Chapter 48: The Sultry Seductress

  Recently, Changxin City has been very lively. Yesterday, the five disciples of Xiao Luotian who went to observe the Tianwu Stele in the Small Buddha Realm returned. Many people are curious about what progress these five people have made in three months and how much their combat power has increased. Soon, some rumors came out, but only two of the disciples' gossip was exposed, one is Ye Qing and the other is Bai Jian.

  It is said that Bai Jian has cultivated the Golden Snake Coiling Silk Hand, one of the Five Great Spiritual Techniques, to its peak stage. In addition, he has also cultivated two top-grade yellow-level spiritual techniques, "Cloud Shadow Sword Technique" and "Long Rainbow Sword Technique", both to their completion. Being able to cultivate two top-grade yellow-level spiritual techniques to completion in the first realm, and one to its peak, makes Bai Jian arguably the number one person in Changxin City, or even Jinshui Domain. However, this is not enough to shock people. What's more shocking is that three months ago, all seven of his meridians were opened, with five of them having undergone variation. Now, all seven of his spiritual meridians have undergone variation.

  What is this concept?

  It suggests that he is very likely to open up a variant spiritual sea.

  The variant spiritual sea is much stronger than the ordinary spiritual sea. In the entire Golden Water Domain, there are nearly thirty colleges, and among them, no more than five apprentices possess a variant spiritual sea.

  A person's combat power depends on their cultivation and spiritual techniques. If an ordinary disciple, like Ruo, also has all seven meridians open and can cast the Cloud Shadow Sword Technique, they would absolutely be no match for White Sword. This is because, in addition to the power of his seven meridian spiritual energy and the Cloud Shadow Sword Technique, he also possesses the power of variation, which can be said that with White Sword's current combat power, he is not inferior to those primary witches who have only made one or two turns. Once he opens up the Variation Spirit Sea, his combat power will skyrocket.

  Bai Jian's progress in just three months is astonishing, leaving everyone speechless and marveling at the wonders of Tian Wu Bei. What's even more surprising is Ye Qing's improvement - three months ago, her cultivation was only at the first turn of spiritual power, with a spiritual technique that was merely a lower-grade 'Flowing Star' in the Great Completion stage, but now rumors are circulating that her cultivation has already reached the third turn of spiritual power.

  Three months to advance two levels, this can only be described as rapid, you know the second boundary is more difficult to repair than the first boundary, and the progress is slower and slower, it's hard to believe that Ye Qing actually made his spiritual power three turns in just three short months, this cultivation suddenly made her a leader in the Golden Water Domain.

  Is that all?

  No, I heard Ye Qing has also brought Meteor Fall to its peak.

  Don't look at 'Meteor Fall' as just a lower-grade spiritual technique, but it's still prefixed with the word "Mysterious". The difference between Mysterious and Yellow grades is only one character, but it's a difference of thousands of miles. Mysterious grade spiritual techniques are far superior to Yellow grade in terms of power and difficulty of cultivation. Most importantly, Mysterious grade spiritual techniques are not as widespread as Yellow grade ones, even those treasured in some academies have mediocre inner essence. Therefore, being able to cultivate a lower-grade Mysterious spiritual technique to its peak is already quite remarkable.

  However, it seems there is more than that.

  It is said that Ye Qing has also cultivated a Xuan-level middle-grade spiritual technique 'Ba Yu Li Hua Zhen' to great success.

  Xuan-level lower-grade cultivation is already extremely difficult, let alone mid-grade. The difficulty of cultivating to the Great Completion is much higher than that of a Huang-level mid-grade spiritual technique, and its power is also much more formidable.

  With the help of three turns of spiritual power, he has mastered the peak stage of Xuan-level lower-grade spirit technique and the great completion stage of Xuan-level middle-grade spirit technique. Some people say that Ye Qing has a good chance of competing for the top five in this Golden Water Domain trial.

  No matter whether it's Bai Jian or Ye Qing, the progress of both is simply astonishing, making people marvel at the same time, and also feel reverence for the mysterious Tianwu Stele. The improvement in their combat strength is so exaggerated that one can't help but wonder how Wan Liqun is doing, not to mention Ding Zixuan who is even stronger than them, and what about Mu Hua who is known as the number one under the Little Luo Heaven?

  Compared to these two, Mu Huang, Ding Zixuan and Wan Liqun's combat power may have also increased greatly, especially Mu Huang and Ding Zixuan. The talent and comprehension of these two are better than Ye Qing's. If Ye Qing's combat power has improved so much, then theirs should be even more impressive.

  There are only five days left until the Jinshui District trial.

  Everyone suddenly thought of Chen Luo, who had been nowhere to be found for the past two or three months. There were rumors that he had gone into seclusion, but no one knew how it was going. If it were in the past, everyone would still have hope, hoping that Chen Luo could defeat Xiao Luotian at the Golden Water Domain trial and vent his anger. After all, three months ago, everyone knew that Li Yuan's master had threatened to disable Chen Luo's spiritual vein through Xiao Luotian's apprentice during the trial.

  They were originally full of expectations, but when they learned that Ye Qing and Bai Jian's combat power had increased so fiercely, they began to worry about Chen Luo.

  Perhaps Chen Luo is a genius, and his progress will be great after retreating to cultivate, but can he surpass Bai Jian and Ye Qing? They have been observing the Heavenly Sky Stele in the Small Buddha Realm for three months, and others may not have such exaggerated progress even if they practice hard for three years.

  Five more days and it will be the day of the Golden Water Domain trial.

  Many people are worried and looking forward to it, while the apprentices of the college are working hard to cultivate themselves and strive for a good ranking in the Golden Water Domain trial. Xiao Luotian is like this, and the apprentices of Xiaojingou are also the same. The Central Academy is a distant and unattainable legend for them, and even other higher academies do not have much hope. If they can achieve a good ranking in this Golden Water Trial, it will be glorious to go out and make a name for themselves in the future.

  This day.

  The sun sets in the west, and the apprentices of Xiaojin Gou finally end their day's training. Niuwen also drags his tired body back to the yard, only to see a blue-clothed youth reclining on a chair, hugging his arms, closing his eyes, as if enjoying the sunset.

  "Chen Luo?" Seeing Chen Luo, Niu Ying's expression was first shocked and then delighted. He ran over and asked: "When did you come back."

  "I just got back and it's been less than a few hours."

  Niu Zhen considered Chen Luo to be his only friend in Changxin City who could talk, and in Niu Zhen's heart, he had already regarded him as a bosom friend. The two chatted for a while, asking about each other's situation. Although Niu Zhen was also diligently cultivating, he still couldn't open up the Spiritual Ocean. Chen Luo found it strange that Niu Zhen wasn't able to do so, thinking that he would be like himself, but after inquiring, he realized it was a different matter altogether. Niu Zhen's seven spiritual meridians had always been connected, yet he still couldn't open up the Spiritual Ocean. Chen Luo loved him dearly, but was unable to help.

  "Right." Niu Wen seemed to suddenly remember something and said: "After you went into seclusion, Butcher Institute Director had been looking for you all along."

  "What's up, old butcher? What brings you here?"

  The cow shook its head as if it didn't know, and then said: "Except for Butcher Zhang, someone with the surname Wei also came to find you a few times."

  It should be Lao Wei, I wonder if he came back from outside. Don't know what he wants to find me for.

  The ox was just about to say something else when a foul curse came from outside the courtyard.

  "You little scamp, you've finally deigned to come back. Do you know how hard it's been for our family to find you these past two months?"

  An old man came, looking like a rather particular old man, wearing a long gown with a stern expression on his face, but with a scolding tone in his mouth. It was not the butcher's old man, who else could it be? Seeing the butcher's old man, Niufei respectfully greeted him. The butcher's old man nodded and then glared at Chen Luo, asking: "You little devil, where have you been running for two months?"

  "Close the door."

  "Retreat? Where?"

  "Little forest."

  "It turned out that you were in a small forest retreat, no wonder I couldn't find your shadow even after searching the entire Changxin City." Tu Lao's mouth twitched as he patted Chen Luo's head and said bluntly: "You little guy has quite some guts, now is the time when the demons of Xia Conglin come to pay their respects, yet you dare to go there for a retreat."

  Chen Luo shrugged silently and didn't say anything.

  "What's the effect of the closed-door training? Have all seven spiritual meridians been opened?"

  "Got through."

  "Good boy, not bad! Not bad!" Being able to clear the seven spiritual meridians in such a short time has already made Old Man Tu quite pleased. He asked again, "But did you open up the Spiritual Sea?" The probability of opening up a variant Spiritual Sea is very high when the seven spiritual meridians change. Once a variant Spiritual Sea is opened, the chances of being admitted to the Central Academy are higher. Seeing Chen Luo shake his head, Old Man Tu was visibly disappointed. He patted Chen Luo's shoulder and comforted him, "You've already cleared the seven variant spiritual meridians, which is something to be happy about. Opening up a variant Spiritual Sea is much more difficult than an ordinary one. I believe you'll definitely be able to do it before the Central Academy's assessment."

  "That's it."

  When one encounters a joyful event, their spirit is refreshed. Chen Luo now possesses ten spiritual veins, and his mood naturally becomes pleasant.

  "Hmm... this, Niú Zuò, it's time for dinner now, you go eat first, I'll talk to Chen Luo about something."

  The cow mooed and obediently left the yard.

  "Listen up, kid. I've got something to tell you." Old Butcher sat down on a small stool beside him, looked up at Chen Luo and seemed to notice something was off. He feigned anger, saying: "You little brat doesn't know how to show respect to your elders! Get down from there and let me take the high seat!" As he spoke, he didn't wait for Chen Luo's response and directly pulled him up with a big wave of his hand.

  Chen Luo had no choice but to sit on a small stool.

  The old butcher had his legs crossed, cracking a few melon seeds with his mouth, bent over and poking his head out to say: "Tomorrow you go take a trip to the Changhong Array Tower, there's an array method that's gone bad, you go fix it."

  "Dragon Rainbow Array?" Chen Luo seemed to have some impression, as if it was a major array tower in the Jinshui domain, but now his mind was all about the Ten Spirit Veins, and he didn't have the energy to repair any arrays, so he shook his head bluntly and refused, responding: "You have so many array masters, just send anyone over and it's done, why must you find me?"

  "Little Luo, if our family's array masters knew how to repair, would we have come looking for you?" Butcher Old Man said gruffly: "You still remember the Six Harmony Linking Array set up in Changhong Array Tower three years ago."

  "Three years ago? The Six Harmony Array." Chen Luo seemed to have some impression, nodded and smiled: "Of course I remember, three years ago, you set up a trap for me, I lost, and according to your instructions, I went to the Longhong Tower to help that old lover of yours set up an array."

  "What an old lover! You little stinker! Tell me again!" Old Butcher stretched out his hand and grabbed Chen Luo's ear, pulling him up. Chen Luo cried out in pain and quickly begged for mercy: "Ah, I was wrong! It wasn't your old lover, it was the respected Meta Master... no, it was the beautiful and kind Mei Da Beauty..."

  "Hmph!" Seeing Chen Luo say so many good things, Butcher Old Man finally let go: "Master Meta treated you so well back then, having only seen your young face once, yet treating you like a close grandson. How could you speak ill of her?"

  Chen Luo rubbed his ears, shaking his head in dismay. He still remembered clearly that there was an old lady named Mei in the Longhong Array Tower who was about the same age as Tu Lao Tou. Although Tu Lao Tou had never admitted it, Chen Luo knew that he must have had a relationship with that old lady. Speaking of which, what Tu Lao Tou said wasn't wrong either. Back then, the master of Mei Tower was indeed too enthusiastic towards him, wanting to acknowledge him as her grandson. Later, when Chen Luo refused, the old lady even said she wanted to marry her good disciple to herself, which scared Chen Luo out of his wits. In the end, he had to use several precious array method notes to bribe Tu Lao Tou into not exposing his identity, barely escaping disaster.

  "You also know, you guys are all walking on wild roads, the symbols and prints used to set up the formation are extremely complex, especially your master's Wu Wei Sect route, which is ten times more complicated than other wild roads. Now that the six-harmony pulling array you set up is broken, we orthodox array masters don't bother to repair it, so you'd better hurry over there tomorrow."

  Don't tell me you won't?

  Chen Luo despised him, but didn't dare say it out loud. He was very clear that if he said this sentence, Tu Lao would definitely explode in anger, just like when he insulted his master, saying he was a rustic and uncouth person who couldn't be taken seriously.

  "Really......" Chen Luo actually wanted to see which part of his Six Harmony Array was broken, but he really feared seeing the old woman from the Long Hong Array Tower. Suddenly, he thought of something and asked: "You didn't expose my identity, did you?"

  "What about you?" Old Butcher sneered.

  "Butcher Old Man, back then I stole three precious notebooks from my master and gave them to you. You also swore in front of me that if you ever exposed my identity, you would not die a good death, your head would fester, and your feet would grow ulcers..."

  That oath was the most regrettable vow that Butcher Old Man had ever made in his life. In order to obtain Yun Youzi's three notebooks, he really vowed not to reveal Chen Luo's identity. As a result, unexpectedly, Master Maitreya insisted on recognizing Chen Luo as her grandson and wanted to marry her apprentice to Chen Luo, and came to find Butcher Old Man three times to ask for the person. Butcher Old Man was constrained by his oath, so he didn't reveal Chen Luo's identity. Then... then there was no then... Master Maitreya was angry and from then on never paid attention to him again. It would have been fine if she hadn't mentioned that oath, but as soon as she did, Butcher Old Man immediately got furious.

  "You still have the face to say that, if our family exposes your identity, do you think we can still live in solitude for three years? Do you know how we've spent the last three years? Forget it! How could a little brat like you understand?" Old Butcher waved his hand and sat back down in his chair, saying: "Anyway, no matter what, you must go tomorrow. Otherwise, even if our family's head is oozing pus and our feet are covered in ulcers, we'll still have to send you out."

  "Are you sure you didn't tell anyone?" Chen Luo asked again and again.

  "If our family were to spread the word about you, do you think you'd still be able to live so freely for the past three years? I'm afraid Master Meta would have already arranged for you and her disciple to be together. But anyway, you're not young anymore, and Master Meta's disciple is a beautiful young girl. Let's not mention her family background, which would scare you to death. The key point is that she has an extraordinary talent in both cultivation and array formation, surpassing you by a huge margin in every aspect."

  "Nowadays, anyone with a bit of looks dares to call themselves beauties. I don't want to think about this now, but in the future, even if I were to marry, it's not that I need someone who can 'close the moon and shame the flowers, make fish sink and rain fall', at least she should be on the level of 'overturning a country and overturning a city'."

  "You stinky brat, you don't even take a piss and look at yourself in the mirror. With that face of yours, like a little girl's, what kind of beauty are you going to marry?"

  "Come on, you old bachelor don't understand anything."

  Chen Luo and Tu Lao Tou met, almost every time they would hurt each other a bit, so many years, it has become a habit. Chen Luo is a gloomy person, on the surface he looks somewhat indifferent, but in fact his heart is very **, only his ** will be revealed in front of people who are very familiar with him.

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