“Second Senior Brother I have already condensed a Sacred Origin, even if I were to give you the Beast Origin Golden Dan, it wouldn’t be much of a big deal. Besides, your Second Senior Brother has a total of six Beast Origin Gold Pills, even if I give you one, it’s only a loss of some cultivation, and I’ll be able to cultivate it back soon.”
Zhu Hongtao appeared to be quite nervous, as if Zhang Ruochen was going to be in a hurry with Zhang Ruochen if he didn’t take the Beast Origin Gold Pill.
Zhu Hongtao was a Swift Ancient Legacy Species, and moreover, he had cultivated two techniques at the same time, condensing both the Beast Element Gold Pill and cultivating the Sacred Source.
Zhang Ruochen insisted on not accepting the Beast Origin Golden Dan, saying, ”Although I am eager to reach the Half-Saint realm as soon as possible, I will not take such a shortcut. What’s the difference between swallowing Second Senior Brother’s Beast Origin Golden Pill and sucking Second Senior Brother’s blood?”
Zhu Hongtao’s expression stared slightly, then, nodding his head, he solemnly said, “Junior Senior Brother’s character is quite admirable to Second Senior Brother. Only, how about we are brothers in our own family, there’s no need to be so outgoing, right?”
Zhang Ruochen shook his head with a bitter smile and instead, took a step back.
Seeing Zhang Ruochen’s behaviour, Elder Xuan Gui nodded in satisfaction and said, “Hong Tao, your approach is indeed unsteady.”
“Your Junior Brother’s current cultivation level has only just broken through the Fish Dragon Realm, so if you let him swallow the Beast Elemental Gold Pill, in a short period of time, his cultivation level will indeed be able to soar. However, in the long run, your approach is like pulling out the seedling to help it grow, there are a hundred harms but no benefits.”
Zhu Hongtao’s face changed, and he hurriedly put away the Beast Origin Golden Pill, bowing and saying, “Master, don’t scare me, it’s actually that serious?”
Elder Xuan Gui nodded and said, “Your youngest senior brother, is a natural born wonder, his future achievements are far beyond what the few of you can compare to, so naturally, you cannot train him in the same way that you would train an ordinary martial artist. If you really want to give him a gift, you should look after him more in the future, so that no one will secretly be unfavourable to him.”
Zhu Hongtao patted his chest and said with a voice like thunder, “Since Master Teacher has said so, then, I would like to be Junior Master’s cultivation protector and shelter Junior Master for thirty years, and whoever dares to do harm to Junior Master, I, Old Zhu, will definitely teach him to be a good person.”
The Spirit Pivot Half-Saint’s eyes raised as he laughed, “Second Senior Brother, protecting the Dao for thirty years, such big words, you dare to say them casually?”
“Who said I was speaking casually? I’m very serious.”Zhu Hongtao said.
The heirs of the Saint Sect’s clans almost always had Dao Protectors secretly guarding them when they were out training.
Generally speaking, Dao Protectors were hidden in the shadows and wouldn’t strike easily. Only when the heir encountered a real danger to his life would the Dao Protector show up to save him.
Of course, in order to sharpen the heir and make the heir develop the ability to solve problems independently, the Dao Protector would not be by his or her side at all times.
Therefore, even with the secret protection of Dao Protectors, there were still many Saint Clan heirs who would die.
Zhu Hongtao had already cultivated a Saint Origin, so his cultivation, then, had reached the Saint realm.
What’s more, he was also a Swift Ancient Legacy Seed, and his own strength, naturally, was even more powerful.
For such a strong person to willingly defend Zhang Ruochen for thirty years, then, even if the Black Market and the Moon Worshipping Demon Sect wanted to wipe Zhang Ruochen out in the cradle, I’m afraid that they would have to send out several Saints, all at the same time, in order to have a chance of success.
Zhang Ruochen hurriedly said, “Thank you, Second Senior Brother.”
“There’s no need to be so polite, protecting your path is also a proper thing to do. In the future, Master Teacher won’t say that I’m idle every time.”Zhu Hongtao laughed oddly and whispered to Zhang Ruochen, saying, “When we return to the Eastern Domain, Second Senior Brother will take you to a few good places so that you can see the world as well.”
Zhang Ruochen smiled, knowing in his heart that the good places that Second Senior Brother was talking about might not be any truly good places.
However, it didn’t matter, it was good to be able to see the world.
Since Second Senior Brother had agreed to be Zhang Ruochen’s Dao Protector and gave Zhang Ruochen such a big gift, Third Senior Brother Wan Ke, even if he was no longer reluctant, took out the Meteor Invisibility Vest.
Wan Ke used to stand up, holding the Meteor Invisibility Vest in both hands, pursing his lips, the smile on his face, a little stiff.
In the end, he still explained the usage of the Meteor Invisibility Vest to Zhang Ruochen before handing it over.
“Many thanks, Third Senior Brother.”
“No need to be polite, we are all brothers in our own family,” Wan Ke’s heart kept sighing as he began to agonise over what even more precious gift should be given to his youngest senior brother when he got married.
Zhang Ruochen knew that this piece of treasure was very precious, but did not excuse himself, if he continued to do so, it would seem pretentious.
Again, it was a meet and greet gift, some things could be accepted and some things could not.
“Ta-da!”
Outside the Green Harvest Hall, a heavy footstep sounded as if iron was hitting the ground.
A moment later, a man with a tall frame, from the gate, walked in.
This man, with a tiger-like appearance and dark skin, wore a pitch-black battle armour, with intense battle intent in his eyes, and an ice-cold murderous aura emanating from his body.
Zhang Ruochen looked over, only to see that this person was just alone, walking in from the outside, yet he gave off the feeling that a thousand armies had rushed over.
An ordinary martial artiste who saw this person would have been afraid that he would have been scared back, trembled, become incontinent, or even fainted by the invisible aura on his body.
“Disciple Qing Xiao, greetings to Master.”
That one man’s pair of iron fists, clasped together, lowered his head and respectfully bowed to Elder Xuan Gui.
“So he is the Eldest Senior Brother, Sage Qing Xiao.”Zhang Ruochen secretly said.
Elder Xuan Gui nodded and raised a hand in vain, saying, “Qing Xiao, there is no need to be polite.”
Saint Qing Xiao raised his head, still looking serious, and said in a deep, thick voice, “Disciple has something extremely important that I wish to discuss with Master Teacher alone.”
The word “alone” was slightly aggravated.
Second Senior Brother Zhu Hongtao glanced towards Qing Xiao Sage, and with some dissatisfaction, exclaimed, “Eldest Senior Brother, you are too not treating you as your own brothers, what is it that you can’t say straight out, and are actually guarding against us.”
Qing Xiao Saint coldly glared over and said, “This matter is of great importance, it’s just that I’m afraid that your mouth is too big and you’ll go out and talk nonsense.”
“Hey still blaming me.”
Zhu Hongtao muttered in a low voice.
He seemed to be a little afraid of the Qing Xiao Sage and didn’t dare to continue speaking more, immediately lowering his head.
Afterwards, Qing Xiao Sage’s eyes, which had become a little softer, stared at Zhang Ruochen’s body and said, “This is Junior Senior Brother, isn’t it? Eldest Senior Brother doesn’t have any good things on his body, so I’ll give you an Alchemy Warrior as a meeting gift.”
From inside the armour scales under his armpit, Saint Qing Xiao took out a fist-sized black iron ball and handed it to Zhang Ruochen.
The black iron ball, and it was unknown what material it was made of, unexpectedly weighed thousands of jin. Zhang Ruochen did not have any defence, so much so that when he just received it in his hand, his wrist sank violently downwards, almost breaking the bones of his hand.
However, Zhang Ruochen’s reaction was quick, instantly mobilising the strength of his muscles and hand tendons to hold the iron ball steady.
Saint Qing Xiao and Elder Xuan Gui left first and walked out of the Green Harvest Hall, as if they really had something important to discuss.
In the Green Harvest Hall, only Zhang Ruochen, Zhu Hongtao, the Spirit Pivot Half-Saint, and Wan Ke remained.
The atmosphere in the hall suddenly seemed a bit depressing.
Wan Ke let out a laugh and said, “Eldest Senior Brother is such a person, never cold and icy in appearance, however, he is still extremely kind to us, Senior Brothers and Sisters.”
“This Alchemy Warrior he gave you is a rather practical and good thing. Do you want Third Senior Brother, to teach you how to use it?”
Zhang Ruochen smiled and said, “No need. Although this is the first time I have obtained a Weapon Refining Warrior, the way to use it, however, I know a little bit about it.”
Zhang Ruochen took the adamantine iron ball, pinched it in his hand, mobilised his true qi and injected it into it, activating the inscription in the iron ball.
“Wow!”
The upper and lower halves of the adamantine iron ball, rotated relative to each other, and in the centre, a narrow gap was revealed, sticking out the iron support, which continued to stretch and expand, and soon turned into a three-meter tall steel giant.
The steel giant stood in the middle of the temple, looking very majestic and full of power.
This was a weapon refining warrior, a battle weapon that was refined by the First Central Empire’s Divine Engineering Department.
Generally speaking, only the Ministry of Warfare, could use a Weapon Refining Warrior.
Of course, people like Zhang Ruochen, who had connections in the Ministry of Military Affairs, also had the opportunity to obtain a Weapon Refining Warrior. As long as the number lost out was not too large, the higher-ups of the Ministry of Military Affairs would not be too concerned about such a trivial matter.
On the chest of the Weapon Refining Warrior, there was a groove that was used to store spirit crystals to provide it with energy.
Of course, even if it was a top-grade Spirit Crystal, the amount of Spiritual Qi it contained, was quite limited, and was not enough to support the Refiner Warrior to complete a battle.
Therefore, in the Ministry of War, holy stones were generally used, to provide energy for the weapon refining warriors.
Sacred Stones, although precious, could still be bought at the Martial Market Money Bank, by spending a high price.
Therefore, Zhang Ruochen was prepared to return to the Sacred Academy and purchase a few more Sacred Stones to test the power of the Weapon Refining Warriors. A gift from Eldest Brother shouldn’t be that bad.
Sage Qing Xiao and Elder Xuan Gui stepped out of the Green Harvest Hall and immediately took off, passing through a vast void and landing on top of a meteorite that was more than thirty miles long.
With a wave of the Qing Xiao Sage’s sleeve, a ball of holy qi surged out, forming a huge spherical shroud of light that wrapped around the meteorite.
Seeing how cautious Saint Qing Xiao was, Elder Xuan Gui said, “It seems that the piece of evil artefact that came out of the Xuanwu Market Realm is quite something, and I’m afraid that it will involve a series of big events.”
The Ministry of War had sent three Soldier Saints to the Xuanwu Ruins Realm to collect the Pillar of the Sinister Sea.
The Qing Xiao Saint, was one of them.
Saint Qing Xiao nodded and said solemnly, “No one expected that the Xuanwu Ruins Realm would have such an item. According to my judgement, it’s been at the bottom of the sea and has been immersed for a hundred thousand years.”
“A hundred thousand years ago, they came to the Kunlun Realm, yet, we were also unaware of it, it’s simply too terrifying!”
Elder Xuan Gui carried his hands behind his back, shook his head, and said, “Maybe someone knew about it, it just wasn’t written down in the history books. A hundred thousand years ago, a lot of great events happened, and they might all be related to this. Have you forgotten how the Middle Ages ended?”
Saint Qing Xiao was silent for a long time, frowning tightly as he said, “However, I feel that a crisis is approaching step by step, and no one knows when that day will come.”
Elder Xuan Gui smiled and said, “There’s no need to worry so much, today’s Kunlun Realm, under the Queen’s governance, has reached an unprecedented peak, with geniuses emerging, saints rising side by side, the Martial Dao flourishing, and the Sacred Dao prospering.”
“Moreover, I heard that the Empress has issued a secret order to select ten Sect Sons, I’m afraid that she wants to cultivate ten new Emperors in the near future, recreating the heyday of eight hundred years ago when nine Emperors existed side by side.”
