Zhu Feng’s horrified voice caused disbelief to fill the faces of everyone else present with the exception of Gu Hongyi, making them dumbstruck as they stared at Zhou Yuan.

“How is this possible? It’s only been a few days, how can he possibly have mastered the first level of the Ethereal Form technique?!”

“But… etherealisation of the body is clearly only achievable by someone who has mastered the first level!”

“This is the only way to explain how he was able to receive Zhu Feng’s attacks with his body.”

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Qiao Xiu and Shen Wanjin were stunned as they looked to each other. The Ethereal Form technique was one of the more popular Genesis techniques in the outer mountains, and had been selected by many disciples. This was because of how amazing it was. Once mastered, it would substantially boost one’s overall survivability.

But Qiao Xiu and Shen Wanjin also knew that although many people were learning it, only a handful were able to reach the first level. Mastering the first level in a span of less than ten days was practically unheard of.

In addition, they knew that Zhou Yuan had not received any guidance during this process, everything had been achieved with...