The young man on the wooden platform was naturally Lu Xiaotian. He repeatedly shifted through the poses of various ferocious beasts. After several hours, he had nearly performed every beastlike cultivation technique in his mind before finally coming to a stop.
A deep surge of blood qi rose from within him, forming a dense shield all around his body. Condensing blood into a protective aura was the mark of a Ninth-Tier Body Cultivator. The denser the blood aura, the deeper one's mastery of body cultivation. The blood aura radiating from Lu Xiaotian had already solidified into something almost tangible.
"Looks like I can make no further progress unless I break through to the Tenth Tier." After a long while, Lu Xiaotian rested his chin in his hand and mused as he watched the rippling surface of Jade Spring Lake.
Jade Spring Mountain stretched for several hundred li in every direction. It was a manor that Yu Ya had borrowed, in the name of the princess consort, from an acquaintance of hers among the imperial clan.
Though the capital of Xiang was vast, it was also home to plenty of princes, grandsons of the emperor, and cultivation Aristocratic Clans. This estate, spanning several hundred li, was not luxurious, but it was still quite decent.
Lu Xiaotian raised his left hand, and a translucent crystal of spirit marrow jade appeared in his palm. Though he had no intention of using this precious item just yet, as a body cultivator, he could feel a peculiar comfort simply from holding it.
Back when he had still been at the Golden Core stage, he had hunted many Golden Core-level demonic beasts in the waters off Pill King City, in the Blue Demon Sea. He had used the Devouring Soul Art to temper his body in