「On Nameless Mountain, within the borderlands of the Jing and Yue Countries.」
Four of Gu Zheng's illusory bodies stood guard in the four cardinal directions.
Gu Zheng himself sat cross-legged and unmoving, quietly contemplating the plum blossom tree.
According to Xiao Dongxuan, this plum blossom tree was what was known as an "Enlightenment Marvel."
Previously, Gu Zheng had assumed that any Marvel born within a Domain could be contemplated to aid in his breakthrough to the third stage of the King's Body Realm.
In reality, however, most Marvels didn't possess this ability; even if they did, the aid they provided was minimal. Xu Jianzhu probably hadn't realized this in depth, as he had yet to reach the point of pushing for the third stage of the King's Body Realm.
Of all the Marvels born in a Domain, only a small fraction—those that held a connection to the profound mysteries of the Great Dao—were of significant help.
