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Chapter 228 - 89 Feedback on Enlightenment (5/3)

Chapter 228: Chapter 89 Feedback on Enlightenment (5/3)

An Jing’s old home, of course, wasn’t Dust Li, but rather the Northern Border of Hanhai.

Moved by the scene, he couldn’t help but wonder about his parents’ current situation and whether they were safe.

However, worry was pointless. He needed to first resolve his own troubles, improve his strength, then he would have the right to care for others.

"We are certainly not afraid."

To An Jing’s question, Steward Li proudly raised his head, "Kanming City is a key location on the borders of Da Chen, protected by a Divine Weapon, the Earth Vein Great Formation, and even recently the presence of a True Person from the Divine Repository. How could we be afraid of a mere Heavenly Demon Frost Calamity?"

——Ha, you’d better be scared.

An Jing really wanted to tell Steward Li that if it hadn’t been for him slaughtering everyone at Chongyi Building, Kanming City would have had a high likelihood of becoming a demonic wasteland by now, with only the legions of a million undead under the Necrocontroller Demon wandering this land.

Unfortunately, that was not something he could say.

Boom, boom...

A muffled sound rose from deep within the earth, bringing with it tremors like those of an earthquake.

At this moment, in Youde Garden, the people from Dust Li suddenly stopped talking. A look of nervousness appeared on their faces as they instinctively looked toward the ground.

And some even abruptly stood up, ready to run.

"Ha ha, these people from small tribes have probably never seen a real battle array. Such a small matter has them panicking."

Hearing this noise, while beckoning people to calm the chaos, Steward Li brought the rather composed An Jing to the window with a satisfied expression, "It takes a son of a major house like yourself."

"Look! The Divine Weapon is manifesting, the Earth Vein Great Formation has been activated!"

An Jing squinted his eyes, watching as the gold patterns rose along the city walls in accordance with the ground vibrations, climbing upwards.

The Earth Vein Great Formation had been activated.

The vast power of the Earth Vein rose slowly along the city walls, climbing and condensing like mountains.

Eventually, the Earth Vein Great Formation around Kanming City turned into a dark-gold giant bell shadow that loomed over the city’s top, blocking the relentless frost winds of the far north from penetrating.

And in the center of that bell was a real, tangible bronze bell.

That was the Divine Weapon which guarded the Earth Vein of Kanming City, the "Kanming Bell".

Every Divine Weapon is at least at the peak of the Martial Meridian level, generally at the stage of Divine Repository. They are nourished within the Earth Vein to enhance their quality, and during critical times, they act as the core to drive the Formation to repel enemies and withstand disasters.

If the Great Formation is damaged, the Divine Weapon can also serve as the weapon for the Military Officials defending the city, or as the Magic Artifact for the Civil Officials protecting the people, acting as a second line of defense.

With a Divine Weapon anchoring the Earth Vein, and with the Earth Vein forming the Great Formation, the Great Formation shelters the land. This is Da Chen’s strategy for establishing cities and strongholds within its own territory.

The Kanming Bell, a Yang Attribute Divine Weapon, was supposed to be controlled by Wei Yang Quan Shuzheng, and while Zheng Mo could also activate it, it lacked the power to kill and could only protect the city.

But that was enough.

Once the Earth Vein Great Formation rose, the snowstorm that seemed to engulf the entire city instantly disappeared, a warm sun hung in the sky, and all the ice and snow within the city melted away to nothingness.

With that, the various incidents in Kanming City came to an end for now.

It was at this very moment that An Jing suddenly felt a vast, boundless feedback surging through his Seven Fiend Heavenly Mandate.

"Now?!"

Even An Jing was startled by the feedback from the Heavenly Mandate, which was incredibly subtle and profound. In an instant, many thoughts crossed his mind, such as the Divine Skills and Divine Intentions contained in each Prohibition of the Taibai Luminous Godly Ban, and how the Imperial Heaven Method and Houtu Skills intricately combined to condense out methods of Divine Abnormality...

The overwhelming inspiration was not so much poured into An Jing’s sea of thought as it was hammered, cascaded, and surged in like a meteor falling to the ground.

Without a doubt, this was the feedback of the heavenly mandate’s force bestowed by the residents of the entire Kanming City, directly propelling him into an "Enlightenment State"!

"Divine Abnormality!"

Although An Jing was interested in the divine skills and intentions of the Taibai Luminous Godly Ban, with the guidance of Subdue Evil, he did not believe that the insights he gained from enlightenment could be more profound than those of the Immortal Sword, which had been immersed in this path for a long time—even if Subdue Evil had lost his memory.

On the contrary, for the Imperial Heaven and Houtu Method, even though An Jing had already mastered many of the Houtu Skills, he was still not as adept as the Imperial Heaven Method, not to mention the fusion of the two to form the theoretically extremely special "Son of Heaven Method" with its divine abnormalities.

But now, taking advantage of his Enlightenment State, An Jing vaguely grasped a subtle feeling... Imperial Heaven and Houtu, the heart and will of heaven, and the true teachings of the Heaven’s Will Cult that Granny Huai had informed him of...

"No time to worry about so much!"

Without hesitation, An Jing closed his eyes and stood in meditation.

Whoosh—

A gust of wind, with An Jing at the center, blew outward, causing his jet-black hair to flutter like a flag, and the monumental essence qi pulsated within him, even affecting the qi of the outside world.

Streams of essence qi churned, even weaving around An Jing’s body into a layer of protective Gang Qi embroidered with solid white gold patterns!

The chairs that touched the protective Gang Qi appeared as if they had been sliced by some invisible sharp object, the parts that were touched instantly turning into flying wood shavings.

"Is this the Enlightenment State?!"

Seeing An Jing in this state, Steward Li was astonished and bewildered. Even though he was not versed in martial arts, he knew that An Jing had suddenly entered the Enlightenment State, "And to think it’s Inner Breath like Tide? You’ve kept this hidden from me so well... Jing Xuan, just which family are you from?!"

But, no matter what, it was just a glance at the Earth Vein Great Formation’s activation—how could that lead to an Enlightenment State?

Is this what a genius looks like?

"Someone, bring over the screens!"

Even though Steward Li was momentarily shaken by An Jing’s enlightenment, he quickly realized that An Jing must not be disturbed at this time.

Though the protective Gang Qi he spontaneously formed was something ordinary people could never break, they still needed to disperse the bystanders just in case.

Shortly after, eight screens were placed around An Jing, enclosing a large area, and even the Dust Li people in Youde Garden sensed something abnormal here, exchanging glances and looking towards An Jing with astonished eyes.

"Enlightenment? Imperial Heaven... Little Li, good job. Make absolutely sure that no one disturbs Master Jing!"

After a moment, not only Steward Li but also the owner of Youde Garden, a portly old man with white hair, appeared.

The chef who had returned from Shenjing looked in An Jing’s direction with an incredulous gaze: "As far as I know, every year, Shenjing Martial Arts Academy selects a group of truly fine talents and sends them to the True Martial Platform."

"And there, on the True Martial Platform, is some kind of treasure that can induce an ’Enlightenment State’... This is why every martial artist who comes out of the True Martial Platform has the chance to reach the pinnacle of Martial Meridian and achieve the Divine Repository, far greater than those of others!"

Entering the Enlightenment State once, along with top-notch skills and teachers, can ensure one’s stable progression to the Martial Meridian pinnacle. One could say that if a martial artist can enter the Enlightenment State once in their life, they are truly a bona fide genius.

"Enlightenment?!"

Even You Ruhui and Granny Huai were drawn out. The two looked at each other and then at An Jing, the old lady sighing, "Now I know why Feng was so triumphant when he messaged me, always telling me he’d definitely get promoted, get back to Da Chen..."

"To die by the hands of such a heaven-sent progeny like An Jing is his good fortune."

You Ruhui was already accustomed to such classic Heaven’s Will Cult rhetoric, and at this moment, the former Commandery Princess from Da Chen had only one thought in her mind.

"Enlightenment at such a young age... not even my brothers and sisters have achieved this!"