King of Ten Thousand Years

His Cultivation advanced to the Eighth Layer of Meridian Opening, and his Guiyuan True Skill broke through to the Third-Layer.

Both happened at the same time!

Luo Tian’s overall strength had taken a qualitative leap.

He was now confident he could easily crush the Half-step Spirit Sea Fighting Spirit on the seventh floor of the Spirit Fighting Tower.

It was safe to say that Luo Tian had already surpassed the level of a Golden Lord, his combat power now approaching the Spirit Sea Realm.

Inside the Practice Room.

Luo Tian spent another day consolidating his breakthrough. He managed to open about twenty percent of his eighth Qi Vein before his progress stalled.

「Over the next two or three days.」

Luo Tian shifted his focus back to practicing the Celestial Star Sword Technique.

After his Guiyuan True Skill broke through to the Third-Layer, Luo Tian felt that his Sword Martial Skill practice had become much smoother. The invisible shackle that had been holding him back seemed to have vanished.

「One evening.」

In a desolate forest within the Sun Chasing Holy Mansion.

”Celestial Star Sword Technique, Star Fall and Cloud Disperse!”

The Wind and Snow Sword in Luo Tian’s hand conjured magnificent, dazzling flashes of starlight sword qi. Like meteors in the night sky, they scattered and bombarded the area.

CRACK! CRACK! BOOM! BOOM!

The surrounding trees exploded one after another, and the ground was pockmarked with scorched craters.

This level of destructive power far exceeded the Meridian Opening Realm.

If someone were to come by later and claim these were the traces left by a Spirit Sea Realm expert, no one would doubt them.

”The Celestial Star Sword Technique has reached Great Success, the Starlight level.”

Luo Tian was thrilled.

Now, a casual swing of his sword carried the magnificent aura of a starry sky, shining with the brilliance of an immortal star.

Even an ordinary Spirit Sea Realm cultivator would find it difficult to reach this level.

What’s more, the power of the Celestial Star Sword Technique was comparable to a Spirit Level Upper Grade martial skill.

’With my current strength, if I use all my trump cards and killing moves, I might even be able to defeat a weaker Spirit Sea Realm cultivator,’ Luo Tian thought.

If he wanted to, he could even go to the eighth floor of the Spirit Fighting Tower and fight the Spirit Sea Realm Fighting Spirit. Holding his own wouldn’t be a problem, but he wasn’t very confident he could win.

With this level of strength, he had a good chance of breaking into the top twenty at the Wu Mansion Gala.

Luo Tian’s current goal was more or less achieved, which would be enough to completely stun Lin Dongfeng.

The day after Luo Tian’s swordsmanship reached Great Success, the Human List of Azure Cloud Kingdom was updated again!

Luo Tian didn’t care much about it, but the Golden Students and Silver Area Lords trying to curry favor with him all rushed to deliver a copy of the Human List publication.

In this issue of the Human List, Luo Tian had skyrocketed from his original eighty-ninth place all the way to thirtieth.

Such a rapid ascent was extremely rare in the history of the Human List.

Luo Tian’s list of achievements now included descriptions like ”defeated a Golden Area Lord in a direct confrontation” and ”possesses Earth Tier Martial Vein Power.”

’The Human List’s intelligence network still doesn’t know that the Guiyuan True Skill I’m cultivating is Earth Level Middle Grade and that I’ve broken through to the Third-Layer. Or that my Celestial Star Sword Technique has reached Great Success.’

A faint smile touched Luo Tian’s lips.

The reason he didn’t challenge the seventh or eighth floors of the Spirit Fighting Tower was precisely that he didn’t want the outside world to know his true strength.

After all, Luo Tian’s rise was too fast, and he had made many enemies. He definitely had to keep an ace up his sleeve.

Besides Luo Tian, several other students at the Sun Chasing Holy Mansion had also performed exceptionally.

Nangong Yu and Li Yunxiu had successively broken through to the Eighth Layer of Meridian Opening, passed the Sixth-Layer of the Spirit Fighting Tower to become Golden Students, and were both ranked in the top one hundred of the Human List.

But the most dazzling of all was still Liu Ziyan.

After passing the seventh floor of the Spirit Fighting Tower, she had fought her way to twenty-fourth on the Human List and was being called the number one Lord of the Sun Chasing Holy Mansion’s Golden Area.

Luo Tian didn’t pay it any mind. If he revealed his true strength, he had a chance to break into the top twenty.

”Is Luo Tian here?”

A powerful male voice called out from outside the courtyard.

’Hmm?’

Luo Tian swept the area with his Spiritual Sense and found a middle-aged man in a black robe with a yellow sash, who was dismounting a flying beast that had landed in front of the courtyard.

To be able to travel by flying beast within the Sun Chasing Holy Mansion, this person’s background was surely not small.

”I am. And you are, sir?”

Luo Tian walked out.

”I am a Royal Messenger. This is a letter for you.”

After carefully sizing up Luo Tian, the middle-aged man handed him a letter, then mounted his flying beast and soared away, breaking through the air.

’A Royal Messenger?’

Luo Tian opened it and saw that the sender was the Eldest Princess, Li Manqing.

The letter spoke of two matters.

First, the Ancient Medicine Formula that Luo Tian had translated had greatly pleased the Sovereign.

To prevent Luo Tian from being drawn into the vortex of court politics, the Eldest Princess had concealed the fact that he was the one who translated the formula. The Sovereign of Azure Cloud Country only knew that the formula had been translated by Luo Tian’s mysterious master.

’So it was about that Ancient Medicine Formula...’

Understanding dawned on Luo Tian.

He finally understood why the Monarch had intervened in the Law Enforcement Hall’s matter last time, even going so far as to dismiss the Law Enforcement Elder from his position.

After all, Luo Tian had solved the Monarch’s personal happiness problem. What a great service that was!

The second matter in the letter was an invitation from the Eldest Princess for Luo Tian to be a guest in the Royal Capital, which also included a reward from the Monarch.

’A reward from the Monarch?’

Luo Tian’s eyes lit up.

Even without a reward, Luo Tian owed the Eldest Princess a huge favor. Since she had formally invited him, it was necessary for him to make a trip to the Royal Capital.

’The Wu Mansion Gala is also being held in the Royal Capital, in just over a month.’

Luo Tian became thoughtful.

That being the case, he could accept the Eldest Princess’s invitation, visit the Royal Capital as a guest first, and then participate in the Wu Mansion Gala.

After making his decision, Luo Tian went to Lin Dongfeng’s residence to inform him of the matter.

Students of the Holy Mansion generally had to report when they went out, especially for long-distance trips.

”You’re here?”

Lin Dongfeng put down the copy of the Human List in his hands, a slightly awkward expression on his face.

Back then, he had set a six-month goal for Luo Tian: become a Golden Student and get on the Human List. He had thought it was a demanding goal.

Only two months had passed, and Luo Tian had not only become a Golden Area Lord but had also broken into the top thirty of the Human List, leaving him flustered once again.

And this was with Luo Tian holding back his true strength.

”I plan to make a trip to the Royal Capital,” Luo Tian stated his purpose.

”To the Royal Capital?”

Lin Dongfeng looked surprised.

”The Wu Mansion Gala is in just over a month. Before that, the Holy Mansion needs to hold a simple competition to determine the participants.”

Lin Dongfeng’s brow furrowed slightly.

”A competition? To determine the participants?”

Luo Tian was taken aback. This was a bit of a problem.

”However, since you’ve broken into the top thirty of the Human List, I can take care of this for you,” Lin Dongfeng said with a smile.

The Sun Chasing Holy Mansion had twenty spots for the Wu Mansion Gala.

With Luo Tian’s status as a Golden Area Lord and his fame from being in the top thirty of the Human List, no one would question him securing a spot.

”Thank you, Mentor.”

Luo Tian breathed a small sigh of relief.

”As it happens, I have a small matter to entrust you with on your trip to the Royal Capital,” Lin Dongfeng said with a sly smile.

Luo Tian’s mouth twitched. ’So he just wanted me to run an errand for him.’

A short while later, Lin Dongfeng returned to his study, wrote a letter, and gave Luo Tian an additional task.

It turned out that Lin Dongfeng had a brother who was a merchant in the Royal Capital. He had recently run into some trouble, being threatened by some thugs and ruffians, and had asked for help.

”My brother runs a small business, so it shouldn’t be anything major. Just look after him as you see fit, within your capabilities. Don’t try to be a hero,” Lin Dongfeng instructed.

”Don’t worry, Mentor.”

Luo Tian took the letter and agreed.

”Oh, right! The Jade Spirit Pills are almost ready.”

Lin Dongfeng remembered something.

”Jade Spirit Pills?”

Luo Tian’s face lit up with joy.

The Jade Spirit Python heart’s blood he had obtained was the main ingredient used by the Holy Mansion to refine the Spirit Pills.

Luo Tian was entitled to a thirty percent share of the refined Jade Spirit Pills.

”You should collect the pills before you leave. You can keep them for your own use later, or you can take them to the Royal Capital to be auctioned for maximum profit,” Lin Dongfeng suggested.

”Understood!”

Luo Tian was filled with anticipation, wondering how many Jade Spirit Pills had been successfully refined.

Not only could these Jade Spirit Pills improve one’s fundamental constitution, but they could also advance the Cultivation of a Spirit Sea Realm expert, making them extremely valuable.

...

「Three days later.」

Led by Lin Dongfeng, Luo Tian went to the Holy Mansion’s Herb Workshop to collect his thirty percent share of the Jade Spirit Pills.

The Herb Workshop was the Sun Chasing Holy Mansion’s institution for alchemy and medicine production, built on a green mountain nestled by the water.

Wisps of smoke rose from the green mountain, carrying a rich medicinal fragrance.

Lin Dongfeng led Luo Tian into a quaint Medicine Pavilion in the Herb Workshop.

”They’re all here.”

An elderly Pill Master in a red robe took out a Crystal Vessel, his tone not very polite.

After all, the Herb Workshop had expended great resources to refine these Spirit Pills, only to have to give away thirty percent of them.

Inside the Crystal Vessel were seven jade-like, crystal-clear Spirit Pills, emitting a cool, soothing medicinal fragrance.

”Seven pills?”

Luo Tian looked thoughtful.

A thirty percent share meant he should get a little over two pills.

Luo Tian didn’t mind the fraction, but he requested to choose his pills first.

”Go ahead, choose!”

The red-robed elder scoffed, not minding at all.

Although there were slight differences in quality among the seven Spirit Pills, the gap wasn’t significant.

This was just a young brat, not even an amateur.

’So what if I let you choose?’

Lin Dongfeng didn’t speak, but a hint of interest showed on his face.

He guessed that Luo Tian must be proficient in medicine and pharmacology; otherwise, he wouldn’t have been able to diagnose his condition that day.

”This one, and this one.”

Using his Qi Observation Skill and Spiritual Sense, Luo Tian quickly picked out two Jade Spirit Pills.

Treasures have Treasure Qi, and Spirit Pills have Pill Qi.

When it came to Appraisal Skill, Luo Tian was second to none. Even if he wasn’t up to the task, he still had the Celestial Book to rely on.

”You...”

Seeing the two Spirit Pills Luo Tian had chosen, the red-robed Pill Master’s expression changed, his entire face turning dark.

”Master Xu, are you not feeling well?” Lin Dongfeng asked, puzzled.

This red-robed Pill Master was the foremost Alchemy Master in the Sun Chasing Holy Mansion. Even the Elders and Mentors in the Holy Mansion were very polite to him.