The Peerless Tang Sect: Heavenly Heart Douluo

Chapter 85 The Cultivation of the Body Sect, Departure for Sunset Forest (5000 words)

Long Aotian showed Huo Yuhao the function of each building in the Body Sect, and also introduced him to some of the disciples they met along the way, most of whom were Body Sect disciples of the same age as Long Aotian.

The place that Long Aotian emphasized was the training ground, where the members of the Body Sect sparred and practiced martial arts. Compared with other soul masters, the Body Sect values ​​their own combat skills and self-created soul skills more and is good at developing their own power, so they would train some basic combat skills here.

"There is also a scripture pavilion in the sect, but it is mostly filled with information about the sect's history. Although there are records of combat techniques, most of them can only provide inspiration and do not contain actual cultivation procedures."

"After all, recording these things in books would be too vague. The secret techniques and some practice skills are taught personally by each elder."

"Our Body Sect has ten elders, all of whom are powerful experts at the Title Douluo level, including many Super Douluo. Master also often comes to the training ground to give lessons. We've arrived, and this is the training ground," Long Aotian introduced with a smile.

Upon arriving at the training ground, Huo Yuhao saw a venue roughly the same size as Shrek Academy's Soul Arena. There were groups of Soul Masters sparring with each other, mostly around thirteen or fourteen years old, though there were also a few eighteen or nineteen-year-old youths. However, their Soul Power was generally around the second or third ring.

However, none of them used any soul skills at this time. They only used their soul power to spar. Meanwhile, an old man with white hair and beard was patrolling the arena, occasionally pointing out the disciples' fighting postures.

Long Aotian then said, "Our Body Sect has always valued the creation of soul skills, the application of soul power, and the development of martial souls."

"Therefore, these younger disciples would spar and practice with each other under the supervision of the elders, honing their skills while carefully comprehending their own martial souls. Because the appearance of a physical martial soul is unpredictable, there may be cases where some disciples with physical martial souls are only discovered and taken in after a long time."

"New disciples usually start by being guided by older disciples to practice some skills in controlling soul power. Once they have mastered these skills, they will come to the training ground to learn the skills taught by the elders and develop their own unique soul skills with other disciples."

"However, my master specifically told me before that he wouldn't teach you anything about this; he would personally teach you later."

"Generally speaking, at the stage from Great Soul Master to Soul Venerable, without using soul skills, the physical strength of a Body Sect disciple will only result in some superficial injuries when facing an attack from an opponent of the same stage who is intentionally holding back, even if it involves soul power."

"Afterwards, there will be a unified medicinal bath to repair the damage, and elders in charge of treatment will come to examine their bodies."

"This stage often takes a relatively long time, generally three to five years, for them to hone and refine their skills. This depends on their individual comprehension and the potential of their martial soul. During this period, their soul power will not increase significantly."

"However, once this accumulation is sufficient, the speed of cultivation will be significantly faster with the support of the main body's martial soul. Even disciples who originally had low innate soul power and did not complete the second awakening can eventually reach the Soul King level, and even disciples who only have Black Iron level awakening can reach the Soul Saint level."

"However, further cultivation is up to the individual. Apart from the original spirit of the same kind, it is difficult to have any experience to draw on. Moreover, even among spirits of the same kind, it is difficult to have completely identical growth potential."

"Therefore, apart from the necessary resources and the Soul Hunting Operation, our Body Sect will no longer allow elders to provide one-on-one guidance to them, unless an elder's martial soul is extremely compatible with that disciple, then it is possible to accept a disciple."

Upon hearing this, Huo Yuhao observed the various disciples of the Body Sect on the field. Due to the special nature of their Body Martial Souls, all of them had their Martial Souls as part of their bodies, so they would intentionally develop and train specific parts of their original bodies.

This also leads to some special characteristics in the limbs of the original sect members even when their martial soul is not attached to them, such as their bodies being different from ordinary people in various aspects.

"Next, I'll take you to the place where disciples go to cultivate on their own after completing the first stage of their training," Long Aotian said. "It should also be the place Master will take you to later."

Long Aotian then led Huo Yuhao to the outer edge of the valley. Compared to the residential area in the core of the valley, the outer area was uneven, and many of the terrain features were quite abrupt and awkward.

For example, on one side of a towering mountain peak is a dark abyss, and on the other side is a forest filled with birdsong and fragrant flowers.

"These places are landscapes created by generations of original spirit masters with great effort. They contain their insights into their own spirits and the world. They are of great help to the original spirit masters in stimulating their potential and understanding themselves."

"Although it doesn't have the effect of those simulated training rooms to increase the speed of martial soul cultivation, my Body Sect doesn't need those things. The potential of the Body Martial Soul itself is enough for everyone to explore in a lifetime."

Afterwards, Long Aotian led Huo Yuhao to a barren mountain peak. When they reached the mountainside, Huo Yuhao discovered that the surrounding airflow was extremely unstable, and every gust of wind was like a sharp blade. This was no exaggeration.

Huo Yuhao saw that some parts of his clothes were torn by the wind, while Long Aotian had a faint layer of jade-colored soul power on his body, which suppressed the wind and prevented him from being hurt in the slightest.

Seeing this, Huo Yuhao used his mental detection to observe Long Aotian and discovered that he was not simply using his soul power to resist the surrounding gale. His soul power was like a layer of tough skin. Every wisp of gale that touched him would slide away and bounce off. This was true for his entire body.

Compared to directly using soul power to counteract the effects of the wind, this method consumes 90% less energy. Huo Yuhao followed Long Aotian's example, covering his body with his soul power and dissipating the force of the gale without activating his mental intent.

Long Aotian said, "Master will be going out for a while, and I don't know which place would be more suitable for you. This is where I usually cultivate. It is called Gangsha Peak. It was left by a Douluo of the True Body a thousand years ago. I have a feeling that this place is more suitable for me, so I usually cultivate here."

"As for you, junior brother, you'll have to experience it for yourself elsewhere. Finding a suitable place to cultivate isn't easy. Later, I'll take you to experience all the different places within the Body Sect."

Before Long Aotian could finish speaking, he saw a faint golden light emanating from Huo Yuhao's body. He looked at the faint golden light emanating from Huo Yuhao's body with some shock.

He could tell that Huo Yuhao had learned his soul power protection technique: "I didn't expect you to learn so quickly. It took me three whole days and nights to master this move."

"However, junior brother, I advise you not to follow my method. My self-created soul skills are developed based on my martial soul skin. Your martial soul should be different from mine. Although you can learn from it, you should still be careful not to put the cart before the horse."

Huo Yuhao nodded and then said, "Yes, I understand, Senior Brother."

Long Aotian then said, "Then you can try to develop a method that suits you here first. I'll protect you from the side, so don't worry about anything unexpected happening."

Huo Yuhao closed his eyes. He now possessed a unified soul power, mental power, and blood power. Although his physical structure remained the same, he could convert it into soul power or mental power at any time.

His mental energy probe spread outwards from himself. In his perception, the trajectory of each stream of air was incredibly clear, and every collision and change between streams was traceable.

Huo Yuhao slowly walked forward, letting his body enter a vortex of airflow. At this moment, Huo Yuhao's body became unreal, as if it were illusory, and the airflow passed right through him when it came into contact with his body.

Huo Yuhao frowned slightly, feeling that his mental energy was being greatly depleted in this situation. It wasn't because he was injured by the air currents, but because although he could freely control his soul power and mental energy, the mental energy required to perform such a subtle operation far exceeded his expectations.

Transforming one's body into a whole of spiritual energy and transferring it to other areas covered by spiritual energy only requires a moment of deconstruction and manipulation. Although a large amount of power is consumed during this process, it is all used to maintain the body.

However, if he wanted to change a part of his body according to the situation, or if he wanted to make such changes casual and normal, the computing power required would still be insufficient for Huo Yuhao's current level of mental strength.

Huo Yuhao's face paled slightly as he thought of a term: the unity of heaven and man, an extremely profound realm in the world of Douluo Continent II: The Peerless Tang Sect. If he could achieve the unity of heaven and man, he might gain a deeper understanding of his current martial soul.

However, this hurdle seems to be right in front of him, and he doesn't know how to overcome it. Although the spiritual power of the Spirit Realm can also achieve this level, the requirements for spiritual power in the realm of unity of heaven and man are not that high.

In Huo Yuhao's view, it would be better to master this power as soon as possible.

Huo Yuhao felt that his understanding of martial souls had reached a bottleneck. He could easily manipulate ordinary mental energy, whether it was to use mental energy to give hints or control others.

Whether it's constructing attacks and defenses with mental power, or creating mental avatars, these are things one can easily accomplish even without using soul skills. However, all of this is limited to operations on a small scale or for a single individual.

For example, I just tried to convert the part of the airflow that came into contact with me into mental energy the moment it touched me, and then return it to its original state after the airflow left so that it could be maintained normally. But this would consume a lot of my energy to calculate, which would be a loss.

Long Aotian's lips twitched slightly as he watched this scene. He realized what Huo Yuhao wanted to do now, which was also what he had been pursuing: the unity of heaven and man, because the manifestation of his martial soul was simpler.

Unlike Huo Yuhao's current spiritual martial soul, which is illusory and merely a skin, he has already gained some insights. However, he did not expect that this junior brother would want to explore such a profound realm as soon as he entered the sect.

Seeing that Huo Yuhao had stopped pondering, Long Aotian coughed lightly to attract his attention and then said, "Junior Brother, what I meant was just to let you experience the combined use of soul power and spiritual power. I didn't expect you to have reached this level before even entering the sect."

"Honestly, what kind of tasks has Master given me? I'd better take you to find the other elders. Forget it, I'll take you to the Scripture Pavilion. Master probably doesn't want you to study such profound things with the other elders."

"There are some records from our predecessors in the library, but they do not contain their detailed interpretations of the unity of heaven and man. They will not interfere with your own thinking, but only analyze the general form of the unity of heaven and man. However, I still hope that you will not be too hasty."

Long Aotian was speechless. Although Du Busi had told him how talented Huo Yuhao was, he hadn't expected Huo Yuhao to have reached this point. So, apart from the elders, Du Busi, and Huo Yuhao himself, was there really no one else who could guide him at this stage?

Long Aotian secretly made up his mind. Although he didn't care about who would become the sect leader, he couldn't let a junior brother who had just started his training surpass him. He had to work hard to reach the state of harmony between man and nature as soon as possible.

After Long Aotian led Huo Yuhao to the Scripture Pavilion, he bowed to an old man at the entrance and said to Huo Yuhao, "This is an elder of my Body Sect, but he is not among the top ten elders. He is a hidden force of the sect and usually does not show his face outside the Scripture Pavilion."

The Sutra Repository of the Body Sect is divided into five floors, with the bottom floor recording common knowledge and observations from various parts of the continent.

The second layer records the history and past of the Body Sect.

The third layer records the combat techniques created by predecessors based on their own martial souls and their understanding of those techniques.

The fourth floor contains fewer books, which are analyses of their own martial souls and explorations of some minor details by the powerful members of the Body Sect throughout the ages. Although they are scattered, they are things that ordinary soul masters cannot access at all. For example, there are many records of theories such as meridians here.

The fifth floor is where Long Aotian brought Huo Yuhao. It contains records of the Body Sect's development of the secrets of the human body, as well as their explanations and understanding of realms. However, these are all scattered and unique copies.

Long Aotian scratched his head and said, "Yuhao, you can just look at these here by yourself. Just be careful not to damage them. Most of these are quite old. If you want to borrow them, just ask the elder at the entrance. I'm going to continue cultivating now."

"Alright, thank you so much, Senior Brother, for taking so much time to introduce the sect to me." Huo Yuhao watched Long Aotian leave. This was the first time he had so easily obtained so many things that were considered invaluable by outsiders without any prior plan.

He couldn't help but be a little lost in thought, feeling somewhat surreal. It has to be said that the Body Sect's attitude towards its disciples was more like that of family and brothers. To be honest, this was the first time Huo Yuhao had ever seen such a traditional sect lineage in Douluo Continent.

As for the other so-called Upper Three Sects, Tang Sect, and other sects, in his view, they were more like families in the name of sects, and the disciples who were not of the direct lineage were just their servants and lackeys.

Huo Yuhao sighed, closed his eyes to clear his mind of all distractions, and began to scan the books in the entire library. Although some of them overlapped with what Shrek Academy had recorded, most of them contained extremely novel conjectures and records.

As Huo Yuhao read these books, he felt that his Heavenly Heart Ultimate Skill, which had already made some progress, had a new direction for advancement.

At the same time, Huo Yuhao's spiritual power in his second spiritual sea was being rapidly drained. Before long, the once vast and deep spiritual sea began to dry up somewhat. Fortunately, the continuous spiritual power brought by the fear imprint and spiritual absorption replenished the losses.

In the undead demiplane, Huo Yuhao's spiritual avatar's power gradually increased. Huo Yuhao transferred all of his spiritual power from his second spiritual sea into his body. Moreover, due to the new nature of Huo Yuhao's soul power and the breakthrough of the Heavenly Heart Ultimate Technique, his spiritual avatar's power also increased.

This spiritual avatar can unleash power far exceeding that of before.

The spiritual avatar looked at Hei Yuhao and said, "Next, prepare all the zombies, skeletons, and liches under our control. I'm going to take them to Sunset Forest. We can also prepare to get the items from the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well."

Hei Yuhao nodded and said, "I'm almost done with that eighth-tier Abomination King. By the time you get to Sunset Forest, it should be almost done. The Body Sect is still quite safe now, so we can start some actions that might cause a big commotion. Even if something goes wrong, at most we'll just lose one of our spiritual avatars."

Then, a teleportation array unfolded beneath Huo Yuhao's spiritual avatar. At that moment, the Ice Emperor, far away in the far north, felt a contract array rune light up on her forehead. Soon after, Huo Yuhao's spiritual avatar appeared above her head through a reverse summoning array.

"Hyotei, go and inform Yuki-tei that I may order you to take action at any time, so be prepared to do so," the spiritual avatar said coldly.

At this moment, the Ice Emperor had already broken through the 400,000-year barrier with the help of the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow and repaired the hidden injuries in her body. Her strength was far greater than before, but she still nodded her proud head and said, "Yes."

Then, the spiritual avatar dispersed its spiritual power and projected it to the farthest point it could perceive. In this way, it rushed towards the Sunset Forest at an extremely fast speed. Although this would consume some spiritual power, it was not a serious problem because of the replenishment provided by the Fear Mark.

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