Chapter 175

Ye Yuxuan looked at the sky with a look of half-understanding, her expression unchanged, but her dormant competitive heart began to beat violently again.

Boom—!!! The rumbling sound resounded through heaven and earth, like the beating of war drums, carrying a power that shook the heart.

The golden-black light instantly became dazzling, and everyone in the Imperial City, except for the three experts above the True God level, raised their hands to block their eyes.

A moment later, the erupted golden-black light suddenly contracted, the sky returned to silence, and everything seemed as if it had never happened.

Ye Yuanling raised his hand and waved, the golden light shield dissipated, and the night sky became a bit clearer.

Just as he intended to head to the quiet room, he suddenly raised his head, his expression actually showing a hint of terror.

In the night sky, a vast and boundless phantom appeared, just a head, using the stars in the sky as its body, obscuring the entire night sky.

Its eyes were one gold and one black, carrying the coldness of the Heavenly Dao, looking down on all living beings as if they were ants.

At this moment, even the Immortal Ancestor sitting quietly in the Imperial Palace stood up, looking at the phantom in shock.

The next instant, the phantom of the head dissipated, and that ethereal pressure also disappeared.

"Imm-Immortal Ancestor, what was that?" the Xia Huang asked, his voice no longer gentle, rarely showing a hint of panic.

The Immortal Ancestor shook his head gently, "Unknowable, unheard, untouchable; such power does not exist above the Shenzhou."

"Then how should we deal with it?" the Xia Huang asked.

"No need to deal with it. This may just be caused by the Divine Martial Art that Sect Master Qin is cultivating, which has drawn upon some ancient power in the dark," the Immortal Ancestor said.

Whether it was some kind of natural landscape of heaven and earth or the projection of some great power, it was not something the Great Xia could contend with.

Worrying about it would only add to the trouble.

In the quiet room, Qin Jiang opened his eyes, one gold and one black, and a Daoist phantom appeared behind him, his face identical to his own.

Not long after, the Daoist phantom hid itself, and the golden-black eyes also returned to normal.

Looking at the panel, there were still many potential points left, but if he deduced the Purple Mansion Insight Scripture, he wouldn't be able to raise the Eastern Wood Longevity Body to the perfected level as well.

After hesitating for a moment, he decided to deduce the Purple Mansion Insight Scripture first.

With his current strength, whether the Eastern Wood Longevity Body was at the ninth layer or the ninth layer perfected, the difference in the improvement of his combat power was not significant.

But deducing the Purple Mansion Insight Scripture was different; although it and the Eastern Wood Longevity Body both belonged to the category of nourishing techniques, their focus was different.

The Eastern Wood Longevity Body focused more on the quantity of life force, while the Purple Mansion Insight Scripture focused more on the quality of life force.

Combined, the effect was far greater than raising either one of them to the ninth layer perfected.

"Potential, deduce, Purple Mansion Insight Scripture."

【Deducing... Deduction complete.】

【Purple Mansion Insight Scripture (Perfected) advanced to North Star Ten Thousand Stars Record (First Layer) (1/25000) 【92%】】

【North Star Ten Thousand Stars Record (First Layer) (1/25000) 【92%】】

【Potential Points: 4218.8】

The moment the deduction was completed, Qin Jiang only felt his body falling rapidly, to the point of having a sense of regression.

A moment later, the falling sensation disappeared, and his divine sense had arrived at an unknown place, surrounded by a boundless starry sky, with seven divine stars shining above.

The seven stars of the North Pole, with all stars arching over them.

A wisp of purple brilliance fell from the star at the very front, and the next instant, the surrounding scene changed rapidly. When he came to his senses, he had already returned to the quiet room.

The concentration incense in the incense burner had burned more than halfway, the ash falling, the tip of the incense glowing slightly red, rising in thin, curling smoke.

Hu~ Qin Jiang exhaled a long breath, a flash of purple light at the center of his brow vanishing in an instant.

Looking at the panel, the first layer required 25,000 experience points; although it was not as much as the Demon Ancestor Sweeping Heaven Record, it was still much better than the Eastern Wood Longevity Body.

After adapting for a moment, he poured the potential points into the Eastern Wood Longevity Body.

【Eastern Wood Longevity Body (Third Layer) (8000/30000) 【86%】, Experience +283000】 【Eastern Wood Longevity Body (Ninth Layer) (1000/200000) 【86%】】

【Potential Points: 1388.8】

Green light flashed under Qin Jiang's skin and vanished, his hair grew by about a foot, and other than that, there were no major changes.

It wasn't that the improvement of the Eastern Wood Longevity Body was small, but for Qin Jiang at this moment, raising a Divine Martial Art to the ninth layer would no longer cause a surge in strength.

Looking at the remaining potential points, he didn't pour all of them into the Eastern Wood Longevity Body, because as long as it wasn't perfected, then it didn't matter to him which step of the ninth layer he cultivated to.

"Potential, add points, North Star Ten Thousand Stars Record."

【North Star Ten Thousand Stars Record (First Layer) (1/25000) 【92%】, Experience +138000】

【North Star Ten Thousand Stars Record (Fifth Layer) (8000/45000) 【92%】】

【Potential Points: 8.8】

The boundless starry sky flashed and vanished, and streaks of purple clouds fell from the void, penetrating the roof and falling into his body.

A comfortable feeling came from his limbs and bones, as if some defect had been filled, giving him a feeling of fullness.

He knew that this was because as the power of the North Star Ten Thousand Stars Record gradually caught up with the Eastern Wood Longevity Body, his physical body was also gradually approaching a state of balance.

Adjusting his breath slightly, after adapting for a while, he stood up and walked to the door of the quiet room, pushing it open gently.

Outside the courtyard, Ye Yuanling, Ye Yuxuan, and Steward Xu were all there.

"Congratulations to young friend for breaking through," Ye Yuanling smiled.

He had rushed over after that starry human face disappeared, but he hadn't expected Qin Jiang to only come out of seclusion after a long time; he was probably adapting to his improved power.

He couldn't help but sigh with emotion; previously, Qin Jiang's strength had already far exceeded the ordinary True God peak, reaching an unimaginable realm.

And now, it was even stronger by an unknown amount; he didn't know who was stronger or weaker compared to a True Immortal.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but smile; it was impossible. A True Immortal had already transcended the mundane, high above, looking down on the entire human world; even a True God as strong as Qin Jiang would definitely not be an opponent.

The gap between immortal and mortal was an iron law that could not be crossed.

Back then, the Xia Huang's First Ancestor was struck into serious injury by a True Immortal with a single blow while still in the True God realm; even if Qin Jiang was stronger, at most he could contend with a True Immortal for a few moves, with absolutely no chance of winning.

"Not at all, I must thank Elder Ye for guarding me," Qin Jiang smiled.

Ye Yuanling's expression stiffened upon hearing this, and he laughed dryly: "Heh, hehe, young friend Qin is too polite; this is what this old man should do."

Ye Yuxuan to the side glanced at her grandfather; if looking with one's eyes counted as guarding, then couldn't she also be considered Qin Jiang's guardian?

"Since young friend has already come out of seclusion, will you attend the morning court tomorrow?" Ye Yuanling asked.

Qin Jiang nodded slightly, "That is naturally fine."

"Very well, then this old man won't go to ask for leave."

The next morning, the morning light was still dim and the starlight had not yet dissipated when many ministers were already waiting outside the Imperial Palace.

After a long time, the bell for the Chen hour rang, the palace gates opened, and a mighty procession of officials walked into the Imperial Palace.

Entering the place of the morning court, the Imperial Palace guards began to move chairs and place them on both sides of the main road.

After the many ministers were seated, accompanied by a high shout from above, it suddenly became lively.

The festive music did not lack solemnity, several rows of guards held various bright flags and quickly stood on both sides of the square road, dozens of palace maids walked out in an orderly fashion, scattering flower petals on the road.

A few breaths later, the Xia Huang, dressed in a nine-dragon yellow robe, walked up to the high place and waved his hand.

Suddenly, several voices overlapped together, penetrating the Imperial Palace.

"Welcome—Longevity Sect Master!"

(End of chapter)