Master of Strange Dao

"The village chief was helping you, expelling the power of the Jade Tomb from your body, helping you with your cultivation. Come on, let me see how your cultivation is going."

Yu Ziqing extended his hand, touched Er Han's swollen skin, summoned a trace of power to help him recover, and took the opportunity to check on his cultivation progress.

With just a glance, Yu Ziqing was startled.

Er Han's Blood Sea was immensely vast, and all seven hundred and twenty of his orifices had been opened.

Moreover, this guy, all of his orifices were larger than his own, and each one seemed to have been tempered.

His entire Qi-Blood was stronger than that of a same-tier demon beast, the pure yet enormous Qi-Blood power even surpassed Yu Ziqing's power when he was at the Fourth-tier Peak.

Moreover, every strand of Qi-Blood power had been tempered to the utmost, truly making his blood as heavy as lead and mercury, with his heartbeat like a pounding drum.

This guy was genuinely a pure cultivator of Body Cultivation.

This talent, this foundation, if not advanced promptly, it would be a waste.

Without resorting to other means, in terms of pure power and physical strength, neither Yu Ziqing nor the village chief could match Er Han's.

"Yes, your cultivation is very good. Just continue steadily, no need to rush."

"Brother, could you please talk to Grandpa and ask him to at least come up with an excuse when he beats me?" Er Han said with a pained expression and a face full of helplessness.

"Your grandpa is helping you with your cultivation. None of us are as strong as you within the same tier. Keep a level mentality, you will definitely surpass your grandpa and even be stronger than me in the future."

Yu Ziqing patted his shoulder.

"We probably won't need to use Yellow Rice Cake anymore in the future. The village chief definitely won't use it either. But to expel the power of the Jade Tomb and keep just the beneficial effects, the village chief will definitely need someone to use Nourishing Body Fist to help him, do you understand what I mean?"

"What?"

"Keep cultivating well. In the future, you will definitely have the opportunity to use Nourishing Body Fist to help the village chief expel the power of the Jade Tomb, just like earlier, you understand now, right?"

"Heh... hehehe..." Er Han couldn't help but grin broadly.

"If you don't cultivate properly, if you don't progress steadily, you won't be able to advance to the same realm as the village chief, and then such opportunities won't come your way."

"I understand, I understand, brother, don't worry, I will definitely not rush and will continue steadily."

"Go on, continue with your cultivation."

Watching Er Han, energized as if he'd been injected with an adrenaline, stride away, Yu Ziqing shook his head.

This guy, reasoning with him was useless. He just felt he was being beaten, never considering that his Qi-Blood could be tempered to such a terrifying degree, something he couldn't achieve through his own cultivation.

Directly telling him that if he cultivated steadily and properly, he would have plenty of legitimate opportunities in the future to take on the village chief.

Then he understood, and he was able to accept all the training now.

Not giving him something to look forward to, according to the village chief's teaching method, as long as he was not beaten to death, it was okay, or else there was a real risk that Er Han might develop psychological traumas, and perhaps a rebellious disposition later.

Telling him that he wouldn't be beaten in the future was not as effective as telling him that he could fight back later, and it wouldn't be considered a mistake.

He probably would prefer to continue being beaten now.

Yu Ziqing had seen through Er Han long ago.

Shaking his head, he ignored that energized fellow.

It was not easy coming back home, and there had been some changes; he had many things to attend to.

Wu Shuangge had to go collect the filth buckets, Yu Ziqing needed to visit You Zhen, and he had to re-plan the locust forest, seeing if more trees needed to be planted depending on the situation.

He also needed to find time to explore the southern part of the Wilderness, to see if there had been any changes there.

He also needed to make contact with Dali, asking Lin Fu to keep an eye out for any other news.

Like if there were any experts who, clearly not having left their homes or engaged in combat, suddenly suffered severe injuries.

The guy who was thrown into the pit, he wondered if he died.

If he had died, then the people behind him definitely wouldn't ignore that, and as long as they dared to investigate, dared to peek, they were bound to suffer retribution.

He just needed to find out who might have suffered such retribution, with a target in mind, he could slowly unravel the rest.

...

Silver Lake Forbidden Land.

The Xin Metal Qi and the Gui Water Qi had slowly increased a bit, and the water level of the Silver Lake had also quietly risen a little.

The living beings within Silver Lake came out, looking at the changes in Silver Lake with apprehension.

They sensed that the always silent and calm Silver Lake seemed to have gained a bit of vitality, and the quiet lake water also seemed to have started flowing.

And this change, very silent and very slow, was slowly happening.

The living beings of Silver Lake also began to experience a slightly different change along with the changes in the lake.

The place where the Silver Lake Forbidden Land was located, water vapor steamed and it began to rain, a fine drizzle falling, bringing a different vitality to this land.

In the past, with Silver Lake around, except for some evils, it was almost impossible for other living beings to exist within a few thousand miles, but now things had started to change.

It was like a part of the soul that this land had been missing was slowly recovering.

Moving south from Silver Lake, crossing the land to reach the boundless Southern Sea.

This place was prone to storms all year round, with calm days perhaps only numbering a few dozen days a year.

And days with a blazing sun in a cloudless sky, without strong winds, were even fewer, maybe just around ten days.

The coastline stretching tens of thousands of miles from the southern part of the Wilderness further south, all the way to the territorial boundaries of Daqian's ten-thousand-mile coastline, remained uninhabited.