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Chapter 64: Chapter 64 Royal Divine Martial Academy
"Pure Holy Body?"
Li Qian looked at the martial arts category, where the original Pure Sword Body had unexpectedly transformed into the Pure Holy Body, he couldn’t help but be surprised.
Is this the change that occurred after absorbing the Demon Energy?
The word ’saint’ in Pure Holy Body might be related to the Martial Saint Realm.
Of course, it could also just be a new name for this body refinement technique.
Huff, huff, huff, huff...
Li Qian stood up, and as he breathed, the blood and qi within his body surged like a mighty river, making a loud rushing sound.
Suddenly, he initiated the Pure Sword Technique, and his body burst forth with a pale golden light.
This was a manifestation of the intense release of blood and qi.
The surrounding space felt like it became a steaming furnace, with the temperature rapidly rising by dozens of degrees.
Li Qian assumed the position of Sword Stabbing Fist, punching out as sharp as a sword.
A pale golden blood qi surged out like an overwhelming sea, eventually forming an extremely concentrated pale golden Sword Qi that tore through the air and exploded mid-air like fireworks, sending hot, rolling waves in all directions.
The noise was quite substantial.
Liu Ming, who was deep asleep inside the bell tower, was startled awake and ran out barefooted.
"Senior Brother Li, what happened?"
He saw Li Qian standing on the bell tower and quickly asked.
"It’s nothing, go back to sleep."
Li Qian waved his hand.
"Oh."
Liu Ming quickly went back inside to continue sleeping.
With Senior Brother Li around, even if the house collapsed, Senior Brother Li would hold it up.
It didn’t take long for their master Zhou Buping to also arrive at the bell tower.
He had clearly been awakened by the noise as well.
Li Qian, holding a small wooden box, jumped down from the bell tower and approached Zhou Buping.
"Master."
"What happened just now?"
Zhou Buping asked.
"Master, I was cultivating just now and accidentally made some noise."
Li Qian said.
"I thought something had happened, I had just fallen asleep and was shocked awake."
Zhou Buping said.
Since his Sword Intent has not recovered, his sleep quality wasn’t good, and he often suffered from insomnia.
"Master, I just tried absorbing some energy from the black stone."
Li Qian walked slowly towards the wooden house with his master and suddenly said.
"Oh, did you have any reactions?"
Zhou Buping stopped and asked a bit nervously. 𝓃𝓸𝓋𝓅𝓾𝒷.𝒸ℴ𝓂
"A small amount of refinement is not a problem, it just causes agitation and affects one’s thoughts."
Li Qian said.
"Hmm, the demon stone contains Demon Essence, which is definitely negative energy for us humans, so you must absorb it slowly and try to minimize this side effect... Also, I will find a kind of elixir for you that calms the mind and stabilizes the spirit."
Zhou Buping was reassured upon hearing this.
The Pure Sword Body indeed could refine Demon Essence.
This meant that Li Qian’s Pure Sword Body could advance further.
If the Pure Sword Body advanced further, his cultivation would increase even faster.
With faster cultivation... becoming a Heavenly Person and even a Martial Saint in the future, wouldn’t that be within reach soon?
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Yujing.
As the capital of Dachang, it had a population of millions.
Due to the Great Empress Dowager’s 200th birthday, many kings from Yujing and numerous martial arts sects came to pay their respects.
As for ordinary forces, they didn’t even have the qualifications to pay respects.
Qunxian Hall.
This place was designated for hosting major martial arts sects, and the standards were exceptionally high.
In a courtyard.
"Chang Xiaoyao, how do you feel about the experiences of these past few days?"
Xiao Tianren of the Divine Sword Sect, holding a wine gourd, asked while drinking.
"Great Uncle Master, I originally thought that among the younger generation of the Divine Sword Sect, I was one of the top individuals, but at this birthday banquet of the Great Empress Dowager... I feel like a frog in a well."
Chang Xiaoyao said somewhat dejectedly.
This time he followed his Great Uncle Master to Jade Capital, and he was quite struck down.
The elite descendants from the royal families and core disciples from major martial arts sects... there were simply too many geniuses.
He became very average among them.
Especially, during the banquet, he met the Martial Prince of the royal family, who had comprehended Martial Intent at the age of thirteen, achieved Innate at fifteen, and by the age of twenty-three, he had already reached the True Essence Realm with Illusion Level Martial Intent.
A definite Heavenly Celestial Seed.
"You having such thoughts pleases me greatly. Next, you are to enter the Royal Divine Martial Academy, and I hope you train diligently and do not disgrace our Divine Sword Sect,"
the bald, white-haired elder Xia Tianren nodded and said.
This time, taking an Inner Sect Disciple from the Divine Sword Sect to Jade Capital was not merely to celebrate the Great Empress Dowager’s birthday, but also an opportunity to further study at the Royal Divine Martial Academy.
The Royal Divine Martial Academy, established by the great royal family, specifically cultivates descendants of the royal bloodline and outstanding martial artists among royally adopted orphans from the common folk.
This time, the Royal Divine Martial Academy also opened positions to royal families and major martial arts sects.
The intent was clear; it was a move by the great royal family to draw the royal families and martial arts sects closer.
How effective this move was, remained uncertain.
"Yes, Great Uncle Master."
Chang Xiaoyao quickly responded.
At the same time, he was filled with anticipation.
Because he heard from his Great Uncle Master that the Royal Divine Martial Academy has a far superior cultivation environment than the Divine Sword Sect.
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Atop the bell tower.
It was past Chen time.
A red sun was slowly rising in the east.
Li Qian, holding Sword Eighteen, was practicing the Heartless Sword Technique.
He currently practices the Heartless Sword Technique during the day to enhance his cultivation, comprehend the Heartless Sword Intent, and at night, nurture Sword Eighteen, as well as use demon stones to cultivate the Pure Holy Body.
Life was fulfilling and peaceful.
However, owing to the bi-annual Inner Sect mission, he had to temporarily forsake this peace.
Based on time calculation, he had reached the last deadline for his second mission.
He couldn’t delay any longer.
Hoo!
After finishing his practice, Li Qian felt the surge of True Yuan within his body, having grown more robust, which left him feeling accomplished.
Then, he jumped down from the bell tower, gave some instructions to Liu Ming, and went down the mountain.
Inside Task Hall.
There was still a large flow of people.
People were guarding this place at all times.
Li Qian, dressed in blue, with long hair casually tied up, carrying a sword on his back, walked in.
He seldom appeared in the Inner Sect, and there had been no news about him for a long time... Thus, almost no one in the Inner Sect recognized him.
Looking at all the unfamiliar faces, Li Qian moved through the crowd and went straight to a window, passing in a wooden token representing his identity.
The servant disciple inside quickly took the token, glanced at it, and said, "Senior Brother, please wait a moment."
Soon after, the servant disciple came out with a task token and task booklet, handing them to Li Qian.
Li Qian glanced at the contents of the task booklet.
"A clearing mission?"
He was slightly surprised.
According to the task description, a group of great river pirates had drifted into Taiping County of Ming State, committing repeated heinous acts, and even a local martial arts sect suffered complete destruction.
Among these great river pirates, there seem to be Innate martial artists.
This is because a Half-step Innate had died at the hands of this group of great river pirates.
The sooner the task completion, the better.
"The contribution points are quite high, but... the clues are sparse. To find the traces of this group of great river pirates, one must interact with the local Xuanjian Division... and besides, it might take some time."
Li Qian thought inwardly.
The difficulty of the mission shouldn’t be too great.
With his current strength, he is definitely not a match for Heavenly Level opponents, but facing top-level True Pill Realm masters, he has the confidence to confront them directly.
This is the confidence that formed after his last encounter with a Heavenly Person from the Divine Sword Sect.
After all, with the True Image Level Sword Intent combined with Chen Bell’s psychic attack, even a Heavenly Person from the Divine Sword Sect would be caught off guard.
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