"You, you are Huang Xiaolong?!" Sun Zhang and Xiong Chu stared at Huang Xiaolong with exaggeratedly widened eyes. It had only been fifteen days inside the stone chamber, yet Huang Xiaolong actually grew a head taller! His skin, his temperament, and his aura had changed drastically.
If they were in a different place, without careful observation, they truly would not be able to recognize Huang Xiaolong.
In fact, when Chen Cheng and the other two students came out from their stone chambers, they really did not recognize Huang Xiaolong.
Looking at Sun Zhang and Xiong Chu's reaction, Huang Xiaolong felt helpless about it and could only nod his head in affirmation.
"Xiaolong, ar-, are you alright?" Sun Zhang came up beside him and asked, full of concern. Such drastic changes in fifteen days, hopefully, there isn't anything wrong. Nowadays, Huang Xiaolong was considered to be the Academy and the Luo Tong Kingdom's darling.
"Me? What could happen to me?" Huang Xiaolong smiled helplessly; at the moment, his body was at its best condition. He could probably even kill a Grade Seven demonic beast with a single punch.
"Then all is good." Sun Zhang and Xiong Chu secretly breathed out in relief.
With the cultivation time ended, the two of them brought Huang Xiaolong and the other three students out of Dragon Flame Valley; Lu Kai and the rest had left ten days earlier.
Coming out of the Dragon Flame Valley, the group of six soon arrived at the Academy's square.
Chen Cheng, Huang Xiaolong, and the other two bid farewell to Sun Zhang and Xiong Chu, but when Huang Xiaolong turned around wanting to leave, Sun Zhang called out, "Xiaolong, stay for a moment, I have something to say to you.''
Huang Xiaolong paused for a second and turned back, and he looked at Sun Zhang and Xiong Chu both.
A look was exchanged between Sun Zhang and Xiong Chu; subsequently, Sun Zhang took out a small bottle and stated, "This is a high Grade Five Spirit Dan, take it!"
"Five, high Grade Five Spirit Dan!" Huang Xiaolong was taken aback, then his eyes lit up.
The Academy overall champion, Chen Cheng was rewarded with one high Grade Five Spirit Dan; even to the Academy, Grade Five Spirit Dans are hard to come by.
But, Sun Zhang and Xiong Chu actually gave him one?!
Xiong Chu chuckled, saying "That's right, this is a top Grade Five Spirit Dan. Consider it as our personal gift to you. Xiaolong, practice hard. Both of us hope you can advance to the Seventh Order soon."
Huang Xiaolong took the bottle, feeling delighted in his heart. A high Grade Five Spirit Dan ah! With this, his mother's strength can enhance another level!
As for himself, he doesn't need it.
On Huang Xiaolong's face was an expression of gratefulness to Sun Zhang and Xiong Chu, and he said, "Don't worry, I will practice hard and seize the time to break through to the Seventh Order as soon as possible."
Hearing this, Sun Zhang and Xiong Chu's face bloomed.
Sun Zhang smilingly said, "With that high Grade Four Spirit Dan you have along with this one, and your talent, we believe within half a year's time you can advance to the peak late-Sixth Order; and in one year, you definitely can break through to the Seventh Order!"
If these two people knew Huang Xiaolong wanted to gift the First Year champion's reward – the high Grade Four Spirit Dan, and this high Grade Five Spirit Dan to his parents, what would they think?
Of course, even without these two pills, Huang Xiaolong estimated that he would break through within half a year's time.
A short moment later, Huang Xiaolong left the Academy, returning to the Tianxuan Mansion.
When he reached Tianxuan Mansion's entrance, Fei Hou, Marshal Haotian, and a middle-aged man were waiting at the Tianxuan Mansion main door. This unknown middle-aged man has sharp-edged eyebrows and deep unfathomable eyes, and faint streaks of gray hair on his temple. He stood there like a sword ready to fly out from its sheath anytime, able to flip the earth over. Marshal Haotian and Fei Hou who stood a step behind him, nearly faded into the background.
Seeing this middle-aged man, Huang Xiaolong could already guess his identity.
Asura's Gate Elder, Yu Ming!
When Huang Xiaolong appeared, the middle-aged man looked over, his eyes sharp like a knife, giving an invisible oppressive aura, making it difficult to breathe with the pressure he exuded.
"Sovereign!" Joy was obvious on Fei Hou's and Marshal Haotian's faces when they saw Huang Xiaolong, they hurried to introduce Huang Xiaolong to the middle-aged man: "Master, that is the Sovereign; Sovereign is back!"
Yu Ming's gaze inevitably fell on Huang Xiaolong's left ring finger where the Asura Ring was. Suddenly, he trembled excitedly, and all his tyrannical aura disappeared in an instant as he strode towards Huang Xiaolong and bowed down in salute, "Asura's Gate Elder Yu Ming greet the Sovereign. Sovereign invincible throughout!"
Seeing their Master like this, Marshal Haotian and Fei Hou quickly followed suit.
"Quick, please stand." Huang Xiaolong stepped up and helped the three of them up.
After the three stood up, Huang Xiaolong spoke: "Let's go in and talk."
Minutes later, the four came to the main hall, and Huang Xiaolong waved away the Marshal Mansion guards and Boli's group of slaves.
"I heard from Marshal Haotian and Fei Hou, you went to the Mohe Kingdom to do something?" After everyone took a seat, Huang Xiaolong asked Yu Ming.
"It is so, Sovereign." Yu Ming quickly stood up and answered respectfully, 'Three years ago, this Subordinate was searching for Life and Death Grass for alchemy and I heard that the Mohe Kingdom has them, so Subordinate had rushed over there."
Huang Xiaolong nodded, thought for a moment and said, "Actually, the main purpose I asked Haotian and Fei Hou to contact you was to inquire about the Asura's Gate current situation and the headquarters' location."
"Asura's Gate headquarters location?" Yu Ming spoke in a somber voice, "In fact, the Asura's Gate headquarters is not on the Snow Wind Continent."
"What? Not on Snow Wind Continent?!" Huang Xiaolong was greatly surprised; he turned to look at Fei Hou and Haotian and found that both of them had the same surprise look on their faces. Apparently, both of them never thought of the possibility that the Asura's Gate headquarters wasn't located on the same continent.
"That's right, Sovereign." Yu Ming continued to elaborate, "Our headquarters is built on the Star Cloud Continent."
"Star Cloud Continent!" Huang Xiaolong's eyes opened wide.
In this Martial Spirit World, wasn't there just Snow Wind Continent? Could there be many different continents? Martial Haotian and Fei Hou had never mentioned this to him before.
"In this Martial Spirit Word, there are other continents other than the Snow Wind Continent?" Huang Xiaolong took the opportunity to clarify.
Yu Ming nodded his head, "Yes, Sovereign. In Martial Spirit World, there are three continents -Snow Wind Continent, Star Cloud Continent, and Shifang Continent. Star Cloud and Shifang Continent are many times larger than Snow Wind Continent. Our Asura's Gate headquarters is in the center of Star Cloud Continent, in a place called Zhongzhou, on the peak of the Heavenly Sky Phoenix Mountain!"
Star Cloud Continent, Zhongzhou, on the peak of the Heavenly Phoenix Mountain!
Huang Xiaolong repeated once to himself.
"Sovereign wants to go to the headquarters?" At this time, Yu Ming's brown scrunched together tightly and ventured: "If Sovereign plan to go to Asura's Gate headquarters, I'm afraid…"
"Afraid what?" Huang Xiaolong pursued.
"I'm afraid it would be risky." Yu Ming said, "Fifty years ago, Old Sovereign disappeared suddenly. Main Chief Chen Tianqi had always wanted to take control of the Asura's Gate and step into the Sovereign position. But, Zhao Shu, the Left Deputy, and Zhang Fu, the Right Deputy, and many Elders opposed the idea. So, the Asura's Gate is divided into two factions because of this."
"Main Chief Chen Tianqi?" Huang Xiaolong looked at Yu Ming, full of doubt.
"Below the Sovereign, there is the Main Chief, Left and Right Deputy; and after them, there are Section Chiefs and Elders." Yu Ming explained: "In truth, Main Chief Chen Tianqi is Sovereign's Senior Brother!"
"My Senior Brother!" Huang Xiaolong was astounded by this piece of information.
Yu Ming nodded and continued "Main Chief Chen Tianqi is the disciple that Old Sovereign received about two hundred years ago. These years, he had continued to search for news of the Old Sovereign. If Sovereign wants to go to the headquarters and is made known to Main Chief Chen Tianqi, he will surely attempt to assassinate you to snatch the Asura Ring so that he could take over the Sovereign's position with justification!"
Note:
Shi Fang – lit. ten side/directions. Thus, pinyin is used here.
Huang Xiaolong's eyebrows creased lightly; he didn't expect that he would have a Senior Brother.
Chen Tianqi? Huang Xiaolong understood what Yu Ming meant. In the current situation, the Asura's Gate was divided into two factions; one side led by Chen Tianqi who wants to take over the sect and be the Sovereign, while the other is led by the Left and Right Deputy, Zhao Shu and Zhang Fu. Most of the Elders agreed and sided with Zhao Shu and Zhang Fu – only the person possessing the Asura Ring can replace the Old Sovereign, just like Yu Ming and his disciples, Haotian and Fei Hou.
The was no question of Yu Ming and this faction's loyalty. Otherwise, when Yu Ming, Haotian, and Fei Hou found out he possessed the Asura Ring, they would have snatched it from him without a second thought.
If Chen Tianqi's faction was made aware of his existence and the fact that the Asura Ring was in his hands, even if he was far away in the Snow Wind Continent, in this small 'sesame seed' Luo Tong Kingdom, he would fall into a dangerous position!
At this time, Yu Ming's voice sounded again, "If Main Chief Chen Tianqi knew about Sovereign and the Asura Ring, he would definitely send people to kill Sovereign. Chances are, he might even come over himself."
Huang Xiaolong's voice sounded somber as he asked, "This Chen Tianqi, how strong is his strength?"
Yu Ming shook his head, saying "Subordinate is not very clear about this. In the last decade, no one has seen Main Chief Chen Tianqi reveal his true strength; however, during the time when the Old Sovereign left, Main Chief Chen Tianqi's strength has already reached Fifth Order Saint Realm."
"Fifth Order Saint!" Huang Xiaolong's heart missed a beat hearing that; it meant that more than a decade ago, this Chen Tianqi was already a Fifth Order Saint Realm Warrior!
At this moment, Huang Xiaolong truly felt his strength was still too weak. Although compared to peers his age, his talent and progress can be considered as heaven-defying, against those Xiantian and Saint realm warriors, his measly strength was insignificant. Relying on Chen Tianqi's Fifth Order Saint strength, to extinguish himself, Chen Tianqi could do it without even moving his pinky.
Again, Yu Ming continued to speak, interrupting Huang Xiaolong's thoughts, "Main Chief Chen Tianqi's talent is very high, possessing a top grade thirteen martial spirit, a Twelve Wings Angel. Moreover, his angel martial spirit has the strongest battle power, the War Angel!"
A top grade thirteen martial spirit, the Twelve Wings Angel!
Possessing the strongest battle power, the War Angel!
Huang Xiaolong's eyes narrowed in a pensive manner.
But, this was not surprising to Huang Xiaolong because only those possessing top superb martial spirits could withstand the netherworld Hell's slaughter intent and practice the Asura Tactics thereby becoming Ren Wo Kuang's disciple.
If this was the case, then apart from Huang Xiaolong and Ren Wo Kuang, in this world there is another person that practiced the Asura Tactics - Chen Tianqi.
Of course, judging from what Yu Ming said, although Chen Tianqi practiced Asura Tactics like him, he did not have the Blades of Asura. Thus, Huang Xiaolong was sure Chen Tianqi has no cultivation knowledge of the Asura Sword Skills and the Asura Demon Claw; furthermore, according to what was written on the illustrations, only the Asura's Gate Sovereign could practice them. Clearly, Chen Tianqi did not learn any of them.
Between this piece of heaven and earth, there was only Huang Xiaolong and Ren Wo Kuang who practiced the Asura Sword Skill and the Asura Demon Claw.
"Master, in fact, Sovereign's talent is no worse than Main Chief Chen Tianqi!'' At this time, Fei Hou hastened to say to Yu Ming.
Prior, without Huang Xiaolong's permission, Fei Hou and Marshal Haotian dared not reveal anything about his martial spirit to their Master Yu Ming while he was cultivating in the Dragon Flame Valley. So, until this moment, Yu Ming didn't know about Huang Xiaolong's superb twin martial spirits.
Hearing Fei Hou speak, Yu Ming quickly turned to Huang Xiaolong, an expression of disbelief on his face: "Could it be Sovereign also has a top grade thirteen martial spirit?"
Main Chief Chen Tianqi was the person with the highest talent in the Asura's Gate and in the entire Star Cloud Continent; his talent was considered as one of the premier talents. Not to mention, a top grade thirteen martial spirit! Even grade thirteen martial spirits are rare gems in the whole Martial Spirit World. So, Yu Ming can't be blamed for his reaction of disbelief when it was implied that Huang Xiaolong, like Chen Tianqi, possessed a top grade thirteen martial spirit.
At this point, Marshal Haotian and Fei Hou shifted their sights towards Huang Xiaolong.
Yu Ming's eyes had not moved away from Huang Xiaolong since hearing Fei Hou's words.
In the next moment, Huang Xiaolong called out his twin dragon martial spirits, not planning to deceive Yu Ming.
Instantly, a radiant light burst out from Huang Xiaolong's body and a huge black dragon was seen floating above him.
"Primordial Divine Black Dragon!" Both of Yu Ming's eyes protruded with surprise.
Top grade twelve martial spirit!
Such a talent, although incomparable to Main Chief Chen Tianqi, but it was still shocking. And it was enough to stand at the helm and become their Asura's Gate Sovereign.
Exactly at this moment, a dazzling blue light broke out behind Huang Xiaolong. Under Yu Ming's dumbfounded eyes, a blue dragon materialized in the hall, floating quietly in midair next to the black dragon.
The black and blue dragons entwined together, and the echoes of the dragons' roar vibrated in all four directions.
The dumbfounded Yu Ming stared blankly at the two dragons, his mind was a piece of white.
"Twin, superb twin martial spirits!"
Moreover, both were Primordial Divine Dragon martial spirits!
Blue dragon ah!
So many years in the Martial Spirit World, yet Yu Ming had never heard of anyone possessing a blue dragon martial spirit!
Blanking out for some time, Yu Ming's tongue was twisted into a knot, similar to how his disciples, Fei Hou and Marshal Haotian reacted when they first found out. In an abrupt action, Yu Ming stood up from his seat and knelt down on a single knee.
"Sovereign invincible throughout!" Yu Ming lauded, trembling with excitement.
Huang Xiaolong quickly held Yu Ming up, but he remained kneeling for a long time before he was willing to get up. Even so, he didn't seem to have calmed down; and the way he looked at Huang Xiaolong was completely different from before.
After Yu Ming had stood up, Huang Xiaolong had thought for a moment before saying, "I have something to show you all." In front of Yu Ming, Fei Hou, and Marshal Haotian, another bright light shone behind Huang Xiaolong, revealing a shiny golden pagoda. The very same pagoda Huang Xiaolong had 'found' in the Dragon Flame Valley.
As an Elder of the Asura's Gate, Yu Ming has a wide amount of knowledge and experience and he probably could recognize this pagoda. Huang Xiaolong wanted to let Yu Ming identify what kind of treasure the pagoda was.
With the degree of loyalty shown by the trio of master disciples, Huang Xiaolong wasn't afraid they would leak out news about it.
Fei Hou, Marshal Haotian, and Yu Ming looked at the golden pagoda behind Huang Xiaolong, and each of them was filled with puzzlement. However, Yu Ming suddenly shook as if he was electrified; this was just as dramatic as when he saw Huang Xiaolong's black dragon; with quivering lips, he pointed a finger at the golden pagoda floating behind Huang Xiaolong, his eyes almost popping out as he stammered: "This, this, is this the Linglong Treasure Pagoda!"
Linglong Treasure Pagoda!
Both Fei Hou, and Marshal Haotian looked over to the excited Master Yu Ming, and the two became even more confused. Obviously, both of them had never heard of this Linglong Treasure Pagoda.
Huang Xiaolong's attention was also on Yu Ming.
"The Linglong Treasure Pagoda! It is really the Linglong Treasure Pagoda!" At this moment, it looked like nothing existed other than the golden pagoda in front of Yu Ming, his eyes burning with emotion, and the rhythm of his breathing quickened.
Seeing Yu Ming's dramatic reaction, Huang Xiaolong felt speechless.
However, judging by his reaction, this so-called Linglong Treasure Pagoda is a very rare and valuable item?
After what seemed like half a day's time, Yu Ming finally calmed down; looking at Huang Xiaolong, his eyes contained the slightest traces of envy. Even when Huang Xiaolong called out his twin dragon superb martial spirits, there wasn't envy in his eyes.
Inhaling a deep breath, Yu Ming said to Huang Xiaolong: "Between Heaven and Earth, there exist objects referred to as Heavenly Treasures. Every time a Heavenly Treasure appears, it will set off bloody trails behind it; numerous powers compete for it and numerous people die for it." Yu Ming paused for a second here before continuing, eyes sparkling as he stared at the pagoda behind Huang Xiaolong, "Between Heaven and Earth, there are a total of thirty-two Heavenly Treasures. And Sovereign's pagoda, if I'm not mistaken, should be the number nine Linglong Treasure Pagoda."
Heavenly Treasure, the number nine Linglong Treasure Pagoda!
Yu Ming added, "Every Heavenly Treasure has different magical effects, especially towards a person's cultivation-- it provides an unimaginable benefit. Sovereign should be aware of this since Sovereign managed to rein in this Linglong Treasure Pagoda. Also, as Sovereign becomes stronger in the future, the benefits of this Linglong Treasure Pagoda will only increase!"
Note:
Changing early grade to low grade for battle skills, Dans and weapons grade.
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