Chapter 993: Untitled

Gai Nie was once a True Immortal. Although he was a True Immortal who was also a sword cultivator with formidable combat power, a True Immortal was not considered particularly powerful in the context of Xianyang City at that time.

There were even many officers in the army with the combat power of True Immortals, not to mention the many schools of the Hundred Schools of Thought, especially the Military School, whose members mostly practiced ancient martial arts.

Ancient martial arts have been passed down to the present day through many lineages, and the body-refining branch of the Military School can be considered the lineage that has persisted with the most ancient martial arts.

The martial arts of this lineage are also the most perilous, though naturally, the speed of cultivation is also the fastest.

In ancient times, the human race survived in the Great Wilderness and needed powerful strength; facing those terrifying demon races, they only survived by experiencing countless cruel and dangerous trials.

Naturally, the martial arts they forged were also extremely perilous.

Some martial arts even directly integrated the blood of fierce spirits from the myriad races to strengthen the physical body.

The Military School lineage learned from this ancient branch.

Cultivation in the early stages of this lineage was not too difficult; as long as there were sufficient resources, one could cultivate, which is why the ancient human race was able to achieve success so quickly.

In the beginning of ancient times, before the human race had a Human Emperor, during that period, under the leadership of many clan elders, the human race was able to resist the Witch and Demon tribes precisely because of this powerful martial art.

Although great supernatural beings like those from the Human Teachings also preached the Dao to the human race in ancient times, the strongest Golden Elixir Great Dao was also very suitable for the innate Dao bodies of the ancient human race.

However, this cultivation still required a very long time.

Martial arts were different; by hunting demon races and utilizing their flesh and blood—especially by refining and absorbing their essence blood to strengthen the physical body—one could reach a level comparable to Earth Immortals or Heavenly Immortals in just a short hundred years.

For mortals cultivating the Dao, wanting to reach the Heavenly Immortal or True Immortal realms required experiencing a very long time and numerous tribulations, such as the Three Calamities and Nine Tribulations, and so on.

In the early stages of martial arts, as long as one was ruthless enough to endure the violent essence blood of the demon races, one's cultivation could improve sufficiently.

However, this cultivation was also extremely perilous; if one was not careful, either their temperament would be insufficient and they would be ravaged by the brutal divine intent within the demon essence blood, or their physical body would collapse.

The ancient human race suffered countless casualties.

But once they persisted, especially after breaking through to the Golden Immortal realm, their combat power would skyrocket, sufficient to fight against the Witch and Demon tribes without falling behind in the slightest.

Of course, after such a long time, this lineage has also been optimized by countless human experts and is no longer as perilous as it was in ancient times.

But compared to other paths of cultivation, it is indeed still very perilous.

As a practitioner of this path, Wang Jian was very clear about this, which is why he did not let his grandson continue to practice it; even Wang Ben, although he also practiced ancient martial arts, was much safer than he was.

It was just that breaking through to Golden Immortal was more difficult and required the polishing of time.

Wang Ben has now been in the True Immortal realm for three hundred years, and it is estimated that even with another thousand years, without some fortuitous encounter, it will be very difficult to break through.

Fortunately, his Military School cultivation is not bad, and by utilizing the Military Qi divine ability of the Military School, he can erupt with the combat power of a Golden Immortal.

However, compared to a true Golden Immortal, Wang Jian naturally knew that he was inferior.

Now that Gai Nie has become a Golden Immortal-level sword cultivator, he is no longer as insignificant as before; placed in Xianyang City, he is among the top few.

With the stature of a Golden Immortal, before the Six States were even conquered, going to any state would have been enough to make every state attach great importance to him; even being enfeoffed as a Duke would likely have been no problem.

Even now, as long as he joins the Great Qin, obtaining a Marquis title would absolutely not be too difficult.

Moreover, Gai Nie himself is not without roots in the Great Qin; after all, he was previously the personal guard of His Majesty and the Court Sword Master for various Princes.

Meeting again, Wang Jian's attitude toward Gai Nie has changed, and it must change.

Wang Jian is not a conceited person; otherwise, he would not have gone from a first-grade soldier to a Vice General, then a General, and later a Great General in just one hundred years.

This is inseparable from his own strength, cultivation, and ability, and also because he knows how to conduct himself; in the army and among the various factions of the Great Qin, he does not offend anyone.

Welcoming Gai Nie back to his mansion, he immediately arranged for people to prepare a banquet.

At the same time, he quickly arranged for the steward to call Wang Ben back.

Although there is a great war at hand, having just experienced more than a dozen defensive battles, the rebel side has actually quieted down a lot.

Wang Jian was not in the front army camp; he had just experienced a great battle and returned to the Jiangling Mansion to recuperate.

In that previous great battle, he fought against ten Golden Immortal-level rebel generals alone; to be honest, the consumption was also very great.

Although he did not suffer any serious injuries, he still needed to recuperate for a period of time.

As for the rebels, one was killed by him.

He is also a Golden Immortal, and a Golden Immortal who practices ancient martial arts, with combat power comparable to a peak Golden Immortal cultivator.

The more than ten human Golden Immortal rebel generals who suddenly appeared were indeed terrifying.

But after exchanging blows, he discovered that although those people had the cultivation of Golden Immortals, their combat power felt very strange to him.

It was as if they were bound by something, or had not fully exerted the full combat power of a Golden Immortal; he was not clear about their exact situation.

Fortunately, these Golden Immortal generals could not fully exert all their power; otherwise, fighting ten against one, even if he did not die, he would have been seriously injured.

Of course, it was not that he did not want to use the Military School divine ability; with his cultivation, mobilizing a million-strong army and gathering military qi into his own body could instantly raise his combat power to the level of a Taiyi Golden Immortal.

But once he did that, Wang Ben would be in danger.

Wang Ben was facing the commander of the rebel army.

That person was even younger than his son.

To be honest, the first time he saw the other party, Wang Jian was also shocked.

The other party's cultivation was not inferior to his, and in terms of true personal combat power, the other party was likely even above him.

This was very terrifying.

He was able to have his current cultivation not only because of his own talent and hard work, but also because of the vast resources provided by the Great Qin.

Especially since he practiced ancient martial arts and breaking through to Golden Immortal required the essence blood of a Golden Immortal-level demon race; ordinary factions could not produce that, and it was only because of a powerful faction like the Great Qin that it could be provided.

The other party was so young yet able to break through; from the other party, he could feel an aura from the same lineage.

That was the most ancient martial art of ancient times, which was extremely terrifying.

He did not expect that the rebel commander was actually walking this path, and had succeeded, and his cultivation was even above his own.

The other party's strength was powerful, and coupled with his Military School cultivation, it was no worse than Wang Ben's.

If Wang Ben did not have the elite Great Qin army, he would likely have been unable to suppress the other party at all; even now, the two million-strong army here in Nanjun still could not completely suppress the other party.

This is also where he is currently distressed.

Even in the end, he had to personally enter the fray to block those ten-plus Golden Immortal generals; otherwise, if he let the other party charge the formation, the Great Qin would truly be defeated. ===== CHAPTER 994 =====