First came his skin. A few spots had not been fully tempered. Although he had barely achieved golden skin, there was still room for improvement.
Ji Wuchang did not hesitate. He mobilized the spiritual power within his body and began tempering it.
Next came his flesh and meridians.
Although his body had been tempered well and his meridians were clear, there were still slight blockages in some places, with pitch-black impurities clinging to them.
Without the slightest hesitation, Ji Wuchang circulated his spiritual power to clear away those pitch-black impurities!
Then came the bones throughout his body. At the sight of them, Ji Wuchang sucked in a breath of cold air.
He saw that many of his bones were covered in pitch-black substances. Some were even black over nearly half their length, making his face darken.
He had spent no small amount of spiritual power tempering his bones lately, yet he had never expected the results to be so poor.
Ji Wuchang hurriedly circulated his spiritual power, enveloping the impurities on his bones and carefully clearing them away.
What Ji Wuchang did not know was that the instant he entered enlightenment, all the spiritual power on Little Bamboo Peak began to grow restless.
Almost all of it converged on the small courtyard where Ji Wuchang lived, then poured into his body like moths diving into a flame.
This scene naturally alerted everyone on Little Bamboo Peak.
Meng Caihong vanished in a flash. When she appeared again, she had already arrived at Ji Wuchang's residence.
Looking at Ji Wuchang, who was enveloped in spiritual power a short distance away, Meng Caihong was utterly astonished.
"Enlightenment!"
Meng Caihong cried out in surprise. Just yesterday, she had still harbored some suspicion that this disciple of hers had lied.
She had thought Ji Wuchang might merely have obtained some fortuitous opportunity.
But now that she saw this scene, Meng Caihong believed him completely.
Just then, three figures flew over from afar. They were An Kexin, Zeng Linghong, and Tai Yujie!
The three looked at Ji Wuchang in astonishment, unsure what had happened.
"Master, what's going on? Is Junior Brother cultivating some special cultivation technique?"
An Kexin looked at Ji Wuchang a short distance away, her face filled with surprise and doubt, and asked.
At An Kexin's words, Meng Caihong's face filled with smiles. She then said, "Wuchang isn't cultivating any technique. He's entered a state of enlightenment!"
At the word "enlightenment," all three were instantly dumbstruck, each with a different expression!
Jealousy appeared on An Kexin's and Tai Yujie's faces.
Why? Weren't his innate talents just a tiny bit better than mine?
What right did he have to enter a state of enlightenment?
Could Master have passed some special cultivation technique on to him?
An Kexin and Tai Yujie were consumed with jealousy, wishing they could rush forward immediately and interrupt Ji Wuchang's enlightenment.
Zeng Linghong, on the other hand, wore a gratified smile, though there was also a trace of puzzlement. He turned to Meng Caihong and spoke.
"Master, I've heard that enlightenment can make someone's cultivation soar, while also allowing rapid improvement in the cultivation techniques, combat techniques, and other things they already practice."
"But wisps of black Qi keep seeping out of Junior Brother's body. What's going on?"
When Zeng Linghong asked this question, An Kexin and Tai Yujie could not help looking at Meng Caihong as well. They were also puzzled.
Meng Caihong was delighted. As a Soul Splitting Realm expert, she had an exceptionally discerning eye.
"Your junior brother is tempering his body! I've heard that upon entering a state of enlightenment, one's soul instantly grows a hundredfold stronger, or even more."
"At such a time, sweeping your soul over yourself is like unlocking a God's-eye view. You can clearly see the flaws and deficiencies in your own body!"
"If you use this time to temper your body, the effects are several times better than those of a Marrow-Washing and Meridian-Cleansing Pill."
"Your junior brother hasn't used his enlightenment to increase his cultivation or practice cultivation techniques. Instead, he's used it to temper his body!"
"Your junior brother has a tenacious disposition. His future achievements will far surpass mine. You must get along well with him!"
After Meng Caihong finished speaking, her eyes shone. She felt that if she were in Ji Wuchang's place, she would not have been able to resist the temptation.
She would certainly have devoted all her enlightenment to her cultivation, rapidly increasing it.
Meng Caihong treated all four of her disciples equally, so she did not mince her words.
But Meng Caihong did not know that after she said this, An Kexin's and Tai Yujie's expressions instantly changed. A trace of resentment entered their gazes as they looked toward Ji Wuchang.
Master had originally treated them best. Ever since this junior brother had arrived, everything had changed.
They felt that Ji Wuchang had stolen everything that belonged to them!
Thus, from this moment onward, their jealousy had turned into resentment.
But with their master here, they naturally dared not do anything. They could only watch helplessly.
Never mind them-even Ji Yaoyao, who was inside the storage ring at that moment, was too shocked to speak.
She had only spent around ten days with Ji Wuchang, yet he had already shocked her time and again!
The enormous amount of spiritual power that appeared out of nowhere each day was already enough to astonish her. Now he had gone and entered enlightenment as well.
After all, enlightenment had nothing to do with aptitude. It was a state mysterious beyond words.
Even Ji Yaoyao, who had been a Supreme Realm expert in life, had only experienced enlightenment once.
Yet it was precisely that enlightenment that had sent her cultivation advancing by leaps and bounds, making her one of the Ji Clan's greatest geniuses.
Unfortunately, members of her own clan had plotted against her and leaked her whereabouts!
Zhan Wuyuan of the Zhan Clan had led several of the clan's Supreme Realm experts to lay a trap and wait for her.
Although she had fought desperately and killed several Supreme Realm experts, even detonating her physical body, she had still failed to escape. Zhan Wuyuan had cleaved her soul in two.
Had Venerable Fengxing, who had watched her grow up, not arrived in time and repeatedly unleashed the secret Hundredfold Sublimation Instant Kill Technique to wound Zhan Wuyuan, even this wisp of her remnant soul would have been lost!
But Venerable Fengxing had suffered unprecedented injuries from which he could not recover.
To shake off Zhan Wuyuan's pursuit, Venerable Fengxing had disregarded his injuries, torn open space, and fled with her remnant soul.
Afterward, he had even nourished that wisp of her remnant soul with his Supreme blood, causing him to perish completely, his soul utterly destroyed!
Ji Yaoyao had long since resolved that she had to cut off Zhan Wuyuan's head and avenge Venerable Fengxing.
She also had to return to her clan and slaughter every last one of those who had leaked her whereabouts!
Looking at Ji Wuchang outside, immersed in enlightenment, Ji Yaoyao pondered for a moment. A major decision gradually took shape in her heart.
She decided to observe Ji Wuchang for a while longer. If his character was good, she would teach him the Ji Clan's top combat technique, the Great Sun Divine Fist!
This was a top-grade Heaven-tier combat technique, the Ji Clan's strongest! Every punch unleashed was like a blazing sun crossing the sky, incomparably domineering!
But cultivating this technique was agonizing. Every practice session was like placing oneself amid raging flames to burn.
It also required constantly absorbing the essence of the great sun to temper the body, attaining utmost hardness and utmost yang, capable of smashing through anything.
Even within the Ji Clan, no one could cultivate this combat technique to its highest realm!