Paradise of Demonic Gods

by Stayrr

“Obtaining the topmost degree of talent in sword arts in the world requires giving up 72 years of lifespan, which leaves you with only five more years of your life. At the same time, you will never be able to feel love, kinship, and friendship, and you’ll end up leading a lonely life until your death, unable to procreate, or to have any descendants. “From now onwards, everything r

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Chapter 161 Checking the Goods

Holding a piece of Seism Steel, Fang Xingjian squeezed down hard. A faint light, which was hard to be seen by the naked eye, exuded from between his fingers and the Seism Steel.

Fang Xingjian had activated the Ether Effulgence Weapon and was starting to smelt this Seism Steel.

In the Ether Divine Art that Charlie sent him, there was a method recorded which was about smelting materials to accelerate the formation of the Effulgence Weapon.

It was because a large majority of Effulgence Weapons would require a very long time to form if they were formed by stacking up layers of ether particles. However, if one was to use a suitable material which could adapt to the Effulgence Weapon's characteristics, he would be able to absorb the material's essence into the body and eventually use it to provide support to the formation of the Effulgence Weapon.

With a hundred kilograms of Seism Steel, Fang Xingjian could extract the essential 1% essence from them. With that, Fang Xingjian should have enough of them to form his High Frequency Effulgence Weapon.

With an extremely quick tremble, the Seism Steel in Fang Xingjian's hands suddenly exploded with a bang, breaking off into two chunks.

Fang Xingjian frowned and said coldly, "These Seism Steel have too many impurities. This isn't qualified Seism Steel. How much of other substances were added in?" The Seism Steel Fang Xingjian had come across in Kirst previously would not break from such a minor tremble.

The quality of this batch of Seism Steel was far from what he had imagined them to be. If all ten pieces of them were like this, it would be far from what he needed to smelt in order to create his High Frequency Effulgence Weapon.

"Erm…" That delivery man blanked out for a moment and said, "I… I don't know. The bosses got me to deliver these."

Fang Xingjian laughed coldly as he took out the rest of the Seism Steel. In the end, all ten pieces cracked when he tried them out. There were even three of them which had shattered into pieces, without not even a hint of Seism Steel in it.

"Excellent. You guys are trying to cheat me now?" Sword light flashed in Fang Xingjian's hand and the tip of the sword was pressed against the delivery man's neck. He asked, "What is going on? Has this batch of Seism Steel been swapped?"

"I… I really don't know… I only got the instructions from my bosses to bring this here." That delivery man was on the verge of tears and he said in panic, "I'll bring you to meet that officer. He's still in the city. He was the one who got me to send this here."

Fang Xingjian grabbed his head and spoke next to his ears, "If I find out that you've lied, I'll dig out your heart and stuff it into your mouth."

The next moment, a strong gust of wind blew and Fang Xingjian had already dashed out, grabbing the delivery man with him.

The delivery man let out a series of screams as they flew out. Everything in their surroundings changed rapidly and in the blink of an eye, they stopped. He had already arrived on the streets outside the academy.

Fang Xingjian spoke out in a cold voice, "Point out the direction."

The delivery man panted heavily. Lifting up his hand, he pointed toward the direction of Kirst City with his trembling fingers.

The scene before his eyes once again flashed past very rapidly. Everything was moving backwards crazily, as though they had come together and formed many lines.

A loud shout came from the academy's entrance, "Lord Fang Xingjian! Without permission, you're not allowed to leave the academy's premises!"

In the tavern, two military officers had their legs up on the table, laughing loudly as if there was no one around.

The surrounding people glanced at their dress-up. They were wearing the Knight attire on the inside, with the Western Garrison's uniform on the outside. Basically, no one dared to stare in their direction.

Seeing that the surrounding people were looking in their direction, one of them, who had a moustache, threw a glance towards their surroundings. The redness on his face grew even more obvious as he hollered in his drunken state, "What are you guys looking at? We're the ones who saved you. We're your saviors. It's because we're putting our lives on the line outside that weaklings like you can stay in the city and enjoy your lives."

Saying that, he once again broke into great laughter, "Boss, bring more wine!"

The tavern had quite a nice ambience and the patrons were all either rich merchants or aristocrats. However, when they were faced with the two Knight officers speaking so arrogantly, no one dared to speak out.

There were eight regions in the Empire with a population totalling to over a hundred million. However, there were only ten thousand Knights and five thousand Conferred Knights. Knights were the ones with one of the greatest authority in the country.

Hearing the moustache man's words, the man sitting opposite him, with a ponytail and a gloomy expression, said in a soft voice, "If it's found out that we've switched such high quality Seism Steel to low quality alloy…"

"Haish." The moustache man waved his hand and said, "This is nothing. If that Fang Xingjian is not injured, then naturally, I'd stay clear away from him. But now, he's nothing but a blind man. It'd be a waste to give all these Seism Steel to him.

"Moreover, with those eyes of his, he would probably not be able to tell that the Seism Steel has been switched."

After he said that, he broke out into a chuckle, "Hehe, I heard that Miss Natalie has organized a gathering tonight. How about it? Shall we go together? Their ladies are really… Hehehehe."

The ponytail guy was still slightly unsettled, but he did not have any other choice.

The moustache man had gotten himself a pile of gambling debts, out of which a few of them were owed to aristocratic clans with Knights under them. This caused him to be unable to return the money owed.

As for the ponytail guy, his daughter was very sick and he had spent all his money on seeking treatment from Knights with healing capabilities. To begin with, there were already less Knights than commoners. Furthermore, out of this group of people, it was even more rare to find a Knight who had taken up a job in the medical area and was equipped with medical skills. There might not even be one out of a hundred Knights.

For such a Knight to heal someone, naturally, it would be extremely expensive, even for senior Knights like themselves.

The two of them needed money urgently, and thus decided to take the risk and swap out Fang Xingjian's stuff. They then sold the goods in exchange for a huge sum of money.

Seeing that the ponytail man was still out of sorts, the moustache man patted him on the shoulders and said, "Alright, stop worrying. This sum of money is enough for us to live a good life for quite a while. As for Fang Xingjian… Hehe… That blind man would probably not be able to find us."

He started to imitate how a blind man walked and continued, "Look, he probably would not even be able to take a step of out the academy."

The ponytail guy smiled helplessly and thought to himself, 'That's right, he's already blind. So what if he was a hero back then? He's no longer the same person as he was before…'

At that moment, the tavern's door was sent flying with a tremendous boom. With a loud bang, it was knocked down onto the floor.

Everyone turned their attention over there. It was Fang Xingjian dressed in a long garment, walking in slowly. He was still grabbing onto that delivery man who was puking as he looked towards the people in the tavern.

Gradually, a breeze seemed to blow in the tavern, causing everyone to shiver subconsciously. It felt as if the temperature in the tavern had just dropped.

Fang Xingjian sensed the situation of the tavern with his sword Qis and said coldly, "Who was the one who got you to send the goods?"

The delivery man puked for a while before pointing his trembling finger towards the moustache man and the ponytail guy, saying, "It's, it's the two of them."

The tavern's steward stepped forth and said to Fang Xingjian with a smile, "Sir, this place is the Stellar Tavern which belongs to the Versailles Clan." He emphasized, "If you're here for a drink, you're very much welcome. However, if you're here to…"

"Long-winded and pesky."

Fang Xingjian flicked the steward's forehead lightly and the latter was sent all the way to a chair in the corner of the hall by Fang Xingjian's ingenious control of his force.

Fang Xingjian's eyes were closed, but he still turned towards the direction of the ponytail guy and the moustache man.

"Hand out the Seism Steel yourselves and then break one of your arms before you scram."

Both the ponytail guy and the moustache man both saw that Fang Xingjian was looking towards their direction. They knew well that he was blind but still felt a cold chill running down their spine, as though sword light had pierced through their bodies. In that moment, they were struck by his aura and did not have the courage to reply.

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Chapter 162 Versailles Clan

The moustache man fell into a short moment of daze. In the next moment, he thought of how he was being treated by a blind man like this and fury surged in his drunken state. He stood up with a red face and scolded Fang Xingjian, "What are you going on about crazily?"

The words had just come out from his mouth when, in a blur, Fang Xingjian had already appeared before him and stomped down on his chest, making him fall to the ground.

The moustache man wanted to retaliate and one of his hands reached out to the military saber behind his back. However, with a sweep of his fingers, Fang Xingjian had already sent out streams of sword Qis. He slashed at the twenty-one weak points in the moustache man's body and created bloodied wounds all over, causing him to collapse.

He was only at the first transition and was, at most, comparable to a senior instructor in the academy, far from Fang Xingjian's level. Moreover, after drinking, his lines of thought had slowed down and his were movements unstable. There was no way he would be a match for Fang Xingjian. Before the Unparalleled Sword Intent, he was filled with flaws all over.

Moreover, Fang Xingjian's speed was truly too fast. No one present had managed to react to Fang Xingjian's movements before the moustache man fell, covered in blood.

It was only then that the ponytail guy managed to react. He stood up and was just about to draw his sword when Fang Xingjian activated his Ether Sword Ripples with a twitch of his eyebrows and slashed out through the space.

The ponytail guy had just stood up, but he saw that all of his clothes had already burst open explosively. Even the longsword he had been reaching for had landed in Fang Xingjian's hands.

Fang Xingjian shook his head to the ponytail guy, an obvious sign of warning.

The ponytail guy looked dazedly at Fang Xingjian who still had his foot on the moustache man. He gulped, but could not summon any will to continue to go against Fang Xingjian anymore.

Fang Xingjian exerted some pressure on his foot, causing the moustache man to let out a terrible scream. More fresh blood flowed out from his wounds.

Fang Xingjian spoke out, "My Seism Steel, where are they?"

"I don't know what you're talking about!" The moustache man shouted, "You've attacked an official Knight, assaulted a soldier of the Empire! You're done for!"

"You think you can be considered a soldier? I don't recall seeing you when I was killing Mumukeya at Krelim Coast." As he said that, he tapped his finger sword a few times. Streams of sword Qis, from the Supreme Mistwind Sword, shot out like they were from a machine gun and tore the moustache man's clothes into shreds, leaving many tiny wounds all over his body.

A hint of terror flashed across the moustache man's face as he had the feeling that each inch of his skin had a blade held against it.

Fang Xingjian said calmly, "I'll ask one more time. Where's my Seism Steel? Even if I am to chop off one of your arms now, when I appear before Kilot from the Western Garrison, do you think that they'll blame me?"

The moustache man immediately broke down and he spoke in a soft voice, "The Seism Steel has already been sold by us."

"To whom?"

"Versailles. They were sold to the Versailles Clan, the owner of this tavern."

Fang Xingjian pat the moustache man's face and said in a low voice, "If I find out that you've lied…"

"I swear that I didn't!" The moustache man said dejectedly, "If you don't believe me, you can ask the steward here."

Fang Xingjian turned toward that steward and appeared before him with one step.

That steward stood up and turned away, wanting to make his escape. However, he found that he had walked straight into Fang Xingjian.

"Who did they sell the Seism Steel to?"

The steward's expression was grim as he looked at Fang Xingjian who had his eyes closed. "Sir, this is not something you can meddle in."

"Oh? Not something I can meddle in?"

Fang Xingjian smiled and sat down. As he bent to sit, a chair was pushed right to him by the currents.

"How long do you need to call people here? How many can you call?"

That steward looked at Fang Xingjian coldly and said, "Half an hour. Four Knights and one apprentice."

Fang Xingjian smiled and said, "Then go. I'll wait here for you."

The steward looked at Fang Xingjian in surprised and then realized that the latter had truly intended on letting him leave. He headed to the door, turning back three times for each step he took. He only stopped when he got to the door. He turned to Fang Xingjian and said, "Young Knight, you've offended powers you should never have."

In the time it had taken for him to say this, everyone in the area, including that delivery man, had already made their escape. A clash between Knights was not something they could afford to stay to watch.

The moustache man and ponytail guy looked at this scene and exchanged a glance, helplessness filling their eyes. They wanted to leave, but with Fang Xingjian sitting here, how could they?

Just as the two of them were feeling extremely troubled, Fang Xingjian spoke again, "The money from selling the Seism Steel is with you now?"

The ponytail guy nodded and said, "They're with us. There's a total of one thousand, five hundred gold. Each of us took seven hundred and fifty gold." Saying that, he took out a bag of gold coins and dropped it on the floor. Clattering sounds rang out.

That moustache man let out a sigh and with the few streams of sword Qis brushing against him, he had no other choice but took out his share of the gold coins and placed them on the floor.

Half an hour passed by very quickly and many footsteps rang out.

Fang Xingjian's ears twitched. "Oh? There really are Knights. Three… no… a total of four Knights? This Versailles Clan really does have some connections."

From his sense of hearing, he could tell from the countless footsteps that there were four sets of footsteps which were especially strong and stable, as if they were small moving mountains. The heartbeats belonging to those sets of footsteps were like water pumps, releasing surging echoes.

At the same time, there were also countless other footsteps following behind them.

At the corridors outside the hall, countless martial arts apprentices gradually surrounded the exterior of the hall. Rota who was in the lead, headed towards the entrance to the hall. Next to her was a young man who looked very much like her but was much thinner, weaker and shorter. The young man kept on blabbering and said, "Elder sister, you rarely come back. This time around, you must stand up for me. I have only been doing business seriously, but someone has bullied all the way to our Versailles Clan. We can't let him off easily."

Rota was wearing a Knight attire, but it still was not able to hide her beautiful curves. Her ponytail swayed behind her and she had a valiant aura unique to a female Knight. Her two brows were hung high up and she was like one of the female heroes mentioned in legends.

The young man then turned towards the other three middle-aged Knights and said, "Uncle Davis, Uncle Xeno, Uncle Degas, you guys will need to help me too."

The three middle-aged Knights, who belonged to the Versailles Clan, smiled at the young man with affection filling their eyes.

They were the young man's blood-related uncles. The young man was named Dali and he was Rota's younger twin brother. However, unlike how Rota had displayed valiance, intelligence and talent since young, Dali was incompetent in both literature and martial arts. He had never once thought of becoming a Knight either.

However, he had one sole merit, which was that he was very good at getting the elders' affections. Therefore, although he did not become a Knight, the elders had become more protective of him as they felt pity for him. They allowed him to take charge of many of the businesses belonging to the clan and tended to take good care of him too.

Although Dali would also commit some atrocious acts at times, to the aristocrat elders, they were just impulsive acts as he was still young. Which of them had not been through a stage where they were unrestrained when they were younger?

Hearing Dali's words, Rota, however, frowned. Her brows were like sharp unsheathed swords, filled with menace.

"Dali, do you think that I don't know your usual tricks? It's fine if you just bully those commoners, but this time around, to think that you dared to get yourself involved with the Western Garrison and even offended a Knight? Don't let me find out that you've committed acts which you need to pay with your life. Otherwise, I'll kill you with my spear myself. Even father will not be able to save you then."

Hearing this, Dali's head shrunk. All his life, the one he was most afraid of was this elder sister of his who devoted her life to training her martial arts. It could be said that he had been reprimanded by her since young.

The next moment, the group entered the hall. Immediately they saw Fang Xingjian seated comfortably on a chair, as if he was in his own home.

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Chapter 163 Three Moves

Seeing Fang Xingjian, a hint of astonishment flashed past Rota's face. She walked up to him and asked, "Fang Xingjian, why are you here?"

As she spoke, her gaze turned towards the two Knights who were at the side: the moustache man who was lying on the ground; and the ponytail guy who stood there motionlessly.

When she saw the wounds and tattered clothes on them, her gaze sank.

Fang Xingjian sat there motionlessly, and spoke with indifference, "Rota? You're also from Versailles Clan? My Seism Steel has been taken away by you guys."

"What rubbish!" Dali jumped out and argued, "When did I take your Seism Steel?! Stop slandering us!"

"Shut up." Rota knew of her brother's character well. He was not one who would do evil acts of all sorts, but he was ignorant and incompetent and would throw his weight around.

Rota threw an apologetic glance toward Fang Xingjian, but then realized that he was not able to see her expression. Therefore, she said, "I'm sorry, my younger brother did not know any better. What on earth is going on? Can you tell me?"

Therefore, Fang Xingjian shared the whole story before asking, "That should be enough. If you have any other questions, you can ask these two." He pointed to the moustache man and the ponytail guy, then said, "They know the situation better. Now, when are you guys going to return me my Seism Steel?"

Everyone from the Versailles Clan glared at Fang Xingjian furiously. The three middle-aged Knights were obviously not happy with how Fang Xingjian had came knocking on the door and created trouble. However, they did not say a word. They merely looked at Rota, letting her make the decision. This was despite the fact that they were all senior Knights who were stronger than Rota.

Rota thought about it for a while before she cupped her fists together and said to Fang Xingjian, "Naturally, I'll investigate what you've said. Within three days, I'll definitely give you a reply." Seeing that Fang Xingjian had nodded, she then drew out her silver spear with a swoosh. Pointing its tip toward Fang Xingjian, she said, "But you barged into our Versailles' territory and injured our staff. We can't let this go."

Fang Xingjian smiled, "Then what do you want? A one-on-one? Or will you guys all attack together?"

Rota lifted her head high proudly. Looking toward Fang Xingjian, she said, "Fang Xingjian, although you defeated me last time, you are now blind. That's why I had never thought of getting even with you.

"But you bullied members of our Versailles Clan. It's no longer a personal grudge but rather, you've insulted our clan. Therefore, I have to point my spear toward you.

"You have two choices. You can either apologise or we can fight it out. I won't bully you either. I'll take you on alone."

"Sister!" Dali complained. To him, they were in the advantage and could just charge up to Fang Xingjian and give him a thrashing. Why should they have to go through so much hassle? He was just genius who was past his prime. Now, he was merely a blind man.

"Shut up. Have you not created enough trouble as it is?" Rota glared at Dali coldly and the latter kept quiet. It was obvious that Rota, as the elder sister, had been the one with the power over the years and Dali would comply to each and every of her actions.

Fang Xingjian nodded, "What you've said sounds fair, but I'd be bullying you if I were to fight against you. I'll just sit here without moving my legs and accept three moves from you. It's up to you on what you want to use, be it Nurturing, Training, Killing techniques, or even if you wish to burst out your extraordinary strength."

Rota's eyes narrowed and she said in a ice-cold tone, "Seated there without moving your legs and accept three moves from me?"

She was aware of Fang Xingjian's amazing talent from before and now, she was seeing him suppressing two Knights by himself. It was only now that she felt although Fang Xingjian was blind, it might not be the case that he could not fight.

Therefore, he wanted to try out Fang Xingjian's abilities by herself. This way, the problem could be kept small if she were to lose. It would be better than having to manage the situation if all of them were to charge up and fight him but then having things eventually ending up in a totally unexpected situation.

However hearing that Fang Xingjian wanted to sit there, motionless, and accept three blows from her, she felt that there was simply no end to his arrogance. Her Void Penetrative Divine Spear was one which could pierce through the gaps in space and attack from a distance away.

Anyone who had to be her opponent would hope to close up the distance from the start to break through her Killing technique. However, even though Fang Xingjian was now blind, he wanted to sit there and take three of her blows? It was a different case altogether to be seated, rather than standing. When one was standing, he would be able to step on the ground, shift his weight freely and control the outburst of energies.

However, when one was seated, all the pressure would be on the butt and he would not be able to unleash his full powers.

Therefore, upon hearing Fang Xingjian's words, not only Rota but everyone from the Versailles Clan felt that Fang Xingjian was simply too arrogant and did not know any better.

They looked at Fang Xingjian as if they were looking at an idiot.

However, Fang Xingjian ignored them. He merely sat up straight and looked at the black and white image formed by the sword Qis in his mind. He turned in Rota's direction and said, "Make your moves." He then shut up, obviously not planning to say another word.

However, he did not even draw out the longsword at his waist.

After he finished these words, everyone felt as if there was a gust of cold wind blowing past them in the surroundings, causing them to feel as if countless longswords were secretly pointing towards them.

Rota, who was right in the front, furrowed her brows. When Fang Xingjian looked over her previously, she had a feeling as if he had not gone blind.

However, she had a strong mind. After going through the battle with Garcia, her mental state had even gone through a qualitative progress. Therefore, she shook the silver spear in her hands, creating a sound that was as if the air currents were shrieking. She spoke out in a loud voice, "Then you better be careful. Don't get killed by my spear and become the laughing stock of the Empire."

Fang Xingjian kept his mouth shut. Rota closed her eyes and released a surge of predatory aura. Everyone else felt that as if, in that instance, they had appeared in a battlefield with a large number of infantry and cavalry.

The next moment, Rota's eyes suddenly opened. Crimson red light shone around her body and she was encompassed by streams of heated currents. Even the silver spear in her hands was covered up by a layer of shining red glow.

The last time she displayed her Effulgence Weapon in the academy, she had not just harmed her body, but she was also easily defeated by Fang Xingjian.

However, during this period of time, not only had she relied on the treasured items from her clan to recover, but she had also progressed further and could temporarily display the Effulgence Weapon without harming her body.

The Effulgence Weapon, together with red light, encompassed the whole silver spear. Waves of ripples which could be seen by the naked eye formed around the spear. The high temperature had caused the air to appear distorted.

Rota's Effulgence Weapon had both high temperature and corrosive characteristics. It had an amazing attacking prowess and was a great compliment to her Void Penetrative Divine Spear which was elusive, but its attack was not strong.

Fang Xingjian seemed to have also sensed the danger. He smiled and said, "Not bad, to be able to use the Effulgence Weapon without suffering any damage before you have even succeeded in the second transition. As expected of the Versailles Clan's genius."

When he said this, he still did not draw his sword. He merely drew out the dagger at his waist, the grade 7 Empire's Divine Weapon, Silver Dragon.

Rota let out a cold laugh and said, "Fang Xingjian, you think you can take three blows from with just that small dagger?"

Seeing that Fang Xingjian did not reply, Rota's eyes narrowed. She circulated the force from throughout her body, unleashing powerful gusts of explosive wind. The silver spear in her hands cut across the air like a silver-red thunderbolt. It disappeared without a trace, then exploded at the top of Fang Xingjian's head.

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Chapter 164 Terror And Pity

Faced with Rota's spear attack coming down from above, Fang Xingjian continued to remain calm. It was because although this spear attack was fast, putting aside the distance and time it took to pass through the spatial gaps, it still had not surpassed supersonic speed. It was only at about infrasonic speed.

Therefore, in Fang Xingjian's mind, he was still able to perfectly visualize the track of the spear's movement. It was a tremendous surge of energy breaking through the air, separating the layers of air currents and coming down with a gush of heat as if it was a bolt of lightning.

At the next moment, Fang Xingjian tapped his Silver Dragon lightly, hitting the longspear where it was the weakest.

It was a casual move for him, but with his speed, no one present was able to see his movement. They could only see a silver flash and Rota was already stumbling as she retreated.

She lifted her head abruptly, surprise flashing past her eyes. However, she got herself together very quickly. The longspear attacked once again like a swimming snake, but this time around, she performed the Void Penetrative Divine Spear crazily, piercing through spatial gaps, one after another. It was as if streams of curved lightning were connected around Fang Xingjian.

The moving spear tip was seemed to be crossing the barriers of space and time, moving around Fang Xingjian time and time again. However, it was still blocked casually by Fang Xingjian's small Silver Dragon.

Each time the dagger and the longspear clashed, there would be a loud sound and streams of air currents would swept out in accompaniment. The floor, tables and chairs in the surroundings were all smashed up.

Even the chair Fang Xingjian had been seated on was smashed into smithereens. However, he continued to maintain his sitting posture, almost not moving at all.

Rota withdrew her spear. Fang Xingjian seemed like he was sitting on air as he spoke with indifference, "That's the second one."

Rota's chest rose and fell quickly for a while before a faint blush flushed across her face. Of course, it was not because she felt shy or was furious, but rather because she had circulated her vital energy and blood to their limits, causing her blood vessels to pop up even from the tiny pores on her face.

"Ahhh!"

With a low bellow, her longspear seemed as though it had turned into a real dragon. As it trembled, there were up to a hundred afterimages. As it pierced forth, the Void Penetrative Divine Spear was sent out as well.

Each time the spear head moved, it brought with it up to a hundred after images. In each second, the Void Penetrative Divine Spear would thrust through spatial gaps for over ten times.

It meant that in that short instance, up to a thousand after images surrounded Fang Xingjian.

What Rota displayed was a spear technique which perfectly combined her physical body, Killing technique and the longspear together. She had displayed all her powers to their limits.

She had used this attack to kill two of Garcia's Great Warriors during the war. Now, it was once again performed without any reservations. It showed how highly she thought of Fang Xingjian even though he was blind.

Facing Rota's almost perfect attack, if Fang Xingjian was not blind, he would be able to receive it with ease.

However, Rota's attack was launched within a second. The longspear swung around him, causing the air currents to tremble. He was not longer able to detect where the longspear's true form was just by relying on his hearing alone.

Therefore, he no longer used his Silver Dragon. It was because he was no longer able to distinguish her attacks just by relying on wind and sound alone. This was the limitation tied down to him now that he was blind.

However, this did not meant that he would lose. He lifted up on hand and sent out Ether Sword Ripples. In that instant, over ten waves of Ether Sword Ripples slashed outwards in the air with Fang Xingjian in the center.

With the Universal Sword Dominance Lunisolar at level 3, the strength that he could display was 1.5 times stronger than before. Additionally, after Fang Xingjian had killed Mumukeya, he had risen to next level and his attacking speed had raised since his agility was now at 183 points. How scary was this? Used together with his Single Sword World Subjugation and Boundaries Negation, the limits of his speed was now eight times that of supersonic speed.

In just that instant, afterimages, the longspear, air currents and such were all slashed into dust by the extremely violent Ether Sword Ripples.

The slash at eight times of supersonic speed created great friction with the air, causing crimson fire sparks to appear in the sky.

With Fang Xingjian in the center, ten sword slashes shot out, cutting a few meters deep into the marble ground, and spread out to ten meters away.

The sword marks were horribly charred, as if it was the scorching temperature of a meteor tearing through the atmosphere, creating countless sparks in the surroundings.

As for Rota, the longspear she was holding flew out of her hands and she spewed out blood. She retreated continuously, only stopping after much effort from the other three Knights.

Thankfully the place was made of marble and the flames gradually died off after a while, leaving a whole stretch of burnt sword marks.

Fang Xingjian stood up, pointed to the two bags of coins on the ground and said, "The money these two fellows got from selling the Seism Steel are all here. Three days later, send my Seism Steel to me."

After saying that, he walked right out, as though he was unafraid they would go back on their promise.

When Fang Xingjian passed by, everyone from the Versailles Clan automatically cleared a path for him, as though he was a sharp blade cutting through cream.

Looking at the sword traces underneath Fang Xingjian's feet, their eyes filled with shock and they felt at a loss.

One of the golden-haired middle-aged Knights asked Rota, "What is his level? Did you manage to sense it?"

"I don't know." Rota's expression was grim as she recalled the moment she had attacked earlier. "His speed was too fast. To think that he could create flames from the friction with the air… Uncle Davis, how many times of supersonic speed would that require?"

Davis, the middle-aged Knight with a goatee, spoke with a solemn expression, "Firstly, in his first move, he was able to tap on your spear's weakness within a hair's breadth and destroy your form.

"Not only was he fast, accurate and vicious, he was also able to see through the flaw of your move in an instant."

As he said this, Davis shook his head, "And most importantly, he's blind. He did this just by relying on listening to the wind."

That's right. For a blind man to be able to see through the flaw in Rota's attacks in just an instant and to be able to tap on that flaw with great accuracy, what cultivation level was he at?

The golden-haired Knight, Xeno, said, "It was the same for the second move. He merely depended on listening to the wind to gauge the positions of all of your one hundred and eight spears, without missing a single one of them. All his moves were right on the spot."

The last middle-aged Knight, Degas who had white hair, said, "But the most terrifying was during the last move. Rota, when you attacked, you could already tell that he was listening to the wind to gauge your positions and that was why you created disturbances in the air. The outburst from your body and the Killing technique complemented each other and created up to a thousand afterimages, cutting off his reliance on listening to the wind.

"This was an extremely good move, but…"

The white-haired middle-aged Knight, Degas, squatted down and touched the charred surface which still had a hint of warmth.

"He did not move, did not unsheath his sword, did not move his dagger and even all his vital energy and blood did not explode out.

"Merely with a point of his fingers, it seemed as if blades had slashed across the air and quickly created friction with the air, forming flames. He even created deep, charred cuts of a few meters deep in such good quality marble."

After saying this, the white-haired Knight, Degas, exhaled, "Terrifying, this move is truly terrifying." He looked towards the area with sword marks and spoke with a solemn face, "If it was not because this move only reached out to ten meters, we would all have died in a flash."

After mentioning the three moves Rota had exchanged with Fang Xingjian, a hint of pity flashed past the trio's eyes.

Rota shook her head, "It's a pity that he is still blind. This has created a weakness which is hard to make up for. Once the attacks transcend the speed of sound, it will be hard for him to sense them."

The white-haired middle-aged Knight, Degas, nodded, "It's a pity, a pity. If he's not blind, he'll definitely be a grandmaster of the generation and has hope to attain the Divine level."

"In the end, he's just a blind man," Dali said impatiently. "Elder sister, are you really going to return the Seism Steel to him? Do you know how precious that resource is? So what if a blind man like him is extremely skilled in sword arts?

"Our three uncles are not just skilled in spear arts. I even know that all of you are also trained in archery. Even if you may not be comparable to those Knights who specialize in archery, you should still be able to shoot out arrows which transcend the speed of sound by relying on Empire's Divine Weapon. At most, you can shoot from a distance and turn him into a porcupine.

"Or we can dope him and tie him up after making him unconscious. After all, he can't see anything."

"Stop fooling around!" Rota chided. "For a Knight like him, such sword technique is already an art.

"He can only die in war or on the arena. Any other ways of dying would be an insult to him.

"And no matter how down and out he is, he isn't someone you can show disrespect to." Rota glared at Dali and said, "Dali, don't let me find out that you've done something to harm him. Otherwise, I'll not let you off.

"One day, I'll catch up to him and face him head-on. I want to win him with my spear fair and square."

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Hearing Rota's words, all three middle-aged Knights nodded.

They were all Knights who had been through decades of cultivation, constantly tempering their physique and skills. Therefore, they were more able to appreciate how hard it was to reach Fang Xingjian's level.

White-haired Degas nodded and said, "Fang Xingjian's level is truly rare and commendable. With his talent, he even has the chance to break through to the second transition and enter the realm of Conferred Knights. It's a pity… a pity…"

He shook his head and turned to leave. "Dali, it's just like what your elder sister has said. Don't offend him. If what he said is the truth, then return him the Seism Steel within three days. It's not worth losing the Versailles Clan's reputation over something so small."

The other two middle-aged Knights also nodded, showing no objections to this decision. Even if Fang Xingjian was blind, the level of his martial arts cultivation was truly admirable.

Degas then turned to Rota and said, "Alright. Rota, you'll also need to work hard from now on. The rewards for the upcoming Regional Selection is by no means insignificant. The clan will do its best to allocate resources to you and give you its full support. If you can get into the top ten in the upcoming Regional Selection, your future will be very bright."

Rota clenched her fists. Thinking of how the upcoming Regional Selection was an unprecedentedly grand occasion with countless geniuses pitting against each other, her fighting will surged.

However, Fang Xingjian was not aware of all these. He returned to his villa and continued his cultivation.

However, he was not longer cultivating his sword Qis to sense the world because of the limitations of using the air as the medium. He had already reached the maximum of what he would be able to achieve for this skill, and would never be able to sense anything beyond supersonic speed.

What he needed to do now was to study how to sense ether particles.

Unlike how it was for the first transition where he would only need to sense the existence of ether particles and transmit energy to them, the requirement for the second transition was to be able to accept the information the ether particles held.

Fang Xingjian sat on the grass lawn, cross-legged and eyes shut, as he lifted his head up. Suddenly, an Ether Sword Ripple shot out from three meters before him all the way to the sky, scattering after it had reached over ten meters.

'Too fast… I can't sense it at all.'

He wanted to sense ether particles and since his Ether Sword Ripples were formed by stacking ether particles, he set his goal to be on sensing his Ether Sword Ripples.

However, the speed of the Ether Sword Ripples was his own maximum speed. Fang Xingjian's maximum speed was now at eight times that of supersonic speed. Thus, it was hard even for him himself to be able to sense them.

He also understood that even if his eyes were unharmed, there was no way that he would be able to consistently keep on moving at such extreme speed. It was because his eyes, his brain and nerves had no way of reacting in time. He would probably bang into a wall after every few steps. Even if he was to attack, he would not be able to hit his target.

Moreover, now that he was blind, it was even harder for him to sense the Ether Sword Ripples.

However, even if he was to reduce the speed of the Ether Sword Ripples, he would only be able to sense the existence of ether particles. He was unable to get any information from them at all.

He suddenly took out the Silver Dragon. Lifting this level 7 Ether Sword Ripples up high Fang Xingjian shot out a wave of Ether Sword Ripple onto this dagger, creating a crisp clank sound.

Even Fang Xingjian himself was unable to hold up against the impact which had 1.5 times his strength. The dagger flew out from his hand and pierced into the ground over ten meters away.

'As I expected, the Ether Sword Ripples can't slash through everything. It's just like how it can't slash through Rota's silver spear. So, it can't slash through my Silver Dragon either.

'So, if the opponent's protective gears are strong enough, the Ether Sword Ripples might not be able to slash through it.'

As he thought about these, with one hand, Fang Xingjian activated the Supreme Mistwind Sword. With sword Qis flying about, the Silver Dragon was sent back into his hand.

His Supreme Mistwind Sword could now be said that to be integrated into his daily lifestyle, even as he sat, slept, and walk. The gentleness of the sword Qis could feel like a slight brush against one's face, but its toughness could be like a tornado.

Fang Xingjian then attempted to consistently slash out waves of Ether Sword Ripples across space. However, he was still unable to sense any information from the ether particles.

'As expected, it's still a bit hard to be trying to figure this out by myself.

'Maybe I should go look for some books which recorded the experience of those who have attained Heaven's Perception.'

Just then, the maid, Lina, pushed in the food cart, delivering the dinner for the night.

Fang Xingjian whiffed and then frowned. "What's going on? Why is it that even the amount for dinner has been reduced?"

Lina the maid threw him a glance and thought to herself about how Fang Xingjian had said that he wanted to get his Seism Steel back but eventually, he still came back empty-handed.

She replied, "Sir, previously, your daily meals had all exceeded the amount that should be allocated to you. Now, the new Deputy Headmaster, Lord Edger, wishes to relook at the academy's finances. Therefore, all the meals that you're having now are all based on what a Prefectural Champion should be given from the start."

Fang Xingjian frowned. He was different from normal Knights because be it physically or mentally, he would be circulating Waves and sword arts twenty-four hours a day. Only by complimenting his Genius Swordsmanship with these, would his cultivating speed be extremely fast.

However, such extreme cultivation measures tended to require constant nourishment from ferocious beasts and high quality medicinal food to replenish his vital energy and blood, energy, and even possibly increase his potential.

If he was only given the cultivation resources for a Prefectural Champion, he would only be able to keep his cultivation time to twelve hours a day.

Compared to the other Prefectural Champions, the results from cultivating twelve hours a day was considered quite good. However, to Fang Xingjian, it was merely half the efficiency.

Just as Fang Xingjian was feeling slightly angered and wanted to look for that Degas guy, he suddenly turned. Through his sword Qis, he had sensed that someone was slowly walking towards him.

"Who's there?"

"Xingjian, it's me." The Headmaster looked at Fang Xingjian apologetically and said, "Let's talk inside."

Sitting indoors, the Headmaster looked at Fang Xingjian's movements and said, "It seems like you've gotten accustomed very quickly."

Fang Xingjian said calmly, "After turning blind, without the confusions of the colors in the material world, maybe I'll be able to get closer to the highest realm of sword arts."

Hearing Fang Xingjian say this, a hint of dimness flashed past the Headmaster's eyes and he continued to speak, "Xingjian, from today onwards, we might have to make some adjustments to the cultivation resources you are allocated with each month."

Fang Xingjian did not say anything as he knew that the Headmaster would naturally explain the reason.

The Headmaster continued, "If everything goes well for Huang Lin, he will be able to reach the Sacred Mountain where the Holy Orison is at. I've gathered some books with records of Heaven's Perception for you. Get some Knights to read them to you. The experiences of predecessors can be used for references. Moreover, these books were written in great detail and it would be more useful to go through them, rather than have me tell you about it…"

The Headmaster then fell silent for a moment. However, he eventually continued, "But I've thought about it for very long. This year's Regional Selection… I think you better not participate in it.

"I know that you have great talent and I also know that you are trying hard to uncover the mysteries behind the Heaven's Perception. However, your blindness is still a flaw. The rewards for this year's Regional Selection and next year's National Selection have all been increased by more than onefold. There will be countless geniuses appearing out of nowhere, lighting up their talents to the world.

"And there's also a stage in the Regional Selection which is known as 'Pantheon Monument Observation'. With your current condition, there's no way that you would be able to see the inscriptions on the monument. You would have already lost before the stage even started. That is, unless you are able to attain Heaven's Perception in the remaining three plus months before the Regional Selection."

It was not as if there had not been any past precedences of participants being able to sense ether particles and attain Heaven's Perception before the Regional Selection.

However, only individuals who had been through various extremely lucky and coincidental encounters were able to achieve this.

The truth was that almost all of the Conferred Knights had only successfully attained Heaven's Perception after passing the Regional Selection and receiving help from the Regional Academy's massive amount of resources.

However, even with the help of the Regional Academy, there would still be many Conferred Knights who failed in their attempt to attain Heaven's Perception and, eventually, ended up falling into coma or becoming an idiot.

Now, although Fang Xingjian had become blind, he wanted to try to take on a completely different approach of attaining Heaven's Perception first before participating in the Regional Selection. What were the chances of his success? Moreover, how long had it been since he had transitioned? How was it possible that someone, who had just transitioned into the first transition for half a year, could successfully attain Heaven's Perception and eventually strive to complete the second transition?

Truth be told, even Headmaster Jackson felt that it was impossible for him to succeed.

He felt that Fang Xingjian could only give up on the upcoming Regional Selection and contribute in helping the academy to achieve good results. Only if the academy managed to get a higher budget from the next year onwards would Fang Xingjian then have the chance to slowly work to attain the Heaven's Perception.

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Jackson thought about what he should say before he spoke, "This year's Regional Selection is of great importance. It affects the academy's budget for the next year. If our students can get into the top ten, it would be a tremendous help to the whole academy."

Although Jackson had admired Fang Xingjian, the thing he valued most was still the academy.

In the past, Fang Xingjian's talent had been too outstanding and he even had the chance to aim for the Divine level. Therefore, he had devoted a lot of the resources onto Fang Xingjian, hoping to rely on him to spread the name of Kirst Academy.

However, now, the situation had changed. Fang Xingjian was now blind. Moreover, with the rewards for both the Regional Selection and National Selection being raised greatly, goodness knows how many geniuses or old freaks with many years of accumulated experience would be coming out. Each academy would be fighting frantically for a chance as well. It could said that this would be the Regional Selection with the toughest competition for the past few decades.

At such a time, even though it was a pity, Jackson knew that he could no longer continue wasting any resources on Fang Xingjian. Maintaining Fang Xingjian's eligible treatment as a Prefectural Champion was also something he had done in consideration for Huang Lin.

This was also because Edger understood this Headmaster too well. Now that the Empire was implementing changes to the rewards offered for the Regional and National Selections, nothing could be changed regardless of how close the Headmaster personally was with Fang Xingjian. It was because he had to weigh the academy's benefits against personal benefits. The two were no longer on the same side.

In fact, what Edger did was just give the final push. When the things that Jackson and Fang Xingjian were aiming for were different, even without Edger, today's situation would still come by eventually. It was just a matter of how soon.

Jackson spoke, "Therefore, we can only keep the resources allocated to you to be at the level given to a Prefectural Champion. Additionally, that Superior Remains Divine Weapon which Governor Devitt forged for you… We hope that you can lend it to the academy for now. We will pay you a reasonable amount of compensation after the Regional Selection is over."

Jackson continued to keep talking in an appeasing tone, "Xingjian, don't worry. You just need to bear with it for the next three months and three weeks. Once our academy get good results in the Regional Selection, we will definitely pay you back in double.

"I hope that you can restrain yourself for these four months. If we get good results in the Regional Selection and, thus, have increased budget and more resources, we will also be able to provide you with better conditions to aim for Heaven's Perception."

As for having the Divine level expert, Holy Orison, coming to treat Fang Xingjian himself, Jackson held no hopes for this.

It was because he had already asked around. The last time the Holy Orison had stepped out to treat someone was already three years ago. Since then, he had secluded himself on the Yalan Sacred Mountain located in the northeast. He had not left the place for three years.

Moreover, Yalan Sacred Mountain was where the Church of Universal Truth was located. As the most prominent religion in the world, it was an existence which even the Empire's royalty did not dare to recklessly provoke them.

After hearing Jackson's words, Fang Xingjian kept quiet for quite a while. However, there was nothing he could say to defend his stance. Even if he had absolute confidence in himself, even if he definitely had to pass through the Regional Selection, these were just his personal reasons. There was no way that he could use these reasons to convince Jackson to support him.

There were no friendships which lasted forever, only eternal interests.

After he became blind, the interests he represented went in a different direction from what Jackson represented. Now, Fang Xingjian had no sufficient reasons or the sufficient strength to compel Jackson to do something of interest to himself.

Therefore, Fang Xingjian did not pester Jackson too much. He merely nodded and said, "I understand."

Jackson nodded and patted him on the shoulder, saying, "I'm very sorry."

Jackson left, but Fang Xingjian continued with his cultivation. The problems to everything laid in his eyes. The best thing he could do now was still to cultivate. Without attaining Heaven's Perception, he would not even be able to get through the stage of "Pantheon Monument Observation". This would mean that he would have absolutely no chances to pass the Regional Selection.

Streams of sword intentions slashed through the air occasionally, creating a series of sound explosions and waves of white air currents. These created sparks as they shot towards the air.

'My problem now is if I get into a fight, I would only be able to use my sword intent to slash my opponent within a ten-meter distance.

'Therefore, if I get into a fight, I must use my sword Qi to sense the environment, and take action before my opponent does. I must charge over and make it a close combat fight.

'Once those who are skilled increase the distance between us and engage in a far distance battle which exceeds supersonic speed, I won't be able to know where they are.

'But if I can take action first, before they do, not everyone will be able to receive an attack which is eight times of supersonic speed.

'Other than this…' A hint of white light lit up on his finger, shining out in all directions.

It was from Zhou Yong's Radiant Light Sword Technique. 'Since both my eyes are blind, I can just let my opponents lose their sight as well.'

However, Fang Xingjian still shook his head. With his eyes still blind, his current battle style was too simple.

'Since the resources from the academy have decreased, I can only think of my own ways.'

Fang Xingjian gave it some thought and eventually only managed to think of that one single solution.

He called the maid, Lina, and said, "Get pen and paper. Write a notice and put it up. Remember, put it up where there are the most number of people in the academy. Tell them that I've reopened classes and will be providing guidance for Knights."

What Fang Xingjian wanted to do was to reopen his classes to impart martial arts guidance and collect tuition fees. With that, he would be able to pay for additional amount of cultivating resources.

After all, his body cultivated martial arts automatically for twenty-four hours a day. He would just need to give a little bit of attention to the other students while he was studying the Heaven's Perception.

Although Fang Xingjian was blinded, his ability to provide guidance was well-known. Right after the notice was put up, over ten Knights came to register for the class.

Although there were still many who had not come, they were also observing quietly. Once they were sure that Fang Xingjian's ability to provide guidance had not regressed, naturally, they would sign up for the classes as well.

Anthony, Ferdinand, Robert… These who had come from the same class naturally came as well.

It was a pity that Jack had died. Ever since Lilia had been taken away by her father, she had not returned either.

Anthony looked at Fang Xingjian, his eyes filled with pity. He had seen Fang Xingjian rising up as a genius, but now, he had lost his sense of sight and also needed to open martial arts classes to earn money. Compared to how he used to be, the difference was like the gap between the heaven and earth.

Fang Xingjian could sense with his sword Qis that all eleven students had arrived. He smiled and said, "Long time no see. This time around, the reason that I've started this martial arts class is primarily to earn some money to get more cultivation resources.

"I will be here every day. As long as you guys practice here, I'll provide guidance.

"Of course, everything will be as it was. If you have any actions which are not up to standard, I'll exert my force to correct them. There will be no words spoken, no forms of communication. It will be five gold per month."

If there were as many people as the previous time, with him charging at five gold per month, he would be able to get an income of one to two hundred gold per month. Adding that to his monthly spending money per month as a Prefectural Champion and his savings, he would have five hundred gold in total. It would be sufficient to sustain his cultivation for twenty-four hours per day up until the Regional Selection about four months later.

However, upon hearing that Fang Xingjian would be charging five gold, a commotion broke out.

A blue-haired Knight was the first to express his dissatisfaction, "Previously, wasn't it agreed that we will be able to receive guidance if we were to provide one sword arts manual? Why are you asking for money now?"

Another person protested as well, "That's right, five gold per month is too expensive! It would only cost one or two gold for the classes the instructors hold! Who are you to ask for five?

"Moreover, you can't even see now. How do we know how good you are now? How can you charge so expensively at five gold?"

Fang Xingjian replied calmly, "Simply because I'm ten times better than them."

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"If you guys want to stay, then stay. If you're not willing to pay up, then leave."

"What kind of attitude is this?!" The blue-haired Knight mumbled and backed off. "You're already blind, yet you're still charging five gold to people who wish to take your classes. You must be out to cheat people of their money!"

Saying that, he also instigated the others, "Let's go, let's go. The cost is so expensive that it's enough to let me get three instructors to give me guidance everyday."

Ferdinand frowned. Although Fang Xingjian was blind and had lost half of his prospects, Ferdinand was still full of admiration for the level that Fang Xingjian had attained.

Additionally, he knew well how terrifying Fang Xingjian's talent was. Although Fang Xingjian was blind, it was not for sure that he would have no way to make a comeback. The reason he came here to sign up for the class was because he trusted Fang Xingjian's guidance and also because he wanted to form a friendly relationship with him.

Moreover, he had received news yesterday that Fang Xingjian had single-handedly barged into the Versailles Clan's tavern, defeated two Knights from the Western Garrison and had also taken three hits from Rota while sitting down, motionless.

Hearing the blue-haired Knight's words, Ferdinand stepped up and said, "Hylong, are you done? If you don't want to pay the money, then please leave. Don't interfere with our practice."

The one who was causing trouble was Hylong, one of the students from Class 248 which was the most senior class in the academy. He had been taught a lesson by Fang Xingjian previously and was still harboring hatred toward him.

In the past, he had not dared to do anything since Fang Xingjian had been highly influential. However, now, having heard that Fang Xingjian had lost his sight and the academy had also reduced the cultivating resources allocated to him to the level of a Prefectural Champion, removing all the other excesses. Naturally, he assumed that Fang Xingjian's time had already past and was here to beat him down further.

Therefore, when he heard Ferdinand's words, he let out a cold laugh and said, "Fang Xingjian is charging more expensive than before despite that he can no longer see. Why, can't we say anything even though he's going back on his conscience to earn money from his school mates?"

Hylong was a senior student in the academy and there was no way that he would give a care about Ferdinand. Moreover, the reason he had come here today was to create trouble for Fang Xingjian.

However, Fang Xingjian did not lose his cool. With a tap of his finger, a stream of sword Qi was created casually and it crashed against Hylong's body. It knocked him backwards over a distance of more than ten meters before he could crawl up to his feet.

"If you don't want to pay, then scram.

"The same goes for the rest. Those who don't want to pay can just leave.

"As for those who're worried that I'm not able to provide guidance because I've become blind…"

Hylong stood up, glaring fiercely at Fang Xingjian. However, Fang Xingjian once again rose his sword finger, sending another stream of sword Qi toward him.

"Right hand."

Hylong's right hand was hit by the sword Qi and he let out a cry in pain.

"Left leg."

The condensed sword Qi was like a beam of white laser light. It hit against Hylong's lower thigh, causing him to drop to the floor as he let out another cry.

"Back."

Hylong was just about to get up when he felt a pang on his back and then once again was knocked down by a surge of energy.

He was so angry that he was trembling. He turned to look in Fang Xingjian's direction but saw that his palm was once again raised. Hylong immediately made his escape, only turning back to glare at Fang Xingjian after he was over two hundred meters away. He shouted, "What are you guys still doing there?! Paying to get beaten? Are you guys idiots?"

Seeing that Fang Xingjian seemed like he was about to stand up, Hylong quickly ran away.

Through teaching Hylong a lesson, Fang Xingjian proved that although he was blind, he was still able to have a very delicate grasp of his surroundings.

He then spoke, "Although I can no longer see, I can still sense through the wind and sound. There's not much difference. If you guys feel that there's no problem, then feel free to stay."

After Hylong left, so did another two students, leaving only eight behind. After they had paid or agreed to pay the next day, since some of them had not brought along any money, the eight of them started practicing their martial arts under Fang Xingjian's guidance.

"Alright, just practice the martial techniques that each of you want to train and wish to be corrected in. I'll guide you from the side."

Ferdinand took the lead and said, "Alright, alright, let's start the practice. I have faith in Xingjian's level. It's definitely going to be alright."

Under Ferdinand's lead, everyone started their respective practice on the lawn in Fang Xingjian's villa. They each practiced different martial arts, including sword arts, saber arts, staff arts and barefisted martial arts.

Fang Xingjian sat in the middle of the lawn, crossed legged, with a hand on each of his knees.

Another beam of white light lit up on his finger tip like starlight. It was the Radiant Light Sword Technique he was cultivating. This was not only to strengthen his Unparalleled Sword Intent, but also to increase his advantages during battle now that he was blind.

The other hand formed sword fingers, occasionally tapping out, shooting out streams of sword Qis from the Supreme Mistwind Sword and correcting the eight students' force channeling.

After having guided them in the martial arts previously for a month, he understood too well the martial techniques in which these Knights in the academy were cultivating. They were far from attaining the speed of sound and it was within a level in which he could sense with his sword Qis.

Added onto his increasingly strong Unparalleled Sword Intent and experience, providing guidance to these people was simply too easy.

It did not even affect the processes of his body to automatically circulate sword arts and Waves for twenty-four hours a day, allowing him to be able to constantly temper his attributes, cultivate his Waves and increase the number of sword arts he had reached the maximum level in.

Ferdinand, Anthony and the others also felt that under Fang Xingjian's guidance, their martial arts had improved in leaps and bounds. It was more than ten times faster than when they had been cultivating alone.

The gazes they used to look at Fang Xingjian were brimming with admiration. To be growing stronger at such unbelievable speed was too much of an enjoyment.

They practiced from the morning all the way until night time. Even when Fang Xingjian had started to chase them out, there were still people who could not bear to part with such ecstasy.

"Xingjian, wait." Anthony shouted as he continued practicing. "How about we go on for another hour? Just one more."

Another person shouted, "That's right. Xingjian, our condition is too good today. Let us carry on for another hour!"

A stream of sword Qi hit into Ferdinand's body and a surging force passed through half his body like an electric current, causing him to let out a comfortable croon.

"That's the feeling. That's how it should be. The force of this spear should be hit out like this."

He laughed out loud, thrusting out his spear. As if strong gales were blowing and the clouds were scattering, the muscles and bones throughout his body let out an explosive sound. He reached the maximum level for the Hundred Blossoms Spear Technique at level 11.

Hearing everyone's pleas, Ferdinand did not join them but instead, helped Fang Xingjian to round them up to send them off. "Alright, alright. You guys should hurry up and leave. You're asking for so much despite paying only five gold per month.

"If it's not because I don't have enough money, I'll get Xingjian give me private guidance for a whole month for five hundred gold."

Although Ferdinand came from an aristocratic clan, it was very simple for him to make friends if he was sincere enough. After one day, he was already very close with the other students and chased them off, half jokingly, half scolding. He walked up to Fang Xingjian and looked at him with eyes that shone brightly.

"Xingjian, you were originally very talented and your goal was set to become a Conferred Knight or even a Royal Knight, so I won't bring this up to you. However, since you're taking the initiative to earn money now, I'd like to ask, are you interested to make it on a larger scale?

"With your ability to provide guidance in martial arts, as long as you're willing, I think that you can become best teacher in Kirst, no, across the whole Empire."

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Chapter 168 Exchange

Faced with Ferdinand's question, Fang Xingjian shook his head without hesitation and said, "I'm not interested."

Ferdinand let out a sigh. Seeing that light on Fang Xingjian's fingertip, Ferdinand knew that he was still cultivating the Radiant Light Sword Technique. He suddenly asked, "Xingjian, could it be that you're still thinking of participating in the upcoming Regional Selection?"

Fang Xingjian kept quiet for a while. He thought that there should be no problem for him to say this and, thus, nodded, "That's right. I do have plans to participate in the upcoming Regional Selection."

Ferdinand continued to ask, "Then do you know how competitive the upcoming Regional Selection will be?"

"It affects the budget for all the Prefectural Academies for the next year. It should be the most competitive one in the past few decades." Fang Xingjian said calmly.

"Then do you know that in the Regional Selection, other than battle style competitions such as arena battles and hunting, there's also a test for one's talent?" Ferdinand said, "The test for one's talent is usually to observe the Pantheon Monument."

The Pantheon Monument consisted of the eight giant monuments created by the eight Divine level experts when the Empire was founded.

The Pantheon Monument recorded the comprehensions of the eight Divine level experts and there were one such Pantheon Monument in each of the Regional Academies in the respective regions.

The final test in the Regional Selection was to comprehend martial arts through the Pantheon Monument Observation. At the level of the Divine level experts, weapons were no longer able to hold them back. Pantheon Monument Observation allowed one to comprehend any kind of martial arts, including sword arts, saber arts, staff arts, and spear arts.

Moreover, there were a total of eight such Pantheon Monuments and some of them had words, while others had drawings. There were even those with lines, sketches or even unknown words which appeared to be meaningless to ordinary people.

As for the one in Kirst, it was one with countless weird lines and circles.

The victory for this stage naturally laid in who was able to comprehend the most from the Pantheon Monument in a shorter amount of time.

Having lost his sight, Fang Xingjian had lost the stage before it had even started. No matter how powerful his senses were with his sword Qis, it was impossible for him to even be able to sense the various prints and colors on the monument.

Fang Xingjian gave it some thought before saying, "It's true that I had not tried to find out the content of this stage. Thank you for telling me."

Ferdinand smiled, "But you still don't plan on giving up?"

"I will still want to attempt it."

"Since you plan to continue despite knowing about this, then you must have thought through the consequences. I shan't try to convince you any further then." Ferdinand continued, "But you should still make some changes to how the classes are held. How about letting everyone have a one day trial class? With this, you should be able to get even more students."

Ferdinand trusted that with Fang Xingjian's ability to guide, as long as the others have tried it, they would definitely be craving for more and would, therefore, sign up for the class. This would also allow Fang Xingjian to earn more tuition fees and relieve some of his financial stress.

"And…" Ferdinand smiled and said, "You don't have to go too hard on yourself either. Those Knights will definitely come back if they can get half the results they got today. Of course, you must still take better care of me."

After Ferdinand left, Fang Xingjian went back to his training room to continue his cultivation, but he did not need to guide others now. His sword fingers glowed and as he cultivated the Radiant Light Sword Technique, his mind continued to think about sensing ether particles.

'The ether particles are omnipresent. Since an ether particle is both a wave and a particle, based on the Earth's theories, it should be really similar to electromagnetic waves.

'Electromagnetism… Based on the Earth's theories, the way to receive electromagnetic waves is to sense electric currents.

'But how do I sense ether particles? Heat, electric current, various radiations… Ether particles can be transformed into almost anything…

'It's too hard to study its intrinsic qualities. I need to think of some other ways.'

As he gave it some thought, he suddenly thought of one more thing. 'That reminds me. My Boundaries Negation can make up for the lack of the other attributes to complement my agility attribute. It can even allow me to temporarily transmit information through ether particles and increase my reaction.

'Maybe I can start pondering over it from the Boundaries Negation.'

Just as Fang Xingjian was pondering deeply, occasionally activating his Boundaries Negation, occasionally sending out sword ripples at the slowest speed possible and then slowly attempting to sense the ether particles, someone knocked on the door.

Lina walked in, looked at Fang Xingjian and said, "Sir, someone has come to look for you. He said that his name is Manny."

A short moment later, Fang Xingjian was seated in the study. Manny walked in, looking at him with great curiosity.

"Although you've lost your sight, you're already able to discern the location through the wind. It's as if you're not blind. Is this for real?"

Fang Xingjian let out a cold snort and, with a tap of his sword fingers, sent three streams of sword Qis toward Manny. The latter laughed out loud and retreated three steps, dodging the streams. He was just about to tease Fang Xingjian for being a tad weaker when he noticed, with a bang, his belt had broken and dropped onto the floor.

He exhaled, shook his head and said, "You're great."

Fang Xingjian said calmly, "You're the great one. The Headmaster's son, hidden in the library and acting like a normal person. Not everyone can have so much restraint."

"Hehe." Manny grinned and tried to change the topic, seeming as though he was unwilling for the other party to dwell too much on this topic. He said directly, "The old man feels that he has let you down and feels apologetic. That's why he has sent me with a gift."

With that, he took out a large stack of books and said to Fang Xingjian, "These are all books with the records of how well-known Conferred Knights from over the generations had strived to attain the Heaven's Perception. Take a look, they should be useful to you."

Seeing Fang Xingjian's frown, Manny broke out laughing, "I'm just joking. I know you can't read. I'm here to specially read them out loud for you."

Fang Xingjian asked, "Read? Don't you need to cultivate? Didn't you make a comeback this time in order to participate in the Regional Selection?"

"Sigh, I've been cultivating for so many years that these three months would not make much of a difference. However, if I can sense the ether particles and attain Heaven's Perception before the Regional Selection, both my battle powers and talent would be raised greatly. It would mean that I'm one step closer to passing the Regional Selection."

Heaven's Perception allowed one to sense the information in the ether particles. This allowed one's senses to be escalated when in battle. It could even go one step further if one could transmit information through ether particles, escalating the body's reaction greatly. One's battle prowess would naturally greatly be increased.

Another thing was that one could, through Heaven's Perception, sense various external changes, the minute existence of various techniques as well as mental states. It was equivalent to increasing one's talent at a crazy pace.

Manny grinned and said, "If I can attain Heaven's Perception before the Regional Selection, putting aside everything else, at least I would have gained a great advantage in the Pantheon Monument Observation. I wonder what martial arts I'd be able to comprehend.

"And how amazing are the rewards for this Regional Selection? I reckon that there would definitely be students who would be invested in crazily, leading to the creation of one or two geniuses who have attained Heaven's Perception."

As Manny spoke, he flipped open a book and started to read its contents.

"Mmm, this was written by a Westerner called Scholar Huang Long, a Conferred Knight from over two hundred years ago. This is an expression you guys have."

By you guys, he was naturally assuming that Fang Xingjian, with his yellow skin and black eyes, was exactly the same as the Westerners in the Miracle World.

"If the heart moves, the will follows. Stop without stopping, move without moving…"

"… Relax the spirit, be flexible and move the spirit with your heart…"

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Chapter 169 Success of the Effulgence Weapon

Manny started reading out the various theories behind Heaven's Perception. Of course, the two of them would also engage in occasional discussions about it.

"According to what the old man said, sensing ether particles must be a subconscious activity. Therefore, it says here that one must stop without stopping, move without moving. However, I still don't understand. If it's a subconscious act, then how do you sense the ether particles?"

Fang Xingjian said, "Maybe it's like breathing. Usually, for us, the act of breathing is not a conscious act. It's because it has already become instinctive."

"But how do we turn an activity that we've never done before into an instinctive act?"

Just like this, from then onwards Manny would come to Fang Xingjian's study every night to read the books and discuss how to attain Heaven's Perception.

On the second day, with the help of Ferdinand's advertisement, even more people came for the free trial of Fang Xingjian's martial arts class. Other than the eight people who had come the day before, there were about another fifteen Knights who were practicing their respective martial techniques on the lawn.

However, Fang Xingjian's level and abilities had increased by more than ten times than when he was in the Reflection Chamber. Now, when he provided guidance, the effects were many times greater than before. Not only was he able to grasp the force from the muscles and bones, but he could also have great control over the vital energy and blood.

A total of twenty-three people continued to unceasingly cultivate their martial arts under Fang Xingjian's guidance. Their Nurturing and Training techniques all improved at god speed. After one day, other than three Knights who needed to raise funds, the twelve Knights who had just joined all signed up for Fang Xingjian's class.

Suddenly, a person shouted out loud, "Hahahaha, so this is how it is, this is how it is."

Another person, after being hit by a wisp of sword Qi, broke out into a maniacal laughter, "I understand now, I understand now."

Their eyes were brimming with enthusiasm for martial arts. It was a feeling of rain after a long drought, or a tough question which had been troubling them for very long finally being solved. It made them feel very excited.

The other people in the surroundings were no longer surprised by such occurrences. Such situations had occurred too frequently under Fang Xingjian's guidance.

Therefore, after three days, the number of people who registered for the class increased to thirty-seven. There were even two young instructors who came to take up the class, showing how effective Fang Xingjian's classes were.

This also increased Fang Xingjian's monthly income to a hundred and eighty-five gold. Now, to have three meals of ferocious beasts and top grade medicinal food from Netherworld Valley would cost him at least ten gold.

An income of one hundred and eighty-five gold greatly reduced his burden. Added to the ten gold from his monthly spending money and his savings of five hundred gold, it should be able to last until four months later. Of course, if he could earn more, he would be able to get better food as well as stronger and more expensive ferocious beasts. For example, if he were to spend at least one hundred gold each day, he would be able to purchase ferocious beasts of at least level 20 or higher, as well as more medicinal food.

With that, he would even be able to level up his 'Elementary Berserkness' specialty, which, after all this time, had yet to see any progress towards the intermediate level or even advance level. It would bring him better effects for his body's recovery.

However, this goal was too far-fetched. Previously, even Jackson had not been able to bring out such a large amount of money to feed Fang Xingjian.

Three days had passed, and early this morning, the Versailles Clan got someone to delivery that one hundred kilograms worth of Seism Steel. Therefore, on this day, Fang Xingjian declared a one day break. Sending off the students who were reluctant to leave, he went back to the training room by himself and started to work on his High Frequency Effulgence Weapon.

Fang Xingjian grabbed onto a large piece of Seism Steel with both hands. Waves of foggy light exuded from his palms, unceasingly trembling at an increasing speed. The Seism Steel grew increasingly hotter and smaller. Various impurities were removed, leaving only the essence in Fang Xingjian's palm.

Repeating the process with each piece of Seism Steel, Fang Xingjian spent nine hours to refine all ten pieces of Seism Steel, leaving slightly over one kilogram worth of essence in his palms. Fang Xingjian continued with the method recorded on the Ether Divine Art and started to absorb the Seism Steel into his skin.

Fang Xingjian tapped on the lump of essence and suddenly, it scattered and turned into fog, covering Fang Xingjian's entire hand, all the way up to his elbow. The essence had turned into countless grains which were hard to be seen by the naked eye, thus appearing to seem like fog.

Looking at the fog encompassing his right arm, Fang Xingjian then continued with the method recorded in the Ether Divine Art and started to absorb the essence.

The fluctuations from the ether particles scattered out from his arm, and, as if they were countless threads had been transmitted from void, gradually brought the fog closer to the skin on Fang Xingjian's arm. The fog eventually entered his skin and stayed under it.

Suddenly, his whole arm appeared to be sparkling brightly, as if a milky way had been tied around it. It was only when Fang Xingjian stopped his circulation and movement that the gleam disappeared.

However, if one were to look at it carefully, they would still be able to find faint hints of sparkles on the skin of his arm.

Fang Xingjian was blind and thus was unable to see the changes on his arms. After the completion of this step, he simply continued as per written in the records of the Ether Divine Art and started to condense his Effulgence Weapon.

A hint of light spread out from his arm. The Seism Steel which was turned into fog earlier also started to appear from under his skin.

Then, seemingly controlled by formless hands, they were instantly kneaded, molded, and merged, before being combined with the white glow, creating a longsword which exuded a faint fog.

The fog was like the stars in the universe, ceaselessly revolving. They were moving, yet continuing to stay in a certain shape rather than scattering off after a while.

The Seism Steel was not meant to be transformed into a real sword but rather, into something like fog, moving in a regulated formation; it was like fog, fluttering while maintaining a fixed shape.

His only goal was to, through such a moveable formation, create a skeleton for the Effulgence Weapon. In addition, since he could absorb the tremors, it would prevent the Effulgence Weapon from scattering again. It would be able to attach to the skeletal structure, continuing to grow and to speed up the growth rate of the Effulgence Weapon.

Naturally, since it is made up of light and fog, Fang Xingjian's Effulgence Weapon had no proper form. It would usually stay hidden in his arm and only be called out as and when required.

Therefore, the Ether Effulgence Weapon became:

Ether Effulgence Weapon – High Frequency Effulgence Weapon – level 1.

Fang Xingjian could sense that this level 1 Effulgence Weapon could maintain at five hundred tremors per second. If he wished to increase the frequency and damaging prowess, he would still need to gradually increase its level.

After giving it some thought, he felt that the name High Frequency Effulgence Weapon was too plain. Thus, he decided, 'Maybe I should call it Silver Fox. It'll be a good match with the Silver Dragon.'

Therefore, on his Stats Window, the High Frequency Effulgence Weapon became Silver Fox – level 1.

The names of the various skills, specialties and other items could all be changed. Of course, there was not much point in changing the names, nor would it be of any use to one's battle powers. They would only appear more pleasing to the eye.

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Chapter 170 Skull

Fang Xingjian smiled. For the next few days, he continued to cultivate while concurrently guiding the other students on their martial techniques. With there only three months and thirteen days left to the Regional Selection, Fang Xingjian's Radiant Light Sword Technique had reached level 10 and he had gained a special effect: Radiant Illumination. It was not limited only to the sword or sword fingers itself; his body could radiate light as well.

At the same time, he had reached the maximum level for eighty-nine sets of sword techniques. He was now closer to leveling up his Unparalleled Sword Intent. As for the tempering of his attributes, he began to throw in all of his potential points into reaction.

His agility attribute was now too high. Other than when he was using Boundaries Negation, he kept getting held back by the other attributes. This was why he had planned to increase his other attributes.

Therefore, Fang Xingjian's attributes now became:

Name Fang Xingjian

Age 17

Occupation Windshadow Sword Divinity

Level 18, 5.24%

Strength 565

Agility 1785

Reaction 59

Endurance 49

Flexibility 51

The attributes above come into effect once the Sonido Sword Zephyr Waves is activated.

Due to Perfect Muscles, 5 in strength and agility (10% of the endurance attribute).

Nurturing Sword Techniques 94 sets

Training Sword Techniques 12 sets

Supreme Mistwind Sword Level 30

Radiant Light Sword Technique Level 10

Ether Divine Art Level 1

Specialties: Genius Swordsmanship,

Elementary Survival Instinct,

Internal Healing,

Internal Training,

Sword Specialist,

High Agility Motion Vision,

Heightened Reflexes,

Perfect Muscles,

Elementary Berserkness,

Unparalleled Sword Intent (89/100)

Potential 11,000 point increase/day

Waves Level 5 Sonido Sword Zephyr Waves

Mental Cultivation Method Level 3 Universal Sword Dominance Lunisolar

Every night, Fang Xingjian would naturally continue discussing with Manny about the Heaven's Perception.

Manny carried a book as he read. There was a Conferred Knight in the Empire from ninety years ago by the name of Neumann. There were many differences between his interpretation and the Westerners'.

"The Heaven's Perception phenomenon is one where the human body exchanges information with external ether particles.

"Everything in the world are made up of ether particles, including the human body.

"Ether particles unceasingly exchanges information at all times. This was what they do instinctively, and it should also be the instinctive reaction of the human body.

"However, a human's instincts will suppress their physical body, preventing their body from being able to exchange information with the ether particles. Thus, if one wishes to attain Heaven's Perception, one must first learn to calm down, allowing the body to naturally and instinctively begin exchanging information with external ether particles in a subconscious state."

Fang Xingjian felt as if his eyes had lit up as he remarked, "This makes a lot of sense. It explains why so many Conferred Knights must enter a state of extreme calm to be able to gradually reach closer to Heaven's Perception."

"Talk is easy, but it's hard to put into practice." Manny shook his head, "From the start, the vital energy and blood in a Knight's body are full of vigor to begin with. There's also the circulation of Waves and mental cultivation method, which makes it ten times, even a hundred times harder for Knights to calm down. When one calms down, one must also constantly control the grasp so that one will not be drowned in the information from the ether particles and, as a result, eventually become an idiot or a vegetable. This is hard, too hard."

Fang Xingjian continued, "Although it is tough, there are people who have succeeded, which proves that it's possible to achieve."

"But we may not have enough time."

Fang Xingjian did not reply. He knew Manny was right. It was truly very difficult to attain Heaven's Perception within three months.

But Manny said, "If only we have the skull of a level 25 Conferred Knight."

"Skull?"

Manny nodded. "The parietal bones are the best. This is also what the old man told me. A level 25 Conferred Knight has already broke through the first five stages of the Ten Heavenly Barriers and entered the stage where he could break through the void and sense the universe. Ether particles have completely filled the brain and circulate in it for twenty-four hours a day.

"The parietal bones of such a person will subconsciously continue to exchange information with ether particles even after he has died. And because it no longer has the consciousness of the Conferred Knight himself, even those at the Knight level would be able to sense the changes within.

"This is something that cannot be done even through an ordinary Conferred Knight. It's because their brain still exists and their consciousness continue to run twenty-four hours a day, therefore we won't be able sense anything."

Fang Xingjian's mind lit up as he said, "You mean, if we can get our hands on the parietal bones of a level 25 or above Conferred Knight, we will have a chance to experience the feeling of Heaven's Perception?"

What did it mean to experience Heaven's Perception? This was an unprecedented case and to Fang Xingjian. It increased his success rate of attaining Heaven's Perception by countless times.

Manny nodded. "But it must be the parietal bones of one who had died for ten years or less. Because even if it's a Conferred Knight, his parietal bones will only be able to continue to exchange information with ether particles for ten years after his death,.

"And you should know the value of such a thing? It's simply priceless. Only the major aristocrats from the Imperial Capital or members of the Royal family could afford to get them. Otherwise, how could they have so many Conferred Knights?

"I heard that when the First Prince was trying to attain Heaven's Perception, he had this stuff to help him sense Heaven's Perception for twenty-four hours a day. There were even twelve other Conferred Knights who set up a formation to protect him, preventing him from becoming an idiot.

"Hehe, with such means, his second transition had naturally succeeded.

"Of course, after passing the Regional Selection and becoming a student of the Regional Academy, you would also have a chance to have the parietal bones of a level 25 Conferred Knight aid you in becoming a Conferred Knight. Although the time you have to use this resource would be very short, it is still a very great opportunity.

"That's why there are so many people who wishes to enter the Regional Academy. It is also why the Regional Academies can continuously produce Conferred Knights.

"Of course, there are limited resources. This is why only after rounds of selections, only the most ingenious students would be able to get into the Regional Academy and go through the second transition.

"Hehe, even so, there would still be people who failed in their attempt to attain Heaven's Perception and consequently becoming either an idiot or a vegetable."

However, Fang Xingjian did not stop to consider this fact. He had already begun to think endlessly of a way to get his hands on the parietal bones of a level 25 Conferred Knight.

The next morning, Fang Xingjian called Ferdinand to the side.

"I want to know how much it costs to get my hands on a Conferred Knight's parietal bones. It must be a Conferred Knight of level 25 or above, and one that hasn't been dead for longer than ten years."

Ferdinand looked at Fang Xingjian with wide-open eyes. "Boss, you must be kidding me? The parietal bones of a Conferred Knight who was level 25 or higher is a rare treasure. You want to rely on it to increase your chances of attaining Heaven's Perception?

"This is too hard. How many people are waiting for it? There are so many aristocrats in the Imperial Capital, and such stuff have been hogged by them. It's something that would take at least a few hundred thousand gold to get, let alone one which is within ten years."

Although he knew that this item must definitely be extremely costly, Fang Xingjian frowned and still continued to ask Ferdinand for his help, "Help me ask around to see if there's a chance. I must know the price, at least."

Ferdinand sighed helplessly. But seeing how serious and solemn Fang Xingjian was, that it seemed very important to him, he still nodded, "Alright, I got it. Leave this to me.

"But I can only promise you that I'll do my best to ask around. I can't guarantee that there'll be results."

Fang Xingjian smiled, "It's alright. As long as there's a slight chance."

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Chapter 171 Request and News

At the same time in the Empire's northeast direction, a tremendous snow mountain stood there with its peak pointing toward the sky.

This was the Yalan Sacred Mountain. The majestic mountain range not only ran up and down, it was also extremely beautiful. Together with the pure white snow and foggy clouds, it exuded an extremely mysterious feeling.

This was the Empire's biggest snow mountain, and it was also the sacred mountain where the Church of Universal Truth was located within the Empire. Legend said that it was the burial ground for the Church of Universal Truth's first female saint.

On this snow mountain, there were many religious disciples in white clothes heading up the stairs, stopping and kowtowing as they worshipped sincerely in the direction of the snow mountain's peak.

The whole snow mountain was covered with structures which seemed like the Church of Universal Truth's churches and relics. It fully displayed the deep influence and financial strength possessed by the Church of Universal Truth.

At the back of the Yalan Sacred Mountain, a snowstorm was blowing in the place known as Saint's Peak. It covered the ground with about one meter of thick snow.

Under such horrible weather, a man stood in the snow. Although there was a snowstorm, he still stood tall, facing the cold wind, his eyes unmoving as he glared at the magnificent palace before him.

It was tall, magnificent, and extremely luxurious-looking. It were almost as if every inch of space were densely covered with relief sculptures and scriptures. The palace was made from pure white onyx, looking like a piece of art.

To have been able to build such a palace on the Saint's Peak five thousand meters above sea level, it was extremely unbelievable. In such a horribly cold weather, the palace was like a paradise, uncontaminated by the snow and cold, which made it even more unbelievable.

This was where the Holy Orison, who was one of the Church of Universal Truth's Guardian Kings and ranked amongst the top ten strongest in the Empire, resided in seclusion.

A religious disciple who was wearing white clothes walked up to Huang Lin. The former stepped lightly on the snow without leaving any traces of footsteps. Although he wore only a gown, he did not appear to be cold.

He looked towards Huang Lin, then shook his head and said, "Since the Guardian King has decided to seclude himself for ten years, then he would not come out earlier no matter what. You shouldn't wait anymore. Just take your leave."

Huang Lin said with determination, "Master Yuelun, please tell the Guardian King that the situation is really different this time around. Fang Xingjian's talent in sword arts is truly exceptional. He managed to achieve what took others decades in just one year.

"If he can regain his sight, then his achievements in the future will not be lower than the Divine level.

"Such a child should not be wasted by injuries and sickness.

"As long as the Guardian King is willing to cure Fang Xingjian, then I'll be willing to exhaust all my money and come under the Church of Universal Truth's wings, becoming a disciple."

As he spoke, Huang Lin's knees were bent. His back, which had always been upright from the day he was born, was bent for the first time ever."

He knelt in the snow and spoke out in the direction of the palace.

"I, Huang Lin, have never gone down on my knees all my life. Today, I'm on my knees, asking only to be granted an interview with the Guardian King."

Huang Lin was a Conferred Knight, a strong Warrior who had been training in martial arts for decades… His pride, his honor, his persistence was something which could not be found across hundreds of thousands, even millions. Otherwise, it would not have been possible for him to succeed in attaining the second transition and become a level 25 Conferred Knight.

But at this moment, he was willing to put everything down for his disciple. He was willing to discard all the honor he had been carrying during his life as a Knight for a glimmer of hope.

It was as if he had grown ten years older in that instance. The mental cultivation method in his consciousness was circulating increasingly slowly. To think that he was not even able to keep up with it.

For him to kneel down was more than a hundred or even a thousand times harder than others. He could even possibly cause his mental cultivation method to become unstable and forever lose the possibility to progress any further, all because of this kneel.

He was betting on Fang Xingjian's future with his own.

Sigh~

"Fang Xingjian has a good Master."

Master Yuelun sighed and headed for the palace.

"I'll collect information about him. But as for whether the Guardian King will attend to him, I cannot guarantee."

Another few days passed by in Kirst Royal Academy. This morning, Ferdinand had arrived at Fang Xingjian's villa at the glimmer of dawn.

He headed straight for Fang Xingjian's study. His dark circles were very deep, signs which signified he had not gotten a good sleep. However, he could not hide the excitement in his eyes.

He looked at Fang Xingjian and said, "Good news, excellent news!"

Fang Xingjian's brows twitched. Hearing that, he stood up and asked, "There's news about the parietal bones?"

"A level 25 Conferred Knight who has just died five years ago." Ferdinand grinned. "Although they tried to keep the information under wraps, the person who fulfils these conditions should be a Headmaster from the Northern Ice Region.

"They're not selling the parietal bones but are willing to loan it out for six hours. It's a pity that they're only willing to loan it out once. It will be going through a secret underground auction."

"On loan for six hours?"

Having heard so much information, Fang Xingjian was stunned for a moment. But the next moment, he understood what was going on.

The upcoming Regional Selection would affect the future of countless people. Regardless of whether it was the increased prizes or the fact that it could increase the academy's budget, they both caused countless people to go crazy.

This time around, the reason for the auction to put up the loan of the item was the same. The other party was planning to use this as a means to raise funds and provide better conditions for their students. The money received from the auction could be used to buy cultivation resources or Divine Weapons. No matter how the money was used, it could be used to allow their students to power up.

And the reason they came all the way from the Northern Ice Region to the Great Western Region was because they were not willing to provide help to their rivals. If they were to put up the item for auction in the Northern Ice Region and allowed the students from the other academies to have a chance of attaining Heaven's Perception through the parietal bones, they could have just as well lifted a heavy rock and slammed it down on their feet.

The time the item would be loaned out for would not be long. It would only be six hours. It was naturally because the students and instructors from the Northern Ice Region would also need to use it themselves.

Having instantly understood this, Fang Xingjian nodded and asked, "According to you, how much money would be required to win this auction to get the loan for six hours?"

Ferdinand nodded solemnly and said, "Many aristocratic clans have made their moves throughout Kirst. There are also people from Green Jade City and Mongul City who have headed over. These are people who strive to attain Heaven's Perception.

"The auction will be held half a month later. Although the time it is loaned out for is very short, it's impossible to win the bid without twenty thousand gold. This is the skull of a level 25 Conferred Knight we're talking about here."

There were only five thousand Conferred Knights across the Empire, and the parietal bones of a level 25 Conferred Knight who had died within ten years was extremely valuable.

Although they could only loan it for six hours, it allowed for one to experience what Heaven's Perception felt like. Even though the person may still not be able to attain Heaven's Perception in the future, it would be an unforgettable experience nevertheless.

Thus, even Ferdinand himself was not very confident in his own conjecture. That was because he had never participated in such an auction.

When Fang Xingjian heard that the amount was twenty thousand gold, his brows furrowed. Suddenly, he thought of the corpses of those Garcia warriors he had slayed.

'It's time to go recall where those corpses are buried.'

Fang Xingjian remembered that he had killed about fourteen Garcia's Great Warriors in total. If he were to sell all fourteen of those level 19 Knight-level corpses in one piece, he might be able to gather twenty thousand gold, which would give him a chance to attain Heaven's Perception.

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Chapter 172 Flaw

In an advance class for sword techniques in Kirst Royal Academy, everyone present were all expert Knights who had transitioned for fifteen years or more.

A senior female instructor looked and nodded at the seven students who were working hard in their cultivation.

If one were to take a closer look at these students, they would be able to tell that each of their movements were extremely slow. Each thrust, slash, and block were slow as ordinary people performing a sword dance. After they completed each action, they would stop to carefully think it through, reflecting expressions of being deep in thought before carrying on with the next move.

Although their movements were extremely slow as they swung about their swords, the muscles and longswords would compress the air, which caused explosive sounds to ring out in a display of extremely strong power.

The female instructor nodded in satisfaction and said, "That's right. Whether it's the Nurturing, Training, Amassing, or Training technique, the accuracy of the actions and the flow of the force are very important at the start of every martial technique. One must practice repeatedly to increase the mastery level of the technique and temper the attributes.

"At your stage, however, you will come across bottlenecks. During this time, you must slow down and practice steadily. Experience it carefully before thinking about the flaws present.

"Remember, a high level in martial arts can not be achieved by pure brute effort but rather through careful thinking through.

"Those Garcia's wild beasts know only how to pursue the limits and temper their bodies. They do not know the laws of the world, nor how profound the human body is. This is why the highest level they are able to attain in their life would only be second transition, level 20. Even those of the same level are far a match for the Empire's Knights.

"And so, this is all the more reason why you guys cannot be like those wild beasts who only knows how to act according to their instincts.

"You guys must learn to think. Thinking is the most important aspect of practicing martial arts. Those who only know how to devote effort in training, who do not know how to think, could never dream of becoming an expert in all their lives."

Hearing what she said, everyone present nodded in agreement. They put more effort in their thoughts, slowly appreciating their movements, as well as the weaknesses and flaws in their techniques.

Hylong was one of them. As one of the most senior students in the whole academy, he was considered one of the strongest students in this sword techniques class.

Four arms extended from his back, and in total, his six arms were each holding onto a longsword. It was the Six Armed Asura's ability. It was obvious that he had the same job as Kaunitz.

He performed sword techniques concurrently with all his six arms, but each of of them were all performing the same set of Nurturing technique. It was just that each of his arm displayed slight differences and he was slowly appreciating the differences between each of them, hoping to discover the strength exertion most compatible to himself.

'As I expected, the force passes through the bones and flows to the ends. This set of Six Armed Divine Sword should be performed. With this, I'll only need to cultivate my Nurturing technique for half an hour a day to fill up potential points.'

There was a limit to the amount of potential points each set of sword technique could increase each day. Therefore, second transition Knights would constantly study about ways to practice more effectively within a shorter timespan.

Moreover, the many stances in Nurturing techniques were the basic sword stances. They were the building blocks to a series of other sword techniques.

After studying this Six Armed Divine Sword for half a month, Hylong had finally reached a higher level today. He broke out into a satisfied smile.

At that moment, the female instructor clapped her hands to gather everyone's attention. She then shouted, "There's three and a half more months to the Regional Selection. All of you are senior students in the academy, and all of you have hopes of participating in the Regional Selection.

"In the Regional Selection, other than having the Pantheon Monument Observation to test a person's talent and potential, what's most important is the various arena and hunting battles. Those require extremely tough Killing techniques.

"From today onwards, we'll go through actual combat daily. As per usual, I'll spar with Duo Ze while the rest of you look for your own sparring partners."

In sword techniques classes like this, which were conducted on a daily basis, the students naturally knew each other very well. Normally, during combat practices, they would look for people who were on a similar level as they were.

Of course, such drills were not meant to facilitate life and death battles, nor was it for them to fight against instructors who were much stronger than themselves. It was just that in such arrangements, the instructor would be able to have control during the combat and thus reduce the chances of injuries.

Thus, when students fought amongst themselves, in order to control the number of injuries, they all swapped to wooden swords to practice with.

Hylong also swapped weapons and, as he held onto six wooden swords, and walked up to a senior student. He called out, "Link, come on! Today, I'll let you have a taste of my powers!"

The student by the name of Link smiled. After which, arms popped up on his back. To think that his job was also the Six Armed Asura.

Well, the academy only provided seventeen types of jobs in total, therefore it was very common to find an opponent in the same class who cultivated a similar type of martial arts and was of the same job as well.

Hylong looked at this student by the name of Link and broke into a faint smile. Link was one year his junior and his martial arts was weaker than him. However, they shared the same job.

This was why he especially liked to spar with him. Not only would he be able to win his opponent, he would also be able to increase his combat experience and find out where his flaws were.

But this time around, Link had on an extremely confident gaze as he looked at Hylong. He bellowed, "Watch out, here I come!"

The next moment, his six arms and six swords stretched out, each of them lunging toward Hylong with gravitational waves, high temperature, low temperature, electric current, poison, and illusion respectively.

With all six swords of varying sword techniques and extraordinary strength, it was as if there were six Links attacking together at once.

It was obviously a Killing technique which was extremely suitable for those with the Six Armed Asura job.

Looking at this scene, Hylong broke into a faint smile. He had seen his opponent's Killing technique too many times and could handle it without even opening his eyes. He also stretch out his six arms and, at the next moment, created up to a hundred streams of sword shadows which swept out towards Link.

Hylong's Phantom Sword Technique was a combination of waves and sword arts. It could give physical forms to the sword shadows. When mastered to a high level, one sword could create a thousand shadows with a power akin to surging river water.

In the past, he had always used this sword technique to utterly defeat his opponent. But this time around, his Phantom Sword Technique was easily received by Link.

And after over twenty moves, the other party seemed to have fully seen through his attacks. His opponent's six longswords moved about with great ease and broke through all his attacks. Each of his opponent's attacks had landed on his flaws.

After fifty moves, Hylong's expression turned extremely pale. He was having great trouble keeping up and it would not be long before he lost.

At the sixty-second move, six consecutive bangs rang out. All of Hylong's six wooden swords were all sent flying. He looked at Link with a pale face and shouted, "What's going on? Why… Why is it that you've become so good in just a few days time?"

Link smiled, "Why? Didn't you sign up for Fang Xingjian's class? I demonstrated your Phantom Sword Technique to Fang Xingjian a couple of times and he had pointed out eighteen major flaws and fifty-four minor flaws to me in total. I am now very clear about all of these flaws."

Hylong's body abruptly shook and he bellowed, "That's impossible! How could there be so many flaws in my sword technique?! I don't believe it!"

Seeing that everyone had turned towards his direction, Hylong's face flushed red and he left very quickly.

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Chapter 173 Short of Money

Over a hundred meters away from Fang Xingjian's villa, Hylong was secretly observing the over fifty people on the lawn. He noticed that everyone was putting great effort in their cultivation, regardless of whether they were from the junior or senior classes, regardless of whether they were using swords or spears, or even if they were using bare fist martial arts.

As for Fang Xingjian, he was was seated cross-legged, occasionally shooting out streams of sword Qis to hit their body.

Even when if Hylong was at a distance away, he could still hear the occasional shouts from the lawn.

"So that's how it is! So that's how it is! I understand now!"

"Hahahaha, I got it! I finally got it!"

"Level 10! I've finally mastered this set of sword technique to level 10! The past three years of hard work have not gone to waste."

He could hear those occasional shouts, as if they had come from heretic followers. There were even a few female students who kept on moving closer to Fang Xingjian. Everytime they were touched and caressed by his sword Qis, they would reveal a expression of joy.

Seeing that, Hylong's expression turn even more grim. He had never taken Fang Xingjian's classes before and was therefore unable to even think of its effects.

"What is this? They're making it seem as if it's a gathering by the Church of Universal Truth.

"Is this class really so useful?"

Although he was very suspicious about it, when he recalled how Link had defeated him earlier, Hylong felt an itch in his heart. He wanted to try out the effects of this Fang Xingjian's class.

When he thought of Fang Xingjian, however he once again felt extremely disgusted and furious. He could not force himself to go up to Fang Xingjian, let alone asking him for guidance on his sword arts.

Just as he was hesitating, someone abruptly walked up from behind him. Hylong turned back to see the elegant looking Ferdinand, dressed in white clothes and walking over with a few servants.

Hylong's face immediately turned red. 'Damn it. Why is he here? Did he see how I acted earlier?'

It was a pity that Ferdinand crushed his hopes very quickly. He spoke with a smile, "Isn't this Hylong? Why? After sneaking a peek for so long, are you also thinking of signing up for the class now? Seeing that you've realized your mistakes, how about I only charge you six gold a month? This price will be increased very soon."

Hylong turned red on hearing this, after which he furiously retorted, "This is but a stupid class. I only happened to pass by and therefore came to take a look. With this foul atmosphere, who the hell would want to participate?" After saying that, he left very quickly.

Seeing that he was so angry and panicky, Ferdinand chuckled and continued to head to where Fang Xingjian was.

Before he could come near, he already saw four to five girls cultivating only a few meters away from Fang Xingjian. Each time they were hit by Fang Xingjian's sword Qi, they would have on an excited, happy, and joyous expression.

Ferdinand said helplessly, "Please make way. It's just cultivating, do you guys have to be like this?"

The few female Knights rolled their eyes at Ferdinand and continued with their practice. What was a few words of teasing compared to the speedy progress that Fang Xingjian could give them? After all, in this world, one's fist was the greatest reason.

Ferdinand did not bother himself with them and just got the servants to bring out the items they were holding. The first one was a set of blue and white practice clothes. He said, "Xingjian, how about giving everyone who signed up for the class a set of practice clothes? This would unify what everyone is wearing and could increase unity. Moreover, this set of training clothes is very similar to a Knight attire. If it's pushed out, I'm sure those administrative staff and servants would want to sign up more."

He then took out a piece of brochure and said, "There's about over eighty students in a Prefectural Academy and tens of instructors, but there is up to a thousand administrative staff and servants in total.

"Although they are not rich, we can reduce the registration fees for people who are non-Knights. Of course, the guidance given to them would be lessened by a lot as well.

"And now that we have more and more Knight-level students joining, I think that we should be raising the price. What do you think?"

Fang Xingjian turned to him and said helplessly, "Did you think of all this by yourself? Do you think that I can guide so many people?"

"That's right. Why not? We can get some Knights who don't have any money to instruct them, then either reduce the tuition fees charged or give them more guidance." Ferdinand suggested.

This was not the first time that Ferdinand had done something like this. Recently, he had been persuading instructors to try out the class and allowing interested party to have a one-day free trial. He gave out brochures and even came up with a class to specifically teach one how to counter the opponent's attacks, just like how Link had specially asked for his help to counter a Killing technique.

All along, Ferdinand had wanted to entice Fang Xingjian into starting up a tuition class with him.

But how was it possible for Fang Xingjian to do this? He was only left with such little lifespan. He goal was to look for an opportunity to pass the Regional and National Selection, gain the powers which would allow him to stand before a Divine level expert, go back to seek revenge, and then question Li Shuanghua, Old Granny Li.

Even if the auction for the parietal bones was going to start soon, even if he was really short of money, he had not the time to do all these.

And so, Fang Xingjian shook his head. "Don't bother with all these rubbish. You should work hard and practice as well. The Regional Selection is only three and a half month away."

"What has the upcoming Regional Selection anything to do with me?" Ferdinand broke up laughing, "I'm not a monster like you who can prepare to participate in the Regional Selection in just a year's time. I need to think of more ways to earn money, to get myself more ferocious beasts as well as heavenly and earthly treasures to boost my potential and attributes. I need to get more specialties as well. Only then will I have a chance to pass the Regional Selection in a few years' time.

"And if we earn money like this, we may also have a chance in that event half a month later."

Ferdinand tried to find another way to convince Fang Xingjian. He asked the maid Lina who was standing at the side, "Lina, how much income do we have now?"

Lina was very bright and immediately replied, "Two hundred and sixty gold in total." With that, she looked at Fang Xingjian in great admiration. It was the first time she had felt that a Knight was so powerful.

'Two hundred and sixty gold… To be earning so much in just a few days… I might not be able to earn this much all my life.

'This blind man is too good at earning money.'

She gave it some thought and then said, "Previously, there were a few students who had taken the trial and said that they would be asking for money from the family. If we count those in, there's another twenty gold."

"See?!" Ferdinand tried to persuade further, "Xingjian, if you're willing to do this with me, we can open a class in Kirst. I'll guarantee that you'll earn at least two thousand gold each month and the money would be rolling in endlessly.

"Think about it, it's two thousand gold every month. How much can you do with that amount of money? You can even buy those ferocious beasts which are level 25 and higher. If you work a bit harder, we may even be able to try our luck in that auction half a month later."

Fang Xingjian sighed, "It does sound good but I don't have so much time to be distracted right now. If we were to go to Kirst, wouldn't there be at least a few hundred students? Although what you had said is right. Money makes many things easier, and I happen to be short of it."

He suddenly stood up and shouted to the others, "Everyone, take a break. I have something to discuss with Ferdinand."

All the students immediately revealed an expression of reluctance. Fang Xingjian then shouted towards Anthony and Robert, "The two of you, come over here for a while. I've something to say."

Ferdinand said suspiciously, "Xingjian, you can't be thinking about that head, right?"

Fang Xingjian shook his head without saying a word.

The four of them came to Fang Xingjian's study and sat down. Fang Xingjian then spoke, "I've tried to do some recollection for the past few days and have basically recalled where I had buried the corpses of those Garcia Great Warriors I had killed during the war."

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Chapter 174 Digging and the Elite Class

"…Then head about one hundred meters in the northwest direction. You'll see a large green boulder with an old tree growing on top of it. I've buried the remaining four corpses there."

In the study, Fang Xingjian explained to the others how many Garcia's Great Warriors' corpses he had buried in total and gave them a rough estimate about where he had buried those fourteen corpses.

Ferdinand said agitatedly, "Fourteen Garcia's Great Warriors' corpses? We're going to strike it rich! Xingjian, are you sure you didn't mistakenly remember?"

Fang Xingjian said, "After I had reached level 3 in my mental cultivation method, I've rarely forgotten things. There might be some discrepancies in the details, but the general direction shouldn't be wrong."

"That's great! Haha, having fourteen sets of corpses of the Garcia's Great Warriors, and with the war having just ended… Give me some time to create some hype. I'll definitely sell them for fifteen thousand gold or more." He then looked at Fang Xingjian and asked, "Oh, right. How do you plan on bringing them here?"

Fang Xingjian shook his head. "Don't create any hype, just make it quick. I want to participate in that auction."

Ferdinand was stunned, but he then recalled that Fang Xingjian planned to take part in the auction for the loan of the parietal bones. He smiled bitterly, "You still haven't given up yet. Even if we were to sell it for fifteen thousand gold, it's hard to tell how much money is needed to win an auction like that."

Fang Xingjian was unfaltered. He said with determination, "I must have it." He then looked towards the three of them and continued, "After the whole thing is over, I'll give each of you one hundred gold. But I need the three of you to help me go look for the fourteen corpses and dig them out."

He needed to remain in the academy to continue with the class. Moreover, it would take too much time for him to look for the corpses in the forests. It would also affect his cultivation.

Hearing Fang Xingjian's words, Anthony waved his hand and said, "Xingjian, rest assured. Since you've given the word, we'll definitely get everything settled for you. As for the one hundred gold, it won't be necessary."

Fang Xingjian shook his head, "We must make things clear. Since I'm getting you guys to do something for me, I will naturally need to pay you for it."

After his futile effort of rejecting the money, Anthony eventually agreed to accept it.

As soon as Robert heard of one hundred gold, his eyes immediately lit up. He had once started a dojo and headed it. Unlike people like Anthony who had no such experience, he knew well about the value of money. One hundred gold was already considered a tremendous sum of money to him. It was sufficient for him to change his life for the better.

Robert slapped his chest, creating loud sounds. He said, "Xingjian, don't worry. I'll definitely bring them to you safely."

Ferdinand saw that Fang Xingjian had turned towards him. Although his eyes were closed, he was still observing his actions.

Ferdinand shrugged helplessly, "You want me to go as well?"

Fang Xingjian said, "It should be safer with three Knights."

Ferdinand said reluctantly, "There's still many things I have to handle for the tuition class. You can just let them put on their Knight attire and go. Who would dare to assault Knights in the Empire's territory?"

Digging corpses in the forests would definitely be a dirty and tiring work, therefore he was naturally reluctant to go. However, when the things arrived, he would be interested to sell them off for a profit.

Seeing that Fang Xingjian did not move and was still looking at him with his eyes closed, he felt as if Fang Xingjian was not blind in the least.

"Damn, you can't be pretending to be blind, right?" Seeing that the other part was still staring at him, Ferdinand waved his hand and said, "Alright, alright. I'll go, I'll go."

Fang Xingjian nodded, satisfied. "It'll be hard on you, but time is short. You guys can set off now."

Seeing that Fang Xingjian was in so much of a hurry, both Anthony and Robert were surprised. However, Ferdinand understood and nodded, "Alright, alright, alright. We'll set off right now."

Fang Xingjian reminded them again, "You guys must definitely rush back before the auction starts and sell off all fourteen sets of corpses."

Ferdinand smiled confidently, "You can count on me."

Fang Xingjian nodded and said, "Oh, I still have a property in the outskirts. Help me sell that as well."

That property was what Huang Lin had won for Fang Xingjian during the first inter-class competition. However, he had not been there even once. Now that he needed money, he decided to just sell it.

With that, Ferdinand led Anthony and Robert and left. Fang Xingjian continued to conduct the class and provide guidance to the students.

After three days, the rate at which people signed up for the class has slowed down. For the past three days, there had only been two people who had signed up.

And now, he had finally brought a total of eighty-five sets of sword techniques to their maximum level. He was now one step closer to leveling up his Unparalleled Sword Intent.

Just as he thought that everything would pass by calmly, an instructor came over and informed him that the Deputy Headmaster had asked for him to come over.

Although Fang Xingjian found it weird, he still left with him. They took a narrow path and arrived at a tremendous martial arts training ground.

At that moment, Hamil, Ralph and Ralph, two guys and one lady, were standing on the training ground. Currently, these three could be considered the strongest; they had the most potential after Fang Xingjian.

Edger was standing before the three of them. When he saw that Fang Xingjian had arrived, he waved to him. He wore an amiable expression, without a hint of ill-will against Fang Xingjian in the least.

Edger walked up to Fang Xingjian and said, "Xingjian, there's something that I'll have to trouble you with this time around."

He looked towards the other three and said, "The upcoming Regional Selection is of grave importance. For the benefits of all the Knights in the academy, we need someone to be in the top ten in the Regional Selection.

For this purpose, I've set up this elite class and chose three students who are currently the strongest in the academy and have the greatest potential. They are the three who are currently present: Hamil, Ralph and Rota.

"From now on, the academy, will be investing a large amount of resources on you guys, helping you to achieve the final dash and breakthrough, increasing your chances of passing the Regional Selection."

Ralph nodded, but a hint of hostility flashed passed his eyes when he gazed at Fang Xingjian. "Since that's the case, why has this guy been asked here? Isn't he blind now?"

Edger smiled and said, "According to our findings, Fang Xingjian has great talent in providing guidance for martial arts. Although he has lost his sight, his level of sword arts cultivation is very high and he is good at instructing others. And so, I hope that he can help our elite class and guide you guys in your martial arts everyday."

Hamil was not happy upon hearing Edger's words, but he merely let out a cold snort and did not rebut. He could not deny that the level of Fang Xingjian's sword arts cultivation was truly very high, the level at which he could instruct them. Moreover, he heard that Fang Xingjian was already able to discern location through sounds and there was no problems at all for him to sense all actions below the speed of sound.

Rota had no objections to this arrangement. She had been defeated by Fang Xingjian previously and was full of admiration for this person's sword arts level and martial techniques.

However, Ralph frowned. he had been putting in great effort in his martial arts practice. After the war had ended, he had kept himself in seclusion and only just came out. He was not assured toward Fang Xingjian and did not know how he would be able to instruct others after having lost his sight.

As if he could see through Ralph's doubts, Edger smiled and said, "Xingjian is trained in the Supreme Mistwind Sword which controls the atmosphere's movements. By discerning the location of things through sound, he is now not much different from ordinary people. As long as it is not something that transcends the speed of sound, he would be able to sense them without any problems."

Edger then turned to Fang Xingjian and said, "Xingjian, from now on, I'll need to trouble you to instruct the elite class. After all, this is an important matter to the academy, one that affects all of our futures.

"As for the tuition class, you should stop it for now. It's just an insignificant thing. How could it be more important than the elite class we have here?

"That's right, I heard that you charge a person five gold each. We'll pay you one hundred gold per person here.

"I hope that you can do a good job in supporting Hamil and the others in their martial arts cultivation everyday. As long as they get good results in the Regional Selection, we'll definitely treat you well.

"But now, the academy's financial situation is too tight. We'll probably only be able to pay you after the Regional Selection is over."

In that moment, Edger was full of smiles and appeared to be very amiable and graceful. He had the disposition that a Deputy Headmaster should have. After all, to a person who valued reputation the most, such exterior appearances were of utmost importance. Ever since he became the Deputy Headmaster and got his hands on the investment of one hundred thousand gold, he had rid himself of his previous downcasted disposition and put more effort in maintaining his image and appearance.

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Chapter 175 Bashed Up

Despite Edger's beaming smile, hidden behind it was a dagger.

If Fang Xingjian continued with his classes, it would have an increasing impact in the academy and he would gain both fame and wealth. How could he allow for that to happen? However, after getting someone to conduct an investigation, Fang Xingjian's ability to provide guidance was indeed strong. If he forcefully put an end to the classes on the pretext that it affected the academy's order, it would probably give rise to a lot of dissatisfaction in many Knights.

Therefore, he had planned to get Fang Xingjian's help in guiding the elite class. He would give Fang Xingjian an empty cheque, putting up the front that Fang Xingjian was on good terms with the academy. He hoped to use the principles of righteousness to bully Fang Xingjian, and eventually let him close down the class out of his own volition.

Seeing Fang Xingjian's furrowed brows, Edger sighed and said, "Xingjian, the academy's current financial situation is really tight now. As the saying goes, all the good steel must be used on blades.

"Therefore, we plan to spend most of the money on the elite class, including the money paid to you for instructing them. We may have to pay you after the Regional Selection is over.

"But be assured that when the Regional Selection is over and the additional budget is given to us, I'll definitely reward you heavily.

"So I hope that you can, for the sake of the school, make a little sacrifice and concentrate all your efforts onto the elite class from now on."

As Edger said this, he smirked to himself in his heart. He had promised to pay a remuneration of three hundred gold per month, and that would definitely be a tempting offer. As long as Fang Xingjian accepted the conditions and stopped the classes he was conducting, not only would he need to refund the tuition fees he had received, his reputation would also plunge.

Fang Xingjian would be without his income for the next three months and longer, having devoted all his time onto the elite class. After disappearing from the sight of everyone, if Edger were to add more fuel to the flames, Fang Xingjian could be pushed to the sides. This would also give Fang Xingjian an even greater impact, and as for the rewards and payment after the Regional Selection…

'Hmph… Fang Xingjian's influence would only be reduced at an increasing rate. I would then just need to think of ways to make him borrow some money and land himself in debt. People will be unaware that he was instructing the elite class. With people under the impression that I was the one who had led the students to achieve the results, it would be an easy feat to deal with him then.

'As for the various remunerations and rewards, I would naturally not be giving them to him either.'

Thinking of this, Edger's expression turned into one that was even more insecure. He looked at Fang Xingjian and said, "And so, we'll need to trouble you this time around." He bowed and said, "The Headmaster also hopes that you can help the elite class. We'll be placing the academy's hope on you."

Seeing that he was bowing sincerely, a hint of surprise flashed past Hamil and the others. They all gained a newfound admiration for Edger, as if he had become a person who had great passion for the academy and had great patriotism.

Edger laughed coldly in his heart. 'A seventeen year old child. Hmph, just by saying a few words, I can charm you so much that you won't even be able to distinguish your directions.'

Thinking about this, he bowed even more deeply, as if he wanted to fully touch Fang Xingjian, completely convince him to sacrifice his class to instruct the elite class.

However, what Edger did not know was that despite being merely seventeen years old, his character was long different from ordinary people.

How could he care about responsibilities, touching emotions, admiration, and patriotism?

"There's no way that I'd be giving up on my class." Fang Xingjian sized up Hamil and the others before he continued, "And, for the three of them, I'll only spend two hours instructing them. That's how much time I have.

"But during these two hours, I'll put in extra attention. Therefore, I won't just be accepting one hundred gold per person, I'll be asking for two hundred gold per person. But it must be paid on the first day of every month. Don't even think of paying only after the Regional Selection is over."

Hearing how relentless Fang Xingjian was, Edger frowned. He had never expected his plan against Fang Xingjian to fail. However, he still had another plan.

He lifted his head and looked sternly at Fang Xingjian before saying with a solemn tone, "Fang Xingjian, do you know what you're doing? Earning money from your schoolmates? Dragging the whole academy down at the most crucial time?

"Do you know that you're not giving a hoot about the bigger picture?

"Can't you just bear with it for just three months? Or do you think that the academy will refuse to pay up?"

He pointed to Fang Xingjian, appearing to be more angry the more he spoke. He spoke out righteously, "Do you really care not about the bigger picture? About responsibility? About team spirit and honor? How can you be so selfish and only about money?

"If you're really bent on doing things like this, the academy can only cancel your classes so that you won't continue to affect the order in the academy and spread such selfish mindset to the other students.

"Of course, this is something that we do not hope to see. As long as you can properly support the elite class, then we can maintain the status quo."

'Since I cannot move you, then I'll threaten you. Feeding you a carrot, then holding onto a stick, I don't believe that you won't give in.' Moreover, to him, Fang Xingjian was already blind and he would need to depend on the academy in the future. How could Fang Xingjian afford to offend him?

However, Edger had been an instructor for far too long. He thought that every student was like those he had taught in the past, obedient and naive. He had never tried to fully understand Fang Xingjian, this seventeen year old young man. He knew that Fang Xingjian had talent, was competitive, and rash.

But Fang Xingjian was, after all, blind.

What he did not know was that Fang Xingjian had the number one sword arts talent in the world, a five year lifespan, and deep vengeance. He also was not aware that Fang Xingjian never gave in.

Back then, even the First Prince was not able to force him to do as he said. So how could he, a mere Deputy Headmaster, succeed?

When Edger finished saying what he had to say, Fang Xingjian's brows furrowed tightly. It was as if one could hear the swooshing sounds of the blood in his body, the popping of veins on his forehead, as if a lump of black aura had gathered at his glabella [1].

Fang Xingjian gradually lifted a single finger and pointed towards Edger's direction, saying, "I don't like the way you're talking and doing things.

"Therefore, I'll talk to the three of them directly."

The next moment, a piercing white light appeared on Fang Xingjian's fingertip and immediately encompassed his whole body. Edger felt as if a sun had appeared before his eyes. The strong light beam caused everything to turn into a white color.

If Edger knew about the existence of a flash grenade, then he would have definitely felt that what he was experiencing now was very similar to it.

However, although he did not know about flash grenades, he knew the sword technique Fang Xingjian was displaying.

'Radiant Light Sword Technique!'

His eyes could not see anything at all and his first reaction was to get into a defensive stance. He set off his Reduced Force Field to encompass himself.

Absolute light brings about absolute darkness.

To Edger, it was a situation where he could not see anything. To Fang Xingjian, however, it was no difference from how he usually was. He had long gotten used to the darkness and blended into it.

To Fang Xingjian senses, it were as if Edger's defensive stance had not existed at all.

A current of air surged towards Edger, causing pain in his stomach. He received three consecutive kicks at his chest and his knees weakened. He fell to the ground, half-kneeling. He then felt a sharp pain at his chin as he was kicked and sent flying, eventually landing on the floor.

In less than a second, he was kicked five times in total, each attack extremely vicious. There were no signs of holding back as he was knocked down flat on the ground.

He only felt a burning fury, as if his heart was on fire. It caused him to bellow loudly and stand up.

"Fang Xingjian, you… you… What nerves! What are you doing?! Do you know what you are doing?!"

Edger lifted his head, his face extremely bruised as if he had just received a thrashing by a group of people.

What he valued most was his reputation. Back then, when he was down and out, what he wanted to do most was to walk over Jackson so that he could become the Headmaster and have his name pass down in history.

For a person who valued his reputation most, how furious must he feel to have been defeated by his student and bashed up badly?

The light gradually scattered and Fang Xingjian said with his head tilted, "What did I do?"

"You attacked a teacher, attacked the Deputy Headmaster of a Prefectural Academy!" Edgar bellowed, "Fang Xingjian, you're doomed. I'm telling you, you can forget about being a Knight!"

"Did I beat you up?" Fang Xingjian asked coldly, "Did you see it?"

With a light sway of his body, Edger was sent flying with a kick and landed over ten meters away.

Fang Xingjian smiled coldly as he shook his leg, asking, "Did you see me attacking? Didn't you fly out yourself?"

He looked towards Hamil and the others and asked, "Did any of you see me attacking?"

[1] The point between the eyebrows.

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Chapter 176 Exchanging Blows

Looking at Fang Xingjian's expression when he turned over, Hamil and the others were all stunned for a moment.

Seeing that the three of them remained silent, Fang Xingjian said calmly, "To me, what's the difference between you and blind people?"

The three of them wanted to rebut, but thinking of Fang Xingjian's earlier actions, it was true that they had not been able to see it clearly. They did not even know how many kicks Fang Xingjian had landed on Edger.

'How could he be so fast?'

Aside from the fact that Fang Xingjian had beaten up Edger, what astonished the three of them more was his speed, which was now even faster than before.

And the Radiant Light Sword Technique he had performed earlier was accurate, as if he had never turned blind.

The Fang Xingjian who stood before them with his eyes closed seemed to be even more terrifying than before.

But in the next moment, the three of them thought about the same thing.

'Thank goodness, thank goodness that there is the Pantheon Monument Observation in the Regional Selection. With him being blind, there's no way that he can get through this stage. His starting point is still behind us and it's impossible for him to take part in the Regional Selection.'

A hint of rejoice flashed past Hamil's face.

Ralph shook his head as he gazed at Fang Xingjian with pity.

Only Rota stared at Fang Xingjian's tightly shut eyes, as if she hoped to see his eyes. She suddenly had the feeling that this person might really be able to breakthrough to Heaven's Perception and pass the Regional Selection.

'But how would it be possible to breakthrough to Heaven's Perception in three months' time? It has only been six months since he had completed his transition. How could it be possible?'

However, after Fang Xingjian threw out the question, he turned back toward Edger's direction. Edger was still bellowing, his body flashing as he appeared a hundred meters away from Fang Xingjian.

He drew out a foldable longbow from his waist which was exploding and shooting out streams of electricity. Edger moved around Fang Xingjian at supersonic speed.

As the previous Headmaster's son and the genius who had became the Prefectural Champion back then, his abilities now were at the pinnacle amongst those in the first transition. He was even a little stronger than Clan Elders like Rebecca. HIs instantaneous explosive force could even allow him to move at supersonic speed.

The next moment, it were as if ten thousands shooting stars had fallen from the sky. Countless crossbow arrows rained down from all directions like laser beams. This was archery at supersonic speed, and each shot transformed into ten arrows which split out.

Fang Xingjian had no way to sense supersonic arrow. He did not even know how many arrows had been shot out by him in that instant.

However, this did not mean that he had no way to deal with it. When he sensed that Edger had had disappeared from his sensing perimeters, he abruptly charged forth. Although Fang Xingjian did not go all out at full force, he moved with four times supersonic speed. In an instant, he was five hundred meters away and standing at the borders of the training ground.

Only then did those supersonic arrows hit Fang Xingjian's afterimage, creating a series of loud explosive sounds and causing the stone surfaces to shatter.

Although Fang Xingjian could not see the attack, no one would be able to catch up to his speed if he was hell-bent on escaping.

Edger realized this as well and was fuming in rage. He was just about to nock more arrows when he saw a lump of white light appear at Fang Xingjian's fingertip. The Radiant Light Sword Technique was once again activated and it the next moment, Fang Xingjian was shooting out streams of white light from his body, turning the area within a ten-meter radius into complete white. One would be unable to assess his actual position.

Amidst the light, Fang Xingjian had not expected that Edger had such capabilities. To think that he could also surpass supersonic speed, preventing Fang Xingjian from sensing him.

If that was the case, Fang Xingjian could probably only rely on the Ether Sword Ripples to defeat Edger. He could dash up to the estimated position Edger was around and release up to a hundred Ether Sword Ripples around him within a ten-meter radius.

However, that was a bit hard to control. He might accidentally kill him or miss him completely.

Facing the Radiant Light Sword Technique, Edger also hesitated. If he could not see his target, it would be very hard for him to hit.

When he was considering if he should attack specific areas to test out Fang Xingjian's location, a sound rang out from afar.

A few instructors dashed toward the training ground and shouted from afar, "Deputy Headmaster, what's wrong?"

"What happened? Do you need our help?"

Looking at this scene, Edger frowned slightly, a hint of fury flashing passed his face. He put down his bow and arrows and retreated with a swoosh, showing no signs of hesitation.

Hamil, Ralph and Rota all looked in surprise toward Edger who had left. They had yet to figure out what was going on.

The Deputy Headmaster had left just like that?

Although he had not managed to take down Fang Xingjian in the fight earlier, Fang Xingjian was blind after all. Even if his speed was ten times faster, Edger still had a chance to win. Why did he leave?

A hint of comprehension flashed past Hamil's eyes.

'I heard that this Edger values his reputation the most and can put up with sufferings in order to maintain his reputation.

'Hehe, judging on what just happened, this really is the case.'

Hamil's guess was right. Edger had initially planned on fighting it out with Fang Xingjian, pushing him down and teaching him what respect was.

However, having been caught by surprise earlier, he was given a beating by Fang Xingjian right from the start. If the other instructors who had rushed over saw this, what would be the result?

A commotion would probably breakout the next day. The whole academy would know that he had met up to have a talk with Fang Xingjian, and because they had some disagreements, he was taught a lesson. They would also spread that he failed to defeat Fang Xingjian, ended up getting bruises all over, and was only saved after a few instructors came up to stop the fight.

How could Edger put up with such a situation? Thus, he simply turned to leave without speaking to the few instructors at all. He then spoke out in a loud, and clear voice, "Xingjian, since that's the case, this thing is settled. You'll instruct the elite class on their martial arts. As for the details, I'll leave it for you guys to discuss."

He made it appeared as if they had just finished their discussion, but there was a threatening tone only Hamil and the others could tell.

The few instructors who rushed over exchanged glances, not understanding what was going on.

Fang Xingjian laughed coldly and stopped his Radiant Light Sword Technique and looked toward Hamil and the others. Since Edger had decided to stop pursuing further, there was no reason for him to continue looking for trouble anymore. There was too many things which he needed to get done as soon as he could. He had no time to get entangled with him.

He looked toward the trio and asked outright, "How is it? I'll instruct you guys on your martial arts for two hundred gold every month. Are you guys going to accept the offer?"

The trio exchanged glances. None of them immediately replied.

Just as Fang Xingjian had thought the three of them could not put down their pride and accept his offer, Rota was the first to stand out. She stared at Fang Xingjian and said, "It's true that I'm full of admiration for your martial arts, but I heard that everyone gets to have a one day free trial for your classes. I wonder if we can first try out the feeling of the class which costs two hundred gold per month?"

Fang Xingjian smiled, "Of course."

Hamil's face also reflected an incomprehensible smile akin to mountain spring water. He said calmly, "Then count me in as well."

On the other hand, Ralph turned, let out a cold snort and said, "I'll practice my sword myself. I don't need other people to guide me."

Sensing that Ralph had taken his leave, Fang Xingjian naturally did not say anything. He merely walked up to Rota and Hamil, saying, "You guys can just practice the martial arts you guys are currently cultivating. As long as it is related to circulation in the physical body, I can provide you with guidance."

After saying that, he once again lift up his finger and started cultivating his Radiant Light Sword Technique.

Rota and Hamil exchanged a glance. Eventually, Rota was the one who stepped forth and said, "Then I'll start demonstrating my spear arts."

Fang Xingjian smiled, looking at Rota and Hamil as if they were two fat sheeps ready for slaughter. In order to gather sufficient money to take part in the auction for the bones, he was giving it his all.

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Chapter 177 Receiving the Goods

This was Rota's first time receiving Fang Xingjian's guidance. As she swung out the silver spear in her hands, Fang Xingjian's free hand formed sword fingers and with a tap, sent over ten streams of atmospheric sword currents into the air.

The ten or so sword Qis were like many slithering snakes, encompassing Rota at a steady pace.

Seeing Rota's slightly stiff actions, Fang Xingjian calmly advised, "Relax, it won't hurt."

Rota nodded, and started practicing a set of Nurturing spear arts, one stance at a time. With each movement, strong gales exploded, creating a loud boom as if thunder rang out each time.

Her ponytail sung about, and with each stance she showed the combination of extreme power and beauty. Her long and slender limbs continued to move, unleashing force and showing off her toned curves. She was not as muscular as Lilia, but instead had a slender figure with smooth lines, as if she were a female martial goddess in the Norse Mythology.

While she was practicing this set of spear arts, Fang Xingjian's streams of sword Qis surrounded her like slithering snakes, and in just a blink of an eye, had gotten close to Rota and started hitting against her body.

With each hit, Rota felt a force entering and passing through her body like an electric current, continuously guiding her force circulation and spear arts movements. In just a few minutes, she started to discover that her mastery of the spear arts and the resulted effects had both increased by a lot.

Fang Xingjian had focused the energy he usually spent on fifty people on her alone. Naturally, she could now feel a significant impact.

However, after practicing for a while, Rota's face turned flush red. It was because she felt the streams of sword Qis surround her body, pressing and slapping her body as if they were countless little warm hands, making her feel strangely embarrassed.

But even though she felt embarrassment, the pleasant sensation from the increase in mastery and potential made her reluctant to stop. Instead, she persisted in practicing.

She did not know that what she was experiencing was at least fifty times what ordinary female students had experienced. After ten minutes, the skin all over her body was shivering, her cheeks were flushed red, and the sweat covering her forehead had soaked her hair wet. Finally, with a thrust of her spear, without wanting to, a soft cry came from her mouth. The next moment, she glared at Fang Xingjian as if she had the intention to murder someone.

She clenched her teeth and said, "Fang Xingjian!"

Fang Xingjian was blind, so how could he possibly know the situation? He only curiously asked, "What's wrong? Why do I feel that your heartbeat and blood flow have turned faster just now? Even your breath is frantic. You've only cultivated for such a short amount of time. Your stamina shouldn't be that bad."

Looking at Fang Xingjian's innocent expression, Rota bit her lips, her face turning an even deeper shade of red, which added a hint of charm to her valiant disposition.

She clenched her teeth and said, "I'll change my clothes, then come back for practice."

Of course, Fang Xingjian did not stop her. However, Hamil threw a curious glance at Rota, feeling that she seemed to be a bit weird. He sniffed and asked, "What smell is this?"

Rota who had walked a distance away almost tripped. Her face which was turned away from the two men, blushed more and more. However, she had never been one to easily admit defeat.

Men and women were different, and such differences were reflected on many levels. In terms of martial arts, such differences were significant. For example, females were disadvantaged by the fact that they had to go through menstrual periods and had a colder physique in nature. However, they also had advantages, such as their bodies being more slender, a higher level of endurance, and lighter bodies.

Because men and women were different in too many ways, the way men and women cultivated were naturally different as well.

Rota's earlier reactions were just because of the fact that men and women had very different skin characteristics. Men's skin was thicker than women's by two to three times. Therefore, their skin was coarser, while women's skin was smoother and more sensitive.

Therefore, when women started practicing martial arts, they would have to go through much more pain than men.

Most female Knights did not have money, so their skin would become increasingly coarser and thicker. But people with rich backgrounds, like Rota, were obviously different. She took and applied many beauty products and a lot of medicinal food, both of which were good for the body. This allowed her to keep her skin smooth and tender despite practicing martial arts. It even helped her keep her body long and slender, just like common women.

And ever since she had become a Knight she had the Reduced Force Field to protect her body, so there were less chances of her skin sustaining injuries during training, which also allowed her skin to retain its sensitivity.

Not only did this maintain her appearance, but during battle, her skin's sensitivity also allowed her to sense the finer changes of the airflow.

In the changing room, Rota recalled the previous embarrassing scene and clenched her fists tightly, "How could I lose here? Wasn't my intention to prove that women are never weaker than men?"

She instructed the maid outside the door, "Go get bring me a pad."

No matter what, Fang Xingjian's guidance quickly got Rota and Hamil interested. These two aristocrats were willing to pay the price of six hundred gold to enjoy Fang Xingjian's guidance for the next three months, before the Regional Selection.

This Regional Selection was of great importance, and as renowned talents, they had both received considerable financial aid from their clans.

Another three days passed and Fang Xingjan's income increased by four hundred gold from the two of them. The sword techniques he had mastered to the maximum level had also increased to ninety, and he only needed ten more to level up his Unparalleled Sword Intent.

No matter if he was walking, sitting or lying down, there seemed to be sword theories simply flowing out from his body.

Edger never appeared again, as if he was fearful of losing his reputation. He only returned to the academy after the injuries on his face had fully recovered. He did not interfere with the elite class's current condition either.

However, the resources planned to be given to Hamil and the others did not stop coming, contributing to their increase in power.

One day, Ferdinand and the others finally came back. They did not bother to have their meal, wash up, or rest, but instead rushed over to Fang Xingjian's with excitement.

"It's done." Ferdinand smiled. "A total of fourteen corpses have arrived at my place and are waiting for buyers to get them."

Fang Xingjian nodded and asked, "How much left until the auction?"

"Eight days." Ferdinand replied. "Although time is a bit tight, it should be just about sufficient. Now the only worry is that the money made from selling the corpses won't be enough.

Fang Xingjian looked at Ferdinand and asked, "You have a solution to this?"

Ferdinand smiled and a hint of confidence flashed in his eyes. It was an absolute confidence Fang Xingjian had never seen before.

"If you ask me questions about spear arts, I might still hesitate a little.

"But with regards to selling things… I'm sorry, but I'm the true expert here."

He looked towards Robert and Anthony and said, "The two of you, follow me back tonight. We have work to do tomorrow."

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Chapter 178 Selling Bones

"Did you hear? Someone is buying remains of first transition Knights."

"Mmm, I heard it's that big aristocratic clan who wants to buy a large number of remains to refine something."

"Hehe, to hell with the big aristocratic clan. It's the academy who wishes to collect remains to forge Inferior Remains Divine Weapons and help the students in the upcoming Regional Selection."

Next to the table, two merchants exchanged glances and quickly left.

Similar news were spreading through the whole of Kirst through various underground channels.

On the other end, in an underground room, Anthony pinched his nose, his face pale as he looked at Ferdinand, who was cutting up and polishing the corpses. He felt as if he was about to puke.

"What are you doing?"

Ferdinand's expression did not change as he continued to work on the corpses and said, "Other than their bones, the other parts of first transition Knights can't be used to make Remains Divine Weapons.They're useless.

"Although these black people are black, their bones are white, just like ours.

As long as we polish them up a little, no one will be able to tell that they were Garcia's Great Warriors."

Anthony turned his head, not daring to continue looking at what Ferdinand was doing. "I'm asking what use is it?"

"What use?" Ferdinand lifted his head, looking at Anthony as if he was looking at an idiot. "Garcia's Great Warriors are much weaker than our Empire's Knights. When you compare their bone remains with the bone remains of Empire's Knights, which do you think will sell at a better price?"

Ferdinand shook his head helplessly, "If not for the fact that the remains of Conferred Knights are too different from those of the Knights', I would even be able to pass these off as Conferred Knights'."

He then pointed to the pile of bones which had already been polished and said, "Alright, take that pile away. Take it to the location I told you of. Someone will offer you two thousand gold for them. You just need to sell it to him."

"Two thousand gold? It can sell for that much money?" Anthony asked with wide-open eyes. "From what I know, the bone remains of a normal level 19 Knight can only be sold for about one thousand gold or so. The bones still need be to be processed and combined with other materials to actually make a Remains Divine Weapon.

"And yours is a counterfeit."

He tapped the counterfeit remains and shook his head, "If it was me, I would pay at most six hundred gold for it."

"Hehe, then it's right. Everyone will feel that two thousand gold is too much, that's why they'll be tricked." Ferdinand smiled.

Anthony frowned, but understood after thinking about it. "You're laying the ground? Buying what you sell?

"Will it work?"

"Have you heard?"

"This time around, Governor Devitt plans to choose a person to be his disciple from the ten who'll pass the Regional Selection."

"The Governor is looking for a disciple."

"Is that true? Where did you hear the news from?"

"How could it be false? The person who becomes the Governor's disciple will be able to gain great power and authority. Hehe, otherwise, why do you think so many people are buying bone remains?"

"Oh? I heard that someone bought one set for two thousand gold yesterday."

"Hehe, someone also said that they would be buying one in the east district today."

Ferdinand looked at Hylong helplessly and said, "Hylong, I'm sorry. I'm going to leave this rib bone for myself."

Hylong stood up immediately and said furiously, "Ferdinand, what rubbish are you talking about? Haven't we agreed that you'll let me have it?"

Ferdinand touched the remain affectionately and sighed, "But this is my ancestor's remains, passed down in the clan. Not only is it strong, more importantly, it is very meaningful to me. Moreover, this is a rib bone, and is the best material for a spearhead. It's just right for me and my spear arts."

Hylong spoke in a panic, "You can't go back on your words! We agreed on the deal for seventy gold! Are you planning on raising the price?"

"It's not that I want to raise the price." Looking at how anxious Hylong was, Ferdinand spoke with great hesitation, "Barbara isn't letting me sell. She said that she has something important to discuss with me. It's with regards to the upcoming Regional Selection. I think… I think it's related to the Governor."

Hylong's eyes narrowed and he asked, "What did you say?"

Ferdinand laughed out loud, "Look, Barbara is here."

Barbara walked over and headed straight to Ferdinand, tugging him and said, "Ferdinand, don't sell that rib bone yet."

Hylong said angrily, "Are you kidding me? We've agreed on the deal and the price. How can you just say that you're not selling?"

Barbara let out a cold laugh and asked Hylong, "Hmph, you must be here to take advantage of Ferdinand, isn't it?"

Hylong asked, a bit meekly, "What do you mean?" He turned to Ferdinand and said, "Alright, I'll make it ninety gold. That should be fine, right? The rib bone is mine to keep now."

With that, he turned, taking the rib bone from the table, and left.

After seeing that he had left, Barbara pouted and said, "I didn't know Hylong was this rich. He couldn't have sold the shops under his clan to gather the money, could he?

"Tsk, he should go take a look at himself in the mirror. He thinks someone like him can pass the Regional Selection? " She then reached out her hand to Ferdinand and said, "The five gold we've agreed on. Give it to me."

"Take it yourself." Ferdinand stroked his chin and thought to himself, 'Seems like the profit is better if they are sold individually. It's a pity that there's not enough time. We can only change our method.'

On the other end, Hylong left excitedly, holding onto the rib bone and thinking to himself, 'It's a pity. Now the money I have won't be enough for me to sign up for Fang Xingjian's class.

'But with this rib bone to make my spear tip, I can get my father to help me find what I need to forge an Inferior Divine Weapon. With that, my battle prowess will increase by at least 50%.'

In the underground room, Robert looked at the incomplete set of bone remains and asked, "Weren't there fourteen sets? Why is there one more now?"

Ferdinand grinned and said, "I noticed that a complete set of remains would look too new. If there are some parts missing, then the people will think that these have some age, and they won't suspect Garcia.

"I wanted to sell some of them individually to some poor fools. But it seems that we don't have time. Therefore, I just put them together to form one set and sell it to people who don't know any better."

Robert shook his head while looking at Ferdinand, mourning for the many deceived people.

In Fang Xingjian's study, Manny was holding onto a book and reading, "The human body is an internal world, and the universe is a large world. Heaven's Perception requires an exchange of one's will with the world's will.

"But the world cannot talk, so we must learn how to interact with the world. Each increasing stage in the Ten Heavenly Barriers allows a deeper understanding of the world's will."

Manny nodded and said, "This Lobuche's words have a charm to them. The world has a will of its own? Just like humans?" He smiled and told Fang Xingjian, "I heard that you've been crazily earning money from teaching classes?"

Fang Xingjian turned to him and asked, "What about it?"

"If you have your mind set on the parietal bones, you can give up on it now." Manny sighed, a hint of disappointment flashing in his eyes. "That item has been reserved."

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Chapter 179 News

Fang Xingjian's expression did not look good. He asked Manny, "What do you mean 'it's reserved'?"

Manny shrugged, " A set of Conferred Knight's parietal bones, on loan for six hours, although quite effective, still depends on the individual's talent. It's very hard to say how much help it can provide in attaining Heaven's Perception. In normal circumstances, it's considered quite a feat to be able to put the price between eighteen to twenty thousand gold."

Fang Xingjian nodded in agreement. This was about the price Ferdinand had estimated for it. If it exceeded twenty thousand, the price for these parietal bones would not be reasonable. After all, although they could be used to increase the chances of attaining Heaven's Perception, it merely raised the chances, and it was merely an experience.

Manny sighed, "I wanted to fight for it too, but this time around, an extremely rich person openly offered a price of thirty thousand gold, telling everyone else not to fight with him for it."

"Thirty thousand gold?" Fang Xingjian furrowed his brows and asked, "Why? This is too much of an inflation. Why is he doing this?"

"For one, of course it's because he's rich, too rich. Although an additional ten thousand gold would pain him a little, it's still just a little." Manny sighed and continued, "Another reason is because there's been a rumor recently that Governor Devitt is going to choose someone from this upcoming Regional Selection to become his disciple. Naturally, everyone wants to fight for this chance.

"If one can become Governor Devitt's disciple, then power, wealth and various cultivation resources will easily be within grasp. The person would be able to jump up many ranks and become a member of the Empire's upper echelon.

"Of course, if one could attain Heaven's Perception's before the Regional Selection, the chances of getting Lord Devitt's favor would be higher.

"After all, it is no easy feat to breakthrough and attain the Heaven's Perception by oneself, without the support of the Regional Academy's resources."

Having said that, Manny smiled. "Although it is hard to say how much help one can get with the right to use the parietal bones for six hours, what can we do when he has the money to spare?"

Fang Xingjian did not say anything, but his brows furrowed increasingly tighter. Although to other people the Regional Selection was of great importance, they would not be in despair even if they did not pass.

But to Fang Xingjian, missing this year's Regional Selection meant he would have to wait for another two years. How could he? He had a lifespan of less than four years, and if he were to wait another two years, he would be left with less than two years. He would not be able to participate in the next National Selection either.

And in his plan of seeking vengeance from the Onassis Clan and Caroline, attaining the Divine level was a must. If he wanted to stand before them and before Fang Clan's Old Granny Li Shuanghua, he would need to be at least at the peak of second transition, level 29.

Therefore, to Fang Xingjian, it was a must to pass the Regional Selection. It was something he could not afford to miss.

And for him to pass the Regional Selection, he would first need to get through the challenge of attaining Heaven's Perception. To him, the value of having these parietal bones for six hours was too important.

Manny looked at Fang Xingjian in surprise. Even he could tell that Fang Xingjian's emotions were a bit off. He asked, "What's wrong?"

Fang Xingjian shook his head, "It's nothing. Let's continue."

"Oh, right. What's the name of the guy who released the news?"

After Ferdinand and Manny finished their exchange, he headed over to Ferdinand's late that night.

Ferdinand was surprised when he saw Fang Xingjian after opening his door. He asked, "Why have you come?"

"There's trouble." Fang Xingjian did a quick scan, and after making sure that no one was inside, he entered. After taking a seat, he asked outright, "How much did you sell those bone remains for?"

Ferdinand replied, "There was a total of fourteen sets, and I spent various means to sell them and I now have nineteen thousand and fifty-four gold altogether. Adding it up with the two hundred and eighty-five gold from your class and the four hundred gold from the elite class, and taking away the money you have used for your cultivation during this time, we now have a total of nineteen hundred, five hundred and eighty-seven gold."

Fang Xingjian calmly asked, "There's still that house on the outskirts which was sold for five hundred gold, and adding in my own savings, it's twenty thousand, five hundred and eighty-seven gold."

Ferdinand yawned and then smiled, "Alright, this should be about enough. Worst case, I'll lend you some too. It should be enough to buy the six-hour ownership of the bones."

Fang Xingjian shook his head and asked, "Have you heard of a person called Bruno?"

"Bruno? He's a profligate son. However, he's extremely rich," Ferdinand said. "His grandfather is a Conferred Knight and works in the Empire's Ministry of Finance. In the whole of Kirst, there's probably no one else who's richer than him."

Fang Xingjian frowned and said, "Bruno will also be participating in this auction. And he has already released the news that he's going to get this bone even if he has to pay thirty thousand gold."

"Thirty thousand gold?!" Ferdinand gasped. "This guy really is a profligate son."

"Are you sure that what he said is likely to be true?" Fang Xingjian asked.

"Hehe," Ferdinand smiled bitterly and replied, "This guy doesn't treat money like money at all. The businesses under their clan's name is more than enough for him to life ten lives or more.

"But why does he want the parietal bones? Based on what I know, his talent is mediocre and he should know that even if he were to use it, it's unlikely that he would be able to attain Heaven's Perception."

Fang Xingjian turned to him and said, "It's because he heard the news that Governor Devitt is planning to choose a disciple from the participants in the upcoming Regional Selection."

"Huh?!" The rumors that Devitt was planning to choose a disciple in the upcoming Regional Selection had been released by Ferdinand to begin with. Who would have thought this rumor not only helped him gain a greater profit from selling the Garcia's Great Warriors' bones, it also attracted a rich competitor like Bruno.

The next moment, he regained his senses, "Although his talent is not there, if he could buy the six hours, even if he could not succeed, he could at least prevent other people's success. This way, his chances of being selected would slightly increase.

"This damned rich guy."

He had the feeling as if he had lifted a heavy boulder and then smashed it down on his own foot.

Half an hour later, Robert, Anthony, Ferdinand and Fang Xingjian all gathered in the room, keeping very quiet.

Anthony was the first one to break the silence, asking, "Xingjian, are you sure that you must have these bones? Even if you're late by one to two years…"

"No way." Fang Xingjian's tone was very firm. "I must definitely get my hands on them." His tone was very cold as he said, "If everything else doesn't work out, I can only snatch them."

"Don't!" Ferdinand said. "The people who brought the bones are not simple characters. I've heard that there's at least one Conferred Knight amongst them. It's an Empire's Conferred Knight. He's not going to be as weak as Garcia's Destined Warriors."

"Bruno only came because he heard the rumors and thought that the Governor would select a disciple in the upcoming Regional Selection." Robert stroked his neck and said, "Then can we arrange for a meet-up with him to tell him the truth?"

Ferdinand sighed, "It's useless. Why would he believe us? We can't prove it."

Truly, the news that the Governor would be selecting a disciple in the Regional Selection was one which people had the choice to believe or not. However, there was no way for them verify it. It only depended on what people chose to believe.

After all, they could not actually go up to ask that number one character in the Great Western Region if he was going to take in a disciple in the Regional Selection.

In the beginning, Ferdinand had been very proud of his plan, but now, he thought that even he was unable to find a loophole, since the rumor could not be verified.

Anthony spoke again, "Or…we could think of a way to delay Bruno so that he would be unable to take part in the auction?"

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Chapter 180 Auction (Part I)

"It's useless." Ferdinand shook his head and said, "This idiotic Bruno has already released news that he's aiming for the bone. Although this got many other competitors to come out earlier…

"It also made many people think that the rumor that Governor Devitt will be choosing his disciple is true.

"Even if we can stop Bruno from attending this auction, there would be tough competition in the auction anyway.

"When I previously estimated the price at twenty thousand gold, I hadn't expected this happen."

Having said this, a hint of comprehension flashed in Ferdinand's eyes. "It's no wonder that when I was spreading the news, I sensed some other power helping to spread the rumors. I did not understand this at the beginning, but thinking of it now, it's those people who are auctioning the six hours who were helping to push out the news.

"They also want to fetch a high price."

Fang Xingjian nodded. He was bent on getting the bones, and even though the auction had yet to start, the upper limits of the cost had already been raised again and again. The money he had with him now was a tremendous sum of money in any other situation, but it was not enough for him to win the bid in this auction.

They continued discussing, continuously brainstorming for ideas and then rejecting them. It went on until daybreak, but they were still unable to come up with a solution.

Anthony leaned back on the sofa and dejectedly said, "Why don't we just snatch Bruno, take his money and use it in the auction?"

Ferdinand pouted and said, "If you want to offend a Conferred Knight, a high official in the Empire, then go do it yourself. I won't risk my life together with you guys."

"Pass off as Bruno?" Fang Xingjian thought and said as he turned toward the window where sunlight was gradually shining down on the earth.

"Impossible." Ferdinand said, "If we were to restrain Bruno, considering his grandfather's powers, it would be very troublesome if they decide to pursue and investigate the case.

"We must hide our identity in front of him, and do the same when facing the auctioneers.

"We need to hide from both sides and snatch Bruno's money. He also has experts under him, given to him by his grandfather. Who knows what kind of Remains Divine Weapons they have?

"It would be trouble if our identities were revealed."

"No." Fang Xingjian shook his head and suddenly smiled, "We might really be able to do it."

He turned toward Ferdinand and asked, "Has Bruno come into contact with a Conferred Knight's head bone before?"

"He shouldn't have. There's only a total of five thousand Conferred Knights in the Empire, with at most twenty dying each year due to accidents, war casualties and old age, at most five of them being level 25 or higher.

Some of them are kept by their clans, some by the royal family, but most of them are split up and given to the various Regional Royal Academies. Almost 80% of the parietal bones are kept in Regional Royal Academies to nurture the next generation of Conferred Knights.

"Being able to come into contact with this thing isn't a matter of money. If not for the temptation of the upcoming Regional Selection being too great, Northern Ice Region's academy would not put out this offer.

"And with Bruno's flamboyant nature, if he had used parietal bones before, he would have already announced it long ago."

Fang Xingjian nodded. "That's good, then. Since he's never come into contact with parietal bones before, then we have a way of dealing with this."

Ferdinand curiously asked, "What way?"

Fang Xingjian smiled, "Have two auctions."

Ferdinand felt stunned for a moment. However, quick-witted as he was, he immediately reacted, "Two?"

Fang Xingjian explained, "Leaving the parietal bones in their own academy and not handing them over to the Regional Academy does not fit the rules to begin with, right? This is why their auction is conducted in secret, and why they won't dare to openly advertise it."

Ferdinand stood up, pacing left and right, his brain working at a very quick speed, as he continued to mumble unceasingly.

"If it's the location, there should be no problem.

"If it's people, we can just use the trained Warriors from our clan…

"No, if we can earn a sum of money while we're at it, we can actually invite and hire a few people.

"The other party shouldn't have met Bruno before either.

"It's doable, it's actually doable."

Ferdinand's eyes got increasingly brighter while Robert and Anthony were both puzzled, "What's going on?"

"Ferdinand, what are you thinking about?"

Ferdinand shook his head, "There's still some crucial information I need to verify. If there's no problem, we can set up two auctions, but that still leaves the crucial point."

He turned toward Fang Xingjian and asked, "How do you plan on tricking Bruno?"

Fang Xingjian calmly replied, "In my hometown, there was a similar situation before. I plan to try that out."

"How?"

Fang Xingjian replied, "Give me five hundred gold and I'll make a trip to Netherworld Valley myself. I'll leave the rest to you."

Seeing that Fang Xingjian and Ferdinand seemed to be speaking in riddles, Anthony finally could not hold it in anymore and once again asked, "What's the situation now? What's the actual plan?"

Ferdinand smiled, "You'll find out tonight."

On the day of the auction, in a building known as Black Saloon, Kirst.

Due to its vast interior, the cylindrical-shaped two-storey building had always been treated as the best gathering location. Therefore, he rented both levels for the day.

It was because an auction known only to Kirst's aristocrats and members of the upper echelon would be conducted here.

Of course, to Fang Xingjian and the others, there were going to be two concurrent auctions.

A team of people dressed in black robes alighted from the horse carriage and headed toward the Black Saloon's backdoor.

A man in a tuxedo lowered his head and walked over to the black-robed man leading the pack. He bowed and said, "Welcome."

The man in black robes coldly asked, "Where is Bennett?"

"Lord Bennett is in the hall attending to guests. We heard that you do not wish to divulge your identities and thus I've arranged for the horse carriage to stop at the back door."

The man in tuxedo lifted his head, revealing his face. It was Ferdinand.

He smiled and asked the man in black robes, "Sir, are you satisfied with the arrangements?"

The man in black robes leading the pack kept silent for a moment and a stifling aura gushed out. Just as Ferdinand's temples and forehead were unceasingly perspiring and he felt as if he was going to be forced to his knees by the pressure, the man in black robes finally spoke.

"Let's go."

Ferdinand nodded with a slightly pale countenance, "Yes, please follow me.

"We've invited the most powerful buyers in Kirst this time around. You will definitely not be disappointed in the auction today.

"We've also followed your instructions to make it a secret auction and will definitely not reveal your identities to anyone."

The man in black robes did not say anything. Ferdinand turned, his eyes flashing with excitement as he led the group of black robed people toward the Black Saloon's first level.

On the other side, at the Black Saloon's main entrance.

Under the lead of an attendant dressed in black, the buyers who had arrived at the Black Saloon's main entrance were led toward the second level of Black Saloon.

Most of these buyers also covered their faces with robes so as not to reveal their identities. One reason was because this was the requirement of this auction, and the other reason was because they did not wish to reveal their financial ability. Furthermore, if they were to win the bid for the parietal bones, they would not wish to be known all the more.

However, there were also people who did not care about all these. A man wearing a golden-colored mask bawled loudly without any restraint as he walked toward Black Saloon's second level.

"Haha! Everyone! This time, I'm bent on winning the bid. The parietal bones are really very important to me, so I'll have to trouble everyone to give in to me a little."

Just like that, under Ferdinand's special arrangements, all the buyers headed up to level two, while the sellers stayed on level one. The two auctions on both levels would start at the same time.

On the first storey, the black-robed man in the lead had just taken his seat, when he suddenly frowned and asked, "Why is it so noisy outside?"

Ferdinand's heart sank. 'How sharp is this guy's hearing? This hall is almost soundproof, yet he can hear the sounds outside?' Ferdinand smiled and tried to cover up, "It's nothing much. There's just some construction works for one of the corridors."

The black-robed man ignored Ferdinand and told one of his subordinates, "Go take a look outside."

Ferdinand smiled and blocked his way, "There's no need to be so wary. Today, we've already reserved the entire Black Saloon. There definitely won't be any problems."

The black robed man laughed coldly, saying again, "Go take a look."

The subordinate, also dressed in a black robe, passed by Ferdinand and headed toward the door of the first storey's hall.

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Chapter 181 Auction (Part II)

Under Ferdinand's nervous gaze, the subordinate left the hall for the door. After opening the door, Bang! Bang! Bang! Non-stop knocking sounds resounded.

He frowned and looked over to discover that five to six men were in the corridor, fixing up the place. He nodded and closed the door, shouting out to the leader, "Sir, it's alright. Someone's fixing up the wall over there."

Ferdinand exhaled and thought to himself, 'Thank goodness we made the arrangements earlier.'

The black-robed leader asked, "Why, don't you have to go out and take charge?"

Ferdinand replied, "No, my job today is to wait upon everyone here. He pointed to a room above the hall and said, "Everyone's room is over there. This is a secret auction, so all the buyers will be staying in their respective rooms. No one will find out your identities."

Other than the seats in the hall , there were also some slightly elevated rooms which appeared to be observation booths. They were spread out in a circle around the entire hall. The people inside could look outside easily, but those outside would not be able to look in.

The black-robed leader nodded and headed for the room.

On the other side, under the lead of attendants, the buyers participating in the secret auction were led to the hall on the second storey.

Fang Xingjian stood in the dark, while Robert signaled toward a man wearing a golden mask, "That's him, Bruno. He's probably going to be the winner of the auction this time around."

Fang Xingjian nodded and looked toward the first storey.

'Hope that everything goes well.'

The auctions on both storeys would start at the same time.

On the first storey, only the black-robed sellers were real, while the others were all the trained Warriors from Ferdinand's clan. Some of them took on the roles of attendants, some of them stood in the private rooms, getting ready to put up the farce of calling the bids on behalf of the buyers.

And on the second storey, all the real buyers were gathered, including Bruno. The only thing missing was the actual seller.

In the auction hall on the first storey, an auctioneer went up the stage and started talking, "A great welcome to everyone here tonight. Compared to the usual jokes I share at the start of auctions, I'm sure everyone is more concerned about the auctioned item. Let's cut to the chase and let me introduce the item put up for auction today. It's the parietal bones of a level 25 Conferred Knight, which can help the user appreciate the feeling of Heaven's Perception. The item will be loaned out for six hours.

"There's no need for me to say more about the effects. Any expert who aspires to become a Conferred Knight won't this chance.

"Six hours will be sufficient for you to completely comprehend the feeling of Heaven's Perception.

"It may even allow you to achieve a further breakthrough and attain the true Heaven's Perception. It would be as if you have passed the Regional Selection before it has even started."

The auctioneer continued with his inflammatory speech, and the fake buyers did not show much of a reaction.

Only the black-robed leader who had brought the parietal bones nodded slightly, feeling that this auctioneer was quite good.

In the auction hall on the second storey, another auctioneer had stepped onto the stage. He started off by saying, "A great welcome to everyone here tonight. Compared to the usual jokes I share at the start of auctions, I'm sure everyone is more concerned about the auctioned item. Let's cut to the chase and let me introduce the item put up for auction today…"

But just as he spoke halfway, a furious bellow rang out.

"Shut your trap. Who here doesn't know this thing? Just go straight to the auction."

"Hehe, that's right, just go straight to the auction."

The auctioneer seemed to have not received such a response with everyone raising a commotion before. At that split second, he was at a loss.

Fang Xingjian looked at the situation in the dark and said to Robert, "Let him start directly. It'll also allow us to make up the time difference and allow us to end this side faster."

With that, he headed for the door, saying, "I'll go make some preparations."

In the private room on the second storey, Bruno had taken off his gold-colored mask and sat down without any reservations. He looked at the auctioneer who had started the auction and coldly said, "Just call for twenty-five thousand directly."

"What?" The attendant was stunned.

Bruno said coldly, "Later, just call for twenty-five thousand directly.

"This time around, I'm bent on getting this."

The auctioneer received the instructions and went on directly, "Since no one here requires any further introductions, then let us begin. The starting bid for this auction is one thousand gold, and each calling bid must be at least one hundred gold higher."

Just as the auctioneer finished his words, the attendant in Bruno's room called for the bid, "Twenty-five thousand gold."

At the same time, Bruno's voice also rang out. "I'm sorry everyone, but I really need this bone. Please help me out here today. I'll definitely be very grateful."

Hearing the price of twenty-five thousand gold, all the buyers in their private rooms frowned.

In another private room, Rota's pretty face scrunched up. Today, she had put on her white-colored practice robes. They complemented her tender skin, making her appear extremely pure and cute.

Hearing the calling bid of twenty-five thousand gold, Rota furiously said, "This goddamn Bruno. With his talent, this thing is useless on him."

Seated next to Rota was an elder with the build of a bear. He smiled and said, "He just wants to make it such that even if he doesn't succeed, none of you will either.

"Moreover, this Bruno is truly rich. We're no match for him."

"Father, then what shall we do?" asked Rota. "Twenty-eight thousand gold is all the liquid capital we can bring out. But, most likely, we will still lose to him."

Rota's father smiled, "Little Ta, why don't you marry into Bruno's family and bring over all their assets? By then, the parietal bones will be nothing in comparison."

"Father," Rota looked at her father solemnly and said, "Please stop joking."

Feeling awkward under his daughter's glare, the elder stroked his head. "Haha, then let's increase the price too."

"Twenty-six thousand gold!"

"Twenty-six thousand gold!" The auctioneer called out in surprise. "The auction has an exciting kickstart of twenty-five thousand gold and the current bid has been increased to twenty-six thousand gold! This is really an astonishing price, but it also shows the value of this item.

"Calling once for twenty-six thousand gold! Anyone else wants to call for a higher bid?"

"Twenty-seven thousand gold." In his private room, Hamil calmly stated his bid. Next to him, his younger brother hesitantly asked, "Elder brother, father only fave us twenty-five thousand gold. Why did you call for twenty-seven thousand gold? What if we can't pay up?"

Seeing that his younger brother was about to break into tears, Hamil snapped, "I also have my private stash. And Lochte, why are you becoming increasingly delicate? You're not showing any hints of masculinity at all."

Lochte replied, "I'm not a Knight, of course I'm not as fearless as you guys."

Hamil shook his head, "This doesn't look too good. This Bruno, it's too hard to win over him. It's a pity… Six hours is short to begin with. If they were willing to loan it out for twelve hours, then I would have looked for someone to partner up with me. With that, we could each take six hours."

Lochte replied, "Then other people could team up as well. You still wouldn't be able to win the bid."

While Hamil and his brother were talking, Bruno raised the price once again.

"Thirty thousand gold."

The charm of money was fully displayed. How much was thirty thousand gold? It was about a quarter of the budget for the whole Kirst Academy!

Bruno casually called out the price, as if he was a huge mountain pressing down on everyone else. Moreover, there was also a Conferred Knight supporting him from the back. No matter how much they wanted to, they could not blast up the mountain.

"Thirty thousand gold calling thrice…

"Sold!"

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Chapter 182 Auction (Part III)

In the auction hall on the first storey, the fake auction continued to progress steadily.

Although the final price was decided slightly later than the one on the second storey, it was fixed at thirty thousand gold.

Looking at the auctioneer on the stage, Ferdinand's eyes narrowed a little, feeling a little disappointed.

It was not as if they had not thought of taking Bruno's thirty thousand gold on the second storey and paying the black-robed leader twenty-eight thousand gold on the first storey, thus earning a profit.

But if they were to do so, it would increase the chances of their cover being blown up. Neither the high officer from the Ministry of Finance supporting Bruno nor the Conferred Knight who had brought the parietal bones were people they could trifle with.

Therefore, in order to minimize the chances of their cover being blown up, they gave up on this chance to earn money.

However, when the it came down to it, he could still not control the hint of disappointment flashing in his eyes.

He nodded toward the black-robed leader, smiled and said, "Sir, congratulations. Please follow me to the dealing room to complete the deal."

Therefore, he led the group toward the dealing room on the first storey. On the second storey, Bruno, wearing his golden mask, was also led to the respective dealing room.

Both parties opened the doors to the respective dealing rooms almost at the same time, and looked inside.

On the second storey, Bruno looked into the dealing room and saw that a (fake) black-robed man was already standing there. He walked in with a few attendants following behind him and smiled at the (fake) black-robed man.

"Where are the parietal bones?"

That (fake) black-robed man spoke in a stifled voice, "Where's the money?"

Bruno clapped and one of his subordinates lugged in a total of ten chests, "There is a total of fifteen thousand gold here. After the deal is completed, which is six hours later, we'll pay the remaining fifteen thousand gold."

The (fake) black-robed man nodded, and signalled the two subordinates behind him to move the chests.

But before they could, Bruno suddenly stopped them.

"Wait a minute. Before you take the money, I want to make sure that there's no problems with the parietal bones." He looked toward the middle-aged man behind him and said, "Let this master blacksmith appraise it. Master Harman has forged a Superior Remains Divine Weapons before and is well experienced in dealing with Conferred Knights' bone remains. You guys can bring out the parietal bones first and let Master Harman appraise it."

Suddenly, the place was filled with tension, turning completely silent.

On the first storey, Ferdinand led the black-robed men into the dealing room. The black-robed leader took a look and noticed a (fake) man with a gold mask was already standing in there.

The black-robed men walked in and the (fake) man with the gold mask said, "Hello, where's the parietal bones?"

The black-robed man said, "Hand over the money and we'll hand over the goods. Where's the money?"

The (fake) man with the gold mask kept silent for a while, as if he was thinking of something. Just as the atmosphere in the room was tensing up, he nodded and said, "That's how it should be. Bring in the money!"

His second sentence was targeted to the people outside.

A few burly men brought in ten large sacks and as they walked, clanking sounds rang out. It was the sound of colliding gold.

The (fake) man with the gold mask said, "There's a total of fifteen thousand gold here. Six hours later, I'll pay the remaining fifteen thousand gold. How about it?"

The black-robed man nodded and replied, "Alright." With that, he took out a square box the size of a palm. The parietal bones had been kept close to him all this time.

Ferdinand let out a sigh of relief and thought to himself, 'Thank goodness we have the money from selling the bone remains previously. There shouldn't be any problems now.'

Just as he was feeling relieved, the black-robed man's words caused him to be on tenterhooks yet again. The guy spoke calmly, "You can stay here to comprehend it. Within these six hours, you cannot leave my sight."

Ferdinand immediately frowned, but smiled and said, "Sir, trying to attain Heaven's Perception is no trivial matter. Shouldn't it require one to be in a quiet and concealed environment? This is different from what we've previously agreed on."

The black-robed man shook his head and said, "Within six hours, the parietal bones cannot leave my sight. If you are not willing to accept it, we'll cancel the deal. Anyway, there's still many other people who are interested in it."

He stood there tyrannically, as if he was a huge mountain which could not be easily crossed. He released the aura of a second transition Conferred Knight without any restraint, pushing down on everyone in the room.

On the second storey, when Bruno mentioned that he wanted to appraise the parietal bones, the place turned dead silent.

Bruno's eyes narrowed as he looked at the (fake) black-robed man who was not saying a word. He suddenly spoke out in a cold voice, "Why? You don't dare to go through with the appraisal? You couldn't possibly have brought me a fake parietal bone, right?"

As the atmosphere grew increasingly tense, the (fake) black-robed man suddenly walked up toward Bruno and the others.

The eyes of the four Knights behind Bruno narrowed and they quickly stepped up to stand in his way, but before they could get near, Fang Xingjian casually sent out the Ether Sword Ripples with an extremely domineering, quick and terrifying aura.

He did not need the limits of eight times the supersonic speed, but just sent out formless slashes at four times the supersonic speed. To someone at the first transition, this was already unimaginably terrifying.

Soft pfft pfft pfft pfft sounds rang out. In the situation where the four Knights had neither seen nor sensed anything, and did not know what they had been attacked by, all four of them had already become bald the moment they heard the soft sounds.

Their heads looked as if they had been handled by a hairdresser, their hair floating in the air and slowly falling to the ground.

Fang Xingjian slowly walked up to Bruno and spoke out with a cold voice.

"If you want to appraise it, go ahead. But the parietal bones can only be touched by a single person. If he has touched it, you can forget about touching it."

Bruno only felt that from the darkness of that black robe, it was as if a pair of extremely sharp eyes was staring straight at him. He turned to look at the four Knights who had defended him and said with a grin, "Good skills. To be able to cut off their hair without making any sounds, it means that you can also silently chop off their heads."

"As expected of a Conferred Knight." Bruno naturally did not know of any other Knight-level experts who could achieve this. Sensing the other party's aura, and having seen his wonderful skills, he immediately confirmed that the one protecting the parietal bones was a powerful Conferred Knight, although he was not sure of what level.

He straightened up and said, "But even if you're a Conferred Knight, you can't possibly be so tyrannical, can you? Can't we even appraise it?"

Fang Xingjian said coldly, "If there's no effect, you don't have to pay. We'll leave these fifteen thousand gold here first.

"But only one person can touch the parietal bones. Otherwise, wouldn't it have been used by two persons? If you want to do so, that's fine as well, just add on to the money."

Master Harman frowned and said, "I will only appraise and will definitely not secretly use the parietal bones during the appraisal process. Aren't you being too stingy here?"

"Oh?" Fang Xingjian turned toward him, unleashing a sharp and overbearing aura, "You're right, I'm that stingy. Since it's agreed that only one person can use it, then only one person can touch it."

Just as the others still wanted to retort, Bruno stopped them and said in a clear voice, "Alright. Could it be that you guys don't trust a Conferred Knight?"

He had seen Fang Xingjian's actions, thought about his means, heard his tone. A person's name appeared in his mind.

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Chapter 183 Auction (Part IV)

One day before the auction, in the underground room.

Ferdinand said, "Although this Bruno is a profligate son, he isn't an idiot. He might come up with all sorts of ridiculous requests. Therefore, I have thought of a way out."

Fang Xingjian had his eyes closed, cultivating. A gleam of white light shot out from his fingertip.

Ferdinand did not pay it much heed. He had long gotten used to Fang Xingjian maintaining this state of cultivation for almost twenty-four hours a day, so he just went on, "Xingjian, with your ability, you should be able to pass off as someone."

"It's just nice that these parietal bones came from the Northern Ice Region, and in that academy, there's a Headmaster known for his formless sword Qis.

"However, what he's even more known for is actually his pettiness and violent temperament."

Ferdinand smiled, "Hehe, none of the people who've offended him have escaped from his revenge. If you can pass off as him, you should be able to suppress Bruno."

Of course, this act of passing off as someone else must not be done openly.

When facing someone like Bruno, sometimes, it would be more effective to drop him some seemingly unintentional hints, and let him guess for himself.

This resulted in the current situation. Bruno knew in advance that this person came from the Northern Ice Region. He would then see him displaying Ether Sword Ripples to suppress four Knights, and would be able to tell from vague hints that this person was very petty.

'Hans Wilson.' This name appeared in Bruno's mind.

'So this person is Hans Wilson? Coming from an academy in Northern Ice Region, with formless slashes which can instantly kill a first transition Knight of the Academy, and with a bad temper, calculative regarding every single detail.'

Bruno's expression under the gold mask was now one of great confidence.

A person like him tended to be extremely confident about their own conjectures.

Since he had 'confirmed' that the other party was Hans Wilson, he was obviously not worried about being deceived. A Conferred Knight, the Headmaster of an academy… How could he possibly employ such underhanded means?

Therefore, he got his subordinates to step back and he said, "Haha, Headmaster still has that bad temper. I wonder if Brother Colin is doing well in Northern Ice Region?"

Colin was a genius who had left Kirst for Northern Ice Region five years before, and had entered the Wilson Regional Academy.

Hearing Bruno's words, Fang Xingjian turned silent as if he was surprised. Only after a short while did he speak a bit impatiently, "I don't know what you're talking about. Do you want to go ahead with the deal or not?"

With Fang Xingjian acting so conspicuously, Bruno was even more confident in his conjecture. He shook his head and said, "Of course, I believe what you say. Since that's the case, I'll just use the parietal bones directly. Six hours later, the thirty thousand gold will be sent here."

Although he was sure, since the other party had said that he could pay the thirty thousand in one go after the six hours, Bruno would not pretend to be generous and insist on paying the fifteen thousand gold right now.

The attendant at the side let out a sigh of relief and said, "Could the two of you kindly follow me to the meditation room."

One of Bruno's subordinates asked, "Young Master, do you need us to accompany you?"

Bruno waved his hand and pretended to be generous, "It's fine. Appreciating Heaven's Perception must be done in absolute silence. It's disadvantageous if there's too many people around. Moreover, with this lord with me, what could possibly go wrong?"

With that, he smiled and left with Fang Xingjian.

On the first storey, when the black-robed man mentioned that the person using the parietal bones cannot leave his sight during the six hours, the place turned silent.

After very long, the (fake) man with the gold mask let out a bitter laugh, "To tell you the truth, I'm actually just a representative. The real person who had bought the parietal bones isn't me.

"However, my master does not wish to divulge his identity and has asked me to bring it to him.

"As you know well, if there's no progress after using it…"

A hint of understanding flashed past the black-robed man's eyes. There was nothing he could say to rebut. After all, whether or not one could attain the level of Heaven's Perception was largely related to one's talent and temperament.

If one did not progress significantly after coming into contact with the parietal bones, it would naturally be a very disgraceful thing. The person might also end up being labelled as someone without talent.

It was especially so for larger clans. Once they were given such a label by their competitors, it would be very troublesome, and one could even be looked down on by their clan head and Elders.

The black-robed man had seen too many similar people who shamelessly curried favors for personal gains. Therefore, he did not pay too much heed to the other party's attempt to remain secretive.

He merely shook his head and said, "Don't worry. Go tell your master that it'll be fine if he puts on a mask. I have no intention of checking out his identity. If he's not even able to face something like this, then he can just give up on this deal."

Then, he solemnly repeated, "But no matter what, the parietal bones must remain within my sight."

The (fake) man with the gold mask sighed and said, "Then please come with me to meet my master."

On the other end, Bruno followed Fang Xingjian to a quiet meditation room and sat down.

Fang Xingjian turned toward him and slowly took out a small box. Bruno looked at the box, his eyes shining with excitement and greed.

However, with a 'Conferred Knight' before him, he did not dare to be impetuous.

Fang Xingjian opened the box, revealing a piece of parietal bone. Seeing that Bruno was about to reach out for it, he blocked him with his hand. He then calmly told the anxious Bruno, "Have a glass of water first. For the next six hours, it'll be all yours. But I'm sure that you would not wish to, in the midst of appreciating the feeling, break off your concentration from shock due to a parched throat, right?"

Bruno smiled, "Thank you for your reminder." He was treating the other party as a Conferred Knight.

Bruno casually received the tea from Fang Xingjian and drank a sip.

Fang Xingjian then said, "Alright, just moisturizing your throat will do. Don't drink too much, if not you'd have the urge to pee later."

Bruno put down the drink, as suggested, and asked the black-robed Fang Xingjian, "It should be fine now, right?"

Fang Xingjian then slowly pushed the small box over to him. He had enquired on the usage of parietal bones long ago. He then said, "Put your hand on it and focus all your attention on it, slowly feeling the fluctuations."

Naturally, Bruno had also enquired about the use of parietal bones before this. He tried to calm down as he reached out his hand and placed it on top of the bone, gradually placing his full attention on it.

Although he did so, this was merely an ordinary bone. How could Bruno have sensed anything?

A minute passed by with Bruno focusing his full attention on the bone like never before. It seemed as if he had sensed something, but at the same time, it felt as if he had sensed nothing at all.

Of course, the feeling of sensing something was merely his illusion. Any person who calmed down and focused all their attention on a certain part of their body would have the misconception that they felt something.

He could not help but ask, "Sir, I think…"

"Don't speak." Fang Xingjian said, "Just use your heart to sense it."

Bruno held back his words and gradually, he felt as if something was gradually burning up in his brain. It was as if countless spots of light had started to flash before his eyes.

"S… sir, I think…"

"I think I am sensing it…"

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Chapter 184 Auction (Part V)

The world started to spin and countless memories, illusions and the space all seemed to be expanding and contracting. Bruno could only feel as if countless items were flashing and disappearing right before his eyes.

'This… This is the feeling of Heaven's Perception?'

Fang Xingjian's silhouette gradually appeared before him, "Carefully appreciate this feeling. This feeling is Heaven's Perception."

Bruno let out a cry. He felt that his brain and limbs were extremely relaxed, as if there was different kinds of warmth flowing into his body. As for the things that happened thereafter, he could not remember anything at all.

Fang Xingjian waved his hand before him and, upon seeing that he had no reaction at all, he pushed aside a divider at the side and walked out of the door behind it.

Once he came out, Robert, also dressed in a black robe, walked up to him and anxiously asked, "How is it?"

Fang Xingjian immediately started taking off his clothes, changed into a new set, put on a mask and then said, "It's settled. Later, you go in and pretend to be me. If I can't rush over six hours later, then you can just send him out. There shouldn't be any problems."

Robert popped his head into the room to take a look at the state Bruno was in. Seeing that the guy was in a daze, occasionally laughing like an idiot, he asked, "What did you feed him? Is it from Netherworld Valley?"

"Initially, I wanted to look for them in order to get some stuff which is non-fatal and non-addictive. For example, a poisonous mushroom which can create illusions." Fang Xingjian sorted his clothes and calmly continued, "But I saw some other good stuff there."

"What is it?" Robert asked, filled with curiosity.

Fang Xingjian smiled and said, "Back in my hometown, this was called marijuana."

The black-robed leader followed behind the (fake) man wearing the gold mask. They went past many corners along the passageway and after two minutes, the former suddenly stopped and coldly said, "We've passed this place before.

"You're bringing me around in circles?"

His voice was filled with fury and killing intent. It was as if the surrounding space would overflow with blood at any moment.

The (fake) man with the gold mask froze. In order to give enough time for Fang Xingjian to deal with Bruno on the other side, he wanted to try stalling for time. But now, the black-robed leader's words made him so scared that he froze.

It was because a Conferred Knight's aura was too overwhelming. At this moment, the (fake) man with the gold mask only felt that there was blood gushing even in his nose. That stench of blood was really too overwhelming.

While he was in shock, Ferdinand walked over, smiled and said, "I apologize. This person may not be familiar with our place. Sir, let me bring you there."

Upon seeing that the black-robed man had left with Ferdinand, the (fake) man with the gold mask gradually exhaled and took off his mask. It was Anthony.

'This guy… His aura is far too strong. Is this how a Conferred Knight is? Seems that the Headmaster hasn't been showing us his full powers.'

Before Ferdinand had rushed over, he had received the news that Fang Xingjian had settled the affairs on the other side . He directly brought the black-robed leader to a secret room, and after opening the door, he saw that Fang Xingjian, wearing a mask, had already arrived.

They had finally made it to the final phase. Ferdinand could not help but relax a little.

However, he knew that this was precisely why he had to be even more cautious. He held his cool, bowed and said, "Then I shall not disturb the two of you. I'll come back in six hours."

With Ferdinand's departure, the black-robed leader looked toward Fang Xingjian and calmly asked, "You're the one who won the bid for the parietal bones?"

"That's right." Fang Xingjian did not lose out in terms of aura. He merely pointed to the table and said, "Then, let's begin."

Sensing the parietal bones on the tabletop, a tiny ripple flashed in Fang Xingjian's heart. Under the black-robed leader's gaze, Fang Xingjian slowly placed his hands down on the bone and continued to focus on them.

Gradually, he could feel as if his consciousness had left his body. The surrounding space seemed to have countless loads of information swarming into him.

Warmth… light… the air's composition… color… humidity…

All these were merely the basics. As more and more information swarmed into Fang Xingjian's brain, the darkness in his eyes seemed to have shattered with a boom. Countless loads of information once again constructed a new vision in his consciousness.

It was a vision that was many times more detailed, clearer, better than the naked eye.

'This is Heaven's Perception?'

The information in the ether particles continued to swarm into his brain unceasingly, but he did not feel uncomfortable at all. The massive amount of information which was supposedly enough to drive one crazy, that tremendous amount of information that could confuse a person… Fang Xingjian felt that he was not affected by it in the least.

It was only because his sword talent was the best in the world, and sword arts required one to have attributes such as strong determination, courage, and a strong heart. Moreover, these were characteristics he had to begin with, and his were very strong.

The next moment, his vision seemed to undergo yet another transformation. Fang Xingjian took a look at his Stats Window, but felt that in his consciousness, there seemed to be countless white light spots flashing.

'These are… skill seeds?'

Heaven's Perception. After one entered the second transition, they would be able to understand their body better through the information transmitted by the ether particles.

He could even see his own skill seeds in his mind. Each one of the light spots represented a skill.

Fang Xingjian could sense that the one that was shining the brightest with an endless silver gleam was his mental cultivation method Universal Sword Dominance Lunisolar.

Next to it, a slightly dimmer one, was his Waves: Sonido Sword Zephyr Waves.

Putting aside these two, amongst the other light spots, the one that was the next brightest was the Supreme Mistwind Sword. It was unceasingly circulating around the other two.

The remaining lights were the various sword techniques he had learnt.

It was said that after one reached the second transition, not only would one be able to see the existence of these skill seeds, one would also be able to control them as if they were controlling the transmission of messages in the brain, deleting them or synthesizing them together.

Deleting would mean that the person would forget about these skill seeds, while synthesizing them would allow one to add a supporting skill to a primary one, thus combining them into a new one. The synthesized skill would be focused on the primary skill, and would have new mutated special effects from the supporting skill. Of course, the combined two had to have reached the maximum level.

The success rate of the synthesis was related to one's ability to sense ether particles. Regardless of whether it was a success or a failure, the supporting skills would disappear or be forgotten.

This was the first time Fang Xingjian had heard of such a method. It made him feel that a person in the first transition was like an ordinary player in a game who could only silently train to level up.

And a person in the second transition was like a cheater who could already control part of the data on the Stats Window.

Of course, this was just his own analogy on how things were. After all, what he was seeing was a real world, and not just a game.

It was like how Huang Lin's, the First Prince's and the Headmaster's Killing techniques had all gone through countless synthesis processes to become the terrifying skills they were today.

Especially for the First Prince. The secret manual to the Ancient Path of Hell had recorded countless ultimate Killing techniques which could only be gained through synthesis. Each of them were extremely powerful. This was the reason why he could suppress countless experts all by himself.

And Garcia's warriors, such as Mumukeya, had not received any legacy, and could only rely on themselves to experiment around. This was why their abilities were a far cry from the Empire's Conferred Knights.

Looking at the countless shiny lights, each representing one of the hundred skill seeds he had, Fang Xingjian smiled. After reaching the second transition, his talent in swords art could get to even greater heights.

Other people would be putting hard work into cultivating their skills, and then hesitate thinking whether they should synthesize them or not. They would feel elation or disappointment from their successes or failures as they continued to study historical cases of skill synthesis.

However, Fang Xingjian would definitely be crazily synthesizing his sword techniques, since his cultivation speed was fast enough and he did not need to worry if the attempts were successful or not.

He could not wait to throw in other skills onto the Ether Sword Ripples and the Supreme Mistwind Sword.

'It's a pity that I can only appreciate the feeling of Heaven's Perception now, and have not really attained it. I can sense the existence of the skill seeds but can't really control them.

'Everything will have to wait until I've completed the second transition.'

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Chapter 185 Come To An End

A moment later, Fang Xingjian stopped observing the skill seeds and continued receiving the endless stream of information coming from the ether particles, familiarizing himself with the feeling of Heaven's Perception.

He continued memorizing and getting used to this feeling, hoping to retain it so that it could help him attain Heaven's Perception in the future.

Throughout the whole process, although he felt some slight discomfort in his brain, there was neither pain nor the feeling of being overwhelmed.

Not only did the ether particles contain some basic physical information, they also contained information about many people.

'Let's have noodles for dinner tonight…'

'The boss is deducting our wages again… What am I going to do next month…'

'I want to be a Knight! I want to work hard cultivating my martial arts!'

Various thoughts, memories, and voices were all captured by the ether particles and kept within them. When Conferred Knights sense ether particles, they would naturally be able to receive such personal information.

This feeling was like the smell of the air, yet a hundred or even a thousand times more detailed and ancient. It was because the information about these people could have been brought over by the ether particles from tens, hundreds, or even thousands of years ago, and from tens, hundreds or even thousands of kilometers away.

In addition, the higher the Conferred Knight's level was, the stronger and deeper his sense of the ether particles would be, thus receiving even more of such personal information. One would only be able to sense such personal information after reaching at least level 25.

In such a situation, one must rely on his own willpower and mind to overcome them. Once one gets lost in it, or even mistook other people's memories as his own, he would eventually go crazy or even become an idiot.

There had been a countless number of cases of Conferred Knights suddenly losing their minds and becoming a lunatic during their cultivation.

Therefore, during the process of sensing ether particles, Conferred Knights would all be extremely careful. They could never be cautious enough, putting in endless amounts of willpower and determination so that they would not lose themselves in the process.

Currently, the process which Fang Xingjian was going through to sense the ether particles was extremely relaxing. Although it was partially because he had done it through the help of the parietal bones and thus could not sense much information, it was also because he had the number one talent for sword arts in the world. His attributes, such as willpower and courage, were all extremely strong.

Although he did not know it, at this moment, because of his unparalleled willpower, courage, and memory, his performance was truly heaven defying. His ability to sense ether particles was ten or one hundred times stronger than ordinary people, and once he stepped into the state of Heaven's Perception, his cultivation speed would also be much faster than normal people. The barriers, including various illusions and jumbled up memories, had no impact on him at all.

The black-robed man stared at Fang Xingjian from the beginning to the end. He was not only staring at the parietal bones Fang Xingjian's hand was on, but also at Fang Xingjian himself.

'This lad… When normal people come into contact with Heaven's Perception, they have no way to deal with the tremendous amount of information entering their brain.

'They would either experience headaches or illusions, thus becoming excited and maniacal, and had to rely on strong willpower to suppress them.

'But his condition…'

The black-robed man looked at Fang Xingjian and felt that Fang Xingjian seemed to be too quiet.

'Could it be that he had yet to enter the realm of Heaven's Perception, even with the help of the parietal bones?

'No, that's not possible. No one would give up on this chance. Then there's only one explanation for it.'

The black-robed man looked at Fang Xingjian with some surprise, 'This lad is a genius, a genius in sensing ether particles.'

His mind started to circulate, 'I heard that this time around, the one with the greatest chance of winning the bid for the parietal bones is a lad called Bruno who had said that he would be paying thirty thousand gold for it. Is this lad Bruno?

'Hmph, seems like Kirst is going to have another great genius in a few years time.'

In that state, Fang Xingjian felt that only a small amount of time had passed by, but when he regained his senses, his hand felt light and the parietal bones had already been retrieved by the black-robed man.

Only then did Fang Xingjian came back from the state of Heaven's Perception. However, his mind was still drunk in that feeling.

"Six hours are up?"

"They're up."

As they spoke, Ferdinand walked in. Fang Xingjian said, "I need to secure the sensation. You guys can carry on with the transaction."

From there, Bruno paid the money, and Ferdinand then brought part of this money to the black-robed men to complete the transaction. Fang Xingjian could no longer be bothered to care care. He was now entirely focused on reliving the feeling of Heaven's Perception from earlier, trying to strengthen the feeling.

After Bruno and the black-robed men had all left, Ferdinand, Robert, and Anthony came to Fang Xingjian's secret room.

Seeing that Fang Xingjian was still comprehending the feeling, a hint of excitement flashed past Ferdinand's eyes. "I can't believe that we've really succeeded. Hahahaha… That Bruno still thought that he had really entered the realm of Heaven's Perception for six hours."

Anthony sighed, "Such a pity. Why didn't we try to earn the difference in the money back there? Bruno gave us thirty thousand gold and we could have just given the black-robed men the price of twenty-eight or twenty-six thousand gold. With that, we could have profited over a few thousand gold."

Ferdinand shook his head, "Bruno has a conspicuous nature. What's more, with so many buyers hearing the price of thirty-thousand gold, if the black-robed men were to find out that the money they received was less, it would spell trouble for us.

"With so many important characters here today, do you want each of them to come knocking on your door?"

He looked at Fang Xingjian and said, "How is it? How's the feeling of Heaven's Perception?"

Fang Xingjian finally opened his mouth, let out an exhale and said, "It's just like reading the diaries of tens of thousands of kids." Fang Xingjian rubbed his forehead and said, "But I feel that I've already reached a bottleneck with it."

He reached out his palm and felt the space in the surroundings. It was as if he could feel ether particles slipping through his fingers.

"I can feel that I'm only just one step away. I'm just one step away from attaining Heaven's Perception."

Having said that, he turned toward the trio and said, "This time around, I have to thank you for your help. Let's do this… the money from selling the bone remains, I'll keep ten thousand. You guys can split the rest of the money."

Hearing this, even Ferdinand was stunned for a moment. Anthony gulped and hesitated, "Are you sure this is a good idea?"

Robert was feeling even more excited, his eyes gleaming as if there was a countless amount of gold shining before him.

Even if ten thousand gold were deducted from the money made from selling the bone remains, each of them would still get about three thousand gold. What a tremendous amount of money this was?! Even aristocrats like Hylong would feel pain when taking out tens of gold, let alone the fact that they now had three thousand gold.

Fang Xingjian shook his head and answered, "This is what you deserve."

Of course, he did not give them the money because his conscience told him to, but because what they had done today was too audacious. They had not only conned the strongest batch of aristocrats in Kirst, but also a Conferred Knight.

If they were to feel that Fang Xingjian was unjust and spilled on him because the three of them did not get any money and Fang Xingjian had kept all the benefits for himself, he would be in greater trouble.

Compared to that, what Fang Xingjian needed most now was to make good use of his time and digest what he had experienced today. He needed to make a breakthrough and attain Heaven's Perception. Not only would it allow him to regain most of his battle prowess, but he would also have hope to pass the Regional Selection.

Therefore, all was well that ended well, with each of them getting their share. Fang Xingjian left his money with Ferdinand and returned to his villa.

However, when he returned, he saw that Manny was already seated on his sofa. The latter looked at him with great interest and said, "Xingjian, you seem to look a bit different today.

"Also, where did you go so late at night?"

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Chapter 186 I Must Kill

Manny's appearance and his abrupt question caused Fang Xingjian to be momentarily stunned. However, he did not show any transformations to his expression, and merely sat behind his desk as usual. He turned to Manny's direction with his both eyes closed tightly and asked, "You're looking to have a chat with me so late at night?"

Manny smiled, as if he was unconcerned with his earlier question. Merely, when the smile finally left his face, he became extremely solemn, with no traces of the previous smile.

"Originally, I had not wanted to approach you with this matter, but it is even more awkward for the old man to come.

"But someone has to do it."

Fang Xingjian frowned and asked, "What on earth is it about? Stop going around in circles and just say it."

Manny smiled bitterly and said, "Kaunitz is the only son of Tresia Clan's clan head."

Almost at the same moment Manny finished this sentence, he felt a strong surge of killing intent gushing over. Such a feeling was as if someone had put a blade at his neck, making his heart palpitate, and he felt very uncomfortable.

'Old man, you've really gotten me in trouble.

'Why do I have to do this?

'This can't do, I must ask for an additional one hundred gold when I get back.'

Initially, they had also considered not telling Fang Xingjian. However, as long as Fang Xingjian was not deaf, he would eventually find out. Rather than letting him be the last person to find out, they might as well tell him earlier.

Manny gulped and continued, "Kaunitz's uncle, someone who disappeared ten years ago, is a Conferred Knight. We've only just heard about this as well. This is obviously the Tresia Clan's final trump card.

"By right, this does not mean anything, since even a Conferred Knight cannot be recklessly covering up for his nephew.

"But five years ago, he went to the Imperial Capital and three months ago and became one of the five Deputy Commanders of the Imperial Guards. All of these were achieved by the help of the First Prince.

"Based on our understanding, it was because he was unable to leave behind any heirs that he was made a hidden card by both the First Prince and Tresia Clan's clan head.

"You know, the leadership positions in the Imperial Guards are viewed differently by the royal family."

Seeing that Fang Xingjian still remained silent, Manny felt that the atmosphere was growing increasingly tense. He let out a cough and continued.

"Kaunitz is already a cripple now. Mongul Royal Academy's Headmaster Oliver broke the tendons in his arms and legs. Now, his five attributes will never exceed 10 points, and he's not even able to circulate his Waves and mental cultivation method. He is truly a cripple now, and there's not much difference whether he's dead or alive.

"Moreover, he has been striped of his position as a Knight and banished to become a commoner.

"Tresia Clan's clan head's request is very simple: to spare Kaunitz and let him carry on the family line.

"In exchange, Kaunitz's uncle Adri will betray the First Prince, and as the Deputy Commander of the Imperial Guards, he will become one of us, coming under the Second Prince."

The Second Prince was the strong backer behind Huang Lin and Jackson, the person they swore their loyalty to. In the past, Fang Xingjian had guessed this, but he had not expected it to be confirmed under this situation.

"Xingjian, if Adri joins us, you know well what benefits it would bring us, including helping the Second Prince gain control in the Imperial Capital and dealing the First Prince a setback, and the only price to pay is handing a cripple over to them.

"The Tresia Clan has assured us that Kaunitz will not take a single step out of the house in this lifetime."

Seeing that Fang Xingjian was so silent that it felt creepy, so Manny patted him on the shoulder and said, "Xingjian, look at the bigger picture."

Fang Xingjian's brows relaxed and his eyelids drooped down. He looked as if he was a ten thousand year old mountain of ice. "From the very start, since I was young, I have only wanted to devote all of my focus onto swinging my sword, seeking the highest level in the path of sword arts.

"But the world is unfair. In this world, people who devote all their attention to working on something while being oblivious to the world tend to not succeed in life.

"Everything is related to connections, plots and conspiracies, the way of the world… With the human heart mixed together with too many distractions, how would one be able to appreciate the unrivaled view at the very top?

"With so many people getting paid for not doing their job, joining forces with crooks, I can't even practice my sword in peace.

"This is a bad feeling, a very bad feeling."

At that moment, Manny abruptly stood up. Although he did not understand many indirect words mentioned by Fang Xingjian, including corpses, demons, and thoughts, he seemed to feel as if there was a ferocious beast right before his eyes, baring its fangs and claws at him, waiting to choose a person to devour.

He looked at Fang Xingjian with a grim look and said, "Xingjian, don't be rash. And, in apology, they are willing to compensate you with five thousand gold. This is sufficient for you to buy one of the best level 19 Inferior Divine Weapons."

Fang Xingjian's aura gradually reduced and disappeared. He once again appeared to be a harmless student, as if what Manny had seen earlier was but an illusion.

Fang Xingjian smiled and said, "Don't worry. I won't be rash."

Manny nodded, but still felt a bit worried. He had already decided to send someone to keep an eye on Fang Xingjian for twenty-four hours, seven days a week to prevent him from creating trouble.

After Manny left, Fang Xingjian let out a cold laugh.

In the past, Fang Xingjian had also been an ordinary person. He too had once thought of cultivating by himself in silence, secretly becoming stronger and eventually reaching the very top.

But ever since he was harmed back in Demonic City, thrown into a foreign land, and modified by the purple flames, he had lost all of his emotions, leaving behind only feelings of fury and vengeance. However, he was able to have a clearer mind, especially after his mental cultivation method had mutated. His thoughts and his heart had grown increasingly clear.

The society's resources were in the grasps of those in the upper echelon. Therefore, regardless of which line they were in, the people who wished to climb up and become stronger would naturally need to solicit with the people in the upper echelon. They would also need to observe the societal rules set out for them. While they were given benefits, they would also need to be suppressed and exploited. This was unavoidable.

It did not matter if these rules were underhanded or aboveboard, kind or cruel.

The world's darkness was like a cage, imprisoning his heart. He wanted to seek out real peace, true freedom of the heart. To do that, he could only slash with his sword, killing all the external demons before his eyes, seeking true satisfaction.

He gradually stood up, and with just one step, he left the villa like a breeze. Accompanied by streams of sword Qi all over his body, he took another three consecutive steps, appeared outside Kirst Royal Academy and headed for Kirst City.

Kaunitz was someone he must kill.

But this would mean that he would be fully cutting off all ties with many people and would have affected the so-called bigger picture. He may even be pursued by many strong warriors from Kirst. However, with Fang Xingjian's value, they would not go as far as killing him.

But imprisoning Fang Xingjian would also affect his participation in the Regional Selection.

Therefore, before he kills Kaunitz, he planned to spend all the ten thousand gold he has on hand, buying equipment, medicine, and supplies.

Ten thousand gold was sufficient to last him for the next three months. At most, he could go into hiding for three months after killing Kaunitz and then participate in the Regional Selection when the time comes.

All official Knights had the rights to participate in the Regional Selection. And once one passed the Regional Selection to become a Conferred Knight, acts of killing a useless bum like Kaunitz would be nothing.

His mental cultivation method circulated increasingly faster in his consciousness and his mastery in it grew at a crazy rate, hoping to get yet another breakthrough under such tremendous pressure. Especially now that Fang Xingjian had just reached a bottleneck with regards to attaining Heaven's Perception, he only felt that the ether particles' existence was growing increasingly clearly as his mental cultivation method circulated endlessly.

However, something like a layer of fog was still clouding up his heart, causing him to be unable to truly attain a breakthrough.

He had a feeling that as long as he kills Kaunitz and completely put an end to their relationship, his mind would be relaxed and he would have an extremely high chance of attaining a breakthrough, reaching the realm of Heaven's Perception and have a chance of aiming for the second transition.

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Chapter 187 Buy, Buy, Buy (Part I)

Appearing before Ferdinand, Fang Xingjian said, "I want to spend all of my money within a day to buy equipment, medicine, and various useful supplies."

Ferdinand was stumped for a moment. However, seeing how serious Fang Xingjian was, he did not say much and just nodded and said, "Alright, follow me."

Therefore, Fang Xingjian followed Ferdinand through the streets of Kirst. After making many turns, they eventually arrived at the opening of a waterway and continued to make many turns after entering it. About five minutes later, Fang Xingjian could hear loud sounds of commotion.

Ferdinand smiled and said, "Kirst is the Great Western Region's bright jewel and has accumulated countless goods from the western coast. However, many of the goods are prohibited for sale by the government and thus, there is the black market."

Fang Xingjian passed by him slowly, controlling and sending out the breeze-like sword Qis. Countless people in the underground black market shuddered, feeling as if the temperature had dropped.

The bustling market also appeared in Fang Xingjian's consciousness.

Ferdinand asked, "So how about it? What do you want to buy first?"

"Weapon. I need a sword." Fang Xingjian patted the normal steel sword on his waist and said. He had long wanted a good sword but had not come across any. He only used ordinary steel swords which would shatter easily if he exerted more strength.

Ferdinand smiled and said, "Follow me."

As he went through the crowd, Fang Xingjian's brain kept on recreating the scenes he had passed by. The place was filled with martial arts practitioners holding onto swords and sabers. Amidst the densely populated alley, there were all sorts of stalls.

Some of them had various meats and leathers of unknown sources.

Some of them were filled with various bottles containing medicinal ointments and drugs.

Some of them were even selling live ferocious beasts. There was a huge wolf which was four to five meters long, a bear about the size of a tank, and a large gorilla with three heads which kept on bellowing toward Fang Xingjian as he passed by.

Various novel items that Fang Xingjian had never seen before were now constantly appearing before him, causing him to be a bit surprised.

In the past, he had focused on cultivation and did not have spare money with him. This was the first time he had come to a black market like this.

However, Ferdinand appeared to be very familiar with this place. After making a few turns, they had already entered an area filled with sounds of blacksmiths at work.

Looking toward the many roadside stalls with people blacksmithing, casually placing the weapons about, Ferdinand said in a soft voice, "These small stalls only sell ordinary weapons that are not intended for non-Knights. I'll bring you to a good place which sells Empire's Divine Weapons."

Fang Xingjian nodded and followed Ferdinand to the entrance of an enormous shop. It resembled a huge stone building that had been embedded into and carved out of the walls. Before he could even get close, he could feel a surge of heat gushing toward him, as if he had arrived at the mouth of a volcano.

Upon entering, rows upon rows of weapon racks could be seen. Fang Xingjian casually picked up a longsword and could see a cold gleam shining with faintly imprinted grains. With just a quick look, there would be a sharpness piercing his eyes. It was obviously extremely sharp.

This was a longsword that had achieved the peak of cold weapon [1] workmanship. Although it was not an Empire's Divine Weapon and had no grade, it was much better than the longsword Fang Xingjian had.

Ferdinand led Fang Xingjian with great familiarity and called out, "Come out and receive your customer. A big customer has arrived!"

A strong man with a shiny and bare upper body walked out. He was like the strongest bodybuilder on Earth. When he saw Ferdinand, he spoke with great annoyance, "It's you again, darned brat. You only look and don't buy. I've no time to entertain you."

Ferdinand smiled and said, "Hehe, I'm not the one buying. It's my friend." Ferdinand pointed to Fang Xingjian who was behind him and said, "A real big customer. No need to bring out the ordinary goods. I know that boss has a few pieces of Empire's Divine Weapon here."

The strong man's brows twitched and said, "Empire's Divine Weapons are items that are prohibited from sale. We don't sell them here."

Ferdinand broke into a smile and took out ten security slips. These were slips of paper which were used for trade and were given by the bank after Ferdinand had helped Fang Xingjian to deposit his money into a bank.

However, the Empire had yet to establish a bank which operated throughout the country.The credibility of such security slips all depended on the credibility of the bank itself.

However, this was still much better than having the two of them lug around a chest of money.

As for the secret auction of the parietal bones, because it was a secret transaction and a situation which required both parties to have a one-to-one exchange, it was naturally settled with ready gold.

Looking at the numbers on the security slips, that boss' gaze swayed a little.

He shouted out in his heart, 'A sucker! A great sucker!'

He immediately adjusted his expression and appeared before Fang Xingjian, beaming with smiles and said, "I wonder what kind of weapon this sir requires? We have everything here, blades, spears, staffs, armors and even helmets. Feel free to state whatever you need."

"I want a sword," Fang Xingjian said, "It must be an Empire's Divine Weapon, and it'd be even better if it's an Inferior Divine Weapon."

The strong man frowned, "We don't have Inferior Divine Weapons here but as for Empire's Divine Weapons, we do have two level 9 longswords. Please follow me in to take a look."

The two of them followed the strong man to the interior of the stone hut, walked to a secret door, and then entered again. They arrived at a secret chamber filled with weapons.

There were a total of twelve strong men guarding the place, which obviously stored the shop's highest quality weapons.

The strong man took out two longswords and brought them to Fang Xingjian.

He first drew out a blue-sheathed longsword and proudly introduced, "This sword is called Fiery Thunder. The sword's body is made from a combination of thirteen types of alloys and in terms of its flexibility, toughness and sharpness, it's the best amongst level 9 Divine Weapons. Furthermore, there's a pattern carved by the master blacksmith himself, filled in with fire paste. It can create high temperatures and slash through enemies with just a slight abrasion with the air."

As he said that, he swung the longsword, creating hints of sparks that flew off the blade.

He then picked up the sheath and said, "The sheath was also carefully forged. Not only does it have a fire resistant protective layer, it also comes with a large amount of fire paste. When the fire paste on the longsword is use up, you just need to return it to the sheath to fill it up again."

Fang Xingjian nodded, then looked toward the other sword and said, "Then what about this?"

The strong man put aside Fiery Thunder and picked up that pitch-black longsword which exuded a strong smell of death. He appeared to be even prouder, "This one is even better."

As he gradually unsheathed the longsword, a soft cry came from it. Upon hearing this cry, even Ferdinand felt a bit irritated.

[1] A weapon that does not use fire or explosives.

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Chapter 188 Buy, Buy, Buy (Part II)

What appeared before Fang Xingjian and Ferdinand was a pitch-black, streamlined longsword. It had many weird holes and imprints.

The boss then introduced, "Putting aside the sword body of this Demoness' Howl, it is a high quality item, a level 9 Empire's Divine Weapon.

"And the most unique part of it lies in the one hundred and twenty-three wind prints on its body. As long as the sword is swung quickly, slicing through the air, it can create a sound like the howl of a demoness. It can cause your opponent to feel irritated and even possibly angered."

With the slash of the longsword, a muffled cry sounded out, as if a female ghost were crying.

Hearing this voice, the boss, Ferdinand and even the twelve guards all furrowed their brows, a feeling of annoyance growing in their heart.

However, Fang Xingjian was expressionless. His willpower could allow him to easily overcome sound attacks of such level. He merely looked at the longsword and nodded, saying, "How much?"

The boss' face broke into a smile and said, "A fixed price, five hundred gold."

Fang Xingjian signalled to Ferdinand and said, "I'll take it."

Leaving the shop with the level 9 Empire's Divine Weapon, Demoness' Howl, Ferdinand said helplessly, "You should at least have bargained a little."

"No time," Fang Xingjian shook his head and said, "Are there any medicinal ointments or foods that can directly increase one's attributes, or even increase one's potential?"

Ferdinand grinned and said, "Of course, but they are all extremely pricey. For most of them, you're better off training yourself, rather than paying for them."

"Bring me there to take a look."

Before a shop filled with the smell of medicine, a white-haired old granny with a wrinkled face grinned, revealing two rows of yellow teeth. She pointed to the medicine bottle in her hand and said, "Spider Medicine, a secret medicine made from the bones of a Wind Bird, the eyes of a Mountain Hawk, and fifty-six types of ferocious beasts. It can, at max, increase a person's reaction attribute by three points."

"Is there any use in eating it repeatedly?"

"Of course not."

"How much?"

"Three thousand gold!"

Fang Xingjian nodded, "I'll take it."

"Wait a minute…" Ferdinand was just about to speak but ended up just supporting his forehead with his hand helplessly. He reluctantly handed the security slips to the old granny.

Entering a place was covered with flowers, plants and trees, which made the underground passageway appeared to be like a forest, a young lady, wearing a head cloth and carrying a puppy, looked at Fang Xingjian in a daze.

After hearing his question, she pointed to a medicinal herb exuding a faint green glow and said, "Heart Connecting Herb. Each strand of it can stimulate one's potential. However, it is poisonous, and a person can only take at most ten strands of it everyday to increase his or her potential by one 1000 points."

Fang Xingjian asked, "Can the poison be nullified by Netherworld Valley's antidote?"

The dazed-looking young lady carrying the puppy thought about it before nodding and saying, "It should be able to, but even so, there won't be any effect after one hundred strands. It's because by then, the body would have gotten accustomed and developed antibodies toward it."

"How much is one hundred strands?"

"One thousand gold."

"Give me one hundred strands."

Ferdinand sighed deeply as he took out five security slips with an aching heart. He felt that each time he paid the money, his kidneys were being pierced.

"Ferdinand, let's get going." Fang Xingjian grabbed a bunch of Heart Connecting Herbs and starting munching on them. Then, he took the antidote he had carried with him.

Ever since he was poisoned, he had gotten into the habit of bringing along some antidote with him, drinking it as if he was drinking water.

Ferdinand, with his heart aching, said, "This is hard earned money made from sweat and blood. How could you spend it all so easily?"

Fang Xingjian replied, "I didn't spend it easily. These are all things I need."

He said to Ferdinand, "Remember, money is just ordinary chunks of steel if you keep them. Its worth is only shown through spending it on meaningful items."

Although Ferdinand felt pained, when he heard Fang Xingjian's words, he felt that it did make some sense.

The place was filled with metal cages holding various ferocious beasts, including light-emitting rabbits, large two-headed wolves, and white tigers with wings. It was something like a pet shop.

Fang Xingjian looked at the sexy boss lady who had tattoos all over and was wearing a beast hide, asking, "If I want to level up, which ferocious beast would let me level up the fastest?"

The boss lady smiled and pointed to a cage filled with rats covered in pitch-black fur that looked like steel and said, "These are Guard Hair Rats. If you want to kill to level up, they are the most economical. It's one gold for one hundred of them. There are as many as you need."

There was basically no value to these rats; their only value was that their ability to reproduce was many times stronger than ordinary rats.

But it was also because of this that it was an attractive yet inexpensive good. It became a ferocious beast that a countless number of people bought to kill in order to gain experience and level up.

Fang Xingjian nodded, "Then I'll get this."

In a general store with swords, blades, armors, drugs, small-scaled ferocious beasts, and many other miscellaneous items.

A short man smiled and looked at Fang Xingjian, asking, "Sir, may I know what you're looking for?"

Fang Xingjian asked, "Do you have anything that can fill your stomach, replenish vital energy and blood, and is easy to carry about?"

"Yes, of course." The short boss went back in and shouted, "Please wait here."

Not long later, he took out a small sack with three purple-colored medicinal pills and said, "We went through great efforts to smuggle this over from Uranlis. It's something the Mages over there made."

Fang Xingjian grabbed one of the medicinal pill about the size of a fingernail and asked, "What is this?"

"The people there call them Magic Beans. They're made from condensing the essence of more than ten types of ferocious beasts are also said to have been incorporated with a Mage's magic. If an ordinary person were to take one of this, he can go without eating for ten days. Even if it's taken by martial arts practitioners like yourself, it'll be sufficient to replenish your energy depletion for the day."

It was naturally not enough for Fang Xingjian to eat only one per day. However, he still smiled and asked, "How much is this thing?"

Ferdinand finally could not hold it in anymore and asked, "Xingjian, you're not joining the military, why do you need this?"

Fang Xingjian paid him no heed and asked, "How are you selling this?"

"These are smuggled goods and we don't have much in stock, but since you look so sincere, I'll sell it to you at a cheaper price." The short boss said, "Three gold for one."

Fang Xingjian nodded, "Give me three hundred."

Ferdinand looked toward Fang Xingjian grievingly, but still ended up handing over the security slips when the latter urged him.

Just like this, the two of them spent six hours, and Ferdinand did not have much left of the ten thousand gold he had brought with him.

Fang Xingjian also finally got to appreciate the feeling of how the rich cultivated. It was extremely convenient.

Now, he had a longsword – Demoness' Howl. He also had three hundred Magic Beans for rations. As for the rest of the money, he had spent it on various items and took them on the spot or just killed the Guard Hair Rats to gain experience to level up.

His level had finally reached level 19, the highest level in the first transition. Moreover, with the progress he had attained from his recent period of cultivation, including the leveling up of his Waves a few days ago after cultivating for twenty-four hour a day, his attributes had now become:

Name Fang Xingjian

Age 17

Occupation Windshadow Sword Divinity

Level 19

Strength 575

Agility 1915

Reaction 68

Endurance 50

Flexibility 52

The attributes above come into effect once the Sonido Sword Zephyr Waves is activated.

Due to Perfect Muscles, 5 in strength and agility (10% of the endurance attribute).

Nurturing Sword Techniques 94 sets

Training Sword Techniques 12 sets

Supreme Mistwind Sword Level 30

Radiant Light Sword Technique Level 18

Ether Divine Art Level 1

Specialties: Genius Swordsmanship,

Elementary Survival Instinct,

Internal Healing,

Internal Training,

Sword Specialist,

High Agility Motion Vision,

Heightened Reflexes,

Perfect Muscles,

Elementary Berserkness,

Unparalleled Sword Intent (95/100)

Potential 11,000 point increase/day

Waves Level 6 Sonido Sword Zephyr Waves

Mental Cultivation Method Level 3 Universal Sword Dominance Lunisolar

With that, Fang Xingjian had powered up once again.When his agility attribute of 196 points completely burst forth, he could already surpass the speed of sound by ten times.

In addition, the Unparalleled Sword Intent would also go through a change after he reached the maximum level in five more sets of sword techniques. He was also two levels away from getting another special effect from the Radiant Light Sword Technique. Therefore, after returning to the academy, he planned to kill his way to the Tresia Clan after leveling up his Unparalleled Sword Intent and Radiant Light Sword Technique. No matter who tries to stop him, he must chop off Kaunitz's head.

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Chapter 189 Assassination, Frontal Attack

Everything remained peaceful. During the day, Fang Xingjian would instruct the elite class and the ordinary class on their martial arts while using of all his other time at night to cultivate his Radiant Light Sword Technique and other sword techniques.

Just as Manny and the others thought that Fang Xingjian planned to take the bigger picture into account and did not make any moves, six days passed by very quickly. Fang Xingjian's Radiant Light Sword Technique had reached the maximum level of 20, and he had also reached the maximum level for four sets of Nurturing techniques, causing him to reach the one hundred sets of sword techniques at maximum level required for the Unparalleled Sword Intent.

After taking such a long time and so much effort, his Unparalleled Sword Intent had finally leveled up. Fang Xingjian could not wait to see its new introduction.

Unparalleled Sword Intent Level 1: To be able to instantly break through all pure stances, allowing the rate at which the practitioner picked up sword arts to increase further, learning at a glance, mastering after a single practice. The practitioner could just cultivate over ten times and be comparable to others' efforts of cultivating the same sword technique for more than ten years.

Other than breaking through the flaws in the opponent's stances, the practitioner would also let the person observe the flaws of all living things, slashing and cutting through everything. It allows one to be able to gradually, relying only on one's sword arts level, using any weapon, cut down any Empire's Divine Weapon, Inferior Divine Weapon, Superior Divine Weapon, Divine Remains Equipment or even light and ether particles.

Looking at this, even Fang Xingjian could not help but fall into a moment of daze, especially upon seeing that one could reach the level of being able to cut through light and Ether Sword Ripples. Would that not mean that even electromagnetic waves could be sliced through?

If that were the case, to be able to cut through light, infrared rays, ultraviolet rays and other kind of waves, even ether particles, then no matter how strong one's Reduced Force Field was, would he be able to slash through them with one attack? Would he even be able to slash through all kinds of wave attacks, including high temperature, low temperature, electrical and gravitational waves?

Would this not be an attack which could counter all attacks?

What kind of level would that be? It was a pity that he was still only able to cut through Empire's Divine Weapons. He would need to continue cultivating even more sword techniques to reach an even higher level. However, what level would he need to reach in his sword arts cultivation to be able to slash something of a greater level?

There was no information stated on that. Fang Xingjian could only be left to search for the answer himself.

The Radiant Light Sword Technique, having reached the maximum level of 20, now had another special effect, which was to be able to refract sunlight and moonlight, increasing light intensity.

The Radiant Light Sword Technique was already like a flash grenade to begin with, but now, it could further increase its light intensity through sunlight and moonlight. How bright would that be?

Fang Xingjian continued to think about it. Now, he was blind, and if he were engage in a battle, he would need to use the Radiant Light Sword Technique first, before charging up, using his Supreme Mistwind Sword and High Frequency Effulgence Weapon to break through the opponent's defences, and finally, killing them with his Ether Sword Ripples.

Combining the Radiant Light Sword Technique, Supreme Mistwind Sword, High Frequency Effulgence Weapon and Ether Sword Ripples together would create a tremendous damaging prowess.

Therefore, with all preparations completed, that night, Fang Xingjian brought along his Demoness' Howl and Silver Fox and headed slowly toward the Tresia Clan.

At the same time, in a secret room in the Tresia Clan, the white-haired Tresia clan head sat on a chair, his expression as gloomy as black coal.

Next to him was a pale-faced Kaunitz, lying on a bed, covered with wounds. He was still covered in bandages as he looked upward, his eyes filled with perplexion and terror.

Just then, a servant came in and said to the Tresia Clan's clan head, saying, "Sir, the person we've sent to keep a lookout has yet to find him. Fang Xingjian has truly disappeared. He's not in the academy."

The Tresia Clan's clan head was worried that Fang Xingjian would be back to seek vengeance and thus had sent someone to keep Fang Xingjian under surveillance.

"Not in the academy? If he's not in the academy, then where could he be?" The clan head frowned, his emotions slightly fluctuating. However, he had noticed this as well and kept it under control. He spoke coldly, "He's just a blind man. I don't believe that there's anywhere he can hide. Send out all our people and look for him! Even if you have to turn all of Kirst City over, you have to find him!"

Hearing Fang Xingjian's name, Kaunitz, who was on the bed, suddenly shuddered and shouted out, "Fang Xingjian? What about him? Is he coming to kill me?"

How could the Kaunitz today be compared to his valiant self from two months ago?

Two months ago, he still had great talent, with his sword arts notches higher than other people at his age. He even signed the First Prince's Devil's Note and gained the dragon and human bloodline. He had also grasped the Divine Flames of the Earth's Core, which, with just a point of his fingers, would send all first transition Knights into hiding.

Talent, power, and background had brought him limitless confidence.

However, his talent was useless now. After the tendons in his arms and legs had all been broken and his attributes had all dropped to below 10 points, it was inevitable that fear would dawn on him.

It was just like how a person with one billion dollars would gradually become arrogant and throw his weight about; if the person goes bankrupt, he would not be able to stay proud for long.

When Kaunitz lost everything, after a torturous month, he was left with only pain, vengeance, desperation, and the endless terror he had toward death.

"Fang Xingjian, that god damned Fang Xingjian!" He was just like an angry, ordinary patient, throwing out the pillows and blanket on his bed. His face was filled with both fury and terror as he said to the Tresia Clan's clan head, "Father, you must stop him! That beast can do anything!

"Where's Jackson?

"Where's Kirst's City Lord?

"Didn't they assure that Fang Xingjian will not come and kill me?

"Liars! They are all liars!"

"Enough!" Tresia Clan's clan head could not help but glare at Kaunitz and say, "Shut up! Look at you now! Fang Xingjian has just disappeared, it doesn't mean that he's coming to kill you! Furthermore, even if he's coming to kill you, with me protecting you, what are you afraid of?"

"Haha, you're thinking of me as a burden now. Is it because I've become a cripple? So in your eyes now, I'm just a robot for carrying on the family line. Hahahaha, all of you are looking down on me now. All of you have let me down.

"All of you will regret this. All of you will regret this."

Looking at Kaunitz's maniacal state, a hint of pain and vengeance flashed past the clan head's eyes.

Kaunitz was a son he had gotten in his old age, and was his only son. He had adored this son and had put a lot of his hope on him. Seeing Kaunitz's state now, how could he not be sad? How could he not feel heartache?

He hated Fang Xingjian for agitating Kaunitz time and time again; he hated the First Prince for burning the bridge after crossing it, caring only for himself; he hated Oliver for torturing Kaunitz when he was imprisoned, causing him to become a total cripple.

He could not bear to see his son in this state. He walked out and stood outside the door, waiting for news.

After leaving the room, knowing of Fang Xingjian's disappearance, he called all seven Knights in the clan over, including Xiu Yi and Zhou Yong who were still learning in the academy.

Looking at the seven Knights before him, he felt more at ease.

'Although Fang Xingjian may not necessarily come, but it's better than not being prepared at all. Kaunitz's is the last hope for extending our clan's bloodline. We can't let anything go wrong.'

One hour passed. Three hours passed. Six hours passed.

Fang Xingjian was like a wisp of smoke, disappearing without a single trace. No matter how much effort the Tresia Clan spent to investigate and search, they could not find any traces of Fang Xingjian. It was as if he had completely vanished.

"All of you are a bunch of useless bums!

"What use are you when you can't even find a mere blind man?"

The Tresia Clan's head thought to himself coldly, 'No, this won't do. This can't go on. Although he is blind, it only means that his frontal battle prowess has been weaken. He might not be able to pass the Regional Selection, and it might be hard for him to launch far distance attacks, but he still has his speed.

'If he were to sneak into the manor and launch a sneak attack on us with his unparalleled speed, even I might not be able to fend him off. And so what if I were to kill him?

'Our condition to the Second Prince was that there's no need for us to fight to the the bitter death with a person like him.'

The Tresia Clan's clan head quickly said, "Quick, go look for Kirst's City Lord and Headmaster Jackson. Tell them about this and get them to capture Fang Xingjian as soon as possible.

"Tell them that they need to fulfill the promise agreed earlier."

After giving out the instructions, he looked toward the seven Knights and the armor they were wearing. He felt more at ease now.

'He's already blind and has yet to attain Heaven's Perception. How could he possibly win against all eight of us who are Knights?

'There's no way that he could attack us from the front.'

Thinking about this, the clan head then shook his head, 'In comparison, we need to be more careful about his assassination. From now on, we can't let anyone get near Kaunitz.

'We just need to wait for Jackson and the others to capture Fang Xingjian.'

But suddenly, various sounds came from the courtyard, including a person's cry, the sound of a weapon dropping, people falling, and buildings collapsing.

All of the sounds had sounded out at virtually the same time, proving how fast the person's attack speed was.

The Tresia Clan's clan head gulped. He only felt that the sound was getting closer. It was a few hundreds of meters away earlier, but now, it was already just tens of meters away. After trying to focus on it, he realized that everything had turned quiet and nothing could be heard.

The courtyard in the Tresia Clan turned completely silent, as if everyone had lost the ability to talk in just over ten breaths of time.

This was Fang Xingjian openly attacking from the front.

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Chapter 190 Within A Second

Fang Xingjian's footsteps landed lightly on the stone slab before the entrance. A hint of breeze followed him, encompassing the area one hundred meters around him. Even though he was blind, he could clearly sense any situation within a one hundred meter radius.

The scene reconstructed in his brain allowed him to see clearly. Hundreds to a thousand apprentices collapsed on the ground behind him. Some of them were moaning, some were letting out terrible cries, while some simply fell unconscious.

They were all defeated within a short half minute, each of them by a single move. They could not even clearly see how they were defeated.

Fang Xingjian could sense that there were eight powerful Knights waiting for him behind the door. Each of these eight Knights had a heart as powerful as an electric motor, their blood flowing through their bodies like a gushing river, bringing forth great power and speed.

Fang Xingjian could hear their heartbeat and breathing. The wind brushed past their bodies, allowing him to accurately sense the location of each one of them. He could even sense their body form, and even the weapons attached to their waists, backs, or in their hands.

If he were to engage in battle with all eight of them, once they started moving at high speeds, or even accelerated to transcend the speed of sound, it would spell trouble for Fang Xingjian.

Therefore, he did not plan to give them the chance to speak or attack.

The next moment, he activated Boundaries Negation.

Fang Xingjian now had a speed limit of ten times that supersonic speed. How terrifying was this speed? If he were to run at full speed, he would be able to run about three to four kilometers in just a second.

A second was sufficient for him to run around a four hundred meter field over eight times.

With ten seconds, he could reach Kirst City's west gate from its east gate.

With one hundred seconds, he would have enough time to run from Shanghai all the way to Nanjing.

What did this terrifying speed represent? Even the majority of Conferred Knights below level 25 would not be able to attain this speed.

Therefore, in this single second, he would have enough time to defeat all eight Knights.

Fang Xingjian, having a speed of ten times that supersonic speed, only felt that the time in his surroundings had slowed down. The air became as dense as glue. With a gentle lift of his hand, he pushed the door before him and felt the increasing resistance. At the same time, a surge of heat came from his hands; it was the heat formed from abrasion against the air, causing his palm to turn completely red.

After landing his palm on the door softly, the entire door suddenly flew up, and, like a movie played in slow motion, it was slowly flung inch by inch into the courtyard.

With one step, Fang Xingjian entered the courtyard. All eight Knights remained motionless, without a single change to their expressions.

The whole space was completely silent. It was because there was not even enough time for sound to spread out.

With the friction formed from the high speed abrasion with the air, he felt his body continuously heat up. The air in the surroundings were heated up very quickly. Fang Xingjian felt as if he had leisurely strolled up to a middle-aged Knight and landed a light punch on the guy's stomach.

The middle-aged Knight who suddenly got hit was sent flying and gradually knocked toward the walls, moving an inch at a time. There had yet to be any changes to his expression, with it still being the same from a second ago.

Fang Xingjian then appeared before Xiu Yi and landed a kick on his chin. The latter's teeth, blood and saliva stayed in mid-air, landing toward the ground at a snail's pace. He also seemed to be in slow motion as he was sent flying out.

Fang Xingjian then moved on to the next Knight. All eight Knights, including the Tresia Clan's clan head, were sent flying in slow motion by Fang Xingjian alone.

The next moment, Boundaries Negation was deactivated. Only a second had passed.

Boom boom boom boom! Bang bang bang bang!

Just as time appeared to have regained its natural flow, the sound of explosions from Fang Xingjian's series of actions at ten times that supersonic speed rang out, resembling a hundred explosions concurrently blowing up in the courtyard. Strong gales, air currents and white fog crazily scattered about.

All eight Knights let out terrible cries as they knocked against the walls, as if they were eight bulldozers, crashing through the surrounding walls before falling into a pile of rubble.

The Tresia Clan's clan head struggled to his feet as he trembled, glaring in Fang Xingjian's direction.

White fog encompassed Fang Xingjian, shooting out as if it was steam.

It was caused by abrasion with the air at ten times that supersonic speed, causing Fang Xingjian's body to be heated up continuously, like a meteorite piercing through the atmosphere.

He walked out from the white fog, a faint red glow all over his body and exuding a tremendous amount of perspiration and white steam from the surface of his skin. There were even faint traces of burns.

'As expected, moving at high speed has increasing requirements for the body's tenacity.

'Now, even with Boundaries Negation removing the limitations imposed on the other attributes, just the high temperature from the air abrasion is sufficient to fry me if I were to constantly move at such high speed.'

Knights were also human. As long as one had not gone through the second transition and had not entered the Divine level, their bodies would still be mere flesh and blood, and it would be inevitable for them to have limitations.

At the same time, in Kaunitz's room, Kaunitz was shouting out, feeling uneasy, "Father? Father, are you there? What's going on? Why are there explosions? Is Fang Xingjian here?" His voice was filled with helplessness and fear, as if he were a young puppy howling out alone in the night.

Hearing his son's voice Tresia Clan's clan head turned to look in Fang Xingjian's direction.

He looked at Fang Xingjian who appeared to be burning up. He looked at the mess in the area, at the place which seemed as if a bomber aircraft had passed by. He gritted his teeth and asked, "Fang Xingjian, must you be so ruthless? Kaunitz is already a cripple, why do you need to make things difficult for him?"

"Why I kill a person is not related to whether or not he is a cripple. It's just because I want to kill him." Fang Xingjian tilted his head and looked toward Kaunitz's room as a strong killing intent gushed forth and was reflected on his face.

The Tresia Clan's clan head shouted, "Fang Xingjian, if you were to kill Kaunitz, it would be cutting off our Tresia Clan's bloodline. If you want to kill, then you might as well kill our whole clan; kill all three thousand of our clan members and servants."

Why would Fang Xingjian pay him any heed? With a steel-like will, once he had decided on killing someone, then even if there were hordes of cavalry and troops, even if the world was turned upside down, even if there were overflowing rivers of blood, they would not be able to change his decision in the slightest.

Looking at how he was moving toward the room, the clan head bellowed, "Fang Xingjian, if you kill Kaunitz, my younger brother will definitely not come under the Second Prince's wing. The First Prince will gain even more power. Wouldn't you feel guilty that all the people in the world will be forced to suffer because of this in the future?"

"Don't worry, this will not happen.

"Because within four years, I'll definitely kill the First Prince.

"If you do not wish for your younger brother to be killed by me too, then you had better advise him to not join the First Prince. Otherwise, if I were to kill in the future, I won't give a single hoot about whether or not the person has any unspoken difficulties."

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Chapter 191 Kidnap

Just as Fang Xingjian was talking and walking toward Kaunitz's room, Headmaster Jackson finally could no longer hold it in and appeared at the main entrance.

"Xingjian, enough. Do you really want to blow up the matter until it has reached a point of no return?" Jackson's expression was calm as he looked at everything that had happened, secretly feeling astonished at the rate of Fang Xingjian's progress.

'Even I was not able to clearly see the series of attacks in that single second with my naked eye. Now, if Fang Xingjian doesn't enter my Reduced Force Field, I probably won't be able to see his movements clearly.'

Ten times that of supersonic speed was so fast that it could no longer be seen by the naked eye. Not even Jackson, at second transition level 26, could break through such physical restrictions.

However, if it was within his Reduced Force Field, then Fang Xingjian's actions would appear very clear to him. It was because no matter how fast Fang Xingjian was, he would not be able to compete with the speed at which waves like the ether particles transmit at. They transmit at a speed of light just like electromagnetic waves.

Moreover, Headmaster Jackson's second transition job, the Tyrant Fist of the Azure Skies, had a Reduced Force Field reaching out to three hundred meters. This meant that he could see everything clearly as long as it was within the three hundred meter range.

Therefore, the moment he stepped through the door, he had already grasped the situation within a three hundred meter radius. Then, with a change in his expression, he dashed out, heading for Kaunitz's room, accompanied by a long whistle and an impact wave.

Kaunitz was already nowhere to be found. All that was left was a big hole in the middle of the room. Kaunitz, who was in a frail state, had obviously been abducted.

The Tresia Clan's clan head also panicked when he saw how Headmaster Jackson had reacted. He stumbled in after him and was astonished by the scene in the room, "What is going on? Where is Kaunitz?"

"Did you guys really think that during this period of my disappearance, I had done nothing at all?" Fang Xingjian saw that the two of them had simultaneously turned over in his direction. With one step, he leapt and stood more than three hundred meters away from them, leaving Jackson's Reduced Force Field.

Eyelids drooping, he held onto Demoness' Howl, as if he were a dancer in the darkness, giving people the feeling that he would disappear before your eyes at any time.

Jackson knew that this was Fang Xingjian's speed. His speed had reached extreme limits and his will had moved even before his body had. Thus, this gave others the feeling that he was moving yet motionless, as if he would disappear at any time.

However, at this moment, this was not what he was concerned with. He was more concerned about what Fang Xingjian had just said. This meant that the big hole in Kaunitz's room had been dug by Fang Xingjian.

It turned out that Fang Xingjian knew that Jackson and the others would be protecting Kaunitz. If they were to protect him openly, then he would just appear from the underground passageway, releasing hundreds of Ether Sword Ripples at once, using Ether Sword Ripples, which were at ten times that of supersonic speed, to turn Kaunitz into mush.

If he were to do this, he would naturally be going against the Second Prince and his faction and would need to flee with all his might.

But if it was another situation and the Conferred Knights, on account of their status, did not stay next to Kaunitz to protect him, then he would step out to attract everyone's attention while letting Robert and Anthony dash into the room to abduct Kaunitz.

Without killing Kaunitz in front of everyone, even if they knew that the odds were against Kaunitz, the contradictions they have between them would not burst out immediately. To Fang Xingjian, this was the best possible scenario.

Otherwise, if he were to kill Kaunitz before everyone, he would incur the wrath of the few Conferred Knights.

Although Fang Xingjian was very vicious, he was not foolish. If he had lacked wisdom and tact, not being able to differentiate between foolishness and courage, how could he have completed the first transition, sensed the ether particles, and cultivated up to a hundred sets of sword techniques?

Although Jackson did not managed to guess Fang Xingjian's plot immediately, he could vaguely guess what had happened. Looking at the hole, he said, "To be able to dig such a big hole without being noticed in just a few hours… Xingjian, seems like your sword arts have been brought to a higher level yet again."

Fang Xingjian did not say anything. With the level 9 Divine Weapon Demoness' Howl in his hand and enhancement from the Unparalleled Sword Intent, he was at a level at where he could cut through Empire's Divine Weapons. For him, cutting through the ground and silently creating a passageway was just too simple.

However, Jackson continued, "But even so, the passageway that you dug could not possibly be long. With my speed, if I were to dash out, shouldn't I still be able to find Kaunitz?"

Fang Xingjian smiled, "If Headmaster leaves, then I'll just go on a killing spree and kill all eight of these Knights from the Tresia Clan."

Jackson's eyes suddenly narrowed, as if he wanted to know whether or not Fang Xingjian was speaking the truth.

At the same time, his thoughts started to circulate. If what Fang Xingjian said was true, then the death of eight Knights would truly be a heavy blow. Since when had so many Knights died during a non-warring period?

Not only would Deputy Commander Adri join the First Prince, even the King would indicate his dissatisfaction with the situation and might even doubt the Governor's and the Second Prince's ability to lead.

Also, if they were just considering Kaunitz's disappearance, then the disappearance of a commoner who was an ex-Knight would be much easier to deal with than the deaths of eight Knights.

However, the problem was whether or not Fang Xingjian dared to do this.

Of course, other than these two solutions, there was still another solution.

Jackson's body trembled slightly. In the next moment, an air explosion occurred, and ripples that could be seen by the naked eye were sent out from around his body to the surroundings.

"Then I'll just subdue you before going to look for Kaunitz."

In the next instant, a huge bang rang out. No one had seen when Jackson had dashed to more than one hundred meter away. They had only seen Fang Xingjian suddenly being sent flying, and with a pfft sound, Fang Xingjian had spewed out a large mouthful of blood.

But in the 0.1 second it took to launch a fist, Fang Xingjian had been given sufficient reaction time.

Boundaries Negation activated! Radiant Light Sword Technique!

Under ten times that of supersonic speed, Fang Xingjian's Demoness' Howl cut across the air, scattering sound blasts that were powerful enough to drive one insane.

The Radiant Light Sword Technique was concurrently activated. Under the full prowess of the level 20 Radiant Light Sword Technique, Fang Xingjian became a human of light, with white light brimming out from him and filling the entire sky. It made him appear like a small sun that had fallen on the earth.

Almost half of the people in Kirst could see the white light shooting up into the sky, causing the whole Tresia Clan to appear as if day had descended in the darkness.

The sudden burst of white light caused the Tresia Clan's clan head and the other few Knights who had been looking toward Fang Xingjian's to let out a howl, covering their eyes as they retreated. They had been temporarily blinded.

Although Headmaster Jackson was at second transition level 26, he was still unable to overcome the limitations of the human body. He could not help but closed his eyes, tears trickling down from the corners of his eyes.

However, even without his naked eyes, he could still sense everything that were within a three hundred meter radius though Heaven's Perception. Of course, that included light as well.

He dashed toward the ball of light three hundred meters away, only to find that, although Fang Xingjian could not see him, he had already slipped away the moment he had activated the Radiant Light Sword Technique. Under the situation where Fang Xingjian was maintaining ten times that of supersonic speed with his Boundaries Negation, for a while, there was no way for Jackson to catch up to him and keep him within a three hundred meter radius. He even allowed Fang Xingjian to slowly increase the distance between them.

Within a short ten plus seconds, the two of them, one chasing and the other escaping, the environment consistently changing very quickly, arrived in the wilderness about fifty kilometers away. On the way, countless people had been temporarily blinded by the piercing white light, and many people heard the sound produced by the Demoness' Howl and went into fury, calming down only after over ten minutes had passed.

Finally, after chasing him for about fifty kilometers and seeing that Fang Xingjian was getting further and further away, Jackson threw out a punch. However, as Fang Xingjian was far out of his three hundred meter radius, there was no way that his punch could come into direct contact with him. Amidst the tremendous air explosion, Fang Xingjian was sent flying once again. At the same time, he borrowed the explosive force from this attack to accelerate and dashed into the forests.

Just as he slipped into the forest, the white light extinguished, completely leaving Jackson's radar.

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Chapter 192 Turning Point And Departure

Absolute light brings about absolute darkness.

Faced against Fang Xingjian's level 20 Radiant Light Sword Technique, even Jackson could not keep his eyes opened. His vision was disturbed by the Radiant Light Sword Technique while his ears were receiving the attack from Demoness' Howl. Both his sight and hearing could no longer catch a hold of Fang Xingjian.

He could only sense and battle with his Heaven's Perception, but he was unaccustomed to doing so. The difference between this and the fact that Fang Xingjian was long accustomed to living and battling in darkness gave Fang Xingjian a few second to make his escape and flee tens of kilometers away.

Even with this, the battle had yet to conclude. However, Jackson stopped and quietly looked in the direction Fang Xingjian disappeared in.

He looked at his hands, sighed, and said, "My old pal, with this, you won't blame me when you come back, right?"

In the shadows, Fang Xingjian abruptly spat out a mouthful of blood. Even if Jackson had not used his full power, an attack that merely brushed passed him had still caused him to suffer from internal injuries.

However, with Internal Healing, Internal Training and the Elementary Berserkness physique, his injuries were slowly healing. He paused for a short moment. Even though he had not healed completely, it did not affect his movements. Then, he headed toward the agreed location.

Like a cool breeze brushing against the night sky, Fang Xingjian quickly went through the alleys in Kirst and came to an underground sewers. This was an idea he had thought of after coming across the black market.

In the pitch-black underground sewers, Robert and Anthony were anxiously waiting. Next to them was Kaunitz who had been tied up like a dumpling.

Kaunitz's face was extremely pale, his face filled with terror. His fear of death was like a palm forming a vise around his heart, causing his countenance to turn increasingly grim.

When he saw Fang Xingjian, he started struggling furiously. The flesh on his cheeks trembled incessantly as if he had seen the ghosts and monsters from the legends.

Fang Xingjian did not pay much heed to Kaunitz. He could feel from his senses and hearing that both Robert and Anthony were extremely anxious and even a bit frightened.

Obviously, the things they had done today caused them to feel fear and unease toward the future.

Fang Xingjian knew that if he did not do anything, he would bring trouble to the two of them.

He sensed Kaunitz's situation, and concurrently, a feeling of yearning suddenly gushed out from his heart. It was a kind of pressure that had been secretly suppressed in his heart and was also a spiritual trammel, a shadow that had been casted into his consciousness.

Fang Xingjian suddenly felt that if he were to remove this layer of stress, his soul would feel even more free.

And today was a great opportunity.

He broke into a slight smile and said, "Kaunitz, do you know why you lost?"

Kaunitz kept on struggling, letting out muffled cries. However, because his mouth was sealed, he could not say a word.

Fang Xingjian was indifferent to it. He suddenly retreated a step and started displaying a set of sword technique.

It was the Tresia Clan's Descent of Holy Light. After he finished displaying this set of sword technique, he then continued with the Silver Moon Prayer Sword Technique, then another, and then another. After demonstrating all the sword techniques from Tresia Clan, Fang Xingjian continued on to display over thirty sets of sword techniques from various sects.

His speed was very fast, and when he demonstrated each set of sword technique, he only displayed the few moves that were of the essence.

At the beginning, Kaunitz was still continuing to struggle, not paying any attention to Fang Xingjian's display of sword arts. But bit by bit, his eyes stared, wide-open, as if he had just seen the sun rise from the west. Looking at Fang Xingjian, Kaunitz's eyes were filled with disbelief.

Although Robert and Anthony did not practice the sword, as time passed, they also understood what Fang Xingjian had just done. To think that he alone had actually learned over thirty sets of sword techniques?! How could this be possible?

Looking at how astonished all three of them were, Fang Xingjian said calmly, "Do you understand now, Kaunitz? There's only one reason for your failure.

"You've looked for the wrong opponent.

"My talent in sword arts is the best in the world.

"I have not only mastered the sword techniques from your Tresia Clan… But, in this world, no matter what sword technique it is, what stance it has, when placed before me, I'll be able to pick it up with just one look, and master it with just one attempt. Not just you alone, within one or two years, I'll even completely surpass the First Prince. I'll chop off his head and send him to accompany you."

While Fang Xingjian was saying this, Kaunitz fell into complete despair. His eyes reflected his unwillingness to accept this, as well as the emotions of despair and regret.

'Why?

'Why is there a person like Fang Xingjian in this world?

'Why is there someone like you in this world?'

Fang Xingjian naturally had neither interest in listening to the narration in Kaunitz's heart nor intention to take off the cloth covering up his mouth to listen to his verbose speech. He merely thrusted the sword into Kaunitz's heart, piercing through his body.

He then sensed Anthony and Robert, noticing that their heartbeat and blood flow had slowed down. The two of them were not as frightened and anxious as before, but were looking at Fang Xingjian with slight agitation and asked, "Xingjian, was what you said earlier true?"

"Is your talent really that amazing? But… how could that be possible? There's never been anyone like this before."

"Now there is." Fang Xingjian replied. "Later, when the two of you return, just pretend that nothing happened."

After revealing part of his talent, Fang Xingjian pacified Anthony and Robert, saying, "Alright, I have to leave now."

After sharing his talent and killing Kaunitz with one sword attack, Fang Xingjian only felt a sense of relaxation in his chest.

One of them was a secret he had been keeping to himself for a prolonged period of time and after saying it, it dismissed the shadow that had been encompassing his heart for a very long time.

The other was that Kaunitz, the person who had been pestering him for almost a year, with the two of them inflicting harm upon each other and attacking each other, had finally died by his hands.

A relaxation and peace filled his heart. He could feel that his mental cultivation method was starting to achieve a breakthrough.

Exhaling a large mouthful of foul air, it was as if he had exhaled all of the troubles in his heart.

Mental cultivation method: Universal Sword Dominance Lunisolar has achieved a breakthrough, leveling up from level 3 to 4.

Ether Sword Ripples have also increased from 1.5 times his strength to two times his strength.

In addition, with the breakthrough of his mental cultivation method, it was as if there were many things in the air surging toward him, as if they would gush into his brain at any time.

Through his many sessions of exchanging information and thoughts about Heaven's Perception with Kaunitz, through the experience with the level 25 Conferred Knight's parietal bones, through exposing his secrets to feel physically and mentally at peace, through killing Kaunitz to take a load off his mind…

With his unparalleled talent and determination, Fang Xingjian had finally gotten an inspiration for Heaven's Perception.

He could sense that, as long as he carefully polished his soul, he would be able to truly step into the realm of Heaven's Perception and take a step toward overcoming worldly thoughts and attaining sainthood.

His voice seemed to become misty, gradually entering Anthony's and Robert's ears.

"The things in Kirst have come to a conclusion.

"I've reached the true turning point of attaining Heaven's Perception.

"Now, I must leave the crowd, leave society, and slowly polish my soul in absolute silence.

"I'll be back before the Regional Selection. By then, I will definitely have attained Heaven's Perception.

"Stay well in Kirst, don't do unnecessary things. As for the tuition fees for the class, help me with the arrangements for the refund…"

By the last two words, Fang Xingjian's voice was already so soft that it was almost inaudible. Right before Anthony's and Robert's eyes, Fang Xingjian's silhouette slowly scattered and eventually disappeared.

Fang Xingjian's departure was like a rock sinking into the ocean. There was no more news from Kirst, and everyone was lost deep in their own thoughts.

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