"Senior Huo!" Lu Xiaotian bowed to Huo Yuming once more.
"Not bad, kid. Not only has your cultivation risen to such a level, but your attainments in body cultivation must be considerable as well. Otherwise, there was no way you could have held out under the Flying Cavalry Tribe's encirclement." Huo Yuming strode forward with a hearty laugh. "Looks like trading you the Horizontally Tempered Golden Body back then was truly a wise decision."
"It was all thanks to Senior's guidance."
Lu Xiaotian felt speechless. His body cultivation had indeed reached the pinnacle possible for the Foundation Establishment Realm, but it had little to do with the Horizontally Tempered Golden Body. It came instead from another body-tempering technique, the Taihao Battle Body. Yet while the Horizontally Tempered Golden Body came with several exceedingly formidable combat methods, the Taihao Battle Body had none. Otherwise, he would not have suffered so much against Xun Xiu's close-range attacks. Still, having cultivated both techniques, he knew that the Taihao Battle Body possessed greater recovery ability and delivered more force with the same punch. It was only a pity that it lacked matching combat skills and methods to enhance its attack power. Otherwise, it would have been perfect.
"All those juniors have been spreading word that you are the number one Foundation Establishment cultivator of the Moonwatch Realm. Even among the foreign cultivators, your name has thundered into their ears. This time, the three great cultivation realms of Southern Wasteland, Heavenly Firmament, and Constellation have joined forces to set up the Battle Moon Platform. We Golden Core cultivators cannot casually step in and wear ourselves down against them; the main force of battle must still be you Foundation Establishment cultivators. There are many capable people among the foreign cultivators. Even our Soaring Heavens Palace has