A Bodyguard Immortal Art, combined with Luo Yi's already formidable physique, was another matter.
Even if he still could not withstand the five-colored Thunder Tribulation faced by a fourth-stage Tribulation-Crossing Pseudo-Immortal Powerhouse,
he would at least have no trouble surviving a three-colored or even four-colored Thunder Tribulation.
"You can raise your cultivation whenever you want?"
Hearing the young man's outrageously bold claim, the old man could not help repeating it.
He frowned slightly, about to remind the young man not to grow arrogant—cultivation was like rowing against the current—
but then he met the young man's confident gaze.
The words of caution on the tip of his tongue stuck in his throat.
The old man said nothing more on the subject. Instead, he moved on and asked with curiosity,
"Since you've brought Immortal Art: Tianyan Forty-Nine to Perfection, I imagine your greatest strength is Close-Combat Technique.
"I have two Cultivation Techniques that should suit you.
"The first is called the Stellar Body Forging Art.
"This technique draws the vast power of the stars in the heavens into your body, greatly strengthening its defenses.
"Simply reaching Initiation would increase your current physical strength by more than fifty percent.
"And if you could bring it to Perfection, just as you did Immortal Art: Tianyan Forty-Nine,
"then even if you failed to survive the Nine Heavenly Tribulations, shed your mortal body, and become an Immortal, you could still withstand an Immortal's arts with a mortal body!"
The old man's voice rose with fervor. He clearly held the Stellar Body Forging Art in high regard.
"Senior, may I ask what the other defensive technique is?"
Luo Yi was drawn to the Stellar Body Forging Art, which sounded formidable enough from its name alone.
But he did not yet know what the other body-forging technique