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Cultivation Realms – Elementary Profound Realm, Nascent Profound Realm, True Profound Realm, Spirit Profound Realm, Earth Profound Realm, Sky Profound Realm, Emperor Profound Realm, Tyrant Profound Realm, Sovereign Profound Realm, Saint Profound Realm and Divine Profound Realm.

World Spiritist Levels – White-Cloak, Gray-Cloak, Blue-Cloak, Purple-Cloak, Gold-Cloak.

"Spirit Formation?" Issei muttered as he looked at the city walls. After living with Shinso for a long time, he was rather capable of identifying them, since Shinso was a Blue-cloak World Spiritist, after all.

And, upon looking at it closely, he could indeed see a faint, gray-colored barrier on the surface of the wall. Spirit Formations normally had the same color as the World Spiritist's rank, so that would mean that the person who cast this particular Spirit Formation would be Gray-cloak World Spiritist.

Sona then nodded, and said, "Either way, the expert's tomb is close to the city, a couple kilometers from here. However, it's only going to open in about five hours, so we should probably go to the city first and get some rest."

"Alright," Issei then stirred his mount and drove in to the city along with the rest of the Water Devil Alliance group.

There, they chose an inn, the Red Dragon Inn, and lodged in. This time, however, everyone got their separate rooms. As such, there wasn't much fight to decide who would stay with Sa Ji, something that Issei was grateful for.

Upon entering his room, Issei sat down cross-legged and started to meditate. After spending so many days on the road, he was a little mentally fatigued.

As he meditated, he also took out one of the cosmos sacks he acquired from his previous kills; It was Jiao Lei's one.

After opening, he pulled out three wood cases. In each of them, there was a Nascent Bead. After that, he placed the three of them in front of him.

Moving his hand, he opened the one on the right and grabbed the small, circular bead inside. Just like the previous time, it was overflowing with spiritual power.

Without a moment's thought, Issei opened his mouth and threw it inside. He then closed his eyes and started to circulate his spiritual energy through his profound veins and dantian. Soon, the energy from within the Nascent Bead exploded out and immediately flowed to his dantian.

There, it stayed put for a while, before slowly being carried away by Issei's own flow of spiritual power. After that, it traveled through his profound veins along with his own spiritual power.

With time, the alien spiritual power that originated from the Nascent Bead started to slowly become Issei's own spiritual power, filling up his reserves.

That was the process of refining a cultivation resource. In short, it consisted of consuming the power of a cultivation resource and slowly making it one's own spiritual power, by circulating it within one's profound veins and dantian.

"As I thought..." Issei muttered when he finished refining the bead, "My situation is just too troublesome... I'll probably need over forty more Nascent Beads in order to go up a level..."

Sighing, he grabbed the two remaining beads and threw them into his mouth at the same time. Like before, they were quickly and swiftly refined.

After that, Issei couldn't help but to sigh once more. His path of martial arts surely was much more complicated and filled with trials then other people's, huh?

And, while he was immersed deep in his thoughts, he heard some knocking on the door.

"Junior Brother Issei?" A sweet and warm voice asked from the other side of the door.

A smile crept up on Issei's mouth as he got up from his sitting position and opened the door, "Do you need me for something, Senior Sister Mei?"

Xia Mei nodded, "Yes, Sona is calling you. We need to depart to go the tomb."

"Oh?" Issei opened his mouth in surprise. When cultivating, he didn't really pay attention to the time. Because of that, he was unaware that five hours had passed since he first ate the first Nascent Bead.

"Then let's go," Issei walked out of his room, closed the door and followed Xia Mei outside. The Water Devil Alliance was just right in front of the inn's entrance, waiting for Issei.

Seeing his arrival, Sona nodded, "Let's go," She then climbed up on her beast with Sa Ji and started heading to the to expert's tomb.

Issei did the same, and climbed on his profound beast with Xia Mei.

A couple of minutes later, they had already left the city grounds. In the distance, Issei could already make out the abstract shape of a large building. After a while, the landscape started to turn into that of a desert. The sun above kept sending scorching heat-wave and heat wave upon them.

However, just as they were about to reach the tomb, Sona suddenly stopped dead in her tracks. Seeing their leader stop, everyone followed suit.

"What is it, Senior Sister Sona?" Issei asked as he brought his mount close to hers.

Sona, on the other hand, said nothing as she pointed to her right. Issei looked over to the direction she was pointing to, and saw a rather interesting scene.

There, a youth, about seventeen or eighteen years old, was standing up-right. By his side were three other youths. They all wore fiery red robes with a purple sash. Their faces were earnest.

Right in front of these group was another group of youths. This ones, however, were wearing black robes with golden sword-like marks all around their robes. They all had an aloof look to them, as if they were looking down on everything in existence.

The one that seemed to be the leader of the youths in black took a step forward and said to the group of the youths in red.

"You puny Fire Blaze Sect disciples, what do you think you are doing here? This is my territory. Get out of here," The youth's voice was arrogant to the extreme, and he had the bearing of a tyrant.

One of the red-robed youths, the youngest looking one, stepped forward angrily, "Who do you think you are?"

"Me?" The youth in black laughed, "I'm a Core Disciple from the Black Sword School, Hua Yui."

"Core Disciple of the Black Sword School?" At that moment, a rather surprised look appeared on the red-robed youth. The arrogant youth in front of him was actually... someone so high ranked. After all, the Black Sword School was only second to the number one school, the Azure Lightning School. To be a Core Disciple meant that this Hua Yui was truly not simple.

Hua Yui then snarled, "Stop asking questions. My time is limited. Get out of my sight, fast."

"You damn..." The youth in red said. He seemed like he was only one step away from attacking the black robed youth, Hua Yui. He was boy on the peak of his youth, and happened to be impulsive. He just couldn't stand such arrogant people.

However, before he could make his move, one of the youths in red, a tall and imposing youth, placed his arm in front of him. "Don't be rash, Xue Yan."

That same youth in red then gave Hua Yui a cold look, "It seems like the Black Sword School has already monopolized the late expert's tomb. We will head back now."

He then turned around and started walking away. The other youths in red also gave Hua Yui a dark look, but in the end, turned around and started following that youth in red from before.

However, before they could even take ten more steps, Hua Yui's voice traveled through the air, "Stop."

The tall and imposing youth in red from before stopped and looked over at Hua Yui with contained anger, "Is there something you want?"

Hua Yui then gave a wicked grin as he pointed at the young youth in red, Xue Yan, "This kid disrespected me. I want you all to kneel down and ask for forgiveness."

"What?!" Xue Yan exclaimed. He was already mad at this Hua Yui person, but now he was even angrier. Did he think he was some kind of god to order people to kneel?!

But, just like the previous time, the same youth in red from before stopped him with his arm.

"Brother Xue Long, what are you doing? Do you expect me to just take this insult?!" Xue Yan exclaimed as he looked enraged at the youth in red, Xue Long.

Xue Long, however, ignored him as he looked at Hua Yui and pleaded, "Fellow cultivator Hua Yui, please forgive my brother's ignorance. But, we are already leaving. Could you please give me some face and let me leave with some dignity?"

Differently from his brother Xue Yan, Xue Long wasn't hot blooded at all. He had already heard of Hua Yui before, and knew that they weren't a match in terms of power. As such, he was trying his best to avoid a conflict.

Sadly, Hua Yui had no such intentions, "Give you face?!" he exclaimed and then started laughing, "Why should I? If I say that you should kneel, you kneel!"

Hearing Hua Yui's words, Xue Long's face darkened slightly. "I have already asked for forgiveness. There is no prior enmity between us. Can't you just let us go?"

In the end, Xue Long wasn't willing to kneel down. He still had his pride, and he wasn't about to throw it away. In this world, you should only kneel to your parents, ancestors and master. Aside from them, a man must never kneel to anyone! That was a common concept of this world. Something that everyone was aware of. Hua Yui was no exception, and this was exactly why he wanted them to kneel. He was a cruel and sadistic person, and loved to torture others. He wanted them to suffer complete humiliation!

Hua Yui sneered as his face took a darker and more sadistic turn, "You damn brat. You are wasting my time. Now, kneeling won't be enough! You must now kneel and then hand me your cosmos sacks!"

Taking a deep breath, Xue Long said through clenched teeth,"Fellow cultivator Hua Yui, don't force my hand here," This Hua Yui was just too tyrannical! Forcing others to kneel and give their things just because they talked back! What sort of perverted bastard was this?

"Force your hand?" A wicked smile appeared on Hua Yui's face, "Do you think I'm scared of you?!"

He then looked back a the youths in black beside him, "You guys! This idiots are bothering me! Kill them!" He then pointed at Xue Yan and Xue Long, "Also, leave this one alive. I have plans for them."

The youths in black nodded solemnly, "As you wish, Young Master Yui," All of them then took out their weapons and placed themselves between Hua Yui and the disciples from the Fire Blaze Sect.

"Dammit!" Xue Long cursed as he placed his hand by his cosmos sack and got a sword from within. It was around 154 centimeters long, with a black blade. This was his treasured sword that he received from his father, the Black Dragon's Might. It was a True Profound Realm weapon (Above Nascent), and was extremely valuable to him.

Following Xue Long, the other youths also got their weapons. Most of them either used sabers or swords. Xue Yan, on the other hand, had gotten a halberd out. It, similarly to the Black Dragon's Might, was also given to him by his father. It was also of the True Profound Realm.

At that moment, the group of youths in black started their attack. One of the youths in black concentrated his spiritual power in his sword and roared.

"Sky Crushing Slash!"

He slash in a horizontal arc. The spiritual power contained in the sword exploded forward, turning into a sword arc beam that cut through the air. The sword beam was over five meters long, and was completely imposing. It's speed was fast, and so was it sharp.

"Tiger Dragon Barrage," Xue Long said as he gently waved his sword down. This simple, yet gentle move seemed harmless, but the moment he did so, the phantom images of a great tiger and a golden dragon formed behind him.

These two phantom images seemed like the real creatures, with the same imposing aura the real beasts would have. Both of them then roared and charged forward, clashing against the strike.

Crash!

Both strikes were equal in power, so they ended up canceling each other. The black robed youth was just about to launch another attack, but Xue Long was faster.

Xue Long glared coldly at the youth before quickly slashing his sword side-ways. Just like before, the move was gentle, but deep within the gentleness, there was boundless ferocity!

"Heaven Wrenching Tornado!"

Spiritual power started to condense in front of him once more, turning into currents of wind. They started madly spinning around, and soon enough, a small tornado formed in from of Xue Long. He then waved his sword again, sending the tornado forward. As it moved, the sand in the desert's surface was picked up, increasing it's offensive power.

At this moment, another of the youths in black stepped out and took out a huge shield from his cosmos sack. As soon as he took it out, the area he was standing at sunk down a little because of the overwhelming weight. With great effort, he set the shield down in front of them, blocking the hurricane.

However, they weren't save, as Xue Yan finally began attacking.

"Earth Piercing Stab!"

In the tip of Xue Yan's halberd, spiritual power started to condense in a spiral. He thrusted his halberd forward, stabbing at the shield.

"Clank!"

The sound of metal colliding against metal exploded out as the shield that seemed incredibly heavy was blown away from the force, taking the black robed youth along with it. He tumbled back a few steps, but it was for naught as the incredibly heavy shield ended up falling on top of his left-leg, completely crushing it.

Now, with no line of protection, all of the youths in red gathered their spiritual power and launched forward their strongest skills.

"Tiger Dragon Barrage!"

"Earth Shattering Blow!"

"Soul Crusher!"

"Secret Water Skills: Great Tornado!"

The youths in red did not hold back in the slightest. They knew that in this battle, the loser would die and the winner would live on. As such, they were determined to use everything they had up their sleeves in order to win.

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