you won't be able to help others undergo a martial soul second awakening. So far, I've never met anyone else with a dantian martial soul."
Su Yu said, "I think it could be improved. If there are overlapping parts, perhaps there's a chance it could still provide guidance."
A trace of gratification flashed through Du Busi's eyes.
In his view, Su Yu was thinking of the sect's future legacy.
Still, he shook his head.
"In truth, the guiding process is far more uncertain than you imagine. In theory, overlapping parts give you a chance of successfully guiding someone, but how could controlling the second awakening silhouette possibly be that precise?"
A helpless look appeared on Su Yu's face.
He really did have his own use for this secret art.
"Sect Master, let me try cultivating it first."
"Don't worry. I won't stubbornly beat my head against a wall. If it doesn't work, I'll give up."
After thinking for a moment, Du Busi finally nodded in agreement.
"I'll let you learn the secret art, but right now, you can't even maintain your second awakening. You can only study the theory first."
Su Yu nodded.
Naturally, the reason he had thought of learning this secret art was that it involved the Inner Landscape.
More precisely, under the guidance of this secret art, his spiritual power could actually pass through the region corresponding to his martial soul and enter the Inner Landscape.
For him, that held extraordinary significance!
Du Busi waved for Su Yu to follow. The two left the cultivation room, leaving Long Aotian and Vina to continue meditating.
He brought Su Yu to another secret chamber. This was simply a private chamber, with no special arrays.
He took out a small booklet.
"Take a look first."
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