You Su Heiquan extended a finger.
"One year?" Lu Xin guessed, thinking he could wait if it was just a year.
You Su Heiquan shook his head.
"Ten years?"
Lu Xin couldn't figure out what the other party was playing at.
You Su Heiquan shook his head again and said, "One hundred years."
"What?"
Lu Xin jumped up in surprise.
You Su Heiquan was startled and said unhappily, "Why are you so jumpy, kid? It's just a hundred years. A blink of an eye in cultivation."
Lu Xin was speechless. He glanced at his system panel, currently showing he was only one hundred and one years old.
If it were his previous life, it would be like asking him to wait another lifetime.
Absurd.
And in this life, he'd probably become an immortal in a hundred years, which was even more absurd.
"What? Can't you even wait a hundred years?"
Chun Hu Qingzhen, who had been silent, couldn't help but ask, seeing his expression.
"Of course… I can wait."
Lu Xin nodded quickly, thinking he should get the Bone-Corroding Soul-Devouring Flower first, regardless of what happened in a hundred years.
"That's more like it."
Chun Hu Qingzhen dropped a sentence and suddenly got up and left, not knowing where she was going.
After she left, Lu Xin eagerly asked what a "Celestial Body" was.
"Oh, I almost forgot about that."
You Su Heiquan picked up his teacup, took a sip, and began to explain.
It turned out that the so-called "Celestial Body" was one that had transcended the mortal body, possessing the characteristics of immortality and incorruptibility.
That is to say, if Lu Xin's primordial spirit were to perish now, his body would remain intact even after tens of thousands of years, as long as it didn't suffer any calamities.
This already far surpassed the demon race, which was known for its physical bodies.
In the end, even You Su Heiquan's demon body, which had undergone the Second Tribulation, couldn't compare to his.
At least in one aspect, his blood was still red.
Of course, it's not to say that red blood isn't powerful, it's just that You Su Heiquan isn't that powerful.
"I didn't expect to have such characteristics after only reaching the eighth stage of the Golden Body."
Lu Xin once again felt the extraordinary nature of the Nine Revolutions Golden Body Technique, and at the same time, he imagined what it would be like if he cultivated to the ninth stage.
Coming back to his senses, he quickly asked what the Tribulation Transcending stage was.
You Su Heiquan didn't hide anything and explained it to him one by one, "Actually, there is no bottleneck from the Great Ascension stage to the Tribulation Transcending stage. As long as you are confident that you can withstand the Heavenly Tribulation, you can advance to the Tribulation Transcending stage."
Lu Xin was extremely surprised, "Doesn't that mean you can directly ascend to the Tribulation Transcending stage from the early Great Ascension stage?"
You Su Heiquan nodded and shook his head, "That's the principle, but no one would do that."
"Please enlighten me, senior."
Lu Xin cupped his fist.
You Su Heiquan waved his hand, "Speaking of which, you are my granddaughter's husband, so there's no need to be so polite."
He then explained the reason.
The reason why no one did this was twofold:
First, lifespan.
Logically speaking, the lifespan of the early Great Ascension stage would break through to twenty thousand years, and each subsequent breakthrough would add five thousand years.
That is to say, the upper limit of lifespan for the entire Great Ascension stage is thirty thousand years.
As for the Tribulation Transcending stage, as long as you pass the First Tribulation, you can directly increase your lifespan by twenty thousand years.
Each subsequent tribulation passed will increase it by twenty thousand years, until after the Third Tribulation, you ascend to the Upper Realm.
So, if you directly transcend the tribulation in the early Great Ascension stage, you will directly lose ten thousand years of lifespan.
Second, strength.
This is easier to understand. Transcending the tribulation in the early Great Ascension stage will result in a lack of accumulation of two realms.
Even if you successfully transcend the tribulation with the help of treasures and other external objects, you will become the weakest existence in the Tribulation Transcending stage.
Of course, those with strong physical bodies are an exception.
Lu Xin understood. In other words, there is no need to waste time from the Great Ascension stage to the Tribulation Transcending stage. As long as you are confident, you can break through at any time.
However, it is precisely because of this that the strength of the Great Ascension and Tribulation Transcending stages cannot be measured.
Some are very weak, while others are very strong.
Some weak Tribulation Transcenders can't even beat Great Ascension cultivators, while strong Great Ascension cultivators can even challenge decent Tribulation Transcenders.
Therefore, in response to this situation, the human and demon races have each created a strength ranking list.
The demon race calls it the Saint Demon List, which includes all the strong individuals in the Great Ascension and Tribulation Transcending stages, totaling one hundred and forty-one.
Of course, this does not include sea demons.
"You're actually ranked sixth!"
Lu Xin exclaimed in surprise, holding the Saint Demon List, thinking that since that was the case, he should have the strength to be in the top ten, right?
"Are you trying to start something, brat? What do you mean 'actually'?"
You Su Heiquan scolded with a smile.
Lu Xin quickly explained, "I'm just surprised that I'm so strong."
Indeed, if he had known he was so strong, he wouldn't have been so timid.
You Su Heiquan stroked his beard and said, "Your strength is indeed not bad, about seventy percent of my level."
"Only seventy percent?" Lu Xin expressed disbelief.
You Su Heiquan looked at his expression and naturally knew what he was thinking:
"Don't you believe it? Everything has its counter. Although your physical body is strong, it can't withstand my attacks. Given enough time, I can grind you to death."
"And do you really think I went all out just now?" He said, smiling as he picked up his teacup and took a sip.
Lu Xin wouldn't say that as long as you can't kill me instantly, the more you grind, the stronger I'll become.
He didn't engage in a battle of words, as it was safer to keep some trump cards.
"Seventy percent is seventy percent. I'm already very satisfied."
Lu Xin also picked up his teacup and took a sip.
You Su Heiquan suddenly asked curiously, "By the way, you look quite young. How many years have you been cultivating?"
"Another one of these questions."
Lu Xin was speechless. He wanted to make up a number, but he didn't know what age would be reasonable. Fortunately, he suddenly thought of the Five Poison Saint.
He seemed to always be proud of reaching the Great Ascension stage in over eight thousand years.
And he was already in the mid-Integration stage.
So he tentatively said, "Four thousand?"
You Su Heiquan scolded with a smile, "Are you asking me or am I asking you?"
Lu Xin scratched his head and said, "It's been too long, I haven't counted carefully. Probably four thousand years old."
You Su Heiquan could sense his perfunctoriness, but he was too lazy to ask more, "Well, being able to reach the mid-Integration stage at four thousand years old is already amazing."
Lu Xin didn't want to continue this topic and took out a jade slip, saying, "I'll give you an old goodie."
"What is it?" You Su Heiquan was a little curious.
Lu Xin said directly, "A Youth Retaining Pill recipe. It will help you find a few more dao companions."
"What nonsense are you talking about, you little rascal?" You Su Heiquan cursed, but he was obviously interested. He quickly reached out to take it, but Lu Xin dodged him.
"What do you mean? Are you making fun of this old man?"
Lu Xin coughed lightly and rubbed his hands.
"You want spirit stones?" You Su Heiquan said with a dark face.
"Don't play dumb, old man. You know what I want."
You Su Heiquan smiled, "I knew you didn't have any good intentions. Take it."
Lu Xin threw the jade slip to him. He caught it and glanced at it, revealing his big yellow teeth again with a smile, "It really is the long-lost Youth Retaining Pill. Good stuff."
Lu Xin coughed lightly to remind him that it was time to trade.
You Su Heiquan put away his smile, threw the jade slip back, and stood up, saying, "Come with me."
Lu Xin quickly followed.
On the other side, inside a huge palace, a roar suddenly echoed: "I don't agree!"
