Chapter 137: Purple Robe Adorned

This sentence was like thunder, echoing in Xu Qing's ears, causing some fluctuations in his mind. However, Xu Qing's expression did not change much, and he did not overthink it, lowering his head to speak respectfully.

"Yes."

There was no need to hide this matter. Although the Mermaid Clan's Spirit Breath Lamp was of great value, it was not as if no one had ever obtained it before. Xu Qing's actions that day seemed concealed, but in reality, if someone truly wanted to investigate, they could still find many clues.

Xu Qing felt there was no need to lie about this matter; it would only give people the feeling of trying to cover up something.

"How do you intend to handle it?" The Third Elder looked at Xu Qing and spoke calmly.

"Sell it."

Xu Qing spoke without hesitation and looked up at the Third Elder.

At this moment, the Third Elder, sitting at the head of the hall, radiated an aura that distorted the surroundings, causing the entire great hall to be under pressure. With the echoing of his words just now, this feeling of pressure became even more intense.

Even that stinging sensation reappeared, but in Xu Qing's perception, it was ultimately much better than the last time.

You must know that last time, he had to struggle even to lift his head, and his eyes would sting intensely just from one glance.

Upon hearing this, the Third Elder revealed a smile on his face, seemingly satisfied that Xu Qing had not hidden the matter, and thus transmitted his words.

"Xu Qing, I will not hide it from you; I still think highly of you. Since you obtained the Spirit Breath Lamp yourself, I will not ask for it. I don't have my eyes on that lamp."

"However, I remind you: sell it as soon as possible. Otherwise, someone will eventually have their eyes on it. I can know you obtained it; it is not difficult for others to know as well."

"Now, give me your identity token."

Xu Qing's gaze was restrained as he took out his identity token.

The Third Elder waved his right hand. After the token flew into his hand, he tapped it lightly. Immediately, the token trembled and emitted light. The information inside was rapidly adjusted, and then formation fluctuations arrived, seemingly branding it.

A moment later, the token's light dissipated. After it returned to normal, it was waved by the Third Elder and flew straight toward Xu Qing.

Xu Qing raised his hand to catch it, also prepared to bear the great force upon it. After all, he had experienced a similar event when he visited that Chief of the Homicide Department.

But as the token was caught by him, there was no force transmitted at all, as if all the force had perfectly dissipated the moment he touched it.

This scene caused Xu Qing's pupils to shrink; he felt the difference between the two sides.

You must know that releasing power is easy, but controlling it perfectly without revealing a trace is what is difficult.

"You may go down now." The Third Elder closed his eyes.

Xu Qing cupped his fists and left respectfully. As he was about to walk out of the great hall, the Third Elder's voice came again.

"That child Zhongheng does not have a bad nature."

"This disciple understands." Xu Qing turned and bowed, walking out of the great hall. He knew very clearly in his heart that when he came that day, the other party had not said this sentence, and it was Deacon Li who spoke, because his status was not enough.

But now it was different.

As Xu Qing walked out, Deacon Li on the side nodded at him, closed his eyes, and said nothing. Xu Qing looked up at Zhang Yunshi in the distance and walked toward him.

Zhang Yunshi smiled. In the time that followed, he took Xu Qing to get his Daoist robe. At the same time, Xu Qing also chose a cave dwelling, but most of the good ones had already been taken, so the place he chose was somewhat remote.

But Xu Qing felt it was not bad, and as for the price, it was not as exorbitant as he had imagined.

Finally, under Zhang Yunshi's introduction and guidance, Xu Qing went to the Scripture Hall, where he exchanged for the Foundation Establishment cultivator's technique. In addition to this, he also exchanged for some body tempering techniques.

After doing all this, it was already dusk. Zhang Yunshi sent Xu Qing to the cave dwelling he had chosen before cupping his fists and leaving. Before leaving, he smiled and spoke.

"Junior Brother Xu, the reason I accompanied you so much today is, on one hand, because I feel we have some affinity, and on the other hand, because I accepted the task of guiding disciples up the mountain this month, and I will receive a reward from the sect for this."

"So you don't need to worry about why I am so attentive. But ultimately, we have an affinity. If we meet on the sea in the future, I hope we can look out for each other."

"Finally, Junior Brother Xu Qing, I will give you a friendly reminder: once we cultivators step into Foundation Establishment, we must open thirty Dharma Apertures as quickly as possible to form a Life Fire and possess the Profound Radiance State."

"You must know that whether one has the Profound Radiance State or not, they are two completely different levels of cultivators. Having painstakingly stepped into Foundation Establishment, if one does not form a Life Fire as quickly as possible, one will be at a great disadvantage. Many Foundation Establishment cultivators who died were mostly at this stage."

"A Foundation Establishment cultivator without the Profound Radiance State can only bully Qi Condensation cultivators." Zhang Yunshi smiled. After finishing, he glanced at Xu Qing's right hand and, finding that the flaw caused by habit could no longer be perceived, smiled and walked away freely.

Xu Qing's pupils shrank. Whether from his own understanding or the other party's description just now, he understood the importance of the Life Fire to Foundation Establishment.

At this moment, he cupped his fists and bowed slightly, watching Zhang Yunshi's figure disappear.

At the same time, the guard in his heart was withdrawn from the other party, and he turned to look at his own cave dwelling.

The place he chose was against a cliff. The dark green cave dwelling stone door was closed, surrounded by weeds, and the door was covered in moss. A sense of dampness permeated with the wind.

After checking the place, Xu Qing approached the stone door and took out the jade slip to control the cave dwelling, pouring spiritual energy into it. Immediately, the cave dwelling stone door shone with runes. Xu Qing followed the method recorded on the jade slip and raised his hand to place it on the runes.

Like a branding mark, as the runes shone, the cave dwelling gathered his mark, and the great door slowly opened, revealing the environment inside.

This cave dwelling was not large, with only two rooms. It was not pitch black inside; the pearls embedded in the ceiling emitted a soft light. It was just that it hadn't been used for a long time and was full of dust.

Xu Qing waved his hand, and a wind appeared to sweep the place. Afterward, he carefully checked to ensure there were no problems before walking out again to set up poison powder outside the cave dwelling.

This time, he set up a sufficient amount. Until he had finished all the areas outside and returned to the cave dwelling, he continued to sprinkle a lot more, finally taking out the protective formation he had bought and activating it.

As the cave dwelling door closed and the cave dwelling's own formation was activated, Xu Qing finally let out a long sigh of relief.

Sitting here, he recalled the sights and sounds of this day and faintly had the feeling of the first day he came to the Seven Blood Eyes, only that back then he was Qi Condensation, and now he was Foundation Establishment.

"Finally Foundation Establishment..." Xu Qing muttered. Recalling the various rights of Foundation Establishment in the Seven Blood Eyes, he changed into the purple Daoist robe he had taken. Looking down at the robe, a glimmer of spirit appeared in Xu Qing's eyes.

This Daoist robe also had a formation on it, possessing a certain degree of protection, which was quite extraordinary. I am afraid that if it were placed outside or at the mountain base, it would be snatched by many disciples if the color were changed.

Touching the robe on his body, Xu Qing sat cross-legged and took out a jade slip.

This jade slip was one of the Seventh Peak Foundation Establishment techniques he had exchanged from the Scripture Hall today.

Looking at the jade slip now, Xu Qing poured spiritual energy into it and began to view it.

After Foundation Establishment, he understood that he must practice the Foundation Establishment technique as quickly as possible so as not to waste time, allowing his cultivation to proceed at all times just as it had before.

As he viewed it, time slowly passed. Soon, the moonlight outside permeated and drifted onto the stone door of Xu Qing's cave dwelling. Looking from afar, it quite had the appearance of a bright moon in the sky shedding clear radiance.

This caused the stone door to reveal a thick sense of simplicity in the moonlight, carrying a touch of the vicissitudes of time.

Inside the cave dwelling, Xu Qing raised his head, a sharp light appearing in his eyes.

"Malevolent Fire Soul-Swallowing Scripture..."

The Foundation Establishment technique of the Seventh Peak of the Seven Blood Eyes was this Malevolent Fire Soul-Swallowing Scripture. Just looking at the name revealed a deep sense of slaughter, and one could imagine that this technique must also lean toward the category of evil techniques.

However, this also matched Xu Qing's judgment. After all, the sect's name was Seven Blood Eyes.

And this Malevolent Fire Soul-Swallowing Scripture was not divided into levels. Its main cultivation method focused on how to open Dharma Apertures as quickly as possible. It first cultivated a type of flame called Malevolent Fire within the Dharma Apertures in the body.

This flame blended with the aura of the Forbidden Sea and was very strange, and the more one practiced, the more intense the Malevolent Fire became.

This Malevolent Fire could be used as an attack method on one hand, and on the other, it was the core of this scripture... Soul-Swallowing!

Extracting the enemy's soul and using it as firewood to ignite it, using it as an extreme impact within the body to force open the Dharma Apertures. This method was extremely brutal and also very direct.

According to the technique's description, the soul of a Foundation Establishment cultivator who had not formed a Life Fire was enough for a disciple practicing the Malevolent Fire Soul-Swallowing Scripture to force open one Dharma Aperture. If it were a Qi Condensation cultivator, it would require hundreds or even more to barely achieve a similar effect, and the demand would only increase the further one went.

"Whether it is a sea beast or an alien race, both can be used as firewood for the Malevolent Fire Soul-Swallowing Scripture. Among them, alien races have the best effect, especially the Sea Corpse Clan, because their formation is related to the soul, so the effect is extremely astonishing..." This sentence in the technique jade slip revealed a thick sense of bloodiness.

This technique was simple and direct, with no fancy parts, but it was extremely violent.

After Xu Qing finished reading, he took a deep breath. Especially when the Malevolent Fire Soul-Swallowing Scripture was practiced to the final stage, the Malevolent Fire reached the ultimate state, existing in every Dharma Aperture in the body. At that time, there was no need for souls to impact the Dharma Apertures; one could extract the enemy's soul and suppress it in one's own Dharma Apertures.

Burning it day and night, thereby making one's own magic power more concentrated.

It could be said that any disciple practicing the Malevolent Fire Soul-Swallowing Scripture was a living God of Slaughter.

But... not all disciples practiced this technique. The Seventh Peak had three Foundation Establishment techniques; another was called the Sea King Volume.

This technique was relatively gentler, focusing mainly on capturing sea beasts and raising them in the Dharma Apertures using a special method, thereby achieving the purpose of nourishment. It was divided into ten levels, and each practice could instantly open about seven or eight Dharma Apertures.

The focus of cultivation was the need to constantly capture and refine sea beasts.

When taking action, it was also astonishing. With all Dharma Apertures in the body opened, each sea beast could make the magic power in the body of a disciple practicing this technique thick and powerful.

The first technique was brutal, and the cultivation speed was very fast, but there was a lot of slaughter, and a slight carelessness would lead to death.

And the second one mostly used sea beasts for cultivation, making one's own magic power increasingly thick and improving one's self-preservation ability, but the combat power was relatively much weaker.

As for the third one, it was called the Longevity Scripture.

This technique was gentler, not seeking external force to break through, only practicing constantly by oneself. Therefore, most of the time was spent in closed-door cultivation, and the cultivation speed was incomparably slow, but the benefits were also great; they rarely went out and were killed.

Because they almost never went out, and when they did take action, it was often focused on coordination and assistance.

According to different personalities, everyone's choice was different.

After Xu Qing pondered, he couldn't distinguish which was better. However, the mediocre Sea King Volume was first rejected by him. As for the Malevolent Fire Soul-Swallowing Scripture and the Longevity Scripture, these two belonged to different extremes.

While Xu Qing was weighing the techniques, on the Endless Sea outside the Seven Blood Eyes, as the Great Wings in the sky roared toward the sky, Seventh Master, standing in the pavilion on the Great Wings, was looking toward the direction of the Seven Blood Eyes.

The Great Wings beneath him were like divine creatures. Wherever they passed, the sea roared.

"Seventh Master, the child has reached Foundation Establishment." Beside Seventh Master stood the middle-aged servant who had given Xu Qing the token that day. At this moment, after taking out a jade slip to look at it, he spoke to Seventh Master in a low voice.

"Should we arrange a summons after returning?" The servant looked at Seventh Master.

Seventh Master shook his head.

"No need."

"War is about to begin. We will talk about this matter after the war. Among the one hundred tokens issued, although he was the first to walk out, there must be others following. We need to compare them."

"In addition, as he is now... it is not enough for him to become the Fourth."

Testing how everyone is spending tonight

1. Accompanied by family, incomparably warm

2. Opposite sex...

3. Still ammonites

4. Spending it with the third update... ===== CHAPTER 138 =====