49: Chapter 48 Ye Xiu's Stance

Xing Mu's words left Ye Xiu silent for a long time.

These extremely cryptic things almost overturned his perception of Cultivation.

The mortal body is the root of everything!

Watching the young girl still fiddling with her fishing rod, Ye Xiu sighed and turned to head toward his place of Cultivation.

Currently, strength is the only thing that matters.

Things like the Dao are simply too far away.

Arriving at the back mountain.

The Advanced Spirit Gathering Array was running at all times.

At the base of the Formation, the countless Yao Beast crystals and Spirit Stones made even Ye Xiu, who had seen quite a bit of the world, cast a sideways glance.

Besides that, within the Formation, there were over a dozen extremely precious medicinal herbs, and the bottles and jars beside the herbs were clearly not ordinary items either.

"Is this the effect of exhausting the power of an entire city?"

He sighed slightly.

Such a luxurious Spirit Gathering Array provided a Spiritual Qi concentration that could increase Cultivation speed by at least tenfold.

Even considering the needs of a Divine Body, this tenfold speed was an extremely exaggerated rate of progress.

The starting point for a Martial Practitioner is not as good as that of the Daoist school.

Great Xia really spent a fortune wanting to rely on massive resources to pile up nine existences capable of contending with the top-tier Daoist schools.

Ye Xiu took a light step and arrived at the center of the Formation.

The dense Spiritual Qi had almost turned into mist, and a hazy feeling instantly rushed toward his face.

The [Primordial Martial Arts General Outline] began to circulate.

This Cultivation Technique inherited within the Bloodline came from the Taichu Martial Venerable; not only was its absorption speed astonishing, but it could also amplify Spiritual Qi.

Tenfold absorption, tenfold amplification.

If not for the existence of such a Cultivation Technique, the difficulty for Ye Xiu's [Heaven-Breaking Martial Body] to improve its Cultivation Realm would likely be a hundred times harder than for others.

As Cultivation began, the Spiritual Qi in the entire Xingluo Mountain area trembled crazily, surging toward the Spirit Gathering Array.

Time passes without notice during Cultivation.

By the time Ye Xiu broke through to the second grade of the [Mingdao Realm], it was already half a month later.

Four thousand units of dragon power!

"Not bad. If this terrifying power is combined with the [Martial Domain], even among those of the same Realm, even if they are also Divine Bodies, they would probably have a headache if they met a brute like me."

Ordinary Divine Bodies only truly distinguish themselves at the [Mingdao Realm].

The differences in Bloodline rules led to a hundred schools of thought among Divine Bodies.

When almost all Divine Bodies reach the [Mingdao Realm], the base strength of their physique is two thousand units of dragon power.

Each improvement of one grade provides an additional one thousand units of dragon power, and at the ninth grade of the [Mingdao Realm], they possess the body of ten thousand dragons.

Coupled with the Innate advantages of their own Bloodline rules, Divine Bodies only begin to show their true explosive combat power at this Realm; the suppression from the Bloodline is something ordinary Cultivators can never reach.

Unless they are those with peerless talent who have obtained ancient Legacies and great Luck.

Otherwise, in front of a Divine Body, ordinary Cultivators will only be ruthlessly suppressed.

And Ye Xiu's [Heaven-Breaking Martial Body] is even more of a leader among Divine Bodies.

Besides the Bloodline rule of Immunity to Ten Thousand Laws, its physique is also incomparably stronger than ordinary Divine Bodies, more than twice as strong.

Coupled with the incomparably powerful Bloodline Martial Skills and the Blade Master Legacy, aside from those extremely miraculous rules, Ye Xiu can almost claim to be king among the same generation of Divine Bodies at the same Realm.

"Hehe… Xiao Ye, not bad, very not bad."

Sikong Tianwen was waiting by the side of the Spirit Gathering Array.

Upon seeing Ye Xiu come out of seclusion, he stroked his beard and smiled, calling out a greeting.

"Senior Sikong, you flatter me."

Ye Xiu walked straight to Sikong Tianwen's side: "Senior, you came here, is there something the matter?"

"Haha… I wouldn't come to your door without a reason. Recently, a distinguished guest arrived at the Qingcang Daoist Sect, coming from Yanjing. She is waiting at the military headquarters and hopes to meet with you."

"A guest of the Daoist school, what do they want with me?"

Ye Xiu frowned slightly.

"The Yanjing aristocratic family, the Ji Family, is at the pinnacle of strength. Perhaps aside from Master Zhang, that young girl can already contend for the title of the number one in Great Xia."

Sikong Tianwen sighed slightly: "Each generation has its own talents; we old men fear we will be drowned by history."

"Ji Xingyue, she came to find me?"

There was a look of surprise in Ye Xiu's eyes. The girl from the Ji Family, contending for number one in Great Xia—aside from that Prodigy ranked third in the Imperial Court Secret Realm, he couldn't think of a second person.

"It seems that girl is coming for my ranking in the Imperial Court Secret Realm."

Ye Xiu had his own thoughts.

After all, a [God-One Realm] defeating a [Shengui Realm] was too inconceivable.

Only after reaching the [Mingdao Realm] did he know the terror of Bloodline rules.

That gatekeeper back then possessed space-type Bloodline rules, and was also at the [Shengui Realm] with a flawless Perfection in the [Mingdao Realm].

The gap in combat power between them was hard to describe.

Just like himself now, if he were to reach the [Shengui Realm], his combat power would be unimaginable.

Just the physical strength alone would likely reach a shocking twenty thousand units of dragon power or more, plus the Bloodline rules; this combat power, even against a ninth-grade [Void Imperial Realm] of the [King Body of All Heavens] level, would likely be easily suppressed and killed.

Yet such terrifying combat power was actually defeated by a [God-One Realm].

The terror in this can only be personally felt by those who are also Divine Bodies.

"As for this matter, handle it however you see fit; this old man supports any decision you make."

The smile on Sikong Tianwen's face faded slightly. He was not surprised that Ye Xiu knew of Ji Xingyue; after all, as one of the highest decision-makers in Great Xia, for him, there were almost no secrets in Great Xia.

"Hehe… aristocratic families… I should go and see those so-called rich dogs."

Ye Xiu chuckled, followed Sikong Tianwen's pace, and got into a military vehicle.

The vehicle's speed was not fast, and neither of them was in a hurry to reach their destination, chatting in the car about the situation in Great Xia and the variables of the future.

"Xiao Ye, the world has changed greatly. It is very difficult for Great Xia to survive steadily in this dangerous world, but no matter how difficult it is, we will do our best to ensure the survival of every citizen."

Sikong Tianwen looked at the blue sky outside the window, as if guiding Ye Xiu, and as if giving a promise.

Ye Xiu was silent for a long time before speaking: "In times of national crisis, if we can gather all our strength to fight against the disaster together, that is naturally the best."

"So what is your decision?"

Sikong Tianwen withdrew his gaze from the window, turned his head to look at Ye Xiu, and waited for his answer.

At this moment, Ye Xiu thought of many things.

The day the world had just recovered, he awakened his Bloodline and gained superhuman power.

It was also that day that he witnessed with his own eyes millions of the Tianfu Army abandon their own lives, using their flesh and blood to block the siege of the Yao Beast army.

In Tianfu City, for every ten households, one was bound to have lost their loved ones forever in this defensive battle.

White silk hung all over Tianfu City.

He looked at Sikong Tianwen, his originally calm expression becoming increasingly solemn.

"For a hundred years, Great Xia has been peaceful and prosperous, without disaster or exploitation. Our predecessors died by the millions for this prosperous Great Xia."

"Since the world recovered, which of the Nine Cities of Great Xia is not exhausting the strength of the entire city, fighting in blood?"

"Yunzhong City, with a population of over one hundred million, fought until only twenty million remained in order to protect their country."

"Strategies to save the country can be discussed, argued, and there can even be conflicts."

"But the uniqueness of Great Xia is absolutely non-negotiable."