The Stage of Reaping the First Benefits

Today is clearly a good day.

Aside from the disciples of Master Honghua's lineage and those behind the scenes who were somewhat upset, everyone else was very happy.

Regardless of whether they could understand the sermon, the Black Stone Villa of Hongku was packed with people inside and out.

At least everyone can listen to the first and middle parts of the lectures for free without having to pay.

This is recognized by many venerable ones as a first-class skill, and accordingly, learning even a little bit of it will earn you a little something.

It wasn't until ' Hongku ' in the Black Stone Courtyard began taking attendance, signaling those who knew nothing to leave while leaving those who could participate in the discussion, that the many apprentices and some monks left this usually seldom-visited residence with regret.

"Venerable Hongku is truly generous; it's a pity we are too foolish to be cultivated!"

Regardless of status or cultivation level, anyone with even a partial understanding of this important technique is qualified to participate in the discussion.

Being eliminated in the first round is undoubtedly disheartening, since listening to the discussions is free, but the final part is a different story.

"Very well, that's not fortuitous opportunity we can seize. Listening to it might be a waste of time!"

"I've heard people say that this is a powerful technique that only those at the Divine Ability Realm can learn!"

"It seems that one needs to be able to separate their yang spirit from their body to have any chance of learning it!"

"So what we haven't learned isn't just a matter of comprehension!"

"Cultivation level is indeed a threshold!"

"There's no need for you to worry too much. With so many people listening in our Sacred Land, surely some venerable one or Dharma master has mastered it and will then pass it on to us!"

The many eliminated contestants continued to exchange ideas, and some people in the Blackrock Courtyard also began to stand up and ask questions.

"Venerable Hongku, it seems this Daoist technique requires the Yang Soul to leave the body in order to practice it?"

A monk stood up and asked a question.

Among the Venerables of the Yedie River Holy Land, the weakest in terms of cultivation is Hongku, who only reached the Divine Ability Realm when he entered the Venerable level. Most of them are at the Sole Self Realm, and there are even some at the True Self Realm.

Among the mage class, not many have reached the Divine Ability Realm. At least two-thirds of the mages are only close to the Divine Ability Realm level, but have not broken through to the Divine Ability Realm.

If they don't meet the requirements for cultivation, it's pointless for them to listen, and who knows when they'll reach the Divine Ability Realm.

Accordingly, acquiring such advanced technology at a cost is not in their current interest.

"Master Hongnong is right. This Daoist technique has a condition: the yang soul must leave the body. Only when the yang soul leaves the body can a dharma body be manifested outside the body," Zhang Xuezhou nodded.

"That..."

"But the barrier to entry for this technique isn't high," Zhang Xuezhou continued. "Once a cultivator Realm Entry and forms a divine sense, they can learn this technique; they just can't manifest it outside their body!"

"If it cannot be manifested outside the body, wouldn't this technique be completely useless?" Master Hongnong asked.

"Since it can't be manifested outside the body, it's naturally difficult to fully utilize its wonders," Zhang Xuezhou laughed. "But it has one advantage: when accumulated inside the body, it can enhance the power of our spells!"

In order to solve his own problems, His Majesty turned to preaching to many top cultivators, hoping that these people could improve the Yang Soul Transformation Technique.

Zhang Xuezhou, hoping to solve his own problems, turned his academic attention to the many cultivators who had never reached the Divine Ability Realm.

He only imparted the Dharma to the venerable ones as a courtesy, and if he could receive some reward, it would be an unexpected gain. However, his real purpose was to impart the Dharma to many Dharma masters, and he might even bestow this art upon more people in the future if possible.

"This Dharma body is a condensation of Law Power. Although there are countless difficulties in cultivating it, once it is completed, there will definitely be rewards," Zhang Xuezhou said. "Accumulating it within the body can enhance our power in battle. If you don't cultivate while others do, and you fight each other at the same level, you will surely die. But the Dharma body manifested outside the body possesses boundless Law Power. Not only will it not damage our physical body in battle, but it also has infinite Law Power power!"

"What you say is absolutely right, Venerable One!"

Master Hongnong swallowed hard.

Upon entering the Divine Ability Realm, one gains an additional external avatar, preventing damage to the physical body during combat. Even those who haven't reached the Divine Ability Realm can still benefit from cultivating this technique.

If you don't cultivate while others do, your strength at the same level will be inferior to theirs, and the misfortune of losing a battle will be inevitable.

When one's cultivation level and Incantation Technique become difficult to advance, this external avatar can obviously disrupt the balance of a cultivator.

"If we cultivate while other cultivators do not, wouldn't that mean it would be easier for us to kill enemies beyond our cultivation level, and we might even be able to kill cultivators at the Sole Self Realm?" Dharma Master Hongyi asked.

"I haven't tried it," Zhang Xuezhou waved his hand and said, "But your guess makes me think it's feasible!"

Incantation Technique have always enjoyed using cross-level curses to kill their opponents. If they can unleash even greater power, the level they target is obviously not limited to crossing just one level, but may even cross two levels.

When Dharma Master Hongyi's eyes lit up, a sense of crisis involuntarily arose in the hearts of veteran Venerables such as Venerable Black Mountain, Venerable White Bone, and Venerable Weaver Emperor.

If some genius mage were to truly master this technique, the opponent might have the confidence to wage a battle that leaps across different levels.

Whether the monks will learn it or not is unclear to them, but they themselves certainly need to learn it.

Whether it's to gain greater strength or to defend against curses, this is an essential skill to learn.

For a time, not only the mages and some apprentices were envious, but even those at the Venerable level were no exception.

The group began to discuss how to avoid being deemed unqualified and eliminated.

The crowd at Blackstone Villa was in an uproar, with occasional shouts of agreement.

"Without understanding the first and middle stages, rashly practicing the later stages will inevitably lead to serious trouble. Those cultivators who haven't gained recognition shouldn't be discouraged; who knows if this isn't a blessing in disguise!"

After nearly an hour of discussion, two-thirds of the cultivators were eliminated.

Only four Venerable Ones, eight Dharma Masters, and two Apprentices remained in the Black Stone Villa.

The number of Venerables was naturally due to the limited number of attendees. There were over twenty Dharma Masters present, but only eight were qualified to participate in the cultivation discussions. The apprentices were intelligent individuals like Wu Chao, and Zhang Xuezhou deliberately held back, wanting to see how these young geniuses at the same cultivation level would resolve the issue of Yang Soul Transformation. This allowed two apprentices to remain.

"As I mentioned before, this method cannot be given away for free. If you are interested, please prepare a small gift for me so that I can impart the complete method to you!"

After nearly half a day of narration, Zhang Xuezhou also began to enter the initial stage of gaining benefits.

Although he couldn't cultivate normally at the moment, Zhang Xuezhou didn't mind preparing some heavenly materials and earthly treasures in advance. Even if he didn't need them, he would feel comfortable just having them in his storage bag.

Zhang Xuezhou gestured, and the Venerable Black Mountain and the Venerable White Bone looked delighted.

"That's exactly what I was waiting for!" Venerable Black Mountain said happily. "When I returned to the palace to summon people, I retrieved six Dingyang Stones. These are formation stones that I collected with great difficulty, so they should be a sign of sincerity!"

"My black and white horses don't need to eat grass. The white horse runs during the day, and the black horse runs at night. A single Law Power ritual is enough to allow them to travel 30,000 li in a row," said Venerable White Bone. "These are my most prized possessions, and I'm offering them with great sincerity!"

"I'm willing to exchange the Yellow Sand Technique," said Venerable Yellow Sand. "This is a highly valued technique of the Yellow Sand Sect. If you like it, take it; if not, I'll think of another way!"

"I have a roll of Heavenly Silkworm Cloth, which would be excellent for Law Treasure robes and storage bags," said the Venerable Weaver Emperor. "This roll is quite heavy; with the help of a master, it can surely be made into a powerful treasure for your self-defense!"

"Our wealth is not as great as that of you venerable ones, what should we do?" Dharma Master Hongyi said with concern.

"Gentlemen, there's no need to worry," Zhang Xuezhou said. "I, Hongku, am not a greedy person; otherwise, I wouldn't have kept two apprentices here. As long as you can take something useful, I will certainly not be stingy!"

Zhang Xuezhou was secretly pleased, but his face remained expressionless due to the makeup.

His explanation relieved the monks, but their expressions also left them somewhat worried.

With the exemplary examples set by the venerable ones, what they take out will inevitably be mere rubbish. If it is too inferior, they will obviously be ridiculed, and may even be kicked out.

This prompted all the monks to frantically search their own pouches.

The two apprentices looked left and right, and finally one of them reached into his pocket and took out a piece of gold and jade inlaid with gemstones.

"Your Excellency, this is a precious jade of our Lan clan. Although it possesses no divine power, the holder of this jade is our most valued guest. If needed, mobilizing a force of approximately two thousand men is no problem!"

"Tuturan, you've given away your tribal military token? Are you insane?"

The apprentice who gave the gift was indeed very generous; at least for someone of their level, this was the most valuable gift available.

Another apprentice whispered, but his hands and feet moved swiftly, and he took out a secret manual as a gift.

Zhang Xuezhou wasn't particularly interested in the military tally, but he was quite intrigued by the secret manual called the Crescent Moon Saber.

The reason for this was nothing more than that this was the first time Zhang Xuezhou had ever seen a martial arts cultivation technique in all his years of experience.