Chapter 433: Xu Ninth, Fenghou Technique, Dual Xiang Bearer

"The Spear of the Bright King, the Beast of the Holy Mountain, the Phantom Thunder in the Fire?"

Li Luo recited this high-sounding phrase, then humbly asked, "What does this refer to?"

Instructor Xi Chan tapped the table rhythmically with her slender fingers, producing a crisp clicking sound, while smiling, "The Spear of the Bright King likely refers to that one from the Holy Bright King Academy. You know the Holy Bright King Academy, right? They were the champions of the previous Holy Cup War, thus gaining vast cultivation resources and numerous benefits. Accumulated over these years, they are now the Holy Academy with the strongest visible foundation in the Eastern Region of Outer Shenzhou."

"The one-star academy student with the codename Spear is named Jing Jing Taixu. It is said he possesses the Wind Xiang, and his rank is... Xu Ninth Rank."

"Xu Ninth Rank?"

Li Luo was stunned, surprised, "There is such a thing as Xu Ninth Rank?"

Instructor Xi Chan nodded, saying, "You might be too close to Jiang Jiang Qinge, so you are somewhat unclear about the power and rarity of the Ninth Xiang. This is normal; common people fear the tiger, but if one is always accompanied by a tiger, one forgets its terrifying nature."

Li Luo was speechless; was the instructor's metaphor implying Jiang Jiang Qinge was a shrew?

"Between the Upper Eighth Rank and the Ninth Rank, there seems to be only one grade difference, but in reality, the gap between them is ten thousand li. How to put it... Since Jiang Jiang Qinge entered the Holy Xuanxing Academy, no one has seen her truly display all her strength and potential. Even in her previous match against Zhao Zhao Huiyin during the Ticket Match, she was likely just experiencing that rare joy. Zhao Zhao Huiyin did not force out her full strength or trump cards."

"Just as you are now inquiring about powerful opponents from other Holy Academies, I am afraid that all the outstanding students in the three-star academies of those other Holy Academies are now doing everything possible to gather information on Jiang Jiang Qinge, because they all understand that Jiang Jiang Qinge is their roadblock."

"You can still find three most popular candidates for the championship here, but over in the three-star academy... the result everyone gets might be only one, and that is, Jiang Jiang Qinge of the Holy Xuanxing Academy."

Li Luo blinked. To be honest, he really hadn't felt Jiang Jiang Qinge was this terrifying; perhaps it was truly because they had spent too much time together. But he didn't expect that, unknowingly, Jiang Jiang Qinge's fame had already spread throughout the major academies of the Eastern Region of Outer Shenzhou.

"Precisely because the gap between the Eighth Rank and the Ninth Rank is too large, the so-called Xu Ninth Rank was derived... This is equivalent to a rank between the Eighth and the Ninth. However, no matter what, as long as it carries this character 'Nine', it is enough to indicate its terror. For this Holy Cup War one-star academy strongest student competition, this Jing Jing Taixu counts as the most popular." Instructor Xi Chan said.

Li Luo sighed with emotion; this Ninth Rank was indeed a rank dreamed of by countless people. Even this Xu Ninth Rank still left people far behind.

"Then what about the Beast of the Holy Mountain?" he asked.

"The Beast of the Holy Mountain refers to the Holy Mountain Academy. This Holy Academy is somewhat special because what they are most famous for is their Myriad Beasts Department... Looking across the many Holy Academies of the Eastern Region of Outer Shenzhou, they possess the most Myriad Beast Xiangs. And this so-called Beast refers to a student in their one-star academy."

"That person's name is Sun Sun Dasheng, and he possesses the Upper Eighth Rank Stone Ape Xiang."

"Sun Sun Dasheng? What a bold name."

Li Luo smiled, then said with a bit of surprise, "However, although the Upper Eighth Rank is considered rare, to become the most popular candidate based on this alone, there must be something special, right?"

Instructor Xi Chan nodded, saying, "You are indeed sharp. This Sun Sun Dasheng is indeed somewhat special. It is said that for certain reasons, he cultivated a Fenghou Technique."

"Fenghou Technique?!"

Li Luo widened his eyes in shock. As the name suggests, the so-called Fenghou Technique is a Xiang Art that only Fenghou experts can master. The power of such an Xiang Art is extremely astonishing. With this kind of power, let alone a mere Xiangshi Realm practitioner, even a powerful expert of the Earth Fiery General Rank could not cultivate it.

How did this Sun Sun Dasheng do it?

"This world is vast and boundless; there will always be some strange things. No need to be too surprised." Instructor Xi Chan, with her extraordinary experience, was not particularly surprised by this.

Hearing this, Li Luo thought it over and agreed. He himself belonged to a strange category, born with three Xiang Palaces. In a sense, the rarity should be no weaker than that of Sun Sun Dasheng. Since he had something special, and the world was so big, there were others who had opportunities besides him.

"Although that Sun Sun Dasheng masters a Fenghou Technique, his own foundation and Xiang Power have limitations. So I think if he really uses it, the power might not be too terrifying. Otherwise, he would have long surpassed that Jing Jing Taixu to become the most popular candidate for the championship." Instructor Xi Chan analyzed.

Li Luo nodded.

"The Spear of the Bright King and the Beast of the Holy Mountain have been explained. Can you guess what the last phrase, the Phantom Thunder in the Fire, refers to?" Instructor Xi Chan asked with a smile.

Li Luo hesitated slightly, thought for a moment, then said, "Could it be... a Dual Xiang bearer?"

He recalled the information Lu Cang had revealed to him previously, saying that in the Holy Cup War, there might be more than one person in the one-star academy possessing Dual Xiang.

For Li Luo's answer, Instructor Xi Chan chuckled lightly, saying, "You are indeed sharp... You guessed correctly. This third person, just like you, also possesses Dual Xiang."

"She comes from the Heavenly Fire Holy Academy, her name is Lu Ming, and she possesses the Phantom Thunder Dual Xiang, both are Seventh Rank."

"Phantom Thunder Dual Xiang..."

Li Luo's eyes narrowed slightly. Phantom Xiang? It is indeed a rather rare Xiang nature. This should be similar to the effect of Bai Bai Mengmeng's Nightmare Butterfly Xiang. Although this Xiang nature's attack power is not particularly strong, it is extremely tricky to deal with. Sometimes when he acts with Bai Bai Mengmeng, he has deeply experienced this point.

And what would it look like when the Phantom Xiang and the Lei Xiang are combined?

Li Luo sighed in his heart; no wonder it is the Holy Cup War, truly hiding dragons and crouching tigers.

Xu Ninth Rank, Fenghou Technique, Dual Xiang bearer.

No wonder Instructor Xi Chan warned him not to get too arrogant.

"Li Luo, your current strength, even in the Holy Cup War, should be enough to rank in the first sequence. However, if your goal is to aim for that strongest one-star academy student, I think your chances of victory are probably not too high." Instructor Xi Chan said.

Li Luo's expression became solemn. He did not feel that Instructor Xi Chan was looking down on him, because at least these three championship favorites, each one, was absolutely an enemy far surpassing Lu Cang.

"However, you are not completely without hope." Instructor Xi Chan's gaze turned toward him.

"Please teach me, Instructor." Li Luo asked with a very proper attitude.

Instructor Xi Chan lightly tapped the table with her knuckles.

"Dual Xiang Power, He Yi Jing."

"There is still nearly half a month until the Holy Cup War. During this half month, I will personally guide you. If you can truly stabilize the realm of Dual Xiang Power at He Yi Jing, then these three championship candidates should become four."

While Li Luo was communicating with Instructor Xi Chan within the academy, inside the House Luolan Manor, Cai Wei suddenly approached Jiang Jiang Qinge, who was practicing swordsmanship in the courtyard.

"Sister Cai Wei, is there something?" Jiang Jiang Qinge sheathed her sword and stood, her golden eyes looking at the approaching Cai Wei, revealing a smile.

Cai Wei walked gracefully, a floral palm fan in her hand covering her red lips, laughter coming through: "Nothing major, just when I was organizing the study earlier, I found something fun."

"Oh?"

Cai Wei took out a folded letter paper and handed it over with a mischievous smile.

Jiang Jiang Qinge took it with confusion, opened it, and read carefully. As she read, her slender willow eyebrows gently raised.

This letter was written to Li Taixuan.

However, what was surprising was that the sender was not a faction within Great Xia, but from the Shenyang Dynasty, a country quite far above the Eastern Region of Outer Shenzhou. Jiang Jiang Qinge had an impression of this country because she remembered that the Holy Bright King Academy was located within the Shenyang Dynasty.

And the content of the letter came from an ancient family with a long foundation within the Shenyang Dynasty.

The Jing Family.

The head of this Jing Family obviously had some acquaintance with Li Taixuan.

And inside the letter, it was actually a marriage alliance intention issued by that Jing Family head. The letter said that their Jing Family had a prodigy named Jing Taixu, and the object of the marriage alliance was actually her?

Jiang Jiang Qinge watched without any waves in her expression, but when she reached the end, a smile couldn't help but appear on the corner of her lips.

Because at the very end of the letter, someone had written a reply. That handwriting was very familiar to her; obviously, it was written by Li Taixuan himself.

The reply was just two characters.

Get lost.

However, this letter clearly was never sent back in the end; Li Taixuan had casually tossed it onto a bookshelf, and today it happened to be found by Cai Wei while she was tidying up.

"Tsk tsk, Jiang Jiang Qinge, looks like your reputation spread out of here quite a few years ago." Cai Wei said with a smile.

Jiang Jiang Qinge shook her head.

"This Jing family is rather boring."

She handed the letter to Cai Wei and waved her hand.

"Take it and burn it, don't let Li Luo see it."