Primal Chaos Heavenly Gold

Hao Yi smiled when he heard that and reined in his aura:

"You're quite composed."

Li Fei said, "This student merely believes that Teacher wouldn't harm me."

A trace of loneliness flickered through Hao Yi's eyes. He slowly said, "After obtaining an implant, there are several corresponding stages as your cultivation deepens. First is the Embryo Nurturing Stage, when the implant is nurtured inside your body and slowly cultivated. Next is the Body Breaking Stage, when the implant begins to grow rapidly and replaces part of your bodily tissue, granting you various extraordinary abilities. Then comes the Qi Transformation Stage, when you use the implant to cultivate Innate One Qi. After the Qi Transformation Stage comes the Dao Foundation Stage. At this step, you need to construct the foundation of martial arts."

"To construct the foundation of martial arts, you need to gather five implants with the different attributes of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. Different combinations of implants can form different Dao Foundations. I want you to construct the extremely difficult martial foundation—the Primal Chaos Heavenly Gold."

Hao Yi explained the steps of martial cultivation to Li Fei and also explained what the Primal Chaos Heavenly Gold was.

Five different implants formed the foundation of martial arts?

Li Fei had not expected martial arts in this world to work this way.

"Teacher, where exactly does the difficulty of cultivating the Primal Chaos Heavenly Gold lie?"

He asked.

Hao Yi said, "The higher the grade of an implant, the more severe the Mutation Reaction it brings and the greater the demands it places on the human body's ability to endure it. For the vast majority of Dao Foundations, the first implant is a First Grade implant. But the five implants that make up the Primal Chaos Heavenly Gold are all at least Second Grade. This Dao Foundation places extremely high demands on the body's resistance to mutation, and it also requires a powerful physique and resilient willpower."

"You were able to cultivate the Heavenly Star Overlord Body so quickly, which shows that your natural constitution is suited to body-tempering techniques. I told you before that the Heavenly Star Overlord Body had a corresponding implant. I was referring to this Primal Chaos Heavenly Gold. The higher your attainments in the Heavenly Star Overlord Body, the greater the odds that you'll cultivate the Primal Chaos Heavenly Gold in the future. That is why I want you to cultivate it. As for your aptitude, medicine can improve it."

Li Fei nodded. "I understand, Teacher. I'm willing to cultivate the Primal Chaos Heavenly Gold."

The Primal Chaos Heavenly Gold might be as difficult as climbing to heaven for others, but it posed no difficulty for him.

Hao Yi revealed a pleased expression. He nodded and pointed at the black powder beside him:

"Each grade of implant is further divided into upper, middle, and lower classes. This Steel Armor Implant came from a Second Grade Steel Armor Beast. The implants extracted from them are usually Second Grade Lower Class. Among ten thousand Steel Armor Beasts, perhaps only one will yield a Second Grade Upper Class implant, so they're extremely rare.

"However, there are very few Dao Foundations compatible with a Second Grade Steel Armor Implant, and even fewer that can use a Second Grade Upper Class Steel Armor Implant. The cultivation difficulty is also immense; even over several decades, there might not be a single person who succeeds. That's why this box of implants has been sitting in the warehouse for years, with no one extracting them. I didn't expect Wang Qitai's granddaughter to be planning to cultivate Azure Radiance Exquisite and need this implant."

Li Fei asked, "Teacher, are you saying that an implant paired with a Dao Foundation isn't necessarily better just because its quality is higher?"

Otherwise, this box of Second Grade Upper Class Steel Armor Implants would never have waited for him to use it.

Hao Yi nodded. "A higher-quality implant makes cultivating the Dao Foundation more difficult. That's one reason. Second, the five implants forming a Dao Foundation ultimately need to achieve a balance. If one individual implant's quality is too high, that balance can't be achieved. Instead, it will ruin everything."

Li Fei understood. For some Dao Foundations that could use a Second Grade Steel Armor Implant, a Second Grade Lower Class implant was sufficient. Using a Second Grade Upper Class one would instead cause trouble.

As for those Dao Foundations that required a Second Grade Upper Class Steel Armor Implant, their cultivation difficulty was all exceptionally high. No one but an incredibly talented genius would dare choose them.

By the looks of it, that woman named Wang Fengqing was such a genius.

"Wang Qitai may be narrow-minded, but you're my student, so you don't need to worry about him daring to do anything. If anyone gives you trouble in this Military Academy in the future, as long as you're in the right, don't be afraid of making a fuss. If things truly get out of hand, your teacher will cover for you!"

Hao Yi said this to Li Fei.

If it had been someone else, he would not have said such a thing, because there were too many people who relied on their martial strength to stir up trouble.

But Li Fei looked too upright, and he had always seemed like an honest, well-behaved child who would not cause trouble without provocation. That was why Hao Yi had said this to him.

"I understand. Thank you, Teacher."

Li Fei bowed to Hao Yi.

By the looks of it, Hao Yi's status in the Military Academy was even higher than he had imagined. With those words from him, things would be much easier for Li Fei in the Military Academy from now on.

He could not help feeling grateful to Li Lei for finding him such a good teacher.

"The water's boiling. Go pour in the medicinal ingredients."

"Okay."

After that, a thick medicinal smell began to fill the Medicinal Bath Room.

Li Fei poured more than ten kinds of medicinal ingredients into the pot. By the time they finished boiling, only a lump of black, sticky liquid remained inside.

Hao Yi poured the black, sticky liquid from the pot into containers holding different amounts of Steel Armor Implant powder, then had Li Fei stir them evenly.

Finally, Hao Yi poured everything from all the containers into one large container and had Li Fei stir it evenly again, forming one huge mass of black mud.

"All right, take off all your clothes."

Hao Yi said this to Li Fei.

Li Fei felt no embarrassment. In three quick movements, he stripped off all his clothes and stood naked before Hao Yi.

Hao Yi picked up a brush, dipped it into some black mud from the container, and spread it evenly over Li Fei's body.

"In the earliest days, the implant of a Second Grade Steel Armor Beast was simply a collection of scales. Back then, martial artists directly stitched these scales onto their skin, then used medicine and breathing techniques to fuse the scales with their bodies."

As he applied the mixture to Li Fei, Hao Yi explained the history of implants: "That method of cultivation was far too crude and easily caused bodily mutations. Later, after constant improvements by generation after generation, the Second Grade Steel Armor Implant became what you see now. The Steel Armor Beast's scales are ground into powder, mixed with medicine, and spread over the skin of the entire body. They are then slowly absorbed into the body, allowing one to enter the Embryo Nurturing Stage."

Hearing this, Li Fei could not help asking:

"Teacher, once the implant grows inside me, will my entire body become covered in scales?"

Hao Yi shook his head. "Martial artists in the earliest days would end up like that, but modern martial artists won't. As long as you control it properly and no problems arise during the Embryo Nurturing Stage, the implant will only make your skin tougher. To the eye, you'll be no different from an ordinary person."

Only after hearing Hao Yi say this did Li Fei let out a sigh of relief.

If he ended up covered in scales, grew horns on his head, and sprouted a tail or something, the picture would be far too beautiful. He simply could not bear to imagine it.

Thinking about it, the martial artists of the early days truly could endure anything to gain power.

Before long, Hao Yi had covered Li Fei from head to toe in the black mud formed from the mixture of the implant and medicine.

He had Li Fei sit quietly for ten minutes. Once all the mud on his body had dried, he began practicing the Heavenly Constellation Stance.