Huang Xiao understood perfectly well. Shi Hen had already made himself very clear.
He hoped Huang Xiao could learn this cultivation method of the Hall Master's before the contest for the position of Hall Master. This was indeed a tremendous boon for Huang Xiao.
When the actual contest for the position of Hall Master came, it would not be like this occasion, with all its rules.
When that time came, life and death would be unrestricted in the arena.
Any cultivation method could be used. As long as you survived, as long as you won, even if you used a Forbidden Art and were left with only a thread of breath, you could still be restored. That was the wondrous thing about ultimately attaining the Hall Master's Seat.
"In the time remaining, I will do everything I can to improve my strength and strive to reach the threshold for practicing that divine skill," Huang Xiao said.
"Focus more of your attention on the Heavenly Demon Skill now. That is the foundation. Although your Imperishable True Qi is good, it cannot truly increase your strength yet. It merely makes you better able to withstand blows. If your internal power cannot threaten your opponent, then no matter how many blows you can withstand, there will still come a time when you are killed. Only by killing your opponent can you settle things once and for all. Of course, the Hall Master will surely have a plan tailored to these matters, so this old man will say no more," Shi Hen said.
Shi Hen still feared that Huang Xiao would devote his attention to Imperishable True Qi. In his view, that would also mean straying down the wrong path. What mattered most was one's own internal power and cultivation realm. Everything else could