Chapter 240 - Identity - Exposed! (1/2)
"... has finally established a foothold…", such few simple words had caused Zhong Yue to be so emotional, he was only able to stand firm in the East Barren by risking his life!
He had fought countless battles, been in the claws of death, and escaped from it numerous times. Finally, all of his hard work had finally paid off!
He has fought for his name, killed for his prestige. He now had his own reputation and forces in the East Barren!
Only he knew how many struggles and pain he had gone through.
All of this, is for the human race, for the Great Wilderness.
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Zhong Yue regained his composure and started his cultivation, trying to break through to the next level, the Atman Body.
Qing He and Long Chun'er were arranging and sorting out the gifts sent by the monster race forces. Grouping them up, they had found some valuable treasures that would be useful, such as the medicinal pellets that could be consumed to progress cultivation, rare materials that could be forged into soul weapons, and on top of those, there were still some treasures with various marvelous functions that would require Zhong Yue to test them out.
As for the alluring maid servants in the Storm Courtyard, Zhong Yue didn't trust them at all. Instead, Zhong Yue only trusted in the four human ladies and Qing He.
Calming his thoughts down, Zhong Yue tried to coalesce his Yuan Shen and mortal body together, advancing into the level of the Atman Body. Before this, at the riverside, he had found the way to coalesce his Yuan Shen and mortal body together. Sadly, it only lasted for a few moments, and he had fallen back into the level of Awakening from the momentary Atman Body cultivation level.
But now, he was trying to advance into the level of Atman Body, and stand firm in that cultivation level!
The Yuan Shen had entered his body, starting to coalesce with his mortal body; but all of a sudden, the two elements repelled one another abruptly. He had given it a few more tries, but the same thing would happen over and over again. He kept failing the moment before succeeding, making him frown.
In terms of foundation, my cultivation base is even stronger than the ordinary Atman Body experts. In terms of talent, I've been nourished by the divinity in the godly bones, my talent is surely enough. In terms of cultivation technique, the [Sui Sovereign Flame Order Palace Visualization Art] taught by Xin Huo is definitely one of the strongest cultivation techniques in this world, while all of the other techniques like the [Monster God Ming King Art] and [Great Boundless Sword Qi] are also the rarest and strongest techniques! So just exactly what is going wrong…?"
Zhong Yue pondered deeply, immersing himself in his thoughts. After a long time, he finally realized the crux of what he was lacking.
His understanding of the level of Atman Body was insufficient, the connection between his Yuan Shen third form and his mortal body was not strong enough, they were unable to perfectly coalesce together. This was why he kept failing from advancing further to the next cultivation level!
All this time, Zhong Yue had been cultivating on his own. He was like a lone man walking his own path in the dark. Unlike the other disciples, there wasn't any teacher that had guided him along the way. The inner hall Qi Practitioners of Swords Gate, they had eight hall masters who would teach them the ways of cultivation, prompt them in the key points of advancing to the next level and the risks along in the cultivation progress. They were showered with the knowledge of the hall masters, they knew exactly what they should do and how to do it. Surely, their cultivation progress would be much more smoother.
The monster race and dragon race disciples also had their seniors and teachers who would teach them the right way, and they wouldn't venture down the wrong path and waste their precious time.
But Zhong Yue was different, he had been roaming around the lands in the world. The days he had spent in Swords Gate was countable, he hadn't received much instruction from Swords Gate. In the monster race, Shi Buyi probably hoped for him to die more than anything else, and he had only been to the dragon race once, but the Ao Clan was so stingy that they didn't tell him how to cultivate, either.
The only one that had truly provided help in his cultivation progress was Xin Huo, but the little flame was like a match on the dark path, he would only emerge when he was in the mood. At times, he would even disappear and leave Zhong Yue completely helpless on the spot, he was not unreliable at all. Most of the time, Xin Huo would just tempt Zhong Yue to have sexual intercourse with the girls to reproduce and hope to find a pureblood Fuxi among his descendants.
All of this has left Zhong Yue with no choice but to slowly walk his own path, attaining his own understandings, and even furtively learn from other Qi Practitioners, look at the ways they had cultivated, then amend and adapt it for himself.
It was already unexplainably lucky for him to cultivate for so long without him deviating into a bad end.
Shi Buyi imparted me with his attainments in the [Monster God Ming King Art], maybe it'll contain some attainments he had at the level of Atman Body which I can use as a reference.
Zhong Yue suddenly thought of this, and he started sorting out the knowledge imparted him by Shi Buyi.
Immediately, the image of Shi Buyi when he was breaking through the level of Atman Body appeared in Zhong Yue's mind; back then, Shi Buyi was still a distinguished and admirable, young and handsome monster Qi Practitioner.
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Shi Buyi had traveled across the seas and lands, he was on the Jinxiu Island on the borders of the Eastern Sea, looking at the blooming flowers, he had fun with a few young monster beauties.
The flowers were blooming gracefully with the bees and butterflies waltzing around the bushes, Shi Buyi donned a jade-green robe, surrounded with the alluring laughter of the monster beauties as they played around the grasslands.
And suddenly, a flower caught Shi Buyi's attention. Despite its ordinary appearance that was no any different from its peers, Shi Buyi saw something different: a chrysalis beneath its petals.
In the chrysalis, there was a little butterfly, still extremely weak and fragile. And all of a sudden, the butterfly moved, it woke up from its deep slumber and tried to extricate itself from the chrysalis that was around it. Looking at it, a smile transformed Shi Buyi's face, as he was touched by the scene.
Meticulously, he embraced the flower and the chrysalis in the middle of his palm, he watched as the little butterfly defeated the chrysalis that caged it and flared out its little wings, slowly flying into the air.
The butterfly flew out from his palm and the flower bloomed gracefully in his hands, while the monster beauties were having fun playing around the beautiful grassland.
Right at this moment, Shi Buyi's heart was touched by nature, his Yuan Shen emerged behind him and slowly coalesced with his mortal body. Abruptly, a cocoon wrapped around him. When he had extricated himself from the cocoon cage, he had morphed into the true form of the eight-armed Ming King, smiling as he picked up a blooming flower.
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Zhong Yue saw the process of how Shi Buyi had broken through the cultivation barrier into the next level. The scenery was indeed picturesque, giving him some insights.
To emerge from a chrysalis to become a butterfly, the mortal body transformation from a little larva into a butterfly is indeed, quite similar to the level of Atman Body and the state of [Atman Body as One] into the combat form of the Yuan Shen…