Master of Strange Dao

"Have you learned it?" Yang looked at Yu Ziqing earnestly, without a hint of jest.

"I have learned it. Standing matters the most; everything else is meaningless if you fall."

Yang stared at Yu Ziqing for a long while, ensuring that Yu Ziqing wasn't just talking but had truly learned, before he finally nodded.

Yu Ziqing calmed down and probably understood why Yang had acted this way.

When it really came to a fight to the death, one had to be ruthless, with killing the enemy as the top priority, and it seemed that there was never any talk of martial virtue here.

Reflecting on it, Yu Ziqing realized that he had been overreacting; indeed, there seemed to be no place Life and Death Combat Skills couldn't attack—the weaker the point, the better.

At most, it was just a matter of disguising the names of the moves, like Two Dragons Seeking Pearl.

However, judging by the looks of Feng Buju and King Xiang, they were obviously still not accustomed to this and were gaining insight.

They had definitely never seen a goat engage in body-to-body combat with a body cultivator, turning this sinister.

"This guy has some issues. He must have used some sinister method to forcibly advance his realm to Eighth Tier. His utilization of power is terribly poor, and his Qi-Blood is insufficient. I don't know how he managed it," Yang commented.

"Should we spare his life?"

Yu Ziqing asked.

The man on the ground, with eyes wide with fury, had his Blood Sea shattered and his heart crushed, his limbs and cervical spine broken, yet he was still not dead, and clearly still a distance away from death.

Regardless of the quality, at least his life force was indeed tenacious.

"Let's keep him for now." Yang stomped down once more, delivering a final blow that knocked him unconscious.

"Thank you." Yu Ziqing bowed to Feng Buju.

Feng Buju immediately took action, sealing the man and placing him into a Storage Bag, which he then handed to Yu Ziqing.

"They must have noticed the disturbance here by now. Should we continue? If there are Ninth Tier body cultivators among them, we won't stand a chance in this place," Feng Buju mentioned.

"Let's go; we've come this far, we cannot give up halfway."

As they walked, Yu Ziqing transmitted a message to Yang.

"Can body cultivation realms also be forcibly enhanced?"

"As long as someone is willing to research it, there's always a way, it's just a matter of the cost," Yang replied.

"What's the situation with that fellow?"

"His path forward is completely severed, he will never advance further in his life, but he is indeed an Eighth Tier body cultivator. He must have paid a huge price to forcibly elevate himself to this realm.

No matter what methods they used, the chance of success wouldn't be high, and the mortality rate wouldn't be low either.

You must absolutely not consider such methods; it would ruin your future prospects."

Yu Ziqing immediately denied any intent, for he was not insane.

"No, you misunderstand; I just want to know what methods they could possibly use to achieve this.

This way, I can deduce who might be capable of doing such things, and see who is ultimately behind them."

"I'm not sure; I'm not well-versed in body cultivation studies, I almost know nothing about it; don't ask me.

I only know that if you're just pursuing realm, Seventh Tier Purity, Eighth Tier Shattering God, you can indeed attain it through external forces, if at a great cost.

It just leads to death very easily."

"However, even if you're only pursuing realm, it's absolutely impossible to forcibly achieve the Ninth Tier, the Undying Realm, with external assistance.

No, there is one Immortal Herb, called Undying Mandala. If someone can cultivate to Eighth Tier on their own and correctly harvest the Undying Mandala at the exact moment it blooms fully, and then uses it correctly, and can endure without dying, then indeed, he might forcibly reach the Ninth Tier realm.

But, this method is absolutely not used by anyone.

No force is both mad and foolish enough to waste an Immortal Herb in such a way; that would be severely sick-minded."

"Where can you find the Undying Mandala?" Yu Ziqing caught the important point.

"You're out of your mind. The last time the Undying Mandala was found was eight thousand years ago, and it was just a bud, not yet mature. After it was discovered, the Undying Mandala fled and disappeared without a trace, never to be seen again.

Do you think something that earns the name 'Immortal Herb' is just an ordinary Spiritual Medicine?

If you had an Immortal Herb, you could go to Emperor Zhen or Emperor Li, exchange it for a piece of land, and they would let you start a nation, and they would agree to it.

No one in the court would likely object.

Now do you understand the value of that thing?"

"Understood. The chances of encountering a Ninth Tier body cultivator can be considered negligible, right?"

Yang no longer paid attention to Yu Ziqing.

Yu Ziqing quietly breathed a sigh of relief. If Ninth Tier body cultivators could also be artificially enhanced, then even the weakest Ninth Tier culti...