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 345 Letter Delivery

Fang Xingjian headed back to the Regional Academy's Sacred Land and saw that the Head of Department James was already standing at the entrance. When the latter saw Fang Xingjian, Rakshasi who was carried on Fang Xingjian's shoulder, and Gao Tu who was held in Fang Xingjian's arms, James asked, "Xingjian, what on earth is going on? Someone said that you had assaulted the arbitration team?"

Fang Xingjian shared the story of what had happened that night. After hearing it, James said, "I see. They've already sent their people?" He glanced at Rakshasi who was on Fang Xingjian's shoulder and said, "If you trust me, then let me handle this woman."

Fang Xingjian had no knowledge about the arbitration to begin with and was still wondering how to make Rakshasi speak up. Upon hearing what James said, he said, "I want to listen from the side."

Just then, Rakshasi started trembling. "Do you people think that I'll say anything? Will I be able to say anything? From the moment that you've captured me, I'm already doomed to die!"

While she spoke, she started to turn into steam and disappear. James dashed up to them but was only able to grab a handful of powder. Rakshasi had instantly turned into scattered dust.

A level 24 Conferred Knight had died just like that. James then looked at Gao Tu who seemed to be starting to steam up too. James immediately slashed off Gao Tu's upper body with his palm and then pressed his hand down on it. He seemed to have performed some secret arts and somehow managed to salvage half the body.

James said, "Seems like an expert left a martial will in his body. If the person realized that something is amiss, they would kill him. In the past, only people from the military would do this so that the enemy would not get their hands on Remains Divine Weapons. It's a pity that only half of his body is left."

James then patted Fang Xingjian's shoulder and said, "Don't worry. As long as we get through this arbitration, they can forget about dealing with you unless they decide to use force. However, which of them would dare to deploy forceful means in our Great Western Region?"

Simultaneously, a sense of pride flashed past James' eyes. "As for this arbitration, we've already talked about this amongst ourselves. There'll definitely be no problems.

"Right, how are you planning on dealing with this bone remains?"

Fang Xingjian shrugged with indifference. "You can sell it for me. I need money."

In a hospital, Sally's eyes occasionally swept by Heaven-Shaking Sword Potter who was on the bed. Her eyes were filled with confusion and hesitation.

After Heaven-Shaking Sword Potter arrived at the hospital, he'd entered into a state of unknown coma. Aside from the three kids whose internal organs had deteriorated, the other people that night had either died or entered a coma from serious injuries. Due to there being a lack of witnesses, the Great Western Region refused to put Fang Xingjian under arrest.

As for the few Conferred Knights whom Fang Xingjian had killed, Sally had also gotten some people to check on them. However, they did not seemed to be Conferred Knights listed in any of the records.

Additionally, the words which Fang Xingjian had said that day kept on lingering in her ears.

She touched her shoulders, and that intense pain seemed to strike once again, causing her body to shudder uncontrollably.

'Was what he said the truth?'

Just as Sally was contemplating about the incident, someone suddenly walked in and handed her a document. "Madam, this is a document sent by the association."

Sally opened the document and read it. Then her pupils suddenly contracted, as if there were burning flames in her eyes.

The document included the data of over 100 Knights and Knight apprentices. All of their internal organs had suffered from varying degrees of damages after they had cultivated the Rebirth Sword Technique.

The data in the document included the information of each and every cultivator, including their level, level of their techniques, age, physical attributes, as well as their dietary and living situation.

'Is this the new data gathered by the association?'

Looking at this set of data, Sally clenched her fists tightly. 'There's definitely a problem with the Rebirth Sword Technique. With this document, Fang Xingjian will definitely lose the arbitration. You may not have been the one responsible for the assault yesterday, but the Rebirth Sword Technique really has a problem. I'll definitely not allow a technique like this to be passed down.'

Early the next morning, Fang Xingjian was still in the Sacred Land, cultivating his sword techniques. Although he had not gotten much information from the assault yesterday, he had gotten the chance to slash off the hand the opponent who had tried to reach out toward him. However, Fang Xingjian had yet to make a decision as to if he was going to look for an opportunity to study the situation of those three apprentices.

Just then, someone came to the Great Western Region Regional Academy.

In the living room, Fang Xingjian looked at Huang Lin with great surprise and asked, "Teacher, why have you come?"

"It's all because the trouble you've created this time around is too big. I've come to help you." Huang Lin took out a letter and said, "Have a look. This is the Guardian King's reply."

Fang Xingjian opened the letter to discover that it was blank. However, with his Heaven's Perception, a large amount of information current surged out very quickly.

Many letters written by Conferred Knights tended to be written through channeling information into the letter.

After reading through the message, a voice seemed to enter Fang Xingjian's mind, "Child, don't worry. This time around, I'll testify for you."

Hearing that extremely benign voice which belonged to an elderly man, Fang Xingjian's eyes opened wide. To think that the Holy Orison had personally left a martial will with a certain level of intelligence in this letter? It was alike to the information left behind in the Heavenly Abyss Annihilation Armor or the Heaven's Volition Sword Intent in the dragon's scale, but this was more complete and the level of intelligence seemed to be higher too.

Fang Xingjian said, "To think that the Holy Orison himself is going to help me? And about this Martial Techniques Grading Plan… Master, do you understand it?"

"You must definitely take part in this plan. This is an extremely rare opportunity. How much wealth does the Church have? It's immeasurable! And it's only an influence as extravagant as them who would be able to come out with a plan like this which has no direct benefits but is able to benefit the future generations.

"This is the equivalent of paying money and giving you secret manuals for your cultivation. This is a great deal!"

Fang Xingjian nodded. The Martial Techniques Grading Plan would probably not start that soon, but the Holy Orison's willingness to testify for him was something immediate. With this letter, Fang Xingjian naturally believed that he would definitely not lose the arbitration.

Huang Lin added, "Oh, right. The Guardian King has channeled a message into this letter, which means that it has his martial will. Although it's not much, it's a Divine level expert's information after all and contains great power. In a crucial situation, it can help to save your life."

With the issue of the arbitration settled, Fang Xingjian no longer paid any attention to it for the following three days. He continued to hide in the Sacred Land to cultivate his sword techniques as usual. Seeing that Fang Xingjian did not appear at the Sword Tower's research room, Sword Saint Sasa was truly elated.

Sasa led the several tens of specialists to work overtime and continue their study. They almost had no time for rest. It was because he knew that after the arbitration three days later, James and Hoppes would probably no longer allow him to get close to the dragon's scale.

After three days of effort with no sleep and rest, in addition to the hard work they had put in for over half a month previously, Sasa finally deciphered all the words on the dragon's scale and started on the process of absorbing the sword intent.

Without the many troublesome trifles which had been present with the true Heaven's Volition Sword Intent, Sasa got into the sword intent Fang Xingjian left behind in the dragon's scale.

'Marrying Maiden trends toward Innocence, Innocence trends toward Fellowship, and Fellowship trends toward Great Possession. Jia turns to Bing, Bing turns to Geng, Geng turns to Gui, Zi connects to Chou, Chen connects to Si, and Wu connects to Wei. The wind and thunder forms one variation, the mountains and rivers form one variation, and the fire and water forms one variation. Qian and Kun stimulates each other, Zhen and Dui stimulates each other, and Li and Xun stimulates each other. Three evolves into five, five evolves into nine…'

There was no power, no treasure, nor was there any physical stance. There was only a sword theory.

"Nine Swords of Dugu [1]? Breaks through all martial techniques in the world?" Sasa slowly started to comprehend the content. His gaze was occasionally that of delight and then doubt. Then at the next moment, it turned into that of distress. His entire consciousness sank deep into the sword intent.

Although he had deciphered the words on the dragon's scale, he still did not know much about Chinese characters. Therefore, when he saw the mental cultivation method for the Nine Swords of Dugu, he was still in a state where he did not understand most of it.

If it were any other time, Sasa would not think much about the mental cultivation method for the Nine-Headed Dragon Sword Technique. However, as it was written in Chinese characters and was a mental cultivation method obtained from the dragon's scale, he treated it as though it was a great treasure. Sasa plunged into it.

[1] A sword technique in the novel, 'The Smiling, Proud Wanderer' by Jin Yong. https/en./wiki/Dugu_Qiubai

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Chapter 346 Synthesis and Beginning

After three consecutive days of full focus in his cultivation, Fang Xingjian finally once again cultivated the Aquatic Sword Formation to the maximum level of 40, and his ether synchronization rate also reached 31%.

With the success rate of 31% in synthesis, Fang Xingjian was quite lucky this time around, and he finally managed to synthesize the Aquatic Sword Formation to the Thunder Immuring Earth Sword.

In his consciousness, the two skill seeds clashed furiously. A tremendous amount of information continued to merge and exchange, then the skill seeds eventually turned into a brand new skill seed.

Level 40 Phenomena Sword Formation: Every phenomena of nature were related to sword arts, changing the entire world, and causing the universe to be merged into the sword formation.

This sword formation could merge one's sword intent into one's vital energy and blood, using swords made of blood to set up the sword formation. One would be able to freely control lightning, mountains, and lakes which were within the perimeters of the sword formation. It could almost create most of the natural phenomenon in the world. This sword formation was also a protean sword technique which combined both attack and defence into one.

Looking at the Phenomena Sword Formation, Fang Xingjian nodded to himself. He now only needed to synthesize one more Lightless Sword to be able to complete the highest level of achievement in the Great Western Region Regional Academy's Sword Arts Department, the Prodigious Demolition Sword. Usually, Conferred Knights who could attain the Prodigious Demolition Sword already had the rights to apply for graduation. Fang Xingjian would probably be able to complete the mastery of this sword technique in just over two months.

In fact, if it was not because no one had managed to come up with a cultivation method for the Prodigious Demolition Sword, which would then allow Fang Xingjian to cultivate it directly, he would have progressed even faster.

Although Fang Xingjian had still thought of making good use of time to cultivate and synthesize the Lightless Sword, it was the day of the arbitration. Fang Xingjian let out a sigh and headed out of the Sacred Land.

The moment he left the Sacred Land, he saw Zhou Xingwen looking at him anxiously, shouting, "What took you so long? It's soon going to be an hour since the arbitration started. If you don't go soon, you will be considered as having given up."

Fang Xingjian said nonchalantly, "There's no hurry. Even if they were to end it earlier, they would still have to come back to continue the trial. There's no way that I'll lose this arbitration."

With the Holy Orison's letter and testimonial, Fang Xingjian knew there was no way that he could lose.

Sally looked at the group of people from the Great Western Region Regional Academy, and her eyebrows furrowed even more.

The arbitration was being conducted at the office of the Great Western City's municipal government.

In the large hall, people from varying backgrounds were seated to observe the arbitration. There were aristocrats from the Great Western Region, experts from various factions, and many others. Of course, there were also over 100 commoners whom Sally had specially invited to bear witness to the result of this arbitration.

This time around, majority of the commoners, apprentices, and Knights, might not have known about the incident regarding the Rebirth Sword Technique due to the playing down of the incident by the government. The most that they could get out of this was the end result of whether the Rebirth Sword Technique could be cultivated.

However, the people with true strength and the ability to influence were all able to sense the storm occurring under the cover of the calm appearance.

Right now, Governor Devitt and the Great Western Region's Regional Chief were both seated in the first row of the spectator stands. Arbitrator Sally and the new officer sent by the Knight Association to provide support were seated on the platform.

Beside them, there were also six sword arts masters who had been invited by the association. Their six votes and Sally's single vote would determine the result of this arbitration.

Currently, there was an intense debate in the arbitration.

"Based on what was mentioned, there are no problems with the Rebirth Sword Technique. All nine of us from the Sword Arts Department have cultivated the technique, and other than the progressions of the physical body, there aren't any signs of deterioration to our internal organs. I personally have cultivated the Rebirth Sword Technique to level 5. There are no side effects at all."

The head of the Sword Arts Team then clapped his hands, and his disciple, Leon, delivered copies of the report. "These are the various data we recorded after cultivating the Rebirth Sword Technique. There are no abnormalities, and it can even be said that we experienced improvements in various aspects."

When she saw the teachers from the Sword Arts Department testify that there were no problems with the Rebirth Sword Technique, Sally's frown continued to deepen.

It was not because she felt that there were no flaws with the opposition's side but rather because she felt a tremendous pressure. There were a total of nine Conferred Knights on the opposition's side, including Hoppes who was the head of the Sword Arts Team, and Head of Department James who was a level 29 old man. They could easily kill her several hundred times over, and such tremendous pressure was not something which ordinary people could ever understand.

Each gaze and movement they displayed, as well as each word they said, was like a huge mountain crashing down on her. They were creating a feeling of suppression purely with their aura. Even if they did not really attack Sally, they still caused her face to turn pale and made her feel faint.

Hoppes was a tier two level 29 expert, while James, as the Governor from two generations back, was one of the top experts on the second tier. Additionally, he was extremely close to being in the top tier.

These two would usually keep their aura and information flows in check when they were within the school grounds, and before Fang Xingjian, they would appear as harmless as ordinary old men.

However, right now, they displayed their aura fully, and just the exchange of information between their bodies and the external ether particles was sufficient to strike terror in one's heart.

However, Sally continued to hang on. Although she looked pale and her fists were clenched so tightly that they too had turned pale, there was still no fear reflected in her eyes. She knew of the situation before she had arrived in the Great Western Region, and she knew that Fang Xingjian, whom she was going against, represented the strongest influence in Great Western Region. However, Sally had insisted on coming.

She watched as the Conferred Knights took turns to give their testimonials and then said calmly, "I've heard about the sword theories you have mentioned. However, even though there are no problems with the technique in terms of sword theory, it doesn't mean that the Rebirth Sword Technique itself has no problems.

"You are neither Divine level experts nor true gods. As long as you are human, there will definitely be mistakes and weaknesses. If there really are no problems with the Rebirth Sword Technique, then why would Mike and the others start suffering from a deterioration of their internal organs right after picking up the sword technique?"

One of the teachers could not help but stand up and say, "There's a problem with the three of them."

"Oh? What's the problem? Mike and the others have already iterated what had happened to them. In which part do you think is there a problem?" Sally asked.

"We'll need to further observe and study their conditions before we can answer that. Moreover, the Rebirth Sword Technique has been released for such a long period of time and yet only the three of them have met with a mishap. Doesn't this prove that there's a problem with them?"

Sally laughed as if she had long anticipated them to pose this question. She ordered someone to pass out the documents she had readied earlier. "According to the latest information from the association, aside from Mike and the other two, there are five from the Northern Ice Region, seven from the Southern Flame Region, 12 from the Eastern Sand Region… There are a total of 40 Knights and 64 apprentices whose internal organs have suffered from varying degrees of deterioration after they picked up the Rebirth Sword Technique.

"Do you have an explanation for this?" With that, she waved her hand and let her subordinate hand out the collated materials.

"What?!"

"There's a total of 104 people?"

"There really is a problem with this Rebirth Sword Technique. Thank goodness I told my son to refuse when his school asked him to pick it up."

After Sally announced this astonishing news, a commotion broke out amongst the spectators. Everyone was astonished by the number of casualties Sally had brought up.

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Chapter 347 Situation

The Rebirth Sword Technique was just a sword technique in the experimental phase. There had not been a person of influence who had purchased and implemented it on a large-scale basis. Despite that, to think that over 100 people had been affected! How astonishing was this?

Looking at the changes to the situation, both Head of Department James and Head of the Sword Arts Team Hoppes frowned.

Sighing, James said in a low voice, "They are truly vicious. 104 people… They are planning on completely suppressing the Rebirth Sword Technique."

In the spectator stands, Lilia could not help but frown. Ferdinand assured her, "It's fine, Lilia. The three strongest people in the Great Western Region have joined forces. Moreover, the Second Prince hasn't taken any action yet. Xingjian will be fine."

However, Ferdinand himself was not feeling particularly confident when he said that. 104 people had met with mishaps while cultivating the Rebirth Sword Technique… How much time and effort would be required to prove that the mishaps these 104 had met with were not related to the Rebirth Sword Technique?

James looked at the letter in his hand. It was the testimony from the Northern Ice Region's Rehlings. However, at this stage, there was already no point in bringing this out. He looked at the many people in the audience, who were now very agitated, and knew that there was no use to be bringing up anymore sword theories.

All the commoners, apprentices, Knights… and the people whose mastery of sword arts was still insufficient… they would only remember that 104 people had met with mishaps while cultivating the Rebirth Sword Technique. As for the sword arts theory and of how the Rebirth Sword Technique was… how could these weaklings show them any concern? They were not at the level to be concerned about these.

However, Sally was not satisfied with this. She wanted to bring down the Rebirth Sword Technique completely this time around.

Therefore, she said again, "These 104 lives brings about the issue of the Rebirth Sword Technique. Although all of you are saying that there are no theoretical problems with the Rebirth Sword Technique, I have two witnesses here who beg to differ."

Amidst everyone's astonished gazes, Sword Saint Sasa walked out slowly. James glared viciously at Sasa and said, "Sasa! Do you know what you're doing?!"

Sasa was wearing a confident smile. He had absorbed the fake sword intent in the dragon's scale and felt that he had gained the hope to attain the Divine level. Additionally, right now, The School of Sword Arts, Myriad Star Palace, and the First Prince had an advantage against the Great Western Region. So, how could Sasa not feel confident?

'After I finish this show, I'll leave the Great Western Region and look for a place to analyze the Heaven's Volition Sword Intent.

'Those people from The School of Sword Arts think that they can use me as a blade, but they are not aware that I've got my hands on the Heaven's Volition Sword Intent. As long as I put all my effort into analyzing the profoundness behind it… With time, I'll be another Heavenly Sovereign of the Blood Sea. By then, putting The School of Sword Arts aside, even the entire Empire could quite possibly be in my hands.'

Sasa walked up to the platform, and Sally said to him, "Mister Sasa, please share with us your views on the Rebirth Sword Technique."

"The Rebirth Sword Technique has a fatal flaw. The reason it can cause an irreversible damage to the internal organs lies in the way it circulates the vital energy and blood. It is the result of forcefully merging several tens of fierce sword techniques.

"There's clearly a problem with such a vulgar method. We all know that the blood vessels and nerves in the human body are very weak. Therefore, since ancient times, all methods of circulating vital energy and blood require extreme caution. And even with that, each technique for circulating the vital energy and blood would still need to be put through a large number of trials before it can truly be put to use. Based on what I know, Fang Xingjian's Rebirth Sword Technique has not been put through any human experiments before."

Sasa threw a glance at the people from the Great Western Region Regional Academy and said coldly, "However, under such a circumstance, this sword technique was submitted to the Knight Association and praised to the skies. There are people who even think that this is a sword technique that will change the society. The ones who did this are clearly devoid of all conscience."

One of the teachers could not help but stand up and shout furiously, "Sasa, you b*stard! You're going to tell a blatant lie?!"

"Which part of what I said was wrong? Has Fang Xingjian put this technique through any human experiments?"

"There's no need for it at all. The Rebirth Sword Technique is a Nurturing sword technique that nurtures the body and accumulates potential points. Its method of circulating vital energy and blood follows the natural flow of the human body. If your blood is constantly flowing in your body, would you show symptoms of internal bleeding and deterioration of the internal organs?"

However, it was clear that many people present did not agree with this. Both the Sword Saint's reputation and his rationale, which was easy to understand, had convinced them.

"It hasn't been put through a single test?"

"Hmph, all that talk about how there's no problem with the sword theories… To think that they haven't tested it even once! I think Fang Xingjian himself might not have picked up the Rebirth Sword Technique."

"It seems that for the sake of glorifying their disciple, these people from the Regional Academy really don't care about anything else."

There were not many sword arts experts in the audience. So, since they did not understand the theories, they could only listen to the words others whom they thought made sense.

Sasa was clearly a master in this. He did not bring up the theories behind the Rebirth Sword Technique and instead merely brought up the point that Fang Xingjian had not put the sword technique through large-scale human testing.

However, this was not the end of it. Sasa took out a letter and said, "This is a letter which the Supreme Chief of The School of Sword Arts, Heng Tianxiao, wrote to me. He penned down in detail his assessment of the Rebirth Sword Technique. "

When Sally saw this scene, her brows arched up a little. She and the six sword arts masters looked in Sasa's direction. In the letter, Heng Tianxiao had pointed out the huge flaw in the method of circulating vital energy and blood which the Rebirth Sword Technique used.

Although the six sword arts masters still had doubts, they could not say anything as a rebuttal.

There was nothing they could do about it. The School of Sword Arts and Heng Tianxiao represented the highest authority in sword arts in the Empire. How could they say anything against it?

Sally read out Heng Tianxiao's letter, and a huge commotion once again broke out.

Sally said coldly, "Alright, I believe that everyone has come to their own conclusion about this case. I have another letter here from Myriad Star Palace's Master Laurence."

James closed his eyes. Laurence was Hoult's master and the disciple to the Divine level expert, Astral Ancestor. Laurence's interference would meant that Astral Ancestor had stepped in.

Hoppes also let out a breath. At level 29, Hoppes and James were already standing on the peak of being Conferred Knights. However, when compared with Divine level experts, there was no way they could win.

Although Laurence was not a Divine level expert, he was the disciple of one. This identity meant that that his words carried ten times more weight.

Even if they did not end up losing the arbitration, as long as Laurence's words were to spread, how many Knights would still dare to cultivate the Rebirth Sword Technique?

Sally read out Laurence's letter slowly, "The Rebirth Sword Technique is truly a groundbreaking sword technique. However, due to the limits of the creator's mastery in sword arts, he hasn't truly completed this sword technique. As a result, the sword technique has a huge flaw and will cause a strong repercussion to one's internal organs.

"However, his creativity still holds a great referential value. Myriad Star Palace already has the plans to work together with The School of Sword Arts and Ancient Path of Hell to create a brand new sword technique using the creativity of the Rebirth Sword Technique in combining several tens of Nurturing sword techniques…"

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Chapter 348 Grim

In the spectator stands, Hoult, who had personally handed the letter to Sally, let out a sigh and closed his eyes. Beside him, Norman, who had been with him all this time, smiled and said, "Fang Xingjian is done for."

Hoult shook his head. "That's right, he's done for." In his tone, there was a hint of indescribable disappointment.

After reading the letter, Sally looked at James and the others, and said, "What else do you guys have to say?" She spoke with great authority, looking down on James, Hoppes, and the others as if she was the stronger one.

James and Hoppes frowned but did not manage to think of any solution.

However, Governor Devitt remained calm, as if he did not mind the scene he was seeing.

When the Regional Chief saw the way Governor Devitt was behaving, he could not help but ask, "You're just going to watch on like this?"

Devitt waved his hand and said, "It's fine, it's fine." A hint of a smile appeared on the corners of his lips. "Everything is under control."

A trace of doubt flashed past the Regional Chief's eyes. However, he immediately recalled the Second Prince's power to handle information. Then he thought to himself that since Devitt said this, it might be because he had something to rely on. The Regional Chief watched curiously to see how they were going to turn the situation around.

"Damn that Fang Xingjian! He released a sword technique like this for everyone to learn?!"

"To think that it has fatal side effects! His status as a Conferred Knight should be revoked!"

"And there's also the Pantheon Monument and the Killing Techniques Palace… He must have cheated as well."

Almost everyone was feeling fury and disgust at the Rebirth Sword Technique and Fang Xingjian.

Lilia and Ferdinand looked around at the agitated crowd. Their expressions gradually turned grim, and their eyes filled with panic. If this case were to really end like this, then Fang Xingjian would undoubtedly be listed on the wall of shame in historical records, his name left behind in infamy.

James' face trembled a little as he stood up abruptly. His violent martial will swept across the area as if it was something physical, instantly suppressing all the cursing.

Sally looked at Head of Department James coldly and said in an arrogant tone, "Senior James, I know that you're very strong. At the second transition and level 29, there's probably no one here who is a match for you. However, even if you can kill everyone present today, you won't be able to change the way the entire world thinks.

"There's no room for doubt in regards to the Rebirth Sword Technique's problem. If you have no way to prove otherwise, then let Fang Xingjian come forward. Let the creator of the Rebirth Sword Technique answer our questions.

"If he can't answer our questions either, I'll utilize the authority the association has given me and apply for the ban on the dissemination of the Rebirth Sword Technique, as well as on every related experiment on the sword technique being conducted in the country."

James let out a sigh and finally understood the opposing party's plan. They could prove time and time again that there was no problem with the Rebirth Sword Technique and state the number of people who had cultivated it successfully.

However, even if they could bring out 10,000 or even 100,000 people, they would not be able to cover over the fact that 100 people had failed in cultivating it and were even on the verge of death.

'These people really deserve to die.'

As James thought about all these things, he then looked at the empty space which was left for Fang Xingjian, feeling that it was good Fang Xingjian had not come.

Sally slapped the table and bellowed, "Fang Xingjian! Is he scared? Is he feeling guilty? For his own selfish reasons, he has gotten so many youths, so many people who represented the Empire's future, to suffer the consequences. He is a leech that sticks himself onto the Empire's body. A person like this doesn't deserve to be a Conferred Knight."

As Sally said this, she seemed to feel a faint throbbing pain in her shoulders. She shouted out, "I'm asking one more time! Where is Fang Xingjian? If he still doesn't show up, then based on the regulations, I'll deem it that he has given up on this arbitration."

When Sword Saint Sasa heard this, the corners of his lips curled up slightly. 'Fang Xingjian is done for.'

Many people from the spectator stands also stood up and shouted, "Revoke Fang Xingjian's status as a Conferred Knight!"

"Arrest him! Put him on trial!"

"All forms of dissemination of the Rebirth Sword Technique must be banned!"

Sally nodded in agreement. However, just as she was about to speak again, the door opened.,

A few minutes ago, Fang Xingjian and Zhou Xingwen walked together into the municipal government's hall. As they walked through the wide and spacious corridors, their footsteps rang out continuously. Then as they proceeded, a tall figure suddenly appeared to stop them in their tracks.

Armstrong, whose face was covered in scars, stood there smiling. Although his face was covered in scars, he still gave off a very soft and gentle feeling.

"Lord Armstrong!" Zhou Xingwen greeted him respectfully. "Why have you come out here?"

"Obviously to wait for you guys." Armstrong spoke in a stern voice, "Xingjian, why have you arrived so late? The situation inside has turned very grim."

"Oh? Is the arbitration team on the advantage?"

Armstrong pat Fang Xingjian on the shoulders and asked, "Do you have any confidence? If you don't, then you should leave now."

'What?!' Zhou Xingwen was astonished. Was the situation in the arbitration already so grim?

Fang Xingjian smiled and said, "There's no way that I'll lose."

Seeing how confident Fang Xingjian was, Armstrong said in a light voice, "Is that the case?" Suddenly, an extremely eerie and vicious information flow containing an extremely malicious intent flowed from Armstrong's palms and into Fang Xingjian's head.

As a level 29 Conferred Knight, Armstrong had personally activated the Killing technique—Small Puppet Technique. Its attack was extremely secretive, and even the Heavenly Abyss Annihilation Armor was unable to detect it, nor did it show any reactions.

'The Small Puppet Technique is one of the most secretive techniques in the Ancient Path of Hell. Those who know of it call it the most vicious Killing technique in history.' Armstrong looked at Fang Xingjian, who was showing no reactions, and a hint of contempt flashed in his eyes.

As one of the First Prince's most secretive clones, he controlled the power which represented the soul in the 36 Hell's Maps. It was also one of the 36 powers in hell.

When coupled together with the Small Puppet Technique, even a level 29 Conferred Knight could be affected by it slightly, let alone Fang Xingjian. It was just like how Heaven-Shaking Sword Potter had been controlled and was now unable to even choose between life and death. Currently, Potter was still lying on a hospital bed in a comatose state.

Of course, this Killing technique would only be effective if it was performed consecutively and the distance must not exceed 10 meters. Most importantly, the technique could only be used to control the physical body and was incapable of controlling the person's heart and memories. Therefore, it could not be used to help the First Prince obtain the signatures for the Hell's Maps.

Armstrong looked at Fang Xingjian and asked, "Oh? Where are you getting the confidence from? Why don't you share it with me so that I can provide some advice?"

"There's no need for that. You'll know after I enter the hall and say it out loud."

Fang Xingjian took one step forward and was about to pass by Armstrong's body when the latter slapped down on his shoulder, activating the Small Puppet Technique. As the technique worked together with the lurking information flow from earlier, an extremely malicious information current headed for Fang Xingjian's consciousness.

"I think it's better if you were to say it now."

A strange gleam flashed in Armstrong's eyes, and his words had a mysterious allure to it.

However, Fang Xingjian merely blinked as if he was looking at an idiot. Simultaneously, the letter placed close to his chest suddenly glowed brightly.

Armstrong's expression turned grim, and he decided to retreat. However, he realized then that he was unable to move.

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Chapter 349 Divine Level

Beams of white light seemed to surge forth from Fang Xingjian's chest, while Armstrong felt that someone was throwing him a glance from that light.

That glance was like a tall mountain as well as a great sea. It was as complicated as the universe and as heavy as the celestial bodies.

This glance was not something which humans could endure, and it was a glance which brought Armstrong devastation.

When Armstrong once again regained his senses, he abruptly threw his head back and eventually spewed out a tremendous amount of blood uncontrollably. He even seemed to have suddenly aged by ten years as he fell. Armstrong then forcibly supported himself with his hands, somehow managing to take the impact of the blow.

However, very soon, his mouth opened again, and fresh blood continued to surge forth. He even started to throw up some of his internal organs as his body aged once again. Age spots were even starting to appear on his face.

Armstrong looked in disbelief at his shrivelling and wrinkling palm. Then as his gaze shifted to Fang Xingjian, Armstrong asked, "What did you do? What was that thing earlier?"

Armstrong wanted to attack Fang Xingjian but discovered that he was no longer able to circulate his Waves and mental cultivation method. It was as if his brain was covered up by a layer of lard, and he was unable to unleash any of his extraordinary strength.

Fang Xingjian took out the Holy Orison's letter from his chest and recalled what Huang Lin had said. The letter contained the martial will of the Divine level expert.

'Just a thought can cause a level 29 Conferred Knight to become like this? Then it's no wonder that they can change the trends of a country and its history. It's true that people like these are no different from gods.'

Fang Xingjian gained a new understanding toward how terrifying Divine level experts were. Thankfully, this time around, the other party was on his side.

Fang Xingjian recalled how he had written the first five tiers of transformations to the Prodigious Astral Divine Powers Waves in the letter previously. At this moment, Fang Xingjian decided that once he got back, he would send the Holy Orison the remaining transformations over as well as thanks.

Looking at the letter and the white glow which was extinguishing slowly, Armstrong continued to puke out fresh blood. He stared at the letter in astonishment and asked, "What… what is this thing?"

"It's a letter the Holy Orison wrote to me as a testimony that there's no problem with my Rebirth Sword Technique."

Hearing Fang Xingjian's words, a hint of understanding flashed in Armstrong's eyes. 'So, that's what it was… a Divine level expert… He is really true to his name.' As he looked at Fang Xingjian, Armstrong's gaze flashed with great envy and wariness.

'What did this Fang Xingjian do to deserve the favor of a Divine level expert?'

However, sensing his current situation, terror and desperation surged within him. Armstrong sensed that his lifespan was reaching its end, and it was as if his physical body would breakdown at any time. He could sense that… he was so seriously injured that he was on the verge of death.

'To think that just one glance… one glance sent across space.. could hurt me to the extent that I'm now impending death? To think that the Holy Orison's abilities have already reached such a high level.'

After Fang Xingjian said his piece, he left without even turning back. Simultaneously, he instructed, "Keep an eye on him. Don't let him escape."

"Me?!" Zhou Xingwen was still astonished by the Holy Orison's letter. When he heard Fang Xingjian telling him to keep an eye on Deputy Governor Armstrong, he asked in shock, "Me? Me? Me? Keep an eye on Lord Armstrong?"

"In his current condition, he won't even be able to deal with any ordinary Knight. You just need to keep an eye on him and not let him escape or commit suicide. I'll be back shortly."

Based on Fang Xingjian's estimations, with the Holy Orison as his backing, he would be able to return very shortly.

However, what he did not know was that Armstrong was not an ordinary level 29 Conferred Knight.

Hints of purple fog spread out from Armstrong's body, and in that instant, it turned into the figure of the First Prince. Fang Xingjian turned back abruptly, and his gaze seemed to reflect that he was extremely on guard.

"Armstrong, to think that you're also one of the Hell's Map's 36 clones?"

Armstrong ignored Fang Xingjian and instead half-knelt down before the faint purple colored fog silhouette, saying, "This subordinate has failed in his mission. I plead for Your Highness to pardon me."

The First Prince did not say anything. He scanned Fang Xingjian and then said in a cold voice, "I didn't expect that you'd be able to get the help from the Church."

However, what the First Prince was interested in was clearly not Fang Xingjian but the letter he was holding. The First Prince looked at Fang Xingjian briefly and paid him no heed. He then looked at the letter and said, "It's just the Holy Orison, what's the big deal? Wait till I've stepped into the Divine level. Then I'll personally take a trip to Yalan Sacred Mountain and pay you a visit."

With that, the First Prince shot a glance at Armstrong, and fury ignited in his heart.

Armstrong was the strongest person the First Prince had contracted and secretly planted in the Great Western Region. However, Armstrong was now beaten up to the extent of being almost fully crippled, and he was even on the verge of death. Even if the First Prince were to save Armstrong, Armstrong would lose his battle prowess for at least seven to eight months. This would cause the First Prince to completely lose a great assistant as well as his control over the Great Western Region.

The First Prince glared furiously at Fang Xingjian, then the purple fog silhouette grabbed Armstrong and retreated slowly. While Fang Xingjian was wondering how much of the Holy Orison's power was left in the letter and if he should give chase, the First Prince and Armstrong had already gradually dissipated. It was as if they had turned into air currents, scattering in the air and vanishing like an illusion.

As Fang Xingjian let out a breath, he wore a helpless expression. He had just fully activated his Heaven's Perception and used the Level 1 Unparalleled Sword Intent continuously to scan for Armstrong's and the First Prince's weaknesses. However, even if the clone was so badly hurt, there were still no flaws on the First Prince. Fang Xingjian did not have any chance to attack. This was especially when the information which Fang Xingjian kept on receiving from the First Prince seemed to show he would be able to enter a new world anytime now.

All the information Fang Xingjian gathered continuously from the ether particles in the surroundings made him sense a great threat. It was as if the ether particles were warning Fang Xingjian against attacking the First Prince.

Fang Xingjian had initially thought that he had already made great progress during this time and that he could even bypass higher levels to defeat level 25 Conferred Knights. However, it now seemed that the First Prince had also gotten more terrifying.

'I still need to speed up.

'This is good as well. After this arbitration, I'll have more money and time to cultivate. The money should be enough for me to cultivate the first level of the mystical prints.'

As Fang Xingjian thought of this, he turned and continued on his way. Zhou Xingwen's face paled as he looked at the spot where the First Prince had disappeared, then he quickly followed after Fang Xingjian.

Seated up on the platform, Sally said for the final time, "I'm going to ask one more time. What else do you have to say? If there's nothing else, then the arbitration will end here today."

Just then, Fang Xingjian kicked open the hall's door with a strong force. It was sent flying with a loud bang and landed heavily on the ground, kicking up some dust.

"Fang Xingjian!" Sally stood up suddenly. When she saw the calm Fang Xingjian, she felt like her back was still hurting a little bit.

Sasa turned and looked at Fang Xingjian as if he was looking at a dead man. The corners of his lips curled out slightly as he thought to himself, 'I thought that this lad had already escaped. To think that he has brought himself back here. He is really heedless of the consequences.'

Hoult's gaze shifted toward Fang Xingjian. He had originally wanted to chase and surpass Fang Xingjian, having viewed him as a sworn opponent. However, as he watched Fang Xingjian get destroyed slowly, other than feelings of pity, Hoult also had some other thoughts.

'Talent, battle prowess… Although it's true that these things are important, before one becomes a Divine level expert, connections, background, and power are more important.

'Moreover, how many people are able to become Divine level experts anyway?'

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Chapter 350 Refute

Lilia stood up abruptly, and the armrest her hands had been clenching tightly seemed to crack a bit. Ferdinand patted her on the back and said, "It's fine. Since Xingjian is willing to come, it must be because he has a solution."

However, in that instant, a fierce commotion broke out amongst the spectators, and countless evil intents were directed toward Fang Xingjian.

"You're the one who created the Rebirth Sword Technique?"

"What rubbish sword technique is that?! Do you know how many people you've harmed?!"

"Is a person like this still considered as a genius the Regional Academy nurtured? The management is getting increasingly shameless."

Hearing the crowd's curses, Fang Xingjian's brows furrowed even deeper. Finally, Fang Xingjian stomped fiercely, and it was as if a sword light flashed past in the air. His leg was like a sharp sword piercing into the ground.

Using his leg as a replacement for a sword, Fang Xingjian activated his level 40 Phenomena Sword Formation. This sword formation had been created from the synthesis of the Thunderbolt Sword Technique, Mountain Shifting Sword, and the Aquatic Sword Formation. Through setting up a sword formation, the user could control the power of thunderbolt, geomagnetism, and water vapor, manipulating everything in the world.

The people present felt that the ground was tremoring furiously, accompanied by loud rumbling. Many screams rang out incessantly, as if the end of the world was coming.

The terrifying tremors covered up everyone's voices. Then when the ground stopped trembling, the place turned completely quiet, without a single sound.

Sally glared at Fang Xingjian while thinking, 'This guy's sword arts have gotten stronger again?' However, she still looked at Fang Xingjian fearlessly and said, "Fang Xingjian! What do you want?! Are you thinking of assaulting the arbitration team?!"

"I'm just letting them keep quiet for a bit." Fang Xingjian lifted his head to scan the spectator stands before saying, "A bunch of people who aren't even Conferred Knights… Do you people really understand sword arts? If you don't and you haven't even seen the Rebirth Sword Technique before, what right do you have to speak?

"Don't get it wrong. No matter what you say, the results of today's arbitration won't be related to you."

Sally glared at Fang Xingjian coldly and said, "Fang Xingjian, I'm guessing you may not know the situation now. The association has already discovered that over 104 people in the country have suffered from varying degrees of internal organ deterioration after practicing the Rebirth Sword Technique.

"Moreover, Master Laurence from the Myriad Star Palace, who is the first disciple of the Astral Ancestor, as well as Master Heng Tianxiao, who is the Supreme Chief of the School of Sword Arts, have both sent documents to prove that there is a problem with the Rebirth Sword Technique."

Hearing this, Fang Xingjian's expression turned uncontrollably grim. He had not expected the opposition to be this vicious, sending out so many elders in order to suppress the Rebirth Sword Technique.

If it was not for the Holy Orison's letter, he would probably really be in trouble.

Therefore, Fang Xingjian did not say much and just took out the Holy Orison's letter. The moment he took out the letter, white light surged from the envelope, and a terrifying consciousness appeared.

Watching as the envelope unleashed a white light while floating in midair, everyone present was struck with fear.

The weak sensed was an instinctive terror, the terror a rabbit would feel when it encountered a tiger.

While the strong sensed something even stronger. They could sense that an information current was radiating out continuously from the envelope in all directions. Yet when they read the information with their Heaven's Perception, they could only sense endless light, heat, and profoundness.

That was right. The profoundness was taller than the mountains and deeper than the seas. It embraced everything and was forgiving without the intention to possess everything.

The air trembled slightly, and an old man's voice was transmitted to everyone's ears without restraint. It was the voice of an elder, and it was filled with the tone of love and concern.

"Good afternoon. I'm the seventh Guardian King of the Church of Universal Truth. However, you should be more used to addressing me as the Holy Orison.

"There's no need to feel astonished. This is my ether clone. The reason I'm here today is to talk about the matter regarding Fang Xingjian."

Hearing the Holy Orison's words, the morales of the people from the Regional Academy received a boost. Lilia and Ferdinand broke into delighted smiles as well.

However, the countenances of Sword Saint Sasa and Arbitrator Sally immediately turned grim.

Sasa frowned and cursed inwardly, 'Damn it! To think that a Divine level expert has personally come to show him support. What kind of joke is this?!'

The gap between a Divine level expert and an ordinary Knight was far too great. Moreover, because of this, Divine level experts would restrict each other, making their moves carefully.

The appearance of the Holy Orison had clearly caught everyone unaware in that instant.

Sally asked directly, "Lord Holy Orison, are you going to prove that there's no problem with the Rebirth Sword Technique? However, there are already over 100 martial arts practitioners across the country who have suffered injuries after practicing the Rebirth Sword Technique."

Sally skipped out on bringing up Laurence and Heng Tianxiao. It was because the two of them clearly did not command as high an authority as compared to the Holy Orison.

The Holy Orison said, "You can't suspect that it's due to the Rebirth Sword Technique just because 100 cultivators have gotten injured. What you have are just statistics and not the true reason.

"It's just like how anyone who basks themselves in sunlight would eventually die. Are we not going to bask ourselves in sunlight anymore because of this?

"Based on my experience, there's no problem with the Rebirth Sword Technique. Furthermore, I've already cultivated this technique to level 10, and it's able to provide me with 8,000 potential points daily.

"When the Rebirth Sword Technique is cultivated to level 10, even an ordinary apprentice without the enhancement of any specialties should be able to get at least 4,000 to 5,000 potential points."

Hearing this, a commotion broke out. Everyone's attention was drawn in by the mention of 8,000 potential points.

8,000 potential points… How terrifying a number was this? Even if the people present knew that they might not be as monstrous as a Divine level expert, having 4,000 to 5,000 potential points daily was also something which they would usually not even dare to think about. Only cultivators would understand how great the temptation was.

Especially since the words were said by the Holy Orison, who would not believe it?

In the future, even if they felt that there was a problem with the Rebirth Sword Technique, there would still be a large group of people who would be unable to hold back and decide to pick up the technique.

Sally said with a pale countenance, "But this still can't hide the risks that the Rebirth Sword Technique has, right? At least, there's still a need to prove that the issues with that 100 people are not relevant to the Rebirth Sword Technique before everyone can be at ease when they cultivate the technique."

However, the Holy Orison did not go along with Sally's plans. Instead, he avoided engaging with the matter regarding the 100 people and said directly, "There's definitely no problem with the Rebirth Sword Technique. I've already reported this matter to the Church. A team of representatives will probably be coming soon to talk with Fang Xingjian about the issuing of the rights to the sword technique. Our Church will be promoting this sword technique massively for the next few years.

"Additionally, what the people present here may not know is that the cultivation of the Rebirth Sword Technique is also very beneficial to the training of Divine level experts. It can even slightly increase the chances for a level 29 expert to attain the Divine level."

After saying that, the Holy Orison paused for a while, as if he was letting the others have some time to digest this shocking news.

He then continued, "Moreover, I've already invited Fang Xingjian to participate in the Church's Martial Techniques Grading Plan. With his talent and sword arts cultivation, he has the capability to be in charge of the grading of at least 1% of the sword techniques."

Instantly, a big commotion broke out in the hall. Various astonished, surprised, and envious gazes landed on Fang Xingjian.

Sally fell back into her seat helplessly, her gaze filled with fury and exasperation. However, there was nothing she could do to change the current situation.

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Chapter 351 Authority

The authority the Holy Orison commanded was much too powerful.

A Divine level expert was a person whose single thought could change the situation of a country and its history… Who would dare doubt the words he said? Who would have the right to question them?

Particularly, after hearing that the Church of Universal Truth was going to promote the Rebirth Sword Technique on a large-scale basis… how astonished must they be?

If a Divine level expert was someone who commanded authority on a personal basis, then the Church of Universal Truth, being the strongest influence in the world, was a group whose actions various countries and organizations competed to simulate.

When everyone in the hall heard the Holy Orison's words, a commotion broke out.

"Is the Church going to promote the Rebirth Sword Technique too? Since even the Church is going to promote it, then there should be no problems, right? There's no way that the Guardian King would lie… And to think that the Rebirth Sword Technique is useful even for Divine level experts?! "

"Of course. All 16 Guardian Kings in the Church have exceptional talents and high levels of cultivation. If they feel that there's no problem, then there must be no problems."

"The Guardian Kings are the ones who are closest to the God of Universal Truth after the Pope. There's no way that they would make a mistake."

"The people from the Church aren't fools. If there really is a problem with the Rebirth Sword Technique, then how could they possibly disseminate it?"

"The Rebirth Sword Technique can stimulate 4,000 to 5,000 potential points daily? This is really amazing. I wonder when we'll be able to learn it?"

Some people started praise the Church of Universal Truth's authority and power. Some others believed in the Guardian Kings' judgements, while there were also people who were just believers of the Church of Universal Truth. There were also people started to covet the effects of the Rebirth Sword Technique.

Seeing the instantaneous change in the crowd, Sasa got so angry that he clenched his fists tightly. 'These trash only know how to follow the crowd, committing their trust just because the Church of Universal Truth said so. What's all this talk about the Church's authority? Hmph. If the north were to fight their way here, all these people will just betray the country.'

Sally's countenance grew increasingly cold, but she was helpless in this situation. The testimony of a Divine level expert was not something she could rebut. Even if His Majesty or the Myriad Star Palace's Astral Ancestor were to come, there probably would not be a winner on either side.

After all, the person was a Guardian King from the Church of Universal Truth. Putting aside the power of the northern country, how many believers of the Church of Universal Truth were there just in the country alone?

In the end, amongst the six sword arts masters and Sally, Sally was the only one who insisted on voting that there was a problem to the Rebirth Sword Technique.

Therefore, the arbitration came to an end, and Sally was not able to officially announce that there was a problem to the Rebirth Sword Technique. She could only report the result to the association and wait for further instruction.

Sally watched with a cold gaze as everyone left. She knew that even if the association were to not let this matter go, it would be useless.

The moment the Church of Universal Truth started promoting the Rebirth Sword Technique in the north, the Empire could only work to catch up. Otherwise, the difference in powers between both countries would grow even more.

Moreover, even if the Empire still insisted on banning the technique, looking at the atmosphere in the hall, Sally knew that it was no longer possible.

In the end, other than Sally, all the other six sword arts masters who participated in the arbitration had given the vote to pass the technique. They did not have any other choice. Before the Holy Orison, they were a few levels weaker both in terms of their seniority as well as their cultivation. So, how could they possibly object to the Holy Orison's judgement?

So, Sally helplessly announced the results of the arbitration and watched the crowd leave. She gazed at the people from the Regional Academy walking together happily, and then continued watching as countless people spoke in great anticipation about the cultivation of the Rebirth Sword Technique.

Simultaneously, after having seen the attitude and stand of the Holy Orison and the Church of Universal Truth, Sally subconsciously started to have doubts deep within her heart.

'Could it be… that there are really no problems with the Rebirth Sword Technique?'

Lilia and Ferdinand came up to Fang Xingjian, and Lilia grabbed Fang Xingjian's arm excitedly. Fang Xingjian felt something soft pressing against his arm, but Lilia clearly did not take any notice of that. She said excitedly, "Teacher, there's no problem with the Rebirth Sword Technique anymore! I knew that it was fine.

"Oh, right. Lord Guardian King invited you to participate in the Martial Techniques Grading Plan? What's that? Is it very powerful?"

"Of course, it is." While Lilia was speaking, James, Hoppes, and the others had already walked toward the door where Fang Xingjian was. Hoppes nodded at Fang Xingjian and said, "Xingjian, thank goodness the Guardian King had helped out. If you were to have the opportunity, you must show him your thanks. Sigh, we've made a mistake this time. We didn't expect that they would be so crazy as to go to this extent just to suppress the Rebirth Sword Technique."

He then looked at Lilia and said with a smile, "I heard her calling you, 'Teacher'?"

"Mmm, she's a disciple I accepted back in Kirst."

James nodded and said to Lilia, "Young lady, the Church's Martial Techniques Grading Plan isn't an ordinary plan. It's one which will change the entire world. Within the Empire, only a few Divine level experts were invited to participate in this plan."

James then smiled and looked at Fang Xingjian, his gaze filled with admiration and anticipation. "Xingjian, you should be the first non-Divine level expert in the Empire who has been invited. You've really brought great glory to our Great Western Region."

Just then, everyone suddenly fell silent.It was because Hoult, a disciple under the wings of a Divine level expert, had walked over. He was the one who had submitted a letter from the Myriad Star Palace's Master Laurence. Right now, Hoult was still conducting himself with the same demeanour as when they had first met him. However, there was an additional hint of world weariness in his eyes.

Sensing everyone's hostility, Hoult let out a bitter laugh and said, "I'm sorry, but my teacher's views aren't a representation of mine." He looked at Fang Xingjian and said, "Xingjian, you're still the rival whom I'd like to surpass and defeat the most. I'm happy that you're fine."

With that, he left, leaving everyone deep in thought.

Just then, a teacher suddenly shouted, "Sasa, you're thinking of leaving just like that?"

Sword Saint Sasa had departed from the entrance very quickly, clearly not wanting to greet the others from the Regional Academy. However, now that someone had called out to him, he had no choice but to stop in his tracks.

Looking at everyone, he said calmly, "I've only stated the facts. Do you have any problems with that?"

James squinted, as if trying to conceal his killing intent. "Stating the facts? To think that you would dare to say something like this… Sasa, from this day onward, you can stop all your work in the Great Western Region Regional Academy until we've made the necessary rearrangements."

Sasa shrugged and said, "I don't mind. I've already completed the analysis of the dragon's scale, and it's just in time for me to get a break and study it in detail." As he had already fallen out with them and it was impossible for him to apologize and reconcile, he decided to maintain a harsh attitude.

"What? He has already successfully deciphered the ancient artifact?"

"So, that ancient artifact is called a dragon's scale?"

"That guy rushed to complete the analysis while Xingjian was held up by the arbitration?"

"Despicable guy."

Sasa smiled and said, "I'm sorry, I'll have to excuse myself. I'll need to head back and analyze the sword intent from it."

A teacher was so infuriated and wanted to take action but he was stopped by James. "We'll talk when we get back." James had already decided that he was going to give Sasa a good punishment once they returned to the Regional Academy.

They were currently in public and the Knight Association's arbitration team was right behind them. Moreover, they were currently in a government agency. How could they possibly take action here?

Furthermore, after the shoutings from before, many people had turned to look in their direction. This made it even harder for them to take any action.

They could only watch as Sasa departed with a relaxed expression. However, after Sasa had only took a few steps, a voice flowed into his ears slowly, causing him to stiffen and stop in his tracks.

"Marrying Maiden trends toward Innocence, Innocence trends toward Fellowship, and Fellowship trends toward Great Possession. Jia turns to Bing, Bing turns to Geng, and Geng turns to Gui."

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Chapter 352 Dispute

Their voices had been loud to begin with, and this was also when the crowd was leaving the arbitration scene. So, many people just happened to encounter the dispute scene as they were walking out. There were at least 100 people who were now looking in their direction.

They thought the matter had ended after Sasa had begun to leave. However, Sasa unexpectedly stopped in his tracks, turned back, and glared at Fang Xingjian.

Fang Xingjian spoke up, "Do you want me to continue?"

"You!" Sasa was in a state of confusion now. He did not understand how Fang Xingjian had managed to know about the information in the sword intent.

Fang Xingjian continued, "Are you sure that the contents which you deciphered are definitely authentic?" As he spoke, an awe-inspiring aura came out from his body. "I can recite all the information you've obtained because, to begin with, they were put there by me."

Sasa's mind exploded, and he glared at Fang Xingjian with bloodshot eyes, clearly extremely infuriated. "You! You…! You…!"

Sasa was so angry that he could not speak.

How much importance had he attached to the dragon's scale and the contents within? During this period of time, he had worked hard on studying it, despite neglecting his sleep and diet. Sasa placed so much hope on this dragon's scale. He had even gone all out in order to start this arbitration on the Rebirth Sword Technique. Yet after spending so much effort and energy, all he had gotten his hands on was a piece of information Fang Xingjian had casually put into the scale… How could he possibly accept this?

Moreover, this was just after he had a dispute with them earlier while feeling extremely satisfied. The gap between what happened before and after was much too great.

"Fang Xingjian! You really deserve to die!"

Overcome by anger, Sasa reached out one of his hands, lunging toward Fang Xingjian. "Hand out the real Heaven's Volition Sword Intent!"

However, the moment he took action, he was stopped on both sides by Head of Department James and Hoppes, who was the head of the sword arts team.

James bellowed furiously, "Sasa, how dare you! Are you thinking of assaulting a Conferred Knight here?!"

"I…" Sasa was stunned for a moment and felt that the situation was not in his favor. Being a level 29 Conferred Knight, his fury was only kept up for a moment, then he immediately wanted to retreat. However, Governor Devitt was already there waiting for him. With a light tap of his finger, a chilly air gushed forth, making Sasa afraid of moving even a single inch.

Governor Devitt, Head of Department James, and Hoppes, who was the head of the sword arts team, were all top notch second transition and level 29 Conferred Knights. Surrounded by the three of them, Sasa's countenance turned extremely pale. "What do you want?"

"According the the regulations of the Great Western Region Regional Academy, teachers are forbidden to assault students. Just before, you assaulted Fang Xingjian, who is a Conferred Knight. So, of course, we'll need to arrest you, put you under confinement, and decide on your punishment accordingly."

"You are going to put me under confinement?! Even if I assaulted him, that's something for the Knight Association to handle!" Sasa bellowed angrily.

James let out a cold laugh. "The academy has a certain level of autonomy. How could we possibly report the small problem you've just gotten yourself into? It'll be settled with just a few days of confinement."

Sally shouted from the back, "What are you guys doing? Stop it! Personal fights are forbidden between Conferred Knights!"

However, no one paid any attention to her words. Devitt, who was both the Governor as well as the Headmaster of the academy, smiled and said, "Arbitrator Sally, we're just going implement the punishment for Teacher Sasa in accordance to the academy's regulations. This is not within the association's purview."

Sasa looked at the prowling gazes of the three Conferred Knights, and his heart sank. In the next moment, his body suddenly flickered. Using his fingers as a sword, Sasa then pierced toward Fang Xingjian.

Was there a Conferred Knight who was not extremely powerful and selfish, and showed no respect for law and regulations?

The only reason they allowed themselves to be managed by the Knight Association was only because the association was very strong and could suppress them.

However, Sasa knew that once he was suppressed by these three people and confined in the Regional Academy, no one knew what would be in store for him. Sasa was not an idiot who would passively await destruction. Therefore, he targeted this attack at Fang Xingjian, the weakest link.

He pointed with his fingers and sent sword Qis gushing forth. In that instant, it was as if space itself was being pierced by this sword. An aura, which was obscure, formless, yet full of sharpness, emerged from Sasa's body and thrust toward Fang Xingjian.

It was the job technique of Sasa, the Sword Saint. This was the strongest job technique of the Sword Saint who had come from the desert—Penetrating Amorphous Sword Qis. His powers could be used directly on the atomic structure, breaking down and disintegrating the physical structure of any physical object.

The only flaw of this Penetrating Amorphous Sword Qis was possibly that its speed was slightly slower.

However, for so many years, Sword Saint Sasa had continuously synthesized various techniques onto the Penetrating Amorphous Sword Qis. Not only did he manage to increase the speed of the sword Qis, the job technique also allowed the sword Qis to have the power of lightning and fire, and could fluctuate between high and low temperatures.

All objects struck by the sword Qis would first be brutally disintegrated. Additionally, even if their structure was so firm that they could not be broken down, they would also received the attacks by twelve types of power, including high temperatures, low temperatures, penetrating impacts, trembling impacts, and lightning.

Even if ordinary Conferred Knight could rely on the toughness of their physical bodies or precious armors, as well as using transformative Killing techniques to increase the sturdiness of materials in order to fend off the brutal disintegration impacts… they would often be incapable of withstanding series of twelve impacts at the back.

To Sasa, Fang Xingjian would die if he were to receive this blow from him. The others would definitely attempt to help Fang Xingjian, allowing Sasa to find a chance to get out of this fix.

Everyone thought the same. Or rather, Governor Devitt, Head of Department James, and Hoppes, who was the head of the sword arts team, all thought the same thing. It was because Sasa's speed was much too fast, and the attack was quick as lightning. Only the three of them managed to react to it.

However, just as they were about to take action, an awe-inspiring aura was unleashed endlessly from Fang Xingjian's body, soaring up into the sky.

'What is this?!' Just as Sasa was thinking that, Fang Xingjian's voice had already turned into information currents, flowing into his brain.

"Didn't you want the Heaven's Volition Sword Intent? Then I'll let you carefully experience its prowess."

For the past few days, including the remaining potential points he had been left with previously, Fang Xingjian had once again accumulated 100,000 potential points. At this very moment, he depleted all of them at one go, once again activating his Heaven's Volition Sword Intent.

Confronted with the gushing Penetrating Amorphous Sword Qis, 600 streams of Ether Sword Ripples poured out. It was the equivalent to there being 1,500 Fang Xingjians attacking at once with the Heaven's Volition Sword Intent activated. In almost an instant, all the Penetrating Amorphous Sword Qis were wiped out completely.

Next, Fang Xingjian waved his hand, and over ten blood swords shot forth, sinking into the ground and setting up the Phenomena Sword Formation. Within a ten-meter radius, countless lightning bolts, water vapors, dirt and dust particles soared up, acting as a block for Fang Xingjian. The block temporarily fended off the few Penetrating Amorphous Sword Qis Sasa had shot out once again.

Then Sasa let out a furious bellow. He was struck by James' finger tap, Hoppes' kick, and Devitt's punch. Blood gushed out violently from Sasa's body. His organs turned into a lump, and his bones seemed to have turned into dust. However, he still managed to dash up to Fang Xingjian and wave his hands, bringing forth countless Penetrating Amorphous Sword Qis. They tore apart the barriers made from lightning, earth, and water vapour.

Looking at Fang Xingjian's panic-stricken expression, Sasa laughed maniacally in his heart. All the remaining sword Qis gushed forth, about to tear Fang Xingjian into dust.

However, at the next moment, as the light flickered, the clone created by the Phenomena Sword Formation shattered. Sasa was taken aback, only to discover that a chilly air had already frozen his legs. Then James and Hoppes came in from his left and right, each of them pressing down a hand on his shoulders.

Under the pressure of their overwhelming power, Sasa wasn't able to move his body at all.

However, with his eyes wide-open, he continued to looked at Fang Xingjian who was several tens of meters away. He asked, "Why? Through my Heaven's Perception, that clone was exactly the same as you. How could it be fake? It's easy for the Phenomena Sword Formation's clone to deceive others, but how could it possibly deceived me?"

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Chapter 353 Surround and Attack

The third tier for the synthesis of the sword techniques from the Killing Techniques Palace, the Phenomena Sword Formation, was a combination of the Thunderbolt Sword Technique, the Mountain Shifting Sword, and the Aquatic Sword Formation.

Fang Xingjian could freely control thunderbolts, move mountains, and control rivers.

Using them interchangeably would allow one to control fog, produce rain, create ice, as well as form great thunderstorms.

They could also be used to create mountains and rivers, control the powers of the earth, creating great disturbances to the ground, and form various shapes.

Rain and snow… Most of the world's natural occurrences could be created. Of course, the attacks could come in all forms, depending on how the user chose to utilize the technique.

Regardless of whether the clones were formed by vapor, earth, or steam which was heated up by thunderbolts, or maybe even clay, or other things, theoretically, it was impossible for Sword Saint Sasa to be unable to detect it.

Faced with Sword Saint Sasa's doubt, Fang Xingjian said calmly, "30 liters of water, 20 kilograms of carbon, 4 liters of ammonia, 1.5 kilograms of calcium oxide, 800 grams of phosphorous, 250 grams of salt…"

Seeing Sword Saint Sasa's confused gaze, Fang Xingjian said coldly, "These things are the components of a human adult body. It is also the reason why you weren't able to distinguish it when you first saw it.

"It's because the structure and composition of its body isn't that much different to mine."

Fang Xingjian looked at Sasa and said, "However, if you really take me seriously and focus more attention on me, with your ether synchronization rate, you should still be able to detect the differences."

Sasa let out a sigh and lowered his head. Although he had been attacking Fang Xingjian then, most of his focus had been placed on Governor Devitt and the other two people. He had only scanned Fang Xingjian with his Heaven's Perception slightly and had not actually paid him much heed.

If he could take it more seriously and divert more of his attention to analyze the results from his Heaven's Perception, with him being level 29 with an ether synchronization rate of 100%, he would even be able to analyze cells and bacteria. How could he possibly be tricked then?

However, it was now too late for him to say anything. While being suppressed by three Conferred Knights who were all stronger than him, Sasa threw Fang Xingjian a cold look and said, "Fang Xingjian, you're very lucky. But this won't be the end. One day, I'll get back the Heaven's Volition Sword Intent from you."

The gaze Sasa cast on Fang Xingjian was filled with greed. What kind of power was it that it could allow a level 22 Conferred Knight to take one hit from him within a second?

However, James quickly kicked Sasa to the ground and said coldly, "You can say that after you free yourself from our hands."

Looking at the crowd that was gathering around them, James and the others quickly brought Sasa back to the academy.

In an office at the Regional Academy, James nodded and sighed, "To think that Armstrong is also one of the First Prince's 36 clones?"

Governor Devitt shook his head as well. "This is really unexpected to think that Armstrong would choose this path." He then looked at Fang Xingjian with great interest and asked, "It was really thanks to the Guardian King's letter that you were able to push back Armstrong. Can the letter still be used now?"

"It can't." Fang Xingjian shook his head and said, "There's no more information left in it."

Hoppes, head of the sword arts team, coughed and asked, "How should we deal with Sasa?"

At this question, everyone fell silent. In the end, James was the one who spoke, "Put him under confinement. Although this guy bit the hand that fed him, he is still a Conferred Knight. It'll be very troublesome to kill him.

"Whereas, if we put him under confinement, we can just announce to public that he went to train in seclusion."

Suddenly, Fang Xingjian raised his hand and said, "I have a suggestion."

James laughed and turned to look at Fang Xingjian as if he was looking at a treasure.

Fang Xingjian was truly a treasure. For Fang Xingjian to be invited to participate in the Martial Techniques Grading Plan… In James' eyes, he was already considered the Regional Academy's star, an extremely precious treasure.

"Xingjian, go ahead. To be honest, the results achieved by the Rebirth Sword Technique have far surpassed that of our imaginations, and it's something which you achieved by yourself. With such results, we should give you the support that you need."

Fang Xingjian said, "There's a chance for me to spar with the Sword Saint. Of course, it won't be now, but when I've gotten a little stronger, I hope to use him to train my sword arts."

James nodded. "I've not shown any killing intent when I spar with you. It'll be different with Sasa. He hates you to the core. If you were to spar with him, it's true that you'll be able to improve your sword arts. However, it must be when I'm around."

With that, Fang Xingjian once again returned to the days where he would just cultivate his sword arts and temper his attributes. However, compared to the peace he was enjoying, the outside world was extremely noisy.

At the center of the Empire, there was an extensive and impressive palace. It was unknown what materials the massive palace was constructed with, but under the sunlight, it was as if it had been sprayed with a layer of golden paint.

Patrolling Imperial Guards wearing golden armor were guarding the palace. There were various pavilions, buildings, and carved railings all over. The palace was the epitome of luxury and enjoyment.

These buildings on the ground, however, were just the accommodations for the palace maids and soldiers.

In the air, there were over a hundred palaces floating in the clouds. They were all made from various precious metals, and the roofs were covered with precious stones which shone colorfully. The wealth here was immeasurable.

From afar, the scene looked as if one was seeing the heavenly world, the celestial realm.

These were infrastructure which even the modern Earth would not be able to create. It was because the powers of Divine level experts had been used to create such a miraculous architecture.

At the center of the palaces in the sky, there was one palace which was the most brilliant and majestic-looking, one that was extremely great in size. In the palace, the Second Prince was kneeling, saying, "… Your Majesty, this is what that had happened."

The Second Prince was elegant-looking while dressed in a golden robe. However, he was unable to hide the refreshing and outstanding aura he exuded.

Before him, there was a tall silhouette which was encompassed by layers of golden light, making it hard for others to see his appearance clearly.

The person did not reply to the Second Prince, and the latter did not dare to urge for an answer. He merely stayed in the kneeling position, waiting for the actions of the other party.

"The First Prince has arrived!"

Just then, many calls came from outside the palace. Then the First Prince was wearing a golden robe and armor, revealing extreme dignity and dominance… Before he had gotten close, his laughter had already arrived. "Second Brother, it's no wonder you hadn't taken any action despite there being such an upheaval in the Great Western Region. So, you've actually been complaining to our father about me."

The Second Prince threw the First Prince a cold glance and said, "Eldest Brother, the Rebirth Sword Technique shouldn't be forbidden."

"Shouldn't be forbidden? The Rebirth Sword Technique is the best Nurturing sword technique we currently know of and yet you wish to promote it. Could it be that you want everyone in the world, including those aristocratic vermins, to cultivate the same set of sword technique as us?

"Are you afraid that they won't be able to catch up to the royalty with their powers? And so, you want them to be of a threat to the royal family?

"Do you know that once this sword technique is disseminated out, how much ambition would be born from it? The world would henceforth become chaotic."

The Second Prince shook his head and said, "Everyone's abilities will be boosted, and the gap will still remain. Only when the people have become stronger and achieved higher standards of living will our country then gain greater prosperity, wealth, and power.

"We should increase the strength of every individual citizen and not treat them as we do to bandits and robbers. We shouldn't be be wary of them and suppress them."

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Chapter 354 Comes To A Conclusion

"Commoners are foolish. If they were to gain power which they can't control, they'll have their heads in the clouds and become conceited. It's only by letting them maintain the current status quo that they behave themselves and not step out of line."

Just then, an official walked in and presented a document.

"Your Majesty, this is the report for the arbitration in the Great Western Region regarding the Rebirth Sword Technique."

The figure in the light received the document. Not long later, his voice rang out, "Alright, I think this Rebirth Sword Technique is quite good. Let it be approved."

Hearing the King's words, the First Prince's eyes opened wide, and he immediately wanted to persuade the King otherwise. "Your Majesty!"

"Alright, George. The one who reigns must have a broadminded heard. How can you not even be able to accept a mere sword technique? So what even if they were to cultivate the Rebirth Sword Technique? Is the Ancient Path of Hell not sufficient for you?

"Men from our Krieg Clan can still suppress and lead over the rest. If you don't even have such boldness, how can you possibly become a King?"

The First Prince could only nod slightly, not refuting the King's words. However, the viciousness in his eyes continued to surge. He clearly did not agree with what the King had said.

The Second Prince heaved a sigh of relief. With the King's orders, this matter had finally came to a conclusion.

With that, most Knights and Knight apprentices would have the chance to cultivate the Rebirth Sword Technique, and all citizens would stand to gain from this.

A few days later, the moment Ferdinand opened the door, groups of people were waiting outside for him, smiling and greeting him.

"Lord Ferdinand."

"Sir, you've woken up. This is the Seven Flames Grass I've specially bought."

"Lord Ferdinand, what do you think of giving the rights to the sword technique to our Eastern Illumination Dojo…"

Ferdinand smiled with great satisfaction when he saw how the crowd was coming after him and trying to get into his good books, all in order to get the authorizations at a good price for the Rebirth Sword Technique.

Controlling money and influence, with countless Knights lying in prostrate before him… Was this not his dream? Although he was a still a little bit away from his goal, he was starting to get closer to it.

Just then, Anthony ran over while panting, his face full of elation. "Ferdinand, they're sold out! They're all sold out again! All 100,000 copies of the 《The Secrets to Swords Training》! We've contacted quite a few printing houses, but there isn't enough time."

Ferdinand smiled. He could foresee that as the Rebirth Sword Technique was picked up by most of the Empire's or even the northern academies and factions, Fang Xingjian's 《The Secrets to Swords Training》 would become more and more popular.

However, thinking of this, Ferdinand shook his head in pity. "It's a pity that pirated copies can only be forbidden within the Great Western Region."

As if hearing his words, a representative from the Eastern Illumination Dojo smiled and said, "Sir, our Eastern Illumination Dojo can order 500 copies of it every year. We'll make it a compulsory reading for everyone in our dojo."

The others reacted very quickly as well, "Our Olivier Academy can order 1,000 copies."

"Our Keta War Academy will order 1,500 copies."

Ferdinand smiled and waved his hand. "Alright, alright. Everyone, please remain calm. We'll take records of your interest one by one." This feeling of having power, where any simple word of his could bring in countless gold. This feeling of being able to earn over 10,000 gold everyday… Ferdinand could not get enough of it.

In another place, deep under the Great Western Region Regional Academy, there was a cell which was pitch-black, humid, and filled with feelings of vengeance.

Sword Saint Sasa opened his eyes slowly. He struggled a little bit to discover that something had suppressed his body, preventing him from moving at all.

The density of the ether particles in the cell was only 0.01% of usual circumstances. Sasa himself was also soaked in a cement-like substance, and every single inch of his skin seemed to be pressed down by rocks and metals weighing several hundred tonnes.

He had no food to eat, no water to drink, and could not even breathe. It was extremely hard for him to just sustain his life by absorbing the ether particles with 0.01% density.

It would really drive one crazy to be unable to move and placed in such a pitch black environment. Endless feelings of vengeance continued to gather in Sasa's mind, but there was nothing he could do about it.

'Fang Xingjian!

'James! And Hoppes, Devitt!

'Just you wait! Just all of you wait! If you ever let me out of here, I'll make all of you pay!'

However, very quickly, he no longer had the additional energy to think about all these. The absolute darkness and solitude caused his mental state to suffer incessantly.

If an ordinary person were to be put into such a situation, it would only take a few days for the person to go crazy. Sasa also started to panic.

Meanwhile, Hoult was cultivating the Mountain Shifting Sword at the second stage of the Killing Techniques Palace. Under the influence of Fang Xingjian, Hoult broke through his limits time and time again, finally clearing the first stage and arrived at the second stage, which was for the Mountain Shifting Sword.

Right now, the person guarding the second stage was still that fatty, Ronan, whom Fang Xingjian had defeated in the past.

During this period of time, Hoult had already gotten very close to Ronan. The fat Ronan knew Hoult's identity and did not assume great airs before him.

Right now, lifting his head, Hoult saw that Ronan was practicing a sword technique which he had never seen before. He asked curiously, "Haven't you been practicing to clear the Aquatic Sword Formation all this time? Why have you started cultivating some other sword technique? What sword technique is this? Why haven't I seen you practicing this before?"

Ronan replied, "This is the Rebirth Sword Technique. The academy has already purchased the rights to the Rebirth Sword Technique. I heard that the academy was given a special rate and it only cost 5,000 gold a year. I'll need to hurry to cultivate this sword technique as well. In the future, everyone will be learning the Rebirth Sword Technique. Those who don't will end up lagging behind."

As Ronan said this, he threw a glance at Hoult and said, "How about it, Hoult? Why don't you come and learn it as well? Potential points and attributes are Knights' foundations, and the Rebirth Sword Technique's effects are over ten times stronger than other Nurturing sword techniques. In the future, it'll definitely be such that everyone knows it."

Hoult smiled awkwardly, "Let me think about it."

However, later that afternoon, Hoult appeared to have lost all motivation in his cultivation of the Mountain Shifting Sword. He began to ponder continuously about whether he should also be learning the Rebirth Sword Technique. However, upon thinking of how this sword technique had been created by Fang Xingjian, an uncomfortable feeling grew in his heart.

However, that day, after coming out from the Killing Techniques Palace, Hoult unconsciously found his way to the library and walked up to the section for Nurturing sword techniques. The moment he arrived, he was stunned, "Miss Ada, why have you come to the library?"

The person he addressed as Ada was the level 24 female Conferred Knight, Ada, who had sparred with Fang Xingjian in the Aquatic Sword Formation. She was also an admirer of the Fifth Prince.

As Hoult had been spending the past half month or more in the Killing Techniques Palace, they had gotten to know each other as well.

When Ada saw Hoult's sudden appearance, she was stunned for a short moment before she said somewhat awkwardly, "Ah, it's just that… I've encountered some problems and am here to look for some materials."

Both of them appeared a little awkward. Their gaze met for a moment, then they continued to look for something on the bookshelves.

The two of them went through one round around the Nurturing techniques area. When they encountered each other once again, their gazes met, and Ada asked, "You haven't found the materials you want either?"

"Mmm," Hoult smiled helplessly, "I'll try looking for it a bit more."

Just then, a clerk who was at the side, spoke out, "I'm guessing the two of you are looking for the Rebirth Sword Technique's secret manual? They've all been loaned out this morning. There are a total of 20,000 words in the Rebirth Sword Technique's secret manual, so they will probably take a very long time with the books. If you wish to borrow it, you should com back in a few days' time."

There were only a total of 56 students in the entire academy, and usually, the books in the library were definitely sufficient. However, everyone wished to learn the Rebirth Sword Technique, and the books were naturally all loaned out in a short while.

Hearing this, Hoult and Ada exchanged a glance, and their eyes filled with awkwardness and fury.

'Damn it, why does this sword technique have to be created by Fang Xingjian?!'

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Chapter 355 Gathering

At the gathering of the Westerners, there were plenty of Westerners who had yellow skin and black eyes.

Wang Tiangang, who had gone into seclusion for over ten days, also took this rare opportunity to come out for a breather. Back then, he had wanted to fork out 500,000 gold to borrow Fang Xingjian's Sacred Land, but he had been rejected. After seeing the Rebirth Sword Technique, he had went into seclusion for his training until now.

As a top expert in the Western region, his appearance at the gathering naturally attracted quite a lot of attention.

A Western youth walked over and said, "Young Master Wang, it's been awhile. Have you been training in seclusion of late?"

"That's right, Young Master Li. I happened to have some inspirations for my training." Wang Tiangang smiled. Although this youth was still a Knight, he came from a family of wealthy merchants for five generations. They were so rich that their wealth could match that of a country. So, Wang Tiangang was very willing to maintain a good relationships with them.

Within a few short minutes, a few other people walked over. They were clearly from the same circle as Wang Tiangang. The others in the area looked upon them with envious gazes, placing Wang Tiangang and his circle at the center of attraction.

The youth who was addressed as Young Master Li took a sip of wine and said softly, "Have you guys read this morning's newspaper?"

"Of course. Fang Xingjian has soared into fame. Lord Holy Orison is full of praises for him, and even His Majesty has also praised that the Rebirth Sword Technique is a revolutionary work. Many Knights have all changed to pick up sword arts instead."

"Of course. With a gap of over ten times in the potential points, even the old guys at home are forcing me to change to pick up the Rebirth Sword Technique."

"His fame has really spread across the world. This Fang Xingjian is only 17 years old… With this, it's certain that his name will be written down in history."

Wang Tiangang frowned slightly. His mood seemed to have changed for the worse.

Suddenly, Young Master Li turned to ask him, "Young Master Wang, you're also an expert in sword arts. How is it? Are you going to cultivate the Rebirth Sword Technique?"

Wang Tiangang looked at his stats window with the level 1 Rebirth Sword Technique. He then smiled and said, "I'm considering. I still need to give it more thought. After all, the Rebirth Sword Technique will require one to take very long to learn."

"It is a bit hard, but the efficiency is really high. Didn't you guys hear? After Lord Holy Orison reached level 10 in this technique, he's now able to get 8,000 potential points daily. I'm decided on learning it. In the future, those who don't will all end up lagging behind."

Just then, a commotion broke out amongst the crowd, and Wang Tiangang turned to look over. However, his frown deepened. Fang Xingjian and Zhou Xingwen had actually come together to attend the gathering for the Western Society.

A bit displeased, Wang Tiangang said, "Fang Xingjian didn't join the Western Society, right? How is it that he's able to attend?"

Young Master Li also spoke with a hint of jealousy, "He's Mr. Popular now. Who would stop him? I heard that over 20 academies have successfully gotten the authorizations for the Rebirth Sword Technique at 10,000 gold yearly. This means that even if Fang Xingjian were to lie there and not move, he would get an income of over 20,000 gold every year. "

Hearing his words, everyone around them drew in a cold gasp, then they looked at Fang Xingjian with envious gazes.

Wang Tiangang's lips could not help but twitch as he said, "He's just lucky."

The others chimed in a little bit when a youth suddenly said, "Hehe, I'm off to say hello."

"I'll go too."

"Haha, I haven't seen Young Master Zhou for quite a while. I'll go over and have a look as well."

When he saw the people around him leave one by one while everyone's gazes turned from him to the upstart, Fang Xingjian, a great sense of disappointed plunged down on Wang Tiangang.

He threw a glance at Young Master Li who was beside him and said, "This group of people really just sail with the wind. What's the point of gathering over there like that?"

Young Master Li was stunned for a moment before he said, "That's true. There are too many people. I better wait till the event is over before I approach Fang Xingjian for a talk."

He turned, only to discover that Wang Tiangang had already left.

"Young Master Wang? Why did you leave? You're schoolmates, right? Can you help introduce me to Fang Xingjian?"

Wang Tiangang then turned back to say coldly, "We aren't close." As he walked out, he looked at Fang Xingjian, who was now the center of attention. He could not help but let out a sigh in his heart, 'If only the Rebirth Sword Technique was created by me.'

When he thought about this, his walking speed sped up, 'Isn't it just creating a Nurturing sword technique? By announcing it now, he's just letting others gain from it. After we become Royal Knights, I'll still get a great lead over you.'

On Fang Xingjian's side, he was surrounded by countless people chatting warmly with him.

"Xingjian, it's been tough on you. I heard that the pressure this time was really great."

"How did you create the Rebirth Sword Technique?"

"Xingjian, are there any tricks to learning the Rebirth Sword Technique? I can't seem to be able to pick it up successfully."

After exchanging a few words with the others, Zhou Xingwen led Fang Xingjian to a corner. However, they continued to attract the gazes of majority of the people around.

Zhou Xingwen introduced, "Young Master Wu, this is the great genius, Fang Xingjian. Xingjian, this is Young Master Wu. Half of the rice trade in the Great Western City is owned by his family."

Fang Xingjian nodded. "Nice to meet you."

Young Master Wu laughed and gave him a friendly pat on the shoulder, saying, "Xingjian, you've really earned a lot of credit for us Westerners. Our family has a martial arts school. Do you want to be a nominal teacher in our school?"

"I don't have much time."

"I know you're busy. It's just in name, and you'll just have to take one day each year to teach a lesson. As for the salary, we'll fix it at 5,000 gold a year. I'll get someone to send it to you immediately."

Fang Xingjian's brows twitched. To teach only one lesson each year… The other party was clearly just giving money to him. Fang Xingjian had only agreed to attend this gathering because of Zhou Xingwen's relentless persuasion attempts, saying that it was being held specially for him and that many people would be giving him money for free. However, he had not expected them to be so direct with it.

A few others young talents also joined in. Some of them asked for him to become a nominal teacher in their academies or martial arts school, while others asked him to join them in starting some businesses. Fang Xingjian went along to either agree or reject their requests with the help of Zhou Xingwen.

In just a mere half an hour, Fang Xingjian had already gotten himself 70,000 gold. He had also gained over ten additional titles. It was faster for him to get his hands on this money than if he were to rob someone.

"Oh, right. Xingjian, you have a bank account, right?" A youth asked.

Fang Xingjian looked at this chubby youth who looked like the Maitreya [1] and recalled Zhou Xingwen's introduction. This was the son of the head of the Great Western City Bank, Song Wuji.

The Empire's banks had been set up by the Second Prince two years ago. Unlike the stalls in small cities, these were national banks set up by the country. Although they covered only the major cities currently, their reputation and the working capital they had were not something which others could compete against. After the Second Prince put in two years of hard work, they had now become the first choice for major aristocrats to save their money with.

Seeing Fang Xingjian shake his head, Song Wuji smiled and said, "I'll get someone to set up an account for you. Your income will be much more than ours, so how can you not set up an account? You don't have to go there. I'll get someone to come over here and help you set up an account right this instant. Later on, all of you can just send the money to his account."

Just like that, with a single appearance, Fang Xingjian received 70,000 gold worth of investments, a bank account, and a series of titles. Two hours later, he left the gathering, leaving Zhou Xingwen behind to mingle with a radiant look on his face.

"Old Zhou, for you to be involved in the authorizations for the Rebirth Sword Technique… you've struck it rich now."

"Young Master Wu, you're exaggerating. I heard that your uncle is from the northern military base. I'll need to trouble you when the time comes.

"And Young Master Li, your aunt is in Eastern Sand Region, right? I'll be negotiating the royalties for the Rebirth Sword Technique with the Regional Academy there and will need your help too."

As Fang Xingjian leisurely headed back to the school, his mind continued to practice sword arts. With the 70,000 gold from today and the 50,000 research fees from the Sword Tower, he already had 120,000 gold and could cultivate the first level of the mystical prints. Moreover, he would soon be receiving the money from the royalties for the Rebirth Sword Technique and the money from selling off half of Gao Tu's corpse. It would probably be enough for Fang Xingjian to cultivate the second or even third level of the mystical prints.

This unparalleled technique which had been invented by his mother and was claimed to be able to increase the cultivation speed of Conferred Knights… Fang Xingjian had been anticipating it for a very long time.

However, thinking about the time he had left, Fang Xingjian felt very pressured.

It was now late August, and it had been close to two months since he first arrived at the Regional Academy. There were still ten months to the National Selection next year.

As for his lifespan, there were only three years and ten months remaining.

However, as he went on his way, a figure dashed out suddenly. It was Arbitrator Sally.

[1] Maitreya is regarded as a future Buddha of this world in Buddhist eschatology. The Budai, or Laughing Buddha, is often identified with or seen as an incarnation of Maitreya, so much so that the Budai image is one of the main forms in which Maitreya is depicted in China. In this case, the author was likely to have related Song Wuji to the chubby image Budai has.

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Chapter 356 Assassinate

Seeing Sally's sudden appearance, Fang Xingjian's brows twitched and he asked, "What do you want?"

"Heaven-Shaking Sword Potter is dead." She stared at Fang Xingjian and said, "It's said that Armstrong failed in his attempt to assault you at the municipal government's office. He's one of First Prince's clones… Was he the one who did that? Was he the one who killed Potter?"

Fang Xingjian threw her a glance, intending to leave. Sally met his glance and felt a tingling feelings in her shoulders. It was as if she once again recalled the pain of having her wings torn off. However, she clenched her teeth and followed him.

Fang Xingjian said nonchalantly, "The arbitration is over. You should return immediately."

Sally lowered her head and replied, "I can't leave just like that, not knowing what is going on… The Rebirth Sword Technique… does it really have no problems?"

"You'll know if you try to cultivate it yourself."

Just then, a young girl holding a flower basket walked up to Fang Xingjian, "Sir, do you want to buy a flower for your wife?"

Sally flushed red, feeling that tingling feeling get stronger. She said, "Little girl, don't spout gibberish. I'm not related to him in any way."

The little girl went into a daze before going closer to Fang Xingjian, saying, "Big brother, please buy some flowers."

Fang Xingjian shook his head and was about to leave when she grabbed onto his legs, "Big brother, I beg of you, please buy some flowers."

Sally asked, "Don't you have any compassion at all? Little girl, don't beg him. I'll buy your flowers."

Fang Xingjian threw a glance at Sally, but suddenly, his brows twitched as he put his arm up to block the tongue that the little girl's shot to his face.

At the same time, one of his legs rose. The effect of Sword Bones turned the impact into a tremendous surge of sword force, cutting off the little girl's hands which were clutching him, and sending her flying.

Just as Fang Xingjian had sent the little girl flying, the ground under his feet tremored and two hands stretched out at the same time, grabbing at Fang Xingjian's lower thigh.

'Hmm?' Fang Xingjian sensed an extremely scorching feeling coming from the other party's hands. What astonished him even more was that the Heavenly Abyss Annihilation Armor had shown a hint of hesitation, not fending off the attack with the scorching heat that came from the pair of hands.

Under their touch, the moisture in Fang Xingjian's body started to evaporate. If he allowed the opponent to continue with this attack, Fang Xingjian would probably turn into a dry corpse within seconds.

Fang Xingjian snorted coldly and Ether Sword Ripples swept across the air. The two hands were chopped off, making blood splurt as if they were coming out from a fountain. The two hands shrunk back.

Fang Xingjian stomped down with one of his feet, activating the Phenomena Sword Formation. Strong sword force pushed forth and powerful geomagnetism forces were sent out, almost tangible. The earth trembled while layers of soil and rocks were pressed down, as if he was trying to squash the assassin into a meat patty.

At the same time, Fang Xingjian lifted his head and looked at the little girl who was dashing toward him yet again. Right now, the little girl was wearing a savage expression, her face full of malice, and her long tongue filled with spikes that thrust out at Fang Xingjian's face like longspears.

"Resorting to tricks."

Violent information currents swept out and Fang Xingjian's voice rang out in the other party's brain, then exploded. The little girl let out a terrible cry and dropped to the ground. The impact with Fang Xingjian's martial will made her grab her head while crying out in pain.

A faint light lit up behind Fang Xingjian's back and the Zenith Light Sword Formation activated, about to burn the little girl into crisp with a light sword.

Just then, Sally abruptly placed herself between Fang Xingjian and the little girl as she glared fiercely at Fang Xingjian. A Conferred Knight's actions were very fast, but sound travelled very slow. She was unable to speak out in time and so she sent an information current, asking, "What are you doing?! She's just a kid!"

However, the next moment, the earth trembled once again and a stone spike thrust out from the Phenomena Sword Formation, piercing the little girl.

Now with a large hole pierced through her stomach, the little girl was crying like a maniac.

Sally asked him, furiously, "Fang Xingjian, are you even human? How could you do this to a little kid?"

Fang Xingjian did not pay her any heed and continued to stare at the ground, as if he was able to see through the earth, to see through everything. The next moment, as he leaped, the ground within a hundred meter radius of him had all turned into sand.

Sally let out a furious bellow. The yellow sand had clung onto her lower thighs. She stretched out her light wings, but one of them appeared to be much smaller when compared to the others. It was clearly the one which Fang Xingjian had torn off the other time. These things did not grow as fast as her other body parts, making Sally's movements a little sluggish.

However, in the blink of an eye, she had already brought the little girl with her, compacting the space as she went through the gaps, and suddenly appearing midair.

Looking at the area of sand stretching out for hundreds of meters, furious, she immediately said via an information current, "It's the people from Sand Country! Be careful not to get touched by their real body. Their Sand Country's barrier can dry up anything into sand."

The moment Sally finished her words, over a hundred hands made of sand each the size of a truck reached out and grabbed at Fang Xingjian, who was in the air. They came with an impact equal to a hundred colliding trucks pressed together. Even just the overwhelming might they came with was enough make ordinary people go into shock.

Especially when it was over such a widespread area. The buildings on both sides of the street had started to sink into the desert, as horrified cries rang from them.

Fang Xingjian snorted coldly when faced with this attack. He pointed out with his sword fingers, and 12 streams of blood swords shot out from his fingertips. In the blink of an eye, the Phenomena Sword Formation had been set up in the surrounding space.

Then, the water vapour in the air gathered together and swooshing sounds rang out, as if a large river had suddenly appeared. With a rumble, the river dashed out toward the sand. Drenched by the water, the sand once again turned into muddy land. Then, the six light spots behind Fang Xingjian's started flickering continuously. The Zenith Light Sword Formation was activated and the light swords swept out consecutively, heating up the muddy land and turning it back into solid earth.

Before the person in the sand could react, Fang Xingjian had already stomped on the soil. As a muffled bang rang out under his feet, under the impact of the Phenomena Sword Formation, the geomagnetism force burst out violently. A series of muffled rumbling sounds similar to thunder kept coming out from the depths of the earth.

In a few seconds, Fang Xingjian had already compressed the soil that was within a hundred meter radius. In an instant, the soil under his feet was compressed into a density equal with that of cement.

The six light spots of the Zenith Light Sword Formation continued to spin behind Fang Xingjian's head, as if ready to attack at any time.

Fang Xingjian lifted his sword fingers, making the earth flip over. Two people rose from the ground, encompassed by the soil. From their yellow eyes and brown skin, it was clear that they were Diests from the Sand Country.

Fang Xingjian looked at this scene in astonishment, "People from Sand Country? Why have they come… Hmmm… Is it for the Heavenly Abyss Annihilation Armor?"

Fang Xingjian nonchalantly asked, "The two of you are also at second transition, right? Level 23? Or is it level 24? To think that you've travelled such great distances to the Great Western Region to assassinate me… What's the reason for this?"

"You heretic! You've tainted the soil of our national hero! Maheshvara [1] won't let you off!"

"Our deaths will be just the beginning! There will be stronger heroes who will come and assassinate you! You devil!"

Maheshvara was the god revered by countless people from the deserts. These two assassins from the Sand Country were both about level 24. It was true that they were there to assassinate Fang Xingjian and to snatch back the Heavenly Abyss Annihilation Armor. However, they had not expected that Fang Xingjian had already become so strong, even though he had gone through the second transition less than two months ago. To think that they were not even able to defeat Fang Xingjian despite them joining forces! On the contrary, they were easily captured by their target.

Hearing their words, Fang Xingjian laughed coldly and said, "That's excellent! No matter how many of them come, I'll kill them all. if there's too many of them, then when I attain the Divine level, I'll make a trip to your Sand Country and wipe out your Maheshvara, national heroes, or any other characters."

When the two of them heard Fang Xingjian's words, their expressions turned furious as they started cursing at him again.

However, after a round of curses, the two from Sand Country suddenly broke out into horrified cries, and swelled up like inflated balloons at the next moment.

Fang Xingjian's countenance changed. He activated the geomagnetic forces in the sword formation, tearing the earth apart, then tossed the two of them in and sealed up the hole.

Not long after, the earth tremored and a loud explosion rang out from afar. A large number of buildings in the area collapsed once again.

Sally could not bear to look at the scene. "These should be the death troops from Sand Country. Once they fail their mission, they blow themselves up. They definitely wouldn't leave their corpses in the hands of the enemy.

"To think that two second transition experts died just like that…"

Suddenly, her face went pale. She saw that, as he was walking to her, Fang Xingjian's face expressed a great killing intent. She immediately hugged the little girl in her arms tightly, "What are you thinking of doing? This little girl only had her body modified by the people from Sand Country in order to get your attention. Could it be that you're thinking of killing her?"

[1] Also known by the name of Shiva, as well as a number of other names; is one of the principal deities of Hinduism. He is the Supreme Being within Shaivism, one of the major traditions within contemporary Hinduism. https/en./wiki/Shiva

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Chapter 357 Slaughter

With a flash, Fang Xingjian appeared before the little girl. At this moment, her face was filled with malice, and the big hole at her stomach continued to bleed. She looked more like a ghost than a human.

However, as his body became a flash, Sally's six light wings fluttered at the same time and she also dashed out. She carried the little girl with her while speaking furiously through information currents, "Stop it, Fang Xingjian! She's just a kid! She has only become a death troop because her body was modified by the people from Sand Country!"

Fang Xingjian threw a glance at the little girl. It was true that she was like a wild beast. Aside from the malicious expression she was wearing and the low growl she was producing, there was no hint of intelligence.

Since the start of the Sand Country's first generation, after it had been founded by the Heavenly Sovereign of the Blood Sea, they had always possessed a unique skill in the modification of the human body and excelled in turning ordinary people into a slaughter machines.

That was just like how it was for this little girl. The close-range attack she could deal with her tongue had a prowess comparable to that of a Knight who was at the pinnacle of level 19. Even though her arms had been chopped off and a hole had been made through her stomach, she was still alive.

If it were an ordinary Conferred Knight who had just transitioned for two months… The little girl would drawn their attention, allowing for two second transition assassins to launch a sneak attack on the Conferred Knight. After this, the person would most probably die.

However, the Sand Country had greatly underestimated Fang Xingjian's abilities. The assassins had merely waited for the chance when Fang Xingjian was alone. They did not know that his abilities were sufficient to allow him to defeat a level 25 Conferred Knight.

Fang Xingjian looked at the little girl whose state of mind were only filled with numbness, anxiety, and pain. Just like when she was selling flowers earlier, it was clear that she had been put through something similar to brainwashing and now lacked the ability to think like normal people.

He threw a glance in Sally's direction and said calmly, "Ridiculous."

As he said that, he deactivated Boundaries Negation. WIth a slight flash, he went past Sally's body.

The little girl's head flew into the air. Her body struggled for a while and then died completely.

Sally looked at the headless corpse in her arms and did not react even when fresh blood spilled onto her body. Then in the next moment, she turned to look in the direction of Fang Xingjian's backview and said furiously, "She's just a kid! A kid who isn't even ten years old! How could you kill her?! She is also a victim to have her body modified!"

Fang Xingjian turned back, and with Boundaries Negation activated, he dashed out at a speed which was 15 times that of supersonic speed. A long whistle seemed to emit in the air, and Sally's countenance changed. The light sword in her hand swept out, turning into layers of nets made of swords, encompassing toward Fang Xingjian. However, with his Unparalleled Sword Intent, Fang Xingjian was able to break through all the loopholes.

Scorching white steam emerged from Fang Xingjian's body as he stomped down on Sally's chest, kicking her over 100 meters back. Sally dropped down to her knees and spewed out a large mouthful of blood.

"Rambling on and on, you're really annoying." Fang Xingjian threw a glance at Sally and said, "If you want to investigate the matter with the Rebirth Sword Technique, then do it yourself. I'm not interested.

"As for who I want to kill, it isn't related to you either. If you were to interfere with my matters again, I'll tear off all six of your wings."

Sally shuddered, and a tingling feeling ran through her shoulders again. Even the spot on her chest, where she had been kicked, seemed to heat up with a feeling she had never had experienced before.

However, Fang Xingjian turned to leave. With a few flashes, he disappeared into the night sky. Half a minute later, a few Conferred Knights arrived. When they saw the destruction caused to the streets and Sally, who was kneeling down and recovering slowly, they exchanged glances with grim expressions.

To think that the Sand Country had really come all the way to the Great Western City to assault Fang Xingjian…

Additionally, they could imagine that unless Fang Xingjian really gained powers which allowed him to be unmatched in the world, these devils from the desert would not leave this lying down. It was all for the sake of their national hero, Domirov. This was probably the first assassination, but it would not be the last.

Fang Xingjian, who had left, frowned. He turned his head and threw a glance in Sally's direction.

After sending her flying with a kick earlier, his mental cultivation method had actually improved by a lot!

Over the next few days, Fang Xingjian cultivated his sword arts continuously, ate the delicacies Zhou Xingwen sent him from various places, as well as tempered his attributes endlessly.

As for the matter of the authorizations, Fang Xingjian had left them to Ferdinand and Zhou Xingwen. So, right now, all he had to do was wait and receive the money.

Meanwhile, he had already informed Robert about the materials he required for the cultivation of the mystical prints. This ex-head of a dojo, who had participated in the same Prefectural Selection as Fang Xingjian and then followed him to the Regional Academy, was now completely loyal to him.

Hearing that Fang Xingjian wanted him to help gather materials, without a second word, he went to the Great Western City's market.

This day, September 1st, was the start of the third month Fang Xingjian had been at the Regional Academy.

Fang Xingjian sat in the training room with his legs crossed. His consciousness was going through a rage as many skill seeds sent out glaring lights, as if his entire consciousness had turned into a brilliant Milky Way.

The skill seeds which represented the Phenomena Sword Formation and Lightless Sword clashed against each other furiously, and countless pieces of information started flowing through the two of them.

In the next moment, the skill seed representing the level 40 Lightless Sword shattered, and all the information related to the Lightless Sword disappeared completely from Fang Xingjian's brain.

'I've failed.'

Fang Xingjian shook his head and then lifted his head to look at the stone wall before him. it was carved with the secret manual for the Lightless Sword.

Although he had failed, his physique continued to grow stronger. This was because of the cultivation Fang Xingjian had been through during this period of time, as well as the support he had received from the Headmaster, which allowed him to dine on various ferocious beasts, and heavenly and earthly treasures everyday. Like this, Fang Xingjian continued to make great progress with his power.

His Waves went through another step of progress, and the Prodigious Astral Divine Powers Waves was now at level 3. The area in which Terra Ingurgitation could be applied to was now within a three kilometer radius. Its prowess was also over nine times stronger than when it had been at level 1.

After the arbitration and the capture of Sword Saint Sasa, as well as after giving Sally two rounds of beatings, Fang Xingjian's mental cultivation method, which had not gone through any progress for very long, increased in leaps and bounds. This time around, his Universal Sword Dominance Lunisolar mental cultivation method had also finally reached level 6, and his Ether Sword Ripples achieved an effect of three times of his strength.

Therefore, Fang Xingjian's attributes were now:

Name Fang Xingjian

Age 17

Occupation Heavenly Sword Sovereign

Level 22

Strength 1269

Agility 2199

Reaction 116

Endurance 92

Flexibility 92

Ether Synchronization Rate 34%

The attributes above come into effect once the Prodigious Astral Divine Powers Waves is activated.

Due to Perfect Muscles, 9 in strength and agility (10% of the endurance attribute).

Skills / Techniques: Boundaries Negation,

Level 40 Rebirth Sword Technique,

Level 40 New Nine-Headed Dragon Sword Technique,

Level 40 Zenith Light Sword Formation,

Ether Sword Ripples,

Level 4 Ether Divine Art,

Level 40 Phenomena Sword Formation,

Level 1 Lightless Sword,

Heaven's Volition Sword Intent

Specialties: Genius Swordsmanship,

Elementary Survival Instinct,

Internal Healing,

Internal Training,

Sword Specialist,

Heightened Reflexes,

Perfect Muscles,

Single Sword World Subjugation,

Elementary Berserkness,

Level 1 Unparalleled Sword Intent

Sword Bones,

Swordless Path,

Darkness Sword Sense,

Heavenly Sword Imprint

Waves Level 3 Prodigious Astral Divine Powers Waves

Mental Cultivation Method Level 6 Universal Sword Dominance Lunisolar

Potential 30,000 point increase/day

Just then, Robert's voice rang out from outside the door, "Xingjian, are you there? The things have arrived."

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Chapter 358 First Level of the Mystical Prints

"99 pearls of the Deep Abyss.

"Bone powder of the Wilderness' Vehement Bird, 22 kilograms.

"Two eyes of the Southern Seas' Great Kun [1]."

The materials required for Fang Xingjian to cultivate the mystical prints were brought into his room in succession. Looking at the various mysterious treasures, even the eyes of Robert, who had purchased these items himself, filled with astonishment and envy.

These materials for cultivating the first level of the mystical prints cost Fang Xingjian 98,000 gold. Each of them was a rare and valuable heavenly and earthly treasure.

Even the food which Fang Xingjian ate daily in the Regional Academy could not be compared to these.

Fang Xingjian randomly picked up a box and saw that there was a pellet stored in it. The entire pellet was a translucent amber color with a wine-colored liquid swirling inside.

"Blood of Divinity, a medicinal pill concocted from a plant in the northernmost region. Taking it allows one's body to go through a complete transformation, and it can increase the human body's potential greatly. Just this one pill alone cost 12,000 gold. This amount is something which a Knight would need to take 40 to 50 years to save."

In the next moment, Fang Xingjian picked up another square box and opened it. In it was a jelly-like blue lump. "The Moonstone formed by gathering the moonlight's radiation from beyond 100,000 meters high up in the air. If used to forge weapons, it can create an extremely low temperature of negative 150 degrees celsius. Just this one small piece is sufficient to for forging two weapons. If it is consumed directly, it can also give an additional special ability of cold resistance. It cost 25,000 gold. "

Looking at the over ten boxes in the hall, Fang Xingjian once again felt the importance of money. Putting aside the fact that the mystical prints were very powerful, just these heavenly and earthly treasures alone would be sufficient to allow a Conferred Knight to become much stronger.

In cultivation, money was not the most important, but it was true that with money, one would be able to increase their advantages.

Robert asked, "Xingjian, everything's in order, right?"

Fang Xingjian nodded and took out another list, handing it to Robert. He said, "You can also start gathering these items. If there is not enough money, ask from Ferdinand." The items listed were naturally the materials required for the second level of the mystical prints.

After taking a look at the contents of the list, Robert's countenance changed into one of shock and said, "Xingjian, these things would take at least 300,000 gold, right? We don't have so much money right now."

Fang Xingjian's royalties did not belong to him alone. Ferdinand, Zhou Xingwen, and the Regional Academy would need to take about 10% of it. Although there was still a lot left, the money received so far was only just over 200,000 gold. Even with the money from selling the books, it was still far from enough.

Fang Xingjian shook his head. "You can keep this first. With there being so many academies in the entire Empire, if we were to charge each of them 10,000 gold, it would be enough. One more thing. Don't gather the materials from just one place. Spread out your sources and remember to keep it a secret. Don't let others know that I'm the one collecting these things."

Fang Xingjian did not wish for other people to know about the mystical prints.

As for the cost for the cultivation of the mystical prints, Fang Xingjian knew that this was just the beginning. As the cultivation for the mystical prints progressed, he would need to spend an increasing amount of money. It was definitely not something which his current income would be able to support. However, regardless of the cost, Fang Xingjian was planning to cultivate as much as his money could afford.

After sending Robert away, Fang Xingjian truly did not take a single step out of the house. Everyday, while he cultivated his sword techniques, he would slowly put together the materials for the mystical prints. He would either boil, mash, or brew them into one lump, turning them into the materials required for the application of the mystical prints.

After three days, the materials, which cost 100,000 gold, were all fused into one cauldron, transforming into a bucket of azure-colored translucent liquid which emitted a faint fluorescent glow. It looked like a flowing crystal.

Just by smelling the faint fragrance the liquid exuded, Fang Xingjian's potential points increased by 10.

This fluorescent paint-like substance had cost Fang Xingjian close to 100,000 gold. This was also the most crucial factor in cultivating the mystical prints.

Fang Xingjian dabbed some of the pigment with his finger and drew many graceful lines on his arms in accordance to the instructions for the mystical prints. The lines eventually formed special figures.

These figures continued to stack and group together, forming many formations.

Although it was just the first level of the mystical prints, it was already extremely complicated. Fang Xingjian continued to draw on his arms carefully, filling them up with densely packed images and incantations which no one could understand.

Even for someone of Fang Xingjian's cultivation, it took him a whole three hours before he completed the drawings on his arms with the fluorescent liquid.

At the next moment, Fang Xingjian closed his eyes, bringing the Prodigious Astral Divine Powers Waves to a stop. He then adjusted the fluctuations in his body, changing into the unique fluctuations depicted on the records for the mystical prints.

The ether particles in the surroundings seemed to be seething with excitement in just a short moment, and their fluctuations got increasingly stronger. The mystical prints on Fang Xingjian's arms emitted an increasingly bright fluorescent glow, and after becoming as bright as possible, they disappeared.

'Is it ready?'

Fang Xingjian opened his eyes and took a look. The mystical prints he had drawn on his arms had already disappeared. It was as if the liquid had permeated deep into his body.

'It's this simple?' However, Fang Xingjian suspected if he had done something wrongly. He shook his head and started circulating his Prodigious Astral Divine Powers Waves once again, as well as activating his Heaven's Perception, to check out the effects.

After re-activating the Prodigious Astral Divine Powers Waves and the Heaven's Perception, Fang Xingjian's body trembled, and his bones let out loud explosive sounds. He felt as if the blood throughout his body was flowing crazily. The ether particles in his body and outside his body continued to have exchanges, and the efficiency of his cultivation increased to become over twice as much as before.

Previously, after attaining level 22, the progress of his ether synchronization rate, which had been at 30%, had started to slow down. However, the mystical prints used a special method to allow the special materials to seep into the body, changing the quality of Fang Xingjian's body and his vital signs. This allowed his comprehension of ether particles to advance at a tremendous pace after circulating his Waves.

Although there were no longer the benefits which the materials themselves could provide, such effects of changing one's aptitude were clearly more heaven-defying.

'This feeling… It's as if my aptitude has changed. My body is now better able to accept and control the energy and information exchanged between ether particles.'

Ether particles formed everything in the universe. With Fang Xingjian's changed aptitude and improved level of appreciating ether particles, his level of comprehension toward all areas had also gotten stronger. It seemed that the effects of changing one's aptitude for the better could be said to be heaven-defying.

Sensing his body's condition, Fang Xingjian was confident that in at most another half a month, his synchronization rate would increase from 34% to 40%. He would then be able to advance another level and become a level 23 Conferred Knight.

Therefore, Fang Xingjian immersed himself in tough training, without meeting anyone at all. He continued to cultivate and synthesize his Lightless Sword while tempering his attributes. When he was free, he would eat the delicacies Zhou Xingwen sent him.

Fang Xingjian felt that the strength of his body and the cultivation of his sword arts were both progressing rapidly. He had also gotten an increasingly deeper appreciation of the ether particles.

Half a month passed by. In the middle of September, he successfully synthesized the Lightless Sword into the Phenomena Sword Formation and attained the Prodigious Demolition Sword. Additionally, his ether synchronization rate also reached 40%. He could now advance to level 23.

Fang Xingjian opened his eyes, and in that instant, his pupils turned pitch black. Through his Heaven's Perception, the entire world became extremely agitated.

He could sense that regardless of whether it was his body, each inch of his skin and flesh, or even every part of all the material substances in the world… They all seemed to be seething with excitement and fury while releasing their fluctuations.

'Is this how it feels like to be able to sense the prowess of the heavenly thunders and that of the terrestrial magnetism after reaching a 40% synchronization rate? So, this is the power of the heavenly thunders and terrestrial magnetism which form the most basic powers of all material substances.'

[1] A legendary giant fish from the Chinese mythology which was said to be able to transform into a roc.

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Chapter 359 Level 23, Heavenly Thunders and Terrestrial Magnetism

Fang Xingjian could faintly sense every bit of his flesh throughout his body, as well as the various physical substances in the world, be it the earth, walls, furnitures, or even food.

He could sense the extremely minute particles which formed all material substances. After that, he could feel the restlessness, aura, and the forces of the heavenly thunders and terrestrial magnetism which they were transmitting. These caused the particles to connect and take physical form.

'Molecules and electromagnetism?'

Fang Xingjian was not entirely sure. With his ether synchronization rate at 40%, he could only faintly sense the powers of the heavenly thunders and terrestrial magnetism. He could not really control them to the finest detail.

However, regardless of this, being able to sense the forces of the heavenly thunders and terrestrial magnetism, which formed the foundation of physical substances, would signify that Fang Xingjian had stepped into a new phase. Not only could he advance to level 23, but he could also tap into the powers of thunderbolts to increase the heavenly thunders and terrestrial magnetism forces between his flesh, causing the molecules which formed his body to become more compact and sturdy. The sturdiness of his body was greatly strengthened, and his body's functionalities were indirectly increased.

However, right now, he was sensing an endless restlessness. The entire world seemed to be jumping around and trembling. All the material objects were broken down into countless minute portions, and if he were to focus his concentration there, it seemed as if he would be able to view them with incessant magnifications.

This feeling made Fang Xingjian feel extremely terrible. He felt like he could not see anything clearly, and everything was just a blur. More and more information in his brain was being blocked.

This was clearly another Heavenly Barrier. Fang Xingjian had no choice but to spend an entire day to get used to this feeling and attempt to filter the information.

As for the newly synthesized Prodigious Demolition Sword, it was another amazing sword technique. Unlike the Phenomena Sword Formation, the Prodigious Demolition Sword existed to destroy. It would bring forth a complete destruction, destroying everything in the world.

According to the legends, the entire Miracle World had been made from the four forces of earth, water, fire, and wind. The Thunderbolt Sword Technique, Mountain Shifting Sword, Aquatic Sword Formation, and Lightless Sword each represented one of these forces.

The Prodigious Demolition Sword was one which then combined the forces of the earth, water, fire, and wind, and turned them into demolition sword light to destroy everything in the world. Theoretically, how many streams of demolition sword light a person could create during battle would determine the amount of physical substance the person could destroy.

With this and Fang Xingjian's ceaseless tempering of his attributes, his Stats Window became:

Name Fang Xingjian

Age 17

Occupation Heavenly Sword Sovereign

Level 23

Strength 1289

Agility 2209

Reaction 117

Endurance 94

Flexibility 93

Ether Synchronization Rate 40%

The attributes above come into effect once the Prodigious Astral Divine Powers Waves is activated.

Due to Perfect Muscles, 9 in strength and agility (10% of the endurance attribute).

Skills / Techniques: Boundaries Negation,

Level 40 Rebirth Sword Technique,

Level 40 New Nine-Headed Dragon Sword Technique,

Level 40 Zenith Light Sword Formation,

Ether Sword Ripples,

Level 4 Ether Divine Art,

Level 40 Prodigious Demolition Sword,

Heaven's Volition Sword Intent

Specialties: Genius Swordsmanship,

Elementary Survival Instinct,

Internal Healing,

Internal Training,

Sword Specialist,

Heightened Reflexes,

Perfect Muscles,

Single Sword World Subjugation,

Elementary Berserkness,

Level 1 Unparalleled Sword Intent

Sword Bones,

Swordless Path,

Darkness Sword Sense,

Heavenly Sword Imprint

Waves Level 3 Prodigious Astral Divine Powers Waves

Mental Cultivation Method Level 6 Universal Sword Dominance Lunisolar

Potential 30,000 point increase/day

Three days later, at the first stage of the Sword Arts Killing Techniques Palace…

Three Knights performed the Thunderbolt Sword Technique concurrently. A burning smell emerged in the air, then densely packed electricity sparks appeared and then extinguished continuously in the hall.

Many white thunderbolts slashed down toward Fang Xingjian who was in the middle of the hall. The thunderbolts were like hammers, repeatedly training Fang Xingjian's physical body. They treated Fang Xingjian's body like well-tempered steel, pounding down on it and making it increasingly compact and strong

The people performing the Thunderbolt Sword Technique were naturally the two students, whom Fang Xingjan had met over a month ago when he cleared the stage, and Duolun, who was the guardian for this stage.

Right now, Duolun's level 15 Thunderbolt Sword Technique was unleashed to its full prowess. Every stance Duolun performed was accompanied by scorching white thunderbolts, each of them appearing to be as bright as over ten thousand light bulbs. The air distorted from the scorching heat, and the earth started to melt. The thunderbolts struck Fang Xingjian's body but did not many to cause any impact.

'This Fang Xingjian… My Thunderbolt Sword Technique summons thunderbolts, and even a Superior Divine Weapon would suffer from damage if it were attacked like this. To think that the portion of his body, which he had left unshielded by the Heavenly Abyss Annihilation Armor, didn't even suffer a single scratch. How powerful are the heavenly thunders and terrestrial magnetism forces of his physical body?'

Duolun was specially invited by Fang Xingjian to perform the Thunderbolt Sword Technique to help Fang Xingjian cultivate his physical body. What he did not know was that Fang Xingjian had relied on the powers of the mystical prints to change his aptitude once again, appearing even more ingenious than before.

Fang Xingjian's current status was completely different from his past status. He had become a character who was popular with everyone. Of course, Duolun would not look down on him like he did when they first met.

However, he had not expected that Fang Xingjian, who had only just started cultivating the heavenly thunders and terrestrial magnetism forces of his physical body, could already withstand such a high level of damage.

Fang Xingjian was immersed in the exhilaration of feeling his physical body improve rapidly. He felt that every single particle of his body was jumping and dancing around, exuding feelings of great happiness.

With his ether synchronization rate at 40%, he could faintly sense the countless minute particles which formed physical substances. He could also sense the heavenly thunders and terrestrial magnetism forces between the particles. However, the senses he gained at 40% synchronization rate were very faint. Fang Xingjian was not able to control the particles or the heavenly thunders and terrestrial magnetism forces to the finest detail.

However, just by absorbing the thunderbolts which struck him, he could strengthen the heavenly thunders and terrestrial magnetism forces in his body, which increases the forces between those particles and makes his body to be increasingly compact. It meant that it was possible to strengthen Fang Xingjian's body even more and gradually become like Rakshasi, impenetrable by weapons, fire, and water. Fang Xingjian's body was starting to become extraordinary.

He could sense that every bit of his flesh was becoming strong, and the forces between the particles continued to strengthen, becoming increasingly compact. Fang Xingjian was feeling extremely exhilarated. Under the astonished gazes of the three Conferred Knights, Fang Xingjian leaped up, and a great attraction force came from his body.

The thunderbolts in the surroundings were like small electrical snakes, rapidly being absorbed into his body. In that instant, all the thunderbolts and lightnings in the hall disappeared. Fang Xingjian could sense a strong swelling feeling in his body. As a long whistle rang out, his body trembled. The force which exploded out from his body proceeded to compress the air, creating a typhoon and pa pa sounds as it hit against the walls.

Sensing the progress of his physical body, Fang Xingjian smiled and said, "I've already reached the limits for today. Thank you, everyone."

Duolun smiled and said, "These are things that we should do. Xingjian, right now, you're our academy's pillar. With your abilities, you should even be able to participate in the National Selection next year." Of course, Duolun was just trying to be polite.

Just then, Robert rushed over from afar and said, "Xingjian, all the things have been gathered.

Fang Xingjian's eyes lit up. Half a month had passed, and the royalties he received for the Rebirth Sword Technique had continued to increase, breaking through the amount of 400,00 gold. Robert had finally managed to finish gathering the materials required for the second level of the mystical prints.

Thinking of the heaven-defying effects which the mystical prints could bring to his aptitude, Fang Xingjian put on training clothes. Then he pulled Robert along with him as he headed for the Sacred Land.

The First Prince was going to attain the Divine level anytime soon. So, Fang Xingjian would naturally not give up on any means he could use to increase the speed of his cultivation.

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Chapter 360 Checking and Accepting the Materials

Fang Xingjian returned to the Sacred Land, looked at the few boxes of materials he had gotten his hands on, and broke into a satisfied smile.

"Ancient Astral Metal. Legend has it that back when there were still stars in the sky, meteors landed on the ground and this is the metal from there. It's extraordinarily sturdy, and after it takes shape, it's hard to destroy. This small amount is already worth over 50,000 gold.

"The venom of the Nine-Colored Spider Queen, a level 29 ferocious beast. It can directly corrode a Conferred Knight's body. It can be used to refine into poison resistance medicine, giving the one consumes it a powerful specialty that provides poison-resistance. It's worth 20,000 gold."

As Fang Xingjian checked through the goods one by one, he asked, "You purchased these in secret and did not reveal my name, right?" He had not planned on exposing the existence of the mystical prints as well as the list of materials required.

"Don't worry, Xingjian. I purchased them from different locations in different amounts. I definitely didn't revealed your identity."

"And there's this." Fang Xingjian took out a box, revealing a mysterious stone which exuded white prints continuously.

"This is the geomagnetic essence. It has been buried deep underground for over 1,000 years, and contains countless forces of geomagnetism. After consuming it, even ordinary blade and spears won't be able to hurt you. It will be as if you've refined your body with heavenly thunders and terrestrial magnetism in advance.

"It's also the most expensive thing this time around, costing 90,000 gold?"

"That's right." Robert looked at this item enviously. If he could take this geomagnetic essence, he would be able to become a top notch expert amongst Knights. Even ordinary Inferior Divine Weapons would be able to pierce through his skin but not his flesh.

Fang Xingjian checked through the items with satisfaction. However, at the next moment, he frowned. The hand he had used to grab the geomagnetic essence clenched together slightly, and the essence shattered into over ten shards.

Robert was shocked. "Xingjian, what's wrong?"

"It's fake." A hint of killing intent flashed in Fang Xingjian's eyes. "Someone just channeled geomagnetic forces into this. Only a Conferred Knight level expert would be able to do something like them. Hmph, 90,000 gold was swallowed up just like that."

90,000 gold… This was how much a Prefectural Academy spent in a year. This amount of money would allow a person to purchase a few hundred houses. If used on a Knight, it could nurture the individual until they reached the peaks of a Knight, by which time they would have attributes of over 100 points.

However, someone had use a fake good to cheat Fang Xingjian of this amount of money. How could he not be angry?

Robert was also shocked. Afraid that Fang Xingjian would misunderstand him, he said, "I'll head to the seller's place immediately. They're situated in the ore market to the east of the Great Western City."

"Wait," Fang Xingjian stopped Robert and said, "This is a Conferred Knight's trick. What's the use of you going?"

Robert lowered his head in shame. Fang Xingjian continued, "You concealed your identity. They must have seen that your cultivation isn't high and that you don't have strong backings. Thus, they decided to cheat you. If you were to go there directly, you might end up being accused instead."

Fang Xingjian could not help but frown. He did not have any strong subordinates under him. The only one who was a Conferred Knight was Zhou Xingwen, who had gone to the north to discuss the authorizations for the Rebirth Sword Technique. Right now, aside from Fang Xingjian himself, there were no other Conferred Knights.

Shaking his head, Fang Xingjian said calmly, "I'll go with you."

With that, he grabbed Robert's neck and lifted the nine-feet-tall man like a chicken. With a few flashes, they left the Sacred Land and appeared outside the academy.

Robert only saw lights flashing before his eyes, and when they came to a stop, he was seeing stars. His heart was beating so fast that it felt like it was going to jump out any moment.

Fang Xingjian said nonchalantly, "Point the way."

Robert pointed out with his trembling finger. Then at the next moment, his body trembled furiously again as Fang Xingjian grabbed him by the neck and dashed out.

Not long later, a lively town appeared before Fang Xingjian.

The town was about over ten kilometers away from the Great Western City and was called the Iron Ore Town. In the past, it had been known for producing iron ores. Therefore, the mines had been exhausted, but the town had not fallen into ruins. On the contrary, they became a well-known market for ores near the Great Western City.

With Robert's lead, Fang Xingjian arrived at the biggest shop in the town. A shop assistant smiled and walked over, asking, "What are you looking for? Our shop, The Golden Corner, is the greatest material merchant in Iron Ore Town. From high quality meteorite irons and heavenly dew to ordinary copper and silver ores, we have everything here."

Robert said angrily, "I came here to purchase your geomagnetic essence two days ago. The one given to me was a fake. Have you forgotten it already? Geomagnetic essence… It cost a whole 90,000 gold, and you guys just cheated me like that. This shop is really black-hearted."

Hearing Robert's words, the shop assistant's countenance changed. The few men who were happily chatting in the distance also looked in their direction with warning gazes.

Robert was wearing his Knight attire, while Fang Xingjian was still wearing his white training clothes since he had come out directly after training at the Killing Techniques Palace earlier.

Moreover, Fang Xingjian appeared too young, so everyone thought he was just Robert's follower.

Then as Robert shouted, more and more people crowded over.

When an elder saw the scene of Robert shouting, he walked over and advised, "Young man, don't be so anxious. If there's anything, just talk it over. The Golden Corner isn't a place where you create trouble."

Robert said furiously, "They cheated me of 90,000 gold! I'm not even allowed to bellow?"

The elder shook his head and sighed, "Sigh, youngsters these days can't even put up with small matters."

"Small matters?" Robert pointed to the elder and shouted, "It's not your money. Of course, you can pretend to be generous. If you were the one to lose the 90,000 gold, you'd probably be so angry that you'd die!"

The elder was so angry that he trembled. He stared at Robert viciously for a while. Then he turned and left, wearing an expression which said Robert was a young man who was not worth teaching.

Seeing that more and more people had gathered around, the few men as well as the shop assistant walked over. They surrounded Robert and Fang Xingjian, saying, "The two of you better stop spouting rubbish. All the things our shop sells are authentic, and we've never sold you something like that. The two of you must be here to swindle us.

"If you have any issues, go in and wait for our boss to come before we talk. Don't stay in the shop and affect our business."

Despite the fierce glares of the shop staff, e Robert did not fear them since he himself was a Knight. However, he recalled Fang Xingjian had said, about how the other party had Conferred Knights backing them up. This caused Robert to look at Fang Xingjian with some hesitation.

Fang Xingjian, however, had found a chair, and he sat down while saying coldly, "We can talk right here. Get your boss over here in five minutes. If he doesn't, he can forget about keeping this shop."

"Ha, lad, you're sounding really arrogant." One of the shop assistants looked at Fang Xingjian and then at Robert, and said, "You really don't know what's good for you. I advise you to leave quickly. Otherwise, when our boss arrives, things won't be so simple."

They were just shop assistants, and their strength was at the level of Knight apprentices. There was no way for them to dare to raise their hands against a Knight like Robert. However, seeing that Fang Xingjian was about their age and yet acting so arrogant, the two strong men walked over and tried to push Fang Xingjian.

However, they had only just stretched out their hands when two loud bangs rang out. The two strong men were sent flying, then they rolled on the ground, letting out terrible cries.

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Chapter 361 Counterfeit

"Bones… My bones are crushed!"

The moment Fang Xingjian took action, everyone there was immediately taken aback.

"He has guts for daring to raise his hands here."

"This is bound to be a good show."

Seeing that Fang Xingjian had managed to cripple the two strong men with only two kicks, none of the shop assistants dared to do anything. However, they were looking at Fang Xingjian and Robert as if they were dead men walking.

The old man who had stepped up to persuade them shook his head and said, "Sigh, youngsters these days are really aggressive and don't even know how to show sympathy. Making trouble at the entrance of someone's shop… Aren't you just trying to wreck business?"

Robert saw Fang Xingjian's slight frown and immediately stood out and scolded,

"Hmph, you shameless old fool! Who are you to be so generous with our money? I've asked you to scram but you aren't going to do that, right?"

With that, he activated his Reduced Force Field, slapping the old man through the air. The latter's mouth was filled with blood, so he quickly hid behind the crowd, as if waiting to see Fang Xingjian and Robert be taught a lesson later.

One of the shop assistants left the shop, obviously to inform their boss.

More and more people joined the crowd around them, talking amongst themselves and waiting to watch a good show.

"The Golden Corner belongs to Gus. I heard that her elder brother is a Conferred Knight."

"Sigh, the two of you better leave quickly. Even the owner, Gus herself, has reached the pinnacle among Knights. When she comes, the two of you won't be able to escape."

"How can money be more important than your lives? The two of you are at fault as well. Why didn't you check on the shop's history before you made your purchase?"

It was clear that it was not the first time The Golden Corner had acted like a tyrant in the Iron Ore Town. The shop's owner, Gus, had frequently relied on her brother's power and influence to bully some customers and to swindle them.

However, Gus also had a discerning eye and would not attempt to offend people who had powerful backing. This time around, she had found Robert unfamiliar, as he did not seem to be a local. After chatting with him, she thought that Robert did not seem have any sort of influential backing, and decided to do this.

Moreover, this was not the first time she had made counterfeits. If the other party had not gotten a Conferred Knight to check it with their Heaven's Perception, then it would be impossible for them to detect it. She had done something similar to swindle people of their money several times. Even if trouble did come up, her elder brother would help her and sort it out. Gradually, she had become increasingly outrageous.

Not long after, a total of five Knights brought along their staffs, leading 40 to 50 Knight apprentices over to the scene. They scared off many of the crowd members as they surrounded Fang Xingjian and Robert.

The person in the lead was the shop owner, Gus. She was a strong and beefy girl with a height of over 1.9 meters, her face round and fat. When she saw Fang Xingjian and Robert, she glared at them viciously.

However, having made a living in the Iron Ore Town for so many years, she did have a fairly discerning gaze. Although Fang Xingjian appeared to be outrageously young, his calm was definitely not a facade.

Therefore, she attempted to probe a little, "Sirs, there must be a misunderstanding in what regards the geomagnetic essence. If there's any problems, let us go inside and have a talk."

Fang Xingjian threw a cold glance at the Knights behind shop owner Gus and calmly said, "We'll talk here. Since you've swindled me of 90,000 gold, you can just pay me back with 120,000 gold."

It was true that the Great Western City was now more prosperous than Kirst. There was a Conferred Knight in a mere hub for trading ores and materials, and one who could easily call out five Knights just like that.

When Gus heard Fang Xingjian's relentless tone, her brows twitched a little, as if killing intent was surging in the depths of her eyes. However, she held it back and first brought up her background. "This geomagnetic stone was something my brother brought from the Great Western Region's Bureau of Mines. He's the Deputy Chief there and he couldn't have made a mistake.

"May I ask where you're from? There must have been a problem with the appraisal. This geomagnetic essence can only be verified by a Conferred Knight." While she declared her background, she was also trying to probe theirs.

However, Fang Xingjian did not pay her probings any heed. He just replied directly, "I'll be waiting here and will give you half an hour. If I still don't see the money when the time's up, I'll tear down your shop and take the things inside as compensation."

Sensing that the other party was not willing to share his identity while also speaking with a harsh and relentless tone, shop owner Gus did not dare to do anything. Her impression of people who would dare to speak like this was equivalent to the second generations of great aristocrats in Great Western City. Only those people would be so arrogant and domineering.

Just then, another young man behind shop owner Gus walked out. This young man had curly brown hair and the gaze he threw Fang Xingjian was extremely uncomfortable.

He said, "Friend, let's not overdo things. Don't go overboard."

This young man was called Roeslim and his father was the assistant of the Great Western Region's Governor, a Conferred Knight, as well as a close subordinate of Governor Devitt's. His rank was not too high, but he was still someone whom no one in Great Western Region would dare to look down on.

After all, this person was able to speak to the top person in Great Western Region. Who would dare offend him? This was also why Roeslim thought very highly of himself. Today, he had been invited by his ex-classmate to Iron Ore Town because Gus wanted to get him to join her business in dealing with ores.

Right now, Gus had also gotten him to help to back her up.

"I'm Roeslim, Gus' friend. It's too much to ask her to get the money ready within half an hour. I think it's better for us to go in and have a good talk. The geomagnetic essence is good stuff, but if one can't appraise it, it's still possible to see it as a counterfeit. Why don't you bring them here and we'll take a look at them?"

Roeslim wanted to seemingly bring fairness into the picture while also discreetly mentioning his own identity. However, Fang Xingjian threw him a glance and calmly replied, "You're going to pay the 120,000 gold for her? If not, then you don't get to say anything."

Roeslim had been put into a bad spot. As the son of the Great Western Region's assistant, other than the top notch characters in Great Western Region, when had he ever been put in such a bad spot?

His profligate son character shone through. He ignored Gus' signals and spoke after l snorting coldly, "Lad, do you really think you're something just because we've shown you some courtesy? Have you checked the background of the Iron Ore Town? How dare you create trouble here?"

Fang Xingjian could not be bothered with him, and with a slap from above, he swatted Roeslim like a fly.

Roeslim dropped flat to the ground, his limbs stretched out. He was about to lift his head when Fang Xingjian stomped down on him, pushing the young man's entire head into the cement.

Looking at Roeslim's red eyes and cheeks, Gus sighed to herself. This was a great humiliation and Roeslim would definitely go all out to seek revenge.

She felt that Roeslim was too reckless, and that the young man they were facing was even more vicious than he seemed. At that moment, she slightly regretted bringing Roeslim along for additional support.

Roeslim struggled crazily, consecutively punching the leg that was stepping down on his head. However, he felt that Fang Xingjian's leg was like a heavenly pillar, showing no reaction at all. On the contrary, as loud bangs kept ringing out, it was his fists that started to hurt.

The other party was powerful enough to make his head unable to budge.

He bellowed furiously, "Gus! You're just going to watch, just like that?"

A hint of hesitation flashed on the face of The Golden Corner's Gus. Her two small eyes squinted like that of a crocodile's. She knew that it was time for her to choose her side.

She gave it some thought. She had met all the top notch second generation individuals in Great Western City. Fang Xingjian was definitely not amongst them.

And Roeslim's father was the Governor's assistant, and someone who could be defined as a person who served one, but who was lord over many.

Moreover, if she did not save Roeslim, not only would Fang Xingjian not thank her, Roeslim would also hate her.

There seemed to be nothing more to say.

Gus waved her hand and said, "Everyone, attack! To think that they dared to look for trouble at The Golden Corner! Break their legs!"

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Chapter 362 Wait

Robert looked at the three Knights charging toward him and inwardly let out a breath of relief. If they were to fight one-on-one, these people would probably not be his match. However, with all the three of them attacking together, they would be able to suppress him. When he thought of this, he was thankful that he had come together with Fang Xingjian. If he had come by himself, not only would he be unable to get back the 90,000 gold, but he would also be given a thrashing.

Fang Xingjian threw a cold glance at the three Knights and punched out across space. Although it was a fist force, it was turned into sword force by his sword bones. They raged through the sky like longswords, slicing through air and slashing out three aerial shock waves which turned into three streams of sword force.

Consecutive grunts and terrible cries rang out as the three Knights, who had charged over, fell to the ground. Their tendons and bones were broken.

Astonishment flashed past Gus' fat face. Fang Xingjian had managed to deal severe injuries to the three Knights just by attacking them through space. His abilities were truly unfathomable.

This was especially the case when his attack was nothing special. They were just shock waves formed from air currents attacking across space. Gus was completely unable to tell Fang Xingjian's identity and background.

Shop owner Gus threw Fang Xingjian a vicious look. However, right now, her side was on the losing end. Even though her eyes were filled with hatred and humiliation, she still bowed and asked once again, "Who exactly are you? Even if I were to raise the money, I can't not know your name, right?"

The strongest emotions in Fang Xingjian's heart were fury and vengeance. Usually, they would be suppressed and cleared by his mental cultivation method, and he would appear so cold that it would be like no living creature could approach. However, the moment his emotions exploded, it would be like the battles he had in the Prefectural Academy and when he was dealing with Sally. His ruthlessness and tyranny would be endless.

This time around, Gus had deceived him of his 90,000 gold. During a time which was so crucial for him, she had delayed his momentum. The negative emotions in his heart were ignited.

Hearing Gus' words, Fang Xingjian threw her a sideward glance and said coldly, "You think you're worthy to ask for my name? Get the money raised within half an hour. Otherwise, you can forget about operating this shop.

"If you have any people to back you up or any other tricks, just bring them all out. I'll take them all on."

With Fang Xingjian words stating that he was not willing to identify himself, Gus knew that this young man would definitely not take this lying down. Moreover, she felt that she had already given him sufficient respect, yet he had tried to pressure her time and time again. This caused the flames of fury in her heart to grow increasingly larger. She shouted, "You're really impressive. This Iron Ore Town is directly managed by the Great Western Region Bureau of Mines. You're better off not looking for trouble for your family."

Right now, Gus still had a faint feeling that Fang Xingjian was a great aristocrat from elsewhere. For him to dare be so arrogant right now, there must be someone in his family who held great power and status.

Hearing Gus' words, Fang Xingjian only threw her a look and then tapped out with his finger. A pure physical strength pierced through the air like a fuel air explosive, exploding in front of Gus' face.

The impact of this force was not very strong, but with the enhancement of the Unparalleled Sword Intent, it was controlled very well. The explosion affected Gus' ears, breaking her balance and causing her to tumble to the ground. She tried to exert force with her legs, but with the damage dealt to her her ears and brain, she was not able to get to her feet for quite a while.

Robert looked carefully at Fang Xingjian. Back from when he knew Fang Xingjian at the Prefectural Academy, he had already known that Fang Xingjian was a person who appeared very cold on the outside but was actually a heated up person on the inside. Although he usually appeared to be a very cool-headed person, once he was angered, he would be like an exploding volcano. Back when Fang Xingjian had just been a Knight, he had already dared to abduct Kaunitz right under the eyes of Kirst Academy's Headmaster.

At present, having become a Conferred Knight, Fang Xingjian would naturally be even more vicious. Until now, Fang Xingjian had not even mentioned his name. It was clear that he was bent on teaching Gus and the people behind her a good lesson.

Seeing that Gus was unstable and unable to get on her feet, Fang Xingjian said nonchalantly, "You have only 27 minutes left."

Gus' face was filled with agony as she only managed to get to her feet after a long while. She opened her mouth and was just about to curse, but she was held back by Fang Xingjian's cold gaze.

"If you say another word, I'll take your life."

Gus' face turned flushed red, and she clenched her fist tightly. However, she held back her words and turned to walk away, not daring to look at Fang Xingjian anymore.

Roeslim, who was still under Fang Xingjian's foot, shouted, "Do you dare to let me go?!"

"Who are you able to call?"

"Conferred Knights!"

"Oh?"

"Are you scared?"

Roeslim felt the pressure on his face lessen, and he was able to stand up. He quickly rolled away, fumbled to his feet, and then looked at Fang Xingjian's direction.

"If you have the guts, wait right here."

Fang Xingjian smiled and swung his sword fingers, causing sword Qis to surge. Roeslim let out an astonished cry and immediately retreated as all the hairs on his body stood up. He felt that he had never run so fast in his life before, and in the blink of an eye, he ran over 100 meters away.

Sensing no injuries on himself, Roeslim grinned and said to Fang Xingjian, "Wait right there! You're dead meat! When I come back, I'll let you go on your knees and beg for my forgiveness." Before Roeslim even finished his words, lightning flashed in the air, and with a howl, Roeslim retreated over ten more steps before coming to a stop.

However, he continued to stare at Fang Xingjian's palm. In Fang Xingjian's palm, a thumb was exuding chill, silently lying there.

Roeslim quickly lowered his head and looked at his right hand, only to discover that, without him knowing, his thumb had been sliced off by the low temperature Ether Sword Ripple and then frozen. The frozen effect prevented Roeslim from bleeding or feeling any pain.

Fang Xingjian said calmly, "If you were to put it back within an hour, you should still be able to use it. I'll wait for you here. Get your people to come quickly."

Roeslim's face trembled, his eyes filled with crazy killing intent. His thumb had been cut off, but he had no regeneration ability. Unless he was able to advance and become a Conferred Knight, he could forget about using his right hand to utilize weapons.

"Lad, you're done for. You're really done for. You've offended someone you can't afford to offend."

With that, he departed at his fastest speed, his heart filled to the brim with burning killing intent. He must let that arrogant guy drop to his knees and beg for forgiveness before killing him.

Robert looked at Fang Xingjian. He knew that if Fang Xingjian were to name himself or reveal attacks which Conferred Knights could do, their opponents would definitely not be showing this attitude.

He could not help but ask, "Xingjian, there's no need to make such a big fuss out of this, right?"

However, Fang Xingjian closed his eyes and said, "Since they've taken my money, they'll of course need to spit it out with interest included. I don't have the time to play along with them."

The Knights and Conferred Knights were very fast. Within 20 minutes, two groups of people had already charged over.

Next to Gus, there was a middle-aged man with a strong build and slightly grey hair. He was Gus' brother, the Deputy Chief of the Great Western Region Bureau of Mines, Daniel.

The group which charged before them appeared even more aggressive, unleashing layers of Reduced Force Fields without a care. They shoved through the crowds, throwing people and horses off their feet. Two Conferred Knights surrounded Fang Xingjian on his left and right the moment they arrived at the scene.

"Flowing Water Dojo's Duolun and Duolong brothers!"

"I heard that the Flowing Water Dojo has been trying hard to suck up to Governor's assistant with regard to getting the access rights to the Knight's handbook. Seems like they're here to stand up for Roeslim this time."

"Sigh, the previous alchemy store had offended the people from the Flowing Water Dojo. In the end, a big fire burned all 22 members of their family alive."

"These two brothers are extremely vicious. That lad is going to be in deep trouble."

Roeslim walked over with a twisted smile, looked at Fang Xingjian, and said, "Lad, my father is the assistant to the Great Western Region's Governor, Crelle. If you kneel down and beg for my forgiveness now, I may still spare you your life."

He thought that the reason Fang Xingjian had beaten him up earlier was because Fang Xingjian did not know who he was. The reason Roeslim had held back from bringing up his father's name until now was because he was worried that Fang Xingjian would attempt to escape.

Gus' elder brother, Daniel, shook his head and thought to himself, 'Crelle is considered a great talent of his generation, but to think that he has a son like this.' As he thought of this, he threw a glance at Fang Xingjian. Suddenly, his countenance changed, and over ten different types of emotions flashed past his eyes.

His heart sank. 'It's him?! Damn it, how did Gus get herself involved with this devil?'

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Chapter 363 Bleed

Deputy Chief Daniel's countenance changed repetitively. He had attended the arbitration, and knew what Fang Xingjian looked like.

He recalled the various rumors concerning Fang Xingjian, how even the First Prince and Sword Saint Sasa had not been able to deal with him, and how so many amazing people were supporting him.

Putting aside the incredible Holy Orison, just James or the Great Western Region's Governor Deputy Governor alone would be sufficient to do him in, a mere Deputy Chief of the Bureau of Mines.

Thinking of this, he glared furiously at Gus, making the latter shudder in fear. The fats on her face trembled, unaware what the problem was.

Deputy Chief Daniel was just about to let Duolun, Roeslim, and the others know. However, he changed his mind and decided against it.

This time around, Gus was the one who had deceived Fang Xingjian. Rather than persuading them to back off, it might be better to let them receive part of his fury first.

Moreover, the Duolun and Duolong brothers had committed all kinds of atrocities, even raping and killing ladies. They had even wiped out entire families several times, and due to their level of cultivation, they had even dared to go against Daniel's words. This was a good chance to teach them a lesson.

Fang Xingjian threw the Duolun and Duolong brothers a glance and said, "The two of you aren't the Empire's Conferred Knights, right? What faction are you from?"

Both Duolun and Duolong were very muscular, but not too bright. The impression they gave was of people who were all brawn and no brain.

The two of them had been wholeheartedly practicing martial arts since young. Due to the fact that they had outstanding talents and were simple-minded, they managed to improve progressively. The Flowing Water Dojo had invested all their resources into them. This allowed them to attain a breakthrough to Heaven's Perception, to successfully undergo their job transitions in the Flowing Water Dojo's Sacred Land, and to become the only two Conferred Knights in the Flowing Water Dojo.

However, considering their temperaments, talents, and the Flowing Water Dojo's resources, reaching their current level at second transition level 22 was already their limit. However, despite that, second transition and level 22 was already very hard to come by. Even in Great Western City they were capable enough to act in a tyrannous manner,bullying and killing countless commoners.

The Flowing Water Dojo they belonged to had also nurtured Conferred Knights in the past, but they had gone into decline later on, and their rights to the Knight's handbook had also been removed. It had not been easy for them to nurture two geniuses, and thus they had made use of this opportunity to expand their territories and influence. After they accomplished that, they wished to once again get the rights to have the Knight's handbook, increase their reputation, and expand their dojo.

The techniques written on the Knight's handbook were the newest, topnotch information regarding the Empire's martial arts. Therefore, it was not something which every faction, dojo, and academy would be privileged enough to have access to.

Not only was there a need to make annual payments, the association also had to give them the access rights.

This had thus became a benchmark set by the Knight Association. It had become the deciding factor of who was considered to be part of the Empire's leading academies and factions.

For many years, Flowing Water Dojo had not gotten the Knight's handbook. This meant that both in terms of skills and martial techniques, they had lagged behind other influential powers by a lot. Right now, they had gotten themselves two geniuses who had become Conferred Knights, so they were trying to think of all means to obtain the rights once again. One of their ways of doing so was to appeal through the Governor's assistant.

Hearing Fang Xingjian's question, Duolun shouted, "That's right! We're Flowing Water Dojo's Duolun and Duolong."

Roeslim no longer felt any impatience. He said, "Stop all the long-winded talk. Get my finger back and break his four limbs. I want him to be in a stateworse than death for three days and three nights."

Fang Xingjian threw a calm glance at Duolun and Duolong, then said, "The two of you want to assault an Empire's Knight?"

Duolun and Duolong exchanged glances. Usually, killing a commoner was as simple as killing a chicken for them. There was no difficulty in wiping out even a small family.

When they were out of money, they would just cover their faces and become bandits. They had assaulted even aristocrats before.

However, if this lad was really a Knight, then it was quite troublesome for them to assault him in public.

Duolun tweaked his neck a little, sending out killing intent from all over his body and taking three light steps forward. Next, the earth trembled, causing the houses in the surroundings to shake furiously as powdery flakes were falling off them.

Duolun put on a savage smile and said, "Lad, it's better for you to surrender voluntarily. If we were to take action, it would be a painful experience for you." His series of actions had made it clear that he was planning to use the impressive aura of a second transition expert to force Fang Xingjian to compel.

Fang Xingjian looked at them coldly and said, "I'll kill whoever dares to move."

Looking at Fang Xingjian's dauntless expression, even Duolun and Duolong hesitated a little. However, Roeslim's mind was already overwhelmed by fury. He stared at his missing finger and shouted, "Why are the two of you hesitating?! Move it! Take action quickly! If anything happens, I'll back you up! I'll promise you all the things the two of you previously mentioned as well!"

Duolun and Duolong nodded, thinking that if they had the backing of Roeslim's father, they ought to be fine.

Therefore, Duolun broke into a hideous smile and said, "Lad, it's too late even if you surrender now. You can only blame yourself for offending someone you shouldn't have offended."

Deputy Chief Daniel frowned slightly, grabbing onto Gus, who had wanted to prevent the situation from aggravating.

Gus looked at Daniel, puzzled. Daniel shook his head slightly and sent her a message, "Let them bear more of his fury head-on." Thinking of this, he was secretly rejoicing. Thankfully, he knew of Fang Xingjian's identity and had seen him before. Right now, by letting the Duolun and Dulong brothers, as well as Roeslim dash forth and be the focus of Fang Xingjian's bulk fury, his younger sister, the shop owner, Gus, would be able to save herself a lot of trouble.

As Duolun spoke, he punched out with one of his fists, sending layers of power through his Reduced Force Field at Fang Xingjian. Duolun felt that he would definitely be able to suppress his opponent with his powers as a Conferred Knight.

However, the moment he took action,with a flash, Fang Xingjian made a stream of electricity in the air, similar to a sword made of electricity. The sword that looked like light and electricity disappeared with a flash. Everyone present could only see a bright light and then darkness. Then Fang Xingjian had already appeared behind Duolun. The latter stiffened up, unmoving, his head already in Fang Xingjian's hand.

"Elder Brother!" Duolong bellowed furiously and all the muscles throughout his body swelled up rapidly as he performed his job technique—Berserk War Deity. This was a body transformation technique which could only be performed when one's flexibility attribute had reached 150 points. A short moment after, all of his five attributes soared above 160 points.

Although Fang Xingjian had shown the capability of dealing his brother an instant kill, how could Duolong still think clearly after seeing his own brother killed before his very eyes? In the following instance after becoming a small giant, he made a tearing motion with his hands, activating his Killing technique—Vacuum Blade—sending out over 1,000 slashes through vacuum.

The air currents in the surroundings started to fluctuate and everyone seemed to feel that blades were brushing past their faces.

The moment he used this attack, the area within a hundred meter radius would all be covered with corpses and soaked with blood.

In his state of frenzy, Duolong did not care about anything.

Meanwhile, Fang Xingjian's body flashed and flashed again, slashing off Duolong's four limbs. Since the speed of Fang Xingjian's slashes were really too fast, Duolong's body even seemed to have stopped in midair for a moment, before fresh blood spurted out from his wounds and then fell into the blood puddle on the ground. Duolong struggled in a frenzy, crying, terrified. After a while, the signs of life faded from him. With his profuse bleeding, even if his vitality was very strong, he would not be able to hold on for long.

The abrupt sanguinary conflict caused the crowd to draw in cold gasps as they quickly backed off. Roeslim only felt a cold shudder, as if he had entered an icehouse.

To be able to instantly kill two level 22 Conferred Knights… How terrifying did his prowess have to be?

Roeslim immediately wanted to make his escape, but he had only retreated a few steps when he realized that he seemed to have bumped into a mountain. He turned to have a look, only to discover that Gus' brother, Daniel, had grabbed him by the neck as if he was grabbing onto a chicken.

Roeslim shouted, "Dan… Daniel? Why are you grabbing me? Quick… Kill that guy quickly! He killed Duolun and Duolong!"

"For a commoner to be assaulting the Empire's Conferred Knight… They deserved to die," Daniel said coldly.

Roeslim looked at the cold Daniel in a daze. This was the first time he had seen Daniel looking at him like this.

Gus looked at this scene in astonishment. Her brother Daniel also knew Roeslim, and had even encouraged her to interact more and to get into a good relationship with the person who was the son of the Governor's assistant.

However, right now, Daniel was wearing a very cold expression. There was no sign of the usual kindness she had seen in the past.

Fang Xingjian looked over and said, "You recognize me?"

Daniel nodded and said, "I've seen Mister Fang at the arbitration previously. I had always admired you, but hadn't expect to meet you in such a situation. With regard to the compensation, I'll have it readied. 'll also provide you with an explanation regarding the offenders."

'Mister Fang?' The shop owner, Gus, looked at Fang Xingjian. She thought of his age and recalled his display of skills, his ability to defeat Conferred Knights, and how he was addressed as Mister Fang… Gus' mind felt as if it had been struck by a lightning bolt.

'17-year-old Conferred Knight, Fang Xingjian?' Gus felt as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over her head. Recalling Daniel's earlier actions, she now understood, 'My brother… turned his back on Roeslim?'

Although Roeslim was a profligate son, he was still her friend and her classmate. Seeing how her brother had done this to Roeslim made her feel extremely dismal.

Fang Xingjian snorted coldly. Since the other party knew his identity and had humbled himself, and since Fang Xingjian had already killed two second transition experts, he could not be bothered to pursue this case. He simply turned to leave, saying, "Send 30,000 gold directly into my account. As for the remaining 90,000 gold, just find a geomagnetic essence and give it to me."

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Chapter 364 Dealing With the Aftermath

Seeing that Fang Xingjian had disappeared, Robert quickly followed.

The shop owner, Gus, wore a dazed expression and said, "Brother, that was… Fang Xingjian?"

"That's right. Aside from him, which other youngster in the Great Western City would dare to be so arrogant?" Daniel looked at the surrounding crowd and said coldly, "Come with me into the store."

He then cast another glance toward Duolun's and Duolong's corpses, saying, "Get someone to clean up and send their corpses to the Regional Academy for Fang Xingjian."

Gus hesitated for a moment before asking, "Don't we need to send them back to the Flowing Water Dojo? After all, they were from the Flowing Water Dojo."

"Flowing Water Dojo? They assaulted the Empire's Conferred Knight… Do you think that they can continue with their operations?" Daniel let go off Roeslim and said, "You should go get your father to think of a solution for you."

With that, Daniel took Gus with him and turned to depart, leaving Roeslim mumbling to himself in a daze, "Fang Xingjian? Which Fang Xingjian?"

After entering the back of the store, Daniel turned and kicked Gus in the stomach. He sent her flying with a loud bang. Gus knocked against the wall and spewed out a big mouthful of blood. Fresh blood continued to trickle down from the corner of her lips.

"Brother!" Gus lifted her head to look at Daniel. She was just about to flare up when she saw his gaze filled with killing intent. It sent a shiver down her spine, making her unable to say a single word.

Daniel suppressed his fury and scolded her, "Look at what you've done! That's Fang Xingjian, the current star of the Great Western Region. If he just mentions so much as a word about this before the Governor, it would rob your brother of his position as a Deputy Chief!"

"But… but I didn't know who he was at the start."

"Then don't you know how to use your brain? Is a person who can spend 90,000 gold to purchase geomagnetic essence someone you can swindle just like that?" The more Daniel spoke, the angrier he got. "Get that 90,000 gold prepared immediately. You haven't spent that yet, right?"

Gus criticized him in her heart, 'But you were the one who made that counterfeit.' However, facing the infuriated Daniel, she naturally did not dare to say a word.

Seeing Gus shake her head, Daniel let out a breath of relief and said, "Spit out the money, purchase a geomagnetic essence, and send it to Fang Xingjian." With that, he glared at Gus and said, "Don't try anymore tricks this time."

"It's not like I'm an idiot…"

Daniel let out a sigh. "Do you have 30,000 gold? If you don't, then I'll fork out the money. When it's ready, you must personally send the geomagnetic essence and apologize. I'll go with you. And… you should hand over those few guys under you who attacked him."

Gus' eyes were wide open as she said in disbelief, "Mike and the others? But they have been with me for close to ten years…"

"Do you think Fang Xingjian is easygoing? They attacked him, right?" Daniel turned to look at Gus. "The first person who offended Fang Xingjian was Kirst, the only son of one of the aristocratic clans in Kirst. Till today, his corpse has yet to be found.

"Back when Fang Xingjian was still a Knight, he charged into the western frontlines and killed over ten of Garcia's Great Warriors.

"Isn't Sword Saint Sasa formidable? Yet no one has seen him for half a month now.

"Don't just judge him by how innocent and young he looks. This guy's very vicious."

Gus lowered her head and said hesitantly, "Can I just hand two of them over?"

"There can't be even one less. Who knows if he'll bear a grudge over these couple of guys. He managed to get to second transition and level 23 within less than one and a half years. If he were to recall this matter in two to three years and feel that he isn't appeased, do you think I'll be able to hold him off?"

Gus clenched her fists tightly but could not stop her trembling. Daniel continued to say, "You can wash your hands off the matters in Iron Ore Town. After you've apologized, you can return to our home back in Southern Flame Region immediately."

Gus raised her head abruptly, saying, "Brother! This place is the result of over ten years of my hard work! I can't go back just like that!"

Another kick landed on Gus' face, causing her already fat head to be bashed up and covered in blood.

"It's not for you to decide. After returning home, focus on your cultivation. Don't come back here until you've become a Conferred Knight.

"Another thing. You're not allowed to speak a word of this with father, grandfather, and the others. Let me tell you… if you dare to get father, grandfather, and the others to stand up for you, I'll be the first to kill you.

"If you were to get them to deal with Fang Xingjian, you aren't exacting revenge. You're bringing harm to them."

Gus could not accept this, "Brother, is Fang Xingjian really so terrifying?"

Daniel shook his head. "You're not a Conferred Knight, so you won't understand. The Pantheon Monument, the Killing Techniques Palace, the Rebirth Sword Technique… Fang Xingjian's talent is beyond terrifying…"

Roeslim returned home, dejected. However, the moment he opened the door, he saw his father sitting on a chair in the hall, glaring at him.

He said while smiling with a slightly guilty look, "Father, how did you get the time to come back?"

"If I didn't come back, I wouldn't even know how I'm going to die." Roeslim's father stood up and spoke in an extremely coarse voice, "You're doing better and better these days. How dare you collude with the barbaric Knights from the Flowing Water Dojo and attempt to kill an Empire's Conferred Knight?! In a few more years, would you even dare to BEAT! UP! THE! GOVERNOR?!"

His last few words were spoken with great emphasis and fury. Roeslim shuddered, stood upright, and said, "Father, I really didn't know that he is Fang Xingjian."

As a profligate son, he had not known who Fang Xingjian was right from the very start. It was only after he sent someone to find out that he then discovered Fang Xingjian was the creator of the Rebirth Sword Technique which had risen to fame as well as this year's Regional Champion.

"You didn't know? Just because you didn't know, you could get the people from the Flowing Water Dojo to fight for you? To help you kill someone? Haha, you wanted him to suffer a fate worse than death for three days and three nights? You must really think that your father is too stable in his position."

Roeslim gulped and said, "I only spoke it out of fury. And when it goes down to it, that Fang Xingjian is a student of the Regional Academy, right? At most you can give him some money, and I'll apologize to him."

"Apologize? Who do you think you are? You think you're some big shot? That if you apologize, the other party must accept your apology?" A hint of malice flashed in the eyes of Roeslim's father. However, when he saw Roeslim frightened like a little rabbit, he eventually shook his head anyway. Roeslim's father thought of the past few hours he had spent continuously trying to inquire for information, to come to a compromise, to consult people, to ask for help… He felt as if he had grew ten years older in just a short moment.

Just compelling Flowing Water Dojo to let them admit to their own crime, to say that the Duolun and Duolong brothers' assault of an Empire's Conferred Knight was something they had done… had already taken a lot out of him.

Usually, it would be very easy for him to coerce a small dojo like this. However right now, he needed the dojo to admit their crime, which was the equivalent of completely destroying the Flowing Water Dojo. Assaulting an Empire's Conferred Knight was not a small crime.

The Flowing Water Dojo had retaliated wildly. Activating all of his connections exhausted Roeslim's father of a lot of energy.

Then after that, he had to ask Fang Xingjian for his son's thumb. He had no direct relation with Fang Xingjian, so he had to go through a few middlemen and once again expended a lot of resources and connections.

After all that, Roeslim's father no longer had the energy to face the attacks of others nor to face the people who were after his position.

He looked at Roeslim's bandaged right hand and shook his head helplessly. A hint of parental love once again flashed in his eyes. He pointed to a square box on the table and said, "That's your thumb. The friend I've approached will be coming soon. He has healing abilities. If you cooperate well, your hand will be able recuperate within in a year or so."

Roeslim ran over excitedly, opened the box, and saw that the thumb which Fang Xingjian had cut off was perfectly intact.

He smiled and looked at his father, saying, "Father, have you settled everything already?"

"Settled?" Roeslim's father smiled extremely bitterly. "Your father is just an assistant. What can I settle?

"Go prepare yourself." With that, Roeslim's father stood up and slowly headed out of the door. "In a few days, we'll be moving to Gemstone City."

"Gemstone City? Isn't that at the border of the Great Western Region? I heard that place is filled with barren mountains and turbulent rivers. There isn't even a Prefectural Academy there." Roeslim looked at his father in great surprise, only to feel that his father's back view seemed to have become shorter. His father no longer had his usual high spirits and now appeared to just be like a little old man.

Roeslim came to a sudden realization. He father must have paid a huge price for this thumb.

He immediately chased after his father, shouting, "Father, I don't want this thumb anymore! Without my thumb, I can just learn some fist or palm techniques. You can return this!"

Roeslim's father turned, smiled bitterly, and pat Roeslim on the head. "There are many people who have set their sights on your father's position. What's the use even if I were to return this? If you can remember this and learn from it, your father will be very happy."

Seeing his father's aged face, Roeslim lowered his head. Gleams of moisture seemed to streak across his eyes. It was only then that he truly realized he had really got his father into great trouble. He had even changed his father's future and the future of their entire family.

In this moment, Roeslim's eyes were filled with extreme regret and guilt.

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Chapter 365 Delicacies

After settling the matters in Iron Ore Town, Fang Xingjian walked along the streets of Great Western City. Robert carefully followed behind him. Although Fang Xingjian appeared to be fine, Robert could sense that he was not in a good mood.

As a matter of fact, Robert was right. Fang Xingjian took a look at his emotions and found that the negative emotions which had initially been suppressed deep in his mind seemed to have surged forth with an explosive force since earlier. Although he felt much better after teaching them a good lesson, Daniel's show of humility had rendered Fang Xingjian unable to pursue the matter.

However, the previous conflict had caused his mental cultivation method to improved once again. Seeing the great progress, he felt that he might just be able to level up his mental cultivation method if something similar were to happen for ten times or so, in succession.

Just like that, Fang Xingjian walked along the streets of Great Western City. He continued to receive light waves and sound waves with his Heaven's Perception, looking for people he could kill to calm down his fury and to improve his mental cultivation method.

However, Great Western City was governed by Governor Devitt himself, which made it difficult for him to encounter any problems. Fang Xingjian did not manage to find a target after going one round through the city, and he only sensed that the feeling in his chest was getting increasingly hot.

Just then, he suddenly took in a deep breath, 'What a nice fragrance. What food is that?'

After smelling the fragrance, Fang Xingjian felt that the agitation he was feeling had appeased a little. He followed the smell to its source, and after a series of turns, he was standing before an eatery in a small valley.

This eatery appeared to be small and old, but the fragrance was getting increasingly stronger. It was the smell of grilled meat.

Fang Xingjian had eaten a lot of grilled meat before, but this was the first time he had encountered one to be so fragrant.

He opened the door to the entrance and went in. The small store was filled with people.

And when Fang Xingjian came in, many people also turned to looked in his direction. Most of them only cast a quick glance at Fang Xingjian before turning to look behind him, at Robert.

After all, Fang Xingjian seemed like an ordinary innocent young man, but Robert was wearing his Knight attire.

When the people saw Robert following behind Fang Xingjian like a subject, most people felt that this young man had to be from the family of a rich aristocrat.

Fang Xingjian randomly found a seat and sat down. Right away, a waiter came over and asked, "Sir, what would you like to order?"

Fang Xingjian's nose twitched as he asked, "Is this the smell of grilled meat?"

"That's right." The waiter smiled and pointed to a corner of the hall, where someone was grilling meat. Our Vulcan Grilled Meat is very famous. Why don't you try some?"

Fang Xingjian said, "Bring ten jin of it first, and get us two cups of water."

There were too many martial arts practitioners in the Miracle World. Furthermore, one could encounter Knights on a daily basis in the Great Western Region. Although the ten jin Fang Xingjian asked for was a lot, the waiter was clearly used to such requests.

After placing his order, Fang Xingjian looked toward the corner of the hall. A golden-haired young lady was there grilling the meat. She had her hair tied back into a ponytail and was wearing a white chef uniform. Her actions were very swift as she multitasked, cutting up the meat, adding spices, and grilling the meat single-handedly.

She had long thin brows, tightly knit together as she kept her eyes on the fire. It was obvious that she was extremely focused.

Fang Xingjian also focused on the meat she was grilling. A Conferred Knight's five senses were much sharper than those of ordinary people. He kept looking at the grilled meat and smelling its fragrance, and felt that much of his negative cluster of emotions had been appeased.

A waitress took the already done Vulcan Grilled Meat, snickered, and said, "Diana, he has been staring at you for ten minutes now."

It was only then that the young lady who was grilling meat, Diana, reacted. She lifted her head and saw that Fang Xingjian was staring at her, not even blinking.

A hint of disgust flashed on Diana's face as she said, "Leave him be." She then lowered her head and continued grilling the meat.

The waitress said, "He's someone who has a Knight under him. He should be a young master from some clan. Diana, you're really not going to consider him?"

"To have a need to bring along a Knight as his follower in order to attract attention just because he himself isn't strong enough… I'm not interested in this kind of rich second generation[1]."

Not long after, a big plate of aromatic grilled meat was presented before Fang Xingjian. The Vulcan Grilled Meat was cut up and presented in a fan shape, having 12 different flavors.

Ginseng, pine needles, soy sauce, fine salt, spices, chilli sauce, and many other various seasonings had been used to create 12 different flavors of grilled meat, which also had a good proportion of fat and lean meat as well.

Fang Xingjian picked up one piece and ate it. The skin was very crispy, while the meat was extremely tender. Its fragrance exploded in his mouth, and the mixture of fat and lean meat in his mouth bestowed an unrivalled texture to the food. Meanwhile, the pine needles and other spices mixed into them faintly lowered the greasy feeling of the grilled meat.

Fang Xingjian was stunned for a moment before saying, "It's very delicious." He took a look at Robert and said, "You should try it too."

Robert took a piece and his brows also trembled a little. Between the two of them, they finished up the plate of Vulcan Grilled Meat in the blink of an eye.

Fang Xingjian let out an exhale and said, "It's a pity that this isn't meat from ferocious beasts. Otherwise, it would taste even better."

Robert nodded. With the ability to grill ordinary pork to such a level, if the chef had the opportunity to grill using the meat from ferocious beasts, which was even more tender and delicious, the taste would definitely be even better!

Therefore, Fang Xingjian said, "Go and ask her if she's willing to be my chef."

Robert smiled and nodded, walked up to the young lady, Diana, and asked, "Miss, would you be willing to change jobs? We can offer you twice your current salary."

Diana threw a glance at Robert and Fang Xingjian, then said, "This shop is mine and I like to grill meat. I don't plan on changing my job either. Please do not come and disturb me."

Robert was slightly taken aback and said, "Miss, you might not know who we are."

Diana only treated Fang Xingjian like an ordinary lascivious guy and said, "Why would I care who you are? Has Great Western City ever been short of Knights? Just leave after you're done eating. I have no time to entertain you."

Robert frowned and was about to say something when Fang Xingjian said, "Robert, forget it. There's no need to insist." Fang Xingjian was not a bandit, and after eating the delicious food a lot of his negative emotions had been appeased. He was in a good mood now.

A waiter walked over, his face seemingly bearing a hint of an expression that said they were unwelcome. "Hello, that'll be 100 copper coins."

Fang Xingjian let Robert pay while he removed a golden button from his training clothes, tossed it before Diana and said, "Miss, I appreciate your grilled meat. If you're willing to change your job, you can bring this button and look for me at the Regional Academy. If you aren't willing, you can just treat this as a tip from me."

With that, the two of them departed, leaving the crowd to talk amongst themselves.

[1] A Chinese term that refers to the children of the nouveau riche in China. Fuerdai is the pinyin of the Chinese words.

https/en./wiki/Fuerdai

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Chapter 366 Shadow

A waitress walked up to Diana and picked up that golden button. She took a look and said, "He's really stingy. I thought that he's some rich young master since he has a Knight as his follower. He's thinking of moving our boss with just a button?"

Another girl took the button and said, "This is golden, but it can't possibly be made out of gold, right? With this size and such workmanship for the carving… If it's really made of gold, it would be worth at least three to five gold coins."

"That can't be possible. Who would be so foolish as to use gold to make buttons for clothes?"

"That's right. Buttons are subjected to friction everyday. Additionally, they drop easily. Isn't it foolish to use gold to make them?"

Hearing that it was worth three to five gold coins, the girls at the side all started to gather, chattering. It was a huge amount which would take them five to six years before they could save that much.

Diana frowned slightly as she took the button. "Alright, alright, stop it. We still need to run a business here." However, at the same time, she started to feel curious. Was this button really made of gold?

To use gold to make buttons for clothes… This was far too extravagant.

Just then, a middle-aged lady walked into the shop. "What are you all talking about? What's this about a button made of gold?"

"Mother, why have you come again?!" Diana shouted.

"Isn't it all for your sake? Do you really want to spend the rest of your life here grilling meat?"

"I think it's quite good to be running an eatery."

The middle-aged lady shook her head helplessly and took the button, saying, "This is made of gold? A man gave it to you? Diana, let me tell you, don't get swindled by those ruffians. How can there possibly be buttons made of gold? That Louis is someone who has reached the pinnacle among Knights, yet he isn't this extravagant."

"Mother, I know. You should go back first. I still have to run my business."

Diana's mother tried very hard to persuade her, "Sigh, what's so good about running this business? I think that Louis is quite a nice guy. And he has invited you to attend his birthday party today. Why didn't you attend it?"

"Mother, Louis and I are just good friends. I don't harbor those kinds of feelings for him."

"You're really…" As Diana's mother said that, she kept the golden button, planning to get someone to appraise it in case her daughter was getting swindled by a scoundrel.

On the other hand, Fang Xingjian very quickly forgot about this incident. After having his fill, his mood improved, and he quickly went straight back to the Sacred Land for his cultivation.

In the meantime, the compensation of 30,000 gold was entered into his account very quickly, while Daniel and Gus brought the geomagnetic essence as well. However, Fang Xingjian only received the geomagnetic essence, and did not actually meet them. As for the other trifling issues, he of course did not pay them any heed either.

If he was required to handle every single thing, what need would he have for Ferdinand, Robert, Anthony, and Zhou Xingwen?

His mind was already focused on the second level of the mystical prints.

As before, he boiled the ingredients together and then drew the mystical prints on his body.

Eight hours passed by very quickly, and layers of prints extended from his arms to his shoulders. They were like countless unknown words, exuding a faint fluorescent light.

At the next moment, the fluorescent light disappeared, and Fang Xingjian's mystical prints entered the second level. He inhaled slightly and discovered that the efficiency of the exchange of information and energy through the ether particles had once again increased.

'The first level of the mystical prints has the effect of increasing the efficiency rate to be twice as high, while the second level increases it by three times… Judging from this, does it mean that the tenth level would increase the efficiency rate by eleven times?'

Fang Xingjian was astonished when he sensed that his physical body continued to have exchanges with the external ether particles. His ether synchronization rate was also increasing rapidly at an overwhelming rate.

He reckoned that before the end of the month, his ether synchronization rate would be able break through to 50%, allowing him to reach the second transition and level 24.

'These mystical prints are so amazing… They can even make a piece of trash into a genius! Then…'

Fang Xingjian's eyes turned a little, and he could not help but think, 'The Second Prince has had his hands on the mystical prints for the past 17 years. With his status and wealth, it's impossible for him to not have cultivated the mystical prints. Could it be possible that he's already reached the tenth level?

'With that efficiency, what cultivation level has he reached? Is it really as he has displayed, that his cultivation is a far cry from that of the First Prince?'

Sensing the improvements the mystical prints brought to his aptitudes, Fang Xingjian suddenly felt that the Second Prince's true abilities were definitely not as simple as they seemed.

However, he would not find out anything just by thinking about it. In the meantime, he had already learned the Prodigious Demolition Sword. For long-distance attacks, he could use the Zenith Light Sword Formation, whereas for close-range attacks, he had the Prodigious Demolition Sword. Lastly, for mid-range attacks, he could use the Ether Sword Ripples as support. He had perfected his strategy in using his sword techniques.

From then onward, Fang Xingjian planned on further polishing them as much as possible. He would continue to attempt synthesizing techniques into the Zenith Light Sword Formation, the Prodigious Demolition Sword, and the Ether Sword Ripples.

He wanted to continue increasing the mastery of his sword arts.

For that, he would need even more sword techniques.

As for the tempering of his attributes, as well as the improvement of his Waves and mental cultivation method, Fang Xingjian's physical body would cultivate them for 24 hours a day. He did not need to put in any additional effort for these.

Just then, a strong pang of hunger came from his consciousness. It was the trembling of the Heaven's Volition Sword Intent.

'Are you hungry again?' Fang Xingjian frowned slightly as he sent over a small portion of the information for the Prodigious Demolition Sword.

'As expected, regardless of whether it's for the progress of my sword arts mastery or for the Heaven's Volition Sword Intent, I'll need to look for even more sword techniques.'

Therefore, an hour later, Fang Xingjian entered the library and started browsing around for the area with the sword art Killing techniques. However, he did not flip through any of the books. He just stood before the bookshelves and used his Heaven's Perception to scan through the secret manuals.

By using this method, his efficiency was fantastic. Moreover, he had already reached a state where he would not forget the things he had seen before. All the contents his Heaven's Perception scanned were all clearly inscribed into his brain. It was as if he had moved all the contents with regard to Killing sword techniques from the library into his brain within just a short amount of time.

Just like that, Fang Xingjian stood before each row of bookshelves for a few hours, stuffing all the secret manuals into his brain.

He intended to memorize first and then return to the Sacred Land to filter through and select the Killing techniques which were suitable for the Zenith Light Sword Formation, the Ether Sword Ripples, and the Prodigious Demolition Sword respectively. Then he would synthesize them to increase the prowess of these three sets of sword techniques.

Just then, as he was scanning through the sword techniques, a cough rang out from behind him.

Fang Xingjian did not have to turn his head to look. He could see through the light waves that Anderson was standing 20 meters behind him with a provoking look, watching him excitedly.

Ever since Anderson had gotten third place in the Regional Selection, he had restrained himself and focused on his cultivation, hoping to be able to defeat Hoult and Fang Xingjian.

He had kept himself in seclusion for a consecutive period of over two months and had finally emerged today. The moment he emerged, he had looked around for Fang Xingjian, and upon hearing that someone had seen Fang Xingjian in the library, Anderson quickly went over.

Right now, Anderson had completed his second transition, moving from the Shadow Death God to become a one of the most powerful second transition jobs—Shadow of Death.

After completing his second transition, Andrew had continuously kept himself in seclusion, only emerging from it after he had advanced one level. This was all to make sure that he could secure his win against Fang Xingjian.

A series of shadows emerged from within his body like falling leaves. Very quickly, they surged out over the ground and bookshelves, seeming to submerge a large area into darkness.

Anderson smiled and said, "This is Shadow of Death's Shadow Domain. These shadows are all alive, and even your light wouldn't be able to affect them."

However, Fang Xingjian did not turn around. Instead, he continued to scan the secret Killing technique manuals on the bookshelves.

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Chapter 367 Competition of Speed

Anderson frowned. The moment he emerged from his seclusion, Anderson had been extremely eager to look for Fang Xingjian. After all, the very reason he had gone through two consecutive months of hard work cultivating was so that he could defeat Fang Xingjian and clear himself of his past humiliation.

However, when he saw that Fang Xingjian did not care about him at all, Anderson was extremely infuriated.

Anderson shouted, "Fang Xingjian, stop pretending! I know you can hear me! Come and have a fight with me. I'm going to defeat you and erase my previous disgrace."

Then he touched his chin and said, "It can't be that you're afraid, are you?" He shrugged, "It's true that my second transition job, the Shadow of Death, is one of the top jobs amongst all second transition jobs, and it's also one with the prerequisite of having Shadow Death God as the first transition job. So, it's normal for you to be hesitant.

"But… you can't be thinking that I won't dare to make the first move just because you don't take any action, right?"

Anderson let out a hysterical laugh, and at the next moment, he positioned himself in a crawling position that a wild beast would take. His killing intent was sent out toward Fang Xingjian brazenly as if it was a blade.

On the ground below him, countless shadows seemed to come alive, twisting and jumping about while exuding a deathly aura.

"Fang Xingjian, I know that you're very fast. The biggest reason why I've chosen the Shadow of Death over other second transition jobs is because the Shadow of Death has a greater speed than that of the other jobs.

"You were the one who taught me that speed is power.

"You can experience my speed for yourself."

As he spoke, the floor of the entire library was already covered by shadows, and these shadows then slowly extended up to Anderson's legs.

A librarian shouted, "Stop it! Fighting in the library is forbidden!"

However, he had just finished his words when the space below his feet suddenly became empty, and he fell into the shadows.

Another two students who were level 23 Conferred Knights frowned and said, "Who are you? Fighting is not allowed here."

However, Anderson continued to stare at Fang Xingjian, ignoring everyone else. The shadows under his feet seemed to have merged into one with his body, pulling and pushing his body as if it was a Maglev [1].

At the next moment, with a flash, Anderson abruptly appeared one meter behind Fang Xingjian. Next, he appeared one meter diagonally to the left and rear of Fang Xingjian, and then one meter diagonally to the right and front of Fang Xingjian.

Within the area covered by the shadows, Anderson could perform high speed movements like teleportation.

The eyes of one of the level 23 Conferred Knights were filled with surprise. "That's fast! What technique is this? To think that I can't even see the traces of his movements!"

Anderson guffawed, "Fang Xingjian, are you able to react to this speed?

"Are you unable to grasp my movements anymore?

"Left? Right? Front? Back? Where should I start to attack from?"

As Anderson spoke, he appeared at Fang Xingjian's lower left side. The dagger he was holding seemed to be like a black lightning bolt, piercing toward Fang Xingjian's thigh mercilessly.

In this moment, the explosive speed he unleashed had an agility stat of over 150 points. Adding on the effects of his many other specialties, his speed had reached 12 times that of supersonic speed.

With a bang, Anderson's fist landed on Fang Xingjian's upper thigh, but it was easily fended off my the Heavenly Abyss Annihilation Armor. Unknowingly, the dagger in his hand had disappeared.

Anderson's countenance changed to one of shock, and with a flash, he retreated 30 meters away. However, he felt his body tense up as he bumped into Fang Xingjian who had dashed over without him knowing.

Fang Xingjian put his hand before Anderson, and in it was Anderson's dagger.

Anderson looked at his own empty hand and then at the dagger in Fang Xingjian's. He did not know when Fang Xingjian had taken his dagger away from him.

Feeling a bit depressed and lost, Anderson took the dagger Fang Xingjian handed him. Then Fang Xingjian's voice rang out slowly.

"We're no longer in the same era as a few hundred years ago, so why did you seclude yourself completely for training? Going into seclusion for two months, cutting off all interactions with the world outside… This only shows that you're already two months behind this world's leading martial art techniques.

"Even when a Divine level expert goes into seclusion for training, they wouldn't cut off all interactions. They would still continue to receive new information."

Fang Xingjian gave Anderson a pat on the shoulder and headed for another row of bookshelves.

At this stage, Anderson knew that not only did the gap between Fang Xingjian and himself not reduce after his two months of training in seclusion, but it had, on the contrary, increased further.

Anderson could not help but lift his head and ask, "Fang Xingjian, what level are you at now?"

"Second transition level 23." Fang Xingjian turned to look at Anderson and said, "Your strength is quite good, but you still have a very long way to go before you can defeat me. However, I won't always accept your challenge every single time. If I were to keep sparring with people who are weak, it'll only weaken my senses for fighting."

Fang Xingjian looked at Anderson, thinking of how, other than Zhou Xingwen, he did not have any Conferred Knights under him. This was the reason why he had to head to Iron Ore Town personally and deal with the matter of the counterfeit.

If Anderson could help him, it would be good.

However, Anderson hated people who were more arrogant than him. Seeing Fang Xingjian's attitude, he was so angry that it was as if his lungs were going to explode. He said furiously, "Fang Xingjian! You've only gotten a short lead ahead me! With my ingenuity, I'll be able to surpass you in three months!"

"Three months is too long." Fang Xingjian looked at Anderson and said while smiling, "Didn't you say that your Shadow of Death is very fast? Hmmm, to be able to teleport through the shadows… it truly is very fast. Why don't we have a wager and compete in speed?"

Hearing the word wager, Anderson immediately went on guard. He still had a lingering fear toward the astounding speed Fang Xingjian had displayed earlier.

Fang Xingjian smiled. "It's just a competition in speed. I know of an eatery in the Great Western City that sells grilled meat. We'll both set off from here to the eatery, get a serving of grilled meat, and see who can get back first. What do you think?"

Anderson frowned and gave it some thought. The speed Fang Xingjian had displayed earlier was truly fast, but it was not as unbelievable as teleportation. Moreover, his Flash Move in the shadows was very similar to teleportation.

It was then that Anderson thought it through. He was no longer as astonished as he had been earlier when he discovered that his dagger had disappeared. Fang Xingjian's speed was not truly faster than teleportation. That was impossible. However, Fang Xingjian's reaction attribute should be above Anderson's for him to have been able to achieved that.

However, if they were moving across long distances, the advantage of teleportation was much clearer.

Having thought through all these, Anderson lifted his head once again and asked, "Then if I win, you must tell me how you were able to achieve second transition level 23 within two months."

Fang Xingjian nodded in agreement. "And if I win, you must run errands for me for half a year."

Anderson laughed, "You want me to run errands for you for half a year? Fang Xingjian, who do you think you are?"

"Are you scared?"

"You think I'll be scared? I'm only afraid that you'll go back on your words when you lose." Anderson once again showed his extremely arrogant character. He looked at Fang Xingjian and said, "How about it? Do you need me to give you a headstart of one minute?"

"It's better to be fair." Fang Xingjian told Anderson the address of the eatery, while Anderson shook the shadows, releasing the librarian who had been sucked into the shadows earlier.

At the next moment, strong gales started blowing, and their bodies disappeared at the same time.

[1] Maglev (derived from magnetic levitation) is a public transport technology that uses magnetic levitation to move vehicles without making contact with the ground or an electrical pickup. https/en./wiki/Maglev

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Chapter 368 Fast

After the two of them disappeared, there was a light swoosh accompanied by a strong gust of wind. Under the effect of Boundaries Negation, Fang Xingjian's speed, which was 15 times that of supersonic speed, dealt too much impact on the surroundings.

The air was pushed back, seething like a puff of steam. Strong gales blew and turned into numerous shock waves, blowing away many bookshelves.

Boom boom boom sounds continued to ring out in the sky. Then Fang Xingjian leaped several hundred meters into the air, bringing along streams of white smog with him.

With a speed that was 15 times that of supersonic speed, it seemed as if the entire world had come to a standstill in Fang Xingjian's eyes. The air became viscous like mercury, creating waves of ripples with each step he took and each stomp he made in the air.

Following that, air currents exploded, pushing Fang Xingjian forward.

With each step he took, there would be an explosion in the air, which was like the furious rumbling of the heavenly thunders. The white air currents would then scatter in all directions, and by then, Fang Xingjian would already be several hundreds of meters away.

With Fang Xingjian's current attributes, he could easily cause air explosions with his steps to send him flying and advancing beyond supersonic speed.

The academy was only over ten kilometers away from the Great Western City. With Fang Xingjian's flying speed, it would only take him several seconds.

However, these few seconds were sufficient for two Conferred Knights who excelled in speed to undergo a series of both overt and covert fights.

Anderson emerged from an area of shadows and lifted his head to glance at the white air currents which had cut across the air. He let out a cold laugh and then once again leaped about in the shadows.

Fang Xingjian's speed was naturally fast, but Anderson had absolute confidence at moving across long distances.

He continued to use his Flash Move from shadows to shadows. Each time he used it, it would bring him several hundreds of meters away. Each time he used the Flash Move, aside from his own reaction time, it basically did not require any other additional time.

However, because he had to move at a quick speed, Anderson did not have the time to extend his Shadow Domain. He could only continue darting about between the shadows which existed in the environment. This prevented him from moving in a straight line, so he could only continue to keep jumping about in the shadows which were already there. His advancing path was one which had a polygonal chain.

In such a situation, Anderson continued to move at a very fast speed, slowly reducing the distance between himself and Fang Xingjian.

Leaping out from the shadows once again, Anderson threw a glance toward the sky to see Fang Xingjian lagging behind him. He smiled inwardly. There were only a few more leaps before he would enter the Great Western City.

Just then, a loud sound came from the sky. However, the speed of the sound was not fast enough to reach Anderson's ears. Therefore, he did not catch the astonishing scene which was happening in the air.

Fang Xingjian activated the Heavenly Abyss Annihilation Armor, and in an instant, his entire body was covered by countless scale armors. Many white colored acceleration force fields continued to flash as explosive forces rang out incessantly in Fang Xingjian's body.

The level 29 armor contained half the powers of Sand Country's national hero, Domirov. However, Fang Xingjian had not been able to suppress Domirov's will and thus had not been able to fully unleash its prowess.

However, the progress Fang Xingjian had made during this time brought his ether synchronization rate to 40%, and his cultivation had increased tremendously.

At this moment, what Fang Xingjian unleashed, after activating the Heavenly Abyss Annihilation Armor, was 10% of the prowess of the level 29 Sand Country's national hero.

In that instant, several hundred streams of air currents came forth explosively in the air. They were the trails left behind from Fang Xingjian's consecutive stomps. The high speed friction of the air currents created a tremendously high temperature, and steam emerged incessantly from Fang Xingjian's body.

At this moment, Fang Xingjian's speed had already surpassed that of Anderson, who had only expended the time spent on his reaction.

Bringing along a series of air explosions with him, Fang Xingjian came to an abrupt stop, appearing 200 meters above the eatery.The flesh and blood throughout his body trembled furiously. Coming to a sudden stop after moving at such extreme speed was the equivalent of him attacking himself with over ten times of his full power.

However, the body strengthening effect he had gained from unleashing the forces of the heavenly thunders and terrestrial magnetism, a technique he had gained after advancing to level 23, he managed to hold on and only suffered from slight internal injuries.

However, even if Fang Xingjian had come to a stop 100 meters away, the extreme speed he demonstrated was still overwhelming. As strong gales blew and hid Fang Xingjian's silhouette, Fang Xingjian passed by the eatery amidst everyone's screams and shouts, picked up a piece of Vulcan Grilled Meat, and left another golden button. With that, he then soared into the air once again, flying toward the direction of the Regional Academy.

Having activated the Heavenly Abyss Annihilation Armor, Fang Xingjian's strength broke through his limits. Moreover, with the help of the countless supporting force fields, Fang Xingjian's speed achieved a new peak. By the time Anderson returned to the library, Fang Xingjian had already finished half of the Vulcan Grilled Meat.

Anderson crushed the grilled meat in his hand in dust and asked, "How can you be so fast?! What is that force you used at the end?"

"Heavenly Abyss Annihilation Armor." Fang Xingjian said nonchalantly, "You've been in seclusion for far too long. Many things are already not as how they were two months ago."

"Heavenly Abyss Annihilation Armor? It's actually the prowess of the Heavenly Abyss Annihilation Armor? They gave you this set of Superior Divine Armor as a reward?" Anderson's brows twitched. Clearly, he knew about the reputation of this set of armor. However, it was only now that he knew Fang Xingjian had gotten his hands on it.

Fang Xingjian said, "Since you've lost, I'll be troubling you for the next half a year."

Anderson was so angry that he huffed angrily for a few seconds before slowly putting his anger under control. An arrogant and proud genius like himself would naturally keep to his words and not break promises easily. However, upon thinking that he would need to run errands for Fang Xingjian for half a year, his chest started undulating agitatedly.

Fang Xingjian continued, "I won't be needing your help normally. It's just that sometimes there might be a need for the presence of a Conferred Knight while Ferdinand and Zhou Xingwen handle their work."

"But you can't disturb my cultivation."

"That I know." Fang Xingjian smiled and said. "I'll pay you a salary of 3,000 gold every month. You won't be doing this for free. It won't take too much of your time either."

A salary of 3,000 gold every month was considered quite a decent income even for a Conferred Knight. It was even more so for Anderson, a Conferred Knight who had just completed his second transition.

Anderson looked at Fang Xingjian for quite a while before asking, "When did you become so rich?"

"I told you. You've missed out on too many things in the past two months."

Fang Xingjian gave Anderson the contact details and addresses of Ferdinand and the others. Then he went back to scanning the books in the library.

After Anderson left the library, he grabbed a random maid and asked about the recent events of the past two months. Fang Xingjian's case had been blown out of proportion, so even a maid knew about the general gist of things.

As Anderson listened, his expression went through tremendous changes. This was especially so after he heard that even the Holy Orison strongly supported Fang Xingjian's Rebirth Sword Technique. His eyes were wide open and filled with disbelief.

'To think that such a big matter has happened.'

Anderson gave it some thought. The first thing he was going to do was take a look at was the Rebirth Sword Technique.

On the other hand, at the eatery, it was as if a tempest had just run through. Although Fang Xingjian had already tried his best to reduce his speed, the strong gales produced from his movements had still blown away many things in the eatery.

Diana felt scared and puzzled as she looked at the messy state of the shop. 'What on earth happened? Why was there suddenly such strong wind?'

Just then, a golden gleam flashed before her eyes. She went over, bent down, and picked up a golden button.

"Mother didn't take this with her? She's really too careless."

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Chapter 369 Improvement

In the latter part of September, toward the end of the third month since Fang Xingjian first entered the Regional Academy, Fang Xingjian was better able to focus on his cultivation thanks to Anderson's help.

After Fang Xingjian scanned all the Killing techniques from the library and returned to the Sacred Land, he continued reading through all the Killing techniques to search for the ones suitable to be synthesized with the Zenith Light Sword Formation, Ether Sword Ripples, or the Prodigious Demolition Sword.

'Flying Heaven Sword Technique. A speed type Killing technique that accelerates magnetism through the trails formed by ether particles.'

Fang Xingjian kept going through this top notch Killing technique in his mind. There was no lack of Killing techniques which focused on speed, and the Flying Heaven Sword Technique was one of the top notch Killing techniques in this area. It was a powerful Killing technique which had been researched by many people for many years.

Unless there were very some particularly special Killing techniques, Fang Xingjian would still choose to cultivate top notch Killing techniques just like this Flying Heaven Sword Technique, which he was currently thinking through.

With a tap of his sword fingers, the pieces of stones under his feet flew about, and he started to carve the manual for the Flying Heaven Sword Technique on a stone slab.

In the days to follow, aside from the daily cultivation of his attributes, Waves, and mental cultivation method, he would continue flipping through the books of sword techniques he had obtained from the library. He would look for suitable sword techniques, cultivate them to the maximum level and then synthesize them into the Zenith Light Sword Formation, Ether Sword Ripples, or the Prodigious Demolition Sword.

The second level of the mystical prints increased his cultivation speed even further, and his 40% ether synchronization rate had also allowed the success rate of his skill synthesis to reach over 40%. This allowed his sword arts to progress in leaps and bounds.

However, although he had made multiple successes with his synthesis, increasing the prowess, speed, accuracy, and other aspects of the sword techniques, Fang Xingjian could not be bothered to change their names. He continued to keep them as Zenith Light Sword Formation, Ether Sword Ripples, and Prodigious Demolition Sword.

Half a month passed just like that. Fang Xingjian spent most of his time cultivating in the Sacred Land. He would also occasionally spend time at the Killing Techniques Palace to cultivate his control of the heavenly thunders and terrestrial magnetism to strengthen his body.

There would also be times when he had a craving for food. So, he would then head to the eatery in the Great Western City which sold grilled meat, just to have a taste of the Vulcan Grilled Meat.

With his speed, it would take him less than a minute to travel over ten kilometers, making it no different than if the eatery was just in his backyard.

Of course, the Heaven's Volition Sword Intent would also need to be fed constantly. However, since he had scanned through all the Killing sword techniques in the library, there was nothing to worry about for this area.

Within slightly more than half a month of relentless cultivation, his Waves levelled up once again. His Prodigious Astral Divine Powers Waves was now at level 4.

Therefore, by the start of October, Fang Xingjian's abilities progressed tremendously once again. His attributes had become:

Name Fang Xingjian

Age 17

Occupation Heavenly Sword Sovereign

Level 23

Strength 14910

Agility 23310

Reaction 131

Endurance 108

Flexibility 107

Ether Synchronization Rate 47%

The attributes above come into effect once the Prodigious Astral Divine Powers Waves is activated.

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

Skills / Techniques: Boundaries Negation,

Level 40 Rebirth Sword Technique,

Level 40 New Nine-Headed Dragon Sword Technique,

Level 40 Zenith Light Sword Formation,

Ether Sword Ripples,

Level 4 Ether Divine Art,

Level 40 Prodigious Demolition Sword,

Level 4 Ether Divine Art,

Heaven's Volition Sword Intent

Specialties: Genius Swordsmanship,

Elementary Survival Instinct,

Internal Healing,

Internal Training,

Sword Specialist,

Heightened Reflexes,

Perfect Muscles,

Single Sword World Subjugation,

Elementary Berserkness,

Unparalleled Sword Intent – Apex [1,

Sword Bones,

Swordless Path,

Darkness Sword Sense,

Heavenly Sword Imprint

Waves Level 4 Prodigious Astral Divine Powers Waves

Mental Cultivation Method Level 6 Universal Sword Dominance Lunisolar

On this day, Fang Xingjian finished up the cultivation of his sword arts. Then he rose into the air once again, creating air explosions in midair with his steps, and flew in the direction of the Great Western City.

As he advanced, he could sense the increasing pressure from the surrounding atmosphere.

As his speed increased, so did the air resistance. This was the reason that, although Fang Xingjian's agility attribute had increased once again, his actual speed had not increased by much.

Fang Xingjian started pondering, 'There's a limit to the speed at which one can move in the atmosphere. If this were to carry on, the effect of my agility attribute would be increasingly weaker as well.'

Muffled rumbles continued to thunder in the sky. In the eatery, Diana frowned and looked out the window, "Why is it that there has been thunder often of late but no rain?"

One of the waitress smiled and said, "Boss, Young Master Fang is here again."

Diana lifted her head, looked at Fang Xingjian who had just stepped in from the entrance, and said, "So be it."

"Hehe, this Young Master Fang is really devoted, making a trip here every three to four days.

"Buttons made from gold… If I were you, I'd have accepted him long ago."

Diana said tartly, "You don't want you job anymore?" She touched the golden buttons in her pocket. Her mother had gotten the button appraised, and it turned out that the buttons really were made of gold. When she thought of this, Diana walked away from the grill and right up to Fang Xingjian, then she placed the two buttons before him.

"These are too valuable. I can't accept them."

Fang Xingjian looked at Diana's solemn expression and said, "I like your grilled meat. They are worth this price."

"How could grilled meat possibly be worth this much? You can take them back." Diana smiled and shook her head, "If you like eating the grilled meat, you can just patronize more often."

Just then, the door to the eatery was pushed open again, and Diana's mother walked in. When she saw Fang Xingjian and Diana talking, a hint of wariness flashed in her eyes.

She grabbed the young man behind her and said, "Louis, come over here. Diana is here as well."

The young man was wearing a Knight's attire, and there was a hint of coldness on his face. When he looked at the grease and fumes in the eatery, he frowned slightly. However, when he saw Diana with her beautiful figure dressed in her chef uniform and her golden hair tied up in a ponytail, Louis broke into a smile.

"Diana, I've come over specially with your mother to visit you."

The two of them walked up to Fang Xingjian and Diana. The young man, Louis, threw a glance toward Fang Xingjian and asked, "Diana, is this your friend?"

Diana's mother immediately said, "No, he's just a customer who likes to eat the grilled meat Diana cooks."

"Haha, it's true that the meat Diana grills is delicious."

Diana threw an inpatient glance at her mother and then asked, "Louis, why are you free to come over?"

"Why? Is this childhood friend of yours unwelcome here?"

"Have some meat first. Don't be disturbing me while I'm working." Diana shook her head. Not long later, three servings of grilled meat were brought over. Fang Xingjian ate silently, occasionally breaking into a hint of a smile.

Diana's mother looked curiously at Fang Xingjian. This was her first time meeting the rumored Young Master Fang.

"Young lad." She looked at Fang Xingjian and asked, "You like the grilled meat Diana cooks, I take it?"

"Mmhmm."

"Are you a Knight apprentice?"

"No."

"Then you're a Knight?" Diana's mother asked curiously. Although this young man seemed to be very rich, she was not willing to let Diana be with a profligate son either. If the other party was a Knight, then he would be quite a good prospect.

'This lad comes so often and seems to be sincere. For him to have buttons made from gold, he must come from a very rich family. It'll be good if he's a Knight. Sigh, if he isn't a Knight, the money he has will all be wasted one day, no matter how rich he is. Only one who has become a Knight is a person who stands above the rest and will be able to hold onto his family fortune.'

"No."

Hearing Fang Xingjian's reply, Diana's mother let out a soft sigh. She had decided on persuading Diana to not let her be blinded by Fang Xingjian's wealth.

This guy was not even a Knight apprentice, which meant that he did not practice martial arts at all. How could a guy like this survive in this world?

[1] Note: Due to prior mistranslation, Level 1 Unparalleled Sword Intent has been amended to Unparalleled Sword Intent – Apex.

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Chapter 370 Fierce

When Louis heard Fang Xingjian's reply, he was immediately relieved of the threat he had felt. He broke into a faint smile and said a little proudly, "Lad, you can't not practice martial arts. I'm a teacher in the Great Western City Prefectural Academy. If you're interested in learning, I can give you a recommendation to join our Knight apprentice class."

Since the Great Western City was the central of the Great Western Region, the Prefectural Academy which Louis belonged to was naturally the best in the entire Great Western Region. Additionally, with the support of the Great Western Region's aristocrats, they had even started a Knight apprentice class to accommodate Knight apprentices.

Since Louis could be a teacher in this academy, his abilities and talent were naturally not bad. His position was also a representation of his status and future.

Therefore, when he said these, Louis had his chest puffed up slightly with pride.

Diana's mother also said, "That's right, that's right. All men need to pick up some martial arts for self-defence." Diana's mother was trying to let Fang Xingjian know that he should be backing off from her daughter.

However, Fang Xingjian paid them no heed. He finished up the plate of grilled meat which had a serving of about five jin, raised the plate, and said, "Another five jin."

Louis frowned as he looked at Fang Xingjian, feeling that the latter was a little stubborn. However, Louis did not say much and merely continued to eat his grilled meat, thinking of where he should invite Diana to later.

Diana's mother threw out a few casual lines and then went over to talk to Diana who was at the grill.

"Diana, I'm telling you, you're definitely not allowed to get together with that Young Master Fang."

"What are you talking about?" As Diana controlled the fire on the grill, she broke into a faint smile. "I don't even know his name."

All the male customers looked at Diana's smile without blinking. Even Louis was staring at Diana with eyes filled with strong feelings of love.

"It's better that you don't know it." Diana's mother spoke in a soft voice, "Don't just look at how rich he is. We're from a poor, humble family, so you'll be the one to lose out if you were to get together with an aristocrat.

"Moreover, he doesn't even practice martial arts and won't be able to become a Knight. No matter how rich is family is, he won't be able to protect the fortune he inherits."

Diana said helplessly, "Mother, what on earth are you talking about? Go away, don't disturb me from grilling meat."

"I'm not spouting rubbish. This is all for your own good. Are you really going to grill meat for your whole life?" Exasperated that Diana's actions were not meeting her expectations, Diana's mother said, "I don't understand what's so bad about Louis. He's a level 19 Knight and a teacher from the Great Western City Prefectural Academy. I heard that he has a monthly income of over 50 gold.

"And he's only 20 years old. He has lots more time to cultivate. In another 10 to 20 years, he may just become a Conferred Knight. When that happens, you'll become the wife of a Conferred Knight."

Diana rolled her eyes at her mother and said, "Alright, Mother. If you keep talking like this, I'm running away from home. Louis and I aren't suitable for each other. I only see him as an elder brother."

The mother and daughter continued to whisper softly between themselves at the grill. Meanwhile, Fang Xingjian ate the meat silently, and since Louis did not have anything to talk to him about, he ate his grilled meat as well.

From Louis' perspective, other than the fact that Fang Xingjian might be richer than him, he was confident he would surpass Fang Xingjian in all other areas.

Moreover, although Diana and her mother were speaking softly, how could the hearing of a Knight not be able to overhear their conversation? Therefore, he did not have much to say. He believed that Fang Xingjian would naturally have to fall back in the time to come.

The two men ate the grilled meat as if only the grilled meat before them could attract their attention.

However, Diana and her mother continued to talk by the grill. Diana wore a look of impatience, while her mother persisted in her attempt to persuade Diana.

Just then, the door to the eatery was pushed opened once again. A bald middle-aged man in ragged clothes walked in slowly. He found a seat, sat down, and then shouted impatiently, "Where's the food! Serve the food quickly!"

The man appeared very malicious, causing the ordinary waitresses to be afraid of approaching him.

Diana frowned and said, "Mary, go attend to the customer."

Thankfully, the man only had a slightly fierce tone. After ordering 20 jin of Vulcan Grilled Meat, he just focused on eating. He had no table manners and appeared very uncivilized, as if he had not eaten meat for several decades. Each time, he would stuff two to three pieces of meat into his mouth, chew a few times, and then swallow.

The young Prefectural Academy teacher, Louis, looked at the fierce-looking man, his gaze filled with wariness. He glanced at muscle lines of the man's lower thigh, upper thigh, waist, and back, and his countenance turned increasingly grim.

From his perspective, the movement of the man's muscles seemed to be like the rise and fall of mountains. Surging power was circulating non-stop in the man's body like a huge dragon.

'This man is an expert.'

Suddenly, he looked toward the man's clothes and faintly saw a blue label, which was the mark of a prisoner.

Louis stood up slowly and sent a message to Diana with his Reduced Force Field, "This man is an escaped convict. He may be a Knight-level expert. Leave quickly with Aunty."

Diana's countenance turned grim, and she said to her mother, "Mother, go outside for a while."

"Go outside? Why are you asking me to go outside? I said that this is all for your own good."

"Go outside for for a moment. I'll be there shortly."

"Why do we have to go outside to talk? You can just talk to me here."

Their dispute seemed to have attracted the fierce-looking man's attention. Looking at the man's gaze, Louis clenched his hand tightly onto the sword at his waist.

Diana held her breath. Thankfully, the fierce-looking man only threw the two of them a glance before he continued to lower his head and eat the meat.

Diana looked solemnly at her mother and said, "Mother, go outside for a while. I'll go look for you right away."

As if struck by Diana's solemn tone, her mother walked out slowly.

Then, Diana started to slowly inform the waiters, waitresses, and the customers to get them to leave. Louis kept on sending her messages, "Diana, what are you doing? Go first, leave them be."

Diana bit on her lips stubbornly, not saying a word.

However, just as everyone was slowly headed toward the direction of the door, the fierce-looking man slapped down on the table and said impatiently, "Damn it! With so many of you leaving at once, do you think that I'm an idiot?"

He pointed to Diana's mother who was almost stepping out of the door and said, "Get back here."

Diana's mother looked at this scene with slight hesitation. Just then, the air let out a piercing scream as Louis' longsword slashed out toward the fierce-looking man's neck with a sharp sword light.

This sword attack was not considered weak amongst those of the Knight level. This was especially so when the burning aura on Louis' body seemed like it could slash a mountain into two.

However, when faced with Louis' all-out attack, the fierce-looking man only threw out a piece of grilled meat, smashing it into Louis' chest. With a bang, Louis was smashed onto the floor, rolling in pain. The tremendous pain in his chest prevented him from getting back his breath for quite a while.

Seeing that even Louis, a level 19 Knight, was so easily defeated, everyone drew in a cold gasp. Diana's mother was so frightened that her feet turned to jelly, and she fell down on the ground.

"Everyone stay where you are!" The fierce-looking man ate the grilled meat in big bites and shouted, "If anyone moves, don't blame me for not going easy on you."

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Chapter 371 Terrene Shrine

Louis wanted to stand up, but just moving a little caused him to spew up a mouthful of blood. Diana let out a shout and went over to support him. "Alright, Louis. Just stand here and don't move."

Louis looked at the fierce-looking guy with a grim countenance. "You… You've completed your second transition?"

"Oh? Your judgement is quick good. I'm a member of the Terrene Shrine, and I'm at the second transition and level 20. If it wasn't because you dogs of the Empire kept me locked up, I would have become level 29 a long time ago.

"I finally managed to find a gap and made my escape today. All you of better stay still and don't think of things like escaping or reporting this matter."

Hearing the words 'Terrene Shrine,' everyone was slightly taken aback.

25 years ago, the Terrene Shrine was almost everywhere across the entire Empire, with over ten million believers. Back then, aside from the Church of Universal Truth, they were the greatest religious influence in the Empire.

Later on, Terrene Shrine took over control of Beize Continent, aiming to set up the Terrene Divine Kingdom. However, they were eradicated by the troops of the Empire. A period of blood and massacre followed as countless believers of the Terrene Shrine lost their lives.

To think that one of them had managed to escape from prison today…

When the people present heard that the man had completed the second transition and was from the Terrene Shrine, everyone wore an expression of desperation and fear. One of the reasons was that a second transition expert was not one they could go against. Another reason was that it was rumored the members of the Terrene Shrine were extremely savage. The fact that the fierce-looking man had divulged his background to them made his killing intent very clear.

Amidst everyone's feelings of desperation, terror, and extreme fear, Fang Xingjian finally finished eating his grilled meat and stood up.

Seeing that Fang Xingjian stand up, Diana shouted anxiously, "What are you doing?! Sit down quickly!"

Fang Xingjian smiled and said, "Take this as payment for the meal." With that, he headed toward the fierce-looking man.

The fierce-looking man's eyes narrowed. Seeing that Fang Xingjian was walking toward him like this, he also stopped eating. However, when he saw Fang Xingjian's young appearance, he laughed.

How powerful could someone this young be?

Thinking this, he grabbed a cup and threw it in Fang Xingjian's direction.

Everyone stared at this scene with wide-open eyes. Diana was angered by Fang Xingjian's action, but when she saw what the fierce-looking man had done, her mouth opened to scream. She had seen it for herself how Louis had been dealt with a serious injury from this attack.

However, her mouth had just opened a little when both her expression and mouth froze in place, as if she had just witnessed something unbelievable.

Fang Xingjian raised his right hand and casually caught the metal wine cup. Under the powerful impact and counteracting force, the wine cup was crushed by Fang Xingjian and tossed onto the ground.

The fierce-looking man's expression changed to a more serious one. Exerting force into his legs, he stood up and was about to make a second move.

However, Fang Xingjian had already stepped right before the fierce-looking man and landed a kick into his face.

With a strength attribute of 158 points, just a casual step from Fang Xingjian could cause a small-scale earthquake.

After he started cultivating the heavenly thunders and terrestrial magnetism forces from level 23, each inch of his skin and each piece of his bone had become as hard as titanium alloy.

With the effects of his sword bones, the gushing and wildly raging forces were converted into a sword force and unleashed from the bottom of his foot.

With a terrified arghh, the fierce-looking man fell onto the ground, his face covered in blood. However, Fang Xingjian did not go easy on him at all and followed up with another stomp down on the man's chest.

Deploying the use of blatant violence, the bottom of Fang Xingjian's foot and lower leg were like a sharp sword piercing through cream. As his stomped down, the fierce-looking man's chest bones and lungs were destroyed completely.

The man shuddered for a few times, looking at Fang Xingjian with a hideous expression which eventually turned into that non-acceptance. Then the man completely lost any signs of life.

Fang Xingjian lifted his foot up slowly and shook it slightly, shaking off all the blood on it.

He then headed out of the eatery.

Louis lifted his head with great difficulty and then pieces of information suddenly flashed past successively in his mind.

'Young Master Fang? Appearing to be about 17 to 18 years old? Capable of defeating a second transition level 20 expert?' Louis suddenly looked at Fang Xingjian's back and shouted agitatedly, "Are you… Are you Lord Fang Xingjian?"

Fang Xingjian did not reply. With a flash, he completely disappeared out of their sights.

Not long later, more Conferred Knights appeared and brought the corpse of the fierce-looking man away with them. They also questioned Louis, Diana, and the others.

After Diana came out from the City Guards Institution, she was still feeling a little faint. She threw a glance toward her mother. Ever since the latter had seen the bloodied corpse earlier, she had not spoken a single word. Diana pat her mother on the shoulder and asked, worried, "Mother, are you alright?"

"Am I alright? What problem could I have?" Diana's mother suddenly seemed to have regained her senses immediately. She looked at Diana and said fervently, "Fang Xingjian, that really is Fang Xingjian. He's that Fang Xingjian who invented the Rebirth Sword Technique and came first in this year's Regional Selection."

"Yes, I heard from the people from the City Guards Institution and from Louis that it's him."

"Fang Xingjian…" Diana's mother's eyes seemed to light up. She turned and stared at Diana, saying, "He has been frequenting the eatery to visit you. He must be interested in you."

"He just likes the food."

"Rubbish. I heard that just the royalties he gets from the Rebirth Sword Technique would get him several hundreds of thousands annually. What kind of food won't he be able to get that he would come to your rundown eatery daily?" The more Diana's mother analyzed, the more she felt that it made sense. "He must like you a lot. Otherwise, why would he even invite you to be his chef?

"Diana, I'm tell you, Fang Xingjian is really quite good. You can't just let your bad temper run wild again."

Diana smiled and said, "Weren't you just telling me this morning to not be fooled by ruffians and to not just value a person by their wealth?"

"Hmph, I'm telling you not to value those who have thousands or tens of thousands. Fang Xingjian gets hundreds of thousands gold every year." With that, Diana's mother glared at Diana and said, "I'm telling you, Fang Xingjian is now the only one whom I will accept as my son-in-law. Tomorrow, you'll go look for him at the Regional Academy."

"Mother, how can you be like this?"

"What do you understand? Even though you look quite pretty now, in a few years time when you're older, who would still care about you? Fang Xingjian is different. He's a Conferred Knight now and may even become a Royal Knight next year. In another few years time, he may even be able to attain the Divine level."

Diana found it very funny. "How is that possible?"

"How is that impossible? I'm telling you, Fang Xingjian is a big, fat piece of meat, and many pretty and coquettish b*tches already have their eyes on him. You can't just be waiting here and not doing anything!" Diana's mother said anxiously, "You have to go tomorrow! Remember!"

"Then wouldn't I become one of those coquettish b*tches as well?"

"All you know how to do is talk back to your mother. If you don't, I'll go home, eat shit, and commit suicide. I'll burden you with the stench even if I die."

Diana slapped her forehead and said, "I still have to go back to the eatery tomorrow. All the things have toppled over."

"You don't have to go. I'll help you with the cleaning up."

"Then what about Louis? He's seriously injured. I was thinking of visiting him tomorrow."

"I'll visit him on your behalf."

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Chapter 372 Azure Dragon

In the Killing Techniques Palace, countless streams of thunderbolts struck Fang Xingjian's body again and again, constantly strengthening the heavenly thunders and terrestrial magnetism forces between all the particles in his body, and thus constantly strengthening Fang Xingjian's body.

The number of streams of thunderbolts continued to increase, turning into numerous thunder dragons circling around Fang Xingjian and attacking him. However, he was absorbing all of them, using them to strengthen his own body.

In no time, the two level 21 Conferred Knights could no longer continue performing the Thunderbolt Sword Technique. They retreated and pierced their swords into the ground, panting heavily.

The only one left was was Duolun, who was guarding the stage. He continued to perform the Thunderbolt Sword Technique, swinging his sword about vividly and with great loftiness, creating streams after streams of lightning and sending them toward Fang Xingjian's body.

More than an hour later, Duolun had also reached his limits and retreated, looking at Fang Xingjian who was floating in the middle of the hall as if he was a sphere of lightning. The piercing light first shone like a sun risen in the air, and then it extinguished as Fang Xingjian let out a long whistle.

The last stream of thunderbolt had been absorbed into Fang Xingjian's body. He exhale slightly, electric sparks coming out from his mouth and nose occasionally.

Clenching his fists, Fang Xingjian smiled and asked Duolun, "Would you like to try out my current body's strength?"

"The heavenly thunders and terrestrial magnetism forces that you're cultivating are so powerful. I've long been curious about them."

Duolun laughed out loud and pierced outward with his longsword. Accompanied by electric sparks, he continued to accelerate, leaving a long trail of charred marks on the ground in his path, as his longsword pierced straight toward Fang Xingjian's chest with a power of several tens of tons.

Fang Xingjian only stood there quietly, letting Duolun pierce his upper body time and time again.

As a level 22 Conferred Knight, each of Duolun's sword attacks was enough to destroy a tank. Furthermore, his sword aura ceaselessly attacked like lightning, creating a series of electric sparks on Fang Xingjian's body. Ten breaths later, Duolun stopped and retreated, revealing a look of astonishment when he saw Fang Xingjian unscathed from the attacks.

"Isn't your defence too powerful? I've encountered many seniors who had been cultivating at level 23 for many years. However, them reaching this level is something impossible."

"Mmm, my rate of cultivation is faster."

Fang Xingjian clenched his fists in satisfaction. He had the Sword Bones specialty, and each of his bones would grow stronger as his level increased. Right now, he was at level 23 and his sword bones were the equivalent of a level 23 Superior Divine Weapon.

With this, in addition to his cultivation of the heavenly thunders and terrestrial magnetism forces, and the enhancement from the second level of the mystical prints, his cultivation increase rate was tremendous. This made his body's defence comparable to a Superior Divine Weapon, far surpassing that of an ordinary level 23 Conferred Knight.

"But I'm at my limit soon. Thank you for your help all this time. I won't be coming to train my heavenly thunders and terrestrial magnetism forces anymore."

"There's no need to stand on ceremony. With a good target like you to hit, our Thunderbolt Sword Technique has also improved a lot."

Duolun's words were filled with politeness, clearly showing that he wanted to form a good relationship with Fang Xingjian. He even asked Fang Xingjian to stay and have a meal in the Killing Techniques Palace, but the latter politely refused.

When Fang Xingjian walked out of the Killing Techniques Palace, Robert was already following at his side.

Robert reported, "We've received an additional income of 280,000 gold all this while. We'll soon be able to reach the 300,000 gold that you need for the next tier."

Fang Xingjian nodded. With each additional level of the mystical prints, an additional 100,000 gold was needed. Right now, he wanted to cultivate the third level of the mystical prints and thus he needed 300,000 gold.

Judging by this pattern, for higher levels he would need 500,000 gold, 800,000 gold, or even one million gold. Even a Regional Academy would be stumped by this kind of expenditure.

Ordinary aristocrats would not be able to afford to cultivate this even at the expense of all their family's wealth.

Even with the royalties Fang Xingjian was getting from the Rebirth Sword Technique, he would still need about five years before he would be wealthy enough to cultivate level 10 of the mystical prints.

Especially when the materials required for the last few levels were no longer things which could be purchased with money alone.

Hearing Robert's report, Fang Xingjian nodded, "Then start to gather the materials. Remember to do it in secret. If you encounter any problems, look for Anderson first. He'll help to solve them."

Robert said again, "Right, the chef from that grilled meat eatery has come."

"Oh? Let her specially cook meat dishes for me then. Let her try out with some ferocious beasts' meat. If it isn't bad, then let her handle more. Hmmm…. allow her to learn from the chefs in the academy as well. I feel that she's quite talented in cooking.

"Otherwise, she wouldn't be able to come up with 12 flavors for the Vulcan Grilled Meat either."

"I understand." Robert then asked again, "Aren't you going to meet her?" He had clearly thought that Fang Xingjian had taken a liking to Diana as well.

Fang Xingjian shook his head. Suddenly, he came to a stop. Robert looked over, puzzled.

Fang Xingjian calmly said, "I have something to do and will make a move first." In the next moment, with a flash, he left behind a long trail of white steam as he flew in the direction of the Sacred Land, leaving behind an astonished Robert.

Once he entered the Sacred Land's training room, Fang Xingjian sat on the ground cross-legged. The skin all over his body was twisting furiously, seething.

Of course, it was not actually Fang Xingjian's skin that was seething, but the changes that were happening to the Heavenly Abyss Annihilation Armor.

Ever since the previous time the assassins from the Sand Country had come, Fang Xingjian felt that the Heavenly Abyss Annihilation Armor seemed to have been agitated and was going through an irregular transformation. The Domirov's will that was in it would occasionally snap back, as if it wanted to leave Fang Xingjian's body.

However, Fang Xingjian's current cultivation had already improved tremendously compared to the first time he had suppressed the armor. How could he possibly let Domirov's martial will escape so easily?

With a cold snort, the martial will in his mind turned into surging information, gushing into the Heavenly Abyss Annihilation Armor, smashing into its agitated martial will and then suppressing it.

'However, the outbreak is getting increasingly stronger and stronger each time. If I want to completely suppress Domirov's remnant martial will, I'll need even greater power.'

Thinking of this, Fang Xingjian broke into a vicious expression and once again dived into his cultivation.

For the next few days, he went on to temper his attributes, cultivate his Waves and mental cultivation method, as well as to improve his three sword techniques. On other occasions, he would visit the Sword Tower to get to know the latest sword theories and sword arts research, or he would eat good food, especially the Vulcan Grilled Meat Diana made from ferocious beasts. This had become his latest favorite.

Two days passed just like that and Robert came to look for Fang Xingjian again.

"What's wrong? You haven't gathered all the materials yet?"

"There's a bit of a problem." Robert threw a glance at Fang Xingjian, feeling a little guilty. It was because he kept encountering problems when he was collecting materials.

"Speak."

"The list that you requested includes the azure dragon's scale. However, the azure dragon has been extinct since a long time ago and its scale is extremely valuable. In the Great Western City's market, there's a demand, but no supply for it."

"What place would have it?"

"I heard that Gao Clan, a Westerner clan in Beize Continent has an azure dragon's scale in their collection?"

"Beize Continent?" Fang Xingjian frowned. The Great Western Region was located in the west of the Empire, while the Beize Continent was located in the northwest of the Empire and was too far away. It would take him a single day to go there and come back. How could Fang Xingjian possibly waste so much time on the journey?

Moreover, other than the one day required for the two-way travel, discussing the price and negotiating for the purchase of the azure dragon's scale would take even more time.

Therefore, he said, "Let Anderson make a trip there. If it's within 150,000 gold, he has the autonomy to make a decision."

"I've already told this to Lord Anderson, but he said it's too far and he won't go."

Fang Xingjian smiled, "Tell him that I was the one who said that if he can bring back the azure dragon's scale for me, I can take one month off the time he needs to run errands for me, and it'll only be five months."

Therefore, over the next few days, while waiting for the materials for the third level of the mystical prints, Fang Xingjian continued his cultivation by relying on his four major specialties, on the 100 times density Sacred Land, and the effect of the second level of the mystical prints, his cultivation increase rate thus improving by leaps and bounds.

Finally, in the latter half of October, Fang Xingjian's ether synchronization rate rose to 50% and he became a level 24 Conferred Knight.

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Chapter 373 Level 24

With his ether synchronization rate reaching 50%, the world of Fang Xingjian's Heaven's Perception instantly went through a tremendous change.

The entire world seemed to be encompassed by various indescribably colorful colors.

Every single substance was exuding either a brilliant or a dull glow.

This was from every single substance which was constantly emitting heat and fluctuations… Additionally, at a 50% synchronization rate, he could see the energy exuded by all things that exist.

As he looked at the new world brought to him by his Heaven's Perception, Fang Xingjian could faintly guessed that these were radiations.

However, such an inference was not of much help to his cultivation. He was not a scientist, and even if he knew of some knowledge, he would still have to go about with the conventional way of cultivation.

The first thing he had to do was to get used to the situation where the world before him was encompassed in endless colors. In such a situation, he basically could not see anything clearly at all, but he could see countless colors. These colors changed continuously and were three-dimensional. This made one felt more at a loss than when they were blind.

However, Fang Xingjian's extraordinary talent helped him once again to tide over this situation. After one day and one night, he managed to get used to the condition the 50% ether synchronization rate had brought him.

The following day, Fang Xingjian started to kill ferocious beasts to accumulate experience. With his current status in the academy, it was very easy for him to be able to get himself some ferocious beasts which could reproduce very quickly in order to help him to level up.

In an enclosed room, Fang Xingjian folded his arms before his chest and stood there motionless in one spot, activating the Zenith Light Sword Formation. Six light spots on his back turned into six light cannons, shooting out ceaselessly. Within a 100 meter radius, many rat-like ferocious beasts were turned black as charcoal.

These level 9 Marine Rats did not have strong battle prowess, nor did they serve any worth as food. However, their strongest point was that their reproductive ability was very strong, so they would be able to give birth twice a month, with 10 to 20 pups each time. These pups would fully mature in ten days and then start to mate after 20 days.

When ferocious beasts with such great reproduction rates were discovered, they were naturally used by the people in the Miracle World to gain experience and to level up.

However, those who could afford to do these were only the rich. Ordinary Knights were better off going hunting in the mountains.

Finally, the six light spots from the Zenith Light Sword Formation on Fang Xingjian's back came to a stop and dissipated into the air. Fang Xingjian's level had finally been brought to level 24.

Adding on to the ceaseless cultivation he had been going through during this period of time, his attributes had increased by a lot, and even his Prodigious Astral Divine Powers Waves had leveled up once again.

For his long-distance Killing technique, many sword techniques had been fused into the Zenith Light Sword Formation, and its range now reached ten kilometers. Of course, when taking into consideration his speed which could cover a distance of several kilometers per second, this was a distance he could reach in just one or two seconds.

Fang Xingjian's goal was to continue merging suitable sword techniques and in turn increase the attacking range of the Zenith Light Sword Formation to 100 kilometers or higher.

Fang Xingjian's close combat Killing technique, the Prodigious Demolition Sword, had also been brought to greater heights. The Prodigious Demolition Sword was one which could demolish everything, and thus Fang Xingjian thought of means to increase its speed. He continued to merge various speed-related sword techniques into it, allowing his attacking speed to become increasingly faster.

For his Ether Sword Ripples, Fang Xingjian continued to merge it with various sword techniques which dealt high temperature and low temperature damages. Currently, he could already hit a high temperature of 5,000 degrees celsius and a low temperature of negative 180 degrees celsius.

Furthermore, he had also been constantly tempering his attributes. Fang Xingjian's current Stats Window had now become:

Name Fang Xingjian

Age 17

Occupation Heavenly Sword Sovereign

Level 24

Strength 17012

Agility 24712

Reaction 145

Endurance 122

Flexibility 121

Ether Synchronization Rate 50%

The attributes above come into effect once the Prodigious Astral Divine Powers Waves are activated.

Due to Perfect Muscles, 12 in strength and agility (10% of the endurance attribute).

Skills / Techniques: Boundaries Negation,

Level 40 Rebirth Sword Technique,

Level 40 New Nine-Headed Dragon Sword Technique,

Level 40 Zenith Light Sword Formation,

Ether Sword Ripples,

Level 40 Prodigious Demolition Sword,

Level 4 Ether Divine Art,

Heaven's Volition Sword Intent

Specialties: Genius Swordsmanship,

Elementary Survival Instinct,

Internal Healing,

Internal Training,

Sword Specialist,

Heightened Reflexes,

Perfect Muscles,

Single Sword World Subjugation,

Elementary Berserkness,

Unparalleled Sword Intent – Apex [1,

Sword Bones,

Swordless Path,

Darkness Sword Sense,

Heavenly Sword Imprint

Waves Level 5 Prodigious Astral Divine Powers Waves

Mental Cultivation Method Level 6 Universal Sword Dominance Lunisolar

With a qualitative leap in his abilities, Fang Xingjian immediately activated his martial will and unleashed an impact toward the Heavenly Abyss Annihilation Armor.

At level 20, he had already been capable of suppressing the will in the Heavenly Abyss Annihilation Armor, and now that he was at level 24, he was much stronger and his ether synchronization rate had reached 50%. Therefore, his martial will had also gotten tremendously stronger.

With this, he managed to crush the surface of the Heavenly Abyss Annihilation Armor, and layers of scales appeared on the surface of his skin. This exposed an endless flickering of the layers of supporting force fields.

This was particularly the case as during the past month, Fang Xingjian had scanned through all the Killing sword techniques in the library, causing his understanding of sword theories to surge to a new high. Right now, as he dealt out the willpower impact, his martial will had with it countless sword theories, which turned into many streams of sword intent and dived deep into the Heavenly Abyss Annihilation Armor.

The attack of the information currents, which were primarily formed from sword theories, was actually an attack using sword intents. Many streams of sword intents darted about within the Heavenly Abyss Annihilation Armor, wrangling and eliminating Domirov's remnant will.

However, the remnant will of a level 29 expert was not something which could be dealt with so easily. As even more of Domirov's consciousness was awakened, the Heavenly Abyss Annihilation Armor on Fang Xingjian trembled once again. Fang Xingjian could sense as if there were countless sharp spikes emerging from the Heavenly Abyss Annihilation Armor and piercing into his body.

In the next moment, the violent powers of the ether particles gushed into his body through these spikes, increasing his powers wildly.

As Fang Xingjian entered deeper into the Heavenly Abyss Annihilation Armor and suppressed even more of Domirov's remnant will, Fang Xingjian was also better able to unleash the prowess of the Heavenly Abyss Annihilation Armor.

The Heavenly Abyss Annihilation Armor held 50% of Domirov's power. At the start, Fang Xingjian had only been able to unleash 10% of Domirov's power. However, he could now reach 20% of Domirov's power now and last for five minutes.

After five minutes, Fang Xingjian let out a fierce bellow, and the scales all over his skin retracted. The glow from the various supporting force fields slowly disappeared.

His face was pale and his head was drenched in perspiration. Although he had outstanding talent and many supporting forces, it still depleted a lot of his energy when he tried to suppress Domirov's remnant will at level 24.

After resting for about half an hour, Fang Xingjian walked out from the room and encountered the anxious Ferdinand.

Ever since he had entrusted the matters of the sword technique authorizations to Ferdinand, the latter had been fully focused on it. Although it did not bring much progress to Ferdinand's martial arts, the wealth which passed through his hands was tremendous. It had surpassed the wealth of most of the aristocrats in the Great Western City, allowing him to exude an increasingly stronger pressure.

"What's wrong, Ferdinand? Did something happen?"

Ferdinand spoke with a grim countenance, "There's some problems with the matter regarding the Gao Clan in Beize Continent."

Fang Xingjian nodded, "Beize Continent's Gao Clan? I remember I had gotten Anderson to head over there?"

Ferdinand nodded with a grim expression and said, "We've just received news that Anderson is seriously injured and has entered a coma."

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Chapter 374 The Gao Clan

Hearing the news that Anderson had been seriously injured and even entered a coma, Fang Xingjian frowned and asked, "What happened? Who did it?"

Ferdinand replied, "The Gao Clan's Second Young Master. It was said that the two of them had gotten into a conflict at a dinner banquet. Anderson was surrounded, attacked, and knocked out. They have already apologized, but there was no further mention of the azure dragon's scale."

Fang Xingjian shook his head and sighed, "What about Zhou Xingwen?"

"Old Zhou is still in the north. He has just headed to the Northern Ice Region."

"Who is the strongest in the Gao Clan?"

Ferdinand replied, "The Gao Clan's clan head, Gao Zixuan. He keeps himself in seclusion for training all year round. However, there's news that he's already at the second transition and a level 27 expert. Although he isn't a Conferred Knight of the Empire, he is the Sovereign of the Fiery Martial Style and is a master of the Fiery Martial Style Killing technique, Conflagrant Mountain Boiling Sea."

Fang Xingjian fell silent for a moment before letting out a sigh, and he said, "Forget it, I'll make a trip personally."

Ferdinand was shocked and said, "Xingjian, you're going to make a trip personally? Isn't it a little dangerous? Right now, the Sand Country's assassins and the First Prince's subordinates have their eyes on you. It'll be too dangerous for you to leave the Great Western City."

Fang Xingjian shook his head and said, "The assassins from Sand Country aren't worth mentioning. As for the First Prince, before he has attained the Divine level, he'll still have his reservations against the Holy Orison and thus will not take action easily.

"Moreover, since the other party dares to raise his hands against Anderson even when he knows about me… He must have strong backings. It'll probably be tough for Old Zhou to handle this."

"Then what about Gao Zixuan? If he really is at level 27…"

"Level 27 is of no threat to me." Fang Xingjian often cultivated with Head of Department James and had a rough understanding of high-level Conferred Knights. "If I want to leave, there's nothing they can do to stop me."

His best reliances were his sword techniques, specialties, attributes, ability to unleash more of the powers from the Heavenly Abyss Annihilation Armor, as well as the Heaven's Volition Sword Intent which had been circulating continuously deep in his consciousness.

"Give me a copy of the information regarding the Gao Clan. I'll set off tomorrow and try to make it so that I can get back on the same day."

With Fang Xingjian's speed, if he moved fast enough, it was really possible for him to head there and return on the same day.

However, even if that was the case, he would have lost one day. Time was very precious to him now, and one day would allow him to bring a few sets of sword techniques to the maximum level.

Thereafter, Fang Xingjian returned to his training room in the Sacred Land and began comprehending the intriguing aspects of a level 24 Conferred Knight with a synchronization rate of 50%.

With his Heaven's Perception, Fang Xingjian could clearly sense the energy of all items in the world and the flow of energy in the air.

With every thrust of his sword he made, aside from the considerations he had to made for his physical strength, the air, gravity, as well as fluctuations, he was also able to grasp the energy from other things in the world. All material substances in the world were exuding energy at all times. For example, heat or light.

'Level 24, with the synchronization rate breaking through to 50% and being able to sense the energy from all things in the world… When a Conferred Knight reaches this stage, each stance from their Killing technique would be able to tap on the energy from all living things, increasing the damage prowess and range of the stances by many folds.'

Fang Xingjian thrust out with his sword, and an additional hint of a blurry glow appeared on the tip of his sword. This was the demolition sword light which had been condensed after he performed the Prodigious Demolition Sword.

As Fang Xingjian swung his longsword about, all the places the demolition sword light passed by would have a layer of the ground eradicated. All the air in the area instantly disappeared. There were no sound of air currents as the longsword swung about. This was because everything which came into contact with the demolition sword light was wiped out.

It was truly an attack which exterminated everything; even sound could not be transmitted out.

After stepping into level 24, Fang Xingjian could sense that his speed and efficiency in condensing the demolition sword light were now more than double before. He could sense that as he thrust his sword out, all the energy in the air was added into the sword's body.

Previously, he had been limited to being capable of only eradicating a few tons of material substances. However, right now, he was able to eradicate over ten tons worth of material substances before the demolition sword light would disappear.

Fang Xingjian's lips curled up into a faint smile. With a flash, he appeared over 100 meters up in the sky while activating his Zenith Light Sword Formation. Six light spots soon appeared on his back.

However, at the next moment, countless energies were added into the light spots, and each one transformed from the size of a fist into the size of a head.

Fang Xingjian squinted his eyes slightly, and with his Heaven's Perception, he looked at a mountain over ten kilometers away.

The Zenith Light Sword Formation shot out, and a stream of light sword cut across the air. Like a laser cannon, it struck a huge boulder 15 kilometers away. More than half of the boulder was melted instantly.

Fang Xingjian could sense that the light sword shot, which the Zenith Light Sword Formation had shot out, was absorbing the light and heat from the air as it travelled, continuously increasing its prowess.

He then fired another few more shots and realized that not only had the prowess of the Zenith Light Sword Formation increased, its range had also increased to 20 kilometers.

'Good.'

Fang Xingjian then tried out the Ether Sword Ripples. With just a thought, ten streams of sword ripples swept out, slashing the air and burning the atmosphere. They shot out in all directions like fiery meteors.

After his recent period of cultivation, his agility attribute had reached 259 points. Moreover, even though the increase in his speed was slowed down due to air resistance, with the enhancement of his specialties, his highest speed had also attained a breakthrough to 16 times that of supersonic speed. Due to this, as the ether sword ripples exploded, the friction in the air was like the scattering of meteors. Fire sparks shot out in all directions as a burning smell filled the air.

The even more terrifying thing was that this unleashing of his Ether Sword Ripples did not just exceed the ten-meter radius of the Heaven's Perception. In addition to this, they only slowly dissipated after reaching 30 meters away.

As expected, after his synchronization rate reached 50% and he had advanced to level 24, both the prowess and range of his sword technique had increased tremendously.

A level 23 Knight would strengthen his body by using the heavenly thunders and terrestrial magnetism forces, while a level 24 Knight could tap into the energy of all things in the world to increase the prowess of his Killing technique.

'However, has the effect of the increase in the agility attribute gotten increasingly weaker due to the resistance from the atmosphere? It's better for me to add the potential points from now on for the other attributes first.'

Fang Xingjian could sense the speed of the Ether Sword Ripples in the same way he sensed the changes to his sword arts cultivation.

When he performed a sword technique again, Fang Xingjian could sense a strange feeling. In his Stats Window, the Unparalleled Sword Intent – Apex seemed to be restless as well.

In midair, Fang Xingjian took a step and shot forward. The longsword he held, which was formed from condensed water vapor, swung about, encompassing half the air in sword light. Fang Xingjian then continued to perform a set of sword technique.

The Unparalleled Sword Intent – Apex was originally capable of allowing him to clearly understand all the weakness of everything in the world and pick up any sword techniques especially quickly. However, as his cultivation gradually increased, it even allowed him to slash and cut through everything.

Fang Xingjian had only been able to rely on his bare hands to cut through Empire's Divine Weapon but did not know how to progress further.

However, after leveling up consecutively and as his ether synchronization rate increased, he was progressively able to sense fluctuations, heavenly thunders and terrestrial magnetism forces, as well as the energies of everything in the world. The standard of his Unparalleled Sword Intent – Apex was finally raised.

After a long time, his movements gradually came to a stop, and an extremely sharp aura seemed to be flowing throughout his entire body.

Looking at his palm, he suddenly slid against it lightly with his finger, not using any strength nor power. Kach kacha sounds rang out. To think that just purely from the mastery of his sword arts alone, he had left a white scar on the surface of the Heavenly Abyss Annihilation Armor.

After the time of a few breaths, the power of the Heavenly Abyss Annihilation Armor circulated, removing the white scar.

Fang Xingjian knew that the standard of his Unparalleled Sword Intent – Apex would continue to increase together with his ether synchronization rate. Right now, he could easily slice through any Inferior Divine Weapon just with his bare hands. If he were to go all out, he would probably be able to even cut through a Superior Divine Weapon. His powers had increased tremendously once again.

Fang Xingjian had originally been able to rely on his battle prowess, which surpassed that of ordinary Conferred Knights, to battle against level 25 or even level 26 Conferred Knights. Now that he had advanced to level 24 and had become stronger through obtaining the powers of all things in the world, the range and prowess of his sword techniques were not the only things which soared with upgrades. His sword arts cultivation would also improve together with the progress of his Unparalleled Sword Intent – Apex.

Moreover, with his Heavenly Abyss Annihilation Armor, Terra Ingurgitation, and Heaven's Volition Sword Intent, Fang Xingjian had greater confidence than before that he would be able to defeat a level 27 Conferred Knight.

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Chapter 375 Internal Conflict

Level 25 Conferred Knights could sense cells, undergo modifications of their bodies, condense specialty seeds, and gradually bring their bodies into the realm of gods.

Level 26 Conferred Knights were able to bring the cultivation of heavenly thunders and terrestrial magnetism forces a step further. Their Killing techniques could target the particles of material substances directly, destroying the structure between the opponent's particles, and submitting them to physical destruction.

Level 27 Conferred Knight took things things even further. They were able to sense the changes between physical particles. Their area of effect was like a small world in itself. They could refine the powers in this small world and call forth tremendous explosive powers, greatly increasing the prowess of their Killing techniques.

However, Fang Xingjian had Terra Ingurgitation, Heavenly Abyss Annihilation Armor, and the Heaven's Volition Sword Intent. Furthermore, with his current cultivation acting as a drive, he even had the confidence in defeating a level 27 Conferred Knight.

However, his greatest current flaw was that there were great restrictions for these powers.

The explosive powers of the Heaven's Volition Sword Intent could even make him a match against level 28 or level 29 experts. However, this would require him to expend 100,000 potential points each second. Since Fang Xingjian needed to temper his attributes, he could not save that many points, thus only being able to unleash it for one or two seconds at most.

He could use Terra Ingurgitation once every hour. The level 5 Terra Ingurgitation could absorb the gravity within a five kilometer radius and destroy the world with one sword attack. This would allow him to suppress most level 27 experts.

Through the Heavenly Abyss Annihilation Armor he could currently unleash 20% of Domirov's powers, allowing him to crush a level 26 expert.

Of course, in a situation where he could not unleash all these powers, Fang Xingjian's own attributes, specialties, and Killing techniques could make him just barely hold up against a level 26 Conferred Knight, when he was only at level 24 himself.

Currently, Fang Xingjian had a clear understanding of his battle prowess. Which was why he had the confidence to head for the Gao Clan all by himself.

After getting accustomed to the powers he had at level 24, Fang Xingjian returned to the Sacred Land and flipped through the information regarding the Gao Clan.

Gao Clan was a top notch faction in Beize Continent, the ones who held the reins of the Fiery Martial Style. The influence of their clan and faction was deeply rooted in Beize Continent. Not only did they have control over a large number of trading stores, mines, and businesses dealing with medicinal herbs, but they also set up many academies and were nurturing successors for their clan.

However, in this generation, both the Eldest and Second Young Master each led a faction. The Eldest Young Master wanted the Fiery Martial Style to continue to be independent from the Empire, passing down the legacy of their martial techniques and clan.

However, the Second Young Master wanted to get closer to the Empire. He took the tests to become a Conferred Knight in Beize Continent, hoping to lead their clan into joining the Empire.

The differences in their ideals and the fight for the position of the clan's head had brought countless contradictions between them.

Early next morning, when the sun had just started to rise, Fang Xingjian dashed up over 1,000 meters into the air and created many explosions in the air currents under his feet. He shot out like a rocket, bringing a long train of white steam along with him as he dashed into the clouds.

Strong gales chased after Fang Xingjian, pushing back layers of clouds and making a large hole in their midst. 10,000 meters high in the sky, looking down on the many layers under his feet and at the boundless cloud seas, Fang Xingjian broke into a slight smile and dashed ahead in large steps.

With each step he took, strong gales blew, and explosions broke out in the atmosphere. They propelled his body forward at a rapid speed. The shock waves formed by his body breaking through the air, accompanied by bang bang bang bang explosive sounds like rolling thunders, soon caused the cloud layers to twist.

After travelling for some time, Fang Xingjian arrived above Beize Continent's Pearl City.

He came to a pause, losing the counteracting force the air explosions had provided him. He then fell to the ground like a cannonball.

As he was landing, Fang Xingjian would occasionally strike the air to change the direction where he was landing so that he was heading toward the address written in the records. He was thinking of landing straight in Gao Clan's courtyard.

At the same time, in the Gao Clan's hall, an extremely intense meeting was going on.

Gao Clan's Eldest Young Master, Gao Anhe, sat on the main seat, looking down with a slightly grim expression. His younger half-brother, Gao Clan's Second Young Master, Gao Ankang, was standing there upright, with his chest pushed forward. He looked back at Gao Anhe, showing no signs of inferiority.

Gao Anhe let out a sigh and said, "Second Brother, you know well that Anderson was sent by Fang Xingjian. Why did you still injure him? Fang Xingjian's talent is outstanding and he has gained fame across the world due to the Rebirth Sword Technique. He has the Great Western Region and the Second Prince backing him up. They are powerful influences. Are you trying to get the Gao Clan into trouble?"

However, Second Young Master Gao Ankang laughed coldly and said, "Eldest Brother, you're wrong. Do you think that Gao Clan will be fine as long as we are polite to everyone we see? Our eyes are black, our skin is yellow. In this world, we're still considered foreigners. It is because we're slightly stronger that those pig-skinned [1] people are wary of us and do not dare to act recklessly against us.

"However, as Gao Clan's influence and wealth continue to expand, one day, they'll still strike to kill."

"That's why you've sold yourself out?" Gao Anhe said furiously. "Have you forgotten our clan's discipline? Gao Clan and the Fiery Martial Style will forever remain on a neutral stand, not to get involved in the Empire's conflicts."

"No one can remain neutral forever." Gao Ankang let out a cold snort, showing no signs of backing off as he said, "The same goes for Gao Clan and the Fiery Martial Style. If we wish for our legacy to continue, we must join the side of the strongest person.

"In the current world, the First Prince has great ambitions and he is the strongest in the royal family. It won't be long before he's attained the Divine level and will reign over the Empire.

"Especially since His Highness is a person of great courage and spirit, and extremely broadminded to be able to accept us Westerners.

"Coming under the First Prince is a rare opportunity we must take advantage of. When His Highness inherits the throne, we'll be considered to have rendered outstanding services. How could these small shops and assets that we have compare to that?"

"Shut up!" The Eldest Young Master Gao Anhe stood up in great fury. "In the battle for the throne, one wrong step will make one pulverized and the clan eradicated. How dare you place the entire Gao Clan as a wager?!"

"If you don't even have the courage to do this, how are you going to lead Gao Clan to prosperity?" Second Young Master Gao Ankang spoke in disdain. "In the current Empire, the Second Prince is extremely weak and his cultivation is ranked last among the five Princes.

"The Third Prince is unfathomable, a person of great schemes. Furthermore, he hasn't inherited the legacy of the Ancient Path of Hell and isn't meant to be a dignified ruler.

"Although the Fourth Prince has a noble disposition and is supported by the Church, as long as he is a believer of the Church of Universal Truth, His Majesty will definitely not pass the throne to him.

"It's true that the Fifth Prince is extremely talented and has great strength. He's said to be the one with the highest chance of attaining the Divine level other than the First Prince. However, he's just a person who is solely focused on martial arts, not someone to be feared.

"Only the First Prince is blessed to be a person with great achievements. Not only will he be able to inherit the throne in the future, he also has the great ambition to bring great prosperity to the Empire, as well as to invade the Sand Country in the east, the Church in the North, and the Mage King in the west. He's truly the reincarnation of a celestial being, a god who has descended on earth, a person of great importance."

The Eldest Young Master Gao Anhe smiled coldly and said, "Therefore, you've joined forces with others to hurt Anderson?"

"Anderson and Fang Xingjian are but insignificant fellows. When the First Prince comes out from seclusion, they will either be killed or or demoted. They are of no concern," the Second Young Master Gao Ankang said with great confidence. "Moreover, the azure dragon's scale is something the First Prince himself has set his eyes on. The azure dragon's will within it will be able to accelerate the First Prince's path to attain the Divine level. If I were to present this to him, I'd have contributed greatly and this merit would bring Gao Clan many years of peace.

"That Anderson is impervious to reasoning, thus I had to teach him a small lesson."

"Excellent, excellent, excellent. As expected of my great Second Brother. Seems like you're bent on joining the First Prince." With that, the Eldest Young Master clapped his hands. Three second transition great experts of the Fiery Martial Style, Elders Tianhuo, Dihuo, and Renhuo [2] gradually walked out.

These three Elders had cultivated the Fiery Martial Style for many years and were all level 25 experts who had started condensing their specialty seeds.

"Since that's the case, you must already be prepared for a fall out. You can bring out all your cards now."

As the Eldest Young Master spoke, a total of 120 streams of mysterious aura rose both from in and out of his body. Clearly, he had also stepped into level 25 and had condensed 120 specialty seeds.

Seeing their actions, Gao Ankang laughed and said, "As expected, Eldest Brother knows me well. Of course I wouldn't do something I had no confidence in."

"Mister Shen, I'll have to trouble you to take action."

[1] Derogatory word for a white person or Caucasian.

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[2] As these are names, they have been left as pinyin, but their names represent the Heavenly Fire, Earthly Fire and Human Fire respectively.

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Chapter 376 Golden Physique

The moment Gao Ankang had just finished speaking, an old man wearing long grey robes, like an ascetic monk, walked slowly into the hall.

The Eldest Young Master Gao Anhe said, "Second Brother, to think that you've colluded with outsiders? Elders, please take this old man down. Otherwise, people would think that our Gao Clan is a place whom anyone can easily enter."

The three Elders, Tianhuo, Dihuo, and Renhuo nodded, as layers of flames started to burn on their bodies.

The red-haired Elder Tianhuo, who was in the lead, let out a low bellow, "Old man, are you going to submit quietly or are you going to let the three of us beat you up and get you to beg for your life?"

Mister Shen wore a grim expression as he shook his head, sighed, and said, "Misery, misery. When humans are foolish, all lives live in misery."

His strange behavior caused the three Elders to feel puzzled, but Second Young Master Gao Ankang appeared to be very much at ease. he seemed to be very confident in Mister Shen.

Elder Tianhuo squinted, sparks flickering in his eyes. "The two of you back me up. I'll go face him head-on."

With that, Elder Tian waved his hand, summoning 100 fire dragons by condensing the sun's heat. He set the dragons on Mister Shen.

Each of these fire dragons was enough to turn a person into charcoal. All 100 fire dragons pounced forth, rapidly raising the temperature in the hall. It was as if they were in a big steaming pot.

Mister Shen's expression got increasingly bitter, but a golden light emanated from all over his body as he walked toward the fire dragons.

"Courting death!"

Seeing that Mister Shen was simply walking over, Elder Tianhuo snorted coldly and activated his Killing technique. The 100 fire dragons turned into a scorching white color and the temperature rapidly rose once again.

Even without any direct contact, the entire hall was suddenly heated up to several hundred degrees celsius. Countless furniture pieces and accessories burned up, turning the entire room into a sea of flames.

The Eldest Young Master and the Second Young Master frowned and retreated. Even though they were also experts in the Fiery Martial Style, they were not willing to tolerate such temperature needlessly.

As he stood before the fire dragons, other than wearing an increasingly miserable expression, Mister Shen did not suffer from any injuries at all. While the faint golden light encompassed his entire body, he released a punch at the fire dragons.

Consecutive boom boom boom boom sounds rang out. Mister Shen released punches one after another, smashing all of the fire dragons one by one. The grey robe he was wearing burned into ashes, revealing his lean body.

Although his body was lean and thin, it was encompassed by a faint layer of a golden color, giving the impression of holiness.

Looking at this scene, Elder Tianhuo's expression turned increasingly grim. Between gushes of information currents, he had already called for his two Martial Brothers to join him in attacking.

The three of them surrounded Mister Shen, encompassed by the faint golden light. Scorching white flames gushed forth, turning into a fireball and completely surrounding Mister Shen.

The moment this Killing technique was used, the temperature in the hall plunged rapidly. All the heat was concentrated into the center of the fireball, revealing the three Elders' skillful control in this Killing technique.

"This Fire Deity Mantle would even be able to melt a Superior Divine Weapon if it was left in there long enough. I don't believe that this old man will be able to withstand this."

Just as the three Elders were thinking this, a sea of fire blasted out immediately, blowing the entire hall into smithereens. Sparks soared into the air, as if it were a large forest fire.

Amidst the sparks, Mister Shen, with his faint golden-colored skin, was standing upright while the three Elders retreated, spewing blood.

Just then, the Eldest Young Master let out a long whistle. The outburst of flames looked like fledgling swallows returning to their nests, attracted to his hands in order to prevent a great combustion.

Concurrently, Eldest Young Master Gao Anhe slightly clenched one of his palm together, condensing the white flames into a burning longsword made of flames. In a state of one with the sword, it was as if he had turned into a rainbow stretching out across the sky as he slashed at Mister Shen.

Fiery Martial Style Killing technique—Blazing Divine Sword. Given the push from the Eldest Young Master's 62% ether synchronization rate, the slash he made came down with a temperature over 10,000 degrees celsius high, destroying the heavenly thunders and terrestrial magnetism forces within material substances by wrecking their structures from within.

When Gao Anhe saw the powers Mister Shen had displayed, he did not dare to hold back, but unleashed the maximum of his powers as a level 26 expert.

However, when faced with Gao Anhe's astonishing sword attack, Mister Shen only shook his head slightly, tapping a single finger that made a trail of golden light to clash against Gao Anhe's Blazing Divine Sword.

A explosive pipa sound rang out and an expression of disbelief appeared on Gao Anhe's face. A violent surge of power gushed from the tip of Mister Shen's finger as boundless power burst forth from the molecules in his body.

Gao Anhe seemed to see countless worlds destroyed and exploding in Mister Shen's body.

The explosive power surged toward Gao Anhe in the most primitive way. Because of Mister Shen's absolute advantage in power, even Gao Anhe's tempered body was badly bruised and covered in blood as he landed on the ground.

Spewing out a large mouthful of fresh blood, Gao Anhe started working on regenerating his body while he glared at Mister Shen and said, "That burst of power from before was one that's produced when the small world within one's body explodes. You're a second transition level 27 expert."

"Misery, misery." Mister Shen shook his head and smiled bitterly, "It's god's will for the First Prince to reign over the world in the future. Helping him is equal to bringing great fortune to the people in the world. Lad, why do you insist on persisting in the wrong course?"

"Hmph, obtaining by force and deception, threatening and controlling subordinates with violence… This is what god's will is supposed to be ?"

The Second Young Master laughed out loud and said, "The winner holds the power, while the loser has no say. Elder Brother, you don't even understand such a simple reasoning."

The Eldest Young Master spewed another mouthful of blood. He had been badly injured by Mister Shen's earlier attack and even if he only focused on regenerating his body, it was hard for him to recover so quickly.

He glared at the Second Young Master and said, "Second Brother. In the battle for the throne, one wrong step will bring death to yourself and the eradication of the clan. You're bringing disaster to the entire clan!"

"Haha, Eldest Brother! You must be jealous; jealous of the fact that the First Prince shows favor to me, and jealous of the fact that I'll be replacing you as the head of Gao Clan." Second Young Master Gao Ankang laughed and said, "But there's no use to be jealous. Before absolute power, what you think isn't important."

"Father will not agree to this," warned Eldest Young Master Gao Anhe. "Are you prepared to face father's wrath? He detests people who go against the clan's regulations the most."

Hearing the mention of their father, Second Young Master Gao Ankang subconsciously fell silent for a moment. It was as if he was facing an instinctive fear.

It was only after a while that he exhaled, smiled, looked at Mister Shen and said, "Mister Shen is a valiant subordinate under the First Prince, a great expert at level 27. He has even cultivated the great art of the Ancient Path of Hell—Indestructible Golden Physique. His body is so strong that it could compare with a level 27 Superior Divine Weapon. Although Father is also a level 27 expert, there's no way he will be able to stand against Mister Shen.

"If Father can't even win against one of his Highness' subordinates, how could he possibly go against the First Prince's wishes?"

"You b*stard! Are you thinking of evening assaulting Father?!"

Second Young Master laughed out loud, "That'll depend on whether Father will heed what I say." With that, he cupped his hands together toward Mister Shen and politely said, "Mister Shen, please seize them. This will save us any additional accidents when we speak to my father later on."

"Misery, misery." The golden light on Mister Shen's body glowed even brighter "If the First Prince is unable to reign over the world, all lives in the world will be in misery."

Just then, with a loud bang, the ground tremored, as if something had landed on the floor. It was followed by two even louder booms as a building collapsed. Everyone looked over there and saw an explosive force pushing away the ruins as Fang Xingjian slowly walked over.

Second Young Master Gao Ankang frowned and asked, "Who are you?"

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