Ao Xin Yan shook her head and sighed, revealing a struggling expression, obviously still unable to accept defeat.
All along, she had been the most outstanding wizard, everyone praising her, and the first time she had tasted defeat, it was so painful. Even, it made her doubt her own strength.
Zhang Ruochen no longer said anything more.
Ao Xin Yan’s own mindset was problematic and had to be overcome by herself, Zhang Ruochen had already finished saying what he had to say, so the next step was to see if she herself could overcome her heart’s demons.
If she was able to walk out from the shadow of defeat, her state of mind and martial arts Dao would definitely be on a higher level.
If she was unable to step out of the shadow, her future cultivation speed would definitely become slower and slower, or even, unable to break through to the Fish Dragon Realm.
Zhang Ruochen was about to leave when suddenly, a voice rang out, “Wait.”
Zhang Ruochen turned to look and saw that the one man who had been standing beside Xu Hai earlier, walking towards him.
This one man, who looked quite mature, appeared a bit tall and thin, only his face was very sickly. He stood up opposite Zhang Ruochen and said, “I, Pei Ji, would also like to learn Master Zhang’s Supreme Sword Technique.”
“Pei Ji, what a familiar name, could …… it be that you are the forty-first in The Heavenly Ranking, Bloody Handed Butcher, Pei Ji?”Zhang Ruochen was slightly startled.
“That’s right, it’s me.”That one man said.
Zhang Ruochen carefully observed Pei Ji, he could not connect this man in front of him with the words “Bloody Handed Butcher”, this man looked more like a weak scholar.
Being able to become the forty-first expert on the Heavenly Ranking, Pei Ji’s name could be said to be renowned in the Eastern Region,
Pei Ji, like Xu Hai, was a student of the previous year, and had been cultivating in the Holy Academy for ten years.
Hearing the name “Pei Ji”, even Ao Xin Yan, who was standing by the side and was a bit disorientated, revealed a shocked expression. She didn’t expect that an expert like Pei Ji, who had been famous for many years, would also take the initiative to challenge Zhang Ruochen of the new generation.
Although Zhang Ruochen was very strong, but, compared to a top expert like Pei Ji, he was still a bit far behind.
Anyway, Ao Xin Yan absolutely did not believe that Zhang Ruochen was Pei Ji’s opponent.
A hint of laughter appeared in Xi Yunxi’s eyes, “Xu Hai has invited Pei Ji out, this time Zhang Ruochen is going to be out of luck!”
“In the Eastern Domain, under the Fish Dragon Realm, there are only so many two or three people who can fight Pei Ji, Zhang Ruochen is still far from being able to do so.”Zuo Quling clasped his hands in front of his chest, ready to watch the show.
“Wow!”
Pei Ji stood still, however, behind him, a blood-red devil silhouette coalesced, standing three feet tall, with three heads and six arms, and three loud roars emanated from inside the mouths of the three heads, creating a violent wave of wind xuan at once.
That was not Pei Ji’s martial soul, but a ghost level martial skill that Pei Ji had performed, the Blood Magic Phase.
When Zhang Ruochen and Ao Xinyan fought, Pei Ji had seen at a glance that Zhang Ruochen’s greatest weakness was that he had not cultivated a ghost grade martial skill.
A Spirit Grade Upper Grade Martial Skill, even if it was performed with great subtlety, could not possibly compare to a Ghost Grade Martial Skill. Once Zhang Ruochen met a truly strong person, he would suffer a great loss.
Obviously, he, Pei Ji, was a truly strong person.
“Blood Magic Phase, Destroy All Beings.”
Pei Ji stood in the distance, his tiger’s waist twisted, his arms raised, his entire body emitting cackling bone bursts as he punched through the air.
That Blood Magic Phase, guided by his power, also punched out a huge blood-red fist, like a blood cloud, and struck towards Zhang Ruochen.
The power of the fist, even before it reached, had already created a hurricane that seemed to blow Zhang Ruochen out.
“Swish!”
Suddenly, Nie Honglou swept over from a distance and landed in front of Zhang Ruochen. With one of his right arms, he stretched it forward and recited a word out of his mouth, “Break!”
The blood magic phase that Pei Ji had condensed was impacted by a powerful force and instantly broke, transforming into a wisp of blood mist that reintegrated into Pei Ji’s body.
Pei Ji took fourteen steps backwards in a row before barely managing to stand on his feet, staring towards Nie Honglou as he said in a cold voice, “What kind of person is meddling in this?”
Xu Hai also took three steps forward and stood beside Pei Ji as he said, “Your Excellency’s cultivation is so strong, however, even if you’re strong, you shouldn’t meddle in this matter, it won’t do you any good.”
The corner of Nie Honglou’s mouth hooked as he said, “An old session of Saints, fighting against a new session of Saints, bullying the small with the big, bullying the many with the few. What, I still can’t control it?”
Xu Hai laughed: “Pei Ji and Zhang Ruochen are both at the cultivation level of the Heavenly Extremity Realm, so how is it bullying the small by the big?”
“Pei Ji entered the Holy Academy ten years ago, and this year, he’s already close to fifty years old. Zhang Ruochen only entered the Sacred Academy today and is only in his early twenties. A fifty year old Saint, beating a twenty year old Saint, is this called fair?”Nie Honglou sneered.
“Nosy.”
Xu Hai’s eyes chilled as he pulled out the twin swords on his back, mobilising his entire body’s true qi and injecting it into the body of the swords.
The two battle swords, one emitting a flaming glow, the other emitting a piercingly cold aura, the two forces intersected together, forming a huge circle of swordsmanship, attacking towards Nie Honglou.
Xu Hai’s cultivation had already broken the limits of martial artists, reaching the realm of the first change of the fish and dragon, the “innate birth breath”.
The sword technique he executed was also of the lower Ghost Grade, however, the power that erupted from it was many times more powerful than Ao Xin Yan’s Bilu Sword Technique.
It wasn’t that the Bijou Sword Technique was inferior to the sword technique executed by Xu Hai, but rather, Ao Xinyan’s cultivation level was far inferior to Xu Hai’s.
The same Ghost Grade Lower Grade Sword Technique of Great Completion, the power of different people who performed it, of course, was different.
Nie Honglou gently shook her head, extended a white jade-like palm, activated her true qi and pushed it forward.
“Boom!”
Xu Hai’s body shook as he spat out blood and flew backwards.
With a bang, Xu Hai fell more than ten feet away, his entire body aching.
The skin on his body, which had been impacted by the powerful force, cracked out more than a dozen long lines of blood. If Nie Honglou’s power had been a few points stronger, he would probably have been able to shatter his body.
Pei Ji, Xi Yunxi, Zuo Quling, and the others all had their faces change drastically as they stared at Nie Honglou in shock.
They weren’t clear about Nie Honglou’s strength, but they were clear about Xu Hai’s strength.
At the Heavenly Extremity Realm, Xu Hai had crossed over into the top one hundred of the Heavenly Rankings, and had broken through to the Fish Dragon Realm, and his cultivation was even more unfathomable.
However, in front of Nie Honglou, Xu Hai was unbeatable.
Then, how powerful must Nie Honglou’s strength be?
Nie Honglou withdrew his palm and stared at Xu Hai, who was spasmodically trembling on the ground, and said indifferently, ”You’re not worthy of fighting with me yet, unless, that Saint Body of the Xu Sacred Sect Valve comes out of the gate, otherwise, in the future, you’d better tighten up a bit. Next time, it won’t be as simple as just slapping you.”
“Who the …… hell are you?”Xu Hai braced his hands on the ground, struggling to battle his way up from the ground.
“Nie Honglou!”Nie Honglou said.
After saying this, Zhang Ruochen and Nie Honglou turned around and left, disappearing into the distance.
“Nie Honglou …… Nie Honglou …… Could it be him.”
Pei Ji’s face went white as he stared over towards Xu Hai.
Xu Hai covered his chest and nodded, saying, “To be able to be so powerful, it should be him! He is one year older than all of us, and twenty years ago, he was the youngest Saint in the first group of the Sword Dao Department, and his strength could be ranked in the top ten of the first group. It’s said that he had some trouble with the leader of the first group of the Sword Dao Department at the time, then he left the Holy Academy, and I never thought that he’d come back!”
Xi Yunxi said, “Senior Brother Xu, what should we do now? With Nie Honglou backing up Zhang Ruochen, there is simply no one in the Sacred Courtyard who can clean up Zhang Ruochen.”
Xu Hai snorted coldly and said, “So what if Nie Honglou? That Saint Body of our Xu Sheng Sect Valve will soon be coming out of the gate, and at that time, even ten Nie Honglou’s won’t be able to protect Zhang Ruochen. In the Sacred Courtyard, although we can’t kill Zhang Ruochen, we can ruthlessly humiliate him, and see what kind of face he will have to compete for the position of Young Zun in the future.”
“That’s really great! It is said that the one Saint Body from the Xu Sheng Clan is in seclusion to impact the Fish Dragon Ninth Transformation, and once he succeeds, he will definitely become an unrivalled existence amongst the Saints.”Pei Ji said.
Xu Hai grimaced and said, “Xi Yunxi, Zuo Quling, you guys continue to go monitor Zhang Ruochen’s every move. According to my guess, Zhang Ruochen will definitely go to the Ruins Realm Battlefield to impact the Heavenly Extreme Realm’s Supreme Extreme Realm. If we can take this opportunity to get rid of him, we won’t have to bother that one Sacred Body of our Xu Sheng Sect Valve because of this small matter.”
Xi Yunxi and Zuo Quling nodded and answered, then immediately left.
Leaving the Sacred Mountain, Zhang Ruochen went to the Sacred Courtyard’s Book Pavilion.
Nie Honglou didn’t join him, but went to visit some of his old friends in the Sacred Courtyard.
The two, for the time being, were separated.
The Holy Academy’s Book Collection Pavilion, which had thirteen floors in total, was built underground, forming an inverted tower shape.
The Book Depository has a long and all encompassing history, and contains an unknown number of tens of thousands of books, including both bone books engraved on bones and iron scrolls engraved on iron skins, as well as jade books, bamboo …… slips, and so on.
The secret books of gongfu, martial arts techniques, array diagrams, beast harnessing chapters, humanities and geography could all be found here.
When Zhang Ruochen came to the Book Depository, he didn’t come to flick through the secret books of techniques and martial arts, but rather to look for books about the Market Realm.
This type of book was divided into the area of “Humanities and Geography” and was placed on the ground floor of the Book Pavilion.
Before Zhang Ruochen arrived, there were already many newborn Saints who came to the Book Pavilion with a strong desire to learn.
However, the books they flicked through were of the Martial Techniques and Absolute Learning category, and most of them went straight to the second and third floors of the Book Depository, with very few leaving the ground floor behind.
After all, the books on the first tier recorded almost all basic general knowledge.
The Ten Forbidden Places of the Kunlun Realm, The Collected Album of the Overseas Islands, and The Eight Ancient Medieval Lineages of the Eastern Divine Lands ……
Zhang Ruochen searched for about half an hour before he finally found a book, “Brief Summary of the Three Thousand Market Realms”.
This booklet, which was very thick, and the text written on it, was so tiny that if one did not instil true qi into their eyes and looked at it directly, they would only be able to see a small black dot on the page.
Obviously, the predecessor who authored this book was also a high ranking person.
