Eternity Starts From His Seed

Chapter 27: Meeting Again

As the ship continued sailing forward at its leisurely pace, Fang Bubai soon found himself dragged through the air at a height slightly above the ship, where the air currents roughly pounded against his strong body.

Despite the turbulence, he forced himself to squint his eyes and managed to get a brief bird's eye view of the majestic ship's deck from above.

On the deck, what instantly drew Bubai's attention was the old man with a headful of messy grey curls. Dressed in a black robe, he was lounging around the central area of the deck.

Surrounding him were a bunch of beauties dressed in fancy, colorful robes, many of which were revealing and made of see-through silk.

Before Bubai could observe further, he felt himself being pulled towards the deck, passing through an invisible wind barrier, and soon found himself crashing towards the deck. Right before impact, a force seemed to hold him upright, and he hovered slightly above the deck.

Moments later, he glided across it until he arrived before the lounging old man in a black robe.

Stroking his beard, the old man scanned Bubai up and down, gently waving his hand and causing Bubai's frozen body to slowly rotate in the air.

"Huh... mid-grade, wood-attribute. Not completely hopeless, and... Oh? An Acquired Unsullied body! Barely losing out to you lassie's Innate Charming Spirit Bones. Not bad at all. He will definitely make a good furnace for you, lassie. No wonder you insisted I pick up this young man."

Huh? He had an Acquired physique?! How come he didn't know?

Beyond spiritual roots, denizens of this world could be born with unique or special physiques. Each of these physiques bore mysterious effects, ranging from inborn strength and enhanced cultivation at the lower end to the formidable ones that bestowed mythical abilities like cultivation devouring and transformation.

Anyone born with an awakened physique was hailed as a genius, and most of the heaven-defying prodigies at least boasted such innate physiques.

Of course, there were also those born with dormant physiques, and it was every cultivators' dream to be one of these unawakeners. After all, awakening a physique was akin to a step to the heavens... assuming their physiques wasn't plundered before their strength grew.

Well, most didn't have to worry about their physiques being targeted. After all, not all physiques were deemed worthy enough to be stolen.

Physiques were ranked starting from Mortal, Acquired, Innate, and King. Though some special Innate and King physiques may gander attention from certain cultivation forces, the rest usually don't draw too much covetousness.

In an orthodox sect like the Cloud Sword Sect, even awakening an Innate physique was a ticket to the inner disciple court, and having the super rare King physique was a guaranteed to become a core disciple!

When Bubai first learned about these physiques from the annual examiner at the Cloud Sword Sect, excitement surged within him... until it was confirmed that he didn't possess one. Even eight years didn't change that fact.

But now... this old man claimed he had one?

Where did his physique suddenly pop out from? And who has this innate physique that is even better than his?

As if losing interest, with a casual wave of the old man's hand, Bubai felt the intangible force wrapping him vanish, and his body dropped down onto his knees.

Finally getting the chance to look around, after a glimpse, he quickly bowed his head, trying to hide the horror and recognition in his eyes.

This old man, wasn't he the Golden Core old devil Ma Pei fighting in Ling City the day before? As for the one he was talking to...