During those three years in the Wilderness, Xu Taiping had, of course, done more than repair Buddha statues.
For instance, with the Chaos Qi unique to the Wilderness, he had tempered his body from the wild lion physique into the python flood dragon physique over those three years.
Outside, even if he had used the Human Sovereign Body Tempering Art to temper himself in the same way, it would have taken at least thirty years, if not longer.
Of course, even in the Wilderness, there probably weren't many people who dared walk through it without carrying a Flood Dragon Token as Xu Taiping did.
Compared with the wild lion physique, the python flood dragon physique gave off an oppressive presence through its appearance alone.
It was like a lion or tiger before a Shiba Inu, a flood dragon before a fierce beast.
The few Cloudview Palace cultivators standing before Xu Taiping were much the same at that moment.
After seeing Xu Taiping reveal his python flood dragon physique, they instinctively retreated several steps, their hearts inexplicably fluttering.
It was as though what stood before them was not a man, but a demonic flood dragon.
It had this effect in just the sleeping flood dragon state?
Xu Taiping was a little surprised by the cultivators' reactions.
Over the past few years, he had spent most of his time traveling through the barren lands of the Thousand Buddha Kingdom in search of damaged Buddha statues, and most of his encounters had been with savage beasts. Thus, this was his first time seeing how human cultivators reacted to his python flood dragon physique.
"Fellow Daoist, my junior brother was rash just now. Please don't take offense."
At that moment, a handsome middle-aged man stepped out from among them and cupped his hands toward