Chapter 311: Chapter 286: Superfluous Act_1
"Brother Yi, why are you laughing?"
This time, it was Lu Yan who was surprised.
Feng Yuanyi’s reaction was somewhat unexpected for him.
He had thought that Feng Yuanyi, upon learning of his breakthrough to the True Body Realm, would be stricken with envy, jealousy, and resentment.
"Of course I should laugh. After you break through the True Body Realm, you will be leaving the Hidden Dragon Camp, naturally also forfeiting your position on the Hidden Dragon List. I’ve now got one less formidable opponent on that list in the future, how could I not laugh?"
One could tell from Feng Yuanyi’s response that he wasn’t pretending.
"That line of reasoning..."
Lu Yan was left speechless.
"Lu Yan..."
Yet another familiar face appeared, it was Chu Hongye.
Chu Hongye’s facial expression precisely matched Lu Yan’s expected response, it was quite complicated.
"I didn’t expect, you’d breakthrough to the True Body Realm so quickly."
Chu Hongye said.
"It was luck. I merely stumbled upon some opportunities," Lu Yan explained.
"It has been so long. Your Four-pole Divine Sword must have improved significantly. To what level have you reached?"
Chu Hongye asked.
"Transcendent, I would say," Lu Yan replied.
Chu Hongye’s eyes glittered, "Lu Yan, even if you have reached the True Body Realm, don’t expect to run away. You still owe me a sword practice session!"
"Absolutely," Lu Yan assured her.
Chu Hongye showed a face that seemed to say ’you’d better keep your word’, and haughtily turned her back and left.
In the distance, a figure was observing Lu Yan. It was Wang Tianyu.
As he watched Lu Yan, Wang Tianyu’s expression was also somewhat complex.
"Everyone is on their own unique Martial Arts journey. I need to stick to my own plan and proceed step by step. It’s not the best timing for me to breakthrough to the True Body Realm yet. I shouldn’t rush. After I can combine Martial Arts with myself in another Top Martial Arts technique, it will be soon enough to break through," Wang Tianyu murmured to himself. His fluctuating mood gradually calmed down, becoming as undisturbed as an ancient well.
Very soon, Lu Yan made all the necessary procedures. He then visited the Merit Hall one more time and found that his Meritorious Points had reached four thousand.
Out of these, 3000 points were his reward for participating in the Xuanhuo City mission and the subsequent tasks.
Meritorious Points were universal among King Ming’s bodyguards and wouldn’t be affected by his departure from the Hidden Dragon Camp.
Lu Yan thought for a moment and first exchanged two Top Martial Arts techniques, which cost him 600 Meritorious Points.
These two Top Martial Arts techniques were a Palm Technique and a Knife Technique.
Lu Yan left the remaining merit points untouched.
After he had received the manuals and the Divine Intent Diagrams, Lu Yan went to see Wen Yuan.
In the Hidden Dragon Camp, having no commitments other than focusing on Cultivation and having abundant resources and guidance from strong mentors, Wen Yuan had progressed rapidly and had already broken through to the Master Level, reaching the First-level Master.
Her next step would be to cultivate the divine ’miracles’ in her own body and officially become an Internal God-man.
Lu Yan gave Wen Yuan a batch of third-tier Martial Pills and said, "Wen Yuan, I’ll be moving out of the Hidden Dragon Camp later. I will buy a property in the Mansion of King Ming. If you have any doubts in your cultivation, you can always find me when I’m in Mingwang City."
He feels somewhat indebted to his disciple Wen Yuan for he had been running around all day and hadn’t had the chance to provide her with proper guidance. He made up his mind to take the time to give good instruction and fulfill his responsibilities as a teacher whenever he could.
"Thank you, Master."
Wen Yuan thanked him formally.
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After leaving the Hidden Dragon Camp, Lu Yan went to visit Chu Long next.
Now, he needed Chu Long to arrange his next assignment.
"Lu Yan, now that you have broken through to the True Body realm and are leaving the Hidden Dragon Camp, you will officially join the ranks of King Ming’s Bodyguards."
"The King Ming’s Bodyguards total three thousand men. Among them, a thousand men form a cohort, a hundred men form a large squad, and ten men form a small squad. With your current cultivation level, I will first assign you as the captain of a small squad, leading a group of nine of King Ming’s Bodyguards. Does that sound good? "
Chu Long said.
"All is according to the Commander’s arrangement," Lu Yan folded his fist in thanks.
He wasn’t too concerned about what position he held. What did matter to him, however, were the perks that came with it, including the divine-level martial arts from the Mansion of King Ming.
In the True Body Realm, one could already cultivate divine-level martial arts.
Lu Yan hesitated for a moment, unsure of how to broach the subject.
"Lu Yan, if you have something to say, go ahead."
Being perceptive, Chu Long sensed from Lu Yan’s expression that he had something to say.
"Commander, I have heard that in order to reach the Primordial Spirit Realm, one must cultivate Divine-level Martial Arts, and that one would be eligible to do so upon reaching the True Body Realm. I’m not sure, however, how one gets access to Divine-level Martial Arts?"
Since the question came up, Lu Yan took the opportunity to voice his intentions.
Chu Long laughed as if he had expected this question. He didn’t seem surprised and explained, "Divine-level martial arts are rare, even throughout Da Chu, let alone in the Mansion of King Ming. We only have three such techniques."
"As you can imagine, the Mansion of King Ming is quite strict about who we teach these techniques to. Simply reaching the True Body Realm does not earn you the privilege of learning them. One needs to prove his dedication over a long period or make a great contribution to King Ming’s Mansion before we will consider teaching them."
"We do not necessarily teach those with high talent. After all, the more talented a person is, the greater the damage if they betrayed us. Such scenarios have happened more than once in history."
"However..."
At this point, Chu Long changed his tone, "you are not only talented but also the disciple of Chenzhou. So your loyalty won’t be questioned. During your mission in Xuan Zhou, you performed very well. You are fully qualified to learn Divine-level Martial Arts."
"But learning divine-level martial arts is a vital matter. I have no say in it. King Ming will have the final decision. Now King Ming is leading the war against the Tianque Sect. When he returns victoriously, I will apply to him to grant you the privilege to learn Divine-level Martial Arts."
"Thank you, Commander."
Lu Yan thanked him with a fist salute.
"Commander, I am curious. You mentioned that there are only three divine-level martial arts techniques in the Mansion of King Ming. So, are all the practitioners at the Primordial Spirit level in the Mansion of King Ming practicing these three techniques?"
Lu Yan asked again.
"Not entirely."
Chu Long shook his head and said, "The Internal God-man, their organs contain divine traces, which are special and infinitely mysterious. Some people can comprehend peerless Law Doors from these divine traces, which are comparable to Divine-level Martial Arts, and can step into the Primordial Spirit Realm through this."
"Of course, such people are very few. Ordinary Internal God-men find it hard to comprehend anything from these divine traces. Those who can comprehend something are at least comparable to the existence of Upper True Body, and most of them are only possible at the King’s True Body level."
"For example, my second brother, Chu Tianjiao, didn’t cultivate the divine-level martial arts of the Mansion of King Ming. His swordsmanship comes from his own divine traces and belongs only to him."
Lu Yan thought of Shen Yinuo.
Didn’t Shen Yinuo comprehend the Yin Yang Melting Furnace Method and The Great Sun God Fist from the Great Sun Melting Furnace?
Then, he received a new identity token from Chu Long.
"Lu Yan, your teammates are temporarily going with my father. You can meet them when they get back, to foster some familiarity," Chu Long said.
"Yes."
Lu Yan fist-bumped, bid farewell and left, to find Shen Yinuo at the inn.
Next, it was time to buy a house in the Mansion of King Ming.
Now, they were wealthy, so naturally, they wanted to buy a good house.
After checking out several, Lu Yan chose one.
It is located in the core area of Mingwang City, not far from the Mansion of King Ming, with an area of more than ten acres.
Using the measurement units of the previous world, it is an area of over ten thousand square meters.
There are pavilions, bridges and flowing water, gardens, fish ponds, and a large indoor bath.
Additionally, there are practice rooms, Martial Chef rooms, and so forth.
"A large house of more than ten thousand square meters, I wouldn’t even dare to dream of it in the previous world," Lu Yan sighed.
He was considering whether to bring Lu Qingshan and Wang Cui over to live, but after some thought, he decided against it.
It would be better for Lu Qingshan and Wang Cui to stay in Lingdong.
Lingdong is an uncontentious land of the military, isolated from the world. Nowadays, there aren’t many battles, so it’s safer.
The Mansion of King Ming might seem powerful, but it’s not impossible for it to be overthrown one day.
All ancient dynasties have declined, not to mention a single mansion.
The current situation in the world is ever-changing and unpredictable, anything could happen.
Afterward, Lu Yan hired a dozen servants to help clean and tend to the plants.
Shen Yinuo, bought a lot of Martial Chef tools, moved into the Martial Chef room, looking like she was preparing to have a big event.
After the house was sorted, the two of them disguised themselves and went to the World Bank.
Now, they had a lot of third-level Martial Pills.
But the third-level Martial Pills weren’t very useful for them. They wanted to exchange the third-level Martial Pills for the fourth-level ones.
"Dear customers, the fourth-level Martial Pills can’t be directly exchanged, you need to purchase them," said an old man with a smile.
"How do we purchase?" Lu Yan asked.
"Twelve Martial Coupons can buy one fourth-level Martial Pill," the old man answered.
Lu Yan was somewhat speechless.
The market price was ten Martial Coupons for a fourth-level Martial Pill, but here it required twelve.
Indeed, the World Bank was not in the business of charity.
When the World Bank previously held an auction and didn’t charge any fees for auctioning items there, Lu Yan was somewhat surprised and praised the World Bank’s generosity.
Seeing it now, it’s just that they occasionally give their customers a little sweetener.
But there was no choice, something of the level of a fourth-level Martial Pill, wanting to buy a large quantity in the market was simply impossible.
Only those forces that occupied the Four-pole Blood Land Vein, like the Shengxuan Sect, could cook up fourth level Martial Pills.
"We have some third-level Martial Pills, is it possible to purchase fourth-level Martial Pills directly with them?" Lu Yan asked.
"No."
The old man shook his head, smiling, and replied: "If you have third-level Martial Pills, you first need to exchange them for Martial Coupons, then use the coupons to purchase fourth-level Martial Pills. Please understand, this is a necessary procedure for our World Bank, after all, we have to explain to our superiors."
Lu Yan nodded, and Bei Luo took out box after box of third-level Martial Pills.
In the treasure land of the Dagu Dynasty, they obtained resources from two caves, the third cave contained more resources than the second one, and although they used some while cultivating, it was only a small part.
Add to that the Martial Pills from some of those at the True Body Realm.
They now had a total of one hundred and fifty thousand third-level Martial Pills.
Leaving thirty thousand for reserves, they took out one hundred and twenty thousand.
The old man counted it, quite surprised.
But he was, after all, someone who had seen big scenes. Working at the World Bank, he had seen a lot of Martial Pills, and he quickly calmed down.
"One hundred and twenty thousand third-level Martial Pills total to one hundred and twenty thousand Martial Coupons," the old man registered it, then took out a box of Martial Coupons and handed them to Lu Yan, instructing someone to carry away the boxes of Martial Pills.
Lu Yan took the box and pushed it back, saying: "All the Martial Coupons here, purchase fourth-level Martial Pills."
"Okay, one hundred and twenty thousand Martial Coupons can buy ten thousand fourth-level Martial Pills," the old man cheerfully took back the box.
"What a roundabout way," Lu Yan silently complained in his heart.
