Chapter 18: Descendant of the Han Imperial Clan

"By the way, there's also the Body-Destroying Divine Art, a treasure obtained by trading a low-grade Spirit Stone! I'll find an institution to restore it when I return to Earth next year, but for now, let me take a look."

Facing Facing Cang Luo opened the first layer of the Body-Destroying Divine Art, intending to try cultivating it to see the difficulty and understand the difference from techniques learned via technique jade tablets.

It wrote that one must first mobilize Spirit Force through the Chong Meridian to find the Gongsun Acupoint.

After staying for one breath, pass through the Ren Meridian to find the Lieque Acupoint, stay for two breaths, then the Dai Meridian, Ren Meridian, Neiguan Acupoint, and return to the Chong Meridian...

"Uh... so complex."

Facing Facing Cang Luo's head swelled from reading; he took out his phone, turned it on, enabled flight mode, opened the photo of the "Human Body Meridian Acupoint Array," and while looking at the photo, used his Spiritual Sense to internally view the meridians and acupoints within his body.

Comparing the two, Facing Facing Cang Luo searched bitterly for an hour and found only one-third of the meridians and acupoints required for the first layer's mental cultivation method of the Body-Destroying Divine Art.

Facing Facing Cang Luo felt his spirit somewhat listless; this was caused by the consumption of Spiritual Sense from internally viewing the body. Facing Facing Cang Luo ended the internal view, gave up searching for the meridians and acupoints, and decided to deal with it another day.

Just then, Facing Facing Cang Luo suddenly heard several people's voices and footsteps coming from outside the room.

And they were approaching this dormitory; Facing Facing Cang Luo quickly put away the Body-Destroying Divine Art and his phone.

Creak...

The old wooden door opened, and three youths, about fourteen or fifteen years old, stood at the dormitory door, dripping with sweat.

The youth in the lead saw Facing Facing Cang Luo as soon as the door opened; he cautiously asked, "Who are you?"

"What's wrong?"

"There's someone in the room; he's not from our dormitory."

The two people to the left and right behind the youth also saw Facing Facing Cang Luo.

Seeing them covered in sweat, Facing Facing Cang Luo guessed they had just returned from cultivation, but why were there only three people?

Among them, the buzz-cut youth on the left was the shortest of the three and looked slightly immature.

The youth on the right with his hair tied up looked somewhat scholarly, appearing like a scholar.

And standing in the middle, the youth who spoke first, looked quite cold; his flowing medium-length hair looked incredibly handsome, just like Chen Haonan in "Young and Dangerous."

Facing Facing Cang Luo quickly stood up to greet them, cupped his hands, and said, "Greetings, Senior Brothers. Junior Brother Facing Facing Cang Luo, Cang as in the Sky, Luo as in Misfortune."

"I was just assigned to this dormitory; please give me your guidance."

Saying this, Facing Facing Cang Luo took out his identity jade tablet and walked toward them, thinking to himself whether there was such a position as Dormitory Head...

The cold youth in the lead took Facing Facing Cang Luo's identity jade tablet, and after looking at it, immediately relaxed his vigilance.

He only felt a bit strange when seeing the age column, but didn't take it to heart.

He returned the jade tablet to Facing Facing Cang Luo, cupped his hands in return, and said, "So it is Senior Brother Cang. Junior Brother Cang Feng, Warrior Stage 4, Tongzhou, Danyang Commandery."

"I dare not, I dare not. Greetings, Senior Brother Cang." Facing Facing Cang Luo quickly returned the greeting, then looked at the other two.

After Cang Feng introduced himself, the two people behind him also stepped forward one by one to introduce themselves.

The buzz-cut youth cupped his hands and said, "Junior Brother Li Zhanxing, Warrior Stage 3, Tongzhou, Taishan Town."

"Greetings, Senior Brother Li." Facing Facing Cang Luo cupped his hands in return.

Hmm? When they introduced themselves, they all reported their native place and cultivation level together; is this a custom of the Yuanwu Continent?

Facing Facing Cang Luo thought for a moment, then reintroduced himself: "Junior Brother Facing Facing Cang Luo, same as Senior Brother Li Zhanxing, Warrior Stage 3, Tongzhou, Earth Village."

Facing Facing Cang Luo casually reported a place name; he didn't believe they would investigate deeply.

Hearing that Facing Facing Cang Luo had the same cultivation level as him, Li Zhanxing immediately said happily, "Senior Brother Cang, since our cultivation levels are the same, we can spar properly."

Before you arrived, among the nine people in our dormitory, I had the lowest cultivation level. When practicing martial techniques, they sparred in pairs, leaving me alone punching stones, which was boring to death."

"Now it's good; with you here, I have someone to practice with."

Hearing Li Zhanxing mention the cultivation levels of the others, Facing Facing Cang Luo secretly wiped a cold sweat, thinking to himself that it was good he had just reached Warrior Stage 3; otherwise, he would have lost face badly.

"Alright, let's improve together." Facing Facing Cang Luo also wanted someone to practice with; having strength alone isn't enough; technique is also very important.

Otherwise, even if one practices the Thunderous Palm to perfection, what use is it if one cannot hit anyone?

Having said that, Facing Facing Cang Luo looked at the scholarly youth with tied hair, cupped his hands, and asked, "May I ask how this Senior Brother is addressed?"

The scholarly youth cupped his hands and said, "I am Liu Xuande, Warrior Stage 5, Tongzhou, Zhuo Commandery."

Liu Xuande?

Facing Facing Cang Luo was speechless; he actually used the courtesy name of Emperor Liu's Uncle as his name.

Did you get his permission? Anyway, Emperor Liu's Uncle isn't here.

Hmm? Wait, perhaps Emperor Liu's Uncle really exists in this world; at least the possibility of descendants existing is high.

Facing Facing Cang Luo asked curiously, "Uh... Brother Xuande, may I ask if the two characters 'Xuande' are a courtesy name or a given name?"

Hearing Facing Facing Cang Luo's question, Liu Xuande's eyes immediately lit up; he said excitedly, "Junior Brother Cang also knows about courtesy names?"

You must know that no one on the Yuanwu Continent has used courtesy names for a thousand years; most of the younger generation doesn't even know them."

"Hmm, hmm, I have heard a little." Facing Facing Cang Luo nodded perfunctorily.

Does Emperor Liu's Uncle really exist?

"Hehe, Senior Brother Liu is going to start bragging again." Li Zhanxing shook his head with a bitter smile and went with Cang Feng to change out of their green robes soaked in sweat.

Liu Xuande ignored Li Zhanxing and continued, "Junior Brother Cang, the two characters 'Xuande' are my name, but at the same time, they are also the courtesy name of one of my ancestors."

That ancestor of mine was named Liu Bei, courtesy name Xuande."

Facing Facing Cang Luo was stunned; he didn't expect Emperor Liu's Uncle to really exist, and the person before him was a descendant of Emperor Liu's Uncle.

Damn, a descendant of the Han Imperial Clan! Facing Facing Cang Luo couldn't help but look at Liu Xuande a few more times.

However, how did Emperor Liu's Uncle from the Three Kingdoms period of Huaxia on Earth end up in such a state on the Yuanwu Continent? This Liu Xuande doesn't look like a young master from a wealthy family.

He doesn't look like a royal clan member at all.

Right, this is the Lord's world where martial arts are supreme; I suppose Emperor Liu's Uncle's martial power wasn't good.

Then what are the status and cultivation levels of the other Three Kingdoms heroes on the Yuanwu Continent?

Did the martial power of the Ghost God Lu Bu, Lu Fengxian, reach the level of Wu Sheng?

What about the Wu Sheng Guan Yu, Guan Yunchang?

What about Zhao Yun, Zhao Zilong, who was bold as brass?

Liu Xuande, extremely excited, continued: "Over eighteen hundred years ago, my ancestor Liu Bei was also quite famous.

Although his cultivation was not high, he knew many Martial Saints and could speak with them.

That is why my grandfather gave me this name, hoping I would be as successful as my ancestor..."

Liu Xuande did not know how many people he had told this story to; every time he did, he enjoyed it immensely. Li Zhanxing and Cang Feng had already heard it until their ears were calloused.

Facing Facing Cang Luo nodded. Knowing many Martial Saints? It seemed there were quite a few Martial Saints on the Yuanwu Continent during that era?

Heroes are still heroes in any world, so why are there only four Martial Saints left now?

Seeing that Facing Facing Cang Luo was listening intently, Liu Xuande wanted to continue recounting the heroic deeds of his ancestor Liu Bei.

However, he was interrupted by Li Zhanxing, who had just changed his clothes. He said, "Senior Brother Liu, stop talking. Let's go have lunch. Senior Brother Cang, have you eaten?"

It was only then that Facing Facing Cang Luo remembered he had not touched a grain of rice since his transmigration. Suddenly feeling his stomach rumble, he awkwardly said, "I haven't eaten yet."

Li Zhanxing smiled and said, "That's perfect. Let's go eat together."

Facing Facing Cang Luo immediately nodded, looked toward the door, and added, "By the way, where are the other six senior brothers?"

At that moment, Cang Feng also arrived after changing clothes. He shook his flowing hair and casually said, "They went on a mission."

"Mission? A mission obtained from the Mission Pavilion?" Facing Facing Cang Luo asked in confusion.

"No, it is a mission that Outer Sect disciples must complete every month. Let's go eat first; I'll tell you on the way. After eating, I'll take you to report to Clerk Liang."

Clerk Liang was the clerk managing Xin Yi Qi Liu Dormitory; all new disciples had to report to him.

Speaking thus, Cang Feng tied his flowing medium-long hair into a ponytail, then urged Liu Xuande, who was still changing clothes, saying, "Hurry up."

"Alright, alright, coming right up," Liu Xuande quickly replied.

Facing Facing Cang Luo discovered that although Cang Feng's cultivation was not the highest among the three, Liu and Li seemed to implicitly regard him as the leader; he must possess some extraordinary ability.

Tsk tsk, not only handsome but also capable; such a person is enviable.

The four dressed and went out; Li Zhanxing was the last to leave and was responsible for locking the door.

On the way to the Outer Sect Canteen, the four chatted freely, though mostly they were talking while Facing Facing Cang Luo listened.

Occasionally, when a topic arose, he would speak about his hometown, the 'Earth Village,' which made them exclaim in wonder. Within a short while, he had blended in with them.

Through Cang Feng's explanation, Facing Facing Cang Luo learned that Outer Sect disciples also needed to complete a certain quota of missions every month.

Although the mission difficulty was not high, it still carried a certain degree of danger, so Outer Sect disciples generally formed teams to undertake missions and rarely went alone.

The monthly missions for Outer Sect disciples were assigned by the Outer Sect Mission Pavilion to clerks, who then distributed them to the ten Outer Sect disciples under their management.

Mission content mainly fell into two types. The first was collecting materials needed for refining pills and setting up arrays.

For example, some low-grade spiritual herbs and first- and second-grade demonic beasts; the beasts were needed whether dead or alive. This collection mission was generally carried out in the outskirts of the Demonic Beast Forest, 135 li north of the Profound Tianmen.

Through satellite imagery, Facing Facing Cang Luo saw that the Demonic Beast Forest covered an extremely vast area, equivalent to half of the Great Meng Province in Huaxia on Earth.

They told Facing Facing Cang Luo that resources within the Demonic Beast Forest were extremely abundant; whether demonic beasts or various heavenly treasures and earthly wonders, they were countless and inexhaustible.

Therefore, the Profound Tianmen and the four Imperial Sects of Tongzhou were all located near the Demonic Beast Forest, developing their sects with the forest at their backs.

However, although the Demonic Beast Forest held countless treasures, one still needed a life to claim them.

Wu Shi and Wu Jiang disciples absolutely dared not venture deep into the Demonic Beast Forest; they could only hunt first- and second-grade demonic beasts on the outskirts and collect some low-grade spiritual herbs.

Spiritual herbs were divided into nine grades in total; low-grade spiritual herbs referred to first- through third-grade herbs.

Low-grade spiritual herbs could generally only be used to refine Earth-grade pills, but that did not mean Heaven-grade pills did not require first-grade herbs.

As for pills, they were divided into four grades: Heaven, Earth, Profound, and Yellow. Each grade was further divided into superior, medium, and inferior ranks, the same classification system as for cultivation techniques.

The Zhi Yuan Dan that Facing Facing Cang Luo had taken yesterday was a Heaven-grade, medium-rank pill, incredibly precious.

The second type of mission was to drive away demonic beasts that invaded towns and villages to cause havoc among the people of the Chu Kingdom, and to assist government soldiers in dealing with petty thieves and bandits.

Of course, this was limited to the sphere of influence of the Profound Tianmen; towns too far away were beyond their reach.

While chatting, the four arrived at the Outer Sect Canteen...