Chapter 147 - The Nine Provinces, A True Powerhouse!

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After feeling the rapid growth of his cultivation, Ye Xiao was full of energy.

He read books and read them with all his might.

After getting up, Ye Xiao bought a mixed-grain pancake and a cup of yogurt. While drinking, he rushed to the library.

When he passed by the intersection of traffic lights, he met Gu Hai on duty.

Ye Xiao felt that the righteousness in his body was becoming more and more fervent!

Perhaps it was because he was protecting the people that a kind of great righteousness was gradually formed.

Now that Gu Hai also had it, Ye Xiao was very gratified.

One had to know that a year ago, Gu Hai was still a hooligan. All he did was run to the traffic light area and go wherever it was popular.

Now, he was protecting the safety of the people.

The most gratifying thing about a person was that he had managed to make a name for himself. It was not in vain when Ye Xiao went to find Old Lu to bail him out.

Moreover, his current cultivation had already advanced to Houtian fifth grade. It seemed that after joining the special training camp, his strength had improved greatly.

"Eh! Old Ye, going to work?"

Gu Hai greeted him first.

Ye Xiao nodded in response.

"Do you want to eat some breakfast?"

"No, I don't have an appetite."

"That's fine. However, why are you on duty here today?"

"Don't mention it. Recently, Jianghai city hasn't calmed down yet. Waves after waves, all sorts of troublesome things have been happening one after another.

"As a result, something happened again last night.

"A total of six men were in trouble. At the moment, the preliminary judgment is that it was done by the star beast. But we have no clue at all."

"There's nothing we can do about it. After going through seven stars alignment, it's inevitable that some fish will slip through the net. I'm going to go to work first. You go ahead."

"Wait a minute, Old Ye."

"What?"

"In the next two days, you'd better pay attention to your safety. That star beast might very well find you."

Ye Xiao revealed a puzzled expression.

"Why do you say that?"

Gu Hai's expression was solemn as he took a deep breath.

"The six who died were all handsome men!"

Ye Xiao was startled, but he immediately nodded and continued to walk toward the library.

All the dead were handsome men?

Could it be that the star beast had some unspeakable fetishes?

That was not a sensational matter.

There were all sorts of strange star beasts. There were even some that would fall in love with humans and give birth to children. Therefore, it was not surprising for such a thing to happen.

Ye Xiao used the Big Dipper's Grand Mystery to scan the entire Jianghai city, but he did not find any star beasts.

"Could it be that the other party is hiding?"

Forget it. He was still not sure if the other party was in the city. Shaking his head, Ye Xiao did not think anymore.

He decided to head to work first. Perhaps the other party has already left?

Arriving at the library, Yang Xi had already arrived before him. The entire area had been cleaned up last night, which made Ye Xiao quite satisfied. It seemed that Yang Xi was still a pretty good subordinate.

At that moment, she was practicing her strike art at the window.

Seeing that Ye Xiao had arrived, she immediately stopped what she was doing and greeted him.

"Hello, Supervisor."

Ye Xiao nodded and his gaze swept across her body.

It seemed that Yang Xi had arrived very early and had already been practicing her strike art for quite a while. There was a light drizzle on her skin and she was already drenched.

"The library is not a boxing ring, so you still have to pay attention to your appearance. It's fine for you to box, but you can't get all sweaty and get your clothes wet."

Yang Xi said with a serious expression,

"Sweating is the glory of a warrior. You don't sweat during training, and you have to bleed during battle."

"But you're not a warrior now. You're just a librarian."

Ye Xiao's words made Yang Xi lower her head in silence. She clenched her fists, and her nails were deeply embedded in the flesh of her palms.

Ye Xiao did not say anything more. Everyone had their own stories, so he was too lazy to ask.

Reading books and collecting technoques were more important to improving one's cultivation.

In the blink of an eye, a day's time quietly passed. Ye Xiao found another basic strike technique from the cultivation technique that Shaolin had sent over.

However, Ye Xiao was not reading books like before. When he practiced a cultivation technique, he would specifically look at which cultivation technique.

The books that he was reading now were more complicated.

When he was reading books and collecting cultivation techniques in the early stages, Ye Xiao's thoughts were very simple. He wanted to synthesize a few imperial techniques first so that he could first have a sufficiently powerful cultivation technique to use.

At that point, regardless of whether it was attack techniques, endurance techniques, or life-saving cultivation techniques, he already had them. For the rest, he was naturally not that nervous.

There was also a very important reason, and that was that Ye Xiao had fallen into a misunderstanding previously.

He was merely using the cultivation technique that he wanted to cultivate.

In reality, there were many cultivation techniques that were not as bad as he thought.

Take the palm technique that he synthesized that time, the Tathagata Divine Palm, for example.

Ye Xiao originally thought that palm techniques were definitely inferior to saber techniques and sword techniques.

That was because saber techniques and sword techniques were mainly weapons, while palm techniques were mainly physical attacks.

How could a body of flesh and blood beat a weapon?

However, after learning, Ye Xiao discovered that the power of the Tathagata Divine Palm was not inferior to the Overpowering Saber and Heaven-cleaving Sword.

That was only a palm technique. What about strike techniques? What about claw techniques? What about leg techniques?

It was said that Shaolin had a grandmaster-level technique, Dragon Claw. It was extremely masculine and yang. It could shatter metal and shatter steel. It was as easy as taking something out of a bag.

If it was combined with other claw techniques to form an imperial technique, how powerful would it be?

There was also that finger technique. One finger could break the universe. Who could block it?

There was rarely any difference in the way of martial arts, but it was inevitable that there was a way to counter each other.

Even if his cultivation was very strong, if he encountered a technique that countered each other, it was inevitable that he would not be able to use it.

Therefore, it was better to learn more and practice more.

It was best to learn all the techniques in the world. When that time came, who knew what level the Golden Book divine soul would reach?

Would it be so terrifying that he could control life and death with a single thought?

Very soon, it was evening. Ye Xiao left for home after having dinner in the canteen.

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At that moment, on the great desolate ancient road of the Qin province, a figure quietly disappeared. He cupped his hands and bowed toward the rugged and dangerous mountain path.

"On the day of the seven stars alignment, several divine sect star beasts escaped from the nine provinces. The nine provinces alliance has especially come to request the sword saint to come out of seclusion and capture the star beasts."

The voice was transmitted over the empty ancient path. The mountain wind whistled, and the mountain path was like an antenna. It was narrow, long, and steep. It was impossible to tell if the people on the mountain could hear it or not.

When the figure saw that there was no response from the mountain, he took half a step forward.

Before his foot landed on the ground, a silver light suddenly descended from the nine heavens.

Clang!

The sword light ruthlessly stabbed the ground in front of him. The shockwave was not big, but it sent him, who was a Xiantian second-grade grandmaster, flying. He rolled dozens of times on the ground before stopping a hundred feet away.

"In the way of the sword, no one is allowed to enter. The nine provinces alliance sent you here, but you don't even know about this?"

The envoy got up from the ground and looked up to see a young woman in a white dress slowly walking down with her hands behind her back. He could not help but be shocked.

It was not just because of the other party's beautiful appearance, but more importantly, it was because of the other party's cultivation.

Most cultivators could tell the age of a person's bones by their facial features.

It was similar to how an ordinary person would look if they were wearing heavy makeup after failing to see their beauty. However, a cultivator would be able to see through all of this with a single glance.

The young lady was only in her early twenties, but she was already at Xiantian realm third grade, a grade higher than him.

It was truly terrifying!

"Please forgive me, young miss. I was too hasty and broke the taboo in order to complete the mission given by the Alliance."

"Since this is your first offense, I'll spare your life. Scram."

"But young miss, the mission of the Alliance..."

Without waiting for him to finish, the woman directly retorted,

"Just a few divine sect star beasts are worth my master taking action? This is ridiculous. My master is in seclusion and won't come out. Scram."

Just as he finished speaking, a deep voice sounded from the top of the mountain.

"Xun 'er, don't be rude."

The voice seemed to carry a supreme sword intent. The clouds in the sky flipped open, revealing a clear night sky that was as beautiful as a painting.

In the next moment, a breeze blew and a figure quietly appeared in front of the two of them.

His appearance was too sudden and natural. It was as if he had arrived here a long time ago and had been standing there the entire time.

The special envoy glanced at the other party. His beard and hair were all white, but his eyes were spirited and his complexion was ruddy. His plain-colored robe fluttered in the breeze, exuding a bit of immortal intent.

The envoy's face couldn't help but reveal an extremely respectful expression!

Nine province sword saint, Lu Qingshan!

A powerful existence that could make one's hair stand on end.

Ranked tenth on the Dragon list in the world, and ranked ninth on the Dragon list in the world, the Saber God, Li Liushui, was known as the saber and sword that guarded the nine provinces!

He was a true martial arts expert!

His cultivation level was far beyond the reach of tens of billions of people in the world.

In terms of sword art, in the whole world, besides the number one person in the nine provinces and the number one person on the World Dragon list, the Sword Emperor, Azure Dragon, no one could resist him.

The Sword King of England, Atlantis, and the sword saint of Han state, Liu Chengxun... They were all defeated by him.

It could be said that in the field of sword art, if the sword emperor did not appear, who would be able to compete with him?

"Master, why do you need to personally come out for some divine sect star beasts?"

"Xun er, don't mess around. Divine sect star beasts are not child's play. In another four years, the beast calamity will begin. During that period, the nine provinces still need to avoid chaos."

"But master, you are in seclusion to comprehend. If you come out now, wouldn't it delay the important matter?"

"It's fine. I'll use my sword intent to forge a body. It won't delay my seclusion."

As soon as he finished speaking, a body that was exactly the same as his suddenly formed beside him.

However, compared to him, it lacked a bit of charm and was far from being as powerful as the original body.

"Although this clone of mine formed by my sword intent is only at Xiantian seventh grade, it has condensed my sword intent. It can be said to be invincible among those of the same grade. It's not a problem for him to kill a few star beasts of the seventh rank of the Xiantian realm. Let him go with you."

A violent storm surged in the envoy's heart!

A sword intent could condense an incarnation of the seventh rank of the Xiantian realm!

Was that the foundation of the true martial arts experts of the nine provinces?