Li Hui's days passed in alternating cultivation of refining his body and energy, time flew by, a year had already gone by.

  On a vacant lot, Li Hui was walking forward step by step with a huge stone weighing several thousand catties.

  At this time, Li Hui was only wearing a pair of long pants, his upper body completely exposed, with muscles bulging out one by one. The surface of the muscles emitted a faint golden light that was almost invisible. Droplets of sweat fell from Li Hui's face, and the sweat on his upper body merged into streams that flowed down his body. His long pants were already completely soaked through.

  With every step forward, a sunken footprint was left on the bluestone floor.

  The scenery around the empty land was somewhat illusory, in fact, Li Hui was now in an array, this array was set up by Zhao Mingjiu, which could increase the gravity by five times.

  The boulder Li Hui lifted weighed over 3,000 catties. Five times the weight meant that Li Hui was equivalent to lifting a 15,000-catty boulder as he moved forward!

  At this time, Li Hui had already operated the "Dragon Elephant Vajra Secret" to its extreme, but he could only move forward with difficulty, one step at a time.

  One step, two steps... ten steps... twenty steps... one hundred steps... one hundred and twenty steps!

  Li Hui stopped in his tracks after walking a full 120 steps.

  "Ah!"

  Li Hui let out a loud roar and poured his immense strength into his arms, suddenly lifting the massive boulder over his head!

  "Boom!"

  The boulder was thrown to one side, but Li Hui simply stood up slightly, took out a dan medicine and threw it into his mouth, sat cross-legged on the ground, and began to cultivate the "Dragon Elephant Golden Vajra Technique".

  The spiritual energy of heaven and earth crazily passed through every muscle, every inch of skin into Li Hui's body, tempering Li Hui's body, while the auxiliary elixir for refining the body emitted a powerful medicinal power from inside, constantly tempering Li Hui's flesh.

  A moment later, a faint golden light appeared on Li Hui's body. Under the cover of the golden light, Li Hui's face was solemn and his expression was stern.

  Half a time later, Li Hui opened his eyes and felt that the massive power consumed in his body had been fully restored, and his physical strength had also increased significantly.

  He stood up and Li Hui continued to lift the boulder, walking step by step on the ground.

  In the distance, Zhao Ming's divine sense observed all of this and couldn't help but nod his head in satisfaction. This cheap disciple he had found was truly a good seedling, not needing him to urge them on as they spontaneously practiced diligently, and their progress was extremely fast. In just one year's time, they had already cultivated the "Dragon Elephant Golden Vajra Secret" to the third layer of Mahāyāna, that is, the mixed yuan body Mahāyāna, and were about to break through to the red gold body.

  Once you break through to the Red Gold Body, it's equivalent to having the strength of a Qi Refining Stage beginner! Moreover, cultivators who practice the Dragon Elephant Golden Vajra Technique and reach the Red Gold Body will have an absolute strength that surpasses ordinary Qi Refining Stage beginners and is on par with mid-stage Qi Refining Stage cultivators!

  However, if the cultivator's physical body has reached the Foundation Establishment stage but their Qi cultivation hasn't reached the Foundation Establishment stage, they still won't be able to fly. If Li Hui's physical body breaks through to the Vermilion Gold Body first, it can be said that Li Hui is a mid-Foundation Establishment stage cultivator who can't fly!

  In fact, Li Hui's cultivation of Qi refining had also reached the fifth cycle of dispersing and re-cultivating to the seventh layer of Qi refining! If calculated from before cultivating the "Five Elements Cycle Technique", Li Hui had already cultivated to the third layer of Qi refining, this was already his sixth experience in Qi refining, and the fifth time he cultivated the "Five Elements Cycle Technique" to the seventh layer of Qi refining!

  All of this was thanks to Zhao Mingjiu's almost limitless supply of Ling Stone pellets, and Li Hui discovered that as he cultivated the Dragon Elephant Golden Vajra Scripture, his speed at absorbing heavenly spiritual energy while cultivating his Qi also increased greatly!

  "The Five Elements Reincarnation Technique" itself is that the more you cultivate, the faster the spiritual energy vortex in your body will rotate, and the speed of absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth will also become faster.

  This is the true reversal of the Five Elements Cycle, which can thoroughly transform the abandoned spiritual root's qualifications into an existence comparable to the heavenly spiritual root. If the absorption of spiritual energy is always very slow, unless there are a large number of spirit stones and elixirs to assist, it will take five cycles of refining energy, and by then one's lifespan would have been exhausted before even reaching the foundation-building period.

  And Li Hui has almost always had a large amount of elixirs to aid in his cultivation, first from the Yuanhao Xianfu, then from the Bishanmen, and now even more so with Zhao Ming's help. With the properties of the Five Elements Reincarnation Technique, it would be strange if he didn't cultivate quickly!

  Li Hui's actions didn't escape Zhao Mingjiu's observation. When faced with his questioning, Li Hui casually fabricated a story that this was a unique technique of the Bi Xuan Gate called "Three Turns Heavy Yuan Gong" which helped to increase the chances of successfully building one's foundation, and glossed over it.

  Zhao Mingjiu didn't think much of it either, after all, it was just a technique that could improve the chances of successfully building the foundation. In fact, using some elixirs similar to the Foundation Establishment Pill could also increase the chances of success. With Zhao Mingjiu's help, Li Hui not only had a high chance of succeeding in building the foundation, but even if he were to attempt to condense the Golden Elixir, there were several rare and precious elixirs that could forcibly enhance his chances of success.

  Zhao Mingjiu was already a Yuan Ying period cultivator and would naturally not go for Li Hui's method of increasing the chances of building his foundation.

  Li Hui's cultivation of the "Dragon Elephant Golden Vajra Technique" can increase the speed of absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, while cultivating the "Five Elements Cycle Technique" can temper the flesh during dispersal, it can be said that they complement each other.

  At this time, not only is Li Hui's physical cultivation comparable to that of a Foundation Establishment cultivator, but his magical power has also reached a level similar to that of a Foundation Establishment cultivator. With both physical and magical cultivation, Li Hui now has the strength to fight against a Foundation Establishment cultivator in the early stages, and may even be able to defeat them! Of course, this is on the condition that the opponent does not fly away or escape.

  "Disciple!"

  Zhao Mingjiu's figure suddenly appeared in the arena without warning.

  "Master!" Li Hui threw away the huge stone in his hand and bowed to Zhao Mingjiu. He was already used to Zhao Mingjiu's sudden appearance.

  "Hmm!" Zhao Ming nodded: "What level has your 'Dragon Elephant Golden Vajra' cultivation reached now?"

  "According to Master Zun's words, he has already reached the state of Hunyuan body being greatly perfected and is about to break through to the Red Gold body." Li Hui said frankly.

  "Hmm, not bad! It seems that this period of practice has been very effective!" Zhao Mingyu first praised Li Hui.

  "Thank you for your kind words!"

  Li Hui said with his mouth, but in his heart he was muttering to himself, that he was about to cultivate the Red Gold Body, wasn't this Zhao Mingjiu going to make a move on him? In the past year, Li Hui had also thought of escaping, but Zhao Mingjiu never left the cave mansion, always staring at him, and there was no chance of escape.

  As Li Hui's cultivation increased, he also had some worries in his heart. What if, when he reached the Vermilion Gold Body stage, he still didn't have a chance to escape? He would have to take a risk and try to escape, at least find an excuse to leave this cave, and then hide in the immortal mansion. It wouldn't be easy for that old freak Zhao to find him.

  "In three months, Master will be going to Chu State again. This time, the attack on the Immortal Realm of Chu State has reached its final moment. Now, only the Purple Mystic Sect and the Azure Sky Sect are still resisting under the leadership of several Nascent Soul stage old guys. This time, Master will join forces with the Nascent Soul cultivators from the other four demonic sects to take down the Nascent Soul cultivators of the Purple Mystic Sect and the Azure Sky Sect."

  Just as Li Hui was lost in thought, Zhao Mingjiu said something that shocked him.

  Over the past year, Li Hui occasionally heard some news about the demonic invasion of the Chu State Immortal Realm from Yang Fengyuan's mouth, and learned that the Purple Mystic Sect actually had two Yuan Ying stage cultivators stationed there!

  On the demonic path side, among the five sects, there were only four Yuan Ying stage cultivators, and two more were in closed-door cultivation. The remaining two Yuan Ying stage cultivators, one of whom was Zhao Ming Hu, had already made a move once before, and with Li Hui's matter, they didn't have time to make another move. Only one Yuan Ying cultivator would not be foolish enough to clash head-on with the two Yuan Ying stage cultivators from the Purple Mystic Sect.

  The Demon Dao Allied Forces launched several attacks on the Zixuan Gate, but were repelled each time under the leadership of two Yuan Ying cultivators from the Zixuan Gate. Several Golden Dan cultivators even fell in battle, forcing them to temporarily retreat.

  The Azure Sky Gate, although only one Yuan Ying period cultivator was stationed there, the demonic path coalition army that did not have a Yuan Ying cultivator also suffered heavy losses in their numerous attacks on the Azure Sky Gate. Another reason for this is the existence of Ling Xiao City! The cultivation families within Ling Xiao City can actually be considered as part of the Azure Sky Gate's external forces.

  Tens of thousands of cultivators in Ling Xiao City were organized together, also a force that cannot be underestimated!

  For a time, the war fell into a stalemate, and the demonic cultivators temporarily retreated to Qingfeng Valley, Xuanyang Sect, and Qinghua Mountain, only occasionally sending out troops to harass and raid Bixiao Gate and Zixuan Gate.

  Now, all the Nascent Soul cultivators of the Demon Dao are joining forces and taking action, it seems that they are going to engage in a final battle!

  "When the time comes, you can follow Master on a trip and gain some experience!" Zhao Mingjiu's voice brought Li Hui's thoughts back.

  Li Hui's heart skipped a beat, this was exactly an opportunity to escape! But on his face, he deliberately made a somewhat embarrassed expression: "Master, the disciple is about to break through, let's continue to cultivate in the cave and see if we can make a breakthrough!"

  Zhao Ming's face showed a satisfied smile. To be honest, he had more and more good feelings towards Li Hui.

  "There's no need to rush into things, we cultivators of the True Way value a natural and calm state of mind. Otherwise, if you're too hasty, you won't achieve your goals. You've been cultivating for so long, going out and taking a walk will actually be beneficial for your cultivation." Zhao Ming said with a warm smile to Li Hui, looking like a kind and loving mentor.

  "Guessed it right!" Li Hui felt a thrill of excitement in his heart. He had guessed that Zhao Ming would not be at ease leaving him in the cave, but couldn't show it too obviously, so he deliberately put on an appearance of diligent cultivation, which would only make Zhao Ming trust him more.

  "Yes, Master!" Li Hui replied respectfully.

  "Alright, you may continue your cultivation. In three months, follow me and we'll set off." Zhao Mingjiu nodded and transformed into a streak of light, disappearing from sight.

  Actually, this time Zhao Mingjiu wasn't entirely worried about Li Hui, but rather that the five major demonic sects were all out in force, and with the four great Yuanying stage cultivators taking action, they were preparing to take down both the Purple Mystic Sect and the Azure Sky Sect in one fell swoop. At that time, it was likely that the entire Five Major Demonic Sects would move en masse into Chu State, leaving behind only a small portion of people to guard their old nest in Liangzhou.

  Zhao Mingjiu, as a Yuan Ying cultivator, naturally had to find a better place to cultivate. Chuzhou was much better than Liangzhou. This time, Zhao Mingjiu planned to move there directly. Of course, he would bring Li Hui with him.

  But anyway, Li Hui's chance has finally come!

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