Ri Min added, “On the list, there are only a total of one hundred slots, and at the same time, it also represents the one hundred most powerful Half-Saints under the Saints. In other words, anyone who is able to make it onto the Half-Saint List must also not be an ordinary person, or at least possess a special physique that has the unparalleled talent to fight across realms.”
“The young hall master of Ming Hall, Kong Hongbi, is the seventh ranked on the 『Half Saint List』. Now do you all know what a terrifying figure you have offended?”?The Swallowing Rabbit lifted its head, its face bulging from being propped up, and said, “It’s not number one, what’s so terrifying about it?”
Ri Min rolled its eyes and said, “The previous six, all of them are over a hundred years old, how can they be compared to Kong Hongbi. Ever heard of ‘not being a saint at a hundred years old’?”
“No.”?Li-Min was already about to be infuriated, this rabbit, how could he not know anything, he was really too insular.
“The meaning of not becoming a saint at the age of a hundred is that it is impossible for a cultivator to become a saint before the age of a hundred. Any character that can break this rule must be a heavenly genius, such as the ones on the Heroic Fugue. Do you know how old Kong Hongbi is now?”
“No idea.”Swallowing Elephant Rabbit shook his head.
Ri Min despised the Swallowing Elephant Rabbit and said, “Sixty-eight years old. If there are no accidents, Kong Hongbi will definitely be able to break through to the Saint realm before he is a hundred years old.”
“Kong Hongbi’s high natural talent is by no means below the Nine Great Realm Sons, if he were twenty years younger, he would definitely become one of the Nine Great Realm Sons.”
Xiao Hei’s body became more than ten feet long, transforming into a chubby beast. Above its body, there was a Meteor Invisibility Cloth suspended, which could block the aura they emitted.
“Whew.”
Zhang Ruochen slowly opened his eyes, gazing out ahead as he exhaled a breath.
After the last two days of convalescence, his injuries, which had only recovered one or two percent, would take a long time to reach his full strength.
“How good would it be if there was a Withered Wood Pill?”
Only now did Zhang Ruochen finally realise how important it was to have a top-grade healing elixir, it was like having an extra life.
If, he had a Deadwood Pill, I’m afraid that his injuries would have been cured long ago.
The Withered Wood Pill was a ninth grade healing elixir that possessed miraculous effects. As long as there was still a breath left, a cultivator would be able to quickly recover from his injuries by taking the Deadwood Pill.
Of course the price of the Withered Wood Pill must be quite astonishing, not something that an ordinary person could afford.
Zhang Ruochen made the decision that in the future, he must have a few Deadwood Pills on him, just in case.
Seeing that Zhang Ruochen did not heal his wounds anymore, Li Min immediately came over and said, “Zhang Ruochen, where are we escaping to?”?Zhang Ruochen pondered for a moment and asked in return, “Where is the Underworld Sword Mound?”?Hearing this question, Li-Min instantly panicked, her small head shaking like a rattle drum as she said, “I can’t take you there without the permission of the Ancient Clan of Prison Suppression.”
“I am one of the Six Great Sword Bearers, and I still need someone else’s permission to make a trip to the Underworld Sword Graveyard? Since you are a clansman of a peripheral clan of the Prison Zhen Ancient Clan, you should understand how high the status of a Sword Bearer is?”Zhang Ruochen said with a straight face.
Ri Min hesitated for a moment, but still said, “Actually, I’ve only been to the Underworld Sword Graveyard once, when the Old Ancestor brought me there to attend the Clan Chief’s 500th birthday. Moreover, that time, because the Old Ancestor flew too fast, I couldn’t remember the exact location of the Underworld King’s Sword Graveyard at all.”
“The approximate location, you should always know, right?”Zhang Ruochen said.
“Of course I know, it’s in Zhongyuan County.”
Immediately after that, Ri Min lowered her head again, playing with her fingers, and squeaked, “Zhongyuan County is the largest county in Yuanfu, ten times larger than Qingli County, so I’m afraid it’s …… hard to find the exact location of the Underworld King’s Sword Graveyard, I’m afraid.”
Qingli County was already quite vast and expansive, with more than 100,000 miles between north and south.
Zhongyuan County was ten times more massive than Qingli County, and trying to find a hidden ancient race in such a vast territory was naturally as difficult as climbing up to heaven.
Zhang Ruochen nodded and said, “Since the Underworld King’s Sword Mound is in Zhongyuan County, then, let’s go to Zhongyuan County now.”
The Prison Suppressor Ancient Clan was also a clan with an extremely ancient heritage, and since they were entrenched in the Yuanfu, their forces must have penetrated into every corner of the Yuanfu.
Zhang Ruochen believed that as long as he entered Zhongyuan County and let out a little bit of wind, the Prison Zhen Ancient Clan would definitely find him at the first opportunity.
Even, Zhang Ruochen suspected that when he fought with the seven kings of the Ministry of Military Affairs the night before, there were cultivators of the Prison Town Ancient Clan amongst the cultivators hiding in the shadows there.
Since the Ancient Clan of Prison Suppression was afraid of offending the imperial court and did not dare to take the initiative to contact him, then, he had no choice but to be more proactive.
If that was the case, and the Zhen Jail Ancient Clan still didn’t dare to receive him, then there was no need for Zhang Ruochen to continue going to the Underworld Sword Mound.
Li-Min again immediately shook her head and said very nervously, “No, we mustn’t go to Zhongyuan County, it must be very dangerous there now.”
“What’s wrong?”Zhang Ruochen said.
Lai Min said, “Do you still remember that I once said that Ten Thousand Trillion Trillions came to Yuanfu and actually had another purpose?”?”What purpose?”Zhang Ruochen said.
“It’s because, in recent times, the Immortal Blood Clan’s strong men have appeared in Zhongyuan County one after another, and it’s likely that they’re making some kind of big move. At the same time, strong men from the imperial court have also rushed over, preparing to suppress the Immortal Blood Race, and Wan Zhaoyi is one of them.”
Lai Min added, “Now that there are so many strong men from the imperial court, gathered in Zhongyuan County, if you just rush over there so boldly, wouldn’t you be throwing yourself into a trap?”
It was definitely not a coincidence that the Immortal Blood Race’s strongmen, appeared in Zhongyuan County.
Zhang Ruochen immediately thought of the legend about the “Underworld King”.
Could it be that the Immortal Blood Clan, really wanted to release the Underworld King?
“Little Black, go to Zhongyuan County.”Zhang Ruochen said solemnly.
Ri Min was very puzzled, how could Zhang Ruochen’s character be so “donkeyish”? He clearly knew that Zhongyuan County was a dragon beach and tiger’s den, and that the Ancient Suppressor Clan did not treat him well, so why did he still have to go there?
Li Min was about to ask the question in her heart when she saw a scroll fly out from Zhang Ruochen’s brow. Afterwards, Zhang Ruochen made a life-long leap and actually flew into the picture scroll, disappearing without a trace.
Zhang Ruochen entered the Qiankun Divine Wood Diagram, naturally, he wanted to recuperate his injuries as soon as possible and recover to his full strength, so that he could deal with the severe challenges to come.
He had a premonition that a bloody storm was definitely going to erupt in the Yuan Province next, and he didn’t know how many more innocent people would die.
Zhong Yuan County, which was at the centre of the storm, would definitely be the place where the fight would be the most intense.
After spending a month in the scroll, the injuries on Zhang Ruochen’s body were finally healed, and his cultivation realm was consolidated at the early stage of a First Order Half Saint.
“Logically, a First Order Half-Saint controlling a Saint Soul should be able to mobilise the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi within a radius of 500 miles and transform it into his own power.”
Zhang Ruochen released his Saint Soul to mobilise the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi to the maximum extent, only to find that the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi within a radius of 800 miles resonated at the same time, converging towards him crazily and condensing in the palm of his hand.
Only a Fourth Order Half-Saint could mobilise the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi within a radius of 800 miles. From this, it could be seen that even though Zhang Ruochen was still a First Order Half-Saint, his own abilities had far exceeded the realm.
Moreover, the more Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi a Half-Saint mobilised, the more powerful the Holy Soul Domain that was cast out would be.
“Dragon Elephant Divine Furnace.”
Zhang Ruochen thrust his palm forwards, striking out a palm seal, and a ball of supreme rigidity and ferocity erupted out as if it were a volcano erupting, rushing out forwards.
In front of him, in the void, a huge crimson handprint, tens of feet long, coalesced, emitting a rumbling sound and imprinting the sky into a flame-like colour.
Afterwards, Zhang Ruochen retracted his palm again and had a rough assessment of his power: “The power of this palm just now should be comparable to the full force of an early stage Sixth Order Half-Saint cultivator.”
Back then, when Zhang Ruochen was able to powerfully battle the Kings of the Ministry of Soldiers, it was largely due to the power of the Pure Destruction Divine Flame, which had increased his battle power by several times.
Plus, it was only after he had shattered the Dragon Pearl, forcefully activated the Monstrous Sword with the power of the Holy Dragon, and executed the Thousand Stripes Destruction Strength that he was able to kill the Golden Blade King and the Yin Eagle King.
Now, Zhang Ruochen was only at the early stage of the First Order Half-Saint realm, and being able to compete with an early stage Sixth Order Half-Saint figure without using the Time Force and Space Force had already made Zhang Ruochen very satisfied.
“Since I’ve reached the Half-Saint realm, I can also start cultivating the sixth layer of the Nine Heavens Bright Emperor Scripture, Yuan Ming Wen Lifting Heaven.”?When a cultivator reached a different realm, the way the Saint Qi travelled through the meridians would be completely different.
If there was no corresponding Half-Saint technique, then even if the cultivator reached the Half-Saint realm, he would only remain at the First Order Half-Saint realm forever, unable to break through to the Second Order Half-Saint.
Of course, there was another situation.
The cultivator cultivated a lower grade of merit law and could only cultivate to the Half Saint realm. When they reached Half-Saint, of course, they could only choose to cultivate other Half-Saint gong methods.
Only, if one cultivated another Half-Saint gong method, it would definitely not be able to be compatible with the holy qi in his body, not only would the speed of cultivation be very slow, but when operating the holy qi, it would also not be able to achieve a roundedness as it should be.
The more advanced the gong method, the faster the speed of operating the holy qi would be, and the speed of cultivation would be twice as fast, and it would even be able to extend some subtle changes.
If Zhang Ruochen hadn’t cultivated the Nine Heavens Bright Emperor Scripture, but rather the gong method of the Yunwu County Kingdom, I’m afraid that he wouldn’t have been able to reach his current realm even if he had cultivated for his entire life. At the same realm, his battle power, too, could not have been so powerful.
Thus, a highly skilled gongfu, too, was crucial.
The Nine Heavens Bright Emperor Scripture was the Sacred Brightness Central Empire’s secret national scripture, which only the emperors of each generation could cultivate, and even if it wasn’t one of the Six Great Wondrous Books, it actually wasn’t that much weaker when compared to the Six Great Wondrous Books.
Zhang Ruochen sat on the ground, his eyes closed, and in his mind, the records about the sixth layer of the Nine Heavens Bright Emperor Scripture emerged, and he began to turn the holy qi in his body.
Only when the Saint Qi was in the meridians, following a completely different route, running for nine large circumference days, did Zhang Ruochen gradually stop.
He could clearly feel that the operating speed of the holy qi in his body had increased by about double, and the speed of absorbing the spiritual qi of heaven and earth had become even faster.
Since he had already completed his initial cultivation of the sixth layer of the technique, Zhang Ruochen did not continue to stay in the Scroll World.
By the time Zhang Ruochen went out, Xiao Hei, with the Elephant Swallowing Rabbit and Li-Min, had already entered the boundaries of Zhong Yuan County.
When Li-Min saw Zhang Ruochen finally walk out from the picture scroll world, she immediately asked, “Zhang Ruochen, what do we do next?”
Zhang Ruochen asked, “The Yuanfu’s military camp should be in Zhongyuan County, right?”?Ri Min nodded and said, “Zhongyuan County is the centre of Yuanfu, and it is also the place with the richest resources, so the military camp is naturally stationed here.”?”Good, you take me there now.”Zhang Ruochen said.
Ri Min was startled and said, “You …… you want to go to the Military Ministry Camp? Do you know that there are as many experts there as there are clouds, and the resident elite army is three million …… Could it be that you’re going to turn yourself in?”
“Of course not.”?Zhang Ruochen said indifferently, “Since I’ve come to Zhongyuan County, I naturally want to make a difference, otherwise, how would the Prison Zhen Ancient Clan know that I’ve come?”
