There were many martial arts schools in the world. Although the cultivation system was generally similar, there were still many differences.
Body cultivation was a relatively unique school.
The path of body cultivation was developed by some powerful seniors in ancient times who could not absorb the Qi of Heaven and Earth, but were unwilling to be unable to cultivate. After countless years of exploration, they developed a special cultivation path. By constantly tempering the body, they gave the body a strong combat power.
The path of body cultivation was recognized as the most difficult cultivation path. Because they could not use the Qi of Heaven and Earth, body cultivators needed to put in countless times more effort and hardships than ordinary cultivators if they wanted to obtain strong strength. They needed to consume a large number of natural treasures, and not all efforts could be reaped.
There were many cultivators in this world, but there were even more ordinary people who couldn't sense the Qi of Heaven and Earth. Among the many ordinary people, those who could truly embark on the path of body cultivation and endure the hardships of body cultivation were as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns. There were very few of them.
At least Su Chen had never seen a body cultivator, but he had heard that there was a cultivation sect on the Xuanyuan continent that specialized in body cultivation. Although it was very low-key, it could not be denied that body cultivation was a reasonable path of cultivation.
Of course, Su Chen was not a body cultivator. Although he had tempered his body and practiced a lot of body cultivation techniques, his physique cultivation was all based on the strengthening of the Qi of Heaven and Earth. Of course, it was not as difficult as body cultivation.
However, Su Chen found that the Qi of Heaven and Earth in his body was empty, but his physical quality was still strong, which was somewhat similar to body cultivation.
In this case, Su Chen might as well pretend to be a body cultivator. Otherwise, he could not find a better explanation for his amazing physique without Qi of Heaven and Earth.
"Yes."
Su Chen nodded and admitted it shamelessly.
"That's great!"
Old Gao was very excited. He quickly said to the young man beside him, "Mengzi, get ready. Go and plug the leak."
Su Chen said to the young man, "I'll go down with you. Just tell me what you need to do."
The young man named Mengzi was stunned. He quickly nodded and gathered his brothers to take the tools and prepare to dive.
Su Chen naturally followed along.
Along the way, he chatted with the young man named Meng Zi and learned that his name was Gao Meng, the only son of Boss Gao. He used to be a cultivator and had a high chance of breaking through to the Foundation Building Realm. However, he encountered an accident and his sea of consciousness was broken. Now, his strength was stuck at Earth Realm Stage Eight and could not improve any further.
As for the Juan Er that Gao Meng had mentioned, she was his childhood sweetheart and fiancée. Originally, when the two of them were talking about marriage, Gao Meng was about to break through to the Foundation Realm. It could be said that he was on the path to success.
But just as they were about to get married, Juan 'er suddenly disappeared. Gao Meng did his best to investigate and found that Juan' er had been kidnapped by a rich playboy named Peng Si. He didn't care about the Peng family's power and rushed into the Peng family to save his beloved, but he was too late. By the time he saw Juan 'er, she had already been humiliated by Peng Si and had committed suicide.
How could Gao Meng endure such humiliation? He immediately found Peng Si to kill him. However, Peng Si was a Spirit Condensation Realm expert and Gao Meng was not his match. Not only was he ruthlessly humiliated, his sea of consciousness was also broken by Peng Si, causing him to completely lose the chance to continue cultivating.
After learning about Gao Meng's past, Su Chen finally understood why the resentment and unwillingness in his heart was so strong.
Su Chen couldn't help but pat Gao Meng's shoulder and said, "Meng Zi, do you want to take revenge?"
Gao Meng's body trembled as he clenched his fists and gritted his teeth. "I want to take revenge all the time. I want to tear Peng Si into pieces, but he is too strong. The Peng Family is also a powerful family on Treasure Cloud Island. His father is an elder of the Purple Tool Pavilion and is at the peak of the Reincarnation Realm. I am just a cripple. How can I fight with the Peng Family?"
Speaking of this, this man, who was nearly 1.9 meters tall, couldn't help but tear up.
"Don't worry, there will be a chance." Su Chen comforted him.
He was determined to help Gao Meng take revenge. Although his strength had not recovered, Su Chen was confident that he could defeat a Spirit Condensation Realm cultivator with just his physical strength.
Moreover, Su Chen had been observing for a while and had discovered some secrets of the dao seed.
The dao seed was probably about to take root, which was why it was constantly devouring the energy in his body. As long as the dao seed was supplied with enough energy, it would be able to grow smoothly. Then, Su Chen's strength would be able to recover.
The only thing he wasn't sure of was how much energy was needed for the dao seed to grow.
Gao Meng looked at Su Chen with gratitude and said, "Brother, I appreciate your kindness, but this is my personal grudge. I don't want to drag outsiders into this."
Although body cultivators were admirable, they weren't true cultivators. Gao Meng didn't want to drag Su Chen into this.
To put it bluntly, he still didn't believe in Su Chen's strength.
Su Chen understood this and didn't say anything more. However, once he had decided on something, there was no room for him to take it back.
Before entering the water, Gao Meng collected himself and took out a map of the mine. He pointed out the path down to Su Chen and said, "The mine is full of murky seawater. The visibility is very low, and the currents are very fast and fierce. You are not familiar with the environment down there, so it's easy for you to lose your bearings. Later, my brothers and I will go down first and use a rope to guide the way for you."
"Okay." Su Chen nodded.
Gao Meng asked again, "Brother, do you need a weapon? The underground is full of hard ores. Without the help of a weapon, even a body cultivator would find it difficult to open a path with his bare hands."
"No problem, I have …"
Su Chen was about to open the Void Divine World and take out a flying sword, but soon, Su Chen was stunned.
The Void Divine World couldn't be opened!
F * ck!
Opening a storage ring required the consumption of Origin Power. Although it was very little, without Origin Power, the storage ring couldn't be opened and the items inside couldn't be taken out.
Normally, a storage ring would store some elemental energy. Even if Su Chen ran out of elemental energy, it would still be enough for him to activate it a few times. However, Su Chen had taken a few bottles of Energy-replenishing Pills and a bag of elemental nuclei from the storage ring, which had depleted the elemental energy in the storage ring.
After all, the Void Divine World was a divine weapon. The Origin Power required to open it once was much more than an ordinary storage ring. If it was an ordinary storage ring, it might be enough to open it a few times.
Damn it …
If he had known earlier, he would have taken out more items.
How sad!
Su Chen finally understood what it meant to be difficult to move an inch without money. To a cultivator, Origin Power was money.
"Ahem, what weapon do you have here? Let me see," Su Chen said awkwardly.
Gao Meng asked someone to bring over a huge weapon. This was something like a meat grinder. It looked like it was specially used to open up holes.
"This is called a Mountain Grinder. As long as you have enough strength, you can use it to open up a mountain and dig a hole."