Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?
Chapter 278 - 237

Chapter 278: 237

Li Xuan was somewhat conflicted when he arrived at the top of Zhuque House.

According to the previous words of the Merit Calculation Tower Chief, the consecration offered to him by the Liudao Division this time would involve Ice Style.

The unsettling fact was that he had made great progress with his Ice Style today, and the balance between ice and thunder had already been broken.

If he received another infusion of Ice Style, wouldn’t that be adding fuel to the fire?

However, when asked to give up, Li Xuan couldn’t bring himself to do it. This was an opportunity he had risked his life to obtain, the immediate enhancement it brought to his martial arts foundation saved him months of research.

This was especially important for someone like Li Xuan who had wasted valuable martial arts training time.

When Li Xuan arrived at the top floor, he found that besides their Fumo Zongguan, there was also a young man in a blue silk robe. He was about thirty years old, with unremarkable features, the kind that would blend in with a crowd.

Li Xuan could not sense any traces of Zhenyuan Gangqi from him.

But he knew that anyone who could appear at the top of Zhuque House was far from ordinary. This man might well be a powerhouse who has reached the realm of returning to one’s original nature.

Sure enough, after Li Xuan paid his respects, the Fumo Zongguan introduced him, "This is Helian Fulong, you can call him Mr. Fulong. Today, he will personally provide you with the consecration at the request of the Second Prince."

Li Xuan’s face went stiff.

Helian Fulong? Was it that Helian Fulong?

After arriving in this world, he had inquired about many heavenly level masters.

Being in a fantasy cultivation world, he had to be aware of these powerhouses who could easily crush him like an ant.

Helian Fulong was one of the few heavenly level masters still active within the territory of the Jin Dynasty.

Since breaking the limit of the Heavenly Human thirty-nine years ago, he had been serving the royal family.

He was told that a False Heavenly Position, equivalent to the Fumo Zongguan, would consecrate him. So how did it suddenly become Helian Fulong?

Seeing his expression, the blind old man laughed without surprise, "You solved the Zhenyao Tower bombing case, which deeply impressed the Second Prince. Hearing that your foundation was weak due to past frivolities, he asked Mr. Fulong to help you. As it happens, your reward for this case hasn’t been determined yet, so along with the planned consecration, you’ll receive a Liudao Shengyuan Elixir to replenish Mr. Fulong’s Yuan Qi."

Liudao Shengyuan Elixir, a top-grade spirit pill for treating injuries and nurturing Yuan Qi, is said to bring the dead back to life. Its rank is below the Liudao Tianyuan Elixir and above the Liudao Diyuan Elixir. In Taoist nine-turn and Buddhist nine-refining terms, it is at the Six-Turn Sixth-Refining level.

The Longhu Dahuan Elixir given to Li Xuan by Master Chenghuang before was of this level.

Li Xuan, however, showed a conflicted look, "But recently my Ice Style has greatly improved, and my ice and thunder have become unbalanced. Can the consecration be postponed for a month or two?"

"Huh?" Helian Fulong was startled, then a vertical eye suddenly appeared in the center of his forehead, surveying Li Xuan up and down.

"Interesting. You’re only at the Fourth-Floor Territory level, yet your grasp of Ice Style has reached this level. The Frozen Cold, a top-grade Cold Power. Initially, I was worried that my consecration might disrupt your foundation. But it seems I was overly concerned."

He then turned to the blind old man, "This boy’s ice and thunder indeed severely unbalanced, it’s not a good time for the consecration. But in the following few days, I need to nurture my Yuan Qi and prepare for the battle with the Knife Demon Li Zhetian. After the Xiao Mausoleum ceremony, I will immediately rush to Beijing. I won’t have time to stay here. Manager Long, do you have a solution?"

The Fumo Zongguan was also carefully studying Li Xuan, a blue light shone from his pupil-less eyes, peering into Li Xuan’s body.

After a long while, he fell into a contemplative state, "There is a way. The current imbalance of his ice and thunder is mainly due to the Evil Power. The Frozen Cold is a top-grade Cold Evil, it’s unclear how he got control of it. But there’s no equivalent Thunder Evil to balance it, naturally leading to a one-sided situation. But there’s a coincidence—"

The corner of the blind old man’s mouth raised slightly, looking at Li Xuan, "After the previous Fumo Zongguan of Xuanwu Hall passed away, he left behind three Leitian Relics, congealed from the Thunder Evil, ’Innate Thunder Crystal’, he had mastered in his lifetime. If you can refine this, it could compare with your Cold Evil, ’The Frozen Cold’. But this is extremely precious, in our Six Dao division, it would take twenty major merits to exchange for a top-grade magical implement. If you’re willing, I can use the Three-legged Divine Crane offerings of the hall to fetch this for you."

Li Xuan instinctively felt resistant. He only needed fifteen more major merits to get another supreme magical implement.

But the opportunity to receive a heavenly level consecration was indeed rare. If he missed it, he might not get another chance.

After considering it for a moment, he said somewhat painfully, "Of course I’m willing, but I heard that the cultivation of Evil Power is best done gradually."

The blind old man chuckled, "Ordinarily, that’s true. But typical Evil Powers can’t stand up to the pressure of ’The Frozen Cold’. As you have already obtained ’The Frozen Cold’, you don’t need to worry about your body being able to handle it. You just need to find a better visualization method afterwards, and the two types of Evil Powers will naturally balance each other out.@

He gave Li Xuan another calming pill, "Mr. Fulong and I will not just stand by. We will protect you while you refine the relic."

Upon hearing this, Li Xuan clenched his teeth decisively, no longer hesitating, "Then let’s make the exchange!"

He requires a balance between ice and thunder, and the top-grade Lei Sha is highly beneficial for cultivating Thunder Style and acquiring the Real Intent of Thunder.

After all, Li Xuan could see the benefits of ’The Frozen Cold’. His training speed in Cold Power was always faster than that in Thunder Style. ’The Frozen Cold’ could also enhance his handling of the ’Shi of the sword’ - quite apart from the boost of at least 200 percent, most importantly, ’The Frozen Cold’ integrates a restraining effect on spell cultivators and various strange evil spirits.

But the moment he spoke, the usually stoic-faced elder revealed an unexpected hint of joy.

Li Xuan couldn’t help wondering if he’d been tricked again.

This Liudao Zongguan wouldn’t trick him regarding the value of treasures, but whatever the other party’s intention was, he might just intend to dismantle his eighty-five merit points and not want to prepare another supreme magical implement for him anymore.

No sooner had this thought crossed Li Xuan’s mind than he heard Helian Fulong utter the word "Depart". Suddenly, he felt the world spin around him, and when he regained his senses, he found himself in a quiet room.

At this moment, Helian Fulong pointed at Li Xuan’s center of eyebrows again: "Pay attention!"

Li Xuan felt like his mind was exploding, and an overwhelmingly strong idea was wrapping around his thoughts, drifting towards an unknown location.

Soon, he found himself transformed into an enormous ice dragon, roaming above the northern ice fields—

It was stretching its body and releasing the cold breath freely, utilizing scales imprinted with mysterious runes to move freely under ice layers.

Soon, the ice dragon locked on its prey—a huge polar bear on the ice.

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A day later, Li Xuan, still in a daze, came out from the Zhuque Hall.

His mind was still immersed in the previous day’s life as an ’ice dragon’.

Helian Fulong was extremely ingenious; instead of forcibly instill his Real Intent of Ice Style into him, he condensed it into an ice dragon and lured Li Xuan’s thoughts into it, letting him feel and comprehend it by himself.

This could minimize risks and lessen the impact on Li Xuan’s Primordial Spirit.

However, how much Real Intent Li Xuan can comprehend from this ’ice dragon’ really depends on him.

Li Xuan doesn’t know whether his consecration gain this time is high or low, but judging from Helian Fulong’s expression when he left, it seems that he is quite satisfied with this consecration outcome.

Overjoyed, regardless of the late hours, he went directly to a training ground located in the backyard of Zhuque Hall.

Fortunately, there were still three wooden mannequins placed there.

Li Xuan made a move and froze one of them in the ice.

It looked like a block of ice about half a yard in diameter, but Li Xuan noticed that the wooden mannequin inside had been ground into powder.

The power and Real Intent of Martial Law concealed within the ice made it difficult to melt. Under normal temperature, it could exist for five to six days.

When Emperor Tai of Jin attacked Zhou Wang Zhang Cheng in the north three hundred years ago, his ancestor Li Lexing froze the water system of the Huai River with a single move, and it did not melt for ten days. Stranding Zhang’s naval forces in the Hao River.

Next, Li Xuan raised his hand again, and a Huaiyi Blade went out and back into its sheath at an alarming speed. During the electric flash of thunderbolts, anything, whether it’s ice or the wooden mannequin, turned into dust and debris almost instantly.

This was the ’Leitian Relics’, which have become part of him under the nurturing of Mr. Fulong and Fumo Zongguan. The Thunderbolts’ power, initially of ’innate Thunder Crystal’ nature, have now been integrated with his Thunder Style Zhenyuan.

These Thunderbolts were like silvery-white crystal stones, the result of thunder and lightning condensed to the extreme, and were now circulating among his meridians.

— This was rather unscientific, but Li Xuan had not only integrated these into his body but had also begun to harness their power.

"Mr. Fulong said that your talent in Cold Power is a rare gem which he hasn’t seen in a hundred years. He said that he would be willing to help guide a promising junior like you, even if the second prince had not asked him to," said a voice from behind Li Xuan. When he turned to look, he saw Qiu Qianqiu standing about thirty steps away, smiling at him, "But you’re a bit slow. If I were you, I wouldn’t have dismantled those eighty-five merit points. You should have sought help from your father or me. For Earl Chengyi and me, an ’innate Thunder Crystal’ is not something unattainable. But a supreme magical implement is indeed a priceless gem."

Li Xuan doesn’t give a second thought: "I actually thought about it carefully, now when Liudao Division cannot even deliver me a supreme magical implement, I don’t know how long I would have to wait for this second one! It’s better to get some useful things first, to master more lifesaving abilities."

Qiu Qianqiu was taken aback, then burst out laughing: "You do have a point! After all, your internal whiteboard rank in the Liudao Division has risen to seventeen. You won’t have to worry about meritorious deeds in the future."