Over the years, Li Chen had firmly established himself in Foundation Establishment. Although he was based in a remote corner, his horizons had gradually broadened, and he had encountered many extraordinary people, strange happenings, cultivation methods, and secret manuals befitting his realm. All sorts of possibilities soon came to mind.
He extended his spiritual sense. On the chassis beside him, a tube withdrew from inside its neck, and its outer armor plates shifted, transforming into an alloy coat with a distinctly science-fiction look.
The chassis walked over, cradled the head, and fitted it back into place, once again taking on the appearance of a whole person.
He glanced into the room. A huge column resembling a cylindrical glass tube stood there. Inside, a body wearing alloy armor, with a Keen Warrior's head, floated like an infant as bubbles burbled upward all around it.
This was the spirit pool Li Chen had spent a fortune to build. It was filled entirely with spirit liquid diluted with true water and embedded with a Spirit-Gathering Formation, allowing it to continuously absorb spiritual energy from the world and the feed pool, converting it into nourishment for his flesh.
Five years earlier, Li Chen had successfully built the Magic Power Circulation Pump he had once coveted and begun leaving his original flesh-and-blood body inside to cultivate unattended.
Although this passive method of cultivation was easy and simple, it consumed enormous resources. Without the resources supplied by three false blessed lands, along with Li Chen's own commercial development and skillful management, he really would not have been able to afford such a luxury.
Still, the results were quite good. His body cultivated here without interruption for all twenty-four hours of the day, working harder than even the most resolute cultivator. That effectively gave him more than