Wanli Shitang.
The boundless sea remained turbulent, with countless waves surging and crashing against the shore, only to be mercilessly torn apart on the beach.
This is already the fifth month since Li Xingkong came here. Unbeknownst to him, he has been in this sea area for almost half a year.
The experiment on the Water Repelling Art had been completed several months ago, and the experiment on Tang Cheng was very successful. On the day the spell was inscribed, he went into the sea and splashed around all day, playing and causing trouble like Monkey Sun about to wreak havoc in the Dragon Palace.
Unfortunately, although he could move underwater, his physical fitness was still very weak, far inferior to Li Xingkong's.
He was caught and sucked by a big fish underwater for a long time before being rescued by Li Xingkong. He almost became the first superhuman to be killed by a fish.
The pressure from the deep sea was also well resolved by the Water Repelling Art. At least Tang Cheng, with his weak physique, could move around in the deep sea without worrying about the pressure ruining his body.
Although he only discovered he had severe thalassophobia after going into the sea, especially in the dark areas of the deep sea, the fear deep in his brain made his hands and feet stiff and he almost fainted there.
After successfully using the Water Repelling Art, Li Xingkong did not return to his residence.
Because he cannot simulate a vacuum environment.
The development of subsequent spells requires survival in a vacuum environment, so whether the spells will work or not still needs to be tested in an environment.
My own home doesn't have these conditions, but it's different here in Wanli Shitang.
Within days of Li Xingkong stating his needs, all the relevant equipment arrived, along with Li Xingkong's first batch of Body Tempering Grass.
The quality of this batch of Body Tempering Grass was slightly inferior to that of the grass Li Xingkong grew himself, but not by much—it was like the difference between 99 and 100 points. However, the quantity was much greater than Li Xingkong.
He knew how many seeds he had that he could plant, but the amount delivered was much more than he had expected, which made Li Xingkong somewhat curious.
After inquiring, he learned that a considerable number of researchers in Divine Land had studied it and developed various planting techniques.
Li Xingkong originally had no problem growing plants solely from seeds, but in botany, there are many more efficient planting methods, such as division and grafting.
The first research topic undertaken by so many researchers was how to rapidly expand the planting scale, and the results of this research were now right in front of Li Xingkong.
The Body Tempering Grass delivered this time are enough to feed Li Xingkong for several months.
Old Tang even made a bold promise to him, saying that he would deliver the same amount to him every week thereafter, with no less.
With the equipment support and an abundance of Body Tempering Grass, Li Xingkong naturally had no intention of moving. Since he could cultivate anywhere anyway, he simply stayed there.
" Bone Tempering complete, cultivation has finally taken another step forward."
On a cliff along the coast of the small island, Li Xingkong completed his final Bone Tempering.
To this day, his training in Bone Tempering has come to a temporary end, and the tempering of all 206 bones in his body has been completed.
With his entire body's Bone Tempering complete, Li Xingkong had already traversed more than half of his Qi Refining journey. Compared to the long Bone Tempering Stage, the remaining stages were insignificant.
He can now be considered to be in the Late Qi Refining Stage.
There were no supernatural phenomena, no auspicious clouds falling from the sky, and no unusual signs of purple aura coming from the east. After his Bone Tempering was completed, Li Xingkong gave the impression of being no different from an ordinary person.
Only Li Xingkong himself knew that after his entire skeleton was tempered, his overall strength had increased several times over.
The most significant improvement was that his body became more robust.
The increase in his physical strength has also raised the upper limit of the power he can unleash. Before, he had to worry about whether his body could withstand a single punch, but now he no longer has that concern.
He can now unleash his full power, and even in a head-on collision, he doesn't need to worry about being injured by the recoil.
As for his current strength, he used to need to exert effort to tow a small 500-ton fishing boat, but now he feels he can tow the Jiaolong.
The Jiaolong is a coast guard vessel with a displacement of 10,000 tons. Based on this force, Li Xingkong's current strength is already at the 10,000-ton level, or even higher.
Ten thousand tons—just saying that number is enough to make one feel disoriented; it seems almost unreal.
To most people, this number would never be associated with human beings, and even Li Xingkong thought it was somewhat exaggerated.
Was the increase in power too great? He had only broken through a small stage of Qi Refining, and this change surprised him somewhat.
"System, is this change in power normal?"
Looking at his hands, Li Xingkong tried to clench his fists. He originally wanted to throw a punch, but the power coming from his body made him afraid that if he did, he would smash the cliff beneath his feet.
"Of course it's normal."
The system popped up at just the right time.
"But his strength is increasing way too fast."
Li Xingkong didn't throw a punch. Instead, he picked up a small stone and threw it with a little force.
The pebble transformed into a high-speed bullet, swiftly piercing the sky and flying several nautical miles away, creating a very high splash in the sea.
"From an ordinary person's perspective, your power has indeed increased rapidly, but from a cultivator's point of view, it can only be described as mediocre."
The system provides two observation perspectives.
Do you know how heavy Earth Star is?
Li Xingkong quickly went online to check and got an answer.
"60 trillion tons."
The answer itself was almost suffocating; it was simply too heavy a burden. Even considering Li Xingkong's power, it was an astronomical figure.
"As a cultivator, plucking stars and grasping the moon are considered basic skills. At your current rate of power growth, how long would it take you to cultivate enough to shake the Earth Star?"
"Huh? I shook the Earth Star?"
Li Xingkong did a simple division: if he were to shake Earth Star now, it would take 600 trillion times his current strength.
"So, to achieve this goal in hundreds of years of cultivation, your current rate of power growth can only be considered average."
With this number as a comparison, Li Xingkong immediately calmed down.
Yes, Earth Star is just a small planet, not even the largest among celestial bodies, but its weight alone is enough to make one drink several cups of water.
If one wants to achieve success in cultivation, this speed is far from being anything special.