Gou Zai Liang Jie Dao Wen Cheng Xian

Wang Jian frowned, his forehead wrinkles forming a distinct "王" (king) shape. "You mean, that person's physical body is incredibly strong, almost like a demonic beast?"

Feng Qi, the white-haired old man who had been captured by Chu Xuan, nodded hurriedly and said, "That's right, Elder Wang. When I was confronting that person, he was as fast as a ghost. In the blink of an eye, he was in front of me, and his hands were like iron clamps, grabbing me directly."

"Look at my shoulders."

As he spoke, Feng Qi revealed his shoulder, where a large bruise was visible, with a handprint shape faintly discernible.

Wang An, who was also an outer sect steward, gasped in shock. He secretly rejoiced that he was off duty today, otherwise he would have been the one to run into this jinx.

Seeing this, Wang Jian's eyes narrowed slightly. "Are you sure that person only used physical strength?"

"I'm sure I saw it clearly at the time. That person crushed the first-grade high-quality golden sword talisman so easily with his bare hands without using any magic power."

At this point, Feng Qi took a deep breath and said, "Elder Wang, I suspect that he is a Yuan Dan realm demon in human form."

Wang Jian frowned, and after a long while shook his head and said, "It's possible, but I haven't seen it, so I can't be sure, and I can't rule out other possibilities either."

Upon hearing this, Wang An's face turned green. He had come here because it was a safe place, but he never expected to encounter a Yuan Dan realm demon in the heart of the Xuanming Sect.

What terrible things did I do back then?

After a moment, Wang Jian shook his head and said, "Regardless of whether this person is a Yuan Dan cultivator or not, he has no intention of offending our Xuanming Sect. Now that the feud has been settled, he should not be coming back."

"I'll return to the sect now. This concerns a powerful demon at the Yuan Dan realm, and I need to inform the patriarch as soon as possible!"

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As the sun rose, its rays bathed the earth, and the entire market came alive. Chu Xuan stopped his cultivation, put away his bamboo hat, and headed towards the place where he had rented the cave dwelling yesterday.

As soon as they arrived, the young man from yesterday immediately came forward with a big smile on his face, "Immortal Master, you've arrived, please come in."

"I'm telling you, you've come at just the right time. You weren't in the market yesterday, so you probably don't know."

Chu Xuan's expression remained unchanged, and he feigned curiosity as he asked, "Oh? What happened yesterday?"

"You have no idea what happened in the market last night. It even shocked the inner sect elders at the Dao Platform Realm," the young man said exaggeratedly.

"What happened? It even alarmed a Dao Platform Realm expert." Chu Xuan showed a surprised expression at the right time.

"This is nothing. As you know, those of us in this line of work inevitably have to deal with the garrison headquarters. Over time, we inevitably develop some relationship with the garrison's disciples."

"I heard from the garrison disciples this morning that a powerful demon at the Yuan Dan realm broke into the garrison yesterday!"

Upon hearing this, Chu Xuan was truly shocked. Wait, when did I become a Yuan Dan Realm Great Demon? How come I didn't know?

This is a bit of an exaggeration, isn't it?

Chu Xuan's mind raced, and he shook his head, saying, "Don't try to fool me. This is the heartland of the Xuanming Sect. Where would a Yuan Dan realm demon come from?"

Do you have any evidence?

Upon hearing this, the young man immediately replied, "Don't you believe me? I actually have evidence!"

"It's not 100%, but it's at least 98% chance!"

Am I really that likely a monster?

Chu Xuan was speechless for a moment, but his face remained unchanged as he said, "What evidence? Tell me."

"Let me tell you, the one who stormed into the garrison yesterday had an extremely powerful physical body. He easily suppressed Deacon Feng, who was at the ninth level of Qi Refining, with just his physical strength."

"Moreover, that person only used one move to suppress Deacon Feng!"

"With just one move, Deacon Feng is a master at the ninth level of Qi Refining, only one step away from the Dao Platform Realm. Such a master was so easily suppressed. His opponent must be at the Dao Platform level or even higher."

"Only demonic beasts can cultivate their physical bodies to this level, and those that can transform into human form are at least at the Yuan Dan realm!"

"In other words, those who stormed the gates of the garrison last night were most likely Yuan Dan realm demonic beasts!"

The young man spoke with a confident expression.

Chu Xuan was secretly puzzled. Something was wrong. Why were the ones who were refining their bodies demonic beasts?

Humans can also cultivate their bodies.

Does this mean that humans can only cultivate Qi? Who decided that? Moreover, there should be a concept of body refinement in this world. I remember seeing a record of body refinement in a travelogue. Although it was brief, I can confirm that there is such a thing as body refinement.

However, judging from the young man's reaction, there should not be many, or rather, very few, people among the human race who practice body tempering.

Let's test the waters first. A thought crossed his mind, and Chu Xuan smiled, saying, "That's hard to say. What if he's a rare body cultivator?"

Upon hearing this, the young man smiled and waved his hand, saying, "Immortal Master, please don't tease me. Although I am not destined to embark on the path of immortality, I know that my human race is good at cultivating Qi, but not at body refinement."

"Why not practice your internal energy instead of focusing on physical training? Isn't that putting the cart before the horse?"

Chu Xuan's expression shifted slightly, and he began to probe indirectly. After a moment, Chu Xuan finally understood what had happened.

In this world, the mainstream cultivation method for humans is Qi cultivation. As for body refinement, although it exists, it has long been eliminated!

Compared to Qi cultivation, body cultivation has many advantages. First, it has strong combat power and a low entry barrier. At lower levels, among cultivators of the same level, body cultivators are generally stronger than Qi cultivators.

Moreover, body-refining cultivators possess powerful physical bodies, strong defenses, excellent survival abilities, and are adept at prolonged battles.

Compared to body refinement, Qi cultivation has almost no advantage in combat power at lower levels. The only advantage it has is ranged attacks. However, Qi induction cultivators don't have much mana, nor do they have divine sense, so their ranged attacks aren't very effective either.

It is easy for a body-refining cultivator to get close to them, and once a body cultivator gets close, the outcome is predictable.

However, the biggest advantage of Qi cultivation is that it requires fewer resources and allows for faster advancement!

This is one of the benefits of practicing Qi cultivation; this one benefit is enough.

It is said that long ago, when the human race was just rising to power, body cultivation was prevalent. The human race imitated the body cultivation of demonic beasts, using their powerful physiques to roam the world and compete with all races.

Although the human race was not weak at that time, it was only not weak.

Until one day, someone invented Qi cultivation. Although Qi cultivators are weak and have slow reactions, their combat power is far inferior to that of body cultivators of the same level.

However, the speed of Qi cultivation is undeniable; it is a gift from heaven to humankind. Humans are born close to the Dao and are born with wisdom, which is an advantage for humankind.

Why abandon the racial advantages of the human race to cultivate the body?

That's right, the early stage of Qi Refining is not as good as Body Refining, but Body Refining is too slow. With the same aptitude and the same resources, if you go to Body Refining, you will probably be stuck at the first level for life. But if you go to Qi Refining, you have the hope of forging a Dao Platform.

Qi Refining cultivators can't beat Body Refining cultivators, but can a Daoist Master really lose to a first-level Body Refining cultivator?

When the human race primarily cultivated the physical body, it was one of the strongest races among all races. However, when Qi cultivation became the mainstream, there were only two races in the world.

One is a human, and the rest are demons!