Peerless Immortal God (Beyond The Dao)

Chapter 19- Yan Jian

Chapter 19

Long Feng and those who followed after him were teleported to a hallway, and this time, every one had a token with him. The token was black with the drawings of ancient Mortals wielding weapons on them.

The hallway seemed endless. Long feng looked at the token with his Immortal sight and finding nothing weird about it, he began to walk down the hallway. He noticed that on the walls of the hallway, there were many runes and drawings. He didn't find anything weird about them, so he ignored them.

After walking for about an hour, Long feng stopped and frowned. This was the same place he had started walking from. He had returned to his starting point! That meant that he was just walking in circles.
   
He used the silver radiance Immortal sight again. This time, the silver colour within his pupils were clearly brighter. It was probably due to him awakening his soul power.
   
Using the Immortal sight, Long Feng looked at the drawings and runes in the wall.

Although he saw the drawings more clearly, his silver radiance sight could not decipher anything. This meant that the person who created this hallway was far stronger than he was. It could even be a Yang realm cultivator who was also proficient in soul power cultivation.

This hallway was clearly a soul formation. Yet, Long feng could not sense anything even with his Immortal sight. But the question was, how did the Mortal heaven sect managed to have such a powerful soul power?

The Mortal heaven sect was merely a Yang level sect. There had never been a Spirit realm cultivator in the history of the Mortal heaven sect.
      
"This is the second test. You are to find a way out of the hallway within three days. The exit is with you, but you have to find it. Everyone has to find their own path." A voice suddenly echoed through the hallway.
This time, everyone would be on his own.

Hearing that, many people instantly gave up the hope of entering the Mortal heaven sect. Only few people still had that hope.

"The exit is with us. We just have to find it" Long feng muttered, looking at the token.
"The first test was to test our martial power or soul power. The second test could be about anything, even patience" he thought.

He sat down cross legged, closed his eyes and began to consolidate his cultivation. He had recently made two breakthroughs in a hurry, so his cultivation was unsteady.

Not Long after, someone came and sat down right in front of him. The man was quite tall, and he looked to be sixteen or seventeen years. Dressed in a flame red robe, he looked stunning. He was also a rank nine connate cultivator.

Long feng opened his eyes.

"It seems like you have also figured out the way to clear this test, haven't you?" The man cheerfully asked Long feng.

Long feng nodded.

"I'd say, more than half of them will surely fail. They look so hopeless" the man continued, referring to the others.

"You could have cleared the first test. Why didn't you do it?" Long feng asked.
Since this man could understand how to clear the second test, that meant that he also understood the first one.

The man laughed.

"Where's the fun in doing that? Besides, I wasn't the only one who could do it. Those Yin level cultivators could do it. They wanted to wait a dozen of days for all the unwanted trash to leave." He said.

"Sorry for my lack of manners. I am Yan Jian." He added.

"Long Feng."

Yan Jian laughed
"So it's brother feng! It's a pleasure to meet you. You seem to possess a soul power" he said.

Long feng didn't reply. Not everyone didn't know about soul power. Some of them could recognize it with a glance, like this Yan Jian.

"With your soul power, the Mortal heaven sect would probably take you with utmost importance if you reveal it. Your martial cultivation is somewhat descent too." Yan Jian continued.

He stared at Long feng and smiled cheerfully.
"You don't seem to know much about soul power, do you?" He asked.

"Generally, I do." Long feng replied.

"Don't worry. Luckily for you, I happen to know the cultivation realms of the soul power." Yan Jian said.

Long feng was interested in knowing this.
"You do?" He asked.

Yan Jian laughed again.
"Of course. The difference between the martial cultivation and the soul cultivation is that the soul cultivation isn't divided into so many ranks, yet, it is much harder than martial cultivation. The first level is the Heaven layer. The second is the Saint layer and the highest is the spirit layer. Of course, that is the highest only within the Yihua Continent. In the vast world out there, the soul cultivation level are probably far more than that. In the Yihua Continent, a spirit layered soul cultivator is a legend. It is as rare and as strong as an imperial level cultivator. I also know that each layer is only divided into three. Now, a spirit layered soul cultivator hasn't appeared in years." He said.

Long feng was interested in listening to Yan jian's explanation. He truly didn't know any of that before now.
"You said each layer is divided into three. What are they?" He asked.

Yan Jian sighed.
"I'm afraid I don't know that."
Long feng nodded. He didn't really put much hope anyway, and he didn't worry. Sooner or later, he would know everything.

"What layer are the two soul cultivators of the Mortal heaven sect?" He asked.

Yan Jian laughed.
"You really look down on the soul cultivation. I'm not sure about the specifics, but it's likely that those two have not even completely reached the first level of the Heaven layer. Soul cultivation is almost twice as hard as martial cultivation." He replied.

Hearing that, Long Feng realized that he had truly underestimated the soul cultivation. 
"Thank you for the help." He said.

"It is a pleasure, brother Feng. I'll take that as you would want to cultivate your soul power?." Yan Jian replied.

Long feng nodded.
"Before you can cultivate your soul power, you need to learn some soul cultivation methods. That will help you in increasing your potential." Yan Jian added.

Long Feng didn't know what method he was referring to but he nodded. "I understand. Thank you."

"Brother Feng may wonder why I know so much. Hehe, I'm actually a traveler. I move from province to province to experience life. Perhaps I'll leave this Jianhai province soon, cause it seems boring." Yan jian continued, leaving Long Feng speechless.

While they waited, he sent his consciousness into his Dantian and found Wu Kong.
"Master, do I really need a method to cultivate my soul power?" He asked.

He naturally wasn't going to trust the words of a stranger. He replied out of courtesy, but his guard was up the whole time.

Wu Kong didn't bother to open his eyes as he spoke. "The soul needs a specific technique to revolve. But you can't cultivate any manual, either now or in the future. You'll waste your soul potential."

Long Feng's face fell. "Does that means I can't cultivate my soul power?"

"You can. But it will be harder and less powerful. Under no circumstances should you ever cultivate any manual." Wu Kong calmly replied.