Li Yao brushed his messy hair and brushed off a cluster of dust. He sneezed, and his eyes suddenly shined.
"I've been looking for ways to break the shackle of the Black Spider Death Curse and return to the high level of the Building Foundation Stage.
"But it is impossible for me to do that with the capability of the peak of the Refinement Stage right now!
"Then, what if I break the so-called 'peak' and advance to the 20th level of the Refinement Stage, the 50th level, or even the 100th level, just like those qi-trainers?
"The 100th level of the Refinement Stage! I will definitely shatter the Black Spider Death Curse! "
The idea was like a morning star in the night sky, illuminating Li Yao's entire brain.
It seemed crazy, but on second thought, it was not entirely impossible.
First of all, based on the battle with Yan Chihuo the day before, Li Yao did not sense any qualitative difference between the guy and the common Refinement Stage Cultivators despite the violent spiritual gas that the guy unleashed. It was just a simple accumulation of spiritual gas!
Secondly, although Yan Chihuo looked rather rough, judging from the tiny wrinkles between his eyebrows, he should not be old. No more than thirty-five years old.
Behind him, several knights of the Burning Sun Tribe who were in the tenth or twentieth level of the Refinement Stage looked rather young. One of them, a young man who seemed to be around eighteen, had already advanced into the tenth level of the Refinement Stage!
It meant that it would not be too difficult to advance into the 14th level of the Refinement Stage. At the very least, there were secret arts on Iron Plateau that could help one to train faster!
Now that he had advanced into the high level of the Building Foundation Stage, his perception and understanding of spiritual energy and the structure of spiritual energy models were far better than that of common Refinement Stage Cultivators.
As long as he grasped the tricks, he should be able to make rapid progress!
Li Yao had been in a hurry to leave Iron Plateau, but after he discovered the qi-trainers' secrets, he changed his mind and was not in such a hurry to leave.
He had a vague feeling that his strength would be able to make another breakthrough and undergo an explosive leap. All the opportunities were on Iron Plateau!
However, on second thought, there were still a lot of difficulties.
The qi-trainers were too prejudiced against space residents, especially Cultivators. No matter what conditions he proposed, he was afraid that they would not teach him the secrets of Qi Refinement, let alone the ability to resonate with Spirit Qi.
"The body of a Qi Practitioner, especially the eight extraordinary meridians, must have undergone special strengthening. Otherwise, how could he withstand so much True Qi running around in his body and not suffer from Qi Deviation and explode? "
This kind of strengthening was different from the strengthening of a body fundamentalist.
Even the body fundamentalists strictly abided by the rules of Cultivation. After reaching the peak of the Refinement Stage, they had to liquefy their spiritual gas and embark on the path of Building Foundation.
Presumably, the Qi Practitioners had another skill that could expand their eight extraordinary meridians. This allowed them to carry more True Qi.
The combination of such skills and the resonance of the spiritual Qi created the terrifying Qi Practitioners!
"I have to think of a way to learn these two abilities!"
"Battle Plan No.1 has failed. Next, we will initiate Battle Plan No.2!"
Li Yao smiled and rubbed his face with his hands for five minutes. Then, he tore off a layer of skin that was as thin as a cicada's wing from his face!
As the skin was torn off, the muscles on his face wriggled. His appearance went through weird changes and revealed his real face!
Crackle! Crackle! Crackle!
Crack! Crack! Crack! A series of explosive sounds came from within his body. His body suddenly grew half a head taller, and his shoulders became two fists wider. His streamlined muscles flashed with a bright light. He looked like a cheetah whose hair was glossy because it had just rolled in a pond.
This was his real face!
Before he got in touch with the qi-trainers, he had specially disguised himself with the camouflage magical equipment in Fengyu Ming's Cosmos Ring.
He had already prepared for both eventualities if the contact with the other party did not go smoothly. If the Qi Practitioners failed to make contact with him, he would at least be able to capture a close-up picture of the enemy with Neltharion so that he could be prepared for the second plan.
"It can't be helped. It's time to show off my acting skills again!"
Li Yao ordered Neltharion to enter stealth mode. He did not dare to fly too high. He observed the surroundings from an altitude of almost three hundred meters.
Over the past half month, he had been observing the environment in such a way.
He could clearly see that, other than the east side, enormous pillars of smoke were rising from the horizon in the other three directions. Some of the pillars appeared at a fixed time every day in a regular pattern.
The pillars of smoke must be man-made, which meant that there was a settlement of qi-trainers, if not a town, below the pillars of smoke.
Li Yao did not want to deal with the qi-trainers of the Burning Sun Tribe anymore.
Those people must be highly anxious now that they had just discovered an 'intruder'. They would not trust a stranger of unknown origins easily.
However, there was no Spiritual Nexus on Iron Plateau. Li Yao estimated that the news would not spread so fast. Some of the news would be completely different after it was sent to hundreds of kilometers away.
The other qi-trainers' tribes would not be so vigilant.
Li Yao took off his mustard-seed combat suit. He was naked from head to toe. He apologized to Black Wing and stuffed it into his Cosmos Ring together with all the magical equipment on his body despite its violent struggles. Then, he swallowed the Cosmos Ring.
As half a body practitioner, his control over every inch of his muscles was highly precise. He could control the movement of his stomach and throat freely. When necessary, he could force the Cosmos Ring out in half a second.
"From now on, I'm going to forget that I'm a Cultivator. I'm just a native of Iron Plateau!"
Li Yao took a deep breath and meditated on the mysterious realm of body fundamentalism that Iron God Yan Ba had passed on to him.
"Think of the ancestors of mankind, the ferocious primeval beasts that roared in the sky, and activate the genes that they left deep inside our cells. Break the seals of the genes and unleash the immense primeval force!"
"Hoooo!"
Li Yao bellowed. He seemed to have turned into a primeval ape. His bones were cracking again, and he was half a head taller than before. His muscles were expanding as if they had been inflated. His skin turned into the color of bronze, with metallic colors flashing on it!
'Thousand Tempering Hundred Refining', a body-refining technique from forty thousand years ago, and the secret arts of body fundamentalists to explore the primeval force, had created a brand-new body!
Triggering a light beam with his mini crystal processor, Li Yao observed his new appearance.
After landing on Iron Plateau for a month, he had been living a life close to that of an animal. Without a haircut or a shave, his hair was already bristling.
There were many shocking scars on his bronze-colored, muscular body. They were all mementos of the fierce battles he had fought in the past month.
If he were in space, he could've been treated in a random hospital with a medical cabin.
But there were no medical cabins in this place. The scars were like medals, which were quite impressive.
At first glance, his appearance was not much different from that of Yan Chihuo and the rest of them.
"Very good."
Li Yao scratched his chin and smiled in satisfaction. "Now, I'll give myself five days to learn how the qi-trainers talk while I move to the west. It'll be best if I can polish myself to be wilder and more brutal!"
On the western horizon, there were more than a dozen dense columns of smoke that flowed from morning to night every day.
There must be a large town of qi-trainers there.
Li Yao planned to try his luck there.
After confirming with Neltharion that he had indeed gotten rid of the hunting of the Burning Sun Tribe, Li Yao strode to the west.
In fact, in such a desolate desert, it was unlikely that he would be discovered if he summoned Black Wing and rode it.
But Li Yao still wanted to make use of the next few days to polish off the traces of civilization on his body.
For that reason, not only did he not summon Black Wing, he also tried not to use any other modern magical equipment.
When he ran into demon beasts, he would fight them with the crudest stones, bone blades, and a pair of iron fists.
After two days, countless wounds had been added to his body, which was quite a shocking sight for other people.
However, for Li Yao, who had been practicing the Thousand Tempering Hundred Refining art, the more severe his wounds were, the more effective his training would be.
Since he was used to the pain of being gnawed by the Purple Ring Sword Ants, his tolerance for pain was ten times higher than that of common Cultivators.
Two days later …
Li Yao was wearing a piece of colorful animal skin around his waist. He was carrying an enormous bone hammer on his shoulder.
He had made the hammer with the skull of a tiger-type demon beast. He didn't use many refining skills. All he did was tie the skull to a thigh bone with the tendon of a tiger.
"Hoooo!"
"As long as I advance into the 100th level of the Refinement Stage, I'll even kill Jin Dan or Yuanying in space for you to see!"
He was practicing his acting skills in front of the light beam on the mirror.
"This won't do. No matter how I pretend to be brutal, I can't be as stupid and stupid as Yan Chihuo. Something is missing."
Four days later …
Two more pieces of bone armor appeared on Li Yao's shoulders. He was holding the bone hammer in one hand and the forelimb of a mantis-type demon beast in the other as a saber. The number of wounds on his body was almost twice as many as before.
"The path of an expert is to be stronger the more he fights. As long as I advance into the 10,000th level of the Refinement Stage, I'll be able to blow up the sun! Kill me! "
He jumped up and down before the light beam on the mirror and beat his chest like a gorilla.
"This won't do. My acting skills are too exaggerated and superficial. I'm not as good as Yan Chihuo and the rest of them!"
"What should I do? I can't keep quiet … Huh? "
Six days later …
In front of the light beam on the mirror, Li Yao was silent. He simply allowed his messy hair to fall down and cover more than half of his face. Occasionally, a pair of cold, beast-like eyes could be seen through the gaps of his hair!
"Shua!"
The saber in his hand that was made of the forelimb of a mantis slashed out a sordid aura. Li Yao grimaced and roared in a low voice. His canine teeth were shining. (To be continued.)
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