Yang Qing stood rooted in shock at his grandfather's statement.
"What do you mean there are different levels? I haven't heard anything about it, and what about the other stages like gold body and diamond body do they have levels too?" Yang Qing eagerly asked.
While he didn't have the same level of fanaticism his grandfather and the rest had toward the body-refining realm, he did have a great interest toward the mysteries of cultivation which was why he loved buying strange-looking trinkets, studying lost arts and incomplete techniques.
Diving into that mystery always fascinated him.
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"I don't have any basis for it but just call it an old man's gut feeling. We don't yet know the prerequisites of forming a peerless jade body physique, there's so much about this physique that is veiled in mystery.
What triggers it? Is it like the natural inborn physique that someone is born with and is only triggered after one reaches the diamond body stage or does every single person have the ability to cultivate one it's just that the mechanism change from person to person?
There's so much we don't know about it but what we do know is the peerless jade body has an unfathomable profoundness to it that affects someone for the rest of his life.
Isn't it partly because of it that you were able to form purple-grade pillars in the foundation establishment realm?" Yang Fen asked.
"Mmh," Yang Qing nodded in agreement.
To form his purple grade pillars, the peerless jade body played a part along with reaching the perfect qi circulation realm also known as the '13th level' of the qi refinement realm.
"But the thing is, even a diamond body can gain a purple-grade pillar, as you may have noticed from some of your colleagues.
If the peerless jade body physique just helped someone only gain purple-grade pillars, don't you think it would be too lackluster considering how difficult it is to achieve one?" Yang Fen asked though it didn't look like he was waiting for a response.
"On base value, if you compared the peerless jade physique to other natural inborn physiques, it always feels a little lacking.
Let's take your case as an example, you have the Yin-Yang jade bone physique which gives you immunity to almost over 10,000 poisons, increased qi storage capacity above those of your peers, and a high vitality and sensitivity to life essence in terms of yin and Yang.
Doesn't this make you nothing more than a glorified strong tree," Yang Fen calmly said as he stroked his beard.
"This old man, is he taking hidden jabs at me," Yang Qing thought as his face twisted in pain at essentially being called a tree.
"As a matter of fact there is one tree with the exact same qualities as you, I think it's the noble amethyst jasper, isn't that right Elder Gui?' Yang Fen said as he directed the question to one of the elders at his back.
"Mmh that is right, there's also the summer glow willow that has the same features, the light rain thimbleweed, the flaming whisper Alder, the.."
"Can you get on with it please," Yang Qing angrily interrupted as he felt Elder Gui would go on forever giving him hit after hit to his self-esteem.
"I can't believe I'm no different than a plant."
Yang Qing even started having regrets about why he even followed up on the peerless jade physique. He could never unhear what he had just heard. Every time he looked at himself from now on, he would inadvertently picture himself as a tree, especially with his green hair.
Yang Fen and the rest smiled in embarrassment when they realized their words were a little bit harsh.
"Where was I, yes right, natural physiques and the peerless jade body physique. If you only took helping someone to achieve a purple grade pillar as the only benefit then the peerless jade physique isn't worth the effort since even a natural-born physique can do that too. That girl, what has her name? little Mao Yunru, she had a purple grade pillar too right?" asked Yang Fen.
"Mmh, she did," Yang Qing answered
"I think her physique was the purple mist cloud body, I don't know much about it but I think it gives her a natural attunement to the water Dao in addition to granting her immunity to illusion spells and those are just her base attributes, what about when she digs deeper into her physique?
There's also the golden revolutions cicada body that can produce clones with independent thinking and different talent to the user,
The Moonstone Dreamweaver physique that allows the user to pull anyone into a dream realm despite the distance and attack them,
Or the asp of the bounteous star physique that enables the user to form multiple dantians in their body in the form of stars, while also granting them a body that is as hard as any ascendant-grade defensive artifact.
If you were to compare any one of these physiques to yours, yours falls a bit short.
In my eyes, the peerless jade physique doesn't and shouldn't lose out to any of them and should even be greater. But if we were to look at things at face value, then clearly the peerless jade physique seems weaker.
This is why I believe the peerless jade physique must have other levels to it, and the current attributes you have now are the preliminary attributes and you haven't even begun to touch the depths of it, which is why I think the body rebirth potion would do you some good.
It can help you analyze your body with fresher eyes and you may notice things you didn't before. Those at the Medicine Valley helped us because of those reasons, it turns out they long had these suspicions themselves.
The Order truly isn't short of monstrous people," Yang Fen said as he smiled in gratification.
Yang Qing stood in complete silence with closed eyes as he slowly digested his grandfather's words. Ignoring the jabs, he had to admit his grandfather made some valid points.
When he broke through to the peerless jade body physique he did try to study it for a bit then when he broke through to the qi refinement he didn't study it as much and just concentrated on its passive attributes such as sensitivity to Yin Yang energy and balance.
Then the more he progressed the less he gave it any thought, especially when he broke through to the core formation realm. But now that he thought about it, the passive effects of his physique kept getting more and more pronounced the higher up his cultivation base grew. At some point, he had thought his physique became irrelevant and overshadowed by his cultivation base but it has always been there slowly guiding him and assisting him.
Yang Qing slowly started circulating his cultivation technique. He cultivated the Universal duality indulgent of the myriad worlds. This technique was intimately suited to him since it attuned the user to their surrounding more specifically the natural aspect of it. For someone with Yin Yang jade bones, the technique was perfectly suited for him which was why Yang Qing chose it even though it was an incomplete purple grade art.
A gentle misty glow was produced from Yang Qing's body as he circulated his cultivation art. That glow had a dense life aura to it that caused the grass and the trees around to grow at an alarming speed. Even then birds, insects, reptiles, and other creatures that were around were drawn toward Yang Qing like he had some powerful tonic that invited them towards him.
Yang Fen and the rest on seeing Yang Qing's state slowly left him and went into the house.
"You really are the pride of the Yang family, Qing'er. This old man hopes to see what heights you will reach," Yang Fen slowly muttered to himself as he turned back and cast a gentle gaze Yang Qing's way. The other elders also turned with looks of gratification and then resumed their walks back to the house leaving Yang Qing alone outside in the courtyard standing as a dense warm sublime glow that had a multitude of colors revolved around him.
The grass had already grown to his knees in terms of length as they gently swayed almost as if celebrating something, there were a few sparrows perched over Yang Qing's shoulders chirping, however, the chirp seemed to attune itself to the swaying of the grass and the wavy glow surrounding Yang Qing.
Ellie flew a few hundred meters away as she kept a close watch on the surroundings to prevent Yang Qing from being interrupted. As the strongest creature around other than Yang Qing, watching over him during his state was left automatically to her.
Inside Yang Qing's body was a large stretch of land that run as far as the eye could see. The land was filled with short green grass that had a gentle glow to them. In the middle of that land there was only one tree and it resembled the green flame tree that grew in Yang Qing's backyard. Beyond the land, there was a large deep blue ocean that seemed like it had surrounded the land on all sides, and above in the clear sky there was a moon and a sun. The sun was above the land while the moon was above the ocean.
Yang Qing's silhouette could be seen seated above the green flame tree in a lotus position. This scene was Yang Qing's palace realm
