168 The Terrifying Boss of the Thirty-Eight Floor (1/2)
Yi Ping pushed open the sealed gate and a gray hallway greeted them. Towards the end of this hallway was a shimmering portal that could lead them to the next level!
Yi Ping took the lead as they walked nervously into this hallway even as the gigantic imposing heraldry gate slammed shut behind them. This was a one way passage now and no amount of force from the inside could possibly open the sealed gate now.
Everyone was praying hard that this would not lead to the Death Gate and it would be the Life Gate instead!
The entire party had taken three days of rest in the sanctuary hall of the Ancient Swords Pool without any troubles. The three days were idyllic and they spent the three days getting to know each other better.
The Ascension Goddess Ye Yin had found a new friend in Lie Qing and she had also become closer to Xingyue.
At the same time Lele had grown closer to Xingyue, Han Lin and Aiel.
And everyone now thought of Alice as less forbidding but she mostly kept to herself as she meditated, showing little interest in the Flawless Sword Energy Techniques and the Martial Emperor Unifying Theorem that got everyone excited.
As for the Flawless Sword Energy Techniques, only the Celestial Fairy Yixian, the Heavenly Temptress Lie Qing, the Joyful Goddess Lele and Dugu Yunzi managed to get pass the basic intricacies.
But Yunzi soon said, ”Even though this Flawless Sword Energy is extremely formidable and may be suitable for me but with my present practice it is difficult to amalgam it into my Infinitude Practice and the Ley Negative Sword Energies. Moreover my Invincible Divine Force has not reached the desirable level for me to start practicing this type of sword energies technique and I may risk getting afflicted by the phenomenon deviation…”
The Celestial Fairy Yixian nodded gently, her melody eyes smiling at Lie Qing and Lele. ”These sword energies techniques are too dominating for me so I don't think it is wise for me to practice beyond the first stage. Qing'Er, it seems that this intrinsic sword energies technique have some characteristics of your Pandora Sword Energies. Lele, what about you?”
Lie Qing nodded excitedly and she was beaming delightfully, ”Actually my Pandora Sword Energies is based on the malevolent aura of the Perpetual Darkness and the level of expertise is based on the level of my Invincible Divine Force. Finally, I have found a clue to delve deeper into the mysteries of my sword energies techniques. Wonderful!”
The Goddess of Mercy was impressed that both Yunzi and Yixian were not tempted to attempt the intricacies of the Flawless Sword Energy. It was because few mortals, celestials or even immortals would resist this type of temptation. It was because everyone was gambling on that 1% chance to elevate their martial level!
Of course this had to do with the Celestial Fairy and Yunzi being more level-headed than the others too. Another reason was that the internal martial arts of the Celestial Fairy were too restrictive. As for Yunzi, she was well versed in the various martial arts of the fraternity and had trained herself selectively
She slowly turned to look at Lele while saying, ”Indeed this type of sword energies is really too tyrannical. Less haste and more meditation is required to realize the full intricate understandings of this sword energies technique. You ought to exercise extreme caution. It is really a powerful skill.”
Lele smiled, ”The first sword energies level isn't too hard to master. But I doubt I can manage past the second. Only Yunzi and Lie Qing are true sword energy practitioners here.”
True sword energy practitioners were sword energies practitioners that had reached the divine attainment of distant attack. Because there was always a huge loss of energy lost over a distance, this was considered a mystical level in the martial fraternity. A practitioner could generate powerful martial windforce with their martial power but martial windforce only had the advantage of upsetting the opponents' movements. Against a powerful opponent, it was hardly useful but was useful as gauge to estimate the practitioners' martial strength.
As for the Martial Emperor Unifying Theorem, only a practitioner who could perfectly balance their martial force could actually practice its basic foundation. It seemed that only Yi Ping and Ye Yin were the only suitable candidates!
Ye Yin was muttering, ”Today I have finally understood the reason why my protégé master refuses to teach me the superior martial arts of the Ascension Sect. Sorry, protégé master…I didn't understand back then. I have blamed you and Shen Xingyue…”
At that time she simply did not understand why the superior martial arts of the Ascension Sect which numbered into dozens would be refused to her and instead her training was just the Purity Spirits and meditation exercises!
There were regretful sighs from the onlookers that they were actually letting such wondrous martial intricacies slipping past right before their very eyes. The martial theories of this internal art skill were really profound and astonishing!
At first glance, everyone had instantly understood that this Martial Emperor Unifying Theorem was an unifying theorem that encompassed a third of all the well-known powerful internal arts in the Three Known Realms!
Even though they could not practice the exact Martial Emperor Unifying Theorem, they were all excited to gasp the various intricacy formulas that were being displayed and began to exchange pointers on how to incorporate some of its profound intricacies into their own internal arts!
Almost everyone that is with the exception of Yi Ping and Alice!
Isa asked Alice with a baffled look, ”This is such a good opportunity to improve our understanding of the internal arts. Moreover this divine skill belongs to one of the Heavenly Kings. Are you sure that you are not interested in it?”
Now that she had asked, the curiosity of the Goddess of Mercy was also aroused as she looked at Alice and Yi Ping. ”What is wrong with the both of you? Don't tell me that practitioners of the Seventh Cosmos Positioning are all blind to the obvious?”
The rest of the group was all looking curiously at Alice and Yi Ping!
Alice sighed softly as she managed a weak smile, ”It is not that I am disinterested. But I am afraid that if I were to take a look at these intricate formulas, I will only be distracting myself from reaching the pinnacle of my Mystic Stratosphere Divine Skill. I just need one little step to overcome it.”
Isa smiled bitterly, ”I remember that ten thousand years ago you have said the same thing. And until now, you still have not overcome that hurdle. Maybe the Martial Emperor Unifying Theorem can gain inspiration for you!”
Alice smiled sweetly, ”That won't do.”
Isa was a little surprised, ”Why is that the case?”
The Goddess of Mercy asked, ”Yes, why is that so?”
She laughed softly as she battled an eyelid at Yi Ping, ”After all, don't you think we are now much closer after all these ordeals? And we are going to share…um…never mind…you are entitled to your secrets but if I say I am not going to fight you anymore, I surely mean it.”
Isa nodded as she looked at the Goddess of Mercy and Yi Ping, ”My honor may not have the reputation of the Goddess of Mercy but…”
She began to flush and she could find no words. How could she say it aloud in front of so many? In this area, she was really sorely lacking!
Alice smiled weakly, ”Alright. I will say. This Martial Emperor Unifying Theorem is just the basic and cannot be comparable to the Martial Emperor Unifying Theorem that is renowned in the Immortal Realm.”
Everyone else was startled as they looked curiously at her!
Isa was startled, ”How did you know?”
Alice smiled weakly, ”It is because during my venture into the Stellar Sanctuary, I have discovered dozens of epitome martial skills, including a copy of my Mystic Stratosphere Divine Skill. All these martial skills are just the basic foundation in its purest form. But if you want to push these skills to their most epitomes, the practitioner must spend time to further refine it.”
Yi Ping nodded as he said, ”The same skill won't be the same after hundreds of years. It is because countless practitioners have toiled with their sweats and blood to improve upon the same skill. Therefore Alice is correct, all these skills in the Stellar Sanctuary is useless for a practitioner of her level unless she is willing to spend the time to meditate upon it.”
Alice laughed softly, ”Not all are useless. The martial skills that are on the upper levels are almost perfect. Those are the ones that will be of interest to me…”
Isa blinked at Alice, ”So that is why Alice isn't interested. She has already set her sights on the martial skills on the upper level!”
Alice protested weakly in exasperation, ”Don't get me wrong. The Martial Emperor Unifying Theorem and the Flawless Sword Energy Techniques are comparable to the upper levels and are probably unique skills. I am really on the verge of overcoming the hurdle of my Mystic Stratosphere Divine Skill and I have to keep it as pure as possible. Therefore both the Martial Emperor Unifying Theorem and the Flawless Sword Energy Techniques are useless to me at this point.”
The Goddess of Mercy raised her beautiful thin brows, ”Is she hinting that her Mystic Stratosphere Divine Skill is even more superior to the Martial Emperor Unifying Theorem?”
Isa said coldly, ”What else can it be? If she isn't so insolent, then she won't be Alice.”
Alice quickly asked Yi Ping with a docile politeness before the others could ask her more, ”Yi Ping, what about you? Why are you not interested in these two epitome divine skills? Surely your reasons are not the same as mine. Since you have already recovered your martial strength, it will be good for you to delve into the intricacies of these two divine skills to expand the scope of your martial knowledge.”
Yi Ping rubbed his nose with great guilt before he looked up to laugh weakly, ”Actually I can't read. I am just waiting for someone to teach me after you are all done….”
”...…”
The Universal Old Man groaned miserably, ”You are such a disgrace to me, Yi Ping!”
The Heaveness Lingfeng was laughing alluringly, ”Yes he is! He even needs me to translate his family secret skills for him. I don't even know if he following me because I have taken away his secret martial skills or he is simply following me just because he needs me to translate for him!”
Yi Ping was flushing with embarrassment and his ears were burning!
He answered weakly, ”Lingfeng, there is so many people here…”
The Goddess of Mercy was so startled that she gasped, ”Heavens! The Great God can't read?!”
Aiel tried to defend Yi Ping, ”These characters are very ancient. Not many practitioners can actually decipher the entire passage…”
Lingfeng hummed coldly, ”The intricate writing of the Stellar Sanctuary is such that the intentions of the writing will be understood if the practitioners exercise their will upon it. Only the unenlightened practitioners…”
As she looked at Yi Ping, she began to roll back slightly as she giggled jovially. ”…and the illiterate is not able to understand it!”
Yu'Er tried to comfort Yi Ping, ”Master Yi Ping…” but when she had heard the last sentence that came from Lingfeng, she too burst into jovial laughter!
Even Mei'Er was giggling and it was quickly followed by Lele, Yunzi, Ye Yin, Lie Qing and Han Lin!
Shen Xingyue pleaded with everyone, ”We…shouldn't poke fun at Yi Ping….*laughing*” but she too, was rolling to and fro as she laughed jovially and there were beaming tears in her eyes!
Youxue was also laughing as she held her hands to cover half her face. She knew that she should not laugh but till, she could not help it. ”Sorry…Ping'Er…so…if one day…if the Great God decides to give his edict, he has to deliver it verbally?”
Even Yixian could not resist a smile, ”No Youxue, he will send you to deliver his edict for him!”
Han Lin covered her face as she giggled merrily, ”So that is why he has in need of so many consorts. They are his messengers!”
What more should Yi Ping do or say?
He began to laugh along with them as he joked, ”I really think that it is unwise for the whole lot of you to read into the Martial Emperor Unifying Theorem. It is causing everyone to have delirium!”
Back to the present…