Thirty thousand system points!
A single piece of top-grade Heaven and Earth spiritual object not only brought Lu Xuan thirty thousand system points.
It also contained an extremely pure source power of Heaven and Earth, nourishing Lu Xuan’s soul.
He now had 41,100 system points, plus fifteen medium-grade and seventy low-grade Heaven and Earth spiritual objects still on the ground.
That meant, after Lu Xuan finished refining all these spiritual objects on the ground, he would gain another 10,100 system points.
Adding it all up, the total system points would be 51,200.
After making a rough estimate in his mind, Lu Xuan turned his gaze to the martial arts techniques on the system panel.
After refining that single piece of top-grade Heaven and Earth spiritual object, even Lu Xuan’s astonishingly powerful physique was beginning to feel nearly saturated.
He decided not to rush refining the spiritual objects on the ground into system points just yet.
He would first finish using the points on the system panel, and then refine the spiritual objects on the ground.
Then, Lu Xuan looked at the Flowing Light Footwork and made his decision.
Flowing Light Footwork, deduce!
The other two martial arts techniques, after being deduced to their next new realms, had brought Lu Xuan incredible power.
So let Lu Xuan see what kind of power deducing Flowing Light Footwork to its next new realm would bring him.
As Lu Xuan made the decision, 2,000 system points were instantly deducted from the system panel.
The next moment, the familiar little golden figure appeared in Lu Xuan’s mind, continuously evolving the profound mysteries of the Flowing Light Footwork.
After an unknown amount of time, incredible changes began to appear around Lu Xuan.
Specifically, the space around Lu Xuan, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground, started to ripple faintly.
And Lu Xuan’s body seemed to be in some mysterious state.
Sometimes Lu Xuan would vanish from his spot, as if sinking into the unknown void.
Sometimes he would reappear in the room from that ethereal, intangible space.
“Shrinking the ground to inches, covering miles with a single step; so near yet worlds apart, like being next door!”
“Stepping on Heaven and Earth, the ends of the Earth are just one step away!”
“Is this the power of space?”
Lu Xuan slowly opened his eyes, a flickering purple light radiating from within them.
Three days passed in the blink of an eye, and Lu Xuan had deduced the Flowing Light Footwork from the seventh layer to the next new realm.
Deducing Flowing Light Footwork to the eighth layer cost 2,000 system points.
Deducing it to the ninth layer cost 5,000 system points.
As for deducing Flowing Light Footwork to the next new realm, it cost a full 10,000 system points.
This number far exceeded the system points used for deducing the other two martial arts techniques.
However, Lu Xuan wasn’t too surprised. He could already feel how powerful this martial arts movement technique was.
Because this martial arts movement technique actually involved the elusive power of space.
With a single thought, just by taking a step, the horizon feels like a doorstep, reachable in an instant!
Hiss!
Truly terrifying!
Host: Lu Xuan
Realm: Outer Gang Grandmaster (????)
Techniques: Burning Heaven Saber Technique 1/9 (deducible), So Near Yet Worlds Apart 0/9 (deducible), Immortal and Indestructible 0/9 (deducible)
Points: 24,100
Please confirm, host, whether to consume 20,000 system points to deduce So Near Yet Worlds Apart.
Please confirm, host, whether to consume 8,000 system points to deduce Burning Heaven Saber Technique.
Please confirm, host, whether to consume 8,000 system points to deduce Immortal and Indestructible.
With 24,100 system points remaining, the next step is to deduce the Burning Heaven Saber Technique.
It had been a long time since Lu Xuan last deduced the Burning Heaven Saber Technique, and he sensed that he was just a hair’s breadth away from the Divine Mansion realm.
After one more deduction of the Burning Heaven Saber Technique, he could take the opportunity to break through to that legendary martial artist realm.
The Divine Mansion realm!
Every Divine Mansion True Person is a true powerhouse standing at the pinnacle of the Great Xia Dynasty.
Every move and action of a Divine Mansion realm martial artist can cause changes in Heaven and Earth, using their own divine will to stir the vast and boundless power of Heaven and Earth.
Even such feats as chasing the sun and moon, overturning seas and rivers, or moving mountains and splitting the earth are just trivial matters to them.
Therefore, even the Great Xia court deeply respects Divine Mansion realm martial artists.
Some powerful Divine Mansion martial artists are even granted the title of “Lord of a Different Surname” by the Great Xia Emperor, as a mark of their noble status and identity.
“For now, my physique and speed are pretty much sufficient.”
Lu Xuan was constantly analyzing how to use his system points.
Next, he would focus all his system points on deducing the Burning Heaven Saber Technique.
Attack is the best defense!
If you take down your enemies quickly, then no one will be left to attack you.
24,100 system points, plus the spiritual objects on the ground, totals 34,200 points.
So let’s use them all at once to deduce the Burning Heaven Saber Technique.
Lu Xuan now understood that given the current realm of his three martial arts techniques,
each of them had undergone earth-shattering changes.
It seemed that only by breaking through to the Divine Mansion realm could he unleash the true power of these three martial arts techniques.
“Deduce!”
As soon as Lu Xuan uttered these two words, he closed his eyes once more. The purple Gang Yuan around his body continuously transformed, emitting a terrifying aura.
…
Dozens of miles away from the county seat of Liusha County, a rather bustling town stood.
On the town gate was a huge stone carving.
The stone tablet was engraved with three bold and powerful characters: Huangshan Town.
Over years of development and accumulation, and because it lay on the main official road to the Liusha County seat, Huangshan Town had finally grown from a small Huangshan Village into a moderately sized town the year before last.
Of course, this Huangshan Town had nothing to do with the original villagers.
Because back then, a Tiger Servant Demon King had devoured all the villagers of Huangshan Village in one go.
The people in Huangshan Town now were merely residents from nearby villages and the county seat who had rebuilt the small town.
And in the largest inn in Huangshan Town, three men wearing strange clothes were staying.
Ever since these three men arrived at Huangshan Town, they had been living in the inn, renting three top-floor rooms.
They had been staying there for over a month now.
Even the innkeeper, the servants, and even the regulars at the inn found this very strange.
However, as curious as these people were, none of them dared to pry.
Not because they weren’t curious, but because they deeply understood the principle: curiosity killed the cat.
Usually, knowing things you shouldn’t know could easily lead to sudden, mysterious death.
Because not long after these three men lodged at the inn,
the major officials from the Liusha County seat, dozens of miles away, all came to Huangshan Town at the same time.
These officials from the county seat included the County Magistrate, the County Assistant, the County Commandant, and other various officials – almost everyone came out in full force.
Someone unaware might have thought a huge catastrophe had befallen Huangshan Town.
But for the people of Huangshan Town, these parent-officials, who were like heaven itself to them,
had come for the sole purpose of paying homage to the three men staying in the inn.
The innkeeper would never forget that scene for the rest of his life.
Those parent-officials from the county seat were actually groveling before these three men.
Some of the county officials even seemed ready to kneel down and prostrate themselves in worship.
After this upheaval, the curiosity of those who had been prying vanished into thin air.
Outside the inn, a man dressed completely differently from the passersby stood imposingly at the inn’s entrance.
The man looked towards the distant horizon with a serious and solemn expression.
Just then, a white carrier pigeon flew in from afar, swooped towards the man’s position, and landed precisely on his right forearm.
“Just as Deputy Envoy predicted, the White Jade Pigeon really returned at this time.”
This White Jade Pigeon was a mutant bird raised by the Deputy Envoy the man mentioned, specifically used as a messaging tool.
Seeing the pigeon land on his arm, the man didn’t pause for a moment and walked straight into the inn.
The young servant guarding the inn’s entrance saw this, reacted quickly, and immediately began ushering the guests standing at the door out of the way.
“Honored guest, please, please come in!”
Seeing this, the man didn’t hesitate and walked directly into the inn, then headed up to the second floor and entered one of the top-floor rooms.
Inside the top-floor room, a man who looked to be in his sixties, wearing a cyan brocade robe, sat upright beside a table, as if waiting for something.
After the man outside the door entered, he spoke with utmost respect.
“Deputy Yu, the White Jade Pigeon has flown back from the prefectural city.”
“It should be a letter from Miss Yue Ru. Please have a look.”
This old man was one of the two deputy envoys of the Black Bird Guards in Baidao Prefecture, Deputy Envoy Yu Hong, a martial artist at the small achievement level of Internal Energy.
“Mm, good work, Yuhua.”
Yu Hong nodded slightly, then reached out and took the White Jade Pigeon from Yuhua’s arm.
Then, without much thought, Yu Hong directly removed the small note tied to the pigeon’s foot.
He quickly unfolded the rolled-up note and scanned its contents.
As time passed, a smile would sometimes bloom on Yu Hong’s face, and at other times, he would conceal his emotions.
Yu Hong was happy because his beloved niece had successfully secured a spot for key training in the Black Bird Guards.
He had neither wife nor children in his life, only his niece left to him by his deceased elder brother.
His elder brother’s whole family had been killed by enemies he had made back in the day.
As for Yu Yue Ru, she happened not to be at her father’s residence at the time, but was cultivating martial arts by Yu Hong’s side, thus escaping the disaster.
After that, Yu Hong found the murderers who killed his elder brother’s family, avenged them, and then devoted all his martial arts resources to training his only niece.
“That certain Mysterious Envoy is simply too reckless.”
Through letters from Yu Yue Ru and that old fellow He Yan, Yu Hong learned of the deeds of the new Mysterious Envoy.
This year, there were three extra spots, and those three people seemed to have a significant connection with this Mysterious Envoy.
“Ah, forget it.”
After thinking for a while, Yu Hong decided not to dwell on the matter any longer.
Because he himself had also unknowingly received a favor from this Mysterious Envoy.
If it were anyone else, Yu Hong would certainly choose to question the Mysterious Envoy’s decision.
But the person who also received the favor was his only niece.
Those who received the spots this year would get twice the martial arts resources compared to before.
For his niece Yu Yue Ru, this was undoubtedly like adding wings to a tiger.
It seems I’m getting old; those stubborn ideas of the past are gradually fading away.
Now, Yu Hong only wanted to use his power as soon as possible to help Yu Yue Ru break through to the Internal Energy realm.
That way, even if he died, he could face his deceased elder brother with dignity.
Yu Hong gently flicked the note in his hand, sending it towards the burning candle.
The next second, the note landed precisely on the candle flame and rapidly burned to ashes in mid-air.
The note contained some secrets about the Black Bird Guards, so naturally, Yu Hong wouldn’t leave it behind.
After doing all this, Yu Hong finally looked back at Yuhua standing before him and spoke slowly.
“Oh, by the way, Yuhua, Qiao Mu went to the Tiger Prison Mountain Range yesterday. Why isn’t he back yet?”
“Did you see him come back when you were outside just now?”
The Tiger Prison Mountain Range was only about twenty miles from Huangshan Town, a round trip of just half an hour.
And with Yu Hong’s Black Bird Guard Divine Wind Steed, the time could be shortened to half an incense stick’s burn.
For the past month, the three of them had taken turns going to the foot of the Tiger Prison Mountain every day to observe from afar.
If they noticed anything unusual in the Tiger Prison Mountain Range, they would immediately send a message by carrier pigeon.
Now, nearly a whole day had passed, and it was Yu Hong’s turn to personally keep watch over Tiger Prison Mountain.
The mission assigned to Yu Hong and his two companions had a deadline of three months.
If no unusual activity was detected in the Tiger Prison Mountain Range within three months, the three of them could return to the prefectural city.
“Deputy Envoy, I didn’t see Qiao Mu.”
“However, in my opinion, Qiao Mu should already be on his way back.”
Yuhua said calmly, his face betraying no emotion.
Over the past month, he had also observed the Tiger Prison Mountain Range for a while.
But he still hadn’t found anything unusual.
There were some unimpressive mutant beasts, very weak, only around the Bone Tempering realm in human terms.
Of course, any mutant beasts appearing at the foot of the Tiger Prison Mountain Range were easily dealt with by Yu Hong’s trio.
Both Yuhua and Qiao Mu were outstanding Yellow Grade Black Bird Guards, martial artists at the great achievement level of Blood Tempering.
“Is that so?”
“I hope so.”
“I’ll wait another hour. If Qiao Mu hasn’t returned by then,”
“I will go to the Tiger Prison Mountain Range myself!”
“Oh, and if you see my White Jade Pigeon fly back, that means there’s trouble at Tiger Prison Mountain!”
“You release the Black Mysterious Bird immediately and notify the Mysterious Envoy!”
