Chapter 91: Post-Heaven Realm's Tenth Layer and Pre-Heaven Cave

  Gu Chao was deep in thought, wondering why his internal energy's quality and quantity had greatly improved.

  Could it be? Gu Chao thought of a possible surname.

  There are two ways for one person to improve.

  One is to borrow external objects, whether it's borrowing medicine, sitting and absorbing the primordial energy of heaven and earth, or using primordial energy stones, all of which are called borrowing external objects, relying on external primordial energy to gradually improve.

  Secondly, it is to bring out the potential of the human body itself, and the human body itself is a huge treasure house.

  The first method is simpler, after all, as long as there are resources, it's fine. The second method is more difficult, how to tap the potential of the body, this can't be calculated.

  This time, Gu Chao fought for ten days. In these ten days, although not every moment was spent fighting, he was indeed always on high alert, with his internal energy in a state of extreme vitality at all times, and his body was always ready to fight. Under such stimulation, the potential of Gu Chao's own body was brought out.

  Thus, Gu Chao's internal force has now made a significant improvement in both quality and quantity.

  He was revolving the ancient superior Wind Listening Heart Method, and he could feel that his inner strength had now reached the peak of the ninth layer of the Post-Heaven Realm.

  Moreover, there is still a burst of energy being released inside the body.

  Gu Chao sat down and then got up again.

  Since the body itself is releasing energy, then take advantage of the momentum and break through to the tenth layer of the acquired realm.

  The name of the tenth layer of the posterior heaven is the Eight Extraordinary Meridians. The requirement for this realm is that these eight meridians are connected together, circulating and flowing back and forth, with the internal energy cycling and rotating.

  But Gu Chao's current state is that all eight meridians have been opened, but they haven't connected into a circle yet.

  Gǔ Chāo concentrated the energy released from his body's potential, continuously cultivating it. The Mù Qi (wood) of the original energy also continuously provided energy to these external aids. Gǔ Chāo only felt that there was a huge barrier in front of him, and he kept using his internal energy to heavily impact this barrier. However, no matter how hard he attacked, he couldn't pass through this barrier. Gǔ Chāo understood in his heart that as long as he could get past this barrier, he would be able to reach the tenth layer of the Later Heaven Realm.

  How can I get through this level?

  Gu Chao sank into deep thought, he was a practitioner of the Listening to the Wind Heart Method.

  The wind must go through something and should first make a small hole before rushing in.

  Ancient superimposed below listening wind internal air compression compressing, compressed like a gust of wind, rushing towards a point on the checkpoint.

  After a long time, the wind blade finally cut out a small opening on the gate, and with this small opening, it was enough. With a loud rumble, the massive gate completely collapsed and thoroughly disappeared in no time.

  After the collapse of the giant pass, Gu Chao only felt that his own Qijing Eight Veins had connected these eight meridians into a cycle.

  Finally, he reached the tenth layer of the Post-Heaven Realm.

  But after reaching the tenth layer of the Later Heaven Realm, Gu Chao only felt that his internal strength had increased a bit.

  Now that the inner strength has reached the tenth level of the Post-Heaven Realm, it's also good to go to the Pre-Heaven Cave. The minimum requirement for entering the Pre-Heaven Cave is the tenth level of the Post-Heaven Realm, and then one can proceed to the Pre-Heaven Cave.

  ……

  Two days later, the soft rain, spring breeze with a warm feeling unique to spring.

  All along the stone road, many fallen red leaves were broken.

  It wasn't raining heavily, so Gu Chao didn't bring an umbrella, but wore a conical hat and walked on the mountain path.

  All the way down, it was agreed to gather at the foot of the mountain.

  Gǔ Chāo arrived at the foot of the mountain, where more than a dozen people had already gathered. These dozen or so people were mostly older than Gǔ Chāo, and among them were several familiar faces: Yì Shuǐ Wù, Liǔ Zé, Xú Chí, and Xióng Wǔ - all four of whom were present.

  Yi Shuiwu glared fiercely at Gu Chao, clearly remembering the time he slapped her butt with the back of his knife. How dare he offend Yi Xiaojie! It was infuriating. At first, Yi Shuiwu wanted to find someone to teach Gu Chao a lesson, but then she thought better of it - if she, Yi Xiaojie, lost, how could she ask others for revenge? She would have to become stronger herself and take revenge, including slapping Gu Chao's butt with the back of her knife. Yi Shuiwu didn't think she was inferior to Gu Chao; she had always considered herself a martial arts genius, even though she absolutely wasn't one.

  Xiong Wu burst out laughing: "Gu Chao, the last battle was truly exhilarating! Let's do it again sometime." Xiong Wu found joy in fighting, and as long as he could get a good fight out of it, that was enough. Gu Chao saw Xiong Wu's invitation to battle and couldn't help but shrug his shoulders. Unlike Xiong Wu, Gu Chao wasn't some kind of battle maniac, so he didn't have much interest in crossing swords with him again.

  Liu Ze and Xu Chi both snorted coldly. They had lost to Gu Chao before, so their impression of him was not very good.

  And the other dozen or so people, were all somewhat curious about Gu Chao. Gu Chao was also quite famous among the outer door disciples of the Later Heaven Realm, and had made a name for himself. The other dozen or so outer door disciples all had their hearts set on trying out Gu Chao's strength, after all it wasn't easy for them to acknowledge a newcomer who had only entered the sect ten months ago.

  Gu Chao, with his supernatural vision, stood at the corner of the crowd, not because he lacked confidence, but because standing in the corner allowed him to observe others without being noticed by them.

  "Has everyone arrived?" A majestic old man with phoenix eyes and cicada eyebrows descended from the void, exuding an aura of authority without being angry. He carried a very long large knife, unsheathed and extremely sharp. This was Guan Jing, one of the ten elders of Zhongxi Peak. Seeing him descend from the void, the twenty outer sect disciples couldn't help but feel a hint of envy in their hearts - this was what it meant to have mastered lightness skills, which they could also learn once they reached the Pre-Heaven realm.

  The old man nodded and counted the number of people. There were exactly twenty: "Alright, let's set off. Follow me to Xiantian Cave."

  The Xiantian Cave is not located in Zhongxi Peak, but rather in Yueya Peak, which is not far from Zhongxi Peak.

  Moon Tooth Peak, its peak is like a moon tooth, hence the name.

  Yuèyá Fēng is the armory of the Tai Shan Sect, where they manufacture standardized knives for the lower ranks, as well as some higher-quality ones. Additionally, large quantities of knives and swords are produced here for sale to neighboring areas. The military equipment industry has always been a lucrative business, and the Tai Shan Sect has made a fortune from it.

  On the mountain road of Yueya Peak, I saw many weapon forging factories on both sides. The sound of iron striking broke the feeling of spring warmth and blooming flowers. However, when we reached the upper half of the mountain peak, the sound of iron striking disappeared, and the mountain road became quiet and serene. After passing through several turns, we finally arrived at Xiantian Cave.

  This is a mountain cave with a width of about one zhang and a height of more than half a zhang, on top of the mountain cave is a thick iron gate.

  And there is also a couplet on the stone wall outside the cave.

  "The innate energy illuminates pure yang, attaining the return to the innate and revealing the true principle."

  Guansheng Elder held the long knife upside down, this knife actually had a name, called Qinglong Knife, the weight of the knife was hundreds of kilograms, combined with his fourth-stage martial skills, it was simply an extreme display of dominance. Guansheng Elder said: "This is Xiantian Cave, Xiantian Cave contains Xiantian Qi, inside there are twelve small caves, each small cave can only hold one person, because the Xiantian Qi in a small cave is limited, and you can only stay inside for seven days, once the seven-day time limit is reached, the Xiantian Qi inside will disappear without a trace."

  "You all come out as soon as you achieve Innate, because once you achieve Innate, you can automatically produce Innate True Qi, and the Innate Qi inside will lose its effect." Guan Jing Lao said: "And generally speaking, the faster one achieves Innate, the better their innate talent will be. Let me wait with bated breath to see which of the twenty of you will achieve Innate the fastest."

  Upon hearing this, the twenty people looked at each other, and several of them with strong abilities and good talent regarded each other as opponents.

  "Also, the Innate Cave is not necessarily able to achieve Innateness. The probability of achieving Innateness through the Innate Cave is around 70%. In other words, out of your twenty people, six will normally fail to achieve Innateness. Be aware of this."

  Guan Jing Lao Lao finished explaining what he needed to explain, and saw that the twenty outer sect disciples were all ready. Guan Jing Lao Lao took out a key and opened the iron gate. As soon as he opened the iron gate, Gu Chao discovered that it was incredibly thick, probably three feet thick. It would take an enormous amount of strength to push open such a massive six-foot-thick iron gate, and Guan Jing Lao Lao's power was truly not ordinary.

  Twenty outer disciples entered the Xiantian Cave one after another, and there was no need to fight for it because the amount of Xiantian Qi in each cave was almost the same. After the twenty outer disciples entered the Xiantian Cave, Guan Jing Lao took out a book.

  In fact, in Tai Shan Pai, each task has certain rules.

  If congenital caves are also counted as a task, then there is a certain level of completion.

  The best is first-class, the next is second-class, then third-class, followed by fourth-class, and finally fifth-class. Basically, there are five levels of completion, with the last one being fifth-class indicating extremely poor completion.

  In the Tai Shan Sect, every excellent outer sect disciple actually has a file.

  Each time for every task's completion level is written on the file.

  If you want to check the qualifications of any outer or inner disciples above, just take the file over and all the past information about this disciple will be clearly written on the file.

  In the previous task, barely called a task, the competition for the quota token, Gu Chao's completion degree was second-rate, which is considered a very good evaluation. In the Tai Shan Sect, it is extremely difficult to get a second-rate evaluation, and getting a first-rate evaluation is even more difficult, almost impossible.

  Guan Jing Lao Lao was also deep in thought. What kind of evaluation would these twenty outer sect disciples receive for this First Heaven Cave?

  ……

  At this time, Gu Chao had already entered the Xiantian Cave. The cave was not dark, and many hundred-year-old oil lamps lit up on both sides, illuminating the road.

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