"Peng, stop keeping us in suspense and get on with it."
Looking at Zheng Peng, who was feigning an air of profound mystery, Biaozi couldn't contain his curiosity and asked.
Matters concerning heart and spirit cultivation are not trivial; the secrets within the Sacred Realm are especially difficult to hear about.
Even bits and pieces of information aren't something an ordinary Martial Artist is qualified to know.
Su Tu also looked at Zheng Peng with a curious gaze.
Feeling the gaze of the two, Zheng Peng chuckled and then spoke solemnly.
"First of all, let me state that I found this secret in my family's Library Pavilion. Whether you treat it as hearsay or just a story, remember not to get absorbed in it."
Su Tu and Biaozi heard the seriousness in his tone and both nodded their heads.
Heart and spirit cultivation is extremely mysterious, with thousands of paths for thousands of people. The Sacred Realm is vast and infinite. If one becomes obsessed due to something, they might get lost in it, with the heart and spirit possibly unable to return to the body, forever trapped in the Sacred Realm.
This is why Zheng Peng first gave them a precautionary warning.
Seeing that they took his words to heart, Zheng Peng pursed his lips and was about to speak.
But as his eyes swept over the curious face of Su Tu, he smacked his head as if he had remembered something.
"Su Tu, you really can't listen to this. Hell, your combat power made me forget you're still a student."
"The Sea of Suffering Sacred Realm is still a long way off for you. You'll need to wait until your heart and spirit reach the Suffering of Samsara level and your heart strength reaches a certain degree before you can glimpse the Sacred Realm."
"Hearing these stories now might leave a trace in your heart, causing disturbances when you first enter the Sea of Suffering."
Heart and spirit cultivation isn't spoken of openly nor recorded in writing.
When various martial arts schools and families send student information to the Training Camp, they won't mention heart and spirit levels, at most leaving just an evaluation of heart and spirit potential.
Among the students of Su Tu's batch, the two recognized for having the highest heart and spirit talent are Mu Qingying and Rama.
Both possess the heart and spirit anomalies [Morning News] and [Seeing God].
Their heart and spirit cultivation is far above the rest of the students, yet they too have only just touched the threshold of the Suffering of Samsara, attempting to construct their own world.
Though Su Tu's combat power is formidable, he has no heart and spirit anomalies. In Zheng Peng's eyes, he shouldn't yet come into contact with the Sea of Suffering Sacred Realm, knowing this in advance would do more harm than good.
Biaozi was also startled awake, almost leaving a hidden danger for a prodigious student.
"You really think things through," he gave Zheng Peng a thumbs up.
Zheng Peng smiled proudly, just about to speak further.
But then....
Buzz!!!
An inexplicable light appeared before the two of them, dreamy and illusory, and vanished in an instant.
Their expressions changed abruptly.
They simultaneously looked at Su Tu, who had conjured that light, their eyes filled with disbelief.
That light was the Light of the Heart and Spirit, not of the real world but information their heart and spirit sensed in that moment.
The so-called Light of the Heart and Spirit is a glimpse into one's own world, projecting the heart and spirit within it.
Being able to construct one's own world shows that Su Tu's heart and spirit level matches theirs in the Suffering of Samsara.
And furthermore...
"Damn, I thought it was because your heart and spirit level wasn't high that I couldn't sense your heart power spilling over."
"Now it seems... have you gone farther in the Sea of Suffering than I have?"
Zheng Peng's eyes were now shining as he looked at Su Tu.
Generally, those on comparable levels of heart and spirit can sense each other's heart power overflow.
Previously, the reason he thought Su Tu's heart and spirit level wasn't adequate was that he couldn't feel any heart power overflow from Su Tu.
But it now seems that this might entirely not be the case...
Not being able to sense Su Tu's heart power isn't because the other party's heart is weak, but rather because Su Tu's heart might be stronger than his own.
So much so that he wasn't qualified to glimpse Su Tu's heart...
"Well... my heart and spirit talent isn't bad... just a little bit higher than my Martial Arts Dao talent..."
Su Tu modestly spoke.
But this was something that practically drove Zheng Peng and Biaozi to collapse.
They had just understood how terrifying Su Tu's physical talent was, an ordinary body having powers to crush anomalies.
That was already astonishing.
And now, you're telling us your heart and spirit talent is even higher than your Martial Arts Dao talent??
What does that mean?
The Olympic champion, after receiving his medals, casually picks up his top scorer orthonormalizing in exams too??
"You kid... tell me the truth, are you some Great Divine Power User reincarnated?"
"Or are you the current Walker of the Ten Celestial Martial Race?"
"Tell your buddy, I'll keep it a secret." At this moment, Zheng Peng was a bit hysterical.
Biaozi, on the side, elbowed Zheng Peng, remarking: "Watch how you talk. Who's your buddy, huh? You wish!"
"Right, right, I'm not worthy!" Zheng Peng had a look of epiphany.
Watching the two playful assistant instructors, Su Tu really wondered if he was in a training camp.
"Kid, you really gave me a big surprise...
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, eighteen years old and in the Suffering of Samsara, already starting to forge across the Sea of Suffering."
"You're simply a monster."
Zheng Peng couldn't help but exclaim again, S-level students are nothing, right? Can someone add two more levels above that and promote Su Tu to SSS?
With the talent he's showing now, he's not even on the same level as the other students in the Training Camp!!
Even the prodigies from those families coming here would probably just serve as stars accentuating the brilliance of the sun.
"Inexplicably, I also don't know how it happened, but I've just cultivated like this."
Su Tu spoke with a smile, his classic "inexplicable" utterance causing Zheng Peng a sharp ache in his heart.
"Alright, you don't need to say any more, if you keep talking, my Daoheart will crumble!!"
He considered himself a prodigy too, yet his painstakingly practiced techniques were shattered by others, his physical strength was crushed, and now even his heart and spirit level couldn't compare to another's mere inexplicability.
Who is the instructor between us after all!
However, thinking over again, the stronger Su Tu gets, the better, right? The stronger he becomes, doesn't it just highlight how powerful I am!
With talent like Su Tu's, achieving Celestial Being status in the future is a certainty, becoming a Venerable is not out of the question, and perhaps even the Daoist Master could be contemplated.
Then, afterward, could I not claim that many years ago I narrowly lost to the Daoist Master?
Thinking of this, Zheng Peng's mood instantly brightened.
He had to admit, he could cheer himself up.
"Since you've already started crossing the Sea of Suffering, it doesn't matter if you listen, but do not take it seriously, don't become obsessed."
Zheng Peng spoke again with a serious tone.
"According to the ancient book I found in the Library Pavilion, the Sacred Realm of Heart and Spirit begins at the Sea of Suffering, elevating a rank with each Sacred Landscape passed, crossing over relates to Heart Life, enhancing Heart and Spirit techniques, reflecting reality..."
"But!! These are all just surface phenomena."
"The so-called crossing over, the most critical part is not reaching the next Sacred Landscape, but finding the Origin of every Sacred Landscape."
While speaking these words, Zheng Peng's eyes glistened with a sharp light.
No Martial Arts Dao cultivator would refuse secrets about the Sacred Landscape, as they are paths to Immortals and gods, holding countless opportunities.
Numerous sages have delved into the Sacred Landscape, sinking into it, their Heart and Spirit extinguished, leaving only their immortalized bodies.
All along, every Martial Artist aimed at crossing the Sacred Landscape to arrive at the next Sacred Landscape rank, but Zheng Peng's words at the moment were tantamount to subverting all of this.
"Not crossing over? Searching for the Origin??"
Biaozi was quite puzzled by Zheng Peng's words.
"Exactly, according to that ancient book, within each Sacred Landscape lies an Origin, one Origin per Sacred Landscape, and within that Origin lies the secret of immortality."
"And even... secrets of Ascension to Divinity!"
"One Origin, a staircase, collect them all, and it's Ascension to Divinity!"
Zheng Peng spoke excitedly.
Biaozi listened with great interest, but didn't take it to heart, not to mention whether this matter was true or false.
The crossing of the Heart and Spirit concerns the Heart Life; not crossing over and searching for the elusive Origin might end up wasting Heart Life, leaving only a body, which would be the real tragedy.
However...
Su Tu's eyes at this moment were shimmering brightly.
Zheng Peng's words might not be entirely true, but there's one possibility that certainly exists, and that's the fact that the Origin of Sacred Landscapes indeed exists.
Because, Su Tu had not only seen that Origin but also left a corner of his name on it.
However, at that time, his Heart and Spirit were exhausted, so he didn't finish writing...
"Looks like in the future, I'll need to dive deeper to see what wonders that Heart and Spirit Origin holds."
"Ascension to Divinity..."
Su Tu murmured in his heart, for someone with a fervent passion for the extraordinary and the mysterious, the words Ascension to Divinity had a kind of inexplicable allure to him...
Then the three of them exchanged a few more insights.
Although curious about the progress of Su Tu's Sacred Landscape, Zheng Peng and the others did not ask.
The cultivation of Heart and Spirit is a very private matter; if one is willing to speak of it, it's naturally nothing significant, but coveting it or peeking into it would already constitute a blatant provocation, and it would be justifiable to respond with vehement confrontation.
Later, Su Tu's classmates called him to eat together, so he bid farewell to Zheng Peng and the others and headed to the cafeteria.
The cafeteria in the Training Camp was large, its design somewhat resembling a star-rated hotel; there weren't any aunties serving food, as all ordinary manual labor was done by AI robots, preventing any sort of shaking hands incidents.
It must be said, the luxurious nutritional supplements for S-level students were indeed luxurious.
Regular students ate on the first floor, while Su Tu dined on the third floor. Originally, he thought of trying to bring his classmates up, but the third floor required S-level clearance to access.
So Su Tu had to temporarily part with his classmates and went alone to the third floor.
He sat at a round table, laden with various dishes, each meticulously prepared, elegantly plated, and refined in taste.
But to speak of something specific, let's take the beef placed in front of him; it was sourced from the Star Beast Manxing Ox on the outskirts of the Star River. Not only could it quickly replenish the necessary nutrients for a Martial Artist,
but long-term consumption also had the wondrous effect of boosting speed and enhancing one's aura.
With each dish he ate, Su Tu could feel warm currents flowing through his body, and it didn't take long before he entirely cleaned off everything on the table.
These warm currents roamed through his body, nourishing his physical form, and Su Tu vaguely sensed a slight tremor from the second Celestial Acupoint that hadn't yet been opened.
This second Celestial Acupoint had been something he was trying to break through for some time, and now there appeared to be signs of opening; Su Tu wasn't concerned about the fact that he was in the cafeteria.
He gathered his Heart and Spirit, introspected within himself, and directed the Golden Light within the first Celestial Acupoint to continuously charge forward...
Several instructors were making their way to the third-floor cafeteria at this moment.
"Although Su Tu's techniques are top-notch, seeing his battle with Zheng Peng, his physical strength is very high, and he doesn't appear to have any extraordinary form on him; it's very likely he is ready to enter the Mingtiao Realm."
"If the Body Opening Lock isn't released, he ultimately won't be among the ranks of top prodigies."
Wei Yang looked at the virtual terminal in front of him with the only three S-level students, and made an evaluation.
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