I can push my cultivation progress to the end

As an ordinary Earthling who had read hundreds, if not thousands, of xuanhuan web novels,

Li Hai had always felt… that while his strength wasn't weak, it shouldn't have reached the level of high-tier combat power in the Great Jing Dynasty, let alone the very top.

Because that's how it was always written in xuanhuan novels: there's always a higher mountain, you beat the small fry and the big boss comes, you beat the big boss and an even bigger boss comes, endlessly continuing, and the path to leveling up is also never-ending.

But now Li Hai finally understood…

And naturally, the super experts born from this limited number of experts were even rarer.

Especially in this part of the world, Yuzhou, people cultivated ordinary martial arts techniques and were not good at the so-called immortality arts of cultivation.

Therefore, even if a Void-Reality Grandmaster's combat power was high enough to rampage through Earth society, their lifespan, under normal circumstances, still couldn't exceed two hundred years.

Once their lifespan was exhausted, no matter how invincible the Grandmaster was, they would still die, their souls would dissipate, and they would return to the Yellow Springs.

So, the number of experts on the Yuzhou continent was always limited. One generation was born, and when their time came, they died one after another. The next generation was born, and when their time came, they also died one after another, replaced by a new batch, focusing on a cycle of taking turns on the stage.

There would never be such outrageous things as randomly encountering a bunch of thousand-year-old monsters or ten-thousand-year-old devils in some mountain hollow.

Oh, it seems that this statement is not entirely correct.

Because according to Gong Shuohong and the others, there seemed to be a realm above the Void-Reality Grandmaster.

The lifespan of those in that realm might be longer, but they didn't know exactly how much longer. Many books also didn't have much record of it.

Given the scarcity of experts and the even greater scarcity of super experts, the Great Jing Dynasty was already like this, and the Coiling Dragon Mountain area where Li Hai was now located was even more so.

Because according to these people, the Coiling Dragon Mountain area was a place of turbid essence and inferior spiritual energy.

Unless one had sufficient talent and a strong enough mind, it would be extremely difficult for martial artists in this area to break through the limits of mortals and reach the Steel level.

Just because the gap between these two realms was too huge, so huge that within the Great Jing Dynasty, if someone could advance to the Steel level before the age of thirty, they would be regarded as the hope of the organization and the future of the sect.

As for the situation of someone like Li Hai, who broke through to the realm of Piyi Qianjun at the young age of eighteen, they had only seen some sporadic records in history books, and they couldn't even guarantee their authenticity.

"So, Brother Li will definitely become a giant in the Great Jing in the future!"

Zeng Ying carefully scrutinized Li Hai, crossed his arms, raised his head, and sighed, "Alas, an eighteen-year-old Thousand Army level martial artist… it's still hard to believe."

Gong Shuohong, who was beside him, couldn't help but laugh when he saw his expression, "But the fact is just like that. It's no use if you don't believe it. The gap between people is just that big."

"To be honest,"

Not far away, Pi Shangzhi hugged his long halberd and leaned against the tent, dejectedly saying, "If it weren't for Brother Li's aura being truly youthful and inexperienced, without the slightest hint of old age, I would have suspected that he was a reincarnation of some old monster."

"That's an exaggeration."

Quan Xiang, who was sitting on the side, round-headed and pot-bellied, looking like a Maitreya Buddha, said with a smile, "You might as well say that Brother Li started practicing in his mother's womb."

"Hahahaha ~"

As soon as he finished speaking, a burst of laughter came from outside the tent, "Xiang Quan, you're wrong. Even if ordinary people were reborn into their mother's womb three, five, six, or seven times, they wouldn't be able to have Brother Li's cultivation at the age of eighteen."

"This voice sounds like…"

"It's Commander Gai's voice!"

"Commander Gai is here!"

Upon hearing this, everyone present, except for Li Hai, was stunned, and then they all turned their heads to look.

Then, they saw the tent curtain not far away being lifted by a thick hand, followed by a burly man whose height was no less than Li Hai's, and behind him were several Steel-level martial artists.

As soon as this man, whose aura was as majestic as a mountain, entered the tent, he looked at Li Hai with bright eyes, and then strode over.

As he walked, he laughed loudly, "His Qi is like a canopy, his will is like a god descending. That's right, Brother Li is not a Thousand Army level martial artist at all, but a genuine… Void-Reality Grandmaster!"

Boom!

This sentence was like a ten-thousand-pound bomb dropped into the minds of Gong Shuohong and the others, instantly throwing them into chaos and confusion.

An eighteen-year-old Martial Dao Grandmaster?!

What a joke!

This has never been recorded in history!

Because no one dared to fabricate it, otherwise they would be cursed as stupid dogs.

But now they were already shocked into stupid dogs, and their minds were about to stop working.

"Commander Gai, you… you didn't say anything wrong, did you?"

Zeng Ying stammered, "You just said… said that Little Brother Li… is already a Grandmaster?"

Although he said that, he actually already believed what Commander Gai said, because for many years, Commander Gai had always been an extremely稳重 person, always keeping his word and never talking nonsense.

It's just that this news was too shocking, making Zeng Ying unable to believe it.

"This, this…"

Pi Shangzhi muttered blankly, his eyes lost in thought, "An eighteen-year-old Martial Dao Grandmaster…"

He turned his head to look at Quan Xiang, who was next to him with a dumbfounded expression, and asked blankly, "Old Quan, you've read a lot of history books. Tell me, has there ever been an eighteen-year-old Grandmaster in history?"

"There has never been one in history."

Quan Xiang stared with wide eyes and said dumbfoundedly, "Even our Great Jing's founding Emperor… even that Great Xuan's first Black Heavenly Emperor… didn't step into the Grandmaster realm at the young age of eighteen."

"Brother Li…"

Gong Shuohong, who was closest to Li Hai, turned his head blankly and looked at him in disbelief, "You… you weren't at the Thousand Army level, but a Void-Reality Grandmaster? You… why didn't you say so?"

"Big Sister Gong, you didn't ask me."

Li Hai smiled and said, "Besides, I don't think this is important, not that important, so I didn't think about mentioning it."

"Huff ~"

Gong Shuohong let out a long breath, and the look in her eyes changed from admiration and respect to almost worship.

She sighed, "Brother Li, I originally thought you were a genius who would be recorded in history books, but I didn't expect… you to be a genius who has surpassed history. This is really… too incredible."

In fact, not only were Gong Shuohong and the others shocked to the point of being unable to control themselves, but the several Steel-level martial artists brought by Gai Fu were also equally shocked and amazed.

They all stretched their necks, widened their eyes, and looked at Li Hai, wanting to take a good look at the demeanor and aura of this eighteen-year-old Grandmaster, to see just how extraordinary he was.