Chapter 456

And so it becomes more tenacious and unpredictable.

There is also a streak of nervousness in Fang Hao’s heart. After all, such a cultivation methodology is unprecedented, and a slight carelessness can easily lead to a mishap!

“The opportunity to change my fate lies before me. I won’t be contented without taking a risk. The greater the danger, the bigger the reward!”

Fang Hao took a deep breath, his gaze becoming resolute.

The glory and honor of the first and second Senior Brothers killing the Spirit Sect and noble families, he also aspires to become such a person, to make the Spirit Sect and noble families tremble at the mere sound of his name!

All preparation is completed.

“Little Ha, wait outside.”

He said looking at Little Ha on his shoulder.

“Quack!”

Little Ha rubbed his neck for encouragement then bounded off onto Su Lingxiu’s shoulder.

Ever since it had consumed the pill, it had become more affectionate towards Su Lingxiu, the pills were just too delicious!

Fang Hao placed the ding-shaped treasure in the middle of the valley. In an instant, the energy from the mountains around converged upon it.

It seemed as if nature’s spiritual energy was being drawn towards it, flowing into the valley.

The vast spirit of heaven and earth converged, forming an odd formation.

Fang Hao sat cross-legged on the ding.

Bam!

In this very instant, it felt like a heavy mountain crushing down on him. His bones creaked under the immense pressure, seemingly about to be crushed at any moment.

Xu Yan gazed at the valley, with contemplative expression.

Meng Chong frowned. The energy of the mountains converged in the valley, drawing in nature’s spiritual energy. The grand spirit of heaven and earth converged, creating a mysterious and changing pattern.

If used for cultivating the Undying Golden Body…

At this moment, Meng Chong had some ideas.

Su Lingxiu silently watched, her face filled with concern. In order to prevent any mishap befalling Fang Hao, she deliberately made high-tier healing pills.

If something were to happen, the pills can be ingested.

The fear was that Fang Hao would not have enough time to ingest it, then someone else would need to come to his rescue.

“When the spirit of heaven and earth converge… if used for alchemy…”

In that moment, Su Lingxiu was also inspired.

“Following the Way of the Array is indeed profound. If successful, mass-producing pills, or even those with divine effects, could become a reality.”

Some thoughts emerged in Su Lingxiu’s mind.

“The Void Alchemy… using the universe as a void, harnessing the force of heaven and earth…”

Just hintingly, a groundbreaking advance in Alchemy was forming in her mind. Although only a vague outline and far beyond her current abilities, it chartered a direction for the enhancement of her Alchemy.

Li Xuan was completely engrossed observing Fang Hao’s cultivation. Suddenly, on his Soul Pedestal, the Daoist Golden Book opened, golden light spilling out.

He was taken by surprise.

Fang Hao had just started cultivation and was yet to pass the threshold. How could feedback occur so quickly?

“Your disciple Su Lingxiu, comprehending the advanced version of Void Alchemy, you have gained the Heavenly Divine Furnace Alchemy.”

Li Xuan was taken aback. He looked at Su Lingxiu next to him and couldn’t hide his surprise.

The Heavenly Divine Furnace Alchemy was unimaginably powerful.

Li Xuan took a deep breath. He felt that this Heavenly Divine Furnace Alchemy was on the pinnacle of Alchemy. It seemed almost impossible to make further advancements!

However, Su Lingxiu only had an abstract idea and a direction to enhance Alchemy. She had not fully comprehended the Heavenly Divine Furnace Alchemy.

In addition, her current abilities were far from sufficient to execute this Alchemy.

Even for Li Xuan, he was currently unable to execute it!

He merely possessed the knowledge of this Alchemy, but lacked sufficient power to perform it.

“This is an unexpected gain.”

Li Xuan thought to himself with glee.

Although it was Fang Hao who was practicing the extraordinary martial arts, Su Lingxiu had gained an insight into the Heavenly Divine Furnace Alchemy from it.

In the valley, on the treasure ding, Fang Hao’s face turned red, his body seemed as if it was about to explode. He was struggling to hold on.

“The time is almost right, I should be able to borrow the force of heaven and earth, and incorporate the heavenly extraordinary pattern into my body.”

At this moment, Fang Hao’s gaze was firm, he started to cultivate the extraordinary technique he had comprehended.

The energy of heaven and earth was crisscrossing inside his body, as if outlining something.

As he continued cultivating, the mountain-like pressure gradually became more gentle.

Meng Chong contemplated, as Fang Hao set up a grand formation borrowing from the formidable forces of nature for practicing Martial Arts. This is indeed a method of practicing Martial Arts.

If the force from nature was too fierce, one would be crushed instantly, if too weak, it would be hard to make initial progress in cultivation.

This required a delicate balance.

Fang Hao, in this respect, evidently had a good grasp, which speaks to the monstrous talent he had in martial arts.

“My physical strength is robust, and while my progression in bodily martial arts cultivation may be slower than normal, if I practice Martial Techniques by borrowing the force of nature, my Undying Golden Body would become much stronger. Its defense would be astonishing and could speed up the process of bodily cultivation.”

As these thoughts crossed his mind, different ideas began to appear.

A cultivation technique that could aid in the cultivation of the Undying Golden Body started to form in Meng Chong’s mind.

Li Xuan watched Fang Hao, and felt relief. Fang Hao’s progression in martial arts was making good strides. Indeed, for Fang Hao to use the force of nature so perfectly on his first try, this demonstrated his astonishing talent in this aspect.

The Daoist Golden Book opened once again, allowing golden light to gush out.

“Your disciple, Meng Chong, learned a support technique for bodily cultivation, the ‘All-encompassing Heavenly Hammer Technique’. You’ve acquired the ‘All-encompassing Heavenly Hammer Technique’, the power of the Undying Golden Body which has gone through hundreds of refinements, and have seen a significant increase.”

Li Xuan felt a sudden enhancement in his Undying Golden Body upon the Daoist Golden Book’s feedback, as though it had been refined by nature hundreds of times.

“Whoa! This support technique for bodily cultivation is damn powerful. Using nature as the hammer to refine oneself!”

Li Xuan felt utterly flabbergasted.

Looking at Meng Chong, his second disciple, he seemed like a bit of a brute. However, he never expected that Meng Chong would comprehend such a powerful technique.

Su Lingxiu was able to understand nature’s Alchemy technique by observing Fang Hao harness the power of nature, Meng Chong understood the ‘All-encompassing Heavenly Hammer Technique’, so why didn’t Xu Yan understand anything?

Li Xuan was surprised. Xu Yan, his first disciple, was the most talented.

Turning his gaze towards Xu Yan, he seemed deep in thought. Li Xuan wondered if he could comprehend anything.

The process of Fang Hao’s cultivation wasn’t something that could be completed overnight. Especially since he was initially a Martial Artist of the Great Grandmaster level. Now that he was cultivating Martial Arts from scratch, he had almost completely abandoned his original martial arts foundation.

Thus, this process couldn’t be rushed.

Li Xuan was unsure of how Fang Hao was progressing in his training. After all, although he had invented the Martial Arts, he had not practiced it himself.

The discrepancy between creating and practicing Martial Arts was significant.

A day went by, Fang Hao was still in the midst of his cultivation, the expression on his face still flushed red. Clearly, he was in substantial pain.

Li Xuan looked at Xu Yan in surprise, “Something’s wrong. Where has the intuition of my first disciple gone? Why hasn’t he made any progress?”

He was feeling frustrated.

Among his four disciples, Xu Yan, his eldest disciple, was meant to be the trailblazer in martial arts development. He was the true prodigy.

Meng Chong and Su Lingxiu both made progress. Why did Xu Yan not comprehend anything?

All of a sudden, Li Xuan raised his eyebrow, showing an expression of surprise.

At this moment, the feedback from the Daoist Golden Book arrived.

“Your disciple, Xu Yan, comprehends ‘Mountain River Sword Array’. You’ve achieved great success in ‘Mountain River Sword Array’!”

Sword Array!

Xu Yan had grasped the Sword Array, which was beyond Li Xuan’s expectations. Moreover, this Sword Array was quite remarkable.

Li Xuan remained silent. Xu Yan was deploying the Sword Array, everything within his sight was taking shape as a sword, and the Sword Intent of the ‘Mountain River’ permeated the air.

Blended in with the environment.

Without making a single sound.

Meng Chong furrowed his brow, looking around, he vaguely felt that something was wrong. However, he couldn’t pinpoint what this feeling was.

“Illusion?”

Meng Chong dismissed the thought. He had never thought that he could have such hallucinations.

There must have been something wrong, only that he was not able to register where the issue lay.

Somehow, he felt a sudden sense of danger.

“Something’s off. Our master is right beside us. Why do I feel a looming crisis?”

Meng Chong frowned.

Looking up to Su Lingxiu, he communicated through their spiritual connection, “Junior sister, do you notice anything unusual?”

Su Lingxiu narrowed her beautiful eyebrows. As a Shen person with a green woody spiritual body, she currently felt that something was strange about every blade of grass and tree, as if they were becoming sharper?

She hesitated and then replied, “Something seems wrong with the vegetation.”

Meng Chong was surprised. What could be wrong with the vegetation? He didn’t notice anything.

He looked at Xu Yan, his eldest master brother, and asked through their spiritual connection, “Elder brother, have you noticed anything strange?”

If the eldest master brother hadn’t noticed anything abnormal as well, it could truly be his hallucination.