Chapter Five Spatial Laws

  The high tower in the Jiuxing Pearl space is called the Nine Star Tower.

  Each level of the Nine-Star Pagoda was imbued with a certain principle by the true immortals of that cultivation world, and each principle corresponded to each stage of the Nine-Star Decision.

  Jiuxing Jue is a set of spiritual cultivation methods that have been perfected over millions of years by the Tianlong Zhenxian, divided into nine stages: First Stage: Refining the Body and Tempering the Physique; Second Stage: Refining Qi and Condensing the Spirit; Third Stage: Building the Foundation and Refining the Elixir; Fourth Stage: Forming the Elixir and Refining the Soul; Fifth Stage: Refining the Vessel and Forming the Infant; Sixth Stage: Merging the Body and Refining the Spirit; Seventh Stage: Great Vehicle, Breaking the Form; Eighth Stage: Crossing the Tribulation, Breaking the Soul; Ninth Stage: Achieving Immortality and Ascending to Heaven.

  In these nine levels, except for the first level of refining the body and tempering the flesh which belongs to the Tianlong True Immortal's gift that transcends layers, every other level is divided into three stages: initial, intermediate, and peak. Breaking through each stage is not an easy task, but just how difficult it is, Ye Feng cannot yet comprehend. Ye Feng knows that his current level is still insufficient, so the spatial laws have not granted him permission to access them, and many things he naturally cannot understand or grasp.

  Ye Feng could see his real self in the Nine Star Pearl's space, which wasn't something to be happy about, but rather a very disappointing thing. According to the rules, Ye Feng's physical body should have been able to enter the space along with his consciousness, but after the space's laws made their judgment, they deemed that Ye Feng's physical body was too weak in all aspects and couldn't withstand the pressure of the space's spiritual power, so they could only allow his consciousness to enter while excluding his physical body.

  As for the leaf wind in the high tower, it felt that it had a physical body, but in fact, it was still a higher-level illusion. The entity that was not the leaf wind, but the power of the law within the high tower, materialized the consciousness of the leaf wind.

  After several hours of physical training, Ye Feng's body had undergone a dramatic change. The law power in the first layer of the high tower gave him the most basic first-order authority after his successful physical training, so Ye Feng could instantly understand many things about the Tianlong Xiu Zhen world, Jiuxing Pearl, Jiuxing Tower, Jiuxing Jue and some basic Xiu Zhen rules. As for more core and deeper things, they would only be opened after Ye Feng entered the second layer of the Jiuxing Tower.

  However, there is one crucial point: every time Ye Feng completes a stage, the law gives him a glimpse and hint of the next stage. For example, now Ye Feng has received some hints from the law, if he can reach the early stage of the second-order Lianqi Condensing Spirit, he can internalize his energy and externalize it, producing spiritual awareness, and obtain some primary skills and techniques. Among the techniques in the early stage of the second-order Lianqi Condensing Spirit, there is a technique called "Soul Capture". This Soul Capture technique can completely control a person's soul for a period of time, making them do whatever he wants. Once Ye Feng learns this technique, he can separately control Liu Yong and Liu Mei Mei, as well as the police officers who tortured him, making them voluntarily confess their crimes and provide evidence of murder, not only clearing his own name but also taking revenge by sending Liu Yong and others to prison, receiving the punishment they deserve.

  This point is undoubtedly the most attractive to Ye Feng.

  Even in the Tianlong Cultivation Realm, first-order body refinement is not an easy task. Talented cultivators may need around three years to succeed, while those with average aptitude will take much longer, at least ten years or more.

  And Ye Feng, due to the power of a true immortal's law and the blessing of good fortune, shortened this time to just a few hours.

  Nowadays, Ye Feng's physical abilities have been greatly enhanced, and he has already reached the limit of human beings. According to the law prompt, if Ye Feng enters the second layer of the Nine-Star Tower and cultivates to the early stage of the second-order Lianqi Condensing Spirit, his physical abilities will be further improved, and at that time, his various physical abilities will definitely approach or even match the limit of human beings, reaching a height he can hardly imagine.

  Ye Feng walked down from the high platform, out of the first floor of the Nine Stars Tower, and started a frantic sprint. At his current speed, even if he wasn't as fast as the world champion in the 100-meter dash, he wouldn't be far off. The key was that Ye Feng discovered his endurance was very strong; after continuously sprinting for over an hour, he only felt slightly out of breath. His jumping height could reach three to four meters, and when falling, under the control of his internal energy balance, he could land wherever he wanted.

  Ye Feng excitedly tried for a long time, gradually adapting and mastering the various changes in his body after tempering and training. With his current strength, if it were just a matter of brute force and speed, Liu Yong would definitely not be his match. However, Ye Feng, due to his lack of combat experience and martial arts techniques, might still be inferior to Liu Yong, a judo black belt, in terms of overall ability. But when facing several ordinary people, he should have no major issues.

  As for Ye Feng's physical strength, he couldn't make a specific assessment, but felt that his current body should be as healthy as it could get, not to say that no disease or poison would dare to invade him, but at least he wouldn't easily fall ill.

  This is the enlightenment given by the law to Ye Feng. Some things don't need Ye Feng to experience personally, and the result can already be determined.

  Ye Feng, due to this fortuitous encounter from the heavens, obtained the strength that only a cultivator in the Cultivation Realm would possess. This kind of strength is nothing special in the Cultivation Realm and can even be considered low-level, but on Earth, where there is no spiritual energy, no spirit stones, and possibly not even any heavenly treasures, Ye Feng was one-of-a-kind. He could imagine that if he were to enter the second layer and reach the peak of the Second-Order Qi Condensation stage, he would likely become the strongest person on Earth in terms of individual strength.

  However, Ye Feng's current mental strength or spiritual power is still weak, and there is a big difference compared to his physical ability. Because the law can transform his body, the Nine Star Decision can make him successfully cultivate his body in a short period of time, but it cannot quickly transform his soul and spirit.

  Ye Feng is still the same migrant worker who works hard in the big city, still full of resentment towards Liu Meimei, anger towards Liu Yong, and regret for his past unrequited love for Liu Meimei. He is still worried about how to face the impending disaster that will soon befall him, and he is still filled with indignation and unwillingness to accept being framed as a murderer.

  Yes, Ye Feng was not willing to give up like this. He had to wash away the stains on himself. He vowed that he would never let his loved ones suffer and his enemies rejoice.

  So Ye Feng hoped even more urgently that he could enter the second floor of the Spire as soon as possible, cultivate to the initial stage of Qi Refining and Spirit Consolidation, at which point his spiritual power would become somewhat stronger. His strength would also become even greater, and he would grasp techniques like Soul Capture. He would then become a true strongman, able to control his own destiny.

  As a minor figure, Ye Feng felt that since he couldn't change his current predicament and fate through some of the established rules of this world, then let him use the way of Xiu Zhen to find justice for himself.

  Now the biggest and most difficult problem in front of Ye Feng is that entering the second layer of the Nine-Star Tower is by no means an easy task. According to the rules, Ye Feng needs to meet several conditions before he can do so.

  First, Ye Feng needs to speed up his cultivation progress and at least reach the threshold of being able to sense internal energy. This is something that Ye Feng absolutely cannot accomplish in a short period of time. Although he was able to quickly complete the first stage of Body Tempering under the blessings of great fortune, this does not mean that he is a cultivation genius; on the contrary, his innate talent for cultivation is quite mediocre.

  Secondly, Ye Feng had reached the threshold of internal energy and external release, meeting the basic conditions for entering the second layer. However, to truly enter the second layer, a large amount of spiritual stones were needed to unlock it. This was something Ye Feng absolutely could not do, because this was Earth, not the Tian Long Xian Shang world, where there were plenty of ordinary rocks but not a single spiritual stone.

  Third, if there is no spiritual stone, it can also be replaced with heavenly material and earthly treasure. However, Ye Feng had no idea whether such things existed on Earth, let alone that he hadn't even developed his divine sense yet, so he couldn't possibly sense the location of any existing heavenly material and earthly treasure.

  These three points are beyond Leaf Wind's reach, so the second floor of the Nine Star Tower is almost like a moon in a mirror or a moon on the water for him now - something he can look at but cannot touch.

  But is there really no other way? Not necessarily, in the hint given by the law to Ye Feng, if you don't have the above three points, you can also meet the conditions for entering the second layer by accumulating evil value, soul value, charm value and merit value. As long as one or more of the above four values accumulate to a certain amount, he can also enter the second layer of the Nine Star Tower.

  Ye Feng sought an explanation from the law through his mind, and the law gave him another hint: what is called evil value is killing people and doing evil; what is called soul value is collecting the soul energy of dead people's lonely ghosts; what is called charm value is getting the favor of many women; what is called merit value is the opposite of evil value, that is, how many good deeds you have done, how many people you have saved, and how much gratitude and respect you have received.

  Now it seems that Ye Feng has no choice but to accumulate through this four-value method.

  Ye Feng didn't know which true immortal from the Tianlong Upper Realm had established this strange rule, but undoubtedly, this strange rule he had established became Ye Feng's most practical and suitable path to advancement at present.

  It seems that there is a will of heaven in the dark, after experiencing tens of thousands of years, passing through countless spaces, the Nine Star Pearl finally merged with Ye Feng, a small figure from Huaxia. And so, among many dead ends, the heavens opened their eyes and gave Ye Feng another path to life and a shortcut, this may be the true blessing that the Nine Star Pearl has given to Ye Feng.

  Evil value wants to kill people and do evil, but Ye Feng thinks it's impossible for him to do that, so he doesn't consider it. Soul value sounds mysterious, but since the law gave a hint, it means there must be many lonely ghosts on earth, so collecting this value shouldn't be too difficult for him. As for charm value and merit value, let alone making women like him, because of Liu Meimei's affair, he has developed an inner resistance to women, and besides, he thinks he is just a poor guy, how can there be many beauties who like him? Helping people do good things and accumulating merit value is also impossible for him now that he is in prison.

  So currently, there is only the soul value, which is the only value he can collect and accumulate, because lonely souls are everywhere, even if they enter a detention center, even if they temporarily lose their personal freedom, they will still actively or passively collect some souls.