Crafting an Immortal Race with Daily Hexagrams

"While strolling around, I unknowingly arrived at the South City Gate, and then, for some reason, went directly to the Laishui River."

Upon hearing this, Shen Wen’an and Shen Chongming exchanged glances.

Xu Zhan continued, "After I entered the Laishui River, my body sank all the way down. By the time I realized, my vitality was almost completely worn out by that eerie cold force."

Shen Chongming frowned with curiosity and asked, "What’s with the ice coffin and the whirlpool?"

"And who is that strange golden skeleton?"

Xu Zhan shook his head slightly.

"I can’t figure out the ice coffin and the whirlpool either."

"But regarding that golden skeleton, I do have a guess."

After pausing for a moment, he immediately recounted the secret he obtained from the Yin General during their battle with the Underworld.

Hearing this, the two people in front of him were somewhat surprised.

After a slight pause, Shen Wen’an said, "So, that golden skeleton is very likely the one who defected from the Underworld back then?"

"Did you get your ’Nine Fiends Gathering Body Technique’ from him?"

Xu Zhan nodded. He was guessing as much, but he wasn’t entirely sure.

When he broke out of that eerie ice coffin, he only saw the golden skeleton from afar sitting cross-legged in the dark purple whirlpool at the riverbed, waving gently at him.

After that, his body was enveloped by a force emanating from the dark purple whirlpool and was thrown to the water’s surface.

Shen Chongming also asked, "So have you realized the cultivation technique for the Impeccable Golden Body now?"

This was crucial.

If Xu Zhan’s Impeccable Golden Body was cultivated with the help of the ice coffin and the golden skeleton at the bottom of the Laishui River, then the other body cultivators under the Shen Family still had to find their own way to cultivate the Impeccable Golden Body.

Otherwise, even if a body cultivator reached the Fifth Realm in the future, they would still face the risk of being targeted by other cultivators.

After careful consideration, Xu Zhan nodded and said, "I’d say I’ve realized it."

"However, this technique still has several flaws, and each flaw poses life-threatening dangers to body cultivators."

"With the help of the ice coffin and the skeleton at the riverbed, I almost died back then..."

A hint of solemnity appeared on Xu Zhan’s face.

When he first sank to the river bottom and his inner vitality was completely worn out, his consciousness fell into endless darkness and was immersed for a long time.

If not for the deep-rooted attachment to Shen You and Xu Jingzhe in his consciousness, which redeemed his awareness and released the Immortal Golden Nature belonging to the Yin Tiger Demon King within him, slowly refining it, merging with his bones and blood, and reviving his vitality.

He might have truly died.

The forebears of the body cultivators referred to the Fourth Realm of Body Cultivation as the Life and Death Realm.

But Xu Zhan felt that for body cultivators, the real life-and-death calamity is when cultivating the Impeccable Golden Body!

After all, breaking through the Fourth Realm only presents a life-and-death crisis, whereas cultivating the Impeccable Golden Body truly requires one to "die" once.

By leveraging external forces to have one’s physical vitality completely worn out, and ultimately relying on their own tenacious willpower to integrate that Immortal Golden Nature into their flesh and bones, breaking through and being reborn.

In such circumstances, any slight mistake could truly lead to death.

Listening to him, the uncle and nephew both obviously realized how dangerous it actually was to cultivate this so-called "Impeccable Golden Body" for body cultivators.

However, similarly, the higher the risk, the greater the potential rewards.

"The Impeccable Golden Body should be quite powerful, right?"

Shen Wen’an glanced at him and asked.

He could clearly feel that Xu Zhan now possessed an incredibly concealed and terrifying power within him.

Based on aura alone, at this moment, Xu Zhan felt no weaker than those Late Stage of Golden Core cultivators of the same realm.

Xu Zhan nodded, smiling.

He did not hide anything from Shen Wen’an and Shen Chongming, directly saying, "The power of that golden skeleton, both Third Uncle and brother have witnessed, right?"

Upon hearing this, Shen Chongming was somewhat surprised and asked, "You mean, that golden skeleton is actually a Fifth Realm Body Cultivator who has cultivated the Impeccable Golden Body?"

Xu Zhan shook his head repeatedly.

"That senior is indeed an Impeccable Golden Body, but his realm is definitely not Fifth Realm."

"I estimate, it is at least at the Seventh Realm, possibly even beyond the Seventh Realm."

"It’s just that without a body of flesh and blood, it can no longer utilize the Qi Blood and the power stored within."

After a pause, Xu Zhan made a comparison.

"My current body, if I don’t utilize Qi Blood Power, relying purely on the defense of the Impeccable Golden Body, is not weaker than the Superior Middle Grade Magical Armor."

"If I fully defend... an Immortal Dao cultivator of the Golden Core stage without special means or an Upper Grade Attack Magical Artifact wouldn’t be able to hurt me."

Upon hearing this, the uncle and nephew before him were taken aback.

They had imagined this so-called "Impeccable Golden Body" could greatly enhance Xu Zhan’s physical defense.

But they didn’t expect it would be so monstrous.

If what Xu Zhan said was true, in a state of full defense, he is practically like a humanoid magical artifact!

Not only does it have terrifying defensive power, but the Impeccable Golden Body’s effect on the flesh would surely also greatly enhance his strength.

By then, even without any weaponry, every punch and kick would be a powerful strike.

Suppressing the shock in his heart, Shen Chongming solemnly said, "The matter of the Impeccable Golden Body still requires you to put in more effort and comprehension. Whether our Shen Family’s body cultivation can achieve something in the future all depends on you."

Xu Zhan responded with a slight smile, "Brother, there’s no need to be so polite. These are all things I ought to do."

Saying so, he stood up and cupped his hands, saying, "I suppose there’s no other matter now, so I’ll first go back and check on Shen You and Xu Jingzhe."

"During this time, they must have been very worried."

Shen Chongming nodded repeatedly, watching him leave the chamber.

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The spiritual phenomena of the Yunmeng Marsh lasted much longer than that of the Celestial Aromatic Mountain.