450: Chapter 450 Ten Thousand Years of Cultivation

With the cultivation of his three core skills surging, the harvest was substantial.

[Ding! Achieved "Buddha's Light Illuminates All" (immortal grade), prestige +10000]

[Ding! Achieved "Sword God" (immortal grade), prestige +10000]

[Ding! Achieved "Demonic Path Fanatic" (Heaven Grade), prestige +1000]

[Ding! Achieved "Hidden Strategy" (Heaven Grade), triggered at least one hidden advancement condition. prestige +1000]

The effects of various skills, such as the Indestructible Golden Body and Zhu Xian Sword Formation, had improved, but the boost was less than thirty percent, making it truly not very cost-effective.

Lin Xiao estimated that the further he increased it, the more the effects would approach zero.

[Ding! Because the host has met the three major conditions of "Demonic Path Talent," "Millennium Cultivation," and "Thousand-Man Slayer," the Blood Shadow Divine Skill has triggered a special advancement condition and advanced into the "Heavenly Demon Frenzied Blood Art"!]

[Heavenly Demon Frenzied Blood Art: A Demonic Path divine skill that can awaken Frenzied Blood, with combat power comparable to an immortal grade cultivation technique. Grade: Heaven Grade]

[Ding! Obtained the skill "Blood Frenzy Demon," which instantly consumes stacked Bloodlust states to boost the user's physical and skill explosive power for a very short time!]

Damn it! It actually gave a "Berserk" skill?

Although it doesn't compare to "One Thought of God and Demon," its advantage is that it has no side effects!

Lin Xiao had indeed thought that he often stacked hundreds or thousands of layers of Bloodlust, but in reality, when facing most enemies, he didn't need to stack that many.

With this skill, he could more flexibly control the layers of Bloodlust and even use it as an offensive skill; it was truly useful!

"So, whether a cultivation technique can advance is not absolute?"

Lin Xiao tried adding another 1000 years of cultivation to the "Heavenly Demon Frenzied Blood Art."

Unfortunately, there was no improvement this time; the law of diminishing returns was too brutal!

It didn't matter.

Lin Xiao was already able to easily lock onto that figure waiting for an opportunity high in the sky.

"My beloved consort, clean up these few small fries for this Prince!"

Xiao Qingxuan roughly guessed that her man had advanced again, and besides being excited and shocked, she was also incredibly happy.

"Yes, Your Highness!"

She gave Leng Bingyan and the other women a look. They had long been prepared and flew toward the location of the Four Great Eunuchs.

Although the women's martial arts were still a bit strained against several Great Grandmaster-level eunuchs, as long as they could contain them and not let them run away, that was enough.

With Xiao Qingxuan and Taoist Master Cangshuzi there, Lin Xiao didn't need to worry about dealing with these Five Great Eunuchs at all.

He tapped the ground lightly, appearing graceful, but with one step, he shot up into the high sky.

He condensed his qi to step through the air and soon darted into a layer of clouds.

At this moment, above the clouds, a figure in a black robe seemed to realize the situation was bad and was gliding away by constantly riding the wind!

"Now that you've come, you still want to run?"

Lin Xiao knew that once this The Tomb Guardian discovered his strength, he might run away.

Now that he had caught him red-handed, he naturally wouldn't let the tiger return to the mountain.

Lin Xiao could easily condense qi clusters, stepping on them and exerting force with each step, quickly closing the distance between the two.

Seeing that only a few hundred meters remained, Lin Xiao waved his hand, and dense green sword qi, like a violent storm, enveloped The Tomb Guardian!

Rending Sky Azure Dragon Formation!

The Tomb Guardian realized something was wrong and black-blue protective astral qi erupted from his body, attempting to resist.

But Lin Xiao was already in the Celestial Immortal Realm, and the power of his sword qi had once again undergone a qualitative leap, fiercely piercing through the opponent's shield!

Accompanied by a scream, that figure plummeted toward the river valley below!

Lin Xiao followed closely behind and landed in the river valley.

The Tomb Guardian was quite disheveled at this moment; his clothes were tattered, and there were two holes pierced in his body, yet he was not bleeding.

His pale face was full of disbelief and terror, and his hair, shimmering with a ghostly blue, was soaked by the water.

"Prince of Zhenbei, if you want to sit on this throne, then sit on it; why must you exterminate us?"

The Tomb Guardian knew he couldn't run and attempted to negotiate: "Whatever demands you have, you can just state them!"

Lin Xiao looked at the other party playfully and asked only one question, which made The Tomb Guardian nearly collapse!

"Was it the Messenger of Heaven who turned you into this, or were you willing to become a Medicine Man yourself? Emperor Gaozu... Li Wei?"

[Li Wei, 498 years old, Founding Emperor of the Gan Dynasty, Medicine Man, Aptitude: Heaven Grade]

[Realm: Ghost Immortal]

[Cultivation Technique 1: Power-Dissolving Great Art (2255 years of cultivation), can absorb others' internal energy and claim it as one's own. Grade: immortal grade]

[Cultivation Technique 2: Drug-Man Art (1483 years of cultivation), cultivated by borrowing medicinal power and the blood of kin; can borrow yin to return to yang, but fears pure yang qi. Grade: Heaven Grade]

The Tomb Guardian was none other than the Founding Emperor of the Gan Dynasty!

The reason Li Sihong felt a sense of familiarity the first time he saw him was that Li Wei's portraits and sculptures were circulated within the palace.

It was just that Li Wei was advanced in years when he founded the dynasty, so after becoming younger, Li Sihong couldn't recognize him immediately.

"You... how could you know my identity?"

Li Wei's eyes widened, unable to understand.

"Does it matter?"

Lin Xiao sneered: "If you don't speak, then go to your death..."

"Wait!!"

Li Wei hurriedly explained: "Back then, I relied on the Messenger of Heaven's Drug-Man Art to take Yu Prefecture and was extremely obsessed with the Drug-Man Art."

"Although I conquered the empire at that time, I didn't have much yang lifespan left, and naturally, I was unwilling to accept not being able to sit on this throne."

"I then asked the Messenger of Heaven for a method of longevity."

"The Messenger of Heaven told me that if my own cultivation was deep enough, I could refine myself into a Medicine Man."

"It's just that once one borrows yin lifespan to extend yang lifespan, it is equivalent to acting against heaven; one cannot advance to Earth Immortal and can only cultivate into a Ghost Immortal."

"Moreover, a Ghost Immortal fears righteous qi and sunlight; one needs to stay in the underground palace and occasionally needs to be nourished by the flesh and blood of kin."

Lin Xiao suddenly understood; no wonder this Li Wei, despite being stronger than other Great Grandmasters, never came out to wander around.

"You mean... you have seen a living Messenger of Heaven?"

Li Wei nodded, "That's right, the messenger from the Heavenly Palace and I know each other, and we have a very close personal friendship."

"Prince of Zhenbei, I know you are by no means an ordinary Earth Immortal; your cultivation reaches the heavens, but the Heavenly Palace is not as simple as you think."

"I can tell you how to deal with the Heavenly Palace and how to avoid angering it."

"I actually also know that my Li family's empire is doomed; those unfilial descendants simply cannot hold onto the empire!"

"If you can spare me, I am willing to return to the underground palace and hand over the Great Gan Dynasty empire to you; we can each get what we need!"

Lin Xiao couldn't help but be amused, "Your calculations are quite good. Then tell me, how can one find the Messenger of Heaven, and how would the Heavenly Palace be angered?"

"The Heavenly Palace overlooks all living beings. When the Messenger of Heaven is supposed to appear, they will naturally appear; otherwise, you can only go to Alimu Mountain to try your luck."

"As for angering the Heavenly Palace, as long as you don't do some of the things that violate the heavenly way like the previous Great Zheng Dynasty did, it is still safe."

Li Wei advised: "To tell you the truth, what I cultivate is the 'Power-Dissolving Great Art,' which can absorb others' internal energy."

"Although your realm is profound, I have over three thousand years of cultivation. If we really fight, you might not necessarily win steadily."

"You might as well cooperate with me, and I will slowly tell you about what happened back then."

Lin Xiao just wanted to laugh after hearing this, "If I told you that I have over ten thousand years of cultivation, would you believe it?"

"How is that possible? How could a person have ten thousand years of cultivation?" Li Wei laughed it off.

"You don't believe it... then forget it."

Lin Xiao didn't hesitate at all; he fiercely pressed down with one palm, and the Great Mercy Hand, like the Five-Finger Mountain, suddenly struck down from the sky!

How could he let such a person who is neither human nor ghost, and who would use his descendants as supplements just to survive, live?

As for the Heavenly Palace? Li Wei might not know as much as he did!

"I will perish together with you!!"

Li Wei had guessed that there was a high probability that Lin Xiao would not let him go, so evil intentions arose from his gall; his whole body violently erupted with black-gray cold, sinister true qi.

He lunged forward, pouncing toward Lin Xiao. Vaguely, it was as if hundreds or thousands of dead souls and skeletons were gathering around him, coming to claim Lin Xiao's life!

But Lin Xiao was now in the Celestial Immortal Realm, and with the protection of Buddhist divine skills, his left hand struck out another palm of the Great Mercy Hand, scattering this evil, sinister true qi completely!

"Boom!!"

Li Wei's body, like a cannonball struck and sent flying, crashed directly into the cliff wall!

His whole body cracked inch by inch, spitting out black blood, his eyes full of disbelief!

He had over three thousand years of cultivation, yet he couldn't even take one palm from Lin Xiao!?

Even if a Ghost Immortal is not as good as an Earth Immortal, there shouldn't be such a huge gap!!

But Lin Xiao didn't give him any time to think; a streak of Zhu Xian Sword Formation qi had already pierced through his skull!!

[Ding! Achieved "Collapse of the Royal Way," killed a Founding Emperor. Heaven Grade, prestige +1000]

[Ding! Achieved "Ghost's Sorrow," killed at least one Ghost Cultivator. immortal grade, prestige +10000!]