Only when everything before his eyes returned to normal, and the statue was once again just a statue, did Lian Youming let out a long breath of relief.
In the space of a thought, his face had already turned deathly pale.
This single round of visualization had left him with an indescribable exhaustion, as though he had become an ordinary person again and drained all his mental energy. It felt worse than a vicious fight to the death.
Lian Youming promptly circulated his internal breath. Had he known it would be so perilous, he would not have tried it so readily.
He had nearly jeopardized the greater undertaking.
"What advice do you have, Senior?" Lian Youming asked without opening his eyes.
The strange man beside him had an inscrutable look in his eyes, seemingly tinged with greater complexity. The green glow in them had faded at some point.
"What did you see?"
The hoarse, grating voice slowly fell into the silence.
Lian Youming answered frankly, "That thing on the wall seemed to come alive!"
The strange man fell silent for several seconds before slowly saying, "This is the first time I have ever seen someone, upon first encountering the Yama-Subduing Demon Venerable, work out on his own how to reflect its form and spirit within himself. You possess an innate aptitude for enlightenment and cultivate both Daoism and Buddhism. If you entered the Buddhist School, within a few years you could stand above the entire Buddhist community, approaching the divine."
"Not interested!" Lian Youming raised his eyebrows, still without opening his eyes.
The strange man seemed to have become a different person, his tone softening as well. "You used the Daoist Sect's Elixir Skill to attain an extraordinary body. Now you have obtained the Buddhist School's Visualization Cultivation Method and