Chapter 10: I Am a Disciple, and Also a Teacher

Just as the core experts of the Fang family were gathered together plotting how to deal with the Qunxing Sect disciple Bai Haichan, Fang Yu was still diligently cultivating within the Fang family.

He is now a cultivator at the 4th Stage of Physical Body, Hardness-Softness Realm. This realm is somewhat awkward — if he were to go to the Shrouding Heaven World at this realm, he probably wouldn't even be able to defeat a cultivator at the Wheel and Sea Realm.

The Shrouding Heaven World also has many resources, but if he can't defeat those cultivators, it will be very hard to obtain those resources. So Fang Yu continued cultivating within the Fang family, occasionally going out to look over the Long Yuan River.

The Long Yuan River flows on and on, mighty and magnificent, as if a flood dragon truly lurks at the bottom of the river.

This is an important river within the territory of the Great Li Dynasty, stretching for over ten thousand li, with vast rolling waters, surging waves, and breakers crashing against the banks. Long Yuan Province was named after this very river.

Long Yuan means "a dragon hidden in the deep" — it was originally the Ducheng of the previous dynasty. After the Great Li Dynasty was founded, it had originally intended to establish its capital in Long Yuan Province as well, but Long Yuan Province carried too heavy an aura of water, and the Great Li Dynasty was one of fire virtue, suppressed by water. Thus the capital was set in Lijing, in the south.

Yet the imperial court handed this former Ducheng over to the Fang family to control, which shows the imperial court's trust and regard for the Fang family.

The Fang family's disciples, within this region of Long Yuan Province, can truly be called royal disciples — whoever meets them must show the utmost respect.

"This Long Yuan River truly looks like a colossal black dragon, coiled across the earth, towering and grand, displaying the full splendor of the virtue of water. How could a place like this possibly lack treasure vaults left behind by the Immortals?"

Fang Yu sat alone in a boat, gazing into the distance, as the surging sound of the Long Yuan River's waters rose in his ears.

No matter how one looked at it, it was a beautiful scene.

Fang Yu's mind, however, was not entirely on the scenery — he was thinking of seeking some opportunity within the Long Yuan River.

Fang Yu knew with absolute clarity that in the Life Great World, in the Yellow Great World, the ancient Immortals had left behind far, far too many treasures. Not to mention the famous Hongmeng Secret Cache, the Taiyuan Immortal Mansion, the Wu Zhiku, the Huang Quan Treasure Vault, the Sage Immortal Mansion, the Bodhi Immortal Mansion, the Red Cloud Immortal Mansion, the Douluo Immortal Mansion, and so on — even other great powers who had never attained immortality had left behind many fine things.

Through the ages, there have always been disciples of Xiuxianmen Sect who went out traveling, obtained the treasure vaults of ancient great powers, got their hands on a Dao weapon or a treasure weapon, and immediately rose to prominence within their sect, achieving a reputation of invincibility for many years.

Such examples are countless in the Yellow Great World. Cultivators who manage to cultivate above the Divine Ability Secret Realm almost all have their own extraordinary encounters.

So Fang Yu cultivated on the Long Yuan River while hoping to see whether there was any chance of obtaining some extraordinary encounter.

However, somewhat to his regret, the scenery of the Long Yuan River was beautiful, but it was only beautiful scenery — no extraordinary encounter could be seen upon the Long Yuan River.

Fang Yu was not discouraged, and continued cultivating.

Now that his cultivation base had reached the 4th Stage of Physical Body, Hardness-Softness Realm, to break through to the 5th Stage, the Divine Power Realm, practicing moves was actually secondary — the main thing was to eat well.

Only by eating well, by consuming spiritual pills and wondrous medicines, could one alter one's aptitude and increase one's strength. When one struck out, one would have the force of a Xuanyang Fierce Horse, with thunderous rumblings within one's sinews and bones, and any casual strike could slay an opponent.

The Realm of Divine Power requires one to possess the force of a Xuanyang Fierce Horse.

This force of a Xuanyang Fierce Horse is not like an ordinary horse, which only has a thousand jin of force — it is roughly five thousand jin of force.

Only by cultivating out five thousand jin of force can one be considered to have reached the Realm of Divine Power.

Fang Yu swallowed another Essence Yuan Pill and absorbed its power. As for the lone boat, he paid it no heed, letting it drift down the Long Yuan River as it pleased, and he only decided to return to the Fang family when evening came.

"Brother Yu is back."

"Greetings, Brother Yu."

Some of the Fang family's disciples could clearly sense that Fang Yu's aura was stronger than theirs. Standing before him, he radiated an incomparably powerful presence, and every one of them wore a look of utmost respect.

"We heard Brother Yu was cultivating on the Long Yuan River today. A few of us brothers have been waiting for Brother Yu for a long time, hoping to ask Brother Yu for some guidance. Would that be acceptable?"

The leader was Fang Cheng, a Fang family disciple who had cultivated to the moves stage, and whose relationship with Fang Yu had always been decent over the years.

"Guidance in the Realm of Hardness and Softness?"

Fang Yu's expression shifted slightly, but he did not agree at once.

"Brother Yu can rest assured — if Brother Yu guides us and lets us also step into the Hardness-Softness Realm, we are willing to give up thirty percent of the Essence Yuan Pills issued by the Family Head, to repay Brother Yu for the grace of his teaching."

Seeing Fang Yu hesitate, Fang Cheng spoke up immediately.

"Thirty percent? That works."