On the way back, Zhou Bai thanked Fang Mo again; it was a sincere gratitude since, after all, the other party had essentially given him an extra sword weapon. It’s worth knowing that even Liu Bingxin, who was born with a sword bone and favored by the old snake, only had a Chunjun sword crafted for her.
Zhou Bai was given a sword weapon for free, which he had no use for—spread the word and countless students would be envious.
However, Fang Mo simply waved his hand, looking utterly indifferent.
His generosity was, naturally, to further close the gap with Zhou Bai and extract information from him.
Just then, a commotion came from the front of the road. Zhou Bai looked up and saw several students being dragged out. Seeing the uniform of the captors, he thought to himself, ’Isn’t this the Night Army? Just like the last time they took over for Meng Hao and the others.’
But he heard the captured students shouting, "I have not betrayed humanity!"
"I haven’t sided with the Heavenly Demons!"
"I..."
He wanted to say more but was silenced by a member of the Night Army with a palm strike to the stomach, which sparked intense coughing before he was swiftly taken away.
Fang Mo saw the confusion in Zhou Bai’s eyes and explained, "Recently, it’s said that the Night Army is conducting citywide searches, capturing the human parasites."
Zhou Bai understood; the Night Army was secretly arresting people who had sided with the Heavenly Demons, or even those with the Sky Flipping Sect?
In fact, the situation was more serious than he imagined. Because of Xing Jun’s incident, dark currents were surging through the entire Dao School of Donghua, and the Night Army was arresting people everywhere, often without much reason, causing protests from many sides.
On Dao School’s part, the situation was slightly better due to the presence of Zhao Shouyi—the Night Army needed evidence to make arrests.
...
In the following days, Zhou Bai cultivated while waiting for the Chengying Sword to be successfully forged.
With the Primordial Dao Treasury, his rate of cultivation in Dao transformation progressed by leaps and bounds; after nearly half a month, he reached an impressive 19.9%, just a hair’s breadth away from the second realm.
His Primordial Spirit power increased daily through rigorous practice of the Breathing Technique, having reached 1134.
’What a pity, my laziness value is still too low to quickly boost my Primordial Spirit power. While my defensive power is strong and my speed is extremely fast, I still lack the means of attack.
Only Primordial Spirit power, high Primordial Spirit power, is the best method for a straightforward confrontation.’
’And once I step into the second realm, the Polar Extremes, I can convert Primordial Spirit and physical strength into each other. The higher the Primordial Spirit power, the stronger my body will become at that time.’
’Laziness value... laziness value... But once Elsa has finished training with the Primordial Dao Treasury 01, I can sell it—500,000 laziness value.’
As Zhou Bai thought to himself, he slowly fell asleep, while Christina took control of his physical body and went to class in the special training division.
But as soon as she arrived at the hall, she saw a large group of people crowded in front of the ranking stele. Christina walked over curiously as well.
Seeing Qian Wangsun there, she asked, "What’s happening, Qian Wangsun?"
Qian Wangsun pointed at the stele and said, "It’s Jiang Weishan. He’s made a breakthrough and entered the third realm."
"What?" Christina was surprised as she looked at the stele, then felt it somewhat expected.
When she attended the Body Refinement class with Jiang Weishan, he was already at the peak of the second realm. It wasn’t impossible that he had made a breakthrough to the third realm in this period of time.
Meanwhile, murmurs from others reached her ears.
Ranked sixth, the square-faced Wang Ran sighed, "I didn’t expect Jiang Weishan to be so formidable, breaking through to the third realm so quickly."
The fifth ranker, Lu Wanzhen from the 2nd realm, frowned and thought to herself, "The 3rd realm, also known as the Triple Mastery Realm, is where one ignites the three fires of essence, qi, and spirit within the body. One’s thinking and memory are no longer bound by the brain, cultivating talents soar, and what’s more formidable is the fine control over strength and the ability to multitask. A fraction of Primordial Spirit power can be as effective as double that of the 1st realm."
On the other side, Zhao Xiu said, "Now that our brother Jiang Weishan has entered the 3rd realm, he’s definitely going to challenge Meng Ruocun. Even if he fails, he’s a solid second place in the school, and he might even have a chance to break through to the 4th realm before graduation."
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"Who would have thought that among our students, there would be two geniuses attempting to reach the 4th realm before graduation."
When Meng Ruocun was mentioned, everyone couldn’t help but turn their eyes towards that first name on the rankings.
"A 3rd realm against another 3rd realm, this is going to be exciting."
Hearing what the others were saying, Christina furrowed her brows and quickly woke Zhou Bai, "Look at this, Jiang Weishan has actually reached the 3rd realm. Weren’t you planning to challenge him this time?"
"He’s already in the 3rd realm?" Zhou Bai said, "It seems that I also need to strive to break through the 2nd realm quickly. Otherwise, with my current strength at the 1st realm, I’m afraid it would be tough to win against Jiang Weishan."
Surprised, Qian Wangsun looked at the Stele, "Zhou Bai, you’re already at the 1st realm? Oh, and Zuo Dao too? You guys are really fast."
That day, Zhou Bai and Christina practised even more diligently, and the next day they went to the Artifact Refining Pavilion and finally got the Pure Jun scabbard and Chengying Sword.
...
Inside Master Wu Jian’s sword forging workshop, they saw a two-meter-long giant sword floating in mid-air. With Christina’s Primordial Spirit power manipulating it, it was shuttling back and forth, piercing and slashing.
However, due to Pure Jun’s large size and heavy weight, its movements were powerful yet slow.
But in the next moment, with a flash of white light, sword light shot out from Pure Jun’s blade, buzzing around at lightning speed, leaving behind sharp whistles.
This was, of course, the Chengying Sword that Master Wu Jian had forged for Zhou Bai. They saw the sword floating in front of Zhou Bai, a clear and translucent long sword that was one meter in length and two inches in width – the Chengying.
Master Wu Jian reminded them, "Now it’s up to you to refine your swords. Go on, don’t disturb my sword forging."
Christina wasn’t annoyed by his attitude and happily said, "Thank you, Master. I really like this sword."
Later on, Zhou Bai also specifically checked how much the two swords could sell for, with Pure Jun valued at over 20,000 laziness points and Chengying, due to using less material, only worth just over 10,000 laziness points.
Following that, Christina went back to the Special Cultivation Class building and started to refine the swords under Fang Mo’s guidance. Carrying the enormous swords, they attracted quite a bit of attention along the way.
Fang Mo said, "Without the Primordial Spirit transformation of the 2nd realm, not to mention the fine control of the 3rd, you should primarily wield your sword by hand for now. At this stage, the perfect harmony between the power of your Primordial Spirit and your physical strength will yield the greatest power."
"As for the 1st realm sword refining techniques, the main point is to use your Sword Qi to communicate with your sword, allowing both to be of one mind. Then, you practice according to the spiritual diagram’s depicted constellations, aiming for a unity of sword and person, to utilize all the wondrous functions of the Chengying Sword."
For the next few days, Christina refined her sword under Fang Mo’s guidance and practised the spiritual diagram.
Meanwhile, Zhou Bai spent his evenings contemplating the Primitive Dao Treasury volume 2, looking to break through to the 2nd realm.
They saw Zhou Bai sitting cross-legged, releasing his Primordial Spirit power, enveloping the Evil Root Breaking Law Divine Statue as he incessantly visualized its form in his mind.
With such visualization, countless mysterious pieces of information surged into Zhou Bai’s mind, undulating within his sea of consciousness.
By Zhou Bai’s side, Elsa, transformed into a dog-eared girl, was holding the Great Strength Giant Troll Statue, repeatedly licking it back and forth, closing her eyes, and visualizing the Primitive Dao Treasury volume 1.
Christina monitored them from nearby; if she noticed any distortion-inducing phenomena from the statues, she would immediately sound the alarm.
Looking at Zhou Bai, Christina thought to herself, "Zhou Bai has been stuck on 19.9% Daoization for several days now. I wonder if he’ll be able to break through today."
Christina then glanced at Elsa, a look of disgust on her face, "I must complete the cultivation of the Primitive Dao Treasury volume 2 before she practices volume 1. I definitely don’t want to contemplate something she’s licked."
Just then, a rustling sound came from Zhou Bai’s body.
Next, Christina saw Zhou Bai’s body start to weaken as his muscles and blood qi withered in waves, his face turned pale, and his body temperature kept dropping, looking as if he was on the brink of a life-threatening collapse, close to death.