Chapter Eighty: The Realm of the Spiritual Master

  Of course, keeping a clear head also comes at a cost, which is to constantly endure the heart-wrenching pain of the wound. Fortunately, after treatment, the pain has been greatly alleviated.

  "Hmph, is this satisfactory?" The old Holy Emperor flipped his eyes and scowled.

  Xia Yan's words shook, and he stared at the old Holy Emperor.

  "Your current spiritual power is still far from being tough enough. Hmph, now refining and fusing human-grade secret manuals is already so difficult, let alone heavenly-grade and divine-grade ones later on. Your spiritual power's toughness simply doesn't meet the requirements." The old Holy Emperor's eyes flashed with a hint of something, and he continued speaking.

  Xia Yan rolled her eyes, a heavenly secret book? A divine secret book? These are all legendary secret books, where can you get them?

  In the Jade Water City, the Xia family was already a top-notch family, but the Xia family's human-level secret books were only three. Moreover, the most powerful "Tian Gang Pi Li Palm" among them could barely be considered as an upper-grade human-level secret book.

  Not to mention the heavenly secret book, even the top-notch peak human secret book, among the three top families in Yushui City, not a single family owns one.

  However... the old emperor's words were not wrong, now Xia Yanruo is too harsh in refining and merging "Tianyu Shengqiang", he will feel a wave of spiritual weakness, even dizziness, his spiritual tenacity is indeed still far from enough. So, he also doesn't dare to rush into merging "Tianyu Shengqiang".

  "What? Hmm, I know what you're thinking. You must be thinking that the Heaven-grade and God-grade secret manuals won't be so easily obtained, right? Xia Yan, your vision needs to be broader, broader, and even broader. You are a person chosen by the Lingluo Seal, and your future achievements will absolutely not be limited to just being a Saint Hall Master. As for the Heaven-grade and Human-grade secret manuals, you will eventually get them."

  The old emperor's eyes lit up, "I think that among the more famous academies on the mainland, even if there are no divine-level secret manuals, there must be heavenly-level secret manuals. The power of a heavenly-level secret manual... tsk tsk, it's not something that human-level secret manuals can compare to."

  At this point, the old emperor sighed and shook his head again.

  A college can be famous throughout the continent and stand unshaken, there must be some key factors. A powerful secret book is one of these key factors!

  Xia Yan's heart was greatly shocked.

  College?

  The admission quota for Violet Leaf Academy has been cancelled, how can I still enter the academy? Violet Leaf Academy is a top-notch academy in the Dragon Continent, and it's the best one that Xia Yan knows of. According to what the old Emperor said, there must be heavenly-level secret manuals within Violet Leaf Academy!

  "If I were to merge the Heaven-grade Secret Manual into the Ling Luo Sword, how enormous would its power be?" Xia Yan couldn't help but start daydreaming.

  "Heavenly Secret Manual, one move can shatter a mountain peak, and sever a river!"

  As if knowing Xia Yan's thoughts, the old emperor said directly.

  Xia Yan's mouth twitched, looking at the old Holy Emperor, he seemed to have just spoken, how did this Holy Emperor know that he was thinking about the power of the Heavenly Secret in his heart?

  Mountain peaks crumbling? Rivers severed?

  If one were to master the Heavenly Secret Manual, wouldn't they be invincible?

  The desire for a heavenly secret recipe was like a seed sprouting, beginning to grow in Xia Yan's heart. Before this, Xia Yan had indeed never thought about heavenly secret recipes. Human-grade secret recipes were already hard to come by.

  "Don't look at me with that gaze, you young lad, what are you thinking in your heart, can you deceive me?" The old emperor walked back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back.

  Xia Yan's face fell like a deflated balloon, his eyes drooping in disappointment. This old emperor was too cunning.

  "I was originally able to get into Zǐyè Academy, but now even the quota for the entrance exam has been cancelled." Xia Yan said helplessly.

  Cannot participate in assessment, naturally cannot enter college.

  The old emperor burst out laughing and said, "Assessment? Xia Yan, as long as you're excellent enough, I don't believe that academy would still refuse a talented cultivator! As for this assessment quota, it's only used on ordinary people. But you, Xia Yan, are not an ordinary person. Do you understand?"

  Xia Yan suddenly opened his eyes, "Yes! Isn't the reason why Purple Leaf Academy created this assessment quota to choose better excellent students?"

  "I understand, huh! By September, I'll be going to Zǐyè City." Xia Yan's voice suddenly became firm, with a thread of confidence shining through his eyes.

  "Oh no, there's one more thing. That... that medicine, will it have any side effects?" Xia Yan asked with a concentrated expression.

  In the daytime at the square, what Wang Yu Yan had said before made Xia Yan's heart feel uneasy.

  The old emperor smiled and said, "Your foundation is already stable, so you don't have to worry about the side effects of the medicine. When your foundation was unstable and the 108 basic meridians were not opened up at first, did I let you use medicine?"

  Hearing this, Xia Yan completely let out a breath of relief.

  At that time, Xia Yan's meridians had not been fully opened up yet, and the old Holy Emperor really did not let him use medicinal pills, and did not even mention anything about medicinal pills.

  Xia Yan only noticed that the old emperor said it was okay to use medicine now, but didn't notice another strange place in the old emperor's words. One hundred and eight basic meridians? What does this mean? Could it be that there are more than 108 meridians in martial arts?

  "Summer words, after your injury heals, it's time to go buy the next batch of medicinal materials we need! We must prepare in advance for the impact of the Spiritual Master realm!" The Holy Emperor's eyes suddenly became sharp.

  Xia Yan frowned, "Breakthrough to the Spiritual Master Realm?"

  Xia Yan's current Ling Luo Sword, combined with his inner strength, can exert a martial arts power of over 90 degrees. However, this is still some distance from impacting the Spirit Master.

  To impact the spiritual master, one must exert a hundred degrees of martial arts power and reach the pinnacle of acquired skills. Only then can one condense the Ling Gathering Hole and become a true Spiritual Master.

  If condensed successfully, the inner power in the body is transformed into spiritual power, greatly increasing one's actual strength, and also allowing for the absorption of heavenly and earthly spiritual powers, prolonging life.

  Spirit masters, if nothing unexpected happens, their lifespan will be at least thirty years longer than that of ordinary people.

  "Yes! Now we must prepare ahead of time. Once you fully merge with the Tianyu Divine Gun, I think that at that time, the power of the Lingluo Sword will also reach 100 degrees. At that time, you can then charge against the Spiritual Masters. To prevent failure, we must also prepare a kind of... elixir! Heh heh, this elixir is also extremely helpful in increasing your mental fortitude." The old Holy Emperor said with great satisfaction.

  Xia Yan's expression was somewhat wooden at first, but then became full of excitement!

  So soon, it's going to clash with the Spirit Master?

  "Shocking the Spiritual Master, it's not that easy. Some people can't form a Spirit Gathering Cave in their body even after reaching the peak of Houtian for a hundred years, and they will be stuck at Houtian forever, unable to reach Xiantian." The old Holy Emperor poured another bucket of cold water immediately afterwards.

  "What? Not successful in a hundred years?" Xia Yan's eyes widened suddenly, not forming a spiritual gathering cave in a hundred years? This blow is too big!

  To know that the difference between acquired and innate is only a thin line, but this distinction can be as different as heaven and earth.

  Those who cannot form a spiritual cave in their cultivation will be unhappy for the rest of their lives. Until death, they may not even close their eyes peacefully.

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