Chapter 539: Chapter 539

Zhouyang was very worried about Jiang Fengxian’s safety.

Even though he knew Jiang Fengxian had extraordinary talent and very high aptitude, being a true prodigy in cultivation.

However, whether the "Void Refining God Technique" could be mastered quickly tests not the talent of Spiritual Root but the talent of enlightenment.

Enlightenment talent is a hidden talent. Besides the cultivator themselves, no one knows whether they have remarkable talent in enlightenment.

Zhouyang, due to having memories of a past life, had an inherently good talent in enlightenment and learned things quickly.

But even he, before truly cultivating, didn’t dare say he could definitely master the "Void Refining God Technique" within half a year.

How could he not be worried about Jiang Fengxian!

Though he was worried, he knew clearly that besides worrying, he couldn’t help Jiang Fengxian at all at this moment.

So after worrying for a while, he calmed his mind and focused completely on researching the cultivation technique of the "Void Refining God Technique."

This divine sense cultivation technique is named "Void Refining," focusing primarily on the concept of "Void."

In the cultivation realm, there is a term called "Divine Travel in the Void." The "Void Refining God Technique" teaches high-tier cultivators the method of "Divine Travel in the Void."

If one is a Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator, "Divine Travel in the Void" is not too difficult, needing only the emergence of the nascent soul.

But for a Golden Core Stage Cultivator, achieving "Divine Travel in the Void" may not be hard, but how to return the emerged divine soul to the body is a very difficult task.

Generally speaking, only when the physical body is damaged and beyond restoration does a Golden Core Stage Cultivator allow their primordial spirit to leave and possess another.

Unless faced with such circumstances, a Golden Core Stage Cultivator would never let their primordial spirit leave the body because a weak primordial spirit is easily polluted and damaged by various evil qi, gang qi, and evil energies outside, with severe cases leading to the spirit’s obliteration.

This is not just scare talk; it is genuinely extremely dangerous.

According to records from predecessors in the cultivation realm, even if a Golden Core Stage cultivator’s primordial spirit leaves the body and isn’t in a place dense with evil qi, gang qi, or evil energies, it cannot last more than a day before dissipating.

This illustrates the risk of "Divine Travel in the Void."

Zhouyang is now in a stone chamber filled with spiritual qi, located within the mountain’s belly, safe from gang winds, evil qi, and thunderous gang storms, making the environment quite favorable.

Presumably, the entity testing them arranged for them to cultivate the "Void Refining God Technique" in this stone chamber considering these environmental factors.

Zhouyang studied the cultivation method of the "Void Refining God Technique," repeatedly deliberating each word countless times before daring to attempt it according to the documented method.

His own divine sense is much stronger than that of his peers, which provided him with a significant advantage.

After roughly two months, he successfully completed a session of "Divine Travel in the Void."

However, completing a session of "Divine Travel in the Void" only means he has successfully learned the secret technique of "Void Refining God Technique." To cultivate the technique to the first layer, he must rely on this technique to enhance his divine sense strength by ten percent.

Time was tight, and Zhouyang didn’t dare be negligent. Apart from necessary rest, he devoted all his time and energy to cultivating the "Void Refining God Technique."

Effort always brings rewards.

Approximately five months after entering the stone chamber, Zhouyang completed the first layer of the "Void Refining God Technique" twenty days early, successfully enhancing his divine sense strength by ten percent.

Though it was only a ten percent enhancement of divine sense, seeming insignificant, it directly elevated Zhouyang’s divine sense strength to the level of a Ninth-Layer Golden Core Cultivator.

Upon successfully mastering the first layer of the "Void Refining God Technique," he released his divine sense fully towards the door of the stone chamber, causing the stone door to automatically open, revealing a path leading outside.

Seeing this, Zhouyang immediately stepped out of the stone chamber, following the path outward. Follow current novᴇls on NoveI★Fire.net

He walked about three to four miles, arriving at a picturesque valley with birds chirping and flowers blooming.

To his surprise, under a snow pine tree in the valley, a celestial fairy of rare beauty smiled at him, nodding with a smile, speaking as he emerged: "I knew with Brother Zhou’s talent, passing the previous two tests would be absolutely no problem!"

"Aren’t you the same, Fengxian? I worried about you for quite a while!"

Zhouyang’s eyes flashed with a smile, then he shook his head with a bitter smile, feeling foolish for his concern.

As expected, upon hearing his words, Jiang Fengxian didn’t feel deeply moved by his worry. Instead, she raised her delicate eyebrows, lifted her chin, saying proudly, "Worry about me? Brother Zhou, do you lack confidence in me? I, Jiang Fengxian, am not a fragile woman who needs worry or protection!"

Her words seemed to imply something, and Zhouyang could only respond with a bitter smile, not daring to argue.

It seemed Jiang Fengxian was just speaking casually, as she approached him slowly while speaking, not genuinely angry with him.

Zhouyang saw this, and his complexion improved significantly, then he seemed to think of something and couldn’t help but ask, "By the way, Fengxian, when did you come out? Do you know where this place is? Why haven’t we seen anyone else here besides the two of us?"

"I came out just a few days earlier than you, Brother Zhou, and I’m still unclear about where this is. I only know that it seems not easy to leave this place. I don’t know if we haven’t met the conditions for leaving yet."

"As for other people, it’s also puzzling. Considering so many cultivators entered the Holy Infant Valley, it’s impossible that only the two of us passed the first two tests. If I hadn’t seen you appear, Brother Zhou, I would have doubted whether I was the only person here all along!"

Jiang Fengxian responded to Zhouyang’s questions while walking up to him, then naturally extended her hand toward him.

Zhouyang suddenly shouted, his eyes fixed sharply on Jiang Fengxian.

"What’s wrong? Did you discover something, Brother Zhou?"

Jiang Fengxian’s extended jade hand lifted slightly, and she gently arranged the loose strands of hair on her forehead while curiously meeting Zhouyang’s gaze, her beautiful eyes full of curiosity.

"It’s nothing. I just suddenly thought, could it be that the guardian of the Holy Infant Fruit discovered that the two of us were together and deliberately arranged for us to be here, and then let both of us conduct the third test together?"

Zhouyang withdrew his gaze, shook his head slightly, and softly voiced his speculation.

"I think it’s very possible. Brother Zhou, your speculation is very important to us. If this is really the case, then..."

Jiang Fengxian nodded repeatedly, showing a thoughtful expression on her face. Then she spoke while taking a few steps to circle behind Zhouyang.

Meanwhile, Zhouyang’s attention seemed entirely hypnotized by her words, completely ignoring her actions. Upon hearing her, he immediately followed up with a question, "Then what? Did you think of something, Fengxian?"

"I was thinking, could it be..."

"You really have a problem!"

In the valley, Zhouyang was surrounded by golden flames, looking angrily at the monster opposite him, eyes full of fury.

Before him, the "Jiang Fengxian," who was originally as beautiful as a fairy, was instantly turned into a white, transparent, faceless human-shaped monster when encountering the burn of his "Qianyang True Flame."

It turned out that the "Jiang Fengxian" who was talking to him earlier had always been this faceless monster in disguise, and this monster even took advantage of his lowered guard to attempt a sneak attack from behind.

Luckily, his vigilance hadn’t been entirely put down, and he timely discovered and turned the tables on the monster.

"How did you find out I was problematic? The person I disguised as should have had no differences whatsoever compared to the person you like!"

"And with the help of the Myriad Phenomena Heart Demon Array, I could even perceive your innermost thoughts. How could you know I was problematic?"

The voice of the human-shaped faceless monster, neutralized and filled with deep confusion and doubt, couldn’t understand where exactly it went wrong.

"This question will have to wait until after you die for me to tell you!"

Zhouyang finished speaking coldly, and with a thought, his divine sense transformed into an invisible needle, fiercely stabbing at the human-shaped, faceless monster.

He had already realized that the monster likely resembled a ghost-like spirit body, but without the eerie evil Qi typical of ghosts and not affected by the "Qianyang True Flame."

Against such spirit body monsters, physical attacks and ordinary magic attacks are not very effective; only divine sense attacks can inflict 100% damage.

The Golden Core Stage cultivator’s primordial spirit is protected by the golden core. It’s no surprise that a lower-level secret technique like the Godslaying Needle can’t harm Golden Core Stage cultivators, but Zhouyang didn’t believe this spirit body monster could also ignore his Godslaying Needle attack.

Yet, as Zhouyang was about to act, the faceless human-shaped monster suddenly vanished from his perception and sight.

Simultaneously, the valley filled with birds and flowers instantly disappeared like a dream, revealing a cave chamber.

It turned out that everything he had seen earlier was nothing but an illusion formed by the array.

However, the illusion was so realistic that, with Zhouyang’s cultivation and divine sense, he couldn’t detect a single flaw.

Looking at this cave chamber again, it was spacious but quite simple. Apart from a few treasure pearls embedded in the stone walls for illumination, there were only a few stone tables and dozens of stone stools.

At this moment, four people were already seated on those stone stools in the cave chamber, including the Black Vulture Ascendant and Du Yunsheng, whom Zhouyang knew.

Seeing him appear, the four people seemed unsurprised, as if they had expected him to come over.

Du Yunsheng even smiled at him, then swiftly extended a hinting glance.

He was slightly taken aback by this and couldn’t help but follow Du Yunsheng’s discreet gesture, and then his expression changed.