Chapter 43

Wind blew slowly from the top of the eastern mountain.

Xu Yi was shirtless as he squatted in a horse stance. He spread his arms out, his hands open flat as he held a stone dumbbell weighing more than 50 pounds in each hand.

After sending Jiang Shaochuan’s audience away, he ate his lunch, took a nap, took a cold shower, and calmly thought about himself. He then channelled his attention too the two stone dumbbells in the courtyard.

His cultivation had already reached the peak of the Body Forging stage, and he was going all out. A strike from him had the force of a bull. Two 50 pound stone dumbbells were originally difficult to train with, but Xu Yi had his own ideas and managed to come up with such a position.

Everyone knew that any ordinary person could carry a hundred-pound sack, but it was difficult to hold ten pounds in one hand and balance it horizontally.

As for opening one’s palms to support the item, even a weight of 5 pounds would be hard to maintain.

Xu Yi maintained this difficult position as he raised the two 50 pound stone dumbbells. The stone dumbbell bar was thin and round, and it was extremely difficult to balance in one’s palms.

Furthermore, as the bar was long and thin, in order to raise both stone dumbbells at the same time, he had to raise one hand higher and the other hand lower.

This position was extremely difficult. Xu Yi’s physical strength was amazing, but after an hour, he felt exhausted.

His amazing willpower carried him through the hour as both his arms were numb from the pain, and sweat trickled down his skin until no more sweat could be produced.

He was hanging on until suddenly, his entire body felt light, and his soul was empty. There was a sense of happiness in the depths of his soul.

Xu Yi could feel that every time his body was beyond exhausted, there was always an unspeakable sense of satisfaction deep down inside.

He guessed that as his physique became stronger, his soul became stronger as well.

The logic was simple. A person with a stronger body tends to have more energy and vigour, and this was a reflection of their soul power.

Xu Yi was not wrong to think that way, but he only knew part of the truth.

In this situation, under the Zen Buddhism, he had developed “Fighter Determination.”

There were great monks in the Zen Buddhism who meditated and maintained a certain position. They could go for days without sleep, detached from the real world. It was a mysterious and wondrous spiritual world.

Under the high intensity training, Xu Yi could focus and forget about everything. After focusing, his spirit guarded the physical body as he continued high intensity training, lending credence to the term “Fighter Determination”.

According to Fighting King Buddha, from the beginning of his training, he could stay focused in battle, battle after battle.

Coincidentally, Xu Yi had the Fighter Determination today.

On one end, his body could reach a point of high intensity, which nurtures the soul.

On the other, the soul would nourish and train the body painlessly and fearlessly.

However, Xu Yi was in the Mysterious Realm and realised the beauty of the body and soul. “Uncle Beardo, how long are you going to train for? I want to eat!” Little Qiu hollered from a corner of the bed as she stuck her head out.

Upon hearing this, the soul shook, and the pain crumbled. Two stone dumbbells slipped away one after another as Xu Yi’s body went soft and almost collapsed to the ground.

The coincidental Fighter Determination was stopped then and there.

Xu Yi regained his consciousness and thought about the Mysterious Realm. He stretched out his arms and touched them, not noticing any difference. However, deep down, he felt that there was something different.

“Uncle Beardo, we are hungry!”

Little Qiu could not take it anymore, and she finally came out of her room and hugged Xu Yi’s long legs, shaking them hard.

“The delivery man has arrived at the door; go get the food.”

Xu Yi’s voice fell as the sound of the bell kept ringing.

Little Qiu immediately let go as she let out a squeal and bolted out.

“No!” Xu Yi said to himself, ecstatic.

He knew what was different, his sense of awareness was more powerful.

Originally, he could perceive the movement about ten feet around. However, this kind of perception was a slipshod awareness. He could feel the people and things around once he closed his eyes.

At that moment, although the range of his sense of awareness was widened, it was not refined.

For example, when someone was knocking on the door just now, in the past, the most he could do was sense that someone was coming to the front of the door, but he could not tell in which direction he was coming from.

Yet, just now, not only could he clearly sense that someone was about to enter, he could even hear and sense the soft sound of the person holding a copper ring.

Xu Yi closed his eyes, opened his arms, and let go of all his consciousness. At that moment, the world was alive once again and changed.

In the nest next to the old ten-foot-tall locus treetop, the little hawk was opening its tender yellow beak, waiting for its mother to come and feed it.

In the Petal Serpent Cave, the shell of the snake’s egg was cracked.

In the fish tank in the middle of the neighbouring courtyard, three gold carp broke the surface in exchange for air.

The evening wind blew slowly as the bamboo leaves rustled and the flowers fell. Xu Yi was using each cell in his body to read the world.

…

After eating dinner, Xu Yi waited for Uncle Mu to take his medicine and lie down. He moved the bamboo back and relaxed in the courtyard.

Little Qiu, who loved company, pestered him for two stories before falling asleep on his lap.

Using the dim light to read his book, Xu Yi raised his head and looked at the sky.

In the remote galaxy, the stars shone brightly. The Big Dipper was like a spoon. It was too dark and semi-hidden. The more Xu Yi looked at it, the less he could help but be a little surprised.

He was a stranger in a foreign land and was afraid that only this vast, starry sky could allow him to find traces of his previous life.

“Fairy Xie ended up traveling with a bright moon. I don’t know how to cultivate to such a level if I am able to reincarnate and return to the original world,” Xu Yi muttered to himself.

Just as Xu Yi was feeling homesick, someone was heavily banging on the door, and he lost his chain of thought. Xu Yi knew who was coming and quickly carried Little Qiu back to the room before hurriedly returning and opening the door. “In the evening, you are never doing anything at home. I am coming over.”

It was Master Zhou. His clothes were untidy, and he panted heavily as if he was panicking.

Waiting for Master Zhou to continue, another person ran into the door, grabbed Xu Yi’s shoulder, and shouted, “Sir, this is a good opportunity, one from Heaven. Hurry up and put the money with me, and I will place a bet. It will be a huge loss if you miss it.”

This person was extremely skinny, and his face was large. There was a huge bag on his back. It was not Yuan Qinghua from East City who was hired by Xu Yi in the morning.

Master Zhou and Yuan Qinghua suddenly came together and were both anxious. Xu Yi guessed that the first one came to block the second. As such, he introduced the two of them to each other and invited both of them inside to the stone table of the courtyard.

After half a column of incense was burnt, Xu Yi figured it out.

It turned out that at 10 o’clock at night, there had been a purple flag showdown at Guang’an City.

The purple flag bearer was dedicated to the showdown of the elites of the peak of Body Forging stage.

In recent years, due to the fight between the elites in peak of Body Forging stage, Guang’an City was going to hold its first fight this year.

Once the news was out, the whole city was shocked.

As Guang’an City was already gambling haven, as soon as the news that the peak of Body Forging stage Elites were about to fight, the gamblers in Guang’an city went wild.