464: Chapter 464 A Little Stronger?

Lin Yu's soul hovered quietly in mid-air, half a foot above the ground. He lowered his head slightly, seemingly still immersed in a deep slumber.

Compared to before his slumber, Lin Yu had undergone an earth-shattering change.

Previously, he had been like a mass of mist barely shaped into a human form, his edges always blurred with shadows, and one could even see the stone wall behind him through his body. But now, his soul body was as solid as if carved from fine mutton-fat jade. Not only was there no transparency, but even the folds of his clothes and the texture of his hair were clearly visible, as if a living person with a true Physical Body were standing there out of thin air.

The surrounding Soul Power finally calmed down completely. The Immortal Cave returned to a deathly silence, with only the last wisp of smoke from the soul-nurturing incense stubbornly curling.

Lin Yu, suspended in mid-air, saw his eyelashes quiver slightly.

Subsequently, he slowly opened his eyes.

They were eyes of startling brightness, devoid of the turbidity and Death Qi belonging to a remnant soul, as if they could see through all the delusions and disguises in this world, piercing straight into people's hearts.

Lin Yu lowered his head, raised his hands before his eyes, and a trace of novelty appeared in his gaze.

He slowly turned his palms, looking at the clearly visible lines on his palms; he tentatively clenched his fist, then extended his fingers one by one. As he performed these actions, on the solid, jade-like skin of his soul body, one could even see the extremely natural curve of his nail edges, as well as the faint spiritual light that appeared at his joints when he exerted force.

After a detailed inspection, Lin Yu finally lowered his hands.

He slowly raised his head, and those startlingly bright eyes traversed the Void Realm, landing quietly on Su Ming, who was sitting cross-legged.

Watching his disciple's face, which was trying hard to appear calm but still had twitching muscles at the corners of his eyes, the corners of Lin Yu's mouth curled upward, forming a teasing smile that Su Ming was incredibly familiar with.

In the Immortal Cave, a voice rang out.

Although the voice still carried a hint of hoarseness from not having spoken for a long time, it was full of vigor, no longer possessing the drifting weakness of the past, and was filled with laughter.

"Brat, how long... has Master been asleep?"

After asking that question, Lin Yu shifted his gaze away from Su Ming's face and lowered his head again. He seemed to have taken a great interest in his current state, like an old craftsman examining a peerless piece of porcelain that had just come out of the kiln, repeatedly inspecting his own hands.

He vigorously flexed his ten fingers.

"Crack... crack..."

A series of faint yet extremely crisp sounds of joints rubbing together echoed in the pin-drop quiet Immortal Cave.

Su Ming's eyes suddenly narrowed. Although the sound was not loud, it was shockingly realistic! One must know that the Divine Soul is an intangible thing, without bones or meridians; how could it possibly emit such bone-popping sounds that only belong to a Physical Body? This could only mean one thing: Master's current soul body had reached an inconceivable Realm!

"soul nurturing wood marrow is truly a good thing that seizes the creation of heaven and earth." Lin Yu turned his wrists, feeling that long-lost, power-filled sense of control, his tone carrying undisguised satisfaction. "This sleep was worth it."

On the surface, he was calm and indifferent, but inside, Lin Yu's heart was already churning with raging waves, and he even secretly cursed.

"Damn, this is more than just worth it, it's like hitting the jackpot! The density of this soul body is more than ten times stronger than before the sleep!" Lin Yu roared madly in his heart, feeling the Soul Power surging within him like a river. "Back in that dilapidated temple in Qingshi Town, I risked my life to swallow that vengeful womans lamp, and only then did I barely make a Breakthrough to the Early Stage of Ghost General. Later, relying on the Lesser Void Spirit Guiding Formation to grind bit by bit, plus that stingy star pattern silk, I was just barely maintaining my level without dropping. This time, however, the chunk of soul nurturing wood marrow given by that old brat Supreme Elder Hao Yuan had such tyrannical medicinal power that it pushed me directly to the Peak of Ghost General!"

The Peak of Ghost General, converted into the Human Race Realm of Cultivators, is the real deal, the Peak of Golden Core!

With the soul body strength of a Golden Core Peak, even if one really encountered an ordinary Early Stage Golden Core Cultivator, relying solely on this powerful Divine Sense impact would be enough to make the other party suffer.

"However, this trump card must be kept under wraps. In this broken cultivation world, the only person who should know how many trump cards one has is oneself. Even for this silly boy, there is no need to tell him in such detail, lest his tail sticks up to the sky and he goes off to court death again." Lin Yu's inner abacus clicked loudly, but his face still maintained that transcendent, expert demeanor.

He slowly closed his eyes.

In Su Ming's view, Master was just closing his eyes to rest. But in reality, Lin Yu was spreading his massive Divine Sense outward in an extremely concealed manner, like water ripples.

One layer, two layers, three layers...

The Divine Sense penetrated without any obstruction the several layers of Formation that Su Ming had set up around the Immortal Cave to isolate prying eyes, passed through the thick rock layers of Star Gazing Cliff, and spread further into the distance of Formation Peak.

A moment later, Lin Yu opened his eyes, his gaze sweeping casually over the stone table, his tone as plain as if he were discussing how the moonlight was tonight: "In the Spiritual Plant field behind Formation Peak, those silver-spotted heart-clearing orchids used to prepare the soul-nurturing incense are growing quite well. It's just that at the roots of the second one on the left, there seems to be a sign of fire poison accumulation; you should go and cast a Water Healing Technique to treat it tomorrow."

Su Ming, sitting opposite, tightened the hands resting on his knees abruptly, his heart feeling as if it had been struck hard by a heavy hammer.

That Spiritual Plant field behind Formation Peak! Star Gazing Cliff was a full two hundred zhang away from the rear Spiritual Plant field in a straight line! And in between, it was separated by various Spirit Gathering Array and protective Restriction set up by Formation Peak.

With his current cultivation at the Peak of the Early Stage of Foundation Establishment, his Divine Sense limit was only one hundred zhang. Yet Master had just awakened, and not only did his Divine Sense easily penetrate the double obstacles of distance and Restriction, but he could even clearly detect the tiny fire poison under the roots of a Spiritual Plant two hundred zhang away!

This terrifying insight had completely exceeded Su Ming's understanding of the power of the Foundation Establishment Stage.

"Master, your current Realm..." Su Ming swallowed, his body leaning forward slightly unconsciously, his tone carrying unconcealable shock and probing, "Could it be that you have already..."

Before he could finish his sentence, he was gently interrupted by a hand raised by Lin Yu.

"Master himself is not too clear about his current specific Realm." Lin Yu lowered his hand, looking at Su Ming with deep eyes, his tone carrying a bit of reminiscence and vicissitudes, "You also know, this soul body of Master has suffered heavy injuries, so the division of Realm can no longer be judged by conventional logic. The only thing that can be determined now is that it is a little stronger than before the sleep."

"Stronger... by a little?" Su Ming looked at the body in front of him, which was as solid as a white jade statue, and smiled bitterly in his heart. If this was called being a little stronger, then his own Early Stage Foundation Establishment cultivation probably didn't even count as an ant.