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Shangguan Yunlan’s wispy dark hair gently brushed against Lu Xuan’s face, accompanied by a faint, delicate fragrance that lingered around him.
Lu Xuan’s expression remained calm and composed as he spoke without emotion: “Envoy Yunlan, although I was born into a family of physicians, I have dedicated myself solely to the bitter pursuit of martial arts cultivation.”
“So, I never learned any medical skills from my father.”
“I’m truly sorry to disappoint you, Envoy Yunlan.”
Lu Xuan was only slightly surprised that Shangguan Yunlan knew his background so precisely.
But after thinking about it, he found it quite normal.
After all, the Empress, situated thousands of miles away in the Heavenly Capital, still thought so highly of him.
Not only did she break precedent to promote him to the fourth Deputy Commander of the Xuanwei, but she also personally bestowed upon him a top-grade Heavenly and Earthly Treasure.
These actions alone proved that the Empress had probably already investigated every aspect of his background thoroughly.
However, upon hearing Lu Xuan’s refusal, a look of stunned disbelief appeared on Shangguan Yunlan’s beautiful face, and her delicate body froze in place.
What!
For the first and only time, she had tried to seduce this Lu Xuan with her own beauty, and he completely ignored her.
Lu Xuan’s words made Shangguan Yunlan start to doubt her own looks.
Although her skills at seducing men were far inferior to those women in the Meihua Wei, her appearance was, at the very least, far better than that of an average woman.
Seeing Lu Xuan’s completely unflappable expression, Shangguan Yunlan suddenly felt challenged.
This Lu Xuan, faced with her feminine charms, truly remained unmoved and steadfast.
A glint of defiance flashed through Shangguan Yunlan’s beautiful eyes.
Fine, I’ll go all out this time. I don’t believe you can hold out forever.
“Is that so?”
“Deputy Commander Lu, you’re being far too modest.”
“Deputy Commander Lu, as an Outer Gang Grandmaster martial artist, if you were to use your Gangyuan to examine me, you might just find the cause of my discomfort.”
Having said this, Shangguan Yunlan raised her gentle, delicate hands and lightly placed them on the back of Lu Xuan’s hand.
Then, regardless of whether Lu Xuan agreed or not, Shangguan Yunlan directly placed Lu Xuan’s left hand on that soft place………..
Lu Xuan didn’t stop Shangguan Yunlan’s actions. After all, since this benefit was being offered, why would he, a normal man, refuse it?
Besides, Shangguan Yunlan’s excuse was just too absurd.
As a martial artist at the Internal Energy Perfection realm, she was claiming to feel unwell.
Even if Lu Xuan were a fool, he would understand Shangguan Yunlan’s true intention.
She was likely just a woman sent by the Empress of Great Xia to test him.
At that moment, Shangguan Yunlan’s expression suddenly panicked.
She felt a sudden, powerful force coming from Lu Xuan’s left hand.
“You actually….”
Shangguan Yunlan had thought Lu Xuan would continue pretending nothing was happening.
She didn’t expect him to be so blatant, directly starting to apply pressure.
Shangguan Yunlan’s delicate, beautiful face instantly flushed crimson. She bit her lip lightly, instinctively stepped back to put distance between herself and Lu Xuan.
Then, without saying a word, Shangguan Yunlan gave Lu Xuan a deep look with her beautiful eyes, shifted her body, turned into a blur, and vanished through the doorway in a flash!
Lu Xuan remained silent, simply withdrawing his left hand.
This woman was somewhat baffling.
You ask me to make a move for real, and then you’re not happy about it!
Oh, forget it!
Lu Xuan cast aside those strange thoughts and turned to take out the pitch-black brocade box he carried.
A top-grade Heavenly and Earthly Treasure!
He wondered just how many system points this legendary treasure could bring him.
And the Heavenly and Earthly Treasures brought by Li Chengxing should be enough for Lu Xuan to break through to the Shenfu realm.
In total, there were three top-grade treasures, twenty medium-grade treasures, and one hundred low-grade treasures.
Lu Xuan planned to take, from the batch brought by Li Chengxing, three top-grade treasures, fifteen medium-grade treasures, and seventy low-grade treasures.
Seclusion!
This time, Lu Xuan had already told He Yan in advance that he was entering a life-or-death seclusion.
No one, absolutely no one, was allowed to disturb Lu Xuan, on pain of death!
The Shenfu realm!
A dazzling purple light flashed in Lu Xuan’s eyes, and then his body transformed into specks of starlight, disappearing within the room.
Of course, he deliberately left one personal belonging on the table.
There, on the table, lay a token reflecting a shimmering red light.
This token of the Xuanwei Deputy Commander had hidden secrets, so Lu Xuan was being cautious.
Who knew if the Empress of Great Xia had tampered with this token in some way?
Facing this Empress, who stood at the very peak of the Shenfu realm, Lu Xuan decided to play it safe and not take this mysterious token with him.
No one understood better than Lu Xuan the power of a Shenfu Realm master’s divine sense.
The next moment, when Lu Xuan reappeared, he was already in a secluded courtyard.
This courtyard was a secret chamber Lu Xuan had prepared, a place known only to He Yan.
Inside the main room, many exquisite small wooden boxes were arranged on the floor.
Each small box contained a Heavenly and Earthly Treasure, the kind that drove martial artists in this world wild with desire.
Especially the four small boxes on the table, which respectively held one top-grade treasure and three high-grade treasures.
Lu Xuan stopped deliberating and casually opened three small boxes nearest to him.
Then, with lightning speed, he reached out with both hands, grabbed the three high-grade treasures, and swallowed them down.
A low-grade treasure provides 80 system points, a medium-grade provides 300 system points.
So let’s see how many system points this rare, precious high-grade treasure can bring him.
Three high-grade treasures, swallowed together by Lu Xuan.
If anyone else witnessed this crazy act, they would surely curse Lu Xuan as a complete madman.
The amount of Heavenly and Earthly spiritual energy contained in a single high-grade treasure is fully ten times that found in a medium-grade treasure.
Even ordinary Outer Gang Grandmasters only take it bit by bit.
They are afraid that the massive amount of spiritual energy within a high-grade treasure might rupture their physical bodies.
After all, no one wants to go down in history as the first martial artist to be burst open by a Heavenly and Earthly Treasure.
If that were the outcome, even in death, they would die with their eyes open!
But judging by Lu Xuan’s terrifyingly powerful physique, forget three high-grade treasures.
Even ten times that amount, Lu Xuan still wouldn’t feel the slightest pressure.
With his physique enhanced by the Immortal and Indestructible martial arts body-hardening technique,
as long as his head wasn’t blasted into powder, Lu Xuan could rapidly heal any wound.
In short, as long as he doesn’t encounter a Shenfu realm existence, relying on his strength as a perfected Outer Gang Grandmaster, Lu Xuan couldn’t die even if he wanted to.
The moment the three treasures were swallowed, intense golden light radiated from Lu Xuan’s entire body, making him appear as sacred and majestic as a celestial Buddha.
The vast spiritual energy contained within those three treasures was crazily refined by Lu Xuan.
Even with his terrifying refining speed, it still took him a full two hours.
“So this is a high-grade Heavenly and Earthly Treasure?”
“The spiritual energy within indeed far surpasses that of a medium-grade treasure.”
After refining those three treasures, the golden light all over Lu Xuan’s body became even more dazzling and brilliant.
That radiant golden light had already illuminated the entire room, making it look resplendent and magnificent, as if they were inside a sacred and solemn Buddha’s palace.
Host: Lu Xuan
Realm: Outer Gang Grandmaster (Perfection)
Cultivation Methods: Skyburner Saber Technique 1/9 (Able to Deduce), Flowing Light Footwork 7/9 (Able to Deduce), Immortal and Indestructible 0/9 (Able to Deduce)
Points: 11100
Please confirm whether to consume 2000 system points to deduce Flowing Light Footwork.
Please confirm whether to consume 8000 system points to deduce Skyburner Saber Technique.
Please confirm whether to consume 8000 system points to deduce Immortal and Indestructible!
Lu Xuan glanced at the system panel showing his points, which had increased by 9000 points.
It seems that one high-grade Heavenly and Earthly Treasure provides 3000 system points.
Terrifyingly formidable!
This high-grade treasure truly deserves its status as a rare and precious item.
Not only does it provide ten times the system points of a medium-grade treasure, but Lu Xuan could also sense a strange, mysterious power within it.
After refining the high-grade treasure, his five senses seemed to have been nourished by some mysterious force.
What shocked Lu Xuan even more was that his perception appeared to be strengthening, allowing him to vaguely sense the scenery outside the room.
Even through the door and walls, Lu Xuan could clearly picture everything outside in his mind.
Although these images were still blurry and indistinct, he could at least see them faintly.
How was this power any different from the legendary abilities of immortals?
Could this be the divine sense power that only Shenfu realm martial artists possess?
Besides containing terrifying amounts of spiritual energy, high-grade Heavenly and Earthly Treasures also hold a mysterious force that acts upon the ethereal, insubstantial soul.
A look of eager desire flashed in Lu Xuan’s eyes. The effect of high-grade treasures was simply perfect for him.
He wondered just how many high-grade treasures were left in the treasury of the Xuanwei headquarters in the Heavenly Capital.
If the number was substantial, Lu Xuan wouldn’t mind ‘borrowing’ some first.
At this moment, deep in his heart, Lu Xuan began to eye the treasury of the Xuanwei headquarters in the Heavenly Capital.
Then, Lu Xuan stopped pondering and shifted his gaze away from the system panel.
On the table, one more small wooden box lay quietly.
Inside was a top-grade Heavenly and Earthly Treasure, even more precious than the high-grade ones.
Earlier in the main hall, merely opening this small box containing the top-grade treasure had already caused violent fluctuations in the surrounding spiritual energy.
Lu Xuan could well imagine that the effect of this top-grade treasure must be an invaluable, heaven-defying object!
This time, Lu Xuan gently opened the box holding the top-grade treasure.
The moment the box opened, that same terrifying wave of spiritual energy rushed towards him.
Inside lay a miniature object resembling a green lotus, only half the size of a palm.
On the green lotus petals, wisps of profound, mysterious green energy swirled back and forth continuously.
Each wisp of green energy radiated an unfathomable, mysterious green light.
This familiar power… a look of shock flashed deep within Lu Xuan’s eyes.
Wasn’t this the very power he knew so well – the Primordial Heaven and Earth Essence found in sacrificial artifacts?
Lu Xuan cautiously reached out and carefully examined the green lotus.
Only after confirming that this top-grade treasure was completely intact did Lu Xuan feel relieved.
Then, just as he had done with the high-grade treasures, Lu Xuan swallowed the entire green lotus in one go.
The moment the green lotus was swallowed, a cataclysmic upheaval erupted inside Lu Xuan.
Terrifying spiritual energy surged and roiled endlessly within his body.
Even the brilliant golden light radiating from his entire body underwent a strange transformation at that moment.
The pure golden light of the Immortal and Indestructible body-hardening technique suddenly became tinged with a touch of mysterious green radiance.
Lu Xuan’s expression was solemn yet calm. Around his powerful physique, two dazzling lights – green and gold – intertwined.
This mysterious green and golden light continuously spiraled and flowed around Lu Xuan as if they were countless swimming dragons, soaring and dancing.
As time passed, the green and golden light wind around Lu Xuan grew increasingly intense, and his expression became more and more composed.
“Done!”
As soon as Lu Xuan finished speaking, he slowly opened his eyes.
In an instant, two sharp rays of purple light shot from the depths of Lu Xuan’s pupils, piercing through the void as if they could see the essence of all things in the world.
As for the time it took to refine this top-grade treasure, it was so long that even Lu Xuan couldn’t remember it.
However, this top-grade treasure, the green lotus, brought Lu Xuan an unexpected surprise.
“This power?”
Lu Xuan extended his right hand, and in his palm, a strand of purple light instantly appeared. This pure light, nearly solid, emanated a power that made even Lu Xuan’s hair stand on end.
“Power of Heaven and Earth?”
This strand of purple power was completely different from the Gangyuan of an Outer Gang Grandmaster.
Lu Xuan could clearly perceive the terrifying power contained within it.
If his former self had encountered this strand of purple Heaven and Earth power, even unleashing all his Gangyuan, he probably couldn’t have resisted it.
“No, my current state should be somewhere between the Shenfu realm and the Outer Gang Grandmaster realm!”
“Half-Step Shenfu?”
Thinking this, a purple luster shone in Lu Xuan’s eyes as he perceived the scenery outside the house.
The next second, the corners of Lu Xuan’s mouth curled up slightly. It was just as he had expected.
The scenery outside was no longer blurry like before but appeared very clearly in his mind.
It seemed that upon refining the top-grade treasure, he had already gained power surpassing that of an Outer Gang Grandmaster.
Not yet the Shenfu realm, but he had acquired a small portion of the power that only Shenfu realm martial artists possess.
The Power of Heaven and Earth!
The Power of Divine Sense!
With a mere thought in Lu Xuan’s mind, the system panel immediately appeared before his eyes!
Host: Lu Xuan
Realm: Outer Gang Grandmaster (????)
Cultivation Methods: Skyburner Saber Technique 1/9 (Able to Deduce), Flowing Light Footwork 7/9 (Able to Deduce), Immortal and Indestructible 0/9 (Able to Deduce)
Points: 41100
Please confirm whether to consume 2000 system points to deduce Flowing Light Footwork.
Please confirm whether to consume 8000 system points to deduce Skyburner Saber Technique.
Please confirm whether to consume 8000 system points to deduce Immortal and Indestructible!
Lu Xuan fixed his eyes on the realm section of the system panel. Seeing the series of question marks after ‘Outer Gang Grandmaster’, he could confirm it.
His strength had already surpassed the realm of an Outer Gang Grandmaster martial artist and was beginning to break through towards the Shenfu realm.
