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Chapter 385 The Nine Levels of Physical Body

The letter from Danzong, announcing his arrival at the sacred site of the sages and his commencement of repairs to the site's cracks, soon reached Shengjing.

This made the major immortal sects feel a little relieved and glad that things were going smoothly. They were just waiting to enter the holy land after it was repaired to see why its fortune had been lost.

Meanwhile, the Daoist discussion also concluded successfully two days later, and all the immortal sects and aristocratic families began packing their bags, planning to return home.

The early summer sun shines brightly, but the north wind brings a refreshing coolness, preventing it from becoming too sweltering.

The young master of Lingjian Mountain sat aloof on the carriage that was about to depart, his expression cold and arrogant, as if he didn't care about anyone. He only said goodbye to Yuan Caiwei.

The arrival of the Yuan siblings kept the backyard of Wulu Trading Company lively for a long time. The only thing Ji You didn't expect was that when the two of them were together, they could sleep together, but when the two became three, he was completely all alone...

Yan Shuyi even forbade him to come into the house for dinner, her expression full of vigilance, so Ji You did not gain any advantage. The only time he could touch both pairs of feet at the same time was when playing cards, and he was often kicked by the colder pair.

So for the next two days, Yuan Chen was all smiles, listening to storytelling at the teahouse while keeping company with his unwanted brother-in-law, which felt wonderful.

"Brother-in-law, Sister Jianzhu has left, and we are also setting off for the sacred site of the ancients. We don't know when we will see her again."

"No need for next time, I'll deliver it to you myself."

"Really?"

"Although it's not far from Shengjing to the sacred site of the ancient sages, you two lack cultivation, so it might not be safe for you. I need to watch you arrive before finding a suitable place to continue your breakthrough."

As Ji You spoke, she waved to the carriage in front of her, only to be met with a cold, arrogant glare from Yan Shuyi.

"I'll spank you next time we meet," Ji You muttered, squinting her eyes.

Yan Shu was also a powerful expert in the Boundless Realm, so he could naturally hear the faint sound. His eyes instantly turned fierce, but a hint of reluctance shone through his coldness.

Subsequently, the disciples of the Immortal Sect set off, and the aristocratic families also left the capital one after another. The young appraiser's carriage once again soared into the sky.

Lingzhou is not close to Shengjing, and even though her carriage had magical artifacts, it still took her three whole days to get there.

At that time, the disciples of Lingjian Mountain were still deeply shocked by the news that had been sent back from Shengjing. After verification by various parties, the authenticity of the news was confirmed, but there were still many who did not understand it.

Especially after so many years of subtle influence, many disciples of Lingjian Mountain felt that the Master of Appraisal would form a marriage alliance with a disciple of the Dao Asking Sect, and thus each of them had a Daoist partner from the Dao Asking Sect. This sudden change left them at a loss.

Just as Ding Yao said back then, once the appraiser's in-laws exceed everyone's imagination, it will inevitably cause turmoil in the hearts of the disciples.

Is it possible for Ji You to marry into the family? What about Yuan Caiwei of the Dan Sect then?

If she doesn't marry into the family, does that mean her own apprentice will bring the spirit mirror with her when she marries out? What will her bloodline be, and will she be qualified to inherit the future legacy of Spirit Sword Mountain?

The most crucial issue is that many Lingjian Mountain disciples believe that if Lingjian Mountain could form a marriage alliance with the Dao Seeking Sect, it would inevitably become the most influential force in Qingyun. But what could Ji You, a mere rural cultivator, possibly have?

"That Ji You killed the Immortal Manor, reduced taxes and stipends, cut off the supply of spirit stones, and secretly destroyed the thousand-year-old contract between the Great Xia and the Immortal Sect. He can do this even when he has no one to rely on. If he really ties us to the great ship of Spirit Sword Mountain, wouldn't he drag us down to be enemies with the whole world?"

"He must have deceived the appraiser with sweet words!"

"The appraiser is confused..."

The people of Tianjian Peak, who had lost their mountain stronghold and were now living on the plains, also heard the news and were quite eager to watch the show.

As the spiritual symbol of Lingjian Mountain, he is to become a Daoist partner with a disciple of Tianshu Academy who comes from the countryside. If the judge cannot resolve this matter properly, he will inevitably lose the support of the people amidst the criticism.

Because in the past, the disciples all felt that whatever the Master did was right, but now many people have started to think that she is wrong.

As for those aristocratic families who rely on Lingjian Mountain, they will inevitably worry that Yan Shuyi will help Ji You completely eliminate Shui Feng after they learn of this. This will surely cause them to gradually develop a rift with Xuanjian Peak. This is without a doubt.

Instead of choosing Shang Xiyao, who was destined to wield the sacred artifact, Tianjian Peak chose a disciple from the Heavenly Academy who came from the countryside. This made Tianjian Peak feel as if they were sitting at home and were overjoyed.

Puzzled and questioning, the young appraiser returned to the mountains amidst such gazes, remaining silent as he followed the mountain path toward Xuanjian Peak.

At this moment, on Xuanjian Peak, Yan Jingxiang was standing by the mountain path with his wife and direct relatives, watching his daughter return with a gloomy expression.

He naturally knew that Ji You was very talented, but no matter how talented she was, how could she compare to Shang Xiyao, who would one day wield a sacred artifact and control a sect? Even a three-year-old could figure that out. He didn't understand why his daughter had fallen for this trick.

However, Yan Shuyi did not explain in the face of such questioning looks. Instead, she raised her eyes slightly and walked step by step toward the Cloud Top Palace.

She didn't want to be the appraiser back then, but countless people wanted her to be the appraiser. As the appraiser, the first thing she learned was that she didn't need to explain her feelings to others.

But when she reached the mountaintop and looked at the palace where she had lived for twenty years, she felt somewhat lost.

Because she didn't know when she would be able to let go of this heavy burden, stop worrying that her decisions would affect others, and go to that small village in Fengzhou to live the life she wanted.

The Qingyun Temple fell silent immediately after the discussion ended, but the impact of what happened at the meeting did not stop.

In particular, the incident of the Dan Sect being besieged caused countless people to go home and begin seclusion to advance their cultivation levels.

The events at the Dan Sect taught them a simple yet fatal lesson: weakness is the original sin.

In addition, the disciples of Shan Hai Ge, Wen Dao Zong, and Chen Shi Xian Clan also announced their seclusion, stating that they would not emerge until they had mastered the sacred artifact.

Although they did not publicly state the reason for their hasty seclusion, many people knew that they might have been provoked.

Stimulated by the two fingers piercing his chest, stimulated by the gaze of the young appraiser, and stimulated by the majestic image that forever guards the mountains.

However, a few things did happen during that time, which attracted some attention.

First, the disciples of the Mountain and Sea Pavilion went to the Xuan Yuan Immortal Mansion to pay homage and stayed on the mountain for half a month.

For a thousand years, the Southern Immortal Sect and the Northern Immortal Sect have maintained a close relationship. This is the first time that a Southern Immortal Sect has taken the initiative to visit a Northern Immortal Sect.

Some say that the affair between the young appraiser of Lingjian Mountain and Ji You disrupted the existing structure of the Southern Immortal Sect, leading to many ideas within the Mountain and Sea Pavilion.

Some say that Huo Xingzhong, the holy son of the Mountain and Sea Pavilion, wants to marry into the Chen Immortal Clan, and this visit to the mountain is just a signal.

In addition, the autumn competition among the major immortal sects started earlier than ever before.

The ancient families joined forces to commit countless atrocities, causing a great loss to the Immortal Sect's strength. This year, the sect opened its gates wider, and the number of students admitted to the inner academy was increased from one to five.

Greater opportunities naturally lead to fiercer competition, making this autumn competition quite interesting, and several promising young talents have gradually come into the public eye.

Some ordinary students who were admitted to the hospital due to their military achievements later surpassed others and achieved remarkable results.

Taking advantage of the autumn competition, elders from various sects are also recruiting disciples for their own use. Some elders from other sects have even started recruiting second and third disciples.

This was actually done to build up strength for their own clan, which was not allowed by the Immortal Sect in principle, but since everyone was doing it, no one deliberately made a fuss about it.

In addition to these two things, the human race, as previously planned, once again sent an envoy to Yunzhou, bringing with them a large number of gifts.

From the perspective of the Directorate of Immortals, even if they still cannot enter the city this time, it would be good to accept the gifts.

Because barbarians are also suspicious, stirring up such suspicion is the perfect way to dismantle the barbarian-demon alliance.

Surprisingly, the demon race not only accepted the gifts from the human race, but also actually opened the city gates to receive the human delegation, which was completely unexpected.

However, even the people of Qingzhou had no way of knowing what happened after the human delegation entered Yunzhou.

There is another matter that, although not many people are discussing it, but quite a few are actually paying attention to it: it has disappeared.

After the discussion ended, some people saw him seeing the Yuan siblings off, and then he never appeared again.

Meanwhile, Yu Shiliu and Gu Zetao led a team of 120 disciples from the Heavenly Academy towards the border of Zhongzhou. Since the Dan Sect began its mission to Zhongzhou to repair the sacred land, the five major immortal sects have been sending a group of disciples to Zhongzhou every so often to protect the Dan Sect members and keep a close eye on the repair progress of the sacred land.

The first group sent by the Heavenly Academy consisted of Wang Gaocen and his group, while Yu Shiliu and others were sent to replace them.

After traveling for two days and one night, the disciples of the Heavenly Academy arrived at the sacred site of the sages, saw Wang Gaocen and his group off, and then listened to the report from the Pill Sect along with the disciples of the other four sects.

According to Dan Xunzi, the repairs to those fine cracks went relatively smoothly, and the space further away from the core had become stable.

However, the large cracks within the core are extremely difficult to repair and require considerable time and effort.

"Why not repair the areas with the most severe cracks first?"

“Spatial cracks cannot be repaired casually. The reason for this choice is that we found that as the crack heals, the surrounding area will experience an unstable period of up to half a month. The larger the crack, the more severe this instability will be, so we can only repair smaller ones first.”

The disciples of the five major immortal sects were unaware of the underlying principles and could only report back to their superiors verbatim according to Yuan Li's words.

Just as they were writing the message, a scorching aura swept in from the foot of Dongshan Mountain, not far from the core, causing the mountains to tremble.

The disciples of the Daodao Sect and the Mountain and Sea Pavilion glanced at Dongshan, then casually looked away, seemingly already used to it. Only Yu Shiliu and Wang Gaocen couldn't help but widen their eyes.

"This shockwave... seems somewhat familiar."

"It's Ji You. He's using the spiritual energy overflowing from the sacred site of the ancient sages to break through his cultivation barrier."

"No wonder he hasn't returned to the Heavenly Academy, so he was here..."

The cracks in the sacred site of the ancients not only released auspicious energy, but also released incredibly pure spiritual energy, which gradually thickened over time.

When Ji You escorted the Danzong siblings here, he immediately discovered this matter, and thus began a long period of seclusion, constantly striving to break through his cultivation level.

Qingyun Tianxia may seem to be at peace again, but in reality, turmoil has always been brewing beneath the surface. The internal and external troubles have only temporarily subsided, not ended.

Moreover, he has not yet achieved his goal of destroying the tax system, so he naturally needs a higher level of understanding as a foundation.

Most importantly, the spiritual energy here is free...

At that time, in the cave below Dongshan, the heat wave caused by the burning of flesh covered the entire mountain forest, so much so that birds and beasts fled in fright, and the wind kept blowing all night long.

The next morning, Ji You emerged from a cave. His clothes were soaked with sweat, and he was panting heavily. He collapsed to the ground after only a few steps.

With his boundless physical body, he has now reached the ninth level. The process of breaking through this level has almost drained his strength, to the point that he can no longer suppress the surging blood and qi in his body. The whole mountain is buzzing and roaring, like the howl of a tiger and the cry of a dragon.

Cultivating with free spiritual energy is so fast...

He clenched his fist, felt the surging energy, and threw a punch forward.

A massive wave of wind erupted from his fist, whipping up a vast expanse of flying sand and dust that crashed into the forest before him with a deafening roar, causing countless ancient trees to tremble violently.

Just then, Yuan Caiwei and Yuan Chen jogged over, stopping in their tracks, a hint of embarrassment flashing in their eyes.

"Young Master has successfully broken through to the next realm?"

"Success."

Ji You responded with a single sentence, then looked at his fist.

According to the realm of enlightenment, after the ninth level of the Boundless Realm is broken, one should reach the Divine Travel Realm. However, the problem is that the Divine Travel Realm refers to the convergence of the divine soul and the Heavenly Dao.

This is a term specifically for enlightenment and spiritual practice, which presents a paradox with the cultivation of the physical body.

People say that an overly powerful physical body will restrict the communication between the divine sense and the heavens and earth. So, can a cultivation method that focuses on physical refinement continue?

Ji You wasn't sure if there was another realm in physical cultivation if he continued to break through.

At this moment, Yuan Caiwei took out a jade bottle from her sleeve, poured out a few Qi-replenishing pills, and fed them to Ji You.

As soon as the pill was swallowed, its boundless medicinal power surged through his body, nourishing his limbs and bones before rushing into his dantian with a whoosh.

Ji You let out a long breath and looked up at Yuan Caiwei: "How is the restoration of the Holy Land going?"

"Most of the minor cracks have been repaired, but the larger cracks still show signs of cracking repeatedly, which will probably take longer. Fortunately, nothing else is leaking out except spiritual energy."

"So fast? I've been in seclusion for several days?"

"It should be calculated on a monthly basis..."

Ji You was stunned for a moment, thinking to himself that he really was like a caveman who didn't know the moon's position.

Seeing his dazed expression, Yuan Caiwei took out a stack of letters from her bosom: "During your seclusion, Young Master, there have been many messages from the outside world, all of which I have collected. Sister Jianzhu has also sent a letter."

"A tsundere?" Ji You snapped out of her daze, took the letter, and opened it one by one to examine it.

The letters from Fengzhou were all sent by Qiu Zhong, and they were probably about preparations for the autumn harvest.

Then came two letters from Kuang Cheng: one saying the house was under repair, and the other saying he had received a mission to accompany the mission to Yunzhou.

In the letter in which he announced his mission, Kuang Cheng specifically asked him what message he wanted to convey to his old friend.

Pooh!
The story about him and Feng Yang was made up by Gongshu Chou. Kuang Shusheng hasn't even held his own chubby son yet, and he's still worrying about his own backyard all day long. That's really something.

Ji You grumbled and cursed, but at the same time, she was also somewhat worried.

This foolish scholar shouldn't actually believe Gongshu Chou's fabrications; if he spouts nonsense, the demons will chop off his dog's head, and that'll be the end of him.

Besides Kuang Cheng, Instructor Cao, Senior Sister Wen, Senior Brother Ban, and the Lu sisters all wrote letters one after another, reporting on their cultivation progress and various matters concerning the Heavenly Academy.

Finally, the most impressive letters came from the arrogant ghost, which were mostly filled with stick figure drawings of a dog-like man being stabbed to death with a sword. There were more than a dozen of them, and the intervals between them were getting shorter and shorter.

It seems that ever since this girl made their relationship public, she's been unable to suppress her longing for him.

"Brother-in-law, are you going to continue your seclusion?"

"what happened?"

Yuan Chen frowned and grumbled, "Repairing the Holy Land is so tedious and boring, it feels like every day is an eternity..."

After hearing this, Ji You patted his head and said, "I'm not going into seclusion for now. I'll play with you for a while and also think about the next realm."

"Great!"

"Let's go to your temporary accommodation first. I need to take a shower."

Ji You got up from the ground, then suddenly remembered something, and took out Kuang Cheng's letter again, paying special attention to the date at the end.

He was so focused on reading the letter that he hadn't paid attention to the time, and only now did he realize that the letter was from more than a month ago.

It's been over a month. If he had returned safely, he would have written me another letter. Could it be that he really got his head chopped off for making up stories?

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