Skinny Dog Vajra

The Preaching Ranking was seriously addictive.

Browsing the comments from those idiot fellow disciples, enjoying the gossip, listening to all kinds of rumors, and even personally posting and commenting—time passed before he knew it.

The key was that this place transcended cultivation boundaries and social status. Even a junior disciple in the Qi Condensation Stage dared to criticize the sect's big shots.

No wonder so many Immortal Dust Sect disciples lingered here day and night. Officially, they called it studying; in reality, they were just farming posts.

These people were more or less the cultivation world's "Internet-addicted youths."

If Li Xiuchang had not endured the trials of the internet in his previous life, he might have become hopelessly addicted too.

Fortunately, he still remembered the changes in his Length Value. He promptly exited the Preaching Ranking and looked at the number in his field of vision.

"It went up by 0.1!"

Li Xiuchang was very satisfied.

He had only read some insights into the culinary path of spirit chefs, yet his length had increased by 0.1 inches. What was there to be dissatisfied about?

Besides, after returning and carefully comprehending and pondering it, then combining it with practice and thoroughly digesting all those insights, his length would probably increase a little more.

"If I had enough Dao Ears, I could spend every day just browsing posts on the Preaching Ranking, and my length would shoot up."

"Unfortunately, there's no way to obtain a large amount of Dao Ears."

The only way to obtain more Dao Ears was to publish Preaching Posts, but Li Xiuchang truly had no insights he could share with others.

Li Xiuchang did not linger. He immediately piloted the flying boat and prepared to return to the Eastern Geng District.

His Length Value had now reached 5.4, and he could not wait to return and test whether the Length Cheat could improve the Vajra Dharma Form Art.

However, halfway there, he suddenly remembered something and changed course, flying toward Senior Brother Wang Long's residence.

He planned to borrow Wang Long's residence for a while.

There had simply been too many coincidences today, and he had grown somewhat suspicious of Mo Tu and Zhang Wanzhi.

So he had already decided that he would no longer use the Length Cheat in the Eastern Geng District.

There was never any harm in being a little more careful.

Wang Long was delighted by Li Xiuchang's arrival. He even gave his own cultivation room to Li Xiuchang.

Recently, he had been busy preparing the business for the improved flying boat, so he was away from home most of the time as well.

There were only half a month left until Zhao Yuansi's lecture.

Li Xiuchang had quite a few things to do during this half-month.

The top priority was naturally mastering the Dantian Shadow Creation Technique so he could conceal his cultivation level.

However, unable to suppress his curiosity, he chose to cultivate the Vajra Dharma Form Art first.

Fortunately, the basics of the Body Refining Technique were quite simple. Li Xiuchang got the hang of it in two days.

The truly difficult part of the Body Refining Technique came after getting started: long-term tempering. It not only required enduring hardship, but also consumed vast amounts of resources.

The strength of Body Cultivators lay in their astonishing combat power and formidable physical bodies, which were difficult to injure and quick to recover even when wounded.

Qi Condensation cultivators were different. Their physical bodies were frail and brittle, so they mainly relied on magical treasures and spells in battle. Cultivators above the Nascent Soul stage could even abandon their physical bodies and continue living.

Naturally, the strongest path was to cultivate both. That left no weaknesses, but more than ninety-nine percent of cultivators lacked the necessary conditions. They simply did not have enough time, energy, or money.

Body refinement required long-term tempering of the body with various miraculous pills and medicines, along with enduring all kinds of high-intensity training and suffering untold physical pain.

That was one of the reasons the Body Refining Technique had gradually been eliminated by the mainstream.

Li Xiuchang had none of those concerns. As long as his physical strength increased, raising his cultivation level with his length would be a matter of minutes.

Li Xiuchang focused his mind, closed his eyes, and regulated his breathing. After a moment, the invisible essence, energy, and spirit within his body were drawn out, condensing behind him into the illusory image of a Dharma form.

It was a man with a build similar to Li Xiuchang's and a face exactly like his.

The same features, the same face, the same height and weight, the same handsomeness.

The only difference was that the Dharma image's eyes were wide with fury, its countenance solemn and dignified, making it look incomparably imposing.

Li Xiuchang turned his head to look at the Dharma image. It was just as tall as he was, so he did not feel any physical enhancement from the Body Refining Technique.

The orthodox Body Cultivator path was to constantly circulate the Vajra Dharma Form Art to temper the body and strengthen the Vajra Dharma Image.

If one day Li Xiuchang could cultivate a hundred-zhang Vajra Dharma Image, he would have achieved Buddhahood.

Li Xiuchang took a deep breath and fixed his gaze on the Vajra Dharma Image. He silently recited, "Add points!"

The Vajra Dharma Image suddenly grew a little taller.

The length increase had succeeded. The Dharma image had grown by one inch!

But this did not count as success yet. Li Xiuchang carefully sensed the changes in his body... There seemed to be no change at all.

He did not panic. Instead, he withdrew the Vajra Dharma Image.

At once, he clearly felt his physical body grow stronger, with a little more power surging through it.

Success!

Li Xiuchang was overjoyed. This was far too important to him.

The Dharma image could have its length increased, and it could also feed the corresponding physical enhancement back to him.

That meant that as long as he had enough length, he would not need to waste any effort cultivating the Body Refining Technique.

He could save all that time, energy, and resources.

And once his physical body became powerful, he could directly increase the total amount of magical power within him, thereby raising his cultivation level. He would not need to spend time absorbing spiritual energy and cultivating, either.

When all was said and done, whether it was body refinement or Qi cultivation, both required "length"!

Li Xiuchang's cultivation plan was now crystal clear: desperately improve his level in Cultivation Techniques and focus single-mindedly on accumulating length. That was all he needed to do.

Glancing at his Length Value, he saw that "4.4" remained. He simply took out another three inches and added them all to the Vajra Dharma Image.

The Vajra Dharma Image grew rapidly, like a vegetable seedling doused with manure.

Li Xiuchang's expression turned strange. Why did this Vajra Dharma Image look so bizarre?

"Why is it only getting taller without getting any fleshier?"

After four inches of length had been added in total, it had only grown taller. Horizontally, it had not developed in the slightest!

It had grown so tall that it had been stretched into a Skinny Dog.

The imposing air it had possessed with its eyes wide in fury had vanished completely. Now, all that remained was a comical look, with its teeth bared in a grimace.

"Looks like I'll have to add length horizontally as well to make the Vajra Dharma Image look more balanced."

But Li Xiuchang had no spare length left to experiment with. Only one inch remained in reserve.

He did not care too much. As long as it did not affect the results of body refinement, it was fine.

After withdrawing the "Skinny Dog Vajra" into his body, Li Xiuchang once again clearly felt his physical body's power. His muscles and bones crackled, his strength surged, and his blood and qi became rich and vigorous.

"It actually directly reached the First Order Mid Stage of body refinement, equivalent to the Mid Qi Condensation stage."

Li Xiuchang now had a Mid Qi Condensation cultivation level, along with the physical strength of the First Order Mid Stage. His combat power was already far from weak among those of the same level.

He felt that his body could already withstand another sudden surge in cultivation, but there was no need to rush.

From here on, he would focus on mastering the Dantian Shadow Creation Technique.

As Domineering Arrogant Heaven had said, this secret technique had no real threshold.

Its principle was to project the image of a real dantian and construct a false dantian.

The cultivation level it displayed would also be the cultivation level within this false dantian. The secret technique even contained methods for altering one's aura. When combined, they could almost make the disguise flawless.

"I cultivated the Fire Starting Skill into the 'Charcoal Burning Skill,' and the Vajra Dharma Form Art into the 'Skinny Dog Vajra.' Surely this Dantian Shadow Creation Technique won't go wrong too..."