Insufficient balance

  The words of the Snake Respecter were indeed arrogant, but Li Yi still heard the concern in them. He nodded slightly and said lightly: "Let's use it to get through this hurdle first, this kind of low-level Vermilion Bird martial skill shouldn't consume too much energy. Old ghost, when I reach the level of a true warrior, I'll see what kind of martial skills you can bring out for me to practice."

  The Snake Deity snorted and said: "When did I ever say that when you reach the level of a Dou Zhe, I would give you advanced Dou techniques?"

  Li Yi smiled slightly and said: "Old ghost, you mustn't forget that because of the Dou Shen Temple, we two are now on the same thread as ants..."

  It seemed that his words had struck a sore spot for the Snake Deity, whose expression changed slightly before he finally let out a sigh and said, "You sharp-tongued little brat, stop wasting so much time on idle chatter. Time is limited, you should focus on practicing this Returning Wind Palm instead."

  Li Yi nodded and unrolled the scroll in his hand. He then pricked his finger with a needle, letting a drop of fresh blood fall onto the scroll.

  As he moved, countless illusory figures suddenly appeared on the scroll, and in an instant, they all merged into Li Yi's mind, causing his whole body to shake.

  A large amount of information flow made Li Yi's head slightly ache, but after a moment, the ache disappeared and the cultivation method of the Backwind Palm appeared clearly in Li Yi's mind.

  According to the manual, this Wind Palm technique requires continuous practice and strengthening, but once mastered, it can easily divert the opponent's attack. Fortunately, this Wind Palm is not difficult to learn, with Snake Zun's guidance, Li Yi was able to master this fighting skill in less than half an hour.

  This speed even surprised Snake Respecter, although this Wind Palm was originally not very difficult to master, but he did not expect Li Yi to spend so little time on it.

  Standing on the stone platform, Li Yi's right hand lightly swept out, and the yuanqi inside his body surged out with his movement, forming a small whirlpool between his fingers, which then swirled to one side. This mysterious feeling made his whole body feel extremely comfortable.

  After smiling lightly, Li Yi looked at Snake Respecter and said: "Old ghost, do you want to try and see the power of my Wind Palm this time?"

  The snake respected nodded and said: "Alright, I want to see if you really learned it or just pretending."

  After speaking, he didn't see Snake Zun making any moves, but with a casual flick of his wrist, a blood-red aura shot towards Li Yi.

  Li Yi's right hand formed a Buddha seal, and his vital energy once again floated between his fingers with a mysterious aura.

  "Reversal Palm!"

  "Hmph—"

  With a soft sound, the punch of energy that Shezun pointed out in Li Yi's palm slightly shifted and slid towards the mountain wall, finally making a loud noise, leaving a deep mark on the mountain wall like cutting tofu.

  This suddenly made Li Yi's eyes light up.

  The power of this move, as seen from the marks on the mountain wall, is quite impressive. However, he easily dissipated the attack with a casual gesture, and although it took some time to reflect the aura back, at least it showed that this Wind Palm was indeed mysterious and extraordinary, just like its introduction.

  "Alright! Old devil! Let's continue!"

  With a loud shout, the blood-red aura burst out from the surface of the water pool, initially sliding in all directions, but as time passed, the blood-red aura began to reflect back towards the direction where Shezun was located...

  The next day, when the sunlight fell again in the jungle, Li Yi had already stood up with a smile on his face.

  This day and night of bitter practice made him very satisfied, not only did he initially grasp that mysterious Backwind Palm, but also the yuanqi inside his body seemed to have signs of breaking through again due to the bitter practice.

  "No wonder those people cultivate martial arts while also cultivating fighting skills, it turns out there are such benefits..." Li Yi muttered to himself, his eyes falling on the surrounding rugged mountain walls, a smile spreading across his face that was even more intriguing.

  "Little one, cultivating martial skills is naturally beneficial for cultivating techniques. However, the struggle between life and death has even more benefits for a person's cultivation. I originally thought you understood this principle, but it seems you only realized it now?" The voice of the Snake Deity rose up lowly, but for some reason, its voice had an inexplicable weakness today. It was likely that Li Yi's overnight bitter cultivation was not an easy task for this old monster either.

  Li Yi rolled his eyes, must he tell this old freak that he was a transmigrator and therefore not very familiar with the affairs of the Dou Shen Continent?

  For now, he could only ignore the Snake Ancestor's words and said calmly: "Alright old ghost, then I'll go take a look today, see if the struggle at this Clan Assembly can bring me any benefits."

  The snake尊者 seemed to laugh and said, "With your cultivation of the return wind palm, it's strange that there is anyone in the Li family who can be your opponent. This kind of one-sided fight, if you can make progress in your cultivation, then that would be really seeing a ghost."

  Li Yi nodded, but didn't say anything else. Instead, he calmly took out a set of white robes from his storage ring and changed into them.

  Since he got this container ring, Li Yi had thrown all kinds of things into it. Fortunately, this low-grade container ring would become ordinary once recognized by its owner, and outsiders couldn't see anything unusual. So now, even though Li Yi was wearing two rings, one on each hand, he wasn't afraid of being seen as strange.

  After changing his clothes, Li Yi casually swept his palm and destroyed the traces he left behind after his cultivation, so as not to let anyone with ulterior motives see anything. Then his figure quickly flew towards the exit of the rear mountain forbidden area.

  But the mountain behind is vast, and Li Yi's current speed has increased a lot, but he himself is not very satisfied. For an assassin, speed is the most important thing, and at this moment, with his current state, this speed is already the limit, so it can't be forced.

  But then he remembered that the legendary Dou Huang level masters could achieve Dou Qi Wings, and come and go in the air like lightning. Li Yi was also yearning for a while, after all, only that realm can be said to be free and easy across the mainland. It's just that I don't know how long it will take to reach that realm. The only thing is that I don't know what level the eerie snake尊者 is, if he is also a Dou Huang strong person...

  Thinking of this, Li Yi's heart also skipped a beat.

  Outside the forbidden area of Hou Shan, two personal bodyguards sent by Li Han were now like ants on a hot pot, rushing to the entrance with sweat dripping from their foreheads.

  According to the rules, they were not qualified to enter the forbidden area of Hou Shan, but at this moment, the Li family's clan meeting had almost begun. If Li Yi didn't come out now, he would miss this meeting and might be stripped of his status as the heir by the four elders of the Li family.

  After all, the Li family's annual clan meeting would invite various major forces from Wancheng to attend. In that situation, even if Li Han was the master of the Li family, he couldn't bear to appoint a useless son who hadn't even made an appearance as his successor.

  But at this moment, Li Yi still hasn't appeared...

  If it weren't for Li Yi's appearance two months ago, and the small stir he caused in the family, these two guards would have almost thought that Li Yi had failed in his cultivation and had his meridians severed.

  Just as the two guards were about to clash, a figure swiftly emerged from the rear mountain's restricted area and landed in front of them. It was Li Yi, who now wore a pleasant smile on his face. He smiled slightly at the two guards and said, "I've troubled you both for so long. I suppose the clan assembly is about to begin soon?"

  Li Yi's appearance made the two imperial guards' eyes light up, if two months ago Li Yi's body was surging with yuan energy that could reveal his cultivation level to them, then at this moment Li Yi's body had completely retracted all of its yuan energy, even these two imperial guards who were already at the Dou Zhe level couldn't see anything.

  At this point, the two guards would naturally not think that Li Yi's cultivation had failed, but could only explain that at this moment, Li Yi's control over the yuanqi in his body had already reached an extremely subtle level. At this point, even if Li Yi hadn't advanced to the rank of Dou Zhe yet, it wouldn't be too difficult for him to make a breakthrough to the Dou Zhe level in the future.

  At this time, Li Yi even made these two proud imperial guards secretly admire him in their hearts. After all, three months ago, Li Yi was absolutely a waste... but now his realm...

  To say Li Yi is a genius would be absolutely right.

  The Li family's personal guards were deeply loyal to Li Han, and seeing their young master with such cultivation naturally filled them with great joy. The few remaining hints of arrogance they had initially were all retracted, and the guard on the left simply bowed slightly and said: "Young Master, at this moment most people in the family are already at the training grounds behind the estate. The head of the household has sent word that if you come out, please go there immediately. It seems our Li family's clan meeting is about to begin."

  Li Yi nodded slightly and said: "So, you two..."

  The two imperial guards simultaneously revealed a helpless smile and said: "We still need to guard the entrance of this forbidden area, after all it's our duty, so..."

  Li Yi also nodded slightly upon hearing this and said lightly: "In that case, I'll have to trouble the two of you."

  Having said that, he walked towards the direction of the training grounds, a faint smile floating in his heart. This clan gathering... seemed even more worth looking forward to.