Chapter 488: The Body-Refining Yang Jian

Outside Chentang Pass, in a certain dilapidated temple.

Nezha said happily to Yang Jian:

"Second Brother Yang, Sister Chan, Brother Xuanzang has agreed to teach you."

"What, Zha'er? The Holy Monk has agreed? Has he come? Where is he? Why can't I, your master, see him?"

Taiyi Zhenren looked left and right, but discovered nothing at all.

In truth, given his cultivation realm, even if he unleashed his entire Divine Sense, he could not discover any anomalies.

"Fat Master, you cannot see him. In this world, only I can contact Brother Xuanzang; you all cannot see him," said Nezha.

"Nezha, is this true? Has the Holy Monk Xuanzang really come?"

Yang Jian asked, feeling inexplicably excited.

"Of course," Nezha promised, patting his chest.

Hearing this, Yang Jian and Yang Chan felt even more restless.

Not long after, a strange phenomenon indeed appeared.

Inside the dilapidated temple, a Time and Space Gate emerged out of thin air. That Time and Space Gate radiated an aura as vast as the sea, unfathomable, containing the rhythms of the Great Dao and mysterious runes.

Behind the gate, a figure was faintly discernible.

Xuanzang also stepped out from behind the Time and Space Gate. At this moment, Xuanzang was dressed in a white robe, his figure tall and slender, his lips red and teeth white, giving people the impression of a spring breeze—the aura of a high-level expert who looked reliable and formidable at first glance.

"Brother Xuanzang."

Nezha jumped over directly, intending to give Xuanzang a bear hug.

This was dodged by Xuanzang; he did not want Nezha's snot smeared all over him.

"Taiyi pays respects to the Holy Venerable!" Taiyi Zhenren hurriedly bowed, his expression respectful.

Even his masters, Yuanshi Tianzun, Daode Tianzun, and Lingbao Tianzun, were endlessly respectful to the Holy Monk Xuanzang, so calling him Holy Venerable was perfectly fine.

"Taiyi, just call me High Immortal. What Holy Venerable? These are all empty titles," said Xuanzang.

Yang Jian, meanwhile, pulled Yang Chan down to kneel with a thud, and hurriedly said: "We beg the High Immortal to accept our siblings as disciples and pass on your divine abilities to us."

Hearing this, Xuanzang said calmly:

"Nezha has already told me about your affairs. Passing on divine abilities to you is not much of a problem. What kind of divine abilities do you want to learn?"

Yang Jian did not hesitate in the slightest and said: "To open the heavens and split the earth, to be omnipotent."

"Resurrecting the Dead," Yang Chan said instead.

This made Xuanzang take an extra look at this world's Yang Chan.

"Why do you want to learn Resurrecting the Dead?" Xuanzang asked.

"Reporting to the High Immortal, I wish to resurrect my deceased father and eldest brother," said Yang Chan.

"A commendable display of filial piety, but life and death are the laws of the world's operation; Resurrecting the Dead goes against the laws of the Heavenly Dao," said Xuanzang.

"Is it not possible?" A look of disappointment appeared on Yang Chan's face.

Xuanzang said: "On the contrary, cultivators cultivate precisely to break the laws set by heaven. It is just that to achieve Resurrecting the Dead, it cannot be done without Great Luo cultivation."

"As expected of a High Immortal." Taiyi Zhenren felt he had attained enlightenment, yet it seemed he had not.

Next, the siblings Yang Jian and Yang Chan performed the apprenticeship ceremony, and Xuanzang accepted them as disciples.

Fortunately, this was the Yang Jian of the Otherworld; if the Yang Jian of the main world knew that his other-world self had taken him as a master, one wonders what his expression would be.

"Next, I will open up a cave dwelling near Chentang Pass, and you will cultivate with me," said Xuanzang.

"Yes, Master," the siblings Yang Jian and Yang Chan replied.

"Um, High Immortal, can I follow you to cultivate for a period of time?" asked Taiyi Zhenren.

"As you wish," Xuanzang did not refuse.

"I want to go too."

Nezha said; this time, no matter what, he had to learn a few powerful divine abilities by Brother Xuanzang's side.

"Ding, completed the Daily Good Deed Task, successfully accepted the siblings Yang Jian and Yang Chan as disciples."

"Ding, obtained a random reward, Star Tower!"

"Ding, obtained a random reward, Three-Pointed Double-Edged Spear!"

"Ding, obtained a random reward, Purple and Azure Twin Swords!"

It was another three consecutive rewards, though they differed greatly from before.

Previously, most were divine abilities, but this time they were all Spirit Treasures.

The Star Tower, a top-grade defensive Spirit Treasure forged with the power of stars; although it is said to be a defensive Spirit Treasure, it is actually capable of both offense and defense. When the Star Tower is smashed down, it carries the force of ten thousand jun, heavy and powerful.

Besides this, it also has a very special, wonderful use.

The Star Tower is divided into three levels; the time ratio of the first level is one to ten, meaning one day in the outside world is ten days inside. One year outside is ten years inside.

The second level is one to one hundred, and the third level is one to one thousand.

Compared to its defensive power, Xuanzang valued the time-difference mechanism within it more.

Moreover, he himself possesses the Time Law; later on, he could completely modify the Star Tower's time mechanism, and it is possible to turn it into one to ten thousand.

However, this method of cultivation with time differences is meaningless for a Great Luo Golden Immortal; time loses its meaning for a Great Luo.

The realm of Great Luo Golden Immortal is not something that can be piled up with time.

Even if you are at the perfection of Golden Immortal or a Taiyi Golden Immortal, if you lack Qi Luck and opportunity, you will not be able to break through even if you cultivate for another one hundred million years.

Furthermore, this Star Tower can also be used by group members; for instance, if gifted Martial Artists like Zhang Sanfeng or Li Chungang were to cultivate for ten thousand years, their strength would surely advance by leaps and bounds.

Of course, it is not free; they would still need to provide some benefits.

The second reward, the Three-Pointed Double-Edged Spear, was clearly prepared for Yang Jian; it was of no use to him.

The third, the Purple and Azure Twin Swords, actually made Xuanzang feel slightly surprised.

The Purple and Azure Twin Swords are the Ziying Sword and the Qingsuo Sword; they are the supreme treasures of Mount Shu and also the world's premier Absolute Immortal Swords. The two can be separated or combined, and once joined, their power is even greater than that of a single sword.

Mount Shu has also relied on the Purple and Azure Twin Swords to survive the catastrophes of Renjian many times, turning danger into safety.

But Xuanzang is not a Sword Cultivator, so what would he need the Purple and Azure Twin Swords for?

However, since they are Immortal Swords after all, Xuanzang decided to keep them by his side; perhaps they would be useful in the future.

…

One day later, one hundred li outside Chentang Pass, at a nameless Daoist temple.

Today is the day Xuanzang officially begins teaching the siblings Yang Jian and Yang Chan; naturally, Nezha and Taiyi are also learning on the side.

"The path of cultivation cannot be completed in a single day. As the saying goes, a ten-thousand-foot tower rises from the ground; the foundation is the most important of all in cultivation.

Yang Jian, if you want to become a powerful cultivator, you must first have a powerful body."

As he finished speaking, Xuanzang handed his own body-refining technique, "Moral Tendon," to Yang Jian.

"This Moral Tendon integrates the essence of ten thousand schools of body-refining. If you can truly comprehend it, it is not impossible to achieve sainthood through the Flesh in the future," Xuanzang said.

On this point, he was not boasting. The Old Monk had said the same thing to him back then!

It is just that now he is already a Great Luo Golden Immortal, and he does not know where the Old Monk is, or what the Old Monk's true realm is.

Yang Jian listened, his blood boiling with excitement. After reading a few pages, he immediately took off his shirt and began refining his body according to the methods in Moral Tendon—squatting up and down, doing push-ups, and lifting a ten-thousand-jin block of black iron back and forth; in just a blink of an eye, he was drenched in sweat.

Seeing this scene, Yang Chan turned pale with fright.

Could it be that she also has to refine her body like this? But she is a girl!

"Master, I..." Yang Chan looked at Xuanzang, her face blushing, wanting to speak but hesitating.

"Do not worry, disciple. Your cultivation method is different from Yang Jian's," Xuanzang said gently.

"Whew!"

Yang Chan breathed a sigh of relief, the stone in her heart falling to the ground.

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