"Oh? So you were talking about me." Xiang Yun raised an eyebrow and walked straight into the Primordial Battle Hall without announcing himself.
Of course, he had made no effort to conceal his presence, so the people inside should have sensed him too.
Clearly, that "what do you think" had been meant for him to hear.
Hard to say?
Xiang Yun walked in and saw the three peak masters: his father, Peak Master Wu Xun, and the one with the least presence among the three, but who was actually the strongest peak master in the Life Profound Realm.
It was just that the Hall Master came from Primordial Peak, and the Primordial Battle Hall was also located there, which made the Primordial Peak Master seem to have little presence.
The master of Primordial Peak was named Hong Wen. His name sounded refined, but he was also a muscular giant, and he and Hong Wu were brothers.
They were also Hong Wuji's adopted sons.
There were also two muscular old men, their beards and hair bristling. They were the two elders who had emerged alongside Hong Wuji when Xiang Yun went to Battle Arts Peak to suppress Xun Wu.
They were also part of the Primordial Hall's foundation.
"Why did you come back so soon? I didn't send anyone to the bottom of the river to hurry you!"
Xiang Huang frowned when he saw Xiang Yun emerge. Given how domineering Xiang Yun's constitution was, he shouldn't have come out in less than three days.
The others also turned their gazes to Xiang Yun. Naturally, none of them suspected that he had been unable to hold on.
If even Xiang Yun couldn't last three days, they would have to wonder whether the Nirvana Golden Qi at the bottom of the Pill River had undergone some mutation.
That was how much Xiang Yun was worth.
"I came out after I finished absorbing it. Isn't that how it always works?"
As Xiang Yun spoke, he walked over and sat down to Hong Wuji's left.
He had his own seat in the Primordial Battle Hall, even though Hong Wuji still considered him young.
But he still had to know about some of the Primordial Hall's decisions. The Primordial Hall was indeed reckless, but if recklessness were all it had, how could it have stood among the Eight Great Super Sects for so long?
It would have been dismantled by the other Super Sects long ago.
"Wait, you finished absorbing it?"
Hong Wen froze for a moment. As the master of Primordial Peak, he naturally knew how much Nirvana Golden Qi had remained in the Pill River.
This brat had absorbed it all in less than three days?
"Yeah. What's so surprising about that?"
Xiang Yun really didn't think there was anything surprising about it. The others exchanged looks. How could something so outrageous sound so matter-of-fact coming from him?
"Four Yuan Nirvana?"
"Yeah. It took a bit too much Nirvana Golden Qi. The Nirvana Qi in my body is so dense now that it's about to give birth to Nirvana Golden Qi."
Xiang Yun was genuinely worried that he would eat the Primordial Hall into poverty. He was a complete bottomless pit, and even more outrageous than one.
A bottomless pit might eat a lot at once, but it still needed a long time to digest it. He digested as he ate.
Although it all became his own strength, the consumption was enormous too.
"Huh? Primordial Spirit Qi being born in the body at Four Yuan Nirvana? What's that supposed to mean?"
Even Hong Wuji was stunned. How was it that the ordinary cultivation system seemed not to exist when it came to Xiang Yun?
"Judging by the characteristics, I'm at Seven Yuan Nirvana, but judging by the tribulations, I should only be at Four Yuan Nirvana. After all, I've only passed through four Nirvana Tribulations."
Xiang Yun saw the bewildered look on Hong Wuji's face.
He explained it according to his own understanding. Because their foundations differed, the intensity of each person's Nirvana Tribulations differed as well.
In essence, it was a transformation of the Nirvana Golden Body, which was why it was called the Nirvana Realm. The stronger the foundation, the greater the power needed for the transformation.
That was why tribulations occurred.
"All right, let's call it Four Yuan Nirvana."
Hong Wuji pinched the spot between his eyebrows. Nothing unusual about Xiang Yun would surprise him anymore.
There was nothing to be surprised about.
Even if Xiang Yun said he could break through to the Samsara Stage tomorrow, Hong Wuji would wonder whether Xiang Yun had comprehended something extraordinarily terrifying.
Since Xiang Yun said so, he must have had his reasons.
After letting the people in the Primordial Battle Hall be a little surprised, Xiang Yun finally asked, "What were you talking about just now? What did you want me to do?"
"It's about the Battle Body Divine Ability you mentioned. Did you... really work it out?"
"Could it be too soon? Do you think you might need to study it for a while longer? I only asked you to hurry a little; there's no need to rush so much."
Hong Wuji glanced at one of the Death Profound elders, who had been silent ever since Xiang Yun arrived. He was the supporter behind the Divine Ability Faction.
Xun Fa.
Only then did Hong Wuji turn to Xiang Yun and ask.
He had given Xiang Yun a way out with his words, but Xiang Yun couldn't be bothered to take it. He really had worked it out.
He nodded and said, "Of course. Didn't I ask Father to tell you? I wanted you to give me some people with fairly precise control over their Qi and blood."
"Huh? You really worked it out?"
This time, Xun Fa was truly surprised. He acknowledged Xiang Yun's talent too; he had already comprehended the Three Heaven-Breaking Forms in the Yuan Dan Realm.
But this wasn't about cultivating a martial art. It required him to comprehend and develop a fairly practical system.
"There are always some geniuses you just can't understand."
Xiang Yun hadn't forgotten how Xun Fa had taken a veiled, snide jab at him earlier. He wasn't in the habit of indulging his elders.
It was merely that he had yet to come into his strength.
Besides, he had the confidence to back it up. That was the key.
If his own people questioned everything he said, he would have to waste time explaining himself.
There was no need.
They only needed to know that under his leadership, the Primordial Hall would surely become great outright. As for why it wasn't great again-
The Primordial Hall had never been great.
Hong Yun's retort immediately sent Xun Fa's Qi and blood surging. A genius?
Who among those who reached the Death Profound Realm hadn't been a genius in their day? Anyone who wasn't a genius would have died in the Nirvana Realm long ago.
But then he thought back to when he had been in the Nirvana Realm.
He really hadn't been as outrageous as Xiang Yun. Or rather, even Zhou Tong, who had once stood above the entire Eastern Xuan Region,
hadn't been as outrageous as Xiang Yun.
On top of that, Xiang Yun was the Primordial Hall's Young Hall Master, the one who would one day take charge of it. As long as he was there, the Primordial Hall would grow stronger.
Xun Fa suppressed his surging Qi and blood again.
"Then bring it out and let us see. I won't play games with you. As long as it's workable, I'll certainly support it."
"When that brat Xun Wu learned you'd worked it out, he kept shouting that he wanted to be the first to try it."
"He damaged his body researching this before and can't subject it to too much more experimentation. It's already in a state of balance. If that balance is broken, his foundation will be utterly destroyed. Forget the Life Profound Realm; he'd have trouble even passing the Nine Yuan Nirvana Tribulation."
Xun Fa explained why he had been somewhat agitated earlier. After all, Xun Wu was his grand-disciple and the inheritor of his ideals.
"If you have an idea, Young Hall Master, bring it out and let us old fellows take a look. Why look for anyone else? I can be the one to test it."
Xun Fa had begun researching the Battle Body Divine Ability in the Life Profound Realm because he had once lacked the means to do anything but watch helplessly as his junior brother died in the sect competition.
Compared with the other sects, the Primordial Hall had a limited range of attacking methods. The other seven Super Sects all had means of attacking from a distance.
The Divine Sect and the Talisman Sect in particular were easily able to keep the Primordial Hall's disciples at a distance: one had formidable mental power, while the other excelled at using Talisman Puppets.
That was why he was so desperate to develop the Battle Body Divine Ability!