Limitless - Chapter 126: Immense Courage

This face was extremely alluring, Chu Yu didn’t even manage to react.

Her slender body and white skin complemented her alluring beauty. She looked extremely radiant!

Almost like a goddess on Earth!

She was a rare catch indeed!

If a beauty could ruin a country, it would probably be her.

If one of the ancient emperors saw someone as good as her, they would activate the entire country to get her, forgoing the important matters in the process.

Afterwhich, Xu Xiaoxian reverted to her ordinary appearance and looked at the stunned Chu Yu, "Enough?"

"No..." Chu Yu said subconsciously.

"Hmm?" Xu Xiaoxian squinted.

"Haven’t seen enough." Chu Yu said honestly as he smiled at Xu Xiaoxian.

"Your turn!" Xu Xiaoxian stared at Chu Yu.

"What my turn? I am a middle aged uncle, what is there to see?" Chu Yu protested.

"You... Chu Yu! Don’t force my hand!" Xu Xiaoxian’s eyebrows raised as her attitude began to change.

A strong aura exploded from Xu Xiaoxian’s body.

F*ck, that’s strong!

Butterflies fluttered in Chu Yu’s heart and stomach.

He used the Tiger Courage Technique. This allowed him to ignore the suppressive effects of her aura. He looked at Xu Xiaoxian calmly, "Gal, this is exactly how I look like, stop guessing wildly, I am not a Chu, and I don’t come from the Chu Clan, I am just someone ridding the world of an evil!"

"You’re a good person? Don’t make me laugh!" Xu Xiaoxian said angrily as she grit her teeth, "You are such a dishonest man!"

Chu Yu thought to himself, Don’t think that you are being honest just because you showed me a pretty face.

Who knows where you’re from? And what are your intentions?

He knew that Xu Xiaoxian was dangerous, potentially extremely dangerous!

If they really fought, he would be lucky to even escape.

Chu Yu began to suspect if there were really super sects with unimaginable resources and foundation?

Else, how could they have such a young Supreme Realm talent?

Someone so extravagant she could drive people insane?

For example, when his sister joined Tai Qing?

Could they do something like this?

When he thought of Chu Xi, Chu Yu began to reminisce. Ever since she left home, she had never returned.

Previously, she had sent some messages back, but now, it was a complete media silence.

She was probably working hard, cultivating. The only question was, what stage is she at now?

"Let’s go, brother Chu Yu, let’s go catch that lion!" Xu Xiaoxian smiled at Chu Yu and turned decisively.

Chu Yu rolled his eyes, "I am not Chu Yu!"

At the same time, he had his reservations.

"What’s up, are you scared?" Xu Xiaoxian turned back and smiled at him.

"Mm." Chu Yu nodded honestly, "I am scared of that lion, and you!"

"If I wanted to harm you, do I need to go through so much hassle?"

Xu Xiaoxian pursed her lips and rolled her eyes, "At your current level, you can’t even run away if I wanted to attack you."

Chu Yu thought about it, even though it was logical, he still felt something was amiss.

"Aiya, you’re such a big man, can you do it or not?" Xu Xiaoxian scanned Chu Yu, her gaze suggesting that she had some ulterior motive.

"..." Chu Yu was exasperated and said, "What’s the big deal, let’s go!"

But he thought to himself, If anything goes wrong, run!

This was not far from the city built by the Green Lion Lord. The two of them arrived shortly.

From afar, a brand new palace complex came into vision.

Inside the palace complex grew many ancient, skyscraping trees. These were definitely not here before. They must have been transplanted.

The entire palace complex stretched for more than a dozen miles!

Even though it was no comparison with the palace complex Chu Yu encountered in the ancient monument, this was not an ancient monument. This was a populated city filled with technology!

Seeing such an extensive palace complex here shocked Chu Yu.

The palace complex was extremely new, and it radiated a majestic aura.

Chu Yu was slightly shocked, he had not expected that the Green Lion Lord’s power was so great.

Building such a city was not something that could be done in a couple of days. But it took an extremely short time to complete the construction since its rise.

"Later, follow me, there are very powerful magical formations here." Xu Xiaoxian retrieved a magical equipment as she spoke.

It was an ancient bronze lamp. From the marks and scuffs, one could feel the effects time had on it.

Xu Xiaoxian rubbed her fingers and used pure energy to make a spark. She lit the lamp then began to walk into the city cautiously.

Chu Yu opened his vertical eye and found out that the route she was taking was indeed correct.

He felt a wave of emotion. Indeed, there were similar items out there. He had his metal ball that could see through illusions, others had magical equipment which could do the same.

Xu Xiaoxian was extremely cautious, she took Chu Yu along a long winding path and into a place.

What was strange was that they did not meet with any obstacles along the way.

This was an empty palace complex. It was extremely spacious and smelt of wood due to its nascency.

This wood gave out a strong aroma that Chu Yu could recognize even without seeing it.

Fragrant Rosewood!

All of the carpentry in the palace were made of fragrant rosewood.

The largest furniture made of fragrant rosewood was in the Forbidden City.

It was priceless, and could be considered a true legendary equipment.

However, in the eyes of a cultivator, that was no big deal. In the pocket dimension, they were surrounded by century old rosewood. Some of them were even thousands of years old!

The Chu Clan pocket dimension had an entire fragrant rosewood forest.

However, they were all treated as treasures and not chopped down at will.

It would not be possible to be as luxurious as the Green Lion Lord and make everything out of fragrant rosewood.

Xu Xiaoxian did not even look at it. She frowned at said, "The scent here is horrible."

She even swiped at the air in front of her nose, despising the smell.

Chu Yu was completely speechless.

Then, she began to set up her formation in this new palace complex. She kept taking out various items in front of Chu Yu.

When Xu Xiaoxian was setting up her formation, she was extremely serious and focused.

After busying herself for more than two hours, she heaved a sigh of relief, clapped, and said, "Done!"

In that moment, Xu Xiaoxian activated the magical formation.

Hum!

In an instant, the entire palace became like a completely different world.

A terrifying wave of force came crashing earthward!

Chu Yu was almost crushed under the force. He quickly used the Tiger Courage Technique, allowing him to breathe easier.

He then looked at Xu Xiaoxian angrily, "What are you doing?"

"I’m letting you see the power of this magical formation? Else, you will definitely think that I am out to harm you! Furthermore, you have magical equipment which allow you to ignore the suppressive power, what are you afraid of?" Xu Xiaoxian cheekily closed the magical formation.

Yet, she began to reassess Chu Yu’s battle power.

The palace complex quickly returned to a calm state.

"And then?" Chu Yu was still angry.

He understood what this formation could do, and it was quite the terrifying formation.

If not for the Tiger Courage Technique, he would have been completely immobilised.

However, Chu Yu was still uncertain if it could trap the Green Lion Lord.

"And then isn’t it your issue?"

Xu Xiaoxian looked at Chu Yu, "It is scared of me, so it won’t come if it sees me. As such... you must be the one to lure it over. As long as you can lure it to this complex, our work is done!"

Chu Yu looked at Xu Xiaoxian in disbelief, "You know the Human Form Changing Technique, why don’t you go and do the luring?"

"Me? I am a girl! Is this how you interact with girls? Are you planning to be single your entire life?" Xu Xiaoxian blinked her eyes and looked pitifully at Chu Yu.

"Are you trying to harm me?" Chu Yu looked at Xu Xiaoxian angrily, not at all moved by her words.

This gal was way too weird, and he felt like she was up to no good.

If not for Chu Yu’s deep seated hatred towards the Green lion Lord and she provided an opportunity to take revenge, he would never cooperate with her.

"Why would I harm you?"

Xu Xiaoxian looked hurt and wronged. She said, "Look, I know a lot of your secrets right? But I never betrayed you! Else, just the Crane Saint's legacy itself... should be enough to set the world at your heels right?"

"You betray me?" Chu Yu laughed coldly, "People must believe you first."

Xu Xiaoxian pursed her lips. This was indeed a problem. The Human Form Changing Technique was really too magical, it would allow someone to morph into a complete stranger, unrecognizable by anyone else.

In order to see through it, one had to train in the same technique and be of a much higher cultivation level. Furthermore... one had to be able to deceive!

This was really no use. Chu Yu was extremely crafty, he would never admit to it. Furthermore, he could also morph into a completely different person and run away.

"Ok, enough of these rubbish, just one point, do you want to kill the Green Lion?" Xu Xiaoxian asked.

"Yes! To rid the world of an evil is something that I must do!" Chu Yu replied with determination.

Xu Xiaoxian rolled her eyes and looked at Chu Yu in exasperation.

She took a deep breath, "Then you must do something! You can’t possibly hope to enjoy the fruits without some labour right?"

"The Green Lion Lord is so much more powerful than me, it can kill me with a single slap."

Chu Yu stared at Xu Xiaoxian, "Are you sure you’re not sending me to my death?"

"Aiya, that fella is seriously injured, just run faster, you won’t die!"

Xu Xiaoxian said assuredly and explained, "After its expedition, it definitely suffered some serious injuries!"

"How would you know that?" Chu Yu looked at Xu Xiaoxian.

Xu Xiaoxian smiled cryptically, "This is my secret!" Then she looked at Chu Yu, "So are you going or not?"

At this point, a voice came through from outside.

The two of them immediately shut up and stayed still in the palace.

"Is our lord really hurt?"

"Shush... silence! If our lord hears you, he will kill you!"

"I didn’t expect that with our lord being so strong, it could..."

"Enough enough, are you tired of living?"

Chu Yu looked through the window of the palace and saw two crocodiles with the legs of humans walk past.

They were probably small guard spirits, not particularly strong.

Xu Xiaoxian also chimed in as she salivated, "We should boil some water to cook fish!"

"..." Chu Yu was exasperated as he looked back at this glutton.

"Go, quickly! I’ll tell you where the Green Lion is healing!" As Xu Xiaoxian spoke, she used her mental energy to give Chu Yu a map.

That map immediately appeared in Chu Yu’s mind.

"Its residence is marked with a red dot." Xu Xiaoxian said.

Chu Yu sensed the distance and realized it was nearby.

He finally nodded, even if this gal was out to harm him, he was going to take a chance!

Limitless - Chapter 125: I am Xu Xiaoxian

Chu Yu was calm at this point.

He did not know where this lady full of treasures had come from, but he didn’t really care.

He retrieved the toothpick box that the lady had placed on the table. The box was extremely exquisite, he could not tell what it was made of, but it was also a magical equipment.

Chu Yu was already a little numb to this.

He opened it and retrieved a toothpick.

His heart fluttered.

Fragrant rosewood!

This toothpick was made from fragrant rosewood!

Okay, as an underworld clan disciple, he didn’t need to be so excited over seeing fragrant rosewood.

The key issue here was that this wasn’t ordinary fragrant rosewood, the toothpick released a strong medicinal aroma. It also had a subtle ancient fragrance to it.

This wasn’t because the toothpick was made many years ago, this came from the wood itself!

This was probably made from an extremely ancient tree.

After learning the Crane Saint Pill Scripture, Chu Yu’s knowledge of medicines had already risen from an idiot level to one of an expert.

However, despite how surprised he was, Chu Yu still maintained his composure and picked his teeth with this precious toothpick.

He glanced at the girl, "After eating the dog’s leg that I grilled, not only aren’t you thanking me, you want to charge me?"

"Uncle, you must be true to your heart, touch your heart and tell me, is my alcohol good?"

The girl stared at Chu Yu with wide eyes.

"Alcohol... mm, it’s not bad." Chu Yu had just drank a cup of the alcohol that the girl had given him, it was indeed very good.

Even though he did not know much about alcohol, he could tell that this alcohol was extraordinary, probably aged for very long.

Actually, from the items that she had retrieved, one could tell that the things she took out were not lacklustre.

"Pretty good right? Do you know, this alcohol..." She stared at Chu Yu, nearly wanting to say something.

However, she choked it back and said angrily, "This alcohol is a really superior! It can do so much for you! For example, for an uncle like you, you must be a little empty, after drinking this, I assure you... hehe. Also, you sat on my chair, used my cup and toothpick etcetera, all of these are chargeable!"

Chu Yu slowly stood up and looked at the girl, "What else?"

"All of these charges I can waive, take it as thanks for feeding me." She looked at Chu Yu with her lively eyes.

"However, uncle, this dog is my pet’s pet. Since you killed it, you at least owe me an explanation?"

Chu Yu said righteously, "This dog and its owner have been extremely evil. They have killed countless people. Not only do I want to kill it, I want to kill its owner too. I will rid the world of this evil!"

The girl’s mouth twitched, almost as if she thought Chu Yu was kidding.

She looked at Chu Yu, "That must mean that uncle is from the Chu Clan?"

"No!" Chu Yu denied it instantly!

"Hehe, so you’re here for revenge. However, uncle, based on your current ability, isn’t it near impossible to beat that lion?"

The girl did not seem to be bothered by Chu Yu’s denial and she still smiled at him.

She seemed to size Chu Yu up and frown, "Uncle, you seem to be stronger than I thought, but let me remind you, the power of that lion is almost near the True Lord Realm. If you want to defeat it with your current ability, you will probably end up like this pitiful dog, fodder."

The girl sighed as she said, "No matter what, since I have eaten your food, let me repay you by killing that lion okay?"

"Hmm?" Chu Yu was stunned, unable to react in that instant.

Anyone in that position would not know how to react either.

She was just saying that the Green Lion Lord was her pet and that she wanted to settle the score with Chu Yu.

Now she wanted to kill her own pet?

"Why, are you unwilling?" The girl looked at Chu Yu, "Uncle, you cannot be too greedy. I only ate one dog leg, no, just three quarters of a dog leg..."

As she spoke, she raised her hand to wipe the grease from her mouth.

After obliterating the remains, she was extremely confident.

She looked at Chu Yu, "What else do you want?"

"You want to help me kill the Green Lion Lord? Isn’t it your pet?" Chu Yu looked at the girl quizzically.

The girl said flatly, "I had initially thought it was pretty good and I wanted to bring it under my wing. However, as it got stronger, it began to say one thing and do another. It is becoming extremely disobedient too. I initially told it never to kill humans, but it clearly did not heed my instructions. As such, what use is a disobedient pet?"

As the lady spoke, her eyes lit up and blinked her eyes as she looked at Chu Yu, "Uncle, have you ever eaten the meat of a Supreme Realm life form? Let me tell you, only a Supreme Realm life form’s meat can barely be considered a delicacy! The meat of a Xiantian life form is only a snack."

"..." Chu Yu’s mouth twitched. This girl was hopping so quickly between topics he had difficulty catching up.

"You’re really willing to help me kill it?" Chu Yu was still in disbelief. He still felt that something was not right.

"Mm!" The young girl smiled, "Don’t you think this is rather interesting? Uncle!"

The girl seemed to emphasize the word ‘uncle’.

Chu Yu’s heart leapt.

The girl glanced at Chu Yu, "However, I do have one request..."

Ah, so she does have a request.

Chu Yu thought to himself.

He did not really trust this girl. He did not know where she came from, it was almost as if she was enveloped in a layer of mist, making it difficult to see her clearly.

She was also rather weird and it was almost impossible to pinpoint what she was thinking.

Only one thing was certain, she was a glutton!

After only one meal, he had a deep impression of this girl.

"Let me see your true appearance!" The girl exclaimed all of a sudden.

Chu Yu looked confused, "What true appearance?"

The girl giggled, "You just merely changed your appearance, I also train in this technique!"

F*ck me!

Chu Yu was astonished once again.

He could feel that this girl’s face did not really match, but he did not expect that she had also morphed her appearance.

Furthermore, she trained in the ancient Human Form Changing Techniques, one of the 36 Heavenly Generals...

However, the technique he trained in was just Facebook... a spinoff from the Human Form Changing Technique.

This made him rather speechless.

"Why? Are you not willing to let me see your real appearance?" The lady frowned at said to herself, "Then let me guess your identity."

"..." Chu Yu looked at her, speechless.

"Mm, you definitely come from the Chu Clan... amongst all the people that lion has killed, the only one with any semblance of power to take revenge is the Chu Clan."

The lady sat there, hands supporting her head, blinking and murmuring, "According to my research, there are not many powerful people there, except for one mysterious young man... mm, you’re that mysterious young man?"

As she spoke, her sharp gaze was locked onto Chu Yu as she smiled hypocritically, "Am I right?"

Before Chu Yu could react, she frowned and murmured, "I have watched both the live broadcasts. You probably haven’t attained Xiantian, but you already possess the battle power of a Xiantian, no, not just that... you right now can probably smash most of the Xiantian cultivators on this Earth."

Then, her gaze locked onto Chu Yu again, "It would seem that the legacies you have on you are quite impressive..."

Chu Yu pursed his lips and looked at her, uninterested.

However, his heart palpitated, Where did this demonic girl come from? Her thoughts were so scattered, but she was so smart?

"Before, there was a mysterious but powerful Song hong, slightly clumsy in the way he did things. It was a good thing that he died, ensuring he did not cause any more trouble. Even though it was stupid, it wasn’t that dumb."

"That man was you too right?"

The girl looked like she had known this all along. She smiled, visibly contented.

"I don’t know what you are saying, you’re all over the place." Chu Yu pursed his lips.

"Whatever!" The girl rolled her eyes and said, "My intelligence is so high it is completely out of your imagination. However, rest assured, I have no intention of betraying you. Let’s kill that lion!"

She looked excitedly at Chu Yu, "I can assure you its meat will be extremely delicious!"

"Can you kill it by yourself?" Chu Yu looked at the girl.

"Rubbish, if I can, do I still need to ally with you?" The girl rolled her eyes.

Chu Yu contemplated. He analysed that the words of this girl were only partially true.

Chu Yu did not really believe that this lion was her pet.

In Chu Yu’s opinion, this demonic girl had always wanted to kill the Green Lion Lord. After finding out who he was, she hatched a plan... that was way more likely!

Damn it, even if he didn’t admit to it, this little demonic girl had already made it official.

"If you ally with me, are you sure you can kill a life form near the True Lord Realm?"

Chu Yu looked at the girl, "If I’m not wrong, at most... you’re in the elementary stages of the Supreme Realm?"

The girl blinked, "Of course I have a way!"

Then she looked at Chu Yu, "Just be direct, are you willing to cooperate with me?"

Chu Yu went silent, then looked at the girl, "I don’t even know your name, how much can I trust you?"

"You don’t even dare to show me your face, yet I trust you!" The girl rebutted without hesitation.

"Aren’t you hiding your true appearance as well?" Chu Yu laughed coldly.

"This is how I look!"

"Coincidentally, me too."

"You..." As the girl spoke, she looked angrily at Chu Yu. Then, her face began to morph.

An extremely beautiful and alluring face began to appear slowly in front of Chu Yu.

"My name is Xu Xiaoxian!"

Dual Sword God - Chapter 69: Ten Thousand Cloudy Corpse Formation

The darkness descended, and the world grew gloomy.

The dark clouds blanketing the sky started to release clusters of ghostly auras that formed a massive green barrier cage, which covered all beings below the ancient golden door floating above the Chosen Battle Arena.

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha!..." a mixture of sinister laughs echoed throughout the region, as beams upon beams of eerie green lights shot from within the dark clouds, quickly surrounding the practitioners and major influences. Looking closely, one would see thousands upon thousands of pale looking corpses inside of each beams of light giving off a ghostly aura.

The surrounded practitioners and influences who saw this scene became filled with fear, as they realized that all paths for escape had been cut off and the auras radiating from the Cloudy Ghostly Corpse Army was above that of standard practitioners.

"Damn! How could this go unnoticed? Where is Fei Tian?! Why haven't I been given any information regarding this scenario? Fei Tan! Where are ---" as Xuan Lie was about to lose his mind, he started to bark towards his subordinates as he searched for his right-hand man. However, his words instantly became halted as a voice came from within the sea of Cloudy Ghostly Corpses before him.

"He He He He! Your Excellency, Fei Tan is here!" as the voice said this, a skinny old figure could be seen making his way from within this sea of ghosts.

As he saw his subordinate a look of rage was on Xuan Lie's face. However, his expression soon became one filled with shock as the skinny old figure before him was pale, his body had strands of death qi and his eyes glowed with the same eerie green light as the gathered ghostly corpses, only, this light was even stronger compared to many of others.

"Fie Tan, what... what's going on here?" Xuan Lie said in a flustered voice as he started the now transformed Fei Tan.

Hearing this Fei Tan smiled eerily as he responded. "Lost your ability to reason? It's simple, I have been reborn into a new being. The Masters had seen my gifts and have blessed me with enlightened transformation. Xuan Lie, if you submit now I may be able to save your life just like I did with your beloved concubine, but the rest of you will be offered as sacrifices."

"What did you do to Yan'er?! " Xuan Lie shouted as he looked at Fei Tan in anger, but before he could do anything there was a commotion.

As the crowd heard Fie Tan's previous words they became filled with anger, as one practitioner rushed out like a ray of light traveling at high speeds leaving weaker practitioners unable to catch his trail.

"Bastard! I'd like to see how you're going to offer us as sacrificed when your dead!" said the blurry figure as he launched an attack with a powerful aura of True Foundation Realm.

Fei Tan sneered as he saw this individual assaulting him, he casually waved his hand and a few special looking corpses among the sea of ghost corpse quickly rushed out and surrounded him.

Bang!

The instant these Cloudy Ghost Corpses surrounded the practitioner, the powerful warrior battle qi of a Warrior Realm erupted from their bodies quickly crushing the True Foundation Realm expert.

"Argh!.." the practitioner cried out as his body was minced to pieces by the warrior battle qi of the Cloudy Ghost Corpses.

After a while, the ten Cloudy Ghostly Corpses made their way towards Fei Tan as they stood in a formation before the thousands of cloudy ghost corpses that now block out the sky. Strands of green chains could be seen on each of these corpses that attached to certain sections of the massive barrier cage.

"Shit! Ten!... Ten Warrior Realm corpses!" a fairly strong rogue practitioner exclaimed in shock as he looked at the ten special corpses that stood beside Fei Tan.

"This isn't good, what to do?" an individual said as he began to panic.

Xun Yanshan frowned as he saw this scene and spoke. "Dammit! Even with all of the influences gathered here, we'd only have a 40% chance. What's happening in Machen Town? Why did the group not send any messages?"

Xuan Lie looked at Fei Tan with anger, as he glanced around at the sea of corpses and then finally resting his gaze on Mistress Xuan Yan, seeing her among the group as an ordinary Cloudy Ghostly Corpse a gleam of sadness shone in his eyes.

"What are you doing? Hurry an kill the humans! Accomplish the task given to you or you will suffer a painful punishment!" Gui Sheng roared as he saw Fei Tan wasting time, his roar carried an oppressive power that shook everyone that was trapped below within the formation barrier.

Fei Tan hearing this had a look of fear in his eyes as he quickly commanded the entire Cloudy Ghostly Corpse Army. "Kill them all!"

Swish! Swish! Swish!

Like a tsunami, the sea of ghostly corpses descended in waves as they rushed towards all of the practitioners. As they saw this scene, each practitioners' eyes became red as they decided to fight an all or nothing battle.

"If we don't fight them now, all that awaits us is death, brothers with me!" said a valiant rogue practitioner as he rushed forwards launching an attack towards the nearest ghostly corpse.

"Kill!" said the remaining practitioners in unison that soon after followed by launching attacks of their own.

KABOOM! Terrifying energy fluctuations rang out as a bloody battle soon followed, the qi of the death began to fill the area as many of the practitioners became new corpses due to the assault, sadly, only a small amount of the ghostly corpses were destroyed due to their terrifying recovery ability or so it seemed...

Instantly, all of the small amount corpses that were broken to pieces glowed in an eerie light that came from the barrier chains connected to their bodies, quickly they floated in the air and started to reconstruct themselves.

The woman in white who was blocked by Gui Trio knitted her brows as she saw this scene, she looked at the two individual beside her and spoke.

"Jing Yi, Jing Er! We have to break that formation bellow quickly attack it together with me!" said the woman in white as she stretched her hand down towards the barrier to attack.

"Yes, Young Lady Mingyun!" replied Jing Yi and Jing Er as they also prepared to assault the barrier, sadly though, they would never be able to get that chance.

Sou! Sou! Sou!

Instantly, Gui Sheng launched an assault towards the woman in white interrupting her, Gui Sheng looked at the woman in white and licked his lips while speaking. "We can't have you interrupting our formation now, can we? Emm. Such a pity, a beauty of your standard has to die today, Mei, Zi, attack those two in white prevent them from reaching the barrier leave this woman to me!"

"He He! Fine! Fine!" said Gui Mei as she spookily assaulted one of the white guards pushing their battle towards a distant location, Gui Zi also followed after with the other white guard pushing him away from the barrier.

"Beauty, now it's just me and you, let's dance!" said Gui Sheng as he channeled his True Soul energies, the powers of the world started to gather around his form causing his ghostly aura to rise sharply.

Swoosh!

Within moments he flew to the distant part of the sky, as the woman in white left with no choice followed after him both standing in the air as if it was the ground beneath their feet.

"Hmph! While your race maybe special unaffected by most means, there are some techniques that no beings can resist." the woman in white snorted as she waved her hands causing the space before her to tremble, quickly a circular runic diagram formed before her that glowed with complex runes and a strange power began to fill air.

"Eternal Fate Wheel!" she said in an indifferent voice as the diagram of runes started to expand reaching a scale of 1000 meters, rays of bright white lights shot from the wheel that beamed towards Gui Sheng causing his ethereal body to congeal into a semi-real form. These rays were strange as they followed now pattern as if they were capable of breaking through all things.

"Fate Dao Truth Strands, how troublesome!" said Gui Sheng as he drew upon the power of his Ghostly Dao to counter-attack, quickly a large green skull covered his entire body which expanded to about the same size of the <Eternal Fate Wheel> before shooting towards the incoming white lights.

BOOM! Following the collision of two Dao's Truth strands, terrifying ripples of energies scattered about a distant area of the sky as clusters of clouds separated away from each other spanning for a few kilometers.

As they sensed the battles occurring far away from them, a feeling of even greater fear came upon the faces of trapped practitioners and major influences.

"Shit! If it continues like this we won't be able to survive, this formation must be destroyed, but how?..." Xun Yanshan said as he looked carefully around at the corpses and barrier, soon he noticed that all of the chains connected to a central section of the barrier that gave off an odd fluctuation when inspected with his spiritual sense.

As he saw this a light gleamed in his eyes as he shouted.

"Break the chains that bind these corpses at the central core of the formation barrier!" Xun Yanshan roared as his powerful warrior battle qi of high-level Warrior Realm erupted from his body, his feet pressed hard against the platform as he lunged towards the sea of corpses displaying a profound set of movement techniques.

Within a few meters of the approaching corpse horde, he then struck his palm out releasing a blast of warrior battle qi that decimated over a hundred different corpses quickly making his way through the gap created as he soared towards the core of the barrier.

The man from the Midnight Temple and the elder from the Southern Revolution Faction seeing his movements also launched attacks of their own, as the man from the Midnight Temple tuned onto a groups of leaves that shredded all corpses along their path and the man from Southern Revolution Faction became shrouded by semi-transparent golden armor radiating invisible might that broke apart all in its path.

The elders from the empire influences and affiliate kingdoms also made their moves, each destroying dozens of corpses as they also rushed towards the barrier core.

Fei Tan seeing this frowned as he commanded the ten Warrior Realms corpses that stood by his side. "The four of you will take down the four Warrior Realm practitioners from those four empire influences" as he said this he pointed towards the leaders of Seven Blade Mercenaries, Blood Rose Union, Dark Sky Pavilion, Rain Sword Sect.

Sou! Sou! Sou!

Promptly, four of the special ghostly corpses transformed into ghostly shades and intercepted those individuals, Fei Tan then looked towards the Tang Clan, Xin Clan, and Western Sheng Imperial Clan as he commanded. "You three! Kill those individuals as well!" following his voice, three more of the cloudy ghost corpse rushed and intercepted their targets.

Finally, he looked at the remaining three corpses with a profound gaze as he spoke softly. "You three will handle that 'task', remember, cannot fail the masters' plans. I will handle the tree high-level Warrior Realm nuisances." as he said this, the final three corpses slowly faded away into the void as they traveled to a different place. He then skimmed his vision over Xuan Lie who was glaring at him as if he was ready to fight the final battle.

"Fei Tan, do you know what you've done?" Xuan Lie said in an icy tone, his powerful low-level Warrior Realm battle qi erupted from his body.

"What's their not to do? I simply took the better bargain and have gained considerable benefits, as for you.." as Fei Tan said this, his powerful warrior battle qi also erupted shocking Xuan Lie once more.

"You're!--" as Xuan was about to exclaim with surprise, Fei Tan responded. "That's right! I am now peak-level Warrior Realm while I may not be as strong as the masters. I am more powerful than anyone gathered here, as such, I will not be wasting my time battling trash like you. He He He! There are others who can do that! Farewell now, Old King..." as Fei Tan said this, his figure blurred as he moved like a phantom to intercept Xun Yanshan, the man from the Midnight Temple and the Southern Revolution Faction Elder.

"Fei Tan! Even if you became a god I will still be the one to kill you!" as he said this he rushed after Fei Tan's form at maximum speed, a pity, however, a group of familiar looking individuals suddenly blocked his path.

As he saw these individuals Xuan Lie's eyes widened with disbelief...

True Martial World - Chapter 234: The Rookie competition’s last two days

The rookie ranking competition carried on over the next few days!

This rookie ranking competition was the most grand one seen in the past twenty years of the Tai Ah Divine City's history. It could be said that it was filled with experts!

Qiuniu and Chu Xiaoran entered the top 3000 on the second day of the ranking matches. This was indeed a result to be proud of.

In addition, the man from a humble background, Gu Mu, managed to gather attention after suddenly surprising everyone in his first match, which ended with him entering the top 4500.

Although it was worse than Qiuniu and Chu Xiaoran’s result, it was still a result that left many rookies in the dust.

Because of this new ranking, Gu Mu was ranked third amongst the rookies.

As for the Yi Yun who was more famous than Gu Mu, he had not appeared until today.

The rookie ranking competition lasted for ten days.

The first four days were for the rookies to challenge one another. It was mostly for the average rookies to rank themselves amongst each other; mainly for those ranked over 10,000.

From the fifth day onwards, elites like Qiuniu and Chu Xiaoran began climbing up the Earth rankings.

According to the competition rules, a person could take part in up to twelve matches a day. But these twelve battles only referred to the limit of the number of challenges one could receive a day.

If one wanted to challenge others, one could only issue two challenges a day!

Typically, when rookies climbed up the Earth rankings, the common practice was to gradually move up, rising up the rankings bit by bit. After all, this was the first time the rookies were climbing up the Earth rankings. They had to slowly battle it out and compare their own strength to the veteran cultivators’ strength as they slowly made their way up.

Typically, rookies who aimed to enter the top 6000 would begin in the top 8000. By doing so, they got used to the battle styles of the veteran cultivators,while gaining experience at the same time..

In six days, one could challenge others twelve times. It was sufficient for deciding their overall ranking.

As for the final result for the rookie rankings, it was calculated through this method.

Every rookie would be ranked according to the Earth ranking they would get in their battle history. The higher one ranked, the higher they would be ranked amongst the rookies. If the rookies fought between themselves, then the victor would be ranked ahead.

The rules sounded complicated, but they were actually very simple.

If Qiuniu was ranked 2900 on the Earth rankings and Chu Xiaoran was ranked 2800. Even if Chu Xiaoran was to be defeated by someone else on the last day, Chu Xiaoran would still be ranked first amongst the rookies!

But if Qiuniu felt he was stronger than Chu Xiaoran, he could challenge Chu Xiaoran on the last day. If he won, then first place would go to Qiuniu.

These rules were extremely fair. They would also reflect the rookies' ranking in an impartial manner.

If the rookies were to take turns to fight their ranking matches, it would take a lot of time to rank 2000 people. But with the Divine City's ranking rules, a person only needed to partake in slightly more than ten matches.

It was the ninth day of the rookie rankings!

There were only two days left before the end.

The rookie rankings were basically set at this point. There were three rookies who entered the top 5000 of the Earth rankings. There were more than a hundred who entered the top 8000.

As for Yi Yun, he was absent! His ranking was still at 10,003.

Many could not comprehend why he was not present. What was Yi Yun doing?

"What's wrong with Yi Yun? We haven't seen him for days. Could he be set aback by Qiuniu and Chu Xiaoran?"

Qiuniu and Chu Xiaoran were monsters. After Yi Yun saw their match, he had been absent from the second day onwards. As such, many people made this assumption.

"How could he be this weak? Also, there's no need for Yi Yun to compete with Qiuniu or Chu Xiaoran. He can easily enter the top 5000 of the Earth rankings to vie for third place with Gu Mu. If he were to obtain third place, then the rookie awards he would receive would still make many envious."

People's tongues wagged. It was now the second to last day, yet Yi Yun had not participated in any challenge battles. He had only four challenge chances left. No one knew what he was thinking.

But at that moment, not many were concerned with Yi Yun.

Everyone's attention was focused on Qiuniu and Chu Xiaoran. They were all thinking that it would not be surprising if Qiuniu and Chu Xiaoran were to battle on the last day!

This battle would decide who was first amongst this batch's rookies!

Just thinking of this battle made many feel excited.

At that moment, in the central divine tower, Elder Jian Ge and the thin old man, who took Yi Yun to the saber tomb to gain insight on the primeval source saber truth, were playing chess.

Both of them were old friends. To people at that level, having a confidant was not easy. Due to their long lifespan, many of their friends and relatives had slowly died of age throughout their long lives. People who could go along with them were few and far between.

"Cang Yan, how's that kid Yi Yun?" Elder Jian Ge casually asked as he placed his chess piece. He had been secretly paying attention to the rookie competition over the past few days.

"Oh, he hasn't come out yet..." The thin old man answered without much thought.

Elder Jian Ge frowned. "He still hasn't come out? How many days has he been in there? For a Purple Blood realm junior to stay in the saber tomb for so long, is he planning to discover something?"

"He's been in there for the past 4-5 days..." The thin old man played with his chess piece and chuckled. "I have been paying attention to him for the past few days. He has been sitting quietly in front of the words bearing the saber truths. Seeing him in that state, I did not call out to him. Speaking of this, I told the kid that he had to pay one glory point per day in the saber tomb. Now that he has stayed in there for that long, I still haven't gotten the remaining glory points from him. He sure lucked out."

"You..." Elder Jian Ge was speechless. "To think that you are still in a mood for joking. This Yi Yun has been sitting in the saber tomb for so long. It's most likely that he has gone astray trying to gain insight. Back then, not even Qin Haotian stayed in the sword tomb for that long."

The words of the saber truth were too profound. For a Purple Blood realm warrior to try to understand them, it would not be a surprise if he gained an incorrect understanding of them.

If someone went too far on this incorrect path, it would adversely affect their future development.

"Cang Yan, quickly bring the kid out. If he has gone astray, correct him. Do not allow him to go astray any further."

Elder Jian Ge had always been concerned about the younger generation.

Many Elders in the Tai Ah Divine City were oblivious to the younger generation that came to the divine city to train. After all, a genius like Qin Haotian only had a 1% chance of becoming a sage.

In the long lives of these Elders, they had gotten accustomed to seeing geniuses. Slowly, they did not pay much attention to them. Only those that became a sage gained their attention.

"Hai, you really are long-winded, but… The rookie ranking competition is about to come to an end. This kid really should come out, if not he will miss it."

With this thought in mind, the thin old man let go of the chess piece and walked towards the saber tomb.

...

At this point, Yi Yun was fully immersed in a trance-like state in the saber tomb.

In Yi Yun's energy vision, line after line of energy light beams circulated. These flowing light beams were like saber beams moving.

In Yi Yun's vision, these words did not look like words, they looked like the slashing and dicing of a saber!

Each saber move's trajectory path was deeply branded in Yi Yun's iris.

In his soul, Yi Yun constantly demonstrated it and imitated it.

By using the words' strokes as saber moves, the energy flow within the words were, faintly, in conjunction with the energy flow within Yi Yun's meridians.

"Every word's stroke has an energy direction. And it's in the same direction as the energy flow in my meridians… It's really magical!" Yi Yun spoke to himself. The person who engraved these words could even inscribe the sutras, that controlled the energy within the meridians, within the words. This method was completely unheard of.

This person had clearly perfected his control over energy and laws. It was no wonder that the first city lord of the Tai Ah Divine City used this person's tomb as an array field for the foundation of the Tai Ah Divine City.

As Yi Yun was having these thoughts, he suddenly heard a "Zha Zha Zha" mechanism sound.

He turned his head, and saw the large bronze door open. Cang Yan was standing by the doorway.

This old man stroked his chin. He was looking at Yi Yun as if Yi Yun was an animal in a cage.

"Kid, do you know how many days you have been in here?" Cang Yan asked.

Yi Yun shook his head, "It can't be that short..."

Over the past few days, Yi Yun had been focused on cultivation. Whenever he was hungry, he ate a bone relic that he had. There was no way of telling the time of day in this ancient tomb; hence, Yi Yun did not know how much time had passed.

"Oh, it's been about four days, not more than five, so… You owe me three glory points. When it comes to it, you will need to pay me back." Cang Yan chuckled.

Yi Yun was shocked because it had been so long!

He really did not think he had been in here for so long!

But over the past few days, Yi Yun had gained a lot. Even if he had to pay the three glory points, it was worth it!

As for the rookie ranking competition, he had been absent for so long. There were only two more days left, which meant he had to rush back.

Yi Yun deeply craved the rewards for the rookie ranking competition.

"Thank you for the senior's reminder!" Yi Yun cupped his hands. The old man was stunned. This kid actually thanked him. Was he going to renegue on those glory points?

"Kid, let me tell you. The ancient tomb's saber truth words leads straight to the primeval source. If you gained any insight, it will let you skyrocket. Your first steps on the martial path will be in front of others. You will not take many detours and will have a great future."

"But… if your level is too low, it will not be easy to gain any insight. In all of these years, this old man has brought many young geniuses into the saber and sword tombs to learn the essence of the saber or sword. But only Qin Haotian was able to gain a tiny understanding of sword intent. Qin Haotian is a natural swordsman. He has extremely high perceptivity with the way of the sword!"

"Kid, you must decide where you stand in your abilities. The things you can understand, do your best in understanding it. If you cannot understand something, do not force it. The road ahead of you is still long. In the future, when you are at a higher level, it will be much easier to study it when you come again."

It was rare for the old man to say such words with such well meant intent.

After Yi Yun heard this, all he said was, "Thank you for the senior's guidance!"

This kid!

Cang Yan stroked his chin. He felt that Yi Yun had a hint of confidence within his eyes!

He was not set aback by the saber truth words, but he gained confidence from them!

For a person with a low level to understand a high level law and even managing to obtain confidence from it, it was not a good sign.

Because most of the time, they should find it very difficult to understand, so how could they have confidence?

Those who had confidence had most likely gone astray, so they thought it was simple!

"Could this kid gone on the wrong path? If he really took the wrong path, then the confidence he has will have the opposite effect later..."

For things that depended on perceptivity, it could only be understood and not explained. Cang Yan was powerless to render assistance. Yi Yun had to rely on himself.

"I can't have caused problems by taking this kid to the saber tomb, right?"

Seeing Yi Yun look so confident, the old man really turned worried. Such people usually were wrong without knowing it.

But Yi Yun had already bidden farewell and walked out of the tomb.

He was rushing to join the rookie ranking competition.

It was now noon of the ninth day of the ranking competition. If Yi Yun wanted to register a challenge battle, he had only four chances left!

"Four chances… It's enough!" With this thought, Yi Yun walked towards the arena...

True Martial World - Chapter 233: Straight to the Primeval Source

Yi Yun sat down cross-legged in front of the wall with the four sentences written on it.

He figured that the old man must have brought him here to take a look at the four lines of words.

This ancient tomb was already empty. Before there were battle sabers, treasures and inheritance buried here, but they were all gone now, and the only thing left behind was the tomb owner's words.

These words were filled with a relentless dominance that was shocking to behold!

"Oh? These words…"

After Yi Yun stared at the four lines for a while, he realized that they contained an inexplicable concept. Each word, each stroke, was shiny, like a saber beam that seemed to break out from the wall! It was as if these words were a display of saber techniques!

Upon discovering this, Yi Yun began focusing his spirit and stared unblinkingly at the four lines.

Each word had a different concept from the other. But when they were combined together, it gave one a consistent and natural feeling.

"I get it!" Yi Yun's eyes lit up. "The person who inscribed these words demonstrated his insight on the saber truths, which he obtained over his entire life!"

"These words may not be a saber technique formula. They are even better than that!"

There was a concept within these words, but Yi Yun could not comprehend it. He could only roughly feel it and try to fathom it. But he was weak when compared to the person who left behind these inscriptions. Although Yi Yun had extraordinary perceptivity, he was unable to gain enlightenment.

"It's so deep…"

Yi Yun knitted his eyebrows. These four lines were like four sets of saber techniques.

Each saber technique had its own saber truths. In Yi Yun's current state, it was just wishful thinking to hope that he could understand everything.

In fact, the old man who brought Yi Yun here did not expect Yi Yun to gain much insight.

But if Yi Yun could gain even a tiny amount of insight into the "truth", it would be extremely beneficial for him!

The road of martial arts was a long path.

This "truth" was the laws of the way. If at the beginning, one could point straight to the primeval source along the long path, then even if traversing the path was filled with difficulties, as long as one could endure it and fully understood it, one could skyrocket, achieving great things!

Of course, those who had no talent would not dare to take this arduous path.

This path was fraught with difficulties and there would be delayed achievements and breakthroughs. At one point in time, one would grow frail with age and they would lose their potential. One could die of old age without reaching the realm of a Human Lord. Then what was the point in cultivating martial arts?

"I guess this old man has high regards for me…" Yi Yun muttered to himself. It cost one glory point to stay in the ancient tomb for one day. It was possible for a person to not gain any insight. So an ordinary person would not risk it.

It was most likely that in every batch of rookies, only figures like Qin Haotian and Luo Huo'er would have the opportunity to enter the tomb!

"I don't think I'm the only person who has entered this ancient tomb. I wonder what people like Qin Haotian learned?"

Yi Yun did not believe that the old man had decided he was a future sage with a glance. It was most likely that he chose people, who were outstanding, to test them in the ancient tomb.

Those who could learn anything could stay behind.

Those who could not learn anything had no choice but to give up.

With this thought in mind, Yi Yun suddenly had an idea. He let his spiritual energy interface with Heaven's eyeball and the Purple Crystal, and then, he opened up his energy vision!

By now, Yi Yun's energy vision was almost perfect. Everything in the world was formed of energy; so in his vision, all the superficial appearances were ignored, leaving behind only the ultimate source!

When Yi Yun used his energy vision to look at the words, Yi Yun was surprised.

"Oh? This is…"

Yi Yun's breathing stagnated. Typically when one engraved words on stone, words were words. There was nothing special with marks on stone.

But these four lines were completely different. In his energy vision, these words were no longer static words, but flowing energy lights.

This astonished Yi Yun. This great person had left behind words that embodied within them laws and yet, the energy had not dissipated after tens of millions of years!

Yi Yun realized that this energy was totally different from the energy of the primordial strain or herbs.

He could control the energy from the primordial strain and herbs with the Purple Crystal and he could absorb them to raise his level.

But the energy within these four lines seemed to be an independent system.

The energy that these words contained was not strong, but it felt primeval.

Primeval energy…

Yi Yun felt that he had been exposed to a lot of things in the short period of the past two hours.

It was like a mysterious door had suddenly opened before him and it was sending a wave of all sorts of primeval truths. Each truth was extremely mysterious and it was coming straight from the primeval source.

It was a pity that he could not completely understand these truths at his current level. It made Yi Yun feel like he had many things to learn, but he was dazzled by it all.

"Take it slow. The road ahead of me is still long. There's no rush."

With this thought, he calmed his mind. He took whatever he could get. He had to start somewhere on that long journey.

As such, Yi Yun began maintaining his energy vision and he began pondering over the saber truths in the four lines.

From the perspective of the naked eye, these words seemed stationary. Although they gave off an illusion of jumping out of the wall, it was still an illusion.

But in the energy vision, it was completely different.

The words were all moving. As they had condensed primeval energy within themselves, they were slowly flowing!

The bright energy light contained an inexplicable philosophy within them. It was as if each flow contained a fundamental law.

Yi Yun soon immersed himself in this view. He fell into a trance and forgot the time of day.

From midnight to daybreak, till noon. The next day’s rookie ranking competition had begun and Yi Yun was absent.

"Oh? Yi Yun didn't come?"

Yi Yun was now a prominent figure. He was noticed everywhere he went. As an important cultivator, he had a special spot in the arena. As such, many people noticed that Yi Yun was absent from the rookie ranking competition.

"Today, Chu Xiaoran and Qiuniu will both be having their own battles. They are already planning to charge into the top 3000. Yet, Yi Yun doesn't want to watch their battles?"

As Chu Xiaoran and Qiuniu were challenging veteran cultivators who were ranked in the top 3000, the atmosphere at today's rookie competition was more intense. Many of the fourth and fifth-year cultivators in the Tai Ah Divine City had come to watch!

The arena which was usually empty due to its large area was now packed, giving off a crowded feeling.

"Yi Yun might not be planning to compete against Chu Xiaoran and Qiuniu. These two are monsters, but… even if Yi Yun doesn't plan on fighting them, he should still show up and watch…"

Many could not comprehend the situation. What was more important than watching Chu Xiaoran and Qiuniu challenge cultivators in the top 3000?

It could even be said that in a few days time, it would become a battle between Chu Xiaoran and Qiuniu!

When that happened, even the entire Tai Ah Divine City would scramble to watch it.

It was impressive that a battle between two rookies could reach such a level.

"The battles are starting soon. For a rookie to enter the Earth ranking's top 3000 in three months, and for there to be two of them, this is probably something that hasn't been seen in the Tai Ah Divine City for the past few decades!"

People were buzzing with activity. They were all looking forward to today's competition.

At that moment, in a spacious room above the 90th floor of the central divine tower, two old men were sitting on chairs. They were looking at a disk array which was depicting the battles happening in the arena. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

One of the two old men was Elder Jian Ge, and the other was the thin old man who brought Yi Yun into the ancient tomb.

"You took Yi Yun to the saber tomb?" Elder Jian Ge asked suddenly.

The old man nodded and said, "Yes… I find this kid a little interesting, he might gain some insights…"

"Might…" Elder Jian Ge knit his eyebrows. "Just because of the word "might", you took him there?"

Elder Jian Ge was obviously displeased with the old man's actions.

"So what? The ancient tomb may be a forbidden ground, but there are certain privileges that still allows one to access it. Besides, even if the kid doesn't gain any insight, he has nothing to lose…"

"Nothing to lose?" Elder Jian Ge shook his head helplessly. “Cang Yan, you always do as you please and do not think it over. It's not like you do not know that the primeval truths inscribed in the saber tomb are too difficult to comprehend. Once it is understood, it would be an excellent achievement!"

"But if one cannot gain any insight, it will be a waste of time! The way of the saber truth is too deep. It can easily cause obsession within a person. What I am afraid of, is that this kid might be too stubborn. Even after failing, he does not know when to stop. At that point, he would be wasting his time and energy."

Time was too precious for young talents.

As for these talents, they were mostly arrogant and determined. This was generally a good thing, but there were times where it could be a bad thing.

A determined young genius might be mesmerized by the truth of the primeval source.

Even if one stopped him, he would always think about those words as if he was possessed.

At that point, one could not stop him, but neither would stopping him be right. Based on a person's perceptivity, it would be a waste of precious time if one ended up not figuring out anything!

There were many cases like this in the Tai Ah Divine City. There were even some geniuses who spent their whole lives trying to figure it out, but they only ended up feeling more and more bitter about it. Eventually, their lives were wasted away. Hence, the Tai Ah Divine City took the ancient tomb very seriously. It was not easily opened so they could prevent accidental access.

But this Cang Yan was erratic. Whoever he found 'interesting', he would take him to the ancient tomb. He was practically harming them!

"Old freak, all sorts of geniuses come to the Tai Ah Divine City for training. It's normal to die, yet you are always so careful. How would you nurture a real expert, like a sage? You may object to my actions, but just a few years ago, I brought that little rascal, Qin Haotian in there, and he gained something."

Qin Haotian was a swordsman. The left of the two chambers in the Tai Ah ancient tomb was the chamber of saber truth, while the right chamber was the chamber of sword truth. Of course, Qin Haotian went into the sword truth chamber.

It was a mystery who left behind the words in both chambers.

Elder Jian Ge shook his head, "Qin Haotian was an exception. He was born for the sword. He is almost one with the sword. Qin Haotian almost cannot leave his sword and he can only use a sword. You cannot expect everyone to be like him. As for Yi Yun, he might not be a person who has to use a saber."

True Martial World - Chapter 232: The way of the saber

Yi Yun followed the old man down a dark passageway. After turning the corner around a staircase, he entered a dark walkway which led underground.

There were everlasting lamps hanging on both sides of the walkway, but the light from these lamps was not warm. On the contrary, gust after gust of cold wind blew through the depths of the walkway.

The old man's pace wasn't slow, but the walkway was extremely long. After walking for almost thirty minutes, they had covered a distance of almost four kilometers.

Finally, the old man stopped and said, "Here we are."

The wind was even more chilling here. With a blow of the cold wind, the everlasting lamps flickered, dimming and brightening.

The old man slowly turned his body. At the end of the passage, there were two large bronze doors. On their surfaces, there were carvings of an unknown primordial behemoth. The behemoth carvings contained an inexplicable abstraction within them that made one feel distraught when they looked at them.

"It's in here!" The old man said as he rolled up his sleeves. He pushed the left bronze door with all his strength.

"Zha Zha Zha…"

With the sound of contraptions being activated, the bronze door slowly opened.

The door was extremely heavy and thick. As the metal shaft rotated, the entire walkway began to tremor due to the sudden change in weight.

For some unknown reason, Yi Yun felt that the old man was not pushing a door, but a thick tombstone.

After the old man pushed the door open, he held the door open with one hand and said, "That was heavy! I've finally opened it. You can go in now…"

The old man pointed to the interior. Yi Yun hesitated and just as he was about to take a step, he suddenly felt a chill rush toward him, which caused his hair to stand up on end as he felt unease!

Killing intent!

Oh!?

Yi Yun was alarmed. It was as if there was a terrifying existence beyond this door.

What kind of door did this old man open?

"Kid, what are you standing around for? You do not dare enter?" the old man asked casually.

Yi Yun was surprised, "Senior, what is this place?"

"What place is this? Hehe…" The old man laughed sinisterly. "This is an ancient tomb."

"Tomb!?" Yi Yun was flabbergasted. "A grave!? Could this be the resting place of some forefather of the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom?"

"You have so many questions," said the old man as he waved his hand impatiently. But with some deliberation, he said, "Actually…there is no harm in telling you this…Do you know why the Tai Ah Divine City was built here?"

The old man answered Yi Yun’s question with another question. Yi Yun began thinking. He originally believed that the reason behind building the Tai Ah Divine City at this location was by randomly choosing a spot in the Divine Wilderness that had a spiritual pulse thick in Heaven Earth Yuan Qi, which would allow the elites from the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom to train here.

But now, from the old man's words, it seemed like that that was not the case.

Yi Yun shook his head and confessed, "I do not know."

The old man patted the bronze door that was already opened and said, "The Tai Ah Divine City was built here because of this ancient tomb! The owner of this tomb is not a forefather of the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom, but someone else. In fact, this ancient tomb existed at least a few million years before the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom was established!"

The old man's answer took Yi Yun aback. This ancient tomb predated the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom by so many years!

The old man carried on, "As for who the owner of the tomb is, there's no way of verifying who it is. When the first city lord of the Tai Ah Divine City found this ancient tomb, it had already been opened. The funerary items, inheritance and the corpse had long disappeared!"

"But the ancient tomb's array field still existed! There were many ancient array inscriptions in the ancient tomb. The founding city lord of the Tai Ah Divine City used the ancient tomb's array field as a foundation to build up the Tai Ah Divine City's large array!"

"All these years, the Tai Ah Divine City has been gathering Heaven Earth Yuan Qi. A portion of it is used to nourish the ancient tomb's array field. If this array field is stabilized, the Tai Ah Divine City would be indestructible!"

After hearing the old man's words, Yi Yun finally understood. Having stood in the Divine Wilderness for tens of millions of years, the Tai Ah Divine City would inevitably suffer attacks from beast hordes!

A typical beast horde would be courting death if they attacked the Tai Ah Divine City. But if a large number of primordial strains attacked, then the Tai Ah Divine City would face tremendous pressure. With the ancient tomb's array field present, it allowed the Tai Ah Divine City to stand firmly!

"Go in. Kid, you sure lucked out!" The old man pushed Yi Yun towards the tomb.

Yi Yun had a strange feeling. According to the old man, this ancient tomb was an important spot in the Tai Ah Divine City; yet the old man could bring him here. It revealed how extraordinary the old man's status was.

"Senior…Since the tomb has been cleared by others, then what is there for me to do inside?"

Even before Yi Yun could finish, the old man had pushed him into the tomb. "Kid, in the ancient tomb, there are two chambers. The left chamber is related to sabers! Do well at comprehending the insight from it. It's a great opportunity! There are many treasures in the Tai Ah Divine City. It all depends if you have the ability to obtain it!"

After the old man finished his sentence, he pressed on the bronze door. With a "Zha Zha Zha" sound, he closed the tomb's door.

Yi Yun was now in a completely sealed space.

Seeing the door close, Yi Yun's heart thumped. Was this old man not afraid that the mechanisms would turn faulty? The door's weight was terrifying, there was absolutely no way that Yi Yun could push it open.

The tomb chamber was now completely isolated from the outside world.

Yi Yun sized up the tomb chamber. The tomb chamber was not large and it was about ten meters wide.

There were everlasting lamps on all four walls, allowing him to see clearly.

In the middle of the chamber, there was a sarcophagus. The sarcophagus was already opened, and the lid had already disappeared. It was obvious that the sarcophagus was empty.

Yi Yun took a look inside and gasped slightly.

The sarcophagus was not as empty as Yi Yun had expected. There was a thick metal plate with a long indentation through the middle. The indentation was about five foot long. It was as if something was embedded within it originally.

After Yi Yun sized it up, he was shocked.

It looked like the shape of a saber!

A saber was originally placed within the indentation!

Maybe this sarcophagus was not used to bury a person but a saber!

But now, the saber was gone, leaving behind a saber sarcophagus.

A pity!

Yi Yun sighed. If the saber was left behind, it was clearly a great treasure! If it was possible, he wanted to see how awesome the saber was!

"I really do not know what sort of person the tomb owner is. Back when the founding city lord built the Tai Ah Divine City, he had to use the tomb's array field to reinforce the divine city. This meant that the founding city lord of the Tai Ah Divine City could not set up such an array field!"

"With this hypothesis, then the owner of the tomb was even more capable than the Tai Ah Divine City's first city lord!" Yi Yun had mixed feelings upon reaching this conclusion. There were too many peerless experts in this world. There was no limit in the universe.

"What did the old man bring me here for…This sarcophagus is empty…" As Yi Yun knitted his eyebrows, he suddenly noticed something. With the light from the everlasting lamp, he found a few marks on the walls of the chamber!

Each mark was extremely sharp, as though they were carved by a saber!

It was a saber scar!

There were four saber scars!

And below each saber scar, there were words written on the wall!

Seeing these words, Yi Yun was momentarily overjoyed. Could this be some peerless saber technique's mantra formula?

Yi Yun rushed to see if there were anything else on the wall, but after searching, he was slightly disappointed. There were not enough words for it to be a mantra formula.

With a glance, the words underneath first saber scar said–

‘The saber truth, pressing forward with an indomitable will!’

The words underneath the second saber scar said–

‘The emperor amongst weapons, reigning supreme.’

The words underneath the third saber scar said–

‘The son of Heaven's aura, killing at its core.’’

And the words underneath the fourth saber scar said–

‘With an invincible mind, invincible in all other aspects!’

The four sentences were short, but there was an indescribable quality in each of them. Yi Yun felt his blood rush after reading them.

The saber truth?

Yi Yun had obtained the Thousand Army Saber early on. He had always been using this saber, but he only used it as a handy weapon. He had never considered what the way of the saber was.

The Thousand Army Saber actually looked like a sword. Its blade was long and nearly straight.

But, it had an essential difference from a sword.

A sword was nimble, elegant and mutable.

Lin Xintong's swordplay was biased towards nimbleness and elegance. When she stabbed with her sword, it was like a fairy was born. As for Chu Xiaoran, she was biased towards the mutability of sword moves. Her sword was soft like water and her swordplay was unpredictable.

However, a saber was different.

Nimbleness and mutability were not qualities of a saber.

The way of the saber was to be an absolute authority under the heavens with its sharpness!

The saber was the emperor among the weapons. With a slash of the saber, there was no end in sight, reigning supreme across the world!

The core of the saber was the reveling in killing.

Being decisive in killing, while killing all!

With such a stance, one's mind was invincible, causing one to be unmatchable in the whole world!

True Martial World - Chapter 231: Sword Scar Palace

A cold breeze blew through the Tai Ah Divine City deep into the night, covering the city in snow once again.

It had snowed twice during the past few days of the rookie ranking competition.

In a city like the Tai Ah Divine City, it had layers upon layers of arrays. Once the arrays were initiated, they would allow the whole city to experience the warmth of spring throughout the entire year. However, this was a great waste of energy and there was no reason to do so. The Yuan Qi gathered within the Tai Ah Divine City arrays were instead supplied to the warriors for cultivation.

Yi Yun walked along the streets. Every time he stepped onto the snow, the compacted snow would tremble and make a crunching sound.

There were rows of houses with unsophisticated ambiances on both sides of the street.

Yi Yun kept on recalling the battles that happened in the day.

There was no doubt that both Chu Xiaoran and Qiuniu possessed outstanding capabilities. Most importantly, each of them had their own characteristics and strengths.

Chu Xiaoran had gained insight into a law, while Qiuniu had his strong body…

Between the two of them, in their own respective aspects, they were so strong that they made others feel helpless to the point of losing confidence!

Of course, Yi Yun was not lacking in confidence. Chu Xiaoran and Qiuniu may be strong, but Yi Yun still had the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique'.

But the problem was…

The 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique' could not be considered a strength of Yi Yun.

The 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique' was strong and the warriors who mastered the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique' could easily beat warriors with average cultivation techniques. They could even battle people who were a few levels above them and it would still be as easy as eating and drinking.

But… the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique' could not be considered to be a 'specialty'!

The 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique' could suppress others through its absolute power. But if they were to face someone who also cultivated the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique', or someone whose 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique' level was higher than their own, such as Qin Haotian, then they would lose all the advantages that the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique' gave them. What mattered then would be a competition amongst their other aspects.

The other aspects included competing in terms of strength, laws, speed or battle experience…

What was his competitive advantage? What did he have that allowed him to beat Qin Haotian?

He would most likely lose even at the same level!

Yi Yun suddenly realized that his battle power was far too weak. Besides the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique' and the large success stage of Minute Subtlety, he had no other competitive advantages.

Yi Yun had great ambition. If a typical warrior were to master the legendary 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique' in a short period of time, they would be so excited that they would lose themselves, but Yi Yun felt that it was still insufficient. He needed to strengthen every aspect of himself. He wanted to be an all-rounded person without any weaknesses!

Such as… saber techniques!

Yi Yun's saber techniques had always been weak. In fact, he had no saber techniques at all.

The saber moves that were derived from the 'Nine Mysterious Swords of Heaven' technique were nothing in front of an expert.

With this thought in mind, Yi Yun started walking towards a new direction. He stopped in front of a palace after walking down the street for fifteen minutes.

He looked up and saw the three-meter-wide plaque that was hanging on top of the palace entrance and on that plaque were three large words—Sword Scar Palace!

These three words were sharply written and they contained an aura. With just a glance, it was obvious that it was written by a master.

Yi Yun had long since heard about the Sword Scar Palace. He always wanted to pay a visit to it. This was the best place for the cultivators of the Tai Ah Divine City to increase their compatibility with their weapons.

It cost 1000 dragon scale runes, just like the Wilderness Divine hall, to enter the Sword Scar Palace for two hours.

To the present Yi Yun, a thousand dragon scale runes were nothing. After paying, Yi Yun entered the palace.

The palace was not large. There were large rectangular stones in it. These large stones were Immutable Ancient Rocks and they were produced in the Divine Wilderness. Whatever was carved on such rocks could not be erased, even if they were to be exposed to the elements of nature for millions of years.

On the walls around the Immutable Ancient Rocks, there was all sort of scar marks. These scars were left behind by the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom’s Sages. There were sword scars, saber scars, claw marks and even fist prints!

No matter what the weapon was, you could find the corresponding mark within the Sword Scar Palace. The assault abstraction* of the attackers were left behind within these scars.

One came to the Sword Scar Palace to gain insight into these concepts.

As Yi Yun was beginning to gain some insights, he caught sight of someone through the corner of his eye.

It was a thin, little old man. His hair and beard were messy, but the most amazing thing about him was the blood-red gem embedded in between his eyebrows. It sparkled under the everlasting lamps in the hall.

The old man was wearing a large gray robe. He was comfortably reclining on a lounge chair and his eyes were half-squinted as if he was almost falling asleep due to the comfort.

There was a plate containing crystal-like grapes on a table beside him.

The little old man would occasionally reach out to pick up a grape lazily and put it in his mouth. He looked like he was enjoying himself a lot.

"Senior, you are here too?" Yi Yun was surprised. He had seen this old man before. The blood-red gem in the middle of the old man's eyebrows had left a deep impression on Yi Yun.

Back when Yi Yun went to the Wilderness Divine Hall to absorb the primordial strain's energy, he had met this old man when he came out of the divine hall. He had attacked Yi Yun without any warning and he had defeated him with one move. He had even reprimanded Yi Yun, telling him how terrible his saber skills were.

Back then, this little old man had recommended Yi Yun to visit the Sword Scar Palace but Yi Yun had never expected that he would run into him when he really made the trip.

The old man opened his eyes and glanced at Yi Yun. He laughed and said, "Kid, you finally thought of my place?"

"Greetings, Senior." Yi Yun cupped his hands and bowed. "I'm here to gain insights from the Sage saber scars."

"Saber scars? Hehe!" The old man plucked another grape and threw it into his mouth. He shook his head and said, "Gaining insight from saber scars… Do you know where the deepest saber scar abstractions are in the Sword Scar Palace?"

Yi Yun shook his head after being questioned by the old man and said, "I do not."

The old man chuckled as if he had predicted Yi Yun's answer. He said, "Let me take you to a good place. I guarantee you that it will be extremely beneficial to you!"

Hearing the old man's words, Yi Yun was overjoyed. It could not get any better with someone giving him pointers.

"Thank you, Senior."

"Heh, it's no big deal!" The old man waved his hand, before suddenly remembering something, "Right…"

The old man stretched his right hand before Yi Yun and pinched his thumb and index finger. He gave a wretched-looking smile, "Did you bring enough dragon scale runes? The place I am taking you to will charge an additional fee."

Yi Yun hesitated for a while before smiling, "I have brought enough."

Charging more dragon scale runes? That was nothing!

Yi Yun had over a 100,000 dragon scale runes. There were not many places that he could not enter in the Tai Ah Divine City.

All Yi Yun cared about was the best cultivation resources. He paid no heed to the price.

"Oh… That's good!" The old man looked relieved and said, "The place I'm taking you to will need an additional 10,000 dragon scale runes, and at the same time… you will need to pay a glory point. You should still have a glory point left, right? By handing over the primordial herb, you must have received plenty of rewards?"

The old man grinned as he asked Yi Yun. When Yi Yun heard this, he froze up.

What!?

10,000 dragon scale runes… and an additional glory point!?

He could not have heard wrongly!

Although he paid no heed to price and only wanted the best, this fee was unreasonable.

This was robbery!

Looking at the old man with his wretched smile, Yi Yun felt a chill. This old bastard looked like an old swindler. Was he cheating him!?

"Senior, did you make a mistake?” Yi Yun asked tactfully, “This junior only needed two glory points to buy the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique'…"

The old man shook his head like a rattle, "How could I make a mistake? This price is because a kid like you knows me and it is charged this price on account of our friendship. If it were anyone else, they might not even enter with that price! That place is not an ordinary place. After entering it, you will definitely have great gains. As for buying the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique' with two glory points, that was just the first three volumes. The fourth and fifth volume combined will need five glory points. The prices of the last few volumes even increase at an astonishing rate. Do you think that the entire 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique' is cheap? So what about it? Are you going in? You can enter that place and stay there for a whole day. You will regret it if you don't go!"

The little old man began to tempt Yi Yun.

Yi Yun was in a dilemma. The old man looked like an old swindler. But as an administrator of the Tai Ah Divine City, even if he did not have any moral integrity, he still wouldn't cheat a rookie, right?

Was it really worth the price?

10,000 dragon scale runes were not much, but a glory point… That was a precious resource that the top-ranked experts in the Tai Ah Divine City particularly cherished!

By needing to pay a glory point to enter, that meant that 99% of the cultivators in the Tai Ah Divine City had absolutely no chance of entering it once in their six years here!

Even the cultivators who earned a glory point might not be willing to part with the glory point to gain entrance!

Yi Yun only had three glory points left. After breaking the herb-picking record, he had received two glory points and one glory point left from the primordial herb.

"To be able to enter this training ground for a day, that's considered quite long. As for the rookie ranking competition, there is still slightly more than seven days left. In the next two days, no one would challenge me. I won't miss much if I don't watch those matches…"

Yi Yun was tempted. He really wanted to take a look at such a place.

Even if he could not grasp anything, it was not like he could not afford the loss of this glory point.

So, Yi Yun nodded saying, "Senior, please lead the way!"

"Hehe, swift and decisive!" The old man laughed as he patted Yi Yun's shoulders and gave a thumbs up. "Young man, you are really promising!"

Seeing the old man look as if he had fallen into money, Yi Yun became increasingly skeptical. Did the old man get a cut from promoting this mysterious training ground?

There was no way the Tai Ah Divine City would have such immoral rules, right?

As the old man was about to leave, with a thought, he took the bunch of grapes from the plate and put it in his pocket. As he plucked it to eat, he said to Yi Yun, "Follow me and I guarantee you that you will not regret it!"

*Assault abstraction refers to the concepts behind the original creator’s attack and how he moved when performing it. This is learned by watching and contemplating on the marks left behind