Eldest Senior Brother was not that good, and a meeting gift was a must.
Zhang Ruochen smiled and took out a Wings of Wind and a Barbarian Bone Bow, handing the Wings of Wind to Yao Qingtong and the Barbarian Bone Bow to Zixi.
The Wing of Wind and the Barbarian Bone Bow were both Yue Linchong’s treasures.
Yue Linchong was killed by Lu Han, but the treasures on his body were searched by Zhang Ruochen.
The Wings of Wind, worth 500 merit points, was comparable to half a million silver coins, and was definitely simply even.
The Barbarian Bone Bow was a bow made from the spine bone of a fourth-stage barbarian beast, refined into a bow that belonged to the sixth-stage True Martial Treasure Weapon, and was similar in price to the Wings of the Wind.
Zixi was already familiar with Zhang Ruochen and collected the Barbarian Bone Bow very nonchalantly.
Yao Qingtong, however, looked rather shy, feeling that the meet-and-greet gift from Zhang Ruochen was too expensive and was somewhat embarrassed to accept it.
Zixi stuffed the Wings of Wind into Yao Qingtong’s hands and said, “Senior Sister Yao, you mustn’t be polite to Eldest Brother, Eldest Brother doesn’t lack this little bit of cultivation resources at all.”
“Many thanks Eldest Senior Brother.” Yao Qingtong held the Wings of the Wind in her heart and was very pleased.
Possessing this Wing of Wind, in the future, even if she encountered a strong person of the Earth Extreme Realm, she would be able to get away very comfortably.
Zhang Ruochen stared at Zixi and smiled slightly, to the current him, a Wind Wing and a Barbarian Bone Bow were indeed not considered precious.
Time flew by, and it had already been a month since Zixi and Yao Qingtong entered the Dragon Martial Hall.
What was one month for others was three months for Zhang Ruochen.
In the past three months, Zhang Ruochen had spent most of his time in closed-door cultivation, refining another fifteen Three Leaf Sacred Qi Grasses, and his martial cultivation had reached the peak of the Xuanji Realm Grand Circle.
The Jade Pure True Qi completely filled the Qi Lake, and if he didn’t break through the realm, it was impossible for the amount of True Qi to increase any further.
The Qi Lake at the centre of his eyebrows became incomparably huge, as if it was a real lake, with true qi surging as far as the eye could see.
“The quantity of true qi, although it has already reached the extreme of the Xuan Extreme Realm, I can still continue to condense my true qi and increase its purity.”
Zhang Ruochen’s current fastest burst speed reached seventy-nine metres per second.
“If I want to impact the supreme extreme of the Xuan Extreme Realm, I must start from two directions. First, quenching the true qi and fleshly body. Second, cultivate the Royal Wind Flying Dragon Shadow to its great completion.”
According to Zhang Ruochen’s prediction, as long as he cultivated the Royal Wind Flying Dragon Shadow to its grand completion, his speed would be able to reach eighty metres per second.
If this was coupled with the improvement of his fleshly physique and the quality of his True Qi, there was still a certain chance of breaking through to the Supreme Extreme Realm of the Xuan Extreme Realm.
Apart from cultivating, Zhang Ruochen also participated in the quarterly examination half a month ago, and without any doubt, he became the first person in the Western Academy.
From now on, every quarter, he would be able to receive ten drops of Half-Saint True Liquid. The first person of the four courtyards were all treated like this.
Every month, Zhang Ruochen still had to enter the Hall of Divine Power to cultivate his spiritual power, however, his spiritual power did not improve much.
Zhang Ruochen seemed to have entered a bottleneck, and it was difficult to increase his strength any further. Right now, he needed to keep accumulating and refining to build a solid foundation, and once he broke through the realm, it would be a submerged dragon coming out of the sea and soaring into the sky.
At the same time, in the recent period of time, Zhang Ruochen had also been practicing the Recognition Spatial Inscription and the Defensive Lineage Spatial Inscription.
Defensive spatial inscriptions were further divided into “shield-shaped inscriptions”, “cover-shaped inscriptions”, and “formation-shaped inscriptions”. If they continued to be subdivided, there were dozens more types of inscriptions.
As long as these inscriptions were successfully engraved, then the spatial ring would not just be a ring, but a defensive True Martial Artifact.
In the inner space of the Space-Time Crystal Stone, Zhang Ruochen spent a month of practice and tens of thousands of sheets of Spirit Paper before he finally succeeded in inscribing the Recognition Space Inscription.
Spending another day, Zhang Ruochen simultaneously burnt the eight basic spatial inscriptions and the Recognition Spatial Inscription onto the top of a storage bracelet, refining a brand new spatial storage treasure.
“Wow!”
Zhang Ruochen placed a drop of blood on top of the storage bracelet.
With a flash of blood light, the Recognition Spatial Inscription pattern absorbed Zhang Ruochen’s blood and transformed into a blood-red pattern.
The recognition was successful.
From now on, even if Zhang Ruochen’s storage bracelet was taken away, no one else would be able to open it.
“The value of the Spatial Storage Bracelet has at least doubled after adding the Recognition Inscription.” A smile appeared on Zhang Ruochen’s face as he continued to practice his defensive inscription pattern.
After the Intermediate Ruins Exploration Examination ended, roughly four months had passed, and Zhang Ruochen had been cultivating in the Space-Time Crystal Stone for a year.
In a year’s time, Zhang Ruochen’s progress was tremendous, although he could still only burst out at seventy-nine metres per second, the true qi in his body had become much more condensed, and his combat power had increased by a large margin.
Zi Xi came to Tian Zi No. 1 and approached Zhang Ruochen, saying, “Eldest Senior Brother, I’m going to go forward to the Martial Market Fighting Arena in Heavenly Demon Martial City to impact Xuan Ranked Martial Artists. Do you want to go along?”
“Heavenly Demon Martial City.”
Zhang Ruochen was planning to make a trip to Heavenly Demon Martial City, preparing to look for a highly skilled refiner to help him repair the broken Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword.
The Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword was a sword given to him by Princess Chi Yao eight hundred years ago, and even though the sword had been broken, Zhang Ruochen still wanted to renew the inscriptions in the sword and continue using that old sword.
Only by using the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword would he be able to utilise the most perfect sword technique.
In the Yunwu County Kingdom, it was impossible to find a Calcined Weapon Master of that calibre, so Zhang Ruochen planned to go to the Heavenly Demon Martial City to try his luck.
Heavenly Demon Martial City, after all, was the largest city in the Heavenly Demon Ridge’s thirty-six counties, hiding dragons and crouching tigers and experts, so perhaps there were some master calciners who could restore the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword.
Zhang Ruochen and Zi Xie travelled on a third-ranked inferior savage bird, the Snowflake Eagle, leaving the Western Courtyard and flying in the direction of the Heavenly Demon Martial City.
The Snowflake Eagle’s strength was comparable to that of a mid-stage Earth Extreme Realm martial artist, with its wings spread out to be more than twenty metres long, its feathers were snow-white without a hint of miscellaneous colours, and its fastest speed could reach ninety metres per second.
This Snowflake Eagle was not something that Zhang Ruochen had exchanged at the Martial City Palace using Merit Value, but rather was a savage bird that Xiao Hei had subdued in the Heavenly Demon Ridge.
As Zhang Ruochen’s cultivation increased, Xiao Hei’s strength also grew substantially. When it entered a fighting state, its body could become as huge as a Barbarian Elephant, and even a late stage Earth Extreme Realm martial artist was no match for it.
At the moment, Xiao Hei’s body became only the size of a fist, lying on Zhang Ruochen’s shoulder, holding a book as he was studying refining inscriptions.
“Zhang Ruochen, take out that broken sword, perhaps this seat can help you repair it.” Little Black closed the book and stood up as a human, tilting his lofty head and saying very seriously.
“You know how to refine weapons?” Zhang Ruochen said.
“This seat is the Emperor of Slaughtering the Heavens and Killing the Earth, is there anything in the world that this seat can’t do?”
Zhang Ruochen thought about it and took out the four-foot long broken sword and handed it to Little Black.
When Little Black saw the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword, his round eyes lit up.
It grabbed the hilt of the broken sword with its cat claws and leapt, jumping off Zhang Ruochen’s shoulder and landing on the Snowflake Eagle’s back.
“Swish swish!”
Carrying the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword, Xiao Hei continuously swung out sword strokes, a sword qi flying towards the air, emitting a whistling wind-breaking sound.
Its attainments in swordsmanship were surprisingly extremely high as well.
“Zhang Ruochen, this sword is quite something!”
Xiao Hei stopped, cupping the heavy sword with his two paws, and said, “There are not only basic inscriptions in the sword body, there are also intermediate and advanced inscriptions as well, and it would require at least a Fifth Grade Refiner to be able to renew the inscriptions in it. Moreover, it is also only possible to renew the basic and intermediate inscriptions, it is simply impossible to renew the advanced inscriptions.”
Even the inscriptions inscribed within a ninth rank True Martial Treasure Weapon were only primary inscriptions, and there were no intermediate inscriptions at all.
Only a battle weapon that surpassed a True Martial Treasure Weapon could have intermediate level inscriptions and advanced level inscriptions.
Zhang Ruochen said, “Can you renew it or not?”
“It’s possible to try.” Xiao ****: “With this seat’s current strength, it can only renew the sixty-six basic inscriptions in the sword body. As long as the sixty-six basic inscriptions are repaired, the power of this broken sword will reach the level of a ninth rank True Martial Treasure Weapon.”
Hearing Xiao Hei’s words, Zi Xi, who was standing by the side, was slightly shocked, “The power of that broken sword can reach the level of a ninth rank True Martial Treasure Artifact?”
The price of every ninth rank True Martial Treasure Artifact exceeded ten million silver coins, and in the Yunwu County Kingdom, there were only three of them in total. Two of them were in the royal family, as the Zhen Guo War Soldiers.
Many Heavenly Extremity Realm Martial Myths used only Seventh Order True Martial Treasure Weapons, and there were very few people who could own a Ninth Order True Martial Treasure Weapon.
Xiao Hei stared at Zixi and said contemptuously, “A Ninth Order True Martial Treasure Weapon Strike is just that, what’s all the fuss about?”
Going to another master refiner, Zhang Ruochen was indeed a bit uneasy. If Xiao Hei was able to repair the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword, it would naturally be the best.
Zhang Ruochen gave the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword to Little Black for the time being, and let it repair it before returning the sword to him.
Although he had already solved the problem of the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword, Zhang Ruochen still planned to make a trip to the Heavenly Demon Martial City.
The Heavenly Demon Martial City was built right in the midst of the lofty mountains of the Heavenly Demon Ridge, not belonging to any country, it was a city that was established by various sects, organisations, and forces, in the Heavenly Demon Ridge.
In the beginning, the Heavenly Demon Martial City was just a mutual market established by various forces in the Heavenly Demon Ridge as a trading place for martial artists.
Later, the rise of the thirty-six county states produced more and more martial artists, causing one super sect after another to appear in the Heavenly Demon Ridge.
The martial artists from the various counties, worshipped the sects and joined the academies, causing the mutual market to become more and more lively, gradually expanding and eventually turning into a city.
In the vast and boundless Heavenly Demon Ridge, apart from the Martial Market School Palace, there were two fourth-rate forces, five fifth-rate forces, twelve sixth-rate forces, and thirty-six seventh-rate forces.
Only forces that had at least one Heavenly Extremity Realm Martial Dao Myth under their command could be called “seventh-rate forces”.
A lower-class county like Yunwu County was almost equivalent to a “sixth-rate power”. A medium county like the Four Directions County was equivalent to a “fifth-rate power”.
A force that had to have a half-saint at its helm could only be called a “fourth-rate force”.
Although the Martial City School Palace was powerful, it did not dominate the Heavenly Demon Ridge, and the two fourth-rate forces were not much weaker than the Martial City School Palace.
The two fourth-rate forces, respectively: Yuntai Zongfu and Taiqing Palace.
The Martial City Palace, the Yuntai Zongfu, and the Taiqing Palace made up the three most powerful forces in the Heavenly Demon Ridge region. On top of that, the Black Market and the Moon Worshipping Demon Sect, which were hidden in the shadows, were also able to fight against them.
The inner palace of the Martial City School Palace was established in the middle of the Heavenly Demon Martial City. As long as one became a disciple of the inner palace of the Martial City School Palace, they would be able to bring their family members to the Heavenly Demon Martial City and become a member of the Heavenly Demon Martial City
On top of that, the Cloud Platform Sect Mansion and the Tai Qing Palace were also established in the Heavenly Demon Martial City, forming a triad with the Martial City Academic Palace.
Heavenly Demon Martial City is home to hidden dragons and crouching tigers, experts like the clouds, and an endless stream of young geniuses, it is definitely a place where the martial artists of the 36 counties meet!
