"A... a Martial Venerable Realm... physique?!"
After staring for a long while, the burly Zhai Mo rubbed his eyes hard before speaking in disbelief.
"That shouldn't be possible. The Qi and Blood power a cultivator can recover on the first floor of the Mysterious Wasteland Tower should, at most, support the restoration of a Grandmaster Realm physique."
Beside him, Gongshu Nanxing's face was likewise filled with bewilderment.
"Is that very unusual?"
Xu Taiping had not expected such a strong reaction from the two of them.
Fairy Lingyue had not told him much about the specific restrictions inside the tower. She had only said that the cultivation limits on the first floor were the Gate Opening Realm and the Martial Arts Grandmaster Realm.
"Of course!"
Zhai Mo nodded emphatically, then explained to Xu Taiping with great excitement:
"The main reason demon cultivators have a greater advantage than Human Race cultivators when training in the Mysterious Wasteland Tower is that their physiques and Blood Qi power far surpass those of Human Race cultivators at the same realm."
"But even so, on the first floor of the Mysterious Wasteland Tower, they can only wield Grandmaster Realm physical power at most."
"So, Brother Rusty Lion, if you can raise your physical power to the Martial Venerable Realm, that puts you two whole realms above every one of those demon cultivators."
Understanding dawned in Xu Taiping's heart at those words, and he silently surmised:
Barring anything unexpected, it should be because of the Flame Emperor Body Tempering Art.
After all, the physical forms at each stage of the Flame Emperor Body Tempering Art had no clearly defined realms, only differences in the strength of their Blood Qi.
Of course, he certainly would not reveal something like that to the two of them.
"So, with this