Chapter 317 - Fabled Immortal Lotus Dojo (1/2)

The Qinglong Sacred Area was one of the most powerful factions within the lower district, located in the north region. If departing from Jianghuang City, one would need to travel across over twenty countries before arriving at the destination.

At that instant, in the midst of thick clouds, a two-hundred-foot-long boat emitting a mystical glow was moving at a great speed, resulting in a continuous piercing sound, scaring and warning the flying beasts to stay a distance away.

The boat was an Emperor Weapon specifically prepared for the selection of the two Sacred Areas. It had no offensive capabilities, and was mainly used for transportation.

After chatting with the other geniuses, Qin Nan ignored Princess Miao Miao who was currently having a drinking party with the others, and the Longhu Ancestor Beast who was busy gambling with the geniuses, and returned to his cabin.

His cabin was slightly bigger than the rest, and there were three stalks of burning ambergris, capable of calming one’s inner being. Furthermore, in the middle of the cabin was placed a futon made of some sort of mystical jade that was useful for cultivating.

“Five days left until we arrive at the Qinglong Sacred Area. I must discover the secrets of my Inner Core before then.”

Qin Nan said to himself.

Although his Martial Spirit was now at the tenth-grade Xuan rank, allowing him to conquer the geniuses of the lower district, Qin Nan was not fond of bullying others by abusing his Martial Spirit. He would rather defeat them with his pure strength. Therefore, the priority now was to level up to the Martial Emperor Realm.

The participants of the trial at Jianghuang City alone at least possessed a Martial Emperor Realm cultivation; many of them had even reached the peak of the Martial Emperor Realm, not to mention the geniuses of the two Sacred Areas that he would soon encounter.

His current strength was still too weak, placing him at the bottom of the pyramid.

“What exactly are these three golden lines?”

Qin Nan stared at the three golden lines on his Inner Core while frowning his eyebrows. He had failed to come up with an explanation after spending the entire day before trying to figure it out. In the end, he had no choice but to seek help from Jianghuang. To his surprise, even Jianghuang was clueless as to the three golden lines.

“The Inner Core turned into this form after merging with a stream of Chaos Qi; should I continue merging it with more streams of Chaos Qi?”

A sudden thought came to his mind. Following this, he immediately controlled a stream of Chaos Qi to dissolve into the Inner Core. As expected, the Inner Core immediately devoured the Chaos Qi like a wild starving wolf detecting the scent of blood. Despite that, after waiting for a while, the Inner Core showed no reaction at all. The only noticeable change was that its aura had turned more ethereal and disordered.

“Let’s try giving you a few more streams!”

Qin Nan clenched his teeth and continued to merge the Chaos Qi with his Inner Core. When sixteen streams of Chaos Qi were dissolved into the Inner Core, a misty aura was emitted deep within it, which encapsulated the Core itself, causing it fall into a dead silence.

Qin Nan was stunned. It’s the same thing that happened last time.

“What the hell is wrong with my Inner Core? It won’t level up even after merging with the Chaos Qi! At this rate, how long do I have to wait to become a Martial Emperor?” Qin Nan frowned slightly as he harshly snapped at the copper mirror in his Divine Sense, “I listened to your words and merged the Chaos Qi with my Inner Core. Why are you as mute as a fish now after it’s behaving strangely? Tell me the reason at once; I’ll give you five streams of Chaos Qi!”

Currently, only ninety streams of Chaos Qi remained in Qin Nan’s body, but in order to discern the answer, he had no choice but to offer five streams of Chaos Qi.

The copper mirror did not answer his question. It only emitted a glow after a while, as the icy female voice was transmitted from above the Nine Heavens, “Yep.”

It then fell silent after uttering the word.

Qin Nan was startled; What the f**k does it mean by ‘yep’?

“Screw it!”

Qin Nan withheld the anger in his heart. This copper mirror was way too mysterious for the time being, and he had no idea how to deal with it. He would have plenty of chances to teach it a lesson when the time came. There was no point for him to overthink it under such circumstances, as the Inner Core would eventually trigger the Tribulation; it was only a matter of time.

In the remaining five days, Qin Nan immersed himself in cultivation, as he focused on mastering the Blazing Sun Golden Armor Body Technique and the Art of Heart-Calming and Demon-Expelling. However, Qin Nan felt melancholic after realizing something—it appeared that these two techniques had encountered some sort of barrier due to his Inner Core’s status, showing no sign of improving.

Qin Nan had no choice but to give up on practicing the techniques, and focus on raising his Martial Skill Mastery after requesting some Arcane Realm Stones from Princess Miao Miao.

With sufficient Arcane Realm Stones, in addition to Qin Nan’s extraordinary comprehension, he managed to improve his Arcane Realm to the Perfection Stage, leaving him only a step away from reaching the Force Accumulation Realm.

“Attention all disciples, we’ve arrived at the Qinglong Sacred Area!”