“Leave now.”
Duanmu Xingling and Huang Yichen transformed into two residual shadows, their bodies moved, and they rushed out towards the mountains and forests first, disappearing in a flash.
Zhang Ruochen mobilised all the True Qi in his body and quickly chased after them at a speed of fifty metres per second.
Soon, Zhang Ruochen caught up with Huang Yichen and Duanmu Xingling, and the three of them were neck and neck.
“You’re only at the Xuanji Realm Minor Extreme Position and your speed reaches fifty metres per second, when you reach the Xuanji Realm Grand Completion, you’ll even have a chance to reach seventy metres per second.”
After seeing Zhang Ruochen’s powerful mental strength and terrifying cultivation speed, Duanmu Xingling was already not surprised by Zhang Ruochen’s bursting speed.
“I really didn’t expect that not only did the Yunwu County Kingdom produce a Zhang Tiangui, but you are also considered a genius of the current generation.” Huang Yichen stared at Zhang Ruochen, and for the first time, he truly felt that Zhang Ruochen’s natural talent might not be below Zhang Tiangui’s.
Duanmu Xingling said, “Sister Dust, do you think he has a chance to hit the top ten of the Xuan Ranking?”
“If he is willing to settle at the Xuan Extreme Realm Great Perfection realm for two years, he will definitely be able to enter the top ten of the Xuan Ranking.” Huang Yixian gave a very high evaluation.
Huang Yichen had stayed at the Xuan Extremity Realm Great Circle for three years, and Duanmu Xingling had also stayed at the Xuan Extremity Realm Great Circle for two years, not because they were unable to break through to the Earth Extremity Realm, but because they wanted to settle down at the Xuan Extremity Realm Great Circle for a while longer, wanting to build a firmer foundation.
Zhang Ruochen understood the meaning of Huang Yichen’s words, his fast cultivation speed was due to taking a large amount of pills and forcing his cultivation up.
If he didn’t take the time to settle down, his true qi wouldn’t be pure enough and his realm wouldn’t be solid enough, so even if he impacted into the Earth Extreme Realm, it wouldn’t do him any good.
Huang Yichen and Duanmu Xingling had also taken a large number of pills, which was why they were able to quickly ascend to the Xuan Extremity Realm Grand Circle. However, they had already been settling at the Xuan Extreme Realm Great Circle for two or three years, and both their true qi and physique had been tempered to an almost perfect level, so they were just waiting for the Intermediate Ruins Exploration Examination at the beginning of next year.
Zhang Ruochen asked, “Is it difficult to enter the top ten of the Xuan Ranking?”
“Of course it’s hard.”
Duanmu Xingling said, “The Xuan Ranking of the thirty-six counties of the Heavenly Demon Ridge now has a total of twelve hundred slots. One of the weakest Xuan Ranking martial artists has a speed of fifty-eight metres per second.”
“My strongest burst speed is sixty-four metres per second, and on the Xuan Ranking, I’m only ranked three hundred and sixty-eighth. Sister Dust’s strongest burst speed is sixty-seven metres per second, and she ranks one hundred and third on the Xuan Ranking.”
“Only with a speed of seventy metres per second will one have a chance to enter the top ten on the Xuan Ranking.”
The perimeter of the Heavenly Demon Ridge was a total of thirty-six counties, how many Xuan Extreme Realm martial artists were there?
Yet the 《Xuan Ranking》 only ranked the most powerful twelve hundred individuals, the Yunwu County Kingdom only had eighteen people on the list, and almost all of them were old men who had been cultivating for decades. It was too difficult for young martial artists to enter the Xuan Ranking.
It could be said that every Xuan Ranking martial artist possessed the strength to compete with Earth Extreme Realm martial artists.
Zhang Ruochen said, “Speed is only a reflection of one aspect of a martial artist’s strength, it shouldn’t be used as a reference standard for entering the Xuan Ranking.”
“You are right, but for a Xuan Extremity Realm Grand Circle martial artist who is able to cultivate his speed to sixty metres per second, could it be that his martial skills and physique would be poor?” Duanmu Xingling said.
Huang Yichen said, “A Xuanji Realm Grand Circle martial artist with a speed of sixty metres per second can completely kill a Xuanji Realm Grand Circle martial artist with a speed of fifty-five metres per second in seconds.”
Duanmu Xingling and Huang Yichen’s words had some truth to them, but Zhang Ruochen didn’t think so, at least for himself, he was certain that he could kill a martial artist whose speed was faster than his.
Zhang Ruochen said, “It is said that Zhang Tiangui once reached third in the Xuan Ranking, what was his strongest speed at that time?”
Huang Yichen’s eyes revealed a few different colours as he said, “Zhang Tiangui is an unparalleled talent, and is considered the number one heavenly pride in the Heavenly Demon Ridge’s thirty-six counties, and only he was able to enter the top three of the Xuan Ranking at the age of sixteen. His strongest burst of speed at the Great Circle of the Xuanji Realm reached seventy-three metres per second, causing a great sensation at the time.”
Duanmu Xingling added, saying, “The two old men who ranked first and second on the Xuan Ranking were only at seventy-two metres per second. It’s just a pity that Zhang Tiangui quickly broke through the Earth Extremity Realm, otherwise, he would have had a chance to become number one on the Xuan Ranking.”
A supreme heavenly pride like Zhang Tiangui could be called the idol of the younger generation, and naturally, there was no lack of admirers.
From the tone of Huang Yichen and Duanmu Xingling, Zhang Ruochen could hear their admiration for Zhang Tiangui. They were also women and would naturally worship strong men.
Zhang Ruochen added, “What about Senior Sister Luo?”
“Senior Sister Luo is also a wunderkind, her natural talent is not below that of Zhang Tiangui, and her strongest burst speed has now reached seventy-two metres per second, ranking sixth on the Xuan Ranking.” Duanmu Xingling said.
“What Zhang Tiangui, what Senior Sister Luo, they are all ants in front of this Emperor. Who dares to compare speed with this Emperor?” Little Black became as big as a lion, pouncing forward on all four legs, his entire body emitting black light, surprisingly surpassing Zhang Ruochen, Duanmu Xingling, and Huang Yichen, turning into a black wind and rushing forwards.
“What a fast cat.” Duanmu Xingling was like discovering a new continent, staring at the small black that rushed and flew past, her heart secretly shocked, not even thinking that the one fat cat that Zhang Ruochen had raised would be so fast.
“I’ll fight you!”
Huang Yichen couldn’t stand a cat screaming in front of him very much, so he ran his true qi at full speed, bursting out at his fastest speed, transforming into a series of shadows, and chased after Little Black.
Zhang Ruochen and Duanmu Xingling both laughed and shook their heads, and did not go after Little Black, still travelling at their original speed.
An hour later, Zhang Ruochen and Duanmu Xingling arrived in the barren mountain range four hundred miles away from the Western Academy, there were no more traces of human activity to be seen, and the surroundings were full of sky-high trees that covered the sky and the sun, it was as if they had entered a flooded and mangled forest.
In the distance came the whistling of savage beasts, and a bucket-thick golden thread python drilled out of a rock crevice, quietly crawling over in the direction of the creek. On the edge of the stream a Green Fire Deer was drinking water, sensing the danger, and was about to flee, when suddenly, the Golden Thread Python opened its bloody mouth and swallowed the Green Fire Deer into its stomach.
Zhang Ruochen and Duanmu Xingling passed through this barren forest, the sound of the wind whistling in their ears, violent cold winds blowing from afar, making it hard to open their eyes.
In the distance, there were two majestic and magnificent huge mountains situated, the two mountains were almost right next to each other, and between the two mountains, there was a straight canyon. The hurricane winds between the entire heaven and earth were all blown out from that canyon.
Zhang Ruochen tilted his head and stared at that steep, deep canyon, saying, “Is that the entrance to the Devil Wind Valley?”
Duanmu Xingling said, “That’s right. The Devil Wind Valley blows hurricane winds all year round, never intermittent, and occasionally, some wind-attributed Spirit Crystals are even blown out.”
Zhang Ruochen and Duanmu Xingling hiked towards the Devil Wind Valley and met Huang Yichen and Xiao Hei halfway up the mountain.
“Which one of you won?” Zhang Ruochen asked.
Huang Yichen clasped her hands in front of her chest and tilted her snow-white chin, revealing her slender neck, as proud as a white swan.
Little Black sighed, “This Emperor is just too low in his realm, otherwise how could he lose to a human woman?”
“You’re not convinced?” Yellow Smoke glared at Little Black.
“Of course I’m not convinced.” Little Black said.
Huang Smokey’s eyes narrowed, a cold light appeared on his face as he cupped the hilt of his sword in his hand and waved his hand to slash the scabbard out, smashing it against Little Black’s body.
Little Black flew out and crashed down inside the Demon Sealing Valley.
“Human …… little girl …… this emperor and you …… are not two …… stands ……”
A reverberating wind swept Little Black into the valley and instantly disappeared without a trace, even the hissing sound was swallowed by the wind.
“Let’s go! Let’s go in too!”
Huang Yichen used the steps of the Royal Wind Flying Dragon Shadow, striding nine steps in a row as if he was travelling on the wind, and with a swish, he rushed into the valley.
“She has already cultivated the Royal Wind Flying Dragon Shadow to the introductory level!” Zhang Ruochen said.
“Sister Dust’s true qi originally carries the wind attribute, and her physique is a perfect match for the Wind-Resisting Flying Dragon Shadow, and with her already high talent, it’s only natural that she’s able to cultivate it to the initiation so quickly. However, we also need to work hard and not be exceeded by her by too much.”
Duanmu Xingling and Zhang Ruochen followed suit and rushed into the Demonic Wind Valley.
“Hohoho!”
In the Devil Wind Valley, it was very cold, and the wind was as fast as a knife, scraping one’s skin, not to mention cultivating, even trying to stand firm was difficult.
Huang Yichen and Duanmu Xingling’s profound cultivation appeared to be like a fish out of water, and soon cultivated in the valley.
In the very first day, Zhang Ruochen merely adapted to the environment of the Devil Wind Valley, and could stand firm in the wind without being blown away by it.
At the start of the second day, Zhang Ruochen also entered the state, stepping on the nine footsteps to sprint through the wind.
When the third day rolled around, Zhang Ruochen cultivated the Royal Wind Flying Dragon Shadow to the introductory level. Duanmu Xingling was slightly slower than Zhang Ruochen, but she also cultivated to initiation on the same day.
After Duanmu Xingling and Huang Yichen took the Blood Pill to recover their strength, they entered the Devil Wind Valley to cultivate again.
Zhang Ruochen and Little Black stayed outside and did not enter the Magic Wind Valley.
Zhang Ruochen strung the Time and Space Crystal Stone with an iron lock and hung it on Xiao Hei’s neck, saying, “I’m going to enter the Time and Space Crystal Stone to cultivate, help me protect the magic.”
Zhang Ruochen entered the inner space of the Space-Time Crystal Stone and called in a new bottle of the Three Qing True Qi Pill, continuing to refine the pill and raise his cultivation level.
After six days of cultivation inside the Space-Time Crystal Stone, Zhang Ruochen refined forty San Qing True Qi Pills, and the True Qi in the Qi Lake reached 30% of the Qi Lake’s capacity.
“I still have four hundred and eighty Three Qing True Qi Pills on me, if I refine another one hundred and thirty of them, I should be able to cultivate the True Qi in the Qi Lake to the Perfection Realm.”
Zhang Ruochen took down another San Qing True Qi Pill, catalysing his true qi and continuing to refine it.
After spending close to another month, Zhang Ruochen refined one hundred and forty San Qing True Qi Pills, and finally cultivated the true qi in the Qi Lake to perfection, reaching the peak of the Xuan Extremity Realm’s Small Extremity Position.
Zhang Ruochen didn’t intend to take the eight drops of Semi-Saint True Liquid to impact the Xuan Polarity Realm Middle Extreme Position right now, deciding to let the true qi settle for a period of time first. And this period of time would be used to cultivate the Royal Wind Flying Dragon Shadow and the Heavenly Heart Sword Technique.
