68: Chapter 66 The Path of the Inner Landscape

"8 million Star Coins?" Everyone's breathing involuntarily quickened. Like Xiong Meng and Xia Yao, whose annual training funds were only 300,000 Star Coins, even Qin Yang and Bai Chen only had an annual training fund of 1 million Star Coins.

8 million? It was definitely a huge fortune.

"This is a Heaven And Earth Treasure!"

"As long as one can acquire a single piece, it's almost comparable to the normal work of many Senior Martial Artists for ten years." Xiong Meng couldn't help saying in a deep voice, "No wonder so many people risk their lives."

Everyone couldn't help nodding.

On Blue Star, Intermediate and advanced Martial Artists didn't have such great jobs; being able to make an annual salary of one or two million was already pretty good... Besides, the pursuit of martial arts was the true self, fighting against the heavens for destiny, with power returning to oneself. Deep down, they were incomparably proud. How many Senior Martial Artists could stomach listening to ordinary people lecturing them, or enduring repetitive labor day after day?

Therefore, coming to Primal Star to risk their lives was the choice of many powerful Martial Artists.

On Primal Star, not only was there a chance to obtain astonishingly valuable Heaven And Earth Treasures, but they could also raise their rank by accumulating a large amount of coefficient points, allowing them to enjoy a bountiful retirement life in the future.

For example, Gu Qing and Chairman Wang XunDao were not simply superiors and subordinates; they were more like partners.

"Fang Yu, the fact that we were able to obtain the star jade and survive is basically thanks to you, and you should take the lion's share as well." Bai Chen said in a deep voice, "Hold on to the items first; we can discuss the specific distribution after returning to the Starry Sky Base."

"Alright." Fang Yu didn't decline either.

According to the rules among Martial Artists, harvest and contribution matched. It was only natural for him to take the majority of this harvest, and there was no need to fake modesty or exchange polite pleasantries.

"Right."

"Fang Yu, how is your recovery?" Bai Chen asked in a low voice, and the others couldn't help looking over.

They all remembered.

Less than an hour ago, after Fang Yu's terrifying battle with the wolf king and the pack of wolves, he had been nearly exhausted and almost collapsed on the ground. At that time, they even thought Fang Yu was seriously injured.

Yet shortly after eating some high-energy food and medicine, Fang Yu was already moving freely.

"Walking and running are no problem, but the consumption was too great, and I won't be able to burst out with dark force again in the short term." Fang Yu said, half true and half false.

In the battle against the pack of wolves, he hadn't been injured.

Under the outbreak of dark force, the consumption was indeed massive.

If it were other Intermediate Martial Artists, they probably wouldn't be able to use dark force bursts for a whole day. If forced to stimulate it, it would damage the Foundation of their tendons, bones, and internal organs, causing irreversible harm.

However.

Under the effect of the innate Divine Ability 'Devour', his physical recovery speed was astonishing. A large amount of food and medicine transformed into vital essence, which subsequently turned into Qi and blood.

Under the body control at the micro-limit, the vital essence permeated his entire body's tendons and bones. He had already recovered a certain amount of combat power and could use a small amount of dark force bursts.

It was just that there was no need to reveal too much to Bai Chen and the others.

The more he said, the more he would have to explain.

"That's good." Hearing this, Bai Chen breathed a sigh of relief and said in a low voice, "Fang Yu, let's hurry back to the Starry Sky Base to avoid complications from dragging things out."

"Alright."

The members of the Chiyan Team rested for a while longer, and then Xiong Meng and Qin Yang took turns carrying Xia Yao on their backs, avoiding some water sources and heading toward the direction of the Starry Sky Base.

Along the way.

Fang Yu looked relaxed, but in reality, he had been operating the 'Zhoutian Star Dou Stance'.

When ordinary people practiced martial arts, if their Realm was insufficient, they needed to concentrate their minds and maintain specific postures to achieve the effect of stance cultivation.

But having reached Fang Yu's Realm...

First relying on the surge of Mental Energy to push his physical techniques to the micro-limit, and then transforming through a life-and-death bloody battle to master the Micro-realm Secret Technique, his techniques had reached a level that ordinary college students could only look up to with despair.

In every movement, whether walking, stopping, sitting, or lying down, he could make his tendons, bones, and spine operate like a great Dragon, running the stance cultivation to vibrate his marrow and organs, allowing his life level to constantly rise.

"No wonder."

"In ancient martial arts, whenever some martial arts Great Masters were trapped in a Bottleneck, they would always invite a life-and-death battle in order to break through the so-called life-and-death mystic barrier." Fang Yu silently recited in his heart, "Martial arts since the New Calendar also encourages Martial Artists to constantly come to Primal Star Combat Practice, fight against Vicious Beasts, and risk their lives with alien powerhouses."

"Of all human affairs, none is greater than life and death."

"Seeking survival and avoiding death is the most instinctive desire of life, and it can also erupt into the most intense mental fluctuations... Walking on the edge of death, the tempering and baptism of the spirit surpass cultivating a thousand or ten thousand times in a martial arts room." Fang Yu understood in his heart.

If there hadn't been the desperate oppression of facing the encirclement of the wolf pack...

If there hadn't been the determination to risk one's life to save others...

He would never have been able to master the 'Secret Technique' so quickly. Through normal cultivation, it would have taken at least several more months.

However, Fang Yu also understood that wandering on the edge of death meant there was a possibility of dying at any time. Unless necessary, and unless trapped in a Bottleneck with a sense of despair in one's heart, one should try not to actively attempt it.

Fang Yu had cultivated for many years.

This time was the closest he had ever been to death.

...

"Micro-realm Secret Technique!"

"It is the perfect combination of body, mind, and vessel. The vessel is external, the intent reaches outward and gathers inward, and fundamentally there is no distinction between inside and outside... My control over myself seems to have risen by a few fractions compared to before." Fang Yu kept a small portion of his mind alert to the outside world, while most of his attention was scattered within his body.

Carefully 'listening' to his entire body.

The sound of blood flowing was like a surging great river; the sound of the stomach and intestines writhing was like metal striking; the sound of bones and flesh rubbing was like the sky collapsing and the earth sinking... Every subtle sound of the body was like a loud bell ringing in his ears, as if adding a pair of eyes and ears for him.

Hu! Hu!

Fang Yu tried to go a step further, attempting to gain insight into the finest details of Qi and blood. Concentrating his mind to turn his heart into eyes, he immediately felt an invisible mental oppression.

Everything that had originally been clear within his body became blurry once more.

"Still not enough."

"Lacking a bit." Fang Yu sighed inwardly, with a single thought completely giving up the perfect control over his body. His spirit returned to peace. What he had just attempted was precisely 'mental transformation into eyes'.

Transformation into eyes.

In short, it meant tempering the spirit to the extreme, ultimately resembling the 'Wisdom Eye', capable of observing the fine-strand changes within the body, completely controlling the changes in the body's Qi and blood, and even excavating physical potential to the cellular level. The power explosion could reach three, four, or even more times the basic strength!!

How terrifying!

That was the 'Inner Scenery Realm' of physical techniques.

It was also Fang Yu's current pursuit. Having mastered the Micro-realm Secret Technique, going from external vessels to within the body, he was only a step away from the Inner Scenery Realm... But this step was extremely difficult, stopping countless martial arts Great Masters throughout history.

Just now, Fang Yu had only made a preliminary attempt.

Failure was within reason.

He wasn't discouraged at all.

"In just a few months, I've gone from Micro-consummation to the Micro-realm Secret Technique, and now to the threshold of the Inner Scenery. This progress can already be called miraculous." Fang Yu thought calmly, "What I need to do is continue nourishing the body, nourishing Qi, and nourishing the spirit, and success will naturally come when conditions are ripe."

Cultivate the body.

Temper the spirit.

Until the spirit finally burst forth, the flesh and blood flourished, and under the combination of flesh and spirit, a pair of 'Wisdom Eyes' would naturally be nurtured within the body.

...

In the blink of an eye, half an hour passed. Fang Yu and the others moved forward all the way, getting closer and closer to the Starry Sky Base, and had once again arrived at a patch of forest near Daling Mountain.

Suddenly.

"Hmm?" Fang Yu sensed something, abruptly stopping and gazing straight ahead.

"Something's up?" Bai Chen, Xiong Meng, and the others immediately dispersed. Qin Yang even flashed forward with his longbow already in hand, an arrow nocked on the string, ready to launch an attack at any moment.

"Haha!"

"No wonder you could kill the Fire-Eyed Wolf King. I really underestimated you. From so far away, you were actually able to detect my existence." A voice abruptly rang out, "Are you really a junior college student?"

Whoosh!

A figure walked out from the gloomy forest. With a few flashes, he had already closed in on Fang Yu, Bai Chen, and the others, carrying a hint of a teasing smile on his face: "Fang Yu."

"Xia Tao."

"It's you." Bai Chen, Qin Yang, Xia Yao, and Xiong Meng all wore angry expressions. None of them expected that just as they were about to return to the Starry Sky Base, they would run into Xia Tao again.