Chapter 71

The 3rd Stage of Physical Body cannot enter the Yuhuaxian Sect.

Fang Yu ate while listening to the other disciples' talk—some were going out to gain experience, others were going to hear the Elder's teachings and resolve doubts, to break through to a higher realm.

After finishing his meal, Fang Yu returned to his own quarters.

There were still some days before the sand bandits' large-scale attack on the Blue Moon Kingdom and the Yuhua Sect Elder issued the Men Sect mission, so he had to take advantage of these days to cultivate hard to reach the 9th Stage of Physical Body and the Spirit Communication Realm.

Fang Yu took out the cushion from the Great Lei Yinsi, sat down upon it, and immediately a kind of Zen chanting sounded, cleansing the soul.

Fang Yu sat cross-legged upon the cushion and continued cultivating the Yuanchen Spirit Art.

The Yuanchen Spirit Art, which only inner disciples of the Yuhuaxian Sect could cultivate, was a profound method for cultivating the spirit, a key to opening the Shentongzhi Sect.

He now sat upon the cushion, pondering its mysteries, while familiarizing himself with the structure of every part of his body.

Fang Yu closed his eyes and meditated according to the cultivation method of the Yuanchen Spirit Art. He felt as if he could see his own body—though his eyes were closed, his body grew clearer and clearer in his senses, as if becoming transparent.

The five viscera and six bowels, bones and marrow, flesh and skin, were all vividly clear, like the lines on the palm of a hand.

Only his own brain remained a hazy, dim darkness.

The entire brain was like a sealed Shentongzhi Sect, refusing to open to Fang Yu, not letting Fang Yu open it and release the magic power of divine abilities.

Clearly, he was still a great distance from the Divine Ability Secret Realm.

Fang Yu was not impatient; he began to cultivate right here.

He still had enough Essence Yuan Pills, and the cushion from the Great Lei Yinsi could aid him in comprehending the Dao. If not now, when would he cultivate?

Day after day passed, and Fang Yu cultivated here for a full twenty or so days. No one came to disturb him, and everything appeared perfectly peaceful.

Finally, Fang Yu felt his own change.

His strength continuously increased during these twenty or so days of cultivation, and the blood and flesh across his entire body seemed like clusters of flame, burning upward, rushing to the head. Suddenly the Tianmen place was illuminated once more by the flames of essence and blood, and his spirit became unprecedentedly clear.

At this moment, Fang Yu seemed to see his own skull, transparent as crystal.

A kind of enlightenment rose in his heart, and along with it a kind of joy.

Because after these twenty-plus days of closed-door cultivation, his realm had finally stepped into the 9th Stage of Physical Body, the Realm of Spirit Communication.

At this moment his spirit was clearer and more penetrating than ever before; heaven and earth were within his mind, and his soul expanded boundlessly.

Though he still sat upright in his own room, his spirit could actually sense the wind and grass moving several thousand paces away—even the swaying of plants and the forms of birds in flight were reflected in his mind.

No movement could escape him.

This was the Realm of Spirit Communication!

This realm was yet another watershed in the cultivation of the physical body.

The 5th Stage of Physical Body, the Realm of Divine Power, was one watershed, and reaching the 9th Stage of Physical Body, the Realm of Spirit Communication, was another—because this stage was the important transition from physical body to spirit.

Only by stepping into the Spirit Communication Realm could one possibly step into the Divine Ability Secret Realm.

Fang Yu could feel that, the moment he activated his spirit, every bone and internal organ throughout his body was vividly clear; his grasp of his own body had reached a new height.

"Breath."

Fang Yu watched his own internal organs and bones as he breathed, adjusting his breathing.

Watching one's own breathing within one's body was a wondrous process.

"Internal Strength."

The internal organs within his body changed, inhaling and exhaling powerfully.

"Divine Courage."

Another Essence Yuan Pill was swallowed by him, transforming into strength under his gaze.

"Now that I am in the Realm of Spirit Communication, I already possess…the strength of nine Xuanhuang Fierce Steeds."