Chapter 238 : Body Training Divine Ability: Furnace of Heaven and Earth!

Chapter 238: Body Training Divine Ability: Furnace of Heaven and Earth!

At the summit of Hidden Spirit Mountain, Jiang Zhi saw Xu Ziqing open his eyes and was about to say something when a mysterious light suddenly flashed across the youth’s gaze.

A strong gale surged up abruptly around them.

The wind atop the mountain had already been fierce and clamorous, but now, it all converged toward Xu Ziqing’s direction.

Gradually, it formed a vortex around him.

This vortex began to sweep up everything around, drawing in even the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

Jiang Zhi watched the scene unfold before him and gave a soft exclamation.

“This is... a sudden epiphany?”

“Looks like a Body Training Divine Ability!”

As someone with 【Comprehension 10】, Little Xu once again demonstrated his terrifying aptitude.

After cultivating the Sword Nurturing Art to the third level, he suddenly had a realization.

He felt that the Sword Nurturing Art and the Sword Refining Art shared an underlying similarity.

Could it be considered a continuation of the Sword Refining Art?

Since he had already used his own body as a sword during the Qi-opening Stage for tempering, why couldn’t he continue refining his body in a similar fashion as the Sword Nurturing Art afterward?

Once this thought emerged, he instinctively began to try it.

Immediately afterward, a certain “switch” inside his body seemed to be flipped on!

The mysterious light in Xu Ziqing’s eyes grew increasingly intense!

It was as if the light itself was absorbing everything around it.

It was springtime, and the mountain peak was not particularly warm.

But as the vortex expanded, the surrounding temperature began to rise sharply.

Eventually, the heat reached abnormal levels, as though one were standing inside a furnace.

Jiang Zhi furrowed his brows and immediately activated a restriction to prevent Xu Ziqing from causing unnecessary damage to the summit.

As time passed, the youth’s skin began to heat up.

White steam began to rise from his body.

After roughly the time of one incense stick, patches began to appear on his skin, as if blazing flames and molten lava were flowing across his body!

They weren’t spread evenly, but appeared in scattered regions.

Some were as large as half a palm, while others were no bigger than a fingernail.

Jiang Zhi used Divine Sense to examine him—Xu Ziqing was unhurt.

“So this is the characteristic of his Body Training Divine Ability?”

The white mysterious light in the youth’s wide-open eyes was gradually overtaken by flames.

His pupils looked as if they were burning!

It bore some resemblance to the golden flames in Chu Huaixu’s eyes.

Only, one was crimson, the other a dark gold!

A crimson flame mark also began to appear at Xu Ziqing’s brow.

If Chu Huaixu represented Manifestation of Heaven and Earth, with the Flesh Becomes Saint...

Then Xu Ziqing resembled someone forging the body of a Fire God using the Furnace of Heaven and Earth!

Watching this scene, Jiang Zhi couldn’t help but glance at the Bronze Sword.

“With this, he’ll be able to swing more swords.”

“Every Body Training cultivator, once they awaken a Body Training Divine Ability, sees their physical strength skyrocket—one could even say it undergoes a qualitative leap.”

“In fact, it was only Xu Ziqing’s body, as the Sword Attendant, that had reached its limit earlier, preventing him from swinging again. But the Evil Sword itself hadn’t necessarily reached its limit.”

The sudden anomaly had drawn Xiang Yan and the others to the summit of Hidden Spirit Mountain.

“Little Martial Uncle, Xu Ziqing’s Body Training Divine Ability bears some resemblance to Chu Huaixu’s,” said Lu Pan in amazement.

“That’s understandable. After all, they both laid their foundations with the Sword Refining Art—they started from a similar point.”

“Xu Ziqing’s Body Training Divine Ability doesn’t look bad either. I’d guess it’s at least a top-grade divine ability. It just doesn’t have the grand scale of Chu Huaixu’s,” Zhao Shuqin added.

He activated his pupil technique and immediately sensed the searing power on Xu Ziqing.

Back in the First Realm, he was cultivating the Ice-muscle Jade-bone Method inwardly. Now, in the Second Realm, he was refining the Fire God Body externally.

“Chu Huaixu only managed to cause that world-shaking phenomenon because he happened to refine Origin Power, triggering resonance with the heavens and manifesting the might of the Heavenly Dao, revealing the ultimate limit of his divine ability,” Jiang Zhi explained.

He pointed at Xu Ziqing. “He doesn’t possess Origin Power, so he naturally can’t provoke such terrifying phenomena.”

“But that’s also why Chu Huaixu’s Body Training Divine Ability is likely one grade higher than Xu Ziqing’s.”

Everyone nodded in agreement.

After all, Chu Huaixu’s Origin Power had been split in two—half merged into the Saint Body, the other encircled the Heart Sword.

After a while, the aura around Xu Ziqing began to settle down.

Seeing the high-ranking Dao Gate members before him, he quickly stood up and saluted each one.

“Not bad at all. To awaken a Body Training Divine Ability while only at the Second Realm—your comprehension might only be second to Chu Huaixu,” Xiang Yan couldn’t help but praise.

Upon hearing this, Xu Ziqing felt no urge to compete with his senior brother.

On the contrary, he felt quite delighted.

—In terms of comprehension, I’m the one closest to Senior Brother!

But he quickly realized there was hidden meaning behind those words.

Raising his head curiously, he asked, “Senior Brother has already awakened a Body Training Divine Ability too?”

Everyone gave him a small nod.

As the Second Master, Chu Yinyin immediately took the opportunity to bask in her disciple’s glory.

She puffed out her chest, her face full of pride and honor, as she said:

“You probably saw that golden figure ten thousand zhang tall a while back?”

“That was the Heaven-and-Earth Phenomenon caused when Chu Huaixu awakened his divine ability.”

Upon hearing this, Xu Ziqing’s jaw dropped in shock.

Recalling the terrifying sight from that day, he couldn’t help but swallow hard.

“As expected of Senior Brother.” Little Xu thought to himself.

Atop Hidden Spirit Mountain, Jiang Zhi observed the youth before him.

Seeing the reverent look on Xu Ziqing’s face—just hearing Chu Huaixu’s name made him worship from afar—the jealous little old man felt a bit sour.

Still, he had already taught Xu Ziqing everything he needed. According to sect rules, it was time to send him back to the Outer Sect.

Once he advanced to a True Disciple, he could naturally return to the Gentleman Temple.

Moreover, the youth was still young and needed to experience the world. He shouldn’t be kept confined in the courtyard forever.

But this petty Little Martial Uncle Ancestor still couldn’t resist making a comparison.

He said, “As a Sword Attendant, I’ve taught you everything you need. You’ve learned well.”

“Now, I offer you two choices.”

“One, return to the Outer Sect and continue as an Outer Disciple. Two, stay in the Gentleman Temple and cultivate quietly with me.”

Halfway through speaking, Jiang Zhi already regretted it.

Why do I keep creating trouble for myself?

Because he noticed that as soon as the youth heard the first option, his eyes lit up!

The brightness in those eyes nearly matched the mysterious light in his eyes when he was comprehending the Dao!

“Forget it. Go back to your Outer Sect. Back to that ridiculous Senior Brother of yours,” the little old man waved his hand irritably, clearly a bit jealous.

Xu Ziqing, pure-hearted and innocent, couldn’t sense a thing. Still wide-eyed with excitement and joy, he replied—utterly lacking in social tact:

“Thank you, Little Martial Uncle Ancestor, for granting my wish!”

Xiang Yan and the others couldn’t help but smile, especially at the words granting my wish.

All of them had lost their masters early on.

Nearly every one of them had undergone Little Martial Uncle’s special training.

Their attitude toward him was different because Jiang Zhi was the only clear-headed elder left in the family.

But more than that, he was essentially a half-master to them.

As for whether he was a good teacher...

Well, back then, Little Junior Sister often cried and cursed during training:

“Master, can’t you please come back to life, sob sob sob! Please come back, Master, sob sob sob!”

“Jiang Zhi is inhuman! Little Martial Uncle doesn’t even treat me like a human! Waaah—!”

Only someone as tough and slightly slow-witted as Seventh Junior Sister could survive as Little Martial Uncle’s disciple.

At that moment, Xu Ziqing stood at the mountain’s peak and couldn’t help but glance in the direction of Medicine Mountain.

For some reason, a faint sense of resonance stirred in his heart toward a certain place on Medicine Mountain.

Even from such a distance, he could sense an aura similar to his own—yet profoundly different!

“Could it be Senior Brother?” The thought popped into his mind.

Little Xu immediately sought the Dao Gate leaders’ help to verify it.

“Sect Master, Little Martial Uncle Ancestor, Elders—this disciple doesn’t know why, but I can sense someone on Medicine Mountain. I can roughly pinpoint their location.”

“And that location... seems to be the bamboo house where Senior Brother and I reside.”

“Is Senior Brother currently in the house?”

The crowd was momentarily stunned.

They could detect Chu Huaixu’s location using Divine Sense.

But Xu Ziqing was only in the Second Realm—he shouldn’t be capable of this over such a distance.

Xiang Yan swept the area casually with his Divine Sense and said, “Chu Huaixu is indeed inside.”

“Seems that after awakening your respective Body Training Divine Abilities, you two special body cultivators developed some kind of subtle connection,” he said.

Nangong Yue added from the side, “Such phenomena do occur occasionally. When two cultivators train in the same cultivation method, they may form a resonance at higher levels of mastery—though it’s rare.”

“Of course, there’s no need to worry about it.”

“This type of resonance can easily be cut off using even the simplest Breath-Hiding Technique. It won’t cause any real trouble,” she explained.

But how could Xu Ziqing be troubled by it?

He was overjoyed!

—Medicine Mountain, Bamboo House.

Chu Huaixu had been reviewing the six Mystic-rank Techniques, checking which ones suited him best.

Suddenly, he frowned, sensing something.

He immediately stepped out of the bamboo house and entered the courtyard.

Chu Huaixu looked far into the distance, gazing in the direction of Hidden Spirit Mountain.

He quietly sensed the aura that was similar to his own yet vastly different—and capable of tracking his location.

But given his temperament and disposition, a look of mild irritation and disdain quickly surfaced on his face.

“Eugh—! What filth is on Hidden Spirit Mountain?!”