The Secret

"This is outrageous! I knew Yun Zhongzi was wicked and only knew Evil Dao. How can you train someone to fly by only training their two wings!"

"Leizhenzi seems to possess a set of Glazed Body Techniques, doesn't he?"

"That little iron egg can take a lot of hits, so this flying leap technique definitely needs to be paired with a special body-refining technique."

When Zhang Xuezhou came to his senses, he found himself being hung upside down.

On his bronze-colored arm, feathers as sharp as blades spread out. Without needing to test them himself, Zhang Xuezhou knew very well that the toughness of these feathers was enough to withstand the penetration of sharp arrows.

Why did you hang me up like that?

Zhang Xuezhou shook his head. As his gaze moved upward from his wings, a pair of white cloud-walking shoes came into view, followed by a pair of embroidered shoes, and then three bird legs covered in black feathers.

Further away was Shali's head peering into the lotus pond.

When Zhang Xuezhou called out, Shali's head shrank back, and then the Emperor turned Zhang Xuezhou's body back over.

"Is this how you usually cultivate?" the Emperor asked.

Looking at Zhang Xuezhou's unchanging face, the Emperor simply couldn't understand this student, 'Master Ren'.

Everyone is focused and dedicated when cultivating, but Zhang Xuezhou is different; his three souls and seven spirits completely wander off during cultivation.

If Shali hadn't happened to see Zhang Xuezhou writhing like a dead fish while returning to the lotus pond to eat Wanfalian, and hadn't summoned the Golden Crow Great Emperor for help, the Emperor would have thought that Zhang Xuezhou's Technique Within the Clouds could only be used to dig holes underground.

"My arm is swollen, and my wings are showing irregular growths? But I feel perfectly normal right now!"

Zhang Xuezhou accepted the Emperor's inquiry, but he couldn't help having doubts.

He channeled his Demon Power, and his bronze-colored feathers unfurled like a peacock's tail.

Zhang Xuezhou was extremely satisfied with his current pair of wings. The wooden wings allowed him to take flight, the iron wings allowed him to fly more than thirty miles at a fast speed, and with the transformation to bronze wings, this flight power had begun to increase significantly.

Based on his current Demon Power, Zhang Xuezhou felt he could fly at least a hundred miles.

If his Demon Power can develop upwards along with his cultivation level, this flying distance will be extended.

For Zhang Xuezhou, the best way to deal with the itching and pain caused by training his wings was to escape.

He can only hone his wings during the time he spends back in reality.

"You're normal now because we helped you," the Golden Crow Great Emperor interjected. "Haven't you noticed that your wings look a bit like mine?"

"Nothing found!"

Looking at his own beautiful wings, and then at the Golden Crow Great Emperor's messy and sparse black feathers, Zhang Xuezhou felt that he and the Golden Crow Great Emperor were not birds of the same kind.

"It seems your previous cultivation was nothing but a mess!"

After listening to Zhang Xuezhou's words, the Emperor felt that there was a reason why someone like Zhang Xuezhou had been chosen.

Regardless of who cultivates, at least some guidance in cultivation is required.

Even when using materials for rituals, just like taking medicine to enhance its effects, rituals still require guiding actions.

Only with proper guidance can one cultivate and take shape.

If it weren't for their help, the Emperor thought Zhang Xuezhou's bronze wings would have turned into two lumps of bronze, only good for digging holes in the ground.

"But Venerable Lei never mentioned that training wings required guidance before," Zhang Xuezhou asked in surprise.

"Does this even need to be said?"

Zhang Xuezhou was surprised, and the Emperor was even more surprised, feeling that Zhang Xuezhou had made a common-sense mistake.

"He was lucky; he didn't channel those materials to various parts of his body," the Emperor and Empress laughed. "At least this way, we don't need to resort to bone-scraping and marrow-scraping methods to help the wings take shape."

"That's true," the Emperor nodded. "It would indeed be very troublesome to infuse those Law Treasure materials into the body."

"Consider yourself lucky. If it weren't for the Emperor and Empress, you definitely wouldn't be able to walk after you woke up," said the Golden Crow Great Emperor.

"Thank you so much, teacher! Thank you so much, teacher's wife!"

Zhang Xuezhou quickly bowed.

He hadn't witnessed the scene of his wings being molded, but the Emperor and the others didn't need to speak carelessly about such matters.

"You must not practice the Technique Within the Clouds recklessly in the future," the Emperor cautioned. "The risks of continuing to promote this technique are very high!"

"It wouldn't be bad to capture Lei Ming and make him hand over the Glazed Body Technique," the Emperor and Empress laughed.

"Leizhenzi's combat strength ranks low among the second-tier forces in the Immortal Court, inferior to Nezha and others. There's nothing worth learning about this kind of technique," the Emperor shook his head and said, "Besides, the Glazed Body Technique is quite old, and it might not be able to replace the Yin Yang Great Compassion Nine Heavens Incantation either."

Even the Emperor, who controls the vast resources of the Heavenly Court, finds teaching disciples troublesome, so relying on the Venerable Lei is even more unreliable.

It would be best for Zhang Xuezhou to put his practice of "The Technique Within the Clouds" to a standstill, or wait until he has reached a higher level of skill before making further plans.

"Your wings are somewhat special now. You should practice your lightning avoidance technique as soon as possible and try to Zhunti so that you won't be affected by lightning when you fly in the sky," the Emperor suggested.

"Indeed," the Emperor and Empress nodded, "This technique created by Yun Zhongzi has caused headaches for many people, but its drawbacks before it was fully developed were extremely obvious. It is extremely vulnerable to lightning, wind, thunder, and fire-related techniques."

"Then I still need to practice the Fire Avoidance Technique and the Wind Avoidance Technique," Zhang Xuezhou said.

"You can cultivate after applying the Lightning Avoidance Technique," the Emperor said. "Fighting is controllable right now, but heavenly lightning is unpredictable. You might get struck by lightning just by walking!"

"Then I'll practice!" Zhang Xuezhou promised.

Be serious!

Be careful!

Zhang Xuezhou's response prompted the Emperor and Empress to offer their advice.

The two looked at each other, their eyes conveying a meaningless exchange.

Zhang Xuezhou's cultivation of the Technique Within the Clouds is one thing, but for them, something even more important happened today.

When the Emperor used the soul-summoning technique to bring Zhang Xuezhou's three souls and seven spirits back, he saw another world.

Through the woman with her strange makeup and attire, they saw a completely different, otherworldly realm.

Even if this viewing was only for a brief moment, it was enough to stir the emotions of the Emperor and Empress.

Compared to the allure of stepping into another, more transcendent world, the struggle for power in the Three Realms is indeed not that important.

But the biggest problem is how they can transcend and enter the greater world like Hongjun.

Apart from Hongjun, no one knew how to transcend, not even his three students Laojun, Tongtian, and Yuanshi. However, the couple believed that the ' Divine Sense Strengthening Spell' was at least the first step.

Only by taking this first step can they possibly explore the second.

Having conducted preliminary verification using the Grain Avoidance Technique, the two urged Zhang Xuezhou to practice a similar technique again.

As Zhang Xuezhou practiced each technique, they constantly compared the differences between normal cultivators and those who had enhanced their Divine Sense. This allowed them to transform their previous ambiguity into certainty, thus enabling them to truly understand how Divine Sense is enhanced.

"You've only just woken up and you're already starting to cultivate? Should we go eat some fish first?"

The Golden Crow Great Emperor glanced at the Emperor, then at the Empress, and finally at Zhang Xuezhou, who was slowly folding his wings.

He sensed that these three people were all acting strangely.

Zhang Xuezhou seems to be hiding an extremely important secret, a secret that not only concerns the Emperor but also involves the Empress.

He whispered something, then drew the emperor and empress's attention.

The Golden Crow Great Emperor's gaze seemed casual, but he understood its meaning perfectly.

"Shut your beak, then shut your beak!"

He hung his head listlessly.

"What are you looking at!"

In the end, the Golden Crow Great Emperor could only vent his resentment on Sha Li, who was watching the commotion at the lotus pond.

After beating up the lucky little demon, he flew to the shore to grill fish.

"The Great King is using battles to teach me how to cultivate again!"

In the lotus pond, Shali was excited after being beaten, feeling that the Golden Crow Great Emperor had taught him an amazing martial art.