Taotie's role as a sparring partner was quite grueling.

After Zhao Yi emerged from the Secret Realm, it was as if a layer of shackles had been opened on his body, and his constitution began to enhance significantly.

Eventually, even Miaoyin and Zuo Xiaoluo were unsure of the extent of Zhao Yi's physical strength, but one thing was certain: he had definitely surpassed the Tier Eight limit.

While Miaoyin and Zuo Xiaoluo were extraordinarily gifted, they were, after all, too young. Being in their early twenties and reaching Tier Eight in the Ascension Realm was already astonishing.

Zhao Yi's physical ability exceeding the Tier Eight limit was beyond the comprehension of the two women.

According to Zhao Yi's thinking, it would be best to have the Tier Nine Saint King Realm from the Xuanzhen Temple and the Imperial Clan Court come and examine him.

However, as soon as Zhao Yi suggested this idea, it was immediately vetoed by both Miaoyin and Zuo Xiaoluo.

The news that Zhao Yi's constitution could help the Zhao clan members disperse their technique wouldn't remain a secret for long.

The Zhao clan could maintain their thousand-year reign not only because of the world-renowned "Dragon God Technique" but also due to their typically short-lived royal members.

The resources in the Cultivation Realm are limited, and with the Zhao clan exclusively possessing eight-tenths of the world's resources through the "Dragon God Technique," the other sects are left to scramble for the remaining two-tenths, making life already very tight.

If Zhao clan members were to live longer, they would naturally consume more resources, making life even harder for other sects.

Since it's a matter of life and death, even if the sects still fear the Zhao clan's "Dragon God Technique," they will certainly fight to the death.

After all, no matter how strong the Zhao clan is, they are still human, not gods. They cannot kill all the cultivators in the Cultivation Realm!

Therefore, to curb the Zhao clan, those in the Cultivation Realm would surely try to assassinate Zhao Yi.

It's said that there are a thousand days of being a thief but not a thousand days of guarding against thieves.

Even lions have moments when they doze off.

No matter how tight the security is around Zhao Yi, facing the entire Cultivation Realm's covetous eyes, there's bound to be a slip-up.

Thus, Miaoyin believes that the fewer people know about Zhao Yi's physical changes, the better. She was even prepared to go to the Yao Race and kill Linglong to silence her.

In the end, it was Zuo Xiaoluo who stopped her.

Zuo Xiaoluo is well-versed in military strategy and understands the delicate play between reality and illusion.

Zhao Yi's reputation in the Cultivation Realm is that of a superlative waste, a perception ingrained after so many years, not changeable by a single word from Linglong.

Especially since the Yao Race is cunning and still a vassal of the Zhao clan.

Other sects are already wary of them regularly, and with Linglong speaking such counter-intuitive things, the first reaction from other sects would not be Zhao Yi's power but the Yao Race's trickery!

However, assassinating Linglong would be different.

Linglong, called the "Female Phoenix" of the Yao Race, is held in high expectation by the Yao Race, with hopes that she will lead the Yao Race to the pinnacle.

If Zhao Yi sends someone to kill her, it would undoubtedly anger the Yao Race, which, even if they dare not turn against the Zhao clan, will inevitably become alienated.

Other sects seeing Linglong slain would certainly reconsider the words she spoke in life, thus turning the plans back on Zhao Yi, becoming self-defeating.

According to Zuo Xiaoluo's thinking, there's no need to conceal anything from Linglong; instead, Zhao Yi should continuously showcase his power.

The more Linglong emphasizes Zhao Yi's abnormality in the Cultivation Realm upon returning, the more suspicion it would raise among other sects.

Should Linglong say nothing, and other sects suffer losses because of Zhao Yi, they would blame the Yao Race.

Being ostracized by the Cultivation Realm, the Yao Race would end up more dependent on the Zhao clan.

This is a strategic play in the open.

Linglong is already part of the game, and no matter what choice she makes, she cannot escape the fate of being a pawn.

However, this plan is somewhat costly, as Taotie always demands an extra meal after serving as a punching bag for Zhao Yi.

To satisfy this big eater, the daily food expenses of the Crown Prince's Mansion must increase by several hundred taels of gold.

Fortunately, Zhao Yi is wealthy; otherwise, anyone else couldn't bear such an absurd expense.

Even with Zhao Yi's tremendous wealth, calculating a hundred gold a day, he could only afford to beat Taotie for ten thousand more years at most.

After ten thousand years, he would be broke as well.

From this perspective, Taotie truly lives up to the name of the Gold-devouring Beast.

But there's no other choice in this matter.

Linglong is only very clever, and her cultivation aptitude can only be considered average, unable to comprehend too deep a demonstration.

Linglong has seen with her own eyes how Zuo Xiaoluo cut off Taotie's front paw, only for it to regenerate, making her acutely aware of Taotie's power.

Thus, when Zhao Yi mercilessly beats Taotie in front of Linglong, her experience is most direct and intense.

On another note, due to Zhao Yi's terrifying power, apart from this Ancient Fierce Beast Taotie, there are few things that can withstand his tempest-like attacks.

Moreover, those few objects that can endure are usually very expensive.

In summary, it isn't that Zhao Yi lacks better choices, but that Taotie is the most cost-effective option.

When Linglong arrived at the Martial Arts Arena, she happened to see Taotie battered and then a servant flowing with a large amount of fresh meat being brought in.

Taotie, worthy of being the ancestor of all food lovers.

Even with just its mouth in good condition at the start, after eating a few pieces of meat, its broken bones healed, and in the blink of an eye, the wounds on its body disappeared.

It lifted its head to look at the stream of beef being brought in, its large eyes filled with excitement.

Though Zhao Yi was ruthless when beating it, he was equally generous when feeding it.

The little beef at the Crown Prince's Mansion is not the yellow cattle and water buffalo raised by outside farmers, but a spirit beast calf in a certain Secret Realm, fed exclusively on Spirit Grass and Spirit Fruit.

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