After enduring a familiar “bamboo shoot stir-fry” (a beating), Li Beifei dragged his bruised and swollen face back to his room.
Looking in the mirror, his once handsome face had turned into a pig's face again. Li Beifei grumbled with indignation, "Old man, I told you not to hit my face! Ouch..."
The lingering pain subsided slightly, and then he turned his head to look at his butt. Damn, when did his buttocks become so perky? It wasn't perky, it was swollen and red!
But despite the beating, after returning to his room, Li Beifei circulated his cultivation technique. Soon, the external injuries disappeared. This was the magical part of Gu Changsheng's beatings – no matter how terrifying the external injuries looked, as long as one calmed down to heal, they would quickly disappear.
Previously, Li Beifei's realm was too low, but now he could feel that his body's strength was a little bit stronger than when he was undergoing tribulation. This little bit was very subtle. If he hadn't been recognized by the Undying Sutra, he might not have noticed it.
"The Undying Sutra is really a good thing, but it's too difficult to practice," Li Beifei sighed. He was told by Lao Liu that he had been recognized by the Undying Sutra. He didn't even know what changes had occurred in the bones of his body. When Lao Liu told him, he happily thought that he had already made an entry, but Lao Liu immediately poured cold water on him.
"Entry? What are you dreaming about in broad daylight? You've only obtained the qualification to cultivate the Undying Sutra. You're far from making an entry." This was Lao Liu's original words, but regardless, he could feel that his physical body was much stronger than before.
Then he questioned Lao Liu.
"Dead Lao Liu, did you know that the old guy was freakishly strong and then egged me on to get beaten?" Li Beifei asked. He still remembered that when he was undergoing tribulation, Lao Liu had stimulated him with words, and then he had confidently challenged Gu Changsheng's humanoid thunder tribulation. The result was obvious – he got beaten.
He still remembered the slaps of the humanoid thunder tribulation. Although he couldn't feel the pain because of the paralysis of the lightning, the feeling of being slapped around was still fresh in his mind. He even suspected that this wasn't the Gu Changsheng humanoid thunder tribulation recorded by the Heavenly Dao, but Gu Changsheng himself was doing a substitute beating.
Lao Liu listened to his complaint and said calmly, "I just wanted you to experience the feeling of being in the same era as your master."
"..." Li Beifei.
"How does it feel?" Lao Liu asked.
"Very strong, ridiculously strong, freakishly strong!" Li Beifei said seriously.
"That's right. People in that era also had this feeling," Lao Liu responded.
"Why?" Li Beifei asked.
"You want to ask why Gu Changsheng is so strong? And you also doubt that he is really an ordinary cultivator with ordinary physique and bloodline?"
Li Beifei nodded. This was the doubt in his heart. The Seven Star Sword Sutra he cultivated was an Emperor Scripture. Not only that, but he had also obtained the Thirty-Three Heavens Creation Immortal Art of the Red Dust Heavenly Emperor. According to Lao Liu, this Immortal Art was a powerful secret technique that ranked among the top in the Three Thousand Chaos Worlds. And now he was also cultivating the Undying Sutra. With all these additions, he was still not a match for Gu Changsheng's humanoid thunder tribulation. You must know that Gu Changsheng at that time did not have powerful cultivation techniques.
The strongest was only his self-created Nine Deaths Heavenly Art, but when he was only in the Nirvana Realm, the Nine Deaths Heavenly Art could not possibly be as perfect as the current Nine Deaths Heavenly Art.
However, the gap between the cultivation techniques of the two sides was so large, why could Gu Changsheng still beat him?
"Extreme Realm!" At this time, Lao Liu said a term that Li Beifei was extremely unfamiliar with.
"Extreme Realm?" Li Beifei frowned.
"That's right, it's the Extreme Realm. Gu Changsheng took three more steps than others in every realm!" Lao Liu said.
"What do you mean?"
Li Beifei still didn't understand.
"Let me put it this way, the Awakening Realm at the beginning of cultivation is divided into the early stage, middle stage, late stage, and peak stage. Next is the breakthrough to Transcending Mortality. But Gu Changsheng's Awakening Realm is different. His Awakening Realm has three more realms than yours."
"After the peak stage, there is the Small Heavenly Cycle, the Great Heavenly Cycle, and the Perfect Heavenly Cycle. Only then is the Transcending Mortality Realm. Gu Changsheng also cultivated for ten thousand years before attaining Dao. It seems that his cultivation speed is not even as good as your previous life, but he has three more realms than others in every realm. Moreover, the Extreme Realm becomes more difficult to break through later, so his ten thousand years of attaining Dao is already very, very fast."
Lao Liu's explanation made Li Beifei suddenly enlightened. He calculated in his heart that if calculated by realm, Gu Changsheng was actually fifteen realms higher than others when he was in the first level of the Nirvana Realm. Of course, combat power is not calculated this way, but this is already very terrifying.
Previously, after Gu Changsheng exchanged a sword strike with the Heavenly Sword Immortal in the Heavenly Sword Great World, Gu Changsheng said that he could suppress True Immortals when he became a Great Emperor, and True Immortals could crush Immortal Kings. At that time, Li Beifei thought that Gu Changsheng was bragging, but now, after Lao Liu's explanation, he was not bragging, this was really awesome.
"Then can I also walk the path of the Extreme Realm?" Li Beifei asked eagerly. Now that he knew that this path was so powerful, Li Beifei naturally had some ideas.
But Lao Liu's words completely shattered his hope.
"No!"
"Why?" Li Beifei asked in confusion.
"Because of the Nine Deaths Heavenly Art, he has opened up another cultivation system!" Lao Liu briefly told Li Beifei about the cultivation system of the Nine Deaths Heavenly Art, which uses oneself as a seed and opens up the divine treasures in the body.
"Moreover, to walk the path of the Extreme Realm, not only do you need to cultivate the Nine Deaths Heavenly Art, but you also need to walk from the beginning of cultivation, that is, you need to walk the path of the Extreme Realm from the Awakening Realm." Lao Liu's statement completely shattered Li Beifei's fantasy.
Gu Changsheng had told him before that he could not cultivate the Nine Deaths Heavenly Art, and the path of the Extreme Realm was already out of his reach.
"Then, is my Senior Brother Gu Sheng also walking the Extreme Realm?" Li Beifei thought of Gu Sheng, who could cultivate the Nine Deaths Heavenly Art.
But Lao Liu gave a negative answer.
"There is another person who is currently exploring the path of the Extreme Realm," Lao Liu said.
"Who is it?" Li Beifei was shocked and quickly asked.
"Gu Xichao!" Lao Liu did not hide it.
"Gu Xichao?" Li Beifei frowned slightly. The surname alone showed that he was a descendant of the old guy. It was reasonable to be able to cultivate the Nine Deaths Heavenly Art.
In fact, Lao Liu had slightly revealed it at Tian Duan Mountain, but he didn't say Gu Xichao's name at that time. At that time, he only reminded Li Beifei not to be beaten too badly in the future, but obviously, Li Beifei didn't take it to heart at that time.
"But you don't have to belittle yourself. The reason why Gu Changsheng is so powerful is because he cultivates two systems at the same time and integrates them, which is why he is so powerful. As for Gu Xichao, what the future holds depends on his own creation," Lao Liu said.
Although Lao Liu said so, Li Beifei secretly remembered Gu Xichao. According to seniority, he was the elder of all the Gu family members except for Gu Sheng. If he was often inferior to his descendants, it would be very embarrassing.
"Little Fei Fei, come out to eat!"
At this time, the voice of the White Tiger Demon Emperor came from outside.
Li Beifei tidied up his thoughts, pushed the door open, and found that several home-style dishes were placed on the stone table in the courtyard.
Aunt Bai actually went to buy groceries!
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