Chapter 187

Don't think that two hours is a short time. Two hours is equivalent to four hours. Try throwing punches continuously for four hours with all your might, and you'll definitely die.

Normally, it's already considered extremely good if an average person can maintain their maximum strength for ten or fifteen minutes. Anyone who can maintain that burst of power for half an hour is practically superhuman.

At this stage, it's simply impossible for a battle to continue for such a long time; once it breaks out, the battle should basically end.

So in this respect, Wang Teng seems pretty awesome, but in reality, he's not very effective. No one would fight Wang Teng for that long; the battle usually ends in a very short time.

The result is either Wang Teng gets kited to death, or Wang Teng beats the person to a pulp.

A month has passed.

Wang Teng's cultivation at the thirteenth level of the Body Tempering Stage had long been stable, but that was all he could achieve. It was practically impossible for Wang Teng to break through to the next level.

The reason is simple: resources.

Even if Wang Teng used every means possible, the contribution points he obtained were only around 50,000. Moreover, the drugs that Wang Teng bought had been used countless times, and his body had already developed resistance to them.

To continue down the path of body tempering, one needs higher-level or rarer medicines, and higher-level items have more contribution points, which Wang Teng simply cannot afford.

Even if he could afford it, it wouldn't matter, because those things are controlled items. Wang Teng isn't qualified to buy them yet; he'll have to wait until he becomes an inner disciple.

So here's the problem: I don't even have the cultivation level of the Qi Refining Stage, and even if I become an inner disciple, it won't be of much use, because those things are limited and in limited quantities. If you want to buy them, you have to pre-order them, because there's no stock available. As soon as they appear, they're all bought up, and you can't get them at all.

As for going to Yaoguang Peak to find medicinal herbs, it's possible, but the quantity is extremely limited, and since I don't know how to refine pills, swallowing them raw is less efficient than taking low-grade pills.

Wang Teng, however, knew nothing about alchemy.

As for learning, Wang Teng Wang Teng had not yet opened his dantian, so he couldn't learn the conventional methods at all.

Although I can manipulate spiritual energy, and theoretically I can learn it, I still need Grandmaster to teach me.

Therefore, the path of self-refining and self-use is basically closed.

Actually, besides those options, Wang Teng had another way: to expose his cultivation level and get the sect to provide him with resources.

This is the most feasible path, and it's the only way that can fully support Wang Teng to continue on the path of physical training.

As one of the affiliated families of the Spirit Beast Sect, the Wang Family is one of their own, so there is basically no possibility of an internal traitor.

Even if they are truly spies from other hostile sects, the Spirit Beast Sect will absolutely accept them without hesitation. A genius at the thirteenth level of the Body Tempering Stage, as long as you dare to let them in, we will definitely accept them. Moreover, the Spirit Beast Sect will even recruit them as a core disciple of the Spirit Beast Sect, one of the future high-ranking members.

The core disciples of each sect are basically cultivated as future leaders of the sect. They are not lacking in resources before reaching the Core Realm. If they really need more, they can apply to the sect and their requests will generally be met.

However, the sect's constraints are also stronger for its core disciples.

The sect will do its utmost to nurture you, firstly because of your talent, and secondly because of your loyalty.

However, natural talent generally doesn't change, but loyalty does.

Therefore, in order to prevent current investments from going to waste in the future, sects generally sign extremely strict blood contracts with their core disciples.

Of course, blood pacts are more about loyalty. As long as you don't betray the sect or do anything that harms it, there shouldn't be any major problems.

Betraying one's sect can result in anything from a regression in cultivation, preventing any further progress for the rest of one's life, to immediate death.

If Wang Teng chooses to reveal his cultivation level, it means that Wang Teng will be bound to the Spirit Beast Sect for the rest of his life, which is something Wang Teng is unwilling to do.

Wang Teng conducted an experiment on this topic. He bought a rabbit at the market and signed a contract with it. The contract did disappear the next day after the time reset, but when Wang Teng found the rabbit again, Wang Teng discovered that he still had a very weak connection with it.

This connection didn't allow Wang Teng to command the rabbit to do anything; it only slightly increased the rabbit's affection for Wang Teng. After resetting it a few times, the connection disappeared completely.

This can be considered a bug that Wang Teng discovered after the time reset.

However, once a blood pact is signed with a sect, the binding force is far greater than what Wang Teng bought from a street vendor. Considering Wang Teng's special circumstances, high-ranking officials above the God Realm might be mobilized to conduct a soul search on Wang Teng Wang Teng to ensure that he has no problems.

While time reset is powerful and can remove most of the blood pact's binding force on Wang Teng, there's no guarantee that the elder might pull some strings. If the binding force still exists the next day, or even if it doesn't need to exist, as long as it has some impact, the elders of the sect could probably use the clues to dig out Wang Teng.

Wang Teng's cultivation level is too low right now, and he has no idea about the methods of high-level cultivators. If he is not careful when dealing with them, he will be defeated.

Moreover, if he wants to rely on the sect's power, due to the time reset, Wang Teng will definitely have to sign contracts Tenten. But it's not a matter of possibility; Wang Teng will definitely be bound to the Spirit Beast Sect.

So, it's time to start gathering energy.

Wang Teng had already broken through the most difficult thirteenth Body Tempering Stage, so gathering Qi was naturally no problem for him.

Before gathering Qi, you need to sense the Qi and blood throughout your body, and then use your mind and body to guide the Qi and blood along a specific route. As long as you can successfully complete one round, then there will be no problem with the Qi Gathering Stage.

This challenge was not difficult at all. In just a short while, the first wisp of internal energy appeared in Wang Teng's dantian. All he had to do next was to gradually strengthen it.

The first layer of the Qi Gathering Stage is complete.

Time flies, Sun Moon swiftly.

In the blink of an eye, another month has passed, and Wang Teng has now recovered his cultivation to the third level of Qi Gathering.

Wang Teng estimated that he should be able to restore his cultivation to the ninth level of Qi Gathering within six months.

To advance from the first level of Qi Gathering to the ninth level in just six months is an extremely fast pace, something only core disciples of major powers possess.

It's not that the core disciples are more talented, but that's only one aspect. Another aspect is the resources and training they receive from their sects and families.

Without the sect's unlimited resource support, reaching this level within three years would already make one a truly genius.

Wang Teng was a prime example. He was a top genius in the Wang Family, but the family provided very limited assistance, and he could only hastily gather Qi at the ninth level of the Body Tempering Stage.

Most of the outer disciples of the Spirit Beast Sect, like Wang Teng, begin gathering Qi at the ninth level of the Body Tempering Stage. It generally takes them about five years to go from the first to the ninth level of Qi Gathering.

Wang Teng Wang Teng only spent three years learning this skill, which shows just how talented he is.

If he could receive unlimited resources to nurture him, Wang Teng's original body should be able to advance from the first level of Qi Gathering to the ninth level in about half a year.

Because of the time reset, Wang Teng is, in a sense, an infinite resource.

Given this, Wang Teng now felt something was very wrong. Had he really been transported here by soul transference?

Why does this body show no signs of cultivation?

Previously, Wang Teng was just a Xiao Bai in cultivation and didn't understand many things. Now that he has broken through to the thirteenth level of the Body Tempering Stage, he can be considered an expert.

Furthermore, after reaching the thirteenth level of the Body Tempering Stage, one can internally observe whether or not one has cultivated. It is impossible to deceive oneself, and there is no trace of Qi gathering in this body.

As for the answer, Wang Teng didn't know, and could only keep his doubts to himself.

Ten years have passed.

Wang Teng has been in this world for ten years, and every day is the same. Wang Teng can only numb himself by cultivating.

Although cultivation is tedious and boring, the process of becoming stronger is truly wonderful. You can constantly feel your body getting stronger day by day, and your dantian becoming more and more full.

The amount of time and resources you spend will determine the amount of cultivation you receive in return, settled on the spot, with no delays.

That's why Wang Teng was able to persevere, because all his efforts were visible.

And now he's already getting used to this kind of life.

Machines are boring, but they are powerful.

He has reached the fifteenth level of body tempering, which is equivalent to the Late Qi Refining Stage. However, his actual combat strength has reached the ceiling of the Liquid Condensation Stage. This is something that can be achieved without the bonus of Qi Refining cultivation.

In terms of Qi Refining, Wang Teng has already reached the Middle Liquid Condensation Stage, but whether it is the degree of Qi condensation or the size of his dantian, Wang Teng far surpasses ordinary Late Liquid Condensation Stage cultivators. Once Wang Teng enters the Late Liquid Condensation Stage, both the condensation of his Qi and the size of his dantian will be able to break through again.

This is all thanks to the unlimited resources and unlimited respawns provided by time reset.

Compared to Wang Teng's improved cultivation level, his combat power is even more terrifying. He dares not say that in terms of basic skills, there is absolutely no one in the entire Chu State Tianxuan Continent basic skills can compare with his.

Wang Teng had beaten all the demon beast kings of Yaoguang Peak, and not a single one of them could withstand three moves from his full power.

This naturally included Xiao Luer's parents, but Wang Teng did not kill them after he was able to defeat the two deer.

It wasn't that killing him would be pointless since the time reset was ineffective; rather, Wang Teng suddenly lost his target and felt utterly lost.

Does Wang Teng harbor resentment towards Shuanglu?

There was hatred at the beginning, but as time went by, it faded and became Wang Teng's goal to defeat.

One day, he would kill them all, but when the time came for him to actually do it, Wang Teng couldn't bring himself to do it.

It's pointless.

Before leaving, he only patted the Xiao Luer's head; he had never even killed her parents.

Nothing in life is worse than having no goals, and that's exactly what Wang Teng is experiencing now.

However, Wang Teng Wang Teng, the sect's Core Forging Stage master, dared not attack them, otherwise, he risked being defeated.

Therefore, Wang Teng himself doesn't know how strong he is right now, because he has no suitable benchmark.

Despite his unparalleled combat prowess, Wang Teng remained remarkably composed and always acted with extreme caution. He absolutely could not allow the sect elders to discover his presence, otherwise, trouble could easily ensue.

A sixteen-year-old at the fifteenth level of Body Tempering Stage, Late Liquid Condensation Stage, and with unparalleled combat power—it's questionable whether such a person exists in the entire Northwest Continent, let alone the Spirit Beast Sect.

If Wang Teng, this dragon hiding in the shallows, were discovered, some powerful figures in the God Realm might become curious and try to harm Wang Teng.

Therefore, Wang Teng had always been very careful to hide his cultivation level, having practiced more than a dozen methods for concealing his cultivation, combined with the unique spirit control techniques of the fifteenth level of body tempering.

As long as he doesn't make a move, even if he stands right in front of Golden Core Stage elder, he won't be able to detect his cultivation level.

It's time for me to leave the Spirit Beast Sect and go out for a while.

Wang Teng thought to himself.

There are two ways to leave the Spirit Beast Sect. One is to follow the procedure and explain your reason for leaving the sect to the deacon. In general, you will be allowed to leave.

However, this approach was too cumbersome and time-consuming, since he only had a maximum of twelve hours. Therefore, Wang Teng chose a different path.

Enter the Starfall Mountain Range through Yaoguang Peak.

Although there are strongholds on the north side of Yaoguang Peak to defend against the monsters of the Starfall Mountain Range, it is impossible to completely block them. Only a few points can be set up to guard against large-scale monster invasions.

The weak points are just some sensing arrays. Once a demon beast above the Core Forging Stage invades, the Spirit Beast Sect will know immediately. Those below the Core Forging Stage will be dealt with if they are seen, and those that are not seen will be allowed to enter Yaoguang Peak. After all, Yaoguang Peak needs the replenishment of fresh blood to facilitate the disciples' training.

Because of its proximity to the Starfall Mountain Range, the Spirit Beast Sect has a particularly strong sense of vigilance even in times of peace.

The higher-ups would use various methods to train their disciples, and the annual mortality rate of these disciples had never fallen below ten percent. Therefore, the average combat strength of the Spirit Beast Sect disciples had always been among the best in the Chu State.

But they were forced into this situation. Did the higher-ups really want their disciples to die?

There's really no other way!

After all, the neighboring area is a powder keg. If the monsters in the Starfall Mountain Range were to riot, the Spirit Beast Sect would be the first to suffer, and the number of deaths would be enormous. If they were not careful, the Spirit Beast Sect would be wiped out.

The entire Spirit Beast Sect has experienced countless loss of talent. If it weren't for the timely support from the Chu Kingdom's royal family and some sects near the Starfall Mountains each time it suffered a major blow, the Spirit Beast Sect would probably have disappeared into the annals of history long ago.

Therefore, Wang Teng could easily leave the Spirit Beast Sect and enter the Starfall Mountain Range through the stronghold north of Yaoguang Peak. The sect has always encouraged this kind of hunting of demonic beasts. The more they clear now, the less pressure there will be when demonic beasts invade in the future.

However, Wang Teng did not intend to leave from the stronghold, but instead entered the Starfall Mountain Range from the sect's weak point.

Like I said, it's too much trouble.

Entering the stronghold will inevitably take a lot of time. Entering the Starfall Mountain Range through the weakest point, the sect will only know that someone or a monster has left from there, but they will not know who it is.

By the time the sect sent people to investigate, Wang Teng had already fled.

Once midnight has passed, the time resets.

Wang Teng immediately got out of bed.

It's time to take action.