Unbeatable! Invincible! Unparalleled!

In addition, even if by breathing in spiritual Qi using pores could skyrocket his cultivation level states, at most he should be at the level 3 of the Qi condensation realm!

This is because cultivating takes a really long time, and the need to study which meridians and acupoints to correctly stimulate is also an extended process as well, not to mention other miscellaneous things that needed to be done to solidify one"s foundation in each level.

To think that Duan Li had already reached the level 7 in but a single day? Even he himself had to work for 4 years to get to that level!

Noticing what their expression meant, Duan Li decided to tell the half-truths;

"Ahh.. its actually like this.. "

Duan Li began to explain that he had shot straight to the level 7 of the Qi condensation realm from nothing due to his potential being suppressed by his mother. Thus, when he finally ascended to the Qi condensation realm, his level quickly rose up to seven in an instant.

He then told them that because he had never done any physical body tempering yet, his inner body and meridians couldn"t handle the excess amount of spiritual Qi flowing inside him. Thus, he suppressed himself back to the level one state.

Hearing this, they couldn"t help but to still frown in suspicions, except Xiahou Yu. She knew that Duan Li would be a monstrous existence in the future that would be unparalleled in the whole Tian continent.

Naturally, she also knew that Duan Li"s potential and talent would be quite amazing as well so it wouldn"t be surprising if he had shot straight to the level seven. She was only curious as to why Duan Li decided to suppress himself to the level 1 state, but hearing that it is because of his physical body had yet to be tempered, she thought that it made sense to her.

However, the same couldn"t be said for Shen Lu and w.a.n.g Xiolun as they hadn"t witnessed the future of the original timeline of the Tian continent during Duan Li"s bizarre trial back then.

"I have not heard of any way to suppress one"s potential.. but as a wise man once said, never heard doesn"t mean it didn"t exist! Tell me Duan Li, who is your mother?" asked Shen Lu while sipping his tea slowly as his interest was piqued.

From what Duan Li had said, it seems that this mother of his was someone capable enough to suppress one"s potential until it acc.u.mulates to give an explosive effect in one"s cultivation state after it was released!

How powerful would the means of the other party had to do that?

"Umm.. I"m not sure if you guys have every heard of my mother.. but she is called Meng Yue.. " replied Duan Li nervously.

Meng Yue??

Pu!

Shen Lu spurted out the tea that he elegantly sipped. It had narrowedly hit Duan Li on the face squarely, but the slow down time ability activated at the last moment which allowed him to evade effortlessly.

Even w.a.n.g Xiolun"s expression jolted for a bit as he heard that name. He also took a note of Duan Li"s incredible reflex as the urge to battle started to brew inside of him.

"Y-you.. your mother is called Meng Yue? Is she from the... Subjugation squad previously..?" Shen Lu asked with a shocked expression.

"Yes... " Duan Li answered.

No wonder!

If it was THAT Meng Yue, the tyrant of the subjugation squad, then they could imagine how suppressing his potential would just might be possible for her!

"You guys knew of my mother?"

Duan Li hadn"t really thought that her mother"s name was well known, but looking at their expression, he couldn"t help but to wonder how big of a reputation his mother had back then.

"Knew? Of course we know! Your mother Meng Yue was a legendary figure in the subjugation squad! Everyone in the squad knew of her existence and treated her like a holy being!" replied Shen Lu excitedly.

After all, he too was part of the subjugation squad and knew of her past exploit when she was active as a knight.

Who wouldn"t be impressed with someone who looked chibby in appearance but managed to savagely slayed thousands of high level monster during the seasonal monster stampede single-handedly?

Shen Lu began to tell stories of how Duan Li"s mother back then was part of the subjugation squad. The squad was comprised of nine squad altogether, with the ninth being the most powerful and the strongest where Duan Li"s mother used to be in.

The required battle prowess for one to join the subjugation squad is that one must be able to kill a hundred monster single-handedly!

The first squad which is the weakest, has a total of 81 members in it. They are deployed around the empire to handle miscellaneous mission.

Meanwhile, the second squad has a total of 72 members and was tasked to handle patrol orders around the border.

The third squad has 63 members and was to subjugate monster stampede of one star monster level threat.

On the other hand, the fourth squad has 54 members and is an all-rounded fighters which could handle themselves in tight situations. Rather than slaughter, they are more geared towards medical a.s.sistance for all the nine squads during the seasonal monster stampede.

Next, the fifth squad has 45 members and is tasked to handle monster stampede between one and two stars.

After that, the sixth squad has 36 members and their members are all savage and brutal people that could kill their way in a two star threat level during monster stampede.

Then, the seventh squad has 27 members and a step higher in battle prowess which could stop monster stampedes of 2 to 3 star threat level.

The eight squad, a total of 18 members are all very strong and influential people within the empire. Their strength is just second to the ninth squad and could fight against monster stampedes of 4 star threat level.

Finally, the ninth squad is dubbed as the strongest people within the empire! There are only 9 members in it and each member has a battle prowess so extremely high that geographical terrains would change if they fought together. They could handle monster stampede of the 5 star threat level, although it will be quite rare.

Hearing this explanation, Duan Li couldn"t help but to clench his fist tight in excitement. To think that his mother was part of the ninth squad, the most powerful! How domineering was she back then?

Mother is too awesome!

"Your mother back then was the youngest knight that had a lot of potential to climb higher in ranks between the ninth squad members! I think she was around 20s at that time!" said Shen Lu, his eyes gleaming with reverence.

Even the expressionless w.a.n.g Xiolun besides him nodded repeatedly as respect and awe could be seen from his always serious and solemn gaze.

"Is that so..? I never knew.. mother had never told me about any of this.. " replied Duan Li as he scratched the back of his head feeling embara.s.sed.

Xiahou Yu was listening attentively to their conversation as she too became absorbed in it and couldn"t help but to ask;

"What are the monster stars threat level represents? And are there anymore monster higher than that?"

Shen Lu nodded as he replied;

"The number of stars represents how strong those monsters are. To give an a.n.a.logy, a one star monster could fight against 2 people at the foundation establishment realm. A two star monster could fight against 10 pinnacle stage of foundation establishment realm. A three star monster could fight 20 core formation experts. A four star could floor up to 30 pinnacle stage of the golden core realm experts."

"What about the five star?" She quickly interjected in her excitement.

"A five star monster.. could fight evenly against five nascent soul realm experts!" replied Shen Lu with a grim expression as he continued;

"And above that, the six star monsters.. perhaps that would take the whole nascent soul realm experts in the Jiu empire to handle it I guess.."

In fact, what Shen Lu had just said was pretty accurate. With increasing star level, the monster"s age grew increasingly old and thus their prowess was more powerful as well. Monsters above the three star had already been living for a few hundreds. Meanwhile, monster of the five stars and above, those could be thousands of years old!

"Anyway, let"s talk about the subjugation squad again next time, right now I"m more worried about your physical body condition.." said Shen Lu.

He cupped his chin as he contemplated for awhile.

"To tell you the truth, since you are the son of Meng Yue, I"ll give you a rumor that I had just heard.. " he leaned in closer to Duan Li as he began to whisper.

"In the academy, there exist some sort of a secret organization that will enter the "eternal maze" beneath us! The rumors were that people hardly ever returned alive, but those who did returned, stated that there was a large pool of blood with lots of colossal bones surrounding it!"

"I theorized that those bones must have been extremely ancient and those that bathed in that pool of blood would gain a body comparable to the mountains!"

"But of course, bathing in it would cause instant death due to the sheer purity of the blood. However, if you were to be able to gather a bit of it through some means, and dilute it with other stuff, the effects should be quite good!"

Shen Lu then look towards his surrounding warily as his voice becoming much more softer.

"I saw you the other day being led to the dorm by senior teacher w.a.n.g Guozhi, so you must have some pretty deep connections with the echelons right? Heheheh! If you can get a few of these blood.. with my help.. you will be rich in no time!"

Hearing what Shen Lu had just said, something akin to a trigger was released in his mind as he remembered.

"According to my memories, that pool beneath the academy.. is the one hundred thousand monster graveyards!" thought Duan Li to himself as his eyes gleamed with interest.

Back in the other timeline, when he was at the nascent soul realm, he entered the eternal maze to bath inside that pool to prepare his body for ascending towards the immortal ascension realm and the result was that.. his body had grown tougher to the extent that if he flew straight to a mountain, that mountain would crumble to pieces, akin being hit by a meteor!

Therefore, he named that physical body of his, "The meteor body physique!"

He thought that, with his current body, it would just be him courting death if he were to jump straight into that pool. Thus, the suggestion that Shen Lu gave him was extremely enticing.

After all, he knew the best what effects would he get from bathing inside that pool!

Even if they were to dilute it.. his body would become as strong as steel!

"Hmm.. okay, I will do that!" replied Duan Li.

"Great! Hahahahaha!" Shen Lu laughed out loud as his shrewd business succeeded.

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