During this trip, Li Xiuchang was running around outside, frequently shuttling between the upper and lower realms, experiencing dreams, fighting, and retreating breakthroughs.
I have long lost the accurate concept of how much time has passed.
After returning to the sect and doing calculations, he realized that it would be his sixth year of practice soon.
This trip took more than half a year.
Returning to the Immortal Dust Sect, I discovered that many things had changed during his absence.
Such as the Golden Horn.
When Li Xiuchang left, the Golden Horn was still in the middle stage of the third level. Now when I come back, I find that it is already Late Third-grade.
It seems that eating all kinds of Natal Magic Treasure every day will greatly help its Cultivation Level improvement.
However, Cultivation Level's improvement is secondary. Li Xiuchang has long discovered that the golden horn can strengthen the hardness of its carapace by swallowing various metal materials.
Boom, boom, boom!
Li Xiuchang knocked on the bright golden carapace of Jinjiao, making a dull sound, as if knocking on solid metal.
"Jinjiao, let me see what you learned while I was away!" Li Xiuchang ordered.
The next moment, Jinjiao's six legs shrank, and even his head retracted into the shell, leaving only one long, pointed horn still outside.
Li Xiuchang waited with bated breath for a few seconds, but Jinjiao didn't make any move. He asked with some uncertainty, "It's gone now?"
Jinjiao stretched out his head and nodded, making a "squeak" sound.
"What do you call this? Learn from turtles?" Li Xiuchang couldn't understand.
At this time, the golden horn used "Turtle Mimicry Technique". It was about the same size as a small turtle. Now it shrinks its head and legs. At first glance, it really looks like a golden turtle.
Golden Horn sent a message: "Master Turtle only taught me defense. This is my strongest defense form! Squeak!"
"There is no need to 'squeak' when transmitting sound." Li Xiuchang corrected Righteous Path.
"Okay, squeak!"
Li Xiuchang took a deep breath and remembered what Wenwen said before.
Wenwen said that what he taught Jinjiao was what Senior Brother Chen Changsheng taught him when he was young.
With Senior Brother Chen's personality, it is very possible to teach it only defensive skills.
So Wenwen didn't lie.
But Jin Jiao was obviously led astray.
A turtle specializing in defense is fine.
But the golden horn is not a turtle, it is a unicorn!
"Jinjiao, do you know what you are?" Li Xiuchang asked.
Jinjiao hesitated for a moment and said uncertainly, "Turtle?"
It's over...Li Xiuchang sighed, the child has cognitive problems.
He shouldn't have left Jinjiao completely to Wenwen to teach him!
Jinjiao happened to be in the golden stage of growth after becoming an adult, when he was crazy about absorbing knowledge from the outside world. He only had contact with one turtle all day long, and as the owner, he happened to be out. Over time, it was inevitable that he would have problems with his self-perception.
Now I think I am a turtle.
"If I had known this, I would have simply named you 'Scarab'."
Li Xiuchang knows that this is not easy to correct. It takes time and a subtle influence.
But when he thought about it carefully, the current Golden Horn couldn't be said to be useless.
Turtles with strong defenses are also useful.
Moreover, the actual size of the Golden Horn is quite large. If it returns to its normal size, it will be a bug-type tank, the kind that can fly.
If paired with strong defense, it seems to have great potential.
The key is, how strong is the Golden Horn's defense?
"Jinjiao, you maintain your strongest defensive form and let me punch you to test your defense." Li Xiuchang said, rubbing his hands.
Golden Horn trembled and felt scared. It was afraid of being beaten to death by its owner.
After all, in its eyes, Li Xiuchang is the most powerful person it has ever come into contact with.
Until now, the only ones it has come into contact with are the stable clones of Cultivation Level and Li Xiuchang that were sealed.
Jinjiao studied with the little turtle for almost a year. Instead of being influenced by the little turtle, he became arrogant and naughty. Instead, he became timid and afraid of death.
"Master, be gentle, squeak!" it begged.
"Don't worry, I will control my strength."
At Li Xiuchang's signal, Jinjiao enlarged in size, about the size of an Eight Immortals table, making Li Xiuchang's fight easier.
Li Xiuchang was so angry that Dantian punched Jin Jiao's back carapace!
Considering the strength of Jinjiao Late Third-grade, he absorbed a lot of force in this punch, which is roughly equivalent to the power of a full blow from a mid-level third-order Body Cultivator warrior.
Boom!
"Squeak!"
There was a muffled sound, accompanied by a scream.
Li Xiuchang looked at Jinjiao's carapace. It was undamaged, not even a scratch.
But he just heard a scream from Jinjiao.
Isn't it an external injury but an internal injury?
"Did you get hurt?" Li Xiuchang asked.
"No, Zhi!"
"Then what's your name?"
"Scared, squeak!"
This is too timid, no, you have to practice!
"Continue, you are far from your limit just now!"
Li Xiuchang punched again, this time the power was increased to the same level as Late Third-grade's body training.
Jinjiao was so frightened that he squeaked again.
Li Xiuchang Looking carefully, he was not injured!
Then came the third punch.
However, even if he increased his strength to the same level as Third-grade Body Cultivation, he still could not break the Golden Horn's defense.
It just gave Golden Horn another frightened scream.
Good guy, this defense is really outrageous...Li Xiuchang was secretly shocked!
The Golden Horn itself is Cultivation Level but Late Third-grade, but it can rely on its carapace to withstand Peak Third-grade level attacks without any damage!
This can almost make Golden Horn invincible in the same realm.
Li Xiuchang's three consecutive punches were very satisfying, but it caused great psychological pressure on Golden Horn. Although it was not injured, each punch of Li Xiuchang was heavier than the last one. It didn't know how powerful the next punch would be.
"Go on!"
Li Xiuchang reminded.
It's not okay to only be able to use one defense and still be afraid of being beaten!
He once again increased his strength, this time delivering a punch that was comparable to a full-strength punch at the beginning of the fourth level.
Amid a dizzying muffled sound and Jin Jiao's screams, a shallow fist mark could be seen on the surface of Jin Jiao's back carapace.
It was as if a metal plate was dented.
Finally, Li Xiuchang left traces on Golden Horn's carapace for the first time.
But it only left a fist mark, which was considered a superficial wound at most.
This gave Li Xiuchang a general understanding of Golden Horn's defense, so he did not continue to improve his strength before trying again.
If you continue to try, I'm afraid Jin Jiao will be seriously injured.
Late Third-grade's golden horn can withstand the attack of the early stage of the fourth level with almost no hindrance!
Li Xiuchang estimates that Golden Horn can barely withstand even a mid-level fourth-order attack, but he will be injured.
If you want to really pose a life threat to Golden Horn, you must at least have an attack at the late fourth level!
This defense is already ridiculously strong.
Seeing that Li Xiuchang stopped, Jinjiao secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Li Xiuchang is thinking about how to exercise Jinjiao's courage?
Jin Jiao is too timid now. As a Spirit Pet who is good at defense, this must be changed!
In addition, we must also change its misconception that it is a turtle, and let it gradually master its output capabilities. The best way is to have both offense and defense.
"In the future, you can take Jinjiao out for some experience, or you can let Jinjiao learn with Senior Brother Zhang Wanzhi, or you can let Wenwen take it out for a ride?"
Li Xiuchang also worried about the Golden Horn.
On the first day Li Xiuchang came back, someone came to visit.
The person coming is Senior Brother Chu Ya.
As soon as Li Xiuchang came back, he found that Senior Brother Chu Ya had left him a lot of messages during his absence, basically asking him when he would come back.
Li Xiuchang thought that Senior Brother Chu Ya had something urgent to do with him, so he responded as soon as he was free.
After a while, Senior Brother Chu Ya came to the door.
"Senior Brother Chu, why are you looking for me?" Li Xiuchang asked curiously.
At this time, Li Xiuchang and Cultivation Level are already higher than Chu Ya. He is already a genuine Nascent Soul Realm monk, while Chu Ya is still stuck at the peak of the golden elixir.
Thinking back to that year, when he and Senior Brother Chu Ya first met, Senior Brother Chu Ya was already at the peak of the golden elixir at that time, while Li Xiuchang was just practicing Qi Cultivation Level.
Now in the blink of an eye, Li Xiuchang has become Nascent Soul, and Senior Brother Chu Ya is still at the peak of the golden elixir.
This is the normal state of most monks. Even for a genius like Chu Ya, it is normal for him to be trapped in the bottleneck of a large realm for more than ten years or even decades.
It is not uncommon for even those with less qualifications and less luck to be trapped by a certain bottleneck for the rest of their lives.
Chu Ya pondered for a moment before asking, "Junior sister Xia Siyun moved to Eastern Geng District No. 13, do you know about this?"
It turns out it was for this matter...Li Xiuchang nodded.
Senior Brother Chu Ya failed to confess his love to Senior Sister Xia Siyun before, but the love is still intact and he will definitely not give up.
"During the days when you were traveling, I came to Eastern Geng District to look for Junior Sister Xia several times, but she didn't want to see me. We met by chance twice. I saw that she and Eastern Geng District... Junior Brother Lu Yang seemed to be quite close."
Chu Ya took a deep breath, with a bitter look on his face but also a little bit of luck, and asked, "What is the relationship between Junior Sister Xia and that Junior Brother Lu Yang?"
Li Xiuchang sighed secretly, and could only break Senior Brother Chu Ya's last fantasy with his own hands. "The two of them should soon become dao companion."
Chu Ya turned pale, swayed slightly, and sat down on the ground.
"Senior Brother Chu, there is no grass anywhere in the world!" Li Xiuchang could only advise.
Chu Ya was dejected, lowered his head and said nothing.
Li Xiuchang was thinking about how to divert Senior Brother Chu Ya's attention, and suddenly thought of the Desire Demon Sect female cultivator he met at the Sea Boat Realm!
That is, the person who planted Love Demon Seed on him.
Li Xiuchang immediately took out a piece of paper, and based on his own impression, controlled Charcoal Attribute Mana to reproduce the profile of the female cultivator in his memory on the paper.
Like a character sketch.
Li Xiuchang took a quick glance at the crowd and only saw the side face of the female cultivator.
He showed the painting to Senior Brother Chu Ya and asked, "Senior brother, does this woman look familiar to you?"
Chu Ya looked at the side face of the woman in the painting, obviously startled, and suddenly became excited. "Junior brother, where have you seen her?"
Li Xiuchang's heart moved slightly and asked, "Senior brother, is this the woman you fell in love with at first sight when you were young?"
Chu Ya hesitated for a moment and replied, "They look different, but they feel very similar to me! It seems to be certain that they are either the same person or have some kind of connection!"
Just because they look different does not mean they are not the same person.
In the world of immortality, changing one's appearance is not a difficult task.