On the Body

With the help of the token of the Yuanshi Celestial Venerable, Zhang Xuezhou got along very well with Li Tianwang and others.

He had met Li Tianwang and heard of the fame of Jinzha and Muzha, and knew that everyone who had achieved physical sainthood possessed extraordinary abilities.

To be honest, Zhang Xuezhou was very curious about other types of people skilled in physical abilities, especially those with physical bodies that could reach the level of sainthood.

Achieving sainthood signifies the perfection of the physical body, reaching its ultimate state in terms of physical form.

Zhang Xuezhou is currently on the path of pursuing perfection, and he is very curious about how Jinzha and Muzha attained sainthood.

"That Zhu Jiuyin is skilled at traversing between reality and illusion, and his Technique Method is unfathomable. Our abilities are definitely far inferior to his!"

"We can't stop him. We can only hold him off for a short while, and then we can escape back to the Immortal Court to report!"

Zhang Xuezhou used Zhu Jiuyin to test him, which prompted Jinzha and Muzha to speak up, while Li Jing sighed repeatedly.

"Shuo Xian, you are favored by the Heavenly Venerable, you must have unique abilities, right?" Jinzha asked.

"I am skilled in flying, and I can be said to have fifty percent of the flying ability of a Celestial Venerable," Zhang Xuezhou said with a smile.

Wow!

Good heavens!

Zhang Xuezhou didn't hold back, performing a simple leap and a somersault, and then demonstrating his ability to turn back in mid-air.

It's extremely difficult to find out about others' secrets without revealing your own.

However, as long as one sincerely demonstrates their abilities and treats others with respect and courtesy, coupled with their existing relationship, the two parties will get to know each other very quickly.

As he shot back through the air, Li Tianwang also gasped in surprise.

"I've seen it all! I've seen it all!" Li Tianwang exclaimed, holding up the pagoda. "I've never seen anyone claim to have even a fraction of the Heavenly Venerable's abilities. Your words are excessive, but your abilities are even more excessive. Your flying skills Non-Self reach!"

"I've seen several skilled flyers demonstrate their abilities. They can fly incredibly fast, but they can only fly in one direction," Jinzha said. "Those flying techniques seem very powerful, but if you're patient enough to chase them, you can eventually catch them until they're exhausted. I'm afraid Shuo Xian's flying ability is impossible to catch!"

"There's no way to catch up," Mu Zha nodded. "Other cultivators fly in almost a fixed direction, but Shuo Xian can easily change direction. Not only can't we catch up in speed, but even if we do, a turn would be a real headache!"

"Besides the three Heavenly Venerables, I'm afraid only the Peacock Great Wisdom King is qualified to catch up with the Immortal Shuo," said Li Tianwang.

"Sharp!"

"Admire!"

"You gentlemen are capable of withstanding the Zhu Jiuyin; your skills are truly extraordinary. Why not demonstrate your abilities so that we can cooperate more easily in the future!"

Zhang Xuezhou demonstrated his skills, and Li Tianwang, Jinzha, and Muzha didn't hold back either.

Li Tianwang attained sainthood through the body of the Earth, a physical form that, once set foot on the ground, becomes as solid as a rock and difficult to move. Not to mention Zhu Jiuyin, even if the Three Pure Ones Heavenly Venerables were to strike him, he could withstand it. As for whether he would live or die after surviving, Li Tianwang was not sure, but he was certain that his body would not be knocked away.

"And I'm not afraid of any earth magic," Li Tianwang said proudly. "No earth magic traps are effective against me!"

"Impressive!" Zhang Xuezhou exclaimed, then added, "With such a powerful physical body, why are you holding a pagoda? A Law Treasure would be even stronger, wouldn't it?"

Cough cough cough!

"Although Father possesses a body made of earth, his martial arts skills are mediocre; he can only rely on Law Treasure to save face!"

"This exquisite pagoda isn't a supreme treasure, but it's made of Breath Soil, a rare type of earth-based Law Treasure. With this treasure, Father can suppress most cultivators. Even if the pagoda is broken, it can slowly be restored by refining its earth-based body!"

Li Tianwang looked embarrassed, while his two sons offered an explanation, revealing all of Li Tianwang's past and showing that they considered Zhang Xuezhou one of their own.

"It seems that as long as he doesn't exceed his limits, Li Tianwang has no rivals at all," Zhang Xuezhou praised.

"That's about right," Li Tianwang said awkwardly, "But you know, some cultivators are really unreasonable in their strength, sometimes leaving me completely humiliated!"

"How did the Heavenly King achieve this unique body made of earth?" Zhang Xuezhou asked with interest.

"This is somewhat of a coincidence," Li Tianwang thought for a moment and said, "Actually, it's not just me who's had a coincidence, our whole family has had a coincidence!"

"My father nearly died when he was defeated in battle. His body was corrupted by the water-controlling soil he carried, making him as indestructible as a mountain," Jinzha explained. "As for me, I received a bit of innate metal energy into my body, which made me immune to metal magic and able to evade all the sharpest weapons in the world!"

"My brother is also tormented by this Geng Metal body. Despite his excellent martial arts skills, he can't use metal weapons and can only make do with a Dragon-Binding Stake," Mu Zha lamented. "No matter how hard this wood is, it can't compare to divine weapons. He'll definitely suffer a great loss when fighting others!"

"Muzha is skilled in magic, but he can't use wooden magical Law Artifact; he can only use metal tools like the Wu Hook," Jinzha lamented. "The benefits of our saintly physical bodies are great, but the limitations are also very real, almost causing people's hearts to collapse!"

"Only that rebellious son, with his lotus body, has no restrictions and can use any treasure. He carries seven or eight different treasures all over his body!"

Li Tianwang sighed and mentioned Nezha, the fourth person in his Lineage to achieve Nezha in the physical body.

Whether it's Li Tianwang or Nezha, everyone relies on external objects to erode and change their physical bodies, thus creating their unique physical forms.

The same applies to Leizhenzi, who achieved physical sainthood. He also relied on the Earth Spirit Fruit to change his physical attributes, thus creating his unique form.

"Are all those who cultivate their physical bodies to achieve sainthood in this way?" Zhang Xuezhou asked with great interest. "Aren't there other cultivation methods that can guide the physical body to sainthood?"

"Not all of them are like that," said Li Tianwang. "We were fortunate to have this fortuitous opportunity, but there are still those who have truly cultivated and achieved physical sainthood!"

"Brother Yang Jian cultivates the Eight-Nine Mystical Art, making his physical body invincible, impervious to swords and blades, and his body is capable of all kinds of transformations, leaving no flaws. That is true physical sainthood," Jinzha said enviously.

"The Eight-Nine Mystical Art are far too difficult to cultivate. Even the Celestial Venerable warned against attempting to cultivate them lightly, lest one fail and suffer the consequences!"

How is this kind of profound skill cultivated?

Zhang Xuezhou asked with interest, but Muzha and Jinzha said they didn't know, and that they had just listened to the advice given by Yuanshi Tianzun.

"Guan River Mouth Xiansheng True Lord of Guanjiangkou?"

After asking around, Zhang Xuezhou learned some information and felt that Yang Jian's name had a familiar feel to it, as if it were a name given by the Heavenly Court.

Moreover, he vaguely sensed that the Eight-Nine Mystical Art seemed to have the shadow of physical body techniques, but it was different from physical body techniques.

Eight is the largest yin number, and nine is the largest yang number. This kind of profound skill belongs to the cultivation of ultimate numbers, and it is highly likely to be related to the 108,000 acupoints.

Zhang Xuezhou had no interest in normal body-refining techniques, but he was indeed curious about complex and mysterious arts.

He possessed numerous evasion techniques, as well as physical body techniques and the Nine Revolutions Qi Integration Technique. He had also mastered the Technique Within the Clouds, making his cultivation methods vast and complex.

Adding a complex body-refining Technique Method to it wouldn't make Zhang Xuezhou much stronger, but if it could be guided and connected, it might bring immeasurable benefits.

Listening to Muzha's description of the wonders of the Eight-Nine Mystical Art, and hearing Yang Jian's openness and magnanimity, Zhang Xuezhou felt it necessary to visit Guan River Mouth.