Chapter 1227: Thirteen Thousand Five Hundred

Boom boom!

On the five golden lotus platforms, tens of thousands of people were deathly silent, as if even their breathing had been held at this moment; only the rumbling of energy on the horizon kept reverberating.

Everyone, including even the five Guard Reverends, stared with somewhat dazed eyes at that dazzling, resplendent Boundary River meteor, as flawless as the most perfect gem in the world.

They had never seen a Boundary River meteor of such purity.

Thirty zhang!

This seemed to be a size that had never existed before.

In the most recent hundred years, the most refined Boundary River meteor on record was only a little over forty zhang, yet now, Jiang Jiang Qinge and Li Luo had forcefully pushed this record up to thirty zhang.

The shock this brought to those present was beyond compare.

From such a refined Boundary River meteor, how many "Star Beads" could be extracted? That would surely be over ten thousand, right?

At this thought, the members of the Dragon Fang Guard felt a suffocating dizziness. A single Boundary River meteor directly yielding over ten thousand Star Beads? This was a harvest they had never dared to imagine before.

Yet now, that dazzling, resplendent Boundary River meteor was right before their eyes.

"Jiang Dragon Fang Envoy is mighty!"

"Commander Li Luo is mighty!"

On the Dragon Fang Guard's side, soon there rose a mountain-toppling cheer that exploded like thunder. Every face was wild with joy; no one had expected that the combined effort of Jiang Jiang Qinge and Li Luo could actually purify and refine the Boundary River meteor to thirty zhang!

Luo Jiang, this Left Dragon Fang Envoy, wiped his face and said with a bitter smile, "What kind of freakish couple is this?"

With Li Luo and Jiang Jiang Qinge pairing up so ferociously, for this "Star Transformation" step, he, the Left Dragon Fang Envoy, could probably just rest?

If he insisted on going up, he would probably draw collective protest from the Dragon Fang Guard.

Xia Yu also gazed at those two figures with bright eyes and said, "Commander Li Luo really is our Dragon Fang Branch's lucky star. Before, he took the Qingming Banner, which was ranked last, and led it straight to first among the twenty banners. Now that he's come to the Dragon Fang Guard, he's brought us a fiancée who will set us on the path to being unrivaled. I feel like the good days for our Dragon Fang Guard are about to arrive."

Beside her, Second Commander Li Shanlan and Third Commander Li Meng also nodded in deep agreement. After all, that thirty-zhang "Boundary River meteor" was right before their eyes—if this wasn't the good days, then what was?

"If it weren't against the rules, I'd have no objection to Commander Li Luo being the Left Dragon Fang Envoy right now," Li Meng said with a grin.

"It's only a matter of time. I'll keep the Grand Commander seat reserved for him," Xia Yu said with a pursed-lip smile.

Luo Jiang cursed with a laugh, "You bastards are way too mercenary. I've been working my tail off for all these years, and it's still not as good as a single thirty-zhang Boundary River meteor?"

"Not one meteor—it's very likely to be like this from now on," Xia Yu corrected.

Luo Jiang was rendered speechless. If Jiang Jiang Qinge and Li Luo could really maintain a "thirty-zhang" refinement level going forward, then they might truly become the Dragon Fang Guard's greatest treasure.

"How about we go all the way and let Li Luo replace the Guard Reverend's position?" Luo Jiang contemplated for two seconds and said.

What was the point of coveting his Dragon Fang Envoy seat? A deceased fellow cultivator won't harm a poor Daoist—first, drag Li Foluo down.

Everyone secretly laughed, but they all understood this was just a joke. Li Luo's strength was still too low. As for Jiang Jiang Qinge, well, she had some chance; she would be extremely close to the Guard Reverend's position.

And while the Dragon Fang Guard's side was overjoyed, the other four Guards exchanged uneasy glances. In their eyes was only that thirty-zhang "Boundary River meteor"—its dazzling, eye-catching luster was like a small sun, making them unable to look away.

Tens of thousands of people nearly drooled.

The Dragon Blood Guard's side was the quietest, after all they had always been the envied ones in the past, but now they were getting a taste of that feeling too.

"Li Luo."

In the Dragon Blood Guard, Li Li Qingfeng, who was now only a Hundred Guard, gazed at Li Luo's figure with complicated eyes. Back when the latter had first arrived at the Qingming Banner, he hadn't truly regarded this person who had returned from Outer Shenzhou as a rival. Yet who could have guessed that in just over a year, this returnee would have surpassed them all.

Now Li Luo had also been the first to step into Da Tian Xiang Jing and taken the position of Commander of the Dragon Fang Guard; in both achievement and strength, he had surpassed these peers of his.

Beside Li Li Qingfeng, Li Li Hongli sighed and said faintly, "I feel like what happened with the twenty banners is probably going to repeat itself among the five Guards."

Li Li Qingfeng was silent. His gaze turned to the distant midair, to the girl of matchless bearing holding hands with Li Luo. The latter was dazzling like a Goddess of Light, and that appearance and temperament even surpassed Qin Yi by a notch.

Moreover, she had also cultivated Ten-Pillar Golden Platforms.

It was said that this fiancée, like Li Luo, had also come from that remote Outer Shenzhou.

This made Li Li Qingfeng feel it was absurd—which side was actually Inner Shenzhou?

Li Luo being blessed with Three Palaces and Six Phases could still be explained by his being of Li Li Tianwang's bloodline, but where did this Jiang Jiang Qinge come from?

With these two around, the Tianlong Five Guards were truly likely to undergo earth-shattering changes.

Li Li Qingfeng and Li Li Hongli were merely feeling complicated here, but Li Hongque's face was as dark as a black pot. Beside her, Yuan Tianzhao gave a bitter laugh and said, "There's really no catching up now."

If it were only fifty zhang, he could still try with Yi Mi Fa, but this thirty-zhang "Boundary River meteor"—even if he risked his life, he probably couldn't do it.

Could he possibly directly ignite his Marquis Platform and put on a sacrificial show?

Yuan Tianzhao wasn't crazy.

No matter how much he wanted to cozy up to Li Hongque's side, he couldn't do it this way. After all, if he destroyed himself, Li Hongque would be the first to never give him a pleasant look again.

"I also don't know what that Li Luo actually did. Clearly Jiang Jiang Qinge was already near her limit; by my estimate, she could at best have purified and refined the Boundary River meteor to around fifty zhang," Yuan Tianzhao said, somewhat puzzled.

Li Hongque naturally had no answer either. Originally everyone had thought that Li Luo, a mere Da Tian Xiang Jing cultivator, even if he mobilized the strength of two thousand-man guards, in this situation couldn't even help Luo Jiang in the slightest—so what use could a mere commander be?

Yet, not only did he actually play a role, he directly helped Jiang Jiang Qinge purify and refine the "Boundary River meteor" to the unbelievable level of thirty zhang.

Li Hongque took a deep breath, then without a word, descended and returned to the Dragon Blood Guard.

Although she was furious inside, she also understood that no matter what she did now, she couldn't possibly outshine Li Luo and Jiang Jiang Qinge on this Falling Star Platform.

Afterward, she could only pin her hopes on the "Ascending the Steps" battle.

While all five Guards were immersed in various complex emotions of shock and envy, Li Luo also slowly exhaled a breath. He gazed at the perfect "meteor" of thirty zhang before him, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

His attempt with the "Minor Formless Fire" had achieved an unexpectedly good result.

The Minor Formless Fire wasn't skilled at purification, but it was skilled at refinement.

Because it was an essential element for refining a Postnatal Aspect, and in such refinement, all impurities in the various materials had to be completely smelted away—even a trace of residue would cause the process to fail. That was why Li Luo planned to try combining it with Jiang Jiang Qinge's Light Phase power to see if they could refine this Boundary River meteor into a flawless state.

And the final effect was clearly extremely remarkable.

The two working together produced a shocking result.

"How was it?" Li Luo said with a beaming smile.

Jiang Jiang Qinge slightly nodded, and a smile surfaced on her flawless, fair face as she said, "Pretty impressive."

"Let's first try and see how many Star Beads can be extracted," Li Luo said with a smile.

This was the true moment of harvest.

Jiang Jiang Qinge's jade finger pointed out, a stream of light resonance force surged into the "Boundary River Meteor," then directly triggered it from within. Immediately, violent energy ripples spread out from it, and on the Boundary River Meteor, countless cracks rapidly spread.

In just a few breaths, the Boundary River Meteor had cracked to its limit. The next moment, under the gaze of tens of thousands of eyes, it suddenly burst apart.

At once, starlight scattered across the sky.

Within each streak of starlight was a pearl of light about the size of a baby's fist. On the surface of the pearls, brilliant starlight seemed to flow—extremely dazzling and resplendent.

Jiang Jiang Qinge raised her palm, and the light resonance force swept up the skyful of starlight, gathering it before her.

"Envoy Jiang Longya, how many star pearls?" Luo Jiang could not wait to speak.

Jiang Jiang Qinge sensed briefly, then, meeting those many expectant gazes, her red lips moved slightly, and a voice that drove people into wild joy and excitement spread out.

"Thirteen thousand five hundred."