Chapter 4: The Immortal Fate Beneath the Heavens—Pity It Is Not Mine

"The opportunities of this world…"

Fang Yu pondered the opportunities of this world. In truth, this world held many, many opportunities—if he could obtain even a little, he could enjoy them endlessly and rapidly raise his strength.

The Xuanhuang Great World had been the foremost of the three thousand great worlds in the primordial era, but during the ancient times it ceaselessly clashed with the God Race, and in the end gradually declined.

However, the treasures left behind by the predecessors existed throughout every time and space. If he could obtain even a tiny bit, that alone would be enough to let him rise to prominence.

It was only a pity that Fang Yu's current strength was merely at the moves realm of the 3rd Stage of the Physical Body Secret Realm. Even if he wanted to seek opportunities, it would be extremely difficult—he might be eaten by some underground demon beast while walking down the road.

He did know that their Fang family's horse-slave Fang Han, not long from now, would obtain a Heavenly Grade elixir—the Nine Orifices Golden Core—left behind by the Huang Quan Great Emperor, as well as a Top-Grade Dao Device, the Huang Quan Diagram. He would soon embark on the path to rising above and surpass these Fang family juniors.

The Nine Orifices Golden Core was a Heavenly Grade elixir, possessing extremely powerful abilities. Not only could it cleanse the marrow and transform the constitution, altering one's aptitude and making up for deficiencies, it could also increase lifespan and elevate the potential of one's life.

Swallow one Nine Orifices Golden Core into the belly, and at the very least one could cultivate all the way to the Divine Ability Secret Realm; moreover, after breaking through the Divine Ability Secret Realm, it could still increase magic power.

As for the Top-Grade Dao Device the Huang Quan Diagram, it actually contained a Cave Heaven World within, and inside it a Huang Quan River, possessing many unfathomable functions. Moreover, above the Xuanhuang Great World, there was only this single Huang Quan River—no branches.

If Fang Yu could obtain the Huang Quan Diagram, he could immediately set foot on the path to rising.

But the pity was that neither the Nine Orifices Golden Core nor the Huang Quan Diagram was something he could covet. After all, the Qunxing Sect disciple Bai Haichan who gave Fang Han his opportunity was actually the Creation Immortal King—an incarnation of a supreme existence, who had painstakingly and with great difficulty sent the fortune of rising to Fang Han from the Yongshengzhi Sect.

This kind of scheme could not be disrupted by anyone at all; otherwise, a single wisp of the Creation Immortal King's intent projected down would kill him countless times over.

The King's Realm was far too terrifying—a single wisp of his will alone could obliterate the three thousand great worlds billions of times over.

"It seems the pressing task is still to cultivate diligently. Cultivate to the 4th Stage of the Physical Body Secret Realm, the Hardness-Softness Realm. According to the family rules, if one cultivates to this realm, the family head will bestow elixirs."

Fang Yu and a group of Fang family juniors arrived at the dining hall, and he settled on his plan for what came next.

His current realm was far too low. Whether going out or going to the Shrouding Heaven Realm, he could not obtain many benefits, and he had no opportunities either. So first he would honestly and properly elevate the realm before saying anything else.

Lunch came first, and the food was quite good.

There was every kind of meat, along with a faint scent of medicinal herbs.

The meals of the Fang family's core juniors were all medicinal cuisine, personally formulated by the Fang family head Fang Zetao based on his own cultivation experience. As long as a Fang family junior consumed this medicinal cuisine, they could continuously increase their strength and slowly elevate the realm.

What realm a living being could cultivate to depended, to a great extent, on what they ate.

Mortals ate the five grains; they merely excreted and consumed, barely managing to stay full. To want to increase their strength was an idle dream.

For great clans like the Fang family, the juniors all ate medicinal cuisine to nourish their bodies and elevate their abilities.

If one went further up, into those Gedaxian Sect, the disciples of the Men Sect all consumed elixirs—some took Human Grade Low-Tier elixirs, some took Human Grade Mid-Tier elixirs, and only the most outstanding disciples with powerful backgrounds could obtain Human Grade High-Tier elixirs. Naturally, cultivating was twice as effective with half the effort.

"I wonder what the Young Lady eats at the Yuhuaxian Sect."

While eating, Fang Yu chatted with a few Fang family juniors beside him.

"The Yuhuaxian Sect is a Shenxianmen Sect—surely they eat better than us. I heard that within the Yuhuaxian Sect there are all kinds of wondrous elixirs; some, just by swallowing one pill, can extend one's lifespan by several decades."

Fang Cheng spoke up, a look of envy on his face.

"What kind of aptitude does the Young Lady have? Once she enters the Yuhua Sect, she will surely be able to cultivate to the Divine Ability Secret Realm. In the future, when she comes to our Dali Dynasty, being granted the title of a Princess would only be proper. It's just that we don't know when we'll be able to break through the realm."

"I heard that even the Mendewai Sect disciples of the Yuhuaxian Sect need at least the realm of the 5th Stage of Physical Body divine power, and must pass some kind of trial before they can possibly enter the Men Sect. But once they enter, it's a single step to heaven."

"The Realm of Divine Power—one Xuanhuang stallion's worth of strength—is truly too difficult. My current strength is still far, far too distant from that one horse's worth of power."

One junior after another spoke, while Fang Yu, from each junior's words, inferred the possible cultivation base of the Fang family's Young Lady. At this moment, it seemed there was still some distance before Fang Han obtained the Nine Orifices Golden Core.

He had to hurry and cultivate, so that he could take advantage of Fang Qingxue's return to the Fang family to earn her appreciation and go to the Yuhuaxian Sect to cultivate.

This world's resources were many, many—but pity, none of them were his.

He had to work hard.

After finishing his meal, Fang Yu rested for a while, then went to the Wanyuan Garden to cultivate.

Rise!

A two-hundred-jin blue-green boulder was lifted by Fang Yu, and then he kept squatting down. After squatting to his limit, he would suddenly leap up, just like a frog.

This was a Xiulianfa Sect of the Fang family for training strength, called the Golden Toad Diving Water. It could greatly train the body's strength, but it consumed a great deal of stamina. If one's health cultivation had not reached a certain realm, one couldn't even lift the stone, let alone use this two-hundred-jin boulder for training.

One rep, two reps, three reps.

Fang Yu trained continuously, until he felt his own strength being constantly drained, until in the end he had a feeling of utter exhaustion. He switched to another Xiulianfa Sect, and began cultivating the Pine Crane Longevity Fist.

This fist technique contained many artistic conceptions and wonders. As long as one thoroughly grasped this set of fist techniques and comprehended the principles within, breaking through to the 4th Stage of Body Refinement Hardness-Softness Realm would not be a problem.

It didn't use much strength, but it was about comprehending the artistic conception.

In the process of continuously executing the moves, Fang Yu gradually entered a strange realm—as if drunk yet not drunk, as if awake yet not awake—just like practicing drunken fist, without sorrow, without fear, simply cultivating on and on like that.

In the process of continuously cultivating the moves, Fang Yu felt a sense of comfort.

One hour, two hours.

After two hours, Fang Yu suddenly felt a wave of hunger. Looking again, it was already dusk.

Time for dinner.

Another day of consuming medicinal cuisine.

After finishing, Fang Yu rested for a while again, and continued cultivating the Pine Crane Longevity Fist in the Wanyuan Garden.

"Not bad, not bad—diligence can make up for lack of talent. Is this junior called Fang Yu? If his aptitude is decent, and he keeps cultivating like this for a few more days, he might really be able to cultivate to the Hardness-Softness Realm."

In the Fang family's inner residence, which covered a thousand mu and was exceedingly lavish, a middle-aged man of great authority, broad-shouldered and thick-armed, seemed to sense something and nodded.

This middle-aged man was precisely the Fang family head, the current Viceroy of Long Yuan Province, Fang Zetao—a master who had cultivated to the 10th Stage of Physical Body Divine Transformation Realm.

At this moment, he seemed to have seen the scene of Fang Yu cultivating in the Wanyuan Garden, and nodded.

"If all the juniors of our Fang family cultivate like this, then more people should step into the Realm of Hardness and Softness."