Li Yao was so scared that his heart was almost torn apart. He almost slashed the Feathered Dragon Saber brutally.
He had scanned the entire training room with his telepathic thoughts just now and did not detect the scent of any expert. Yet, the guy had been hiding in the darkness and staring at him for such a long time without being noticed?
Releasing nine layers of spiritual shields instantly, Li Yao calmed himself down and observed carefully. It was not until then that he realized that he had been too paranoid. What he saw was not a living person but a dead body soaked in a crystal tank.
The crystal tank was like a vertical, transparent coffin that was filled with bright green embalming liquids. The dead body was standing inside quietly, covered in a mustard-seed combat suit.
In the darkness, the embalming liquids were emitting gloomy fluorescence, making the dead body seem to be alive and emitting a mysterious air.
Li Yao bit the tip of his tongue softly. His pounding heart gradually calmed down. He discovered that the embalming liquids were rather dirty, and the body was full of bumps and hollows. Even the mustard-seed combat suit had been riddled with holes.
It must be the work of the rats.
Even the eyelids of the dead body had been bitten off by the rats. That was why he had been 'glaring' at Li Yao in the darkness.
He is …
Li Yao thought of something. Although the dead body had been deformed beyond recognition, he could vaguely tell from the facial structure that it was similar to Yan Xinjian's face in many pictures.
Besides, it was unlikely that Yan Xinjian would show up in a secret training room out of nowhere and be carefully preserved.
Yan Xinjian, the best expert of the Flying Star Sector five hundred years ago and an unparalleled expert who had a chance to break into the Divinity Transformation Stage, died just like that. He turned into a cold body in the dark world ten thousand meters below the ground. Even his eyelids were bitten off by the rats after his death.
Li Yao had indescribable feelings in his heart.
In order to break into the Divinity Transformation Stage, Yan Xinjian had done everything he could. He had even considered how to defend himself against the apocalypse.
But as it turned out, all his efforts had been in vain. He had perished, and even his body had been humiliated by the rats after his death.
Bai Xinghe said that everything Yan Xinjian did, including killing his wife and the entire family of his boss, were all lies. It is very likely that it is a disguise to cover his real purpose of exploring the underground of Spider Den. "
"If Yan Xinjian knew that he still ended up like this after going through so much trouble and giving up everything, he wouldn't have known. Would he still risk losing his reputation by doing this? "
Li Yao sighed. He couldn't help but think of the rats that were emitting white light. He was like a person who was in so much pain that he wished he was dead. He repeatedly repeated the name of his deceased wife. It was too late for regrets.
Li Yao wanted to know more and more what had happened in the secret cultivation room for five hundred years.
How did Yan Xinjian die? Where did those little white mice that could understand human nature come from?
Li Yao's gaze extended to the back of the crystal trough, and he discovered that there were still a lot of remains of magical equipment piled up in the corner. Upon closer inspection, Li Yao discovered that they were the fragments of several artificial bodies.
Artificial bodies were different from spiritual puppets. They were specially produced as the bodies of the 'spectral Cultivators'. Therefore, the configuration and the overall structure of the crystal processor were slightly different. As an experienced refiner, Li Yao recognized them after a quick glance.
"So many scraps of artificial bodies?"
Did a strong spectral Cultivator once live in this place?
Yes. Yes. Yan Xinjian was a smart man. Naturally, he had foreseen the possibility that he might perish. But his soul might not perish immediately after his death. Therefore, he prepared a lot of artificial bodies. He was prepared for the possibility that he might be transformed into the form of a spectral Cultivator and continue his training if he failed to advance and perished.
However, ghosts have a lifespan, too. They can be as old as five hundred years. However strong a spectral Cultivator is, his soul will gradually disperse, and everything will return to tranquility. That will be the arrival of the real 'death'.
Li Yao held back his curiosity and continued his exploration.
The bottom floor of the residence was the real training space, which was divided into two areas: training and meditation.
Li Yao was faced with a cluster of bizarre-shaped training facilities. He felt that he was in an iron jungle. He was so excited that he was about to cry.
"So many powerful cultivation facilities, all of them are priceless treasures!"
Li Yao held his breath. His hands shivering, he touched the cold shell of the training facilities carefully, especially the Red Dragon Swallowing the Sun emblem on them, which was the emblem of the Star Ocean Imperium!
They are the training facilities in the army. Judging from the spiritual stripes next to the emblem, they are specially designed for the high-level officers. Only the real experts in the army are qualified to use them!
"Yes, that's right!"
The underground fortress above my head is the last stronghold of the Flying Star Sector. According to the plan, countless experts will gather here to fight. Therefore, there must be training rooms with advanced facilities deep inside the underground fortress!
Yan Xinjian filtered out all the usable training facilities five hundred years ago and moved them to this place!
Right. The ancestors of the space pirates were the Fire Stealers five thousand years ago. When they carried out the Fire Stealers Plan, they stole a lot of the most advanced training facilities, too. They must've brought them to Spider Den and eventually fell into the hands of Yan Xinjian, the 'Supreme Space Pirate', who brought them to this place!
"Therefore, this training room is the essence of the entire underground fortress. It is the essence of Spider Den!
Li Yao was like a mouse that had fallen into a tank of rice. He was so excited that his face was flushed, and he did not know where he should extend his claws.
"This training machine can release hundreds of 'mini balls of lightning' no more than one millimeter in diameter instantly. When the balls of lightning are channeled into the limbs and bones, they will attack the acupoints and strengthen the body. The effect is more than a hundred times better than that of the general 'electric arc training machine'!"
"This training machine can simulate 150 times the standard gravity? How impressive!
Hiss. This training facility can directly stimulate the brain of the trainee and simulate the combat scenes of a hundred experts in the Star Ocean Imperium. The trainee will be able to fight the experts in deep meditation!
This training facility is even more awesome than a furnace. It can simulate all the temperatures from absolute zero to five thousand degrees, allowing the trainee to train in the environment of extreme heat and extreme cold!
As a training maniac and a fan of magical equipment, Li Yao's soul was shivering and his blood was boiling after he glanced at the spiritual stripes that were as glamorous as vines on the training facilities.
The meditation room at the bottom was an even bigger eye-opener for him.
The meditation room was not large. One had to crouch to crawl in. After entering the room, one could only sit cross-legged.
Dense runes had been carved on the smooth walls of the room. Once the trainee sat at the center, they would immediately start humming.
Every rune turned into a dancing, colorful butterfly that flew into Li Yao's brain and danced.
Li Yao's self-awareness seemed to have been removed from his body. He left Spider Den and the Flying Star Sector at a speed faster than time and returned to the Tian Yuan Realm and the past.
Along the way, the teachings of countless seniors and teachers once again appeared in the depths of his mind.
The cultivation principles, formulas, and methods that he didn't quite understand in the past were now as clear as one plus one equals two.
Every detail of the bloody battles of the past replayed in his mind.
Like a "review" after a fierce game of chess, Li Yao reflected on the battles in the past and came up with dozens of brand-new battle strategies in the blink of an eye.
"I participated in the Extreme Elite Challenge Competition on Devil Flood Dragon Island. Although I relied on the backdoor left behind on my magical equipment to kill my opponents, this kind of combat method still isn't the most efficient. If I can use … this … this … this kind of battle tactic, perhaps I can obtain even better battle results!"
"I was confronted with Wang Ji, a silver-blood demon and a prince of the Kingdom of Lion Butchers, in the depths of the Thunderous Sound Mountain. At that time, I had no choice but to flee. But on second thought, if I had used the right tactics, there was a one percent chance that I could have reversed the situation and slain Wang Ji!
"My battle against Skeleton Dragon …"
"When I was fighting Fengyu Zhong …"
Li Yao had originally planned to keep a low profile and feel the power of Yan Xinjian's Abode a little. He didn't expect that things would get out of hand. When he woke up, he looked at the time and found that three hours had passed.
"Incredible. Truly incredible. After meditating for three hours, I've sorted through most of the battles that I've experienced in the past. My tactical system is clearer, and I have a deeper understanding about the utilization of spiritual energy, too!"
"Although my capability hasn't improved, my wisdom about how to make use of my capability has been greatly improved!"
When he left the meditation room reluctantly, Li Yao studied it carefully and discovered that the entire meditation room was carved out of a piece of flawless black jade.
The jade was about five meters in diameter. After a hollow two meters in diameter was dug out in the middle, it became a natural space for meditation.
Li Yao had never seen such a weird jade before. He racked his brains and compared all the jade materials in Ou Yezi's memory pieces, but he still had no clue what it was.
On second thought, the jade must be an unparalleled, unparalleled treasure in the entire world of Cultivators. No wonder it had become the most important meditation room for Yan Xinjian.
After three hours of fighting, the living area was already littered with corpses. Even the red rats, the most brutal of them all, seemed rather frustrated.
When Li Yao showed up again, the mice all swarmed toward him like a spring.
"I am Yan Xinjian," the red rat roared. "I command you to kill all the rebels now, or I will blow you into smithereens, too!"
"I'm the real Yan Xinjian, and they're all fake. Kill them all, and I'll teach you all my techniques. Heeheehee!" The green mouse was tempted.
"I am Yan Xinjian. Junior, your body is not bad. Why don't you lend it to me for now? I'll find a way to return it to you after I get out of here. You can't get out of here without me. You can't! "
The depressed blue rat was still leaning against the wall. He said in a weird tone, "It's useless. Nobody can get out of here. Nobody can ever get out of here!"
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