Renewed and Remade
Zhang Xuezhou's treatment of the Heaven and Earth Bridges involved various elixirs and potent medicines, involving patching and repairing the wounds.
Zhang Xuezhou never imagined that his two bridges could grow back and take shape.
Repairing and patching is merely refurbishing an old thing, while regeneration is entirely new, which is completely different.
Too many subtle changes have indeed occurred in his body.
The Bifeng Cave was not a good place for research, and Zhang Xuezhou couldn't figure out all the changes that were happening in his body in a short time.
Of course, the results aren't bad in the short term.
Shrinking one's body to look younger isn't a big deal, as long as Zhang Xuezhou doesn't shrink to look like he's three or five years old, he thinks it's fine.
Even if his physical strength is almost completely depleted, it's not a problem. As long as the Grain Avoidance Instruction, Zhang Xuezhou won't starve to death, and his physical strength will gradually recover.
If we remove the drawbacks of Zhang Xuezhou being able to directly see and perceive, the changes he can perceive become undeniably wonderful.
His internal Law Power circulated smoothly, with about 20% of Law Power Zhongyun freely within his body, providing a smooth and comfortable experience, much like switching from an old car to a sports car.
This also resulted in Zhang Xuezhou's spellcasting being a bit faster than before, especially for some Technique Method that he rarely used, where the improvement was visible to the naked eye.
"The potential for advancement in the 108,000 techniques seems to have expanded as well!"
Zhang Xuezhou's nine evasion techniques and physical techniques are at a similar level, almost all of which have been developed to the limit of the Divine Ability Realm.
Before he broke through to the Sole Self Realm, these techniques were all limited by his level of cultivation and difficult to advance further.
On the other hand, even if Zhang Xuezhou breaks through the Sole Self Realm, his evasion techniques and physical body techniques are not something he can necessarily reach the limit of the Sole Self Realm just because he wants to continue to push forward.
These techniques are constantly being improved. Reaching a certain level is only a basic requirement for continuing cultivation. Whether one can continue to improve depends on the individual cultivator's ability.
Otherwise, Divine Lord Zhenyuan's every evasion technique would be at the level of 108,000 acupoints.
As he once again traversed the aurora-like Bifeng, with his physical body techniques and Wind Avoidance Instruction constantly appearing on his body, Zhang Xuezhou felt as if something within his body had been unlocked, as if he possessed boundless potential to continuously push these 108,000 acupoints upwards.
The rejuvenation of the body brings more than just changes in appearance; it seems to also bring back the boundless potential of youth.
Potential is a word that is difficult to describe accurately.
Every young person has the potential to become the person they dream of being; with potential, anything is possible.
However, potential is not the same as actual ability; it is something that can only be realized through hard work.
Of course, many people waste their youth without becoming the person they imagined themselves to be.
Most people accept their own inadequacy by the time they reach their thirties or forties, and by fifty they are filled with a sense of destiny, realizing that their life is already set.
The potential that Zhang Xuezhou felt was like the feeling of being rejuvenated after getting old; he seemed to have been reborn.
His mindset remained unchanged, but everything about his body seemed to have changed, transforming him back into the young man with limitless potential, the same man who, upon debuting, squeezed every last drop of potential to survive.
It's normal for newcomers to have potential, but to still possess that potential after reaching Zhang Xuezhou's level of cultivation is an exceptionally rare and fortunate fortuitous opportunity.
It's almost as if he was born with the cultivation level of the Divine Ability Realm, and only then did he begin to cultivate and advance.
His cultivation level remained unchanged, but the threshold for his lower limit changed.
He has come a long way to get to where he is now, and his potential has been constantly depleted, so it's hard to know how much is left.
For him right now, it's just the beginning, and there's still so much of his physical potential waiting to be tapped.
In a daze, Zhang Xuezhou understood why Brother Tathagata's eyes were so clear and bright, why so many people knew that he was over two hundred years old, but no matter how many tests were done, there were no problems, and why Brother Tathagata also had different names.
In the Western Sect, there are more than one person like the Buddha. Furthermore, it seems that practitioners such as Avalokiteshvara, Samantabhadra, and Manjushri have all had various unspeakable experiences, which led to a different kind of life.
Compared to his fellow disciple Tathagata, Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva and other practitioners seem to be a rather crude version.
"So, it seems that Buddha was also a test subject for the two religious leaders?"
Zhang Xuezhou had a moment of doubt, but his conviction grew stronger.
"Could it be that the two leaders, Jieyin and Zhunti, haven't dared to use this spring yet, and are only using others as experimental test subjects?"
Thinking of Xuan Nu's mention of Guanyin Bodhisattva and others being in a daze, and that even the Buddha's senior brother had changed his name, Zhang Xuezhou felt that he had guessed some of the details.
"I wonder if the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon have withstood the negative effects of this spring?"
Having figured out what was going on with his senior brother Tathagata, Zhang Xuezhou also understood why the two leaders of the Western Sect had repeatedly tested him and why he himself was likely to have no chance of survival. He was also speculating about the possible situation that the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon might encounter.
He was momentarily unsure whether the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon had benefited or suffered harm.
If the other party also benefits from this newfound potential, Zhang Xuezhou feels a bit of pressure. After all, the benefits they receive from their bodies are shared, but the benefits from their three souls and seven spirits are individual, and their future main battleground is very likely to be the three souls and seven spirits.
"If you could also live in a daze..."
Zhang Xuezhou couldn't bear the benefits that the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon received, but the consequences of Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon benefits were a different story.
Even if the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon could remain in a daze for decades, it would still be of great benefit to them.
The fact that even the two leaders of the Western Sect dared not intervene suggests that the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon might indeed suffer negative consequences.
Zhang Xuezhou took a deep breath, preparing for the worst while also hoping for the best to achieve his goal of harming others for his own benefit.
"Waaaaah!"
Having exhausted all his strength to traverse the Aurora Wind Layer, Zhang Xuezhou felt his body, which had barely recovered through the Grain Avoidance Instruction, was now even more weak.
When the wind picked up and became fierce, he was momentarily unsteady on his feet and could only move in the direction the wind was blowing.
His feet swayed and floated, and his body, activated by the Cloud Leap Technique, floated like a leaf in the wind and waves, constantly being swept towards the cave entrance.
"My hair conceals the luster of the skin on the back of my head, my mask hides my face, my cloud-walking shoes cover my feet, and the divine robe bestowed upon me conceals my body. I can achieve a state where not a trace of light is revealed from my body!"
The cavern of the Wind Cave was dark and gloomy, which allowed Zhang Xuezhou's body, which had been soaking in the spiritual spring, to emit a glow that was extremely noticeable in the darkness.
Taking advantage of the darkness of the cave, he carefully covered every part of his body, concealing everything that could be covered.
"Snort!"
As he drifted along with the wind, Zhang Xuezhou heard a weak groan from the darkness, a sound of impact followed by a soft groan, which surprised him.
Twelve days have passed, and the grand gathering at Lingshan is still going on, continuing until now.
No wonder Zhang Xuezhou didn't see anyone at the Spirit Spring where he was.
The event wasn't over yet, and the team leader remained calm, so there was no way they could enter the wind cave to rescue anyone.