Zhang Yu felt the impact of the martial intent, so substantial it was as if it would incinerate his flesh, organs, bones, soul, consciousness…everything he was, into ash.

The moment they made contact, Zhang Yu felt as though he was on the verge of death. The disparity between their powers was simply too great.

At the same time, the voice of Starfire Zhenren exploded in his ears.

“Circulate your cultivation arts, and use your will to resist my martial intent!”

Zhang Yu fully activated the Remnant Ox Sacrificial Body Heart Sutra. Accompanied by a roar from the white ox in his mind, waves of fighting spirit surged from his heart!

Scenes from the past flashed before Zhang Yu’s eyes: desperate battles, fierce resistance, and the life-or-death struggle with Wang Lianchang!

On the other side, Starfire Zhenren watched as the two of them gritted their teeth and stubbornly endured the impact of his martial intent. He nodded slightly and temporarily withdrew his martial intent.

“Rest for 30 seconds, then continue!”

Thirty seconds later, the violent intent was once again released from Starfire Zhenren’s body!

This time, however, Zhang Yu no longer felt as though he was being consumed by flames. Instead, he felt an overwhelming pressure, as if the air had become a thousand, ten thousand times heavier in an instant, threatening to crush his bones and force him to kneel.

Starfire Zhenren said coldly, “Hold on, don’t kneel!”

Gone was the amiable demeanor of the elder.

After instructing Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen in their training, Starfire Zhenren exuded an aura of authority, like a general on the battlefield. Every command, every piece of advice, was irrefutable!

In the time that followed, Starfire Zhenren repeatedly bombarded the two of them with his martial intent, forcing Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen to circulate their cultivation arts and resist with all their might!

Each time, the martial intent that Starfire Zhenren released was different!

Sometimes Zhang Yu felt as though he was being burned by fire, sometimes as though he was being crushed by the atmosphere, sometimes as though he was being pierced by ten thousand swords, and sometimes as though his thoughts were frozen…

The myriad forms of martial intent assailed him, and Zhang Yu couldn’t help but marvel, “Just how many cultivation arts does this old geezer know?”

“He can switch between different cultivation arts so seamlessly. Is he not suffering from a split personality?”

During this process of tempering their Dao hearts and cultivation arts, Zhang Yu felt as though he were a sharp sword, and Starfire Zhenren’s martial intent was like a whetstone. The sword was being sharpened again and again, becoming even sharper and more refined!

Zhang Yu could clearly sense that this kind of training was indeed several times more effective than cultivating the cultivation arts alone!

Dao Heart: Level 11 (0.3) (0.5)

Remnant Ox Sacrificial Body Heart Sutra: Level 11 (3/110) (35/110)

Starfire Zhenren looked at the two, their faces pale and teetering on the verge of collapse, and stopped releasing his martial intent!

He said casually, “Alright, you’ve both reached your limits for today. Pushing yourselves further would damage your spirits!”

“But you must continue to circulate your cultivation arts, and especially remember the feeling of resisting the pressure just now!”

“Maintain that feeling, and cultivating with this tension will make your usual progress in improving your Dao hearts more efficient!”

As Starfire Zhenren left, Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen collapsed to the ground, feeling utterly exhausted despite not having done much physical exercise!

In the days that followed, Starfire Zhenren would occasionally summon Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen for a round of training!

His method of guiding Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen was just as he had said: very rudimentary, yet very effective!

If Zhang Yu were to describe it… it was a cost-effective training method for the poor!

But this cost-effectiveness was built on Starfire Zhenren’s efforts!

Zhang Yu thought, “If Starfire Zhenren were to charge for his guidance, I don’t know how much it would cost. Zhenzhen and I definitely couldn’t afford it!”

He was deeply grateful for the kindness of this Golden Core Zhenren who was willing to take the time to guide them for free.

He thought to himself, “Thank you, old geezer. In the future, when I rise to the top, I will make your name resound throughout the Kunxu!”

Under Starfire Zhenren’s guidance, Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen’s Dao hearts and physical strength steadily improved every day, far exceeding the efficiency of cultivating alone!

As for their spiritual power, Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen had other plans!

On this day, Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen arrived at the protected area, swiping their faces one after the other to pass through the gate!

They were familiar with the route and headed straight to the foot of a mountain, seemingly having been there many times before!

The mountain before them was one of the protected area’s important spiritual pulse nodes, a place that was once unattainable and unimaginable for Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen!

But now, they could not only breathe freely within the protected area, but even enter the mountain to cultivate!

However, before entering the mountain each time, Zhang Yu had a task to complete, a delivery to make as required by Red Pagoda Dragon CEO!

Watching Zhang Yu walk into the nearby toilet, Bai Zhenzhen waited outside and began to breathe in and out deeply.

But after waiting for what felt like an eternity, Bai Zhenzhen finally couldn’t help but urge, “Are you done yet?”

She said with some dissatisfaction, “Why are you taking longer and longer each time? I’ve been waiting for almost half an hour!”

Zhang Yu’s slightly annoyed voice came from inside, “Almost done… What are you hurrying me for?”

“Think about who it is that’s making the sacrifices, so that you can come here to cultivate?”

Bai Zhenzhen rolled her eyes and suggested, “Then next time, can you finish at home and bring it over?”

Zhang Yu said, “You think I don’t want to? Red Pagoda Company requires it to be fresh.”

After waiting for another ten minutes or so, Bai Zhenzhen thought to herself, “Yu-zi, this guy is really… not cutting it off even after achieving Foundation Establishment!”

“After Foundation Establishment, his physical strength has comprehensively improved. Doesn’t that mean that the root will only get bigger and stronger, nourished even further?”

In the future, if he continues to train his body and nourish that thing, who knows how much nutrition, blood, and spiritual energy will be wasted on it!

“Not to mention how much time and effort will be wasted on it… It’s simply a malignant tumor on the path to immortality!”

“But then again, this thing isn’t without its merits. At least it allows us to cut in line and cultivate in the spiritual pulse!”

“Once we get up there, we’ll be poor again. Maybe it can also serve as our reserve fund at a critical moment!”

After pondering for a moment, Bai Zhenzhen came up with a compromise: “Why not make Yu-zi’s… detachable? Like his eyes!”

“Attach it when needed, and lock it up at other times? That way, we don’t have to worry about this tumor consuming too much nutrition and blood, hindering Yu-zi’s body training progress!”

“We’re siblings, and if he can’t make up his mind, should I just give him a hand?”

Bai Zhenzhen believed that Zhang Yu would understand her!

“After all, I see a hint of helplessness and remorse on Yu-zi’s face every time he’s done. He must want to get rid of this trouble in his heart, but he just can’t bring himself to make the painful decision!”

Just as Bai Zhenzhen was secretly planning how to help her brother, Zhang Yu slowly walked out of the toilet!

“Done, let’s go!”

Zhang Yu waved his hand, leading Bai Zhenzhen through the entrance to the spiritual pulse with a hint of pride!

The surging spiritual energy flooded over them, causing the spiritual roots in their bodies to tremble and feel an unparalleled sense of comfort!

Zhang Yu felt that only when he entered the spiritual pulse to breathe in and out did his Qi Sea Spiritual Root and Azure Vortex Qi skill truly have a chance to shine, no longer feeling as stifled as they did on ordinary days!

Yes, stifled!

Ever since entering Foundation Establishment, Zhang Yu had felt a sense of suffocation every day, feeling that the spiritual energy in this world was so thin, and the air was so stale!

“The spiritual pulse is still the best!”

However, when he thought about the time he had just spent in order to get in, Zhang Yu felt a little self-reflection: “It really was a bit of a waste of time!”

“But I can’t be blamed, I’ve already tried my best!”

Looking at Bai Zhenzhen beside him, Zhang Yu suddenly blushed and turned his head away!

Bai Zhenzhen, who was taking deep breaths, raised an eyebrow, sensing Zhang Yu’s gaze, and asked in confusion, “Speak if you have something to say!”

Zhang Yu stammered, “Actually… um… I thought of a way to be faster!”

Bai Zhenzhen asked curiously, “What way?”

“Um…” Zhang Yu turned his head away with a red face, finally taking a deep breath and saying, “Nothing… It’s nothing!”

As Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen walked deeper into the spiritual pulse, Fu Ji felt as though she had unspeakable troubles: “You two, why don’t you ever ask me how I feel? Do you think it’s okay for me to just accompany Zhang Yu like this?”

“Damn it, I should be paid a viewing fee!”

“Damn it, if I ask to follow Bai Zhenzhen, it will definitely arouse suspicion from this kid Zhang Yu, thinking that I have some ulterior motives!”

“Sigh, just think of it as watching Animal World!”

After arriving in the depths of the spiritual pulse, Zhang Yu began to circulate the newly cultivated Azure Vortex Qi skill!

This Foundation Establishment stage breathing technique could use spiritual power to form a vortex. With continuous breathing, it would continuously increase the range of spiritual energy gathering, until it reached its own limit!

At this moment, with the cooperation of the Qi Sea Spiritual Root, Zhang Yu directly increased the range of spiritual energy gathering to a distance of 100 meters around him!

At this moment, Zhang Yu was like a huge loophole, frantically attracting the spiritual energy from the spiritual pulse to surge in!

Zhang Yu thought in his mind, “Although this Azure Vortex Qi skill can’t be circulated all the time like the Great Sun Qi Sea, coming to the spiritual pulse to cultivate for a few hours with this method is equivalent to several days of hard work with the Great Sun Qi Sea. The efficiency is still higher!”

“Especially since I haven’t yet pushed this Azure Vortex Qi skill to the highest level, the efficiency of refining spiritual power will definitely be even stronger in the future!”

Spiritual Power: 200.5

Azure Vortex Qi: Level 10 (1/100)

“Finally Level 10!”

Zhang Yu felt the Azure Vortex Qi reaching Level 10, and could feel streams of Qi cyclones surrounding his body, frantically devouring the surrounding spiritual energy!

After Level 10, the spiritual power vortex manifested externally, further increasing the range of spiritual energy gathering!

“With my Qi Sea Spiritual Root, the range of my spiritual root gathering has now increased to 150 meters!”

Not long after Bai Zhenzhen and Zhang Yu entered the spiritual pulse entrance!

Accompanied by the whistling of flying swords and the surge of combat spiritual roots, a fully armed security force surrounded the toilet that Zhang Yu had just used!

Several staff members wearing protective suits walked into the toilet, and after a moment, walked out holding a huge armored box. Under the solemn gaze of the surrounding security team members, they carried the armored box onto the flying boat!

Just as Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen were immersed in Foundation Establishment stage cultivation, wholeheartedly dedicating themselves to laying a solid foundation, improving their Dao hearts, spiritual power, and physical strength!

On the other side, some ripples were occurring in the handling of the Oasis Group!

On this day, Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen had just finished receiving Starfire Zhenren’s guidance when they received a call from Patrol Team Captain Yun Ni!

Yun Ni said, “During your battle with the Red River group, wasn’t there a mysterious expert who suddenly attacked Bai Zhenzhen?”

“After investigation, it has been 100% confirmed that this expert, whom you killed during the law enforcement action, was Zhou Yang from the Zhou family…”

Hearing this news, both Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen’s expressions changed slightly. They both knew that the Zhou family was suspected of having an evil god behind them!

Yun Ni continued, “Next, the Patrol Team will thoroughly investigate the Zhou family. After all, you two are the parties involved. I’m just here to ask for your opinions…”

Zhang Yu said directly, “You’re going to thoroughly investigate the Zhou family? Can Zhenzhen and I go along?”