After nightfall, the yang energy between heaven and earth drops to a minimum, and the yin energy permeates out.
Zhang Ruochen stopped cultivating so that the Yin Qi would not soak into his meridians and affect the power of the “Solar Pulse Sword Wave”.
Zhang Ruochen took out the purple Beast Mastering Crystal from his storage ring and placed it on the ground.
The purple light reflected the night sky into a psychedelic colour, and even the pool water next to it coalesced with a layer of purple light.
Zhang Ruochen called Kong Xuan, who was comprehending Sword Intent, over, gesturing for her to sit down and asked, “How is the comprehension going?”
Kong Xuan carefully sat down on the ground, a pair of slender jade legs coiled on the left and right, her hands placed at the position of her knees, and her slender brute waist, sitting straight.
Behind her, a pair of seven-coloured feathered wings emerged under the reflection of the purple crystals, a grain of light, like a rain of seven-coloured light enveloping her delicate body.
Kong Xuan’s voice was soft and crisp, saying, “Reporting back to master, the slave girl has already comprehended some sword intent, but it should still take some time to reach the initial realm of the sword following the heart.”
“No rush!”
Zhang Ruochen pointed to the purple Beast Mastering Crystal and said, “Do you know what this is?”
“The slave girl doesn’t know.” Kong Xuan said.
“This is a Beast Harnessing Crystal that is very precious, through which a martial artist can influence the divine intelligence of a savage beast, thus controlling it to help him or her attack and kill the enemy.”
Zhang Ruochen added, “It also has another function, it can test a martial artist’s spiritual power. You press your palm on top of the crystal and try to empty yourself to feel the energy in the crystal.”
Kong Xuan followed Zhang Ruochen’s instructions and pulled up her sleeves, revealing her snow-white jade-like arms, stretching out a soft and boneless jade hand and gently placing it on the surface of the purple crystal.
Her eyes slowly closed, forming two charming eye lines with fine, neat eyelashes.
It had to be said that as a peac*ck half-human, Kong Xuan’s body did have an unusual beauty, with delicate features, fine skin, and a curvaceous figure, she was simply an enchanting speciality.
Of course, Zhang Ruochen didn’t bother to pay attention to the beauty on her body, instead, he stared at the purple crystal, seeing a pattern appear on the surface of the crystal, and gently nodded.
After a long time, Kong Xuan opened his eyes, withdrew his palms, and asked, “Master, what is the strength of my spiritual power?”
“Fourteenth rank.” Zhang Ruochen said.
“Is it very low?” Kong Xuan said with some nervousness.
Zhang Ruochen shook his head and said, “Generally speaking, the older a person is, the higher their spiritual power is. Of course, if one doesn’t specialise in spiritual power, even if it’s higher, it won’t exceed the fifteenth rank. A normal person, after reaching adulthood, should have a spiritual power of around the tenth rank. Reaching the twelfth order, one would already be able to be called a genius. Reaching the fourteenth rank is already quite remarkable.”
“Don’t be too happy, those characters with truly heaven-defying spiritual energy can even reach the tenth rank when they are born;when they are ten years old, they can reach the twentieth rank;when they reach adulthood, they can reach the thirtieth rank.”
Of course, it would be hard for an existence as heaven-defying as the one Zhang Ruochen mentioned to appear in ten thousand years.
The reason why he said that was also because he didn’t want Kong Xuan to be too complacent.
Zhang Ruochen also pressed his palm on top of the purple crystal and began to test the strength of his spiritual power.
“Wow!”
The light of the purple crystal became stronger and stronger, illuminating the entire cultivation mansion.
Fortunately, there were formations arranged in the cultivation mansion, or else it would have definitely startled the other trainees.
“Master’s spiritual power is so powerful!”
Kong Xuan sat on the side in shock, looking at Zhang Ruochen who was sitting as if he were a holy man, a pair of beautiful starry eyes revealing a look of infatuation.
The light gradually dispersed, and Zhang Ruochen withdrew his palms.
“Master, how many ranks has your spiritual power reached?” Kong Xuan asked.
“Thirty-sixth rank.”
Zhang Ruochen did not hide it from Kong Xuan.
“Master is one of those legendary spiritual power geniuses, right!” Kong Xuan said in awe.
“Sort of!”
Zhang Ruochen laughed and said, “The later one’s spiritual power gets, the harder it is to raise it, and with my current spiritual power realm, it’s very difficult to raise it even by one rank.”
“If one is able to reach the 40th rank, the power of spiritual power will only be initially revealed. It would even only take a single look to control a Heavenly Extreme Realm martial artist, turning him into a puppet.”
“Moreover, when spiritual power reaches the fortieth rank, one can also possess some magical abilities, such as: opening the eyes of the heavens, severing life and death, summoning wind and thunder, and stargazing.”
“The so-called: opening the eye of heaven, is to condense a unique eye of spiritual power in the centre of the eyebrow, which can see mineral veins a hundred feet deep in the ground; can see the qi on a person; can see hidden formation inscriptions; and can also see ghosts wandering in the realms of yin and yang.”
“Severing life and death refers to the fact that one only needs to look at a person to see how many years are left in his lifespan, and can judge on which day he will die. Of course, unnatural deaths are excluded.”
“Calling the wind and thunder means using spiritual power to call the wind and rain, running thunder and lightning. The First Central Empire has established the Thunder Department, Rain Department, Wind Department, Yin and Yang Department, and so on. The messengers of the Thunder Ministry are called ‘Thunder Masters’ by ordinary people. The messengers of the Rain Ministry were called ‘Rain Masters’. The messengers of the Wind Ministry, were made ‘Wind Masters’, and their main responsibility was to regulate the climate of the Kunlun Realm, and manage the order of some mysterious things that some ordinary martial artists did not know. Their own strength, of course, is quite powerful.”
Kong Xuan was surprised and said, “Their spiritual power all reaches above the fortieth rank?”
Zhang Ruochen nodded and said, “Yes.”
Kong Xuan asked, “Then what does the ‘Stargazing Technique’ mean?”
Zhang Ruochen laughed, “The Stargazing Technique, on the other hand, is somewhat subtle, and is said to be related to the starry sky above our heads.”
“In the view of those sages, the stars in the sky correspond to the current situation on earth. By looking at the transformation of the stars, celestial bodies, and constellations, it is used to interpret the changes of everything on earth, and can even predict the great events that are going to happen in the future.”
“Really?” Kong Xuan said.
Zhang Ruochen shook his head and said, “My spiritual power hasn’t reached the 40th rank yet, so I can’t understand the thinking of those sages, and I can’t see through the stars, so naturally, I can’t do the Stargazing Technique. How do you expect me to answer?”
Kong Xuan said, “Being able to open the eyes of the heavens, as well as being able to determine life and death, as well as being able to call the winds and rain, and even being able to observe the stars, the spiritual power of reaching the fortieth rank is already so powerful, if the spiritual power reaches the fiftieth rank, how would it be?”
Zhang Ruochen said, “If spiritual power reaches the fiftieth rank, one can become a saint. Once you become a Saint, you can live 360 years, which is several times the lifespan of an ordinary person.”
“Alright! After telling you so much, I actually want to tell you the importance of spiritual power. The higher your spiritual power is, the more helpful it will be for you to comprehend sword intent and cultivate martial arts. Moreover, if you want to break through to the Heavenly Extremity Realm, your spiritual power must also reach the twentieth rank.”
How could Zhang Ruochen not want to cultivate his spiritual energy to the fortieth rank earlier, but it was too difficult to rush.
Zhang Ruochen put away the Beast Harnessing Crystal and took out a white bone that was more than ten metres long and placed it in front of Kong Xuan.
That one white bone contained a rich flame power on it, crystal clear, as if it was a canine blood and jade pillar, emitting a powerful savage beast aura.
“This is the spine of a fourth-ranked savage beast, the Fire Cloud Wolf, do you know what use it is?” Zhang Ruochen said.
Kong Xuan shook his head.
Zhang Ruochen smiled and said, “The spine bone of a fourth-ranked savage beast contains bone marrow essence, also known as ‘Spirit Marrow’, and when taken over a long period of time, it can enhance a martial artist’s spiritual power.”
Immediately after that, Zhang Ruochen took out a half-metre high altar and two bronze wine cups and placed them on the ground at the same time.
“Wow!”
Five fingers pinched into a palm blade and swung it down, slicing the white bone that was more than ten metres long neatly.
Zhang Ruochen poured out the spirit marrow contained in the white bone and loaded it into that one altar.
All the spirit marrow was emptied out, filling the altar halfway as well.
Pouring out two cups of spirit marrow from the altar, one of the cups was handed to Kong Xuan, while the other cup Zhang Ruochen served himself.
The Fire Cloud Wolf was originally a flame-attributed savage beast, and the Spirit Medulla bred from its spine naturally carried the fiery attribute as well.
The Spiritual Marrow in the wine cup took on a reddish colour, as if flames were burning.
Just by pinching the wine cup, one could also feel a rolling power.
Kong Xuan just put it to his lips and gently took a sip, and it felt like he drank a mouthful of flames, his whole body was hot, and the meridians in his body were as if they were burning.
Zhang Ruochen picked up the wine cup and directly swallowed the spirit marrow inside, swallowing all of it into his stomach, and a moment later, the spirit marrow was refined by him.
Afterwards, Zhang Ruochen drank two more cups one after another.
Kong Xuan endured the burning heat in his body and drank all of that cup of spirit marrow.
It was as if her body had turned into a furnace, her entire body’s true qi and blood boiled, her spirit was incomparably exuberant, and her originally white and crystalline jade skin was covered with a faint layer of red light, as if her body was about to be torn apart.
“Hmmm ……”
Just as she was somewhat close to being unable to bear it, Zhang Ruochen pressed one hand on her back and began to help her refine the power of the Spiritual Marrow.
Half an hour later, the red light on Kong Xuan’s body, gradually, converged into her body.
Zhang Ruochen brought Kong Xuan into the cultivation chamber, took out the Half Sacred Sacred Intent and hung it on top of the stone wall, saying, “Comprehending the Half Sacred Sacred Intent after swallowing the Spirit Marrow will enable your spiritual power to progress at the fastest speed.”
Under Zhang Ruochen’s instructions, Kong Xuan quickly settled down, his spiritual power entering the world of the Sacred Intent.
At the same time, Zhang Ruochen sat down on the bottom of the Half-Saint Sacred Intent and began to cultivate.
The next day, the sun rose.
Yang Qi, returned to the earth.
Zhang Ruochen put away his Semi-Sacred Sacred Intent and began to continue cultivating the “Solar Pulse Sword Wave”.
Kong Xuan, on the other hand, sat on the bottom of the stone wall and began to comprehend the Sword Intent.
After a night of spiritual cultivation, her spirit appeared fuller than ever before, her face was red and sharp, and even her skin was filled with a fascinating colour.
In this way, Zhang Ruochen cultivated the “Solar Pulse Sword Wave” during the day and comprehended the Half-Saint’s Sacred Intent at night, and seven days passed in a row.
Seven days later.
It was midday, and the sun was blazing.
“Solar Pulse Sword Wave!”
Zhang Ruochen pinched his fingers and his thumb became incredibly hot as his sword intent and true qi melted together.
With Zhang Ruochen’s finger as the centre, a translucent energy circle with a diameter of ten feet was formed.
The energy circle, which contracted rapidly, coalesced at the tip of the finger.
A finger was pointed out.
“Swoosh!”
A crimson sword wave flew out from Zhang Ruochen’s left thumb with a sharp sound, forming a majestic sword path that flew over a distance of tens of feet and impacted on top of the wall.
“Boom!”
The sword wave, pierced through the wall, leaving behind a huge circular hole two metres in diameter.
The stone wall around the hole almost completely melted, dropping drops of magma. As the magma cooled, it formed a mirror-like structure.
