Chapter 601: The Path to the Future, Jiesheng Realm

City Lord Ming Long could not understand, even in his dreams, why he was being intercepted by a group of mysterious experts.

Moreover, these mysterious experts didn't even intend to take his life!

They just wanted to give him a severe beating and teach him a lesson!

"Why, just why…"

City Lord Ming Long thought of many possibilities, but he couldn't figure out the reason.

The last person he had offended was Xiao Fan, but where could Xiao Fan have found so many experts?!

Why??

Who on earth was it!

…

Xiao Fan was naturally unaware that City Lord Ming Long had been intercepted.

If he knew the truth of the matter, Xiao Fan might have even laughed out loud.

Zhangsun Ning emerged from her seclusion after ten days. Her aura was now robust and restrained; Xiao Fan felt that at this moment, Zhangsun Ning seemed to be about as strong as Elder Mao Tai from the Auction House.

"Your injuries?" Xiao Fan looked at Zhangsun Ning.

"I've recovered about seventy to eighty percent." Zhangsun Ning smiled; it was clear she was in a good mood.

Having taken four grade 6 pills, her Foundation and Essence Blood had mostly recovered. To fully recover now, she could only rely on time or consume rare Heaven And Earth Treasures or grade 7 pills!

But both of these were extremely rare; even with Spirit Stones, one might not necessarily be able to obtain them.

"Seventy to eighty percent and already this strong!" Xiao Fan was shocked; he felt he had underestimated Zhangsun Ning in the past.

Having reached the Yuanhun Realm, his perception was now much sharper.

At this moment, Xiao Fan felt that if Zhangsun Ning was telling the truth and this wasn't even her peak state…

…then he felt she might even be able to defeat the Ancestor of Jixian Sect and flatten the entire Jixian Sect on her own.

"Has anything happened recently?" Zhangsun Ning asked. After she had entered her Immortal Cave, she had felt the aura fluctuations of experts appearing within Xiao Fan's Immortal Cave.

But at that time, she had already taken the Medicinal Pills and couldn't go over to check.

"Yes!" Xiao Fan spoke up and told her about the visit from the King of the Yihuang Dynasty and that glamorous woman.

"It must have been them." Zhangsun Ning nodded, connecting the two of them with the people from the Auction House.

"They're letting you enter the Secret Realm?" Zhangsun Ning was puzzled; she couldn't understand why such an Opportunity would find Xiao Fan.

She knew these great powers well; it was impossible for them not to investigate Xiao Fan's background. Knowing his origins were suspicious, how could they still let him enter the Secret Realm to obtain opportunities?

"He said he wants me to help him find something called a creation fruit," Xiao Fan answered truthfully, but he didn't mention that he knew what the creation fruit did, as that would invite unnecessary trouble.

"creation fruit? There's actually a creation fruit in that Secret Realm?!" Zhangsun Ning's mouth hung open in shock.

"Uh… that's what he said. What's wrong?" Xiao Fan was confused, not understanding why Zhangsun Ning was so shocked.

"This thing is extraordinary." Zhangsun Ning began to explain the creation fruit to Xiao Fan.

"Above the Yuding Realm is the Jiesheng Realm. Upon reaching this Realm, one can master the Laws of the Dao."

"Using this ability to injure an enemy can make their wounds difficult, or even impossible, to heal!"

"Abilities like Limb Regrowth become completely ineffective; lost body parts cannot be restored."

"To recover, one would have to resort to Possession and Rebirth, or abandon their Physical Body to condense a new Physical Body for cultivation. However, both processes are slow, and one's future would basically be ruined."

"But the creation fruit can eliminate the Dao injury sustained, allowing one's wounds to heal."

"The same applies to the methods of Realms above the Jiesheng Realm."

"Therefore, once your cultivation reaches the Yuding Realm and beyond, you often begin to return to basics and place importance on physical strength again. This is because in the clashes of higher Realms, there are many ways to kill instantly. Do you understand?"

Zhangsun Ning explained very carefully, detailing the cultivation path ahead.

Xiao Fan nodded; he didn't doubt Zhangsun Ning's words.

Actually, he had been curious before why, other than the Body Tempering Cultivation Technique he practiced during the Body Tempering Realm, none of the Cultivation Techniques given by the star chart afterward were related to Body Tempering!

It turned out that after reaching the Yuding Realm, one needed to Cultivate the Physical Body again!

"The Physical Body is very important, especially in the later Realms where there are so many methods… Without a strong and sturdy Physical Body, a sudden sneak attack from an opponent could put you to death at any time!" Zhangsun Ning emphasized again.

Xiao Fan nodded; he also understood that the higher the Realm, the more killing methods there were.

And having a powerful Physical Body would be a good way to prevent such things from happening.

If someone were to launch a sneak attack, a powerful Physical Body would be the most important defense.

Xiao Fan didn't stay long; he left Zhangsun Ning's Immortal Cave.

"There are only five days left." Xiao Fan let out a breath. He planned to raise his cultivation level to the Middle Stage of the first level of the Yuanhun Realm; that way, he would be more confident when entering the Secret Realm.

The likes of Yuan Jingtian, whom he had defeated before, were decent Geniuses, but Xiao Fan now realized that the true Prodigies of Yihuang Province might not have appeared yet.

"People from the Imperial Family, and Disciples from great powers all over Yihuang Province." Xiao Fan muttered to himself. Upon entering the Secret Realm, he might encounter true Prodigies.

If it were a pure competition of talent, Xiao Fan was second to none, but after entering the Secret Realm, there would first be three months of slaughter!

He had to survive and kill for three months before he could finally enter the so-called Divine Temple.

He also told Zhangsun Ning about the Divine Temple, but she knew nothing about it.