"What's the secret of the Body Integration Realm? I don't feel anything yet."
Song Shi pondered and opened his eyes. His eyes were exceptionally bright. In an instant, they seemed to pierce through the Void and see the various energies contained within.
He was stunned for a moment. He raised his hand to sense and realized that his affinity with natural energy had increased significantly.
"You ate more than me, but your refinement time was not much longer than mine. It can be seen that your foundation is far above mine."
Huo Yan's voice sounded in Song Shi's ear. She had already reverted to her human form. Her muscles and bones were rosy and moist, and the patterns between her eyebrows were much brighter. There was a noble aura on her body, and she looked much younger and more beautiful.
"Isn't that normal?"
Song Shi stood up and twisted his body. The bones in his body cracked, and he felt refreshed. "I didn't come here for nothing. I've rested enough."
"Thank you for your hospitality. I'll arrange a new residence for you."
Huo Yan smiled.
She had gained a lot of benefits, so she naturally had to arrange a place for Song Shi to stay for as long as possible.
"There's no need to feel too pressured. These are just worldly possessions. I'll invite you again when I have the chance."
Song Shi smiled generously.
As they walked down the stairs to the street, many gazes fell on them.
"Are they the ones who ate the dragon and phoenix meat?"
"It should be. There hasn't been a dragon or a phoenix here for a while, and they were the only ones who went to the seventh floor. It's very obvious."
"They don't have enough cultivation to deserve it. The people before were at least Great Saints before. Aren't they afraid of being targeted by some dissatisfied guys?"
"Why do you care so much? It has nothing to do with us. It's better not to get involved."
On the streets and in the restaurants, there were all kinds of discussions going on.
Eating dragons and phoenixes was considered a very big matter in the Rainbow World. It would cause a lot of discussion every time.
Among the cultivators who were discussing, a man with dragon patterns on his eyebrows sat in a teahouse and looked down at Song Shi and Huo Yan with cold eyes.
Song Shi sensed the hostility and looked up to see that it was the fellow from the Green Dragon Race who had mocked him.
He took a few more glances. He wondered how different the taste of the Green Dragon was from the water dragon of the Seven-colored Tower.
"What are you looking at? If you want to kill me, just do it. Otherwise, you're a coward."
Song Shi was provoking him. He could not attack casually here, but if the other party could not hold it in, he could justifiably kill him.
Yan Donghao's expression was cold. "I won't kill you, but someone will."
"Then tell him to hurry up. If I leave, won't you have no chance?"
Song Shi reminded, but his words were taken as mockery by many cultivators.
Anger flickered in Yan Donghao's eyes. He snorted and disappeared.
"I think this guy is more jealous that you can eat dragon and phoenix, but he can't."
Huo Yan teased.
"Who cares? Talking about this person is a waste of my mood."
Song Shi's gaze landed on the bustling commercial city as he strolled through it.
Huo Yan patiently accompanied him and revealed some information about the realm to Song Shi from time to time.
After walking around for a long time, Song Shi finally left the Rainbow Realm.
Huo Yan brought Song Shi back to his residence.
This was a small fiery red courtyard with some flowers and plants planted. It was relatively high-level, and the Spiritual Qi inside had formed a phenomenon. It looked misty and ethereal.
"I don't have a better bedroom for you. Stay with me for now. I'll be outside guarding the Array Formation during this period of time. You can use it as you wish."
Huo Yan smiled and said, "I'm not as rich as you. You actually didn't have to open a tab for the meal at the Seven-colored Tower."
"Then I won't stand on ceremony. I'll stay for a while before leaving."
Song Shi was prepared to study the mysteries of the Body Integration Realm and was not in a hurry to return.
"You can stay in this room."
Huo Yan brought Song Shi into the house on the first floor. It was very empty. Other than a tea table, two rows of bookshelves, and an incense burner, there was only a gray futon woven from tree branches.
"This is woven from the branches of a million-year-old Wutong Spirit Wood. Its effect is comparable to a hundred-thousand-year-old Wutong Wood. It's beneficial to the cultivation of fire attribute cultivators."
Huo Yan introduced the futon and said, "There's Concentration Incense in the incense burner. It's made of Concentration Grass. I'll light it up for you."
As the green smoke rose, Song Shi smelled the fragrance of grass and trees. His Spirit could not help but become exceptionally calm.
"There are some miscellaneous books on the bookshelf. Feel free to read them. I still have Quests to complete, so I won't accompany you anymore."
Huo Yan smiled and turned into a red light that disappeared.
"Smells good in here."
Song Shi walked around the room. "I have to start my own 'quest' too."
He sat on the mat and a warm feeling surged over. The Nomological power in his body became active. Coupled with the Concentration Incense, his normal cultivation speed could increase greatly.
Song Shi raised his hand and sucked a book from the bookshelf. As he flipped through it, he happened to see an introduction to the Body Integration realm.
"Huo Yan is also studying the mysteries of the Body Integration Realm…"
Song Shi muttered and started browsing.
The Body Integration Realm was a realm where one's essence, qi, and spirit were completely fused. One had to combine the Great Dao comprehension of one's cultivation and fuse one's Dao into one to reach the Mahayana realm.
After hearing the general introduction, Song Shi fell into deep thought. He immediately realized that it was not difficult to fuse essence, qi, and spirit. However, it was a little difficult for him to fuse all the Dao he cultivated and achieve perfection.
This was because he cultivated too many cultivation techniques. They were still divided into different paths. There were demonic cultivation techniques, immortal cultivation techniques, and Buddhist cultivation techniques.
There was no need to mention the system. His essence, qi, and spirit all had different cultivation methods. There were the Nine Yang Divine Technique and the Pure Yang Scripture, the Imperishable Golden Body, the Bone Demon Scripture, the Strength Demon Scripture, and so on.
The more one cultivated, the more troublesome it would be to fuse them. In other words, it would also be more difficult to break through.
Song Shi looked down and saw that there was indeed a requirement to cultivate the Void Refinement Stage to remove the illusions and retain the essence. He had to focus on one path as much as possible to reduce the difficulty of the fusion.
"This is great. Others may have a hard time reaching this stage, but it's very easy for them to fuse since they only walk on one cultivation path. I've made so many miscellaneous achievements in many paths, but it's very difficult for them to all fuse and break through."
Song Shi smiled helplessly. He was not in a hurry.
This was because from the time he cultivated until now, he had not spent as much time as others to break through a small realm. At most, he would spend more time. He believed that the time he spent to break through in the end would still be shorter than other cultivators.
After figuring this out, Song Shi's mood became even calmer. He began to leisurely browse through Huo Yan's collection of books and cultivate normally on the futon.
He also reacted. Wasn't this Huo Yan's usual cultivation room? Now that he used all her resources, it seemed like she didn't want to owe him too much.
In the blink of an eye, half a year had passed. As Song Shi cultivated, he finished reading all of Huo Yan's books. He had a rough grasp of the Body Integration realm.
However, he still had to come into contact with this realm more and try to break through himself to understand the specific situation.
Song Shi considered going out to find a Great Saint to practice. Before he could bid farewell to Huo Yan, the latter returned in a hurry.
"Something happened. But it's more important to you."
Huo Yan's first sentence brought bad news.
"What is it?"
Song Shi said calmly. For someone like him who had died countless times, even if the sky collapsed, it would be nothing.
"The demons have appeared in the Black Spirit Realm and are already causing trouble."
Huo Yan said in a deep voice.
"What? How did they get in? Aren't the four sacred palaces guarding it?"
Song Shi could not react in time.
"The four sacred palaces are only guarding the four key nodes. If the demons have special methods, they can still directly descend to the Mystic Spirit World on a small scale."
Huo Yan shook his head. "Recently, a group of demons appeared inexplicably in an Ancient Battlefield on the Mystic South Continent. That place was originally a forbidden area. I don't know what they're doing now. A few waves of cultivators who went to investigate on the continent were all wiped out."
"Mystic North Continent?"
Song Shi was surprised. "This continent is in the north, right?"
"That's right. In order to prevent them from building a cross-border teleportation array, we have to send some experts to deal with it. We're recruiting cultivators above the True Sage realm from the various palaces. Do you want to go? If you do, you can be recruited from here. Moreover, after the Quests are over, you can directly return to your Black Tortoise Holy Palace. You don't have to spend a large sum of money to teleport there by yourself."
Huo Yan said.
"I understand. I can use this chance to get back for free."
"Let's see if you want to go. I heard that it's quite dangerous there, but I think you're quite powerful. As long as you're careful, your life won't be in danger."
