Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?
Chapter 298 - 253 Heavenly Level Opportunity_1

Chapter 298: Chapter 253 Heavenly Level Opportunity_1

In the following day, Jiang Hanyun indeed took meticulous care of him just like a gentle little wife, thoughtful in every possible way.

Li Xuan really enjoyed this feeling, and realized he was truly a scumbag.

He couldn’t help but wonder, wouldn’t it work if they all stayed together? He didn’t want to let down Xue Yunrou, but his affection for Jiang Hanyun was also hard to suppress; he really liked Yue Qianqian, always longing to tease her, she was an indispensable companion; Luo Yan always seemed to know what was on his mind, and her illusion technique could portray many different people—

However, these thoughts could only remain hidden in his heart.

By the afternoon of that day, Li Xuan was able to move freely again.

On one side, there was Jiang Yunqi’s exceptional medical skills. While exorcising the Shi of the sword from his body, he had managed to avoid as much damage to his physique as possible; on the other side, the bodily constitution and recovery strength of a Wu cultivator were truly extraordinary.

Just like Li Zhetian, he had recovered from such severe injuries in just a single breath.

Although Li Xuan was currently at the fourth house level, he had Leng Yurou’s ’Motian Dalunzhuan’, Jiang Hanyun ’Thunder Body’, and numerous elixirs at his disposal. His physical fitness was definitely top-tier among Wu cultivators of the same rank.

The key point was that his cultivation had greatly improved. After experiencing the battle at the Guozi Bureau, his inner Zhenyuan had inexplicably increased a lot.

His Zhenyuan had grown by about thirty percent, making it much purer. Now, he was surprisingly only a thin line away from the fifth house level—

Li Xuan was puzzled, recalling how during his confrontation with Li Zhetian, his mind had been completely consumed by passion, unexpectedly disregarding life and death, creating a force as mighty as a mountain range.

At that time, for every poem he recited, the ’Great Rectitude’ within his body grew a little, creating a possible benefit for his Zhenyuan energy as well.

After all, ’Zhenyuan’, at its core, is a type of spiritual power. It is the different changes caused by the combination of a person’s vital energy and blood.

In essence, he cannot currently be considered to be at the fourth house level.

Based solely on the intensity of his ’Great Rectitude’, characteristics such as its purity and quantity have far surpassed those of most Confucian Scholar students from the sixth house level in Confucianism, and even matched those from the seventh house level.

However, firstly, the ’Great Rectitude’ is not his main cultivation route, and secondly, at the fourth house level, most Confucian Scholar students usually choose one of the ’four books and five classics’ as their main scripture, and imprint it onto their Shenpo through daily chanting.

However, Li Xuan doesn’t completely agree with the teachings of the saints in the scriptures. There are many dregs in it that need to be abandoned.

He thought that even if one day he wanted to imprint a certain scripture into his Shenpo, it should be works like the Marxist-Leninist, "Selected Works of Emperor Taizu", "Selected Works of Emperor Shizu", "Das Kapital", and so on— this thought was absurd, but it was quite interesting to think about.

Alternatively, he could compile his own scripture, selecting its verses from the ’four books and five classics’, instead of strictly adhering to the saints of Confucianism.

Therefore, defining the cultivation level of his ’Great Rectitude’ currently was quite difficult.

Afterwards, Li Xuan shifted his attention to his chest.

He found that the Karma of Yin that was lodged there had indeed shrunk in size.

At that time, his overwhelming ’Great Rectitude’ charged into the starry heavens, also there was Master Yu and others’ Dao-protecting power, and the Great Rectitude of thousands of Jiansheng converged and filled inside and outside of his body. Naturalistically, it created a pressing force against the ’Karma of Yin’, enticing more of it to be expelled.

Afterwards, Li Xuan leveraged his position for personal gain, intentionally guiding even more ’Karma of Yin’ to be expelled.

This round, could indisputably be said to be a bloody bargain.

Although it consumed a lot of his Life Element and might lead to overall loss in lifespan. However, due to the large amount of ’Karma of Yin’ being expelled, he can now live even longer, gaining himself at least half a year of life.

Moreover, with proper care, the Life Element can be recovered. With the assistance of Jiang Yunqi, his lifespan won’t suffer too much damage.

So strictly speaking, his sacrifice was actually very minimal.

After carefully examining himself, Li Xuan felt immensely joyous, believing that he finally had some life to squander again! Moreover, the amount was not small, as much as half a year!

As soon as this thought arose, Li Xuan felt something was wrong and hurriedly slapped his own face for cautionary purposes.

He realized he had been brainwashed by the possession of his magical instrument. The concept of ’sacrificing his life’ was firmly ingrained and even felt normal to him.

Next, Li Xuan took his waist sword and headed towards the backyard of the Jiang residence.

Jiang Hanyun had already told him that there was a very spacious martial arts practice field there, fully fifty lengths wide and long. This was where they trained their martial arts.

According to Jiang Yunqi’s medical advice, he should not engage in any martial arts or vigorous exercises for the next two to three days. However, Li Xuan couldn’t wait to experience the poetic meanings of the ten Ode to Aspiration poems and couplets that were imprinted in his Shenpo. These poems could be applied to martial arts.

For instance, the line ’the great Roc rises with the wind, soaring ninetynine thousand li’, can elevate his swordsmanship in an instant.

If his cultivation becomes sufficient in the future, he would inevitably be able to truly ’soar ninetynine thousand li’.

Additionally, ’Xingtian dancing with weapons, his robust spirit persists incessantly,’ could greatly enhance his power and intensify his mental concentration.

And ’Fearless are we of floating clouds that block our sight’, not only can help him break illusions but also, to a certain extent, disregard others’ spells and sword energies, particularly providing immense assistance when dealing with hidden weapons.

As for ’Asking the vast earth, who floats and who sinks’, it need not even be said. The implication of Emperor Taizu’s line can apply to a broad range, at the extreme can dominate the sinking or floating changes of all things in the world, even birth and death; once integrated into the Yi of the sword, it could possess an unparalleled spirit.

Furthermore, ’All beings compete freely in the frosty heaven’, could help him escape from the control of spells.

In some sense, these are the ’spells’ of Confucian scholars!

Confucianism specially cultivates Great Rectitude, unlike the cultivator monks of Buddhism and Taoism who also have all sorts of spells and even divine power to cooperate with.

— Their ’Law’ lies only in the scriptures, in the great meaning within subtle words, similar to the ’Law, Techniques, Shi’ of the Legalists.

However, when Li Xuan excitedly arrived at the martial arts training ground, he saw that on one side of it, it was transformed into a chilling hell, and on the other side, it was filled with flashing thunderbolts. At the center of these two, a series of explosions were continuously emanating while countless ice particles were scattering in all directions.

Standing in the center was a figure, appearing somewhat blurred amid the thunderbolts and mist of ice. But Li Xuan still recognized him, it was Jiang Yunqi.

The latter also noticed the arrival of Li Xuan and willingly dispelled the vast power pervading the training grounds.

"Xuan, are you here to practice swordsmanship?"

Ever since Li Xuan had passed the Heart Asking Bell’s questioning, Jiang Yunqi’s attitude towards him had greatly changed, and now was even more amiable: "You should rest for a few more days, let your body fully recover then continue. The reason we, the Wu cultivators, have many hidden injuries in our bodies is because we don’t know how to rest and nourish ourselves.

Theoretically speaking, the body quality of my ilk is much stronger, and the lifespan should be longer. But, in reality, no matter if it’s a mortal Wu cultivator or one at the heavenly level, the lifespan is much shorter than the spell cultivator of Buddhism and Taoism."

Li Xuan was deep in thought, looking at Jiang Yunqi, the residual electricity around them, and the ice that covered half of the training ground.

"It seemed like uncle was trying to integrate the Ice-Thunder Style earlier?"

"You figured it out?" Jiang Yunqi, with his hands behind his back, looked helplessly at a layer of frost on one side: "Indeed, I was studying the blending of ice and thunder. I’m not shy to tell you, Xuan. Right now, I have no solutions, nearly at a dead end.

Perhaps, he was looking for someone to confide in. He sighed again, appearing extremely troubled: "This is the largest obstacle for me to attain the heavenly level. Seven years ago, I had already reached the peak of the Twelfth Layer Stage but due to the mutual exclusion of ice and thunder, the Yin and Yang could not meld together, and I have been stuck at the threshold of the heavenly level until today."

After listening to him, Li Xuan asked with confusion: "Is it that difficult? Wasn’t it the case that one of my ancestors, Li Lexing, also transcended the Mahayana realm using the Ice-Thunder Style?"

"He was the only one in recent thousand years."

Jiang Yunqi painfully said: "I have done my research. Your ancestor, Li Lexing, had used an assistive object, a treasured item that held the power of both ice and thunder. Such a rare treasure only appears once every tens of millions of years."

He stood with his hands behind: "I have attempted to visualize Flamet Ice, the Wu cultivators of their Ice-Fire Style manage to birth fire within ice on one side. Also attempted to conduct electricity using cold ice, but the result was far from ideal. Xuan, you cultivate the Ice-Thunder Style as well, just know that this path won’t be easy."

"Not necessarily so." Li Xuan thought about the harmonious blend of ice and thunder within his body, they coexisted and mutually engendered each other.

Simultaneously, his heart was filled with admiration.

The talent of the School Prefect, his father, is quite scary indeed.

In a situation where ice and thunder oppose each other and cannot merge, he pushed both mystical laws to the threshold of the heavenly level. He turned out to be a great master ranked among the top five in the fourth gate, beneath the heavenly level.

How powerful must his physical body be? How strong must his Primordial Spirit be?

"Not necessary?" When Jiang Yunqi heard the implied arrogance in Li Xuan’s words, he couldn’t help but look over curiously: "Xuan, do you have any ideas?"

Instead of answering, Li Xuan asked: "Uncle, right now I need a large amount of lead, tin, or mercury. Do we have any in the mansion?"

"I have these three items in my pharmacy." Jiang Yunqi slightly raised his eyebrows, puzzled: "What do you need them for?"

"To demonstrate a technique called ’Superconductivity’ in integration of ice and thunder."

Li Xuan knew it was his time to shine, the corner of his mouth lifted slightly with a hint of excitement bubbling in his heart: "Explaining it would be tedious, it’s better to directly demonstrate it for you. I don’t know if this will be useful for your breakthrough to the heavenly level, but I hope it could provide some inspiration."

He thought it would be best if he could help Jiang Yunqi breakthrough to the heavenly level in one fell swoop, allowing him to return the favor. After having consumed so many tiger pills and turtle pills personally concocted by Lady Jiang, he felt it was embarrassing to keep accepting her kindness.

Jiang Yunqi also saw the excitement in his face, and thus telepathically said: "Just wait a moment, I will bring the items over shortly."

For an unknown reason, he even had some expectations in his heart.

—Could it be, the opportunity for my breakthrough to the heavenly level lies with this boy?