Chapter 96: An Early Stage Martial Warrior (1)
Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
One month later…
Within a room, the curtains fluttered as a warm spring breeze caressed the delicate cheeks of Gu Ruoyun.
Her eyes were closed as if she were asleep. Gu Ruoyun’s black tresses lightly brushed against the sides of her face in the wind; she looked serene yet mesmerizing.
Then, within the Ancient Divine Pagoda, a man stood with his hands behind his back, wearing a gilded violet robe that fluttered on its own. His matching violet eyes held traces of a smile, but his lips grew into an evil curl as he watched the young girl in front of him.
"This place... this is the second level of the Ancient Divine Pagoda. You'll receive your reward for achieving Martial Warrior here."
The second level of the Ancient Divine Pagoda… Even though Gu Ruoyun was still unaware of what the reward would be, she was sure that it would not be worse than the pill formulas from the first level…
"Is this… the pill formula for the Spirit Gathering Pill?"
The Spirit Gathering Pill was considered to be the next level of the Qi Gathering Pill. For example, someone like Elder Yu, who was stuck at the final stage of Martial General would not be able to break through to the next rank with the use of a Qi Gathering Pill. This was why she had not allowed Elder Yu to use a Qi Gathering Pill to begin with.
However, if she had Spirit Gathering Pills, it would be a completely different story. This pill was effective even for cultivators who were at the rank of Martial General. It would allow them to successfully break through to the next level.
Gu Ruoyun’s heart clenched at the mere thought of this.
Although she now had the Hundred Herb Hall and Devil Sect within her grasp, she still lacked a true expert cultivator within her ranks. If Elder Yu were to become a Martial King, they could do as they pleased within the Azure Dragon Country.
"I see that the rewards for the second level are three pill formulas, again. The Spirit Gathering Pill, Blood Replenishing Pill as well as the Spirit Recovery Pill."
Everyone knew that cultivators used their spiritual power to battle. Should their spiritual power run out, the cultivator would be in a potentially fatal situation. Hence, Spirit Recovery Pills were used to recover a cultivator’s spiritual power. Blood Replenishing Pills, on the other hand, were meant to treat wounds, as its name would suggest.
Gu Ruoyun carefully kept the pill formulas, before she smiled and said, "I was still worrying over how I could help Elder Yu achieve his breakthrough. I didn’t think that I would obtain the Spirit Gathering Pill just like that... Mmm?"
Suddenly, Gu Ruoyun could feel a disturbance coming from her drained spiritual weapon. Then, it flew quickly towards her, and floated upright in front of her…
"What’s going on, Zixie? This drained spiritual weapon has already lost all of its spiritual power, why would it…"
Zixie did not speak, his eyes fixed upon the drained spiritual weapon with a profound gaze. He remained silent for half a minute before he gave a slow reply, "Try transferring some of your own spiritual power into this drained spiritual weapon, little girl."
"Okay."
Gu Ruoyun nodded as her jade-white fingers settled on the surface of the drained spiritual weapon. She then slowly closed her eyes.
A portion of her spiritual power began to flow from her palm, slowing entering the drained spiritual weapon as it got gradually absorbed by the weapon. Suddenly, a fierce light shone from within the spiritual weapon, enveloping the entire Ancient Divine Pagoda…
"What… what’s happening?"
Gu Ruoyun was in a daze. She had no clue on what was going on.
"I see that my guess was correct," Zixie smiled, "The second level of the Ancient Divine Pagoda has given you another power, little girl — the ability to nurture weapons!"
"The ability to nurture weapons? What do you mean?" Gu Ruoyun blinked, looking bewildered as she looked at Zixie's mischievous yet charming smile.
Zixie smiled gently, "Put simply, you can now transfer spiritual power into normal weapons and turn them into spiritual weapons. Of course, the one that you have in your hands is one of the lowest ranked spiritual weapons. Your powers are currently not strong enough to upgrade it into a middle or high ranked spiritual weapon. As for legendary godly weapons, you must have the materials to forge these weapons first. However, having a real spiritual weapon right from the start will be beneficial to your future growth."
Gifts
-- Gift
received Weekly Power Status
-- Power
Ranking 
-- Power
stone