Lin Xiao frowned and said, “I have heard that Luo Qianqiu has already reached the Eighth Layer Martial Emperor realm?”
This Luo Qianqiu had been mentioned to him by the Eighth Vein Peak Master when trying to recruit him. She was the number one beauty of the Azure Dragon Sect, as well as its number one genius, and her cultivation had already reached the Eighth Layer Martial Emperor realm.
With that kind of strength, if she came looking for trouble, there would be no need for a fight at all. Lin Xiao knew full well that he was no match for her.
The gap in cultivation realm was simply too great.
“That’s right. At twenty-seven years of age, Eighth Layer Martial Emperor realm, her strength is unfathomably deep. Even Ninth Layer Martial Emperors would not dare to provoke her lightly.”
Bi Zhuang replied, “However, Luo Qianqiu and the other geniuses of the first tier would never lower themselves to attack you. The Azure Dragon Sect also has too much pride to allow first-tier geniuses to make a move against you.”
“At most, a few of the stronger ones from the second tier will come forward.”
“Second tier?” Lin Xiao was slightly taken aback. He had no idea what level of strength the second tier possessed.
Bi Zhuang smiled and explained, “I myself am the top of the second tier, although those ranked lower are not much weaker than me. Heh, when the time comes, you will have plenty of chances to fight.”
Lin Xiao’s brows knitted tightly. This Bi Zhuang was a Sixth Layer Martial Emperor genius capable of bursting out with bizarre speed and possessing an extremely powerful body. Even his strongest trump card was unknown in its full might.
Against opponents of similar strength to Bi Zhuang, he had no confidence at all.
Take Ji Yang of the Ji family for example. His cultivation was also at the Sixth Layer Martial Emperor realm, yet his strength was even greater than Lin Xiao’s.
The disciples of the first family and the two sects were indeed formidable enough to make one wary.
“Also, regarding the Domain of Evil, the area inside is simply too vast. Our Azure Dragon Sect attaches great importance to it and has already dispatched a second wave of people to investigate. If it is still safe, I will enter it again.”
Bi Zhuang reminded him with a wicked grin, “If you want to go in with me again and make another fortune, hehe, you had better raise your strength as quickly as possible in the coming days. Otherwise, I am afraid you will not even be able to compete with the Earth-grade geniuses of the Ji family.”
Lin Xiao was slightly startled. The Domain of Evil had not closed yet?
He felt both apprehension and interest toward that strange place. What frightened him was the eerie danger within, what interested him were the opportunities inside.
Where there was great danger, there were also enormous opportunities.
Regardless of what Bi Zhuang said, right now Lin Xiao already felt an impulse to enter the Domain of Evil once more.
However, since the Domain of Evil would not close in the short term, he was in no rush. He would first let the second wave from the Azure Dragon Sect scout the situation.
Moreover, he truly did need to raise his strength. Otherwise, if he encountered people from the Ji family, he might not even be able to protect himself.
After asking Bi Zhuang some questions about the Domain of Evil, Bi Zhuang soon left the guest room.
Closing the door, Lin Xiao sat cross-legged on a large chair.
“My spiritual power realm has been stagnant for quite some time. There is hope of breaking through to the high-grade sixth-rank realm, but without breakthrough pills, it will be very difficult to succeed in a short period.”
Lin Xiao pondered silently. Compared to his yuan power, his spiritual power cultivation had indeed been stagnant for far too long.
Yet a single breakthrough in spiritual power was equivalent to advancing three cultivation layers, making it extremely difficult. Even if one touched the edge of breakthrough, it would still take a very long time to succeed unless one had the corresponding breakthrough pills or some heaven-sent opportunity.
Given his current situation, even if he secluded himself for several months, he probably would not be able to break through to the next level.
Raising his spiritual power realm in the short term was likely impossible.
“My yuan power cultivation has not been at the Eighth Layer Martial Lord for very long either. If I rely only on refining blue spirit stones or ordinary pills, I am afraid it will still be difficult to break through in a short time.”
Lin Xiao thought, “If I want to raise my strength quickly, it seems the only option is to try those human pills.”
Human pills were mainly pills used to assault cultivation realms. He had never tried them before.
However, it was said that spiritual controllers who could refine human pills were utterly terrifying and would be hunted endlessly.
There had to be something extraordinary about them.
He had quite a few human pills in his possession, including some refined from Eighth Layer Martial Emperors. Perhaps he could rely on these human pills to break through directly.
The only issue was that these human pills were refined from a person’s entire body, which made Lin Xiao feel somewhat uneasy.
“Martial Emperor essence blood also comes from Martial Emperors. Human pills are merely an extension of that principle. To become a true powerhouse, one should not be hindered by such minor details.”
In the end, Lin Xiao gritted his teeth, endured the discomfort, took out a human pill that was lighter in colour and milder in fragrance, and swallowed it in one gulp.
As soon as the pill entered his stomach and was refined by his yuan power, a vast, ocean-like medicinal power surged forth violently, fiercely assaulting his dantian.
“The medicinal power is this strong?” Lin Xiao was shocked. This was only the mildest pill he had, merely for testing.
In other words, it had been refined from the body of a relatively weaker martial practitioner, yet the medicinal power was already this potent. If he used one refined from an Eighth Layer Martial Emperor, it might directly exceed the limit his body could withstand.
At this moment, Lin Xiao had no choice but to concentrate fully, continuously guiding the impacts against his dantian while expelling the impurities from his dantian and body.
Although the medicinal power was fierce, it did not last overly long. Lin Xiao could feel that his dantian had progressed.
Yet a single lowest-grade human pill was still far from reaching his limit and could not push him to break through his cultivation.
Immediately afterwards, Lin Xiao swallowed another human pill and continued refining.
This went on until the morning of the next day. Starting from the lowest grade and working upwards, Lin Xiao refined a full ten human pills.
While refining the tenth human pill, Lin Xiao directly succeeded in assaulting the realm. His entire dantian transformed into nine layers of chaos. A terrifying aura spread out, and surging, majestic power roared within the chaos of his dantian.
Lin Xiao could clearly feel that his strength had undergone another enormous leap.
It was clearly the explosive increase brought about by the rise in cultivation realm.
“No wonder human pills are described so mysteriously in the records. Even when I had not yet accumulated enough to break through naturally, continuously refining them allowed me to force a breakthrough.”
Lin Xiao secretly rejoiced in his heart, “In the future, perhaps any realm can be assaulted using human pills. If I were not worried about an unstable foundation, I might even be able to keep breaking through solely with human pills.”
Of course, this was merely his speculation.
To keep breaking through using only human pills, one would need a sufficient quantity of them.
Moreover, those human pills had to be of appropriate grade. If he directly used one refined from the body of a powerhouse far beyond his level, he could suffer backlash, or even explode and die.
“I can still continue refining a few more to improve further.”
Once his aura had settled and the power within his dantian had stabilised, Lin Xiao took out another human pill and continued refining.
The medicinal power remained fierce. Although there was no obvious breakthrough, it still allowed him to keep advancing steadily.
Just as he finished refining this pill, a voice suddenly startled him awake, “Honoured guest inside, may I trouble you to come out for a meeting?”
