Li Xiaoya had originally wondered whether he could pull the stone stele out if he had enough strength, only for Feng Chenzi to mock him outright and tell him to stop dreaming. The stele was joined to what lay beneath the ground as a single whole. Unless he possessed the power of a True Immortal, he could forget the idea.
Refusing to believe it, Li Xiaoya had bombarded the ground with spells. Finally, several dozen zhang underground, he saw that the stone stele really was part of one continuous structure. The ground's ability to repair itself had nearly buried him alive, leaving him no choice but to obediently return to chopping the stele.
"After advancing to the second layer of the core condensation stage, I really am much faster! Looks like it's time to discuss the rest of the plan with Feng Chenzi!" Li Xiaoya gazed at the standing stone stele, which he had hacked into the shape of a spinning top, and murmured to himself.
Indeed, with the help of the Divine Condensation Pill and a large quantity of third-rank pills, his cultivation had advanced to the second layer of the core condensation stage the day before. Ordinarily, cultivators in the early core condensation stage needed years of arduous cultivation and large quantities of pills to advance a single layer. Those with poor aptitude and scarce resources might fail to advance even after more than a decade. The unluckiest would remain stuck in the core condensation stage for the rest of their lives, forever denied the Great Dao.
This was also why Heavenly Venerable Daoling was so anxious. How could Li Xiaoya have advanced so quickly? It seemed far too unusual, which was why he had sent Liu Yulan down the mountain to find him.
Naturally, Heavenly Venerable Daoling