Chapter 382: Chapter 357 Reward_1
This direct request startled King Ming a little, but he soon let out a hearty laugh, saying: "Very well, as for Soul Crystals and Immortal Bones, I will satisfy your request."
Having said this, he waved his hand, and a Sumi Mustard Seed Bag flew towards Lu Yan.
Lu Yan caught it.
"This time, I had significant gains on the island; I found a Sumi Mustard Seed Bag filled with numerous Soul Crystals. I will give you half of them as your reward," King Ming explained.
"As for the Immortal Bones, I do not have many on me right now. However, after a few days, I will get someone to gather the Immortal Bones from the Mansion of King Ming and give them to you."
"Considering your contribution, these rewards are not enough. Tell me, what else do you want?" King Ming asked.
"What else do I want?"
Lu Yan calmly puts away the Sumi Mustard Seed Bag he was holding, thinking quickly. After pondering a bit, he was about to ask for Divine-level Martial Arts.
But seeing Lu Yan hesitate, King Ming took the initiative and spoke out: "Lu Yan, you’re not young anymore, and you are still unmarried. I see that you are quite close to Hongye. How about this, I will arrange for Hongye to be your wife, what do you think?"
This surprised Lu Yan.
Chu Hongye was also stunned.
"Kind Ancestor King Ming, you... I..."
After a while, Chu Hongye recovered, her face turned bright red.
"What is it, girl, are you unwilling?" King Ming looked at Chu Hongye.
"I..."
Chu Hongye bit her red lips, but said nothing further.
At this moment, her mind was filled with complicated thoughts.
Was she unwilling?
But why did she feel a little joy in her heart?
Could it be that without realizing it, she had developed feelings for Lu Yan?
"No, it’s impossible."
Chu Hongye’s thoughts were in a mess, her mind buzzing.
"King Ming..."
At this moment, Lu Yan recovered, saying with a bow: "Miss Hongye is the granddaughter of my master. According to seniority, she would be considered my niece. How can we be together? Wouldn’t this be a scandal, ridiculed by the world?"
"Lu Yan, you are just a disciple of Chenzhou, and there is no blood relationship between you and Hongye. What’s not appropriate about it? Besides, we Martial Cultivators are not bothered by minor issues and not bound by worldly rules," King Ming argued.
Chu Hongye’s fists were clenched tightly without her notice, her gaze fixed on Lu Yan.
Lu Yan let out a bitter smile, two figures appearing in his mind.
They were Shen Yinuo and Zhao Sirong.
Both of these close female friends had deep feelings for him, and he didn’t know how to face the future with them. He really didn’t want to involve a third woman.
"I don’t wish to hide it from King Ming, but there is already a person that I like and with whom I have agreed to marry," Lu Yan felt obliged to say.
"You’ve already arranged a marriage? Why haven’t I heard about it?" King Ming sounded somewhat surprised.
"Kind Ancestor King Ming, Lu Yan is arrogant and not Hongye’s type at all. I absolutely don’t want to marry him," protested Chu Hongye, staring coldly at Lu Yan, fresh anger brewing in her frosty face.
Lu Yan’s heart gave a lurch.
He knew Chu Hongye’s character well - she was proud and dignified. Was rejecting her in public equivalent to offending this heavenly beauty?
But, what other choice did he have?
"Fine, fine, fine. I won’t meddle in you young folks’ issues anymore. I heard from Chu Long that you have reached an extremely advanced level in the Star Leg technique, a rare martial art genius throughout history. Lu Yan, you may choose any Divine-level Martial Art from the Mansion of King Ming, take whichever one you wish to cultivate," King Ming quickly changed the subject.
"I have long admired the profound mystery of the Phantom Dragon Palm, one of the three Divine-level Martial Arts in the Mansion of King Ming," Lu Yan eagerly answered.
"OK, after the banquet, you can take the Phantom Dragon Palm to explore," King Ming agreed.
"Also, I have another request," Lu Yan continued.
"Just say it."
"My master’s last wish before his death was to return his memorial tablet to the ancestral temple. Please fulfill his last wish," Lu Yan requested, unable to let go of this golden opportunity.
"Chenzhou..." King Ming sighed, looking at Chu Hou, "Five, what do you think?"
What else could Chu Hou say?
Nowadays, Lu Yan is rising like a comet, powerful, and considered one of the top experts in the world. He has also made great contributions. If Chu Hou were to block him now, he would appear narrow-minded and would even offend Lu Yan.
He’s not stupid. If he couldn’t kill this rare genius Lu Yan, then he shouldn’t offend him either.
"Child is without objections, entirely up to the father," Chu Hou bowed.
"Okay, Lu Yan, I will send someone to Lingdong soon to bring Chenzhou’s memorial tablet back to the ancestral temple. And also your elder martial brother, Guan Shan, will also be invited back to the Mansion of King Ming," King Ming agreed.
"Thank you, King Ming,"
Lu Yan clenched his fist, feeling a sigh of relief.
He finally fulfilled the promise he made to Guan Shan.
However, he wondered whether Guan Shan would want to return to the Mansion of King Ming now. He was most likely enjoying his life too much to return.
Then, King Ming’s attention turned to Zuo Yun, "Mr. Zuo Yun, you are deeply talented in the way of Wish Patterns, and no one in the Mansion of King Ming surpasses you. You made great contribution in breaking the formation, what reward do you want?"
"King Ming, I too would like some Soul Crystals," Zuo Yun stood up and answered.
"Very well," King Ming nodded. He waved his hand and a large box flew towards Zuo Yun.
Zuo Yun collected it joyfully.
"Come, today, let’s eat and drink well. After the banquet, the whole city will be on guard and reinforce the defences. The Tianque Sect and Tianjian Sect have suffered a great setback, and I’m afraid they won’t let it go easily. Lu Yan, during this time, how about staying in the Mansion of King Ming and assisting me?"
King Ming said.
"Lu Yan is a general of Lingdong and belongs to the Mansion of King Ming. This is my responsibility."
Lu Yan said.
Upon hearing this, King Ming broke into a smile.
The banquet was lively, with everyone toasting and drinking, it was very bustling.
Of course, there were toasts everywhere.
Lu Yan’s rapid rise, becoming the most dazzling new star of the Mansion of King Ming, all the dignitaries in the Mansion were keen to get to know him.
Lu Yan did not reject any of them and toasted back to everyone.
The banquet finally ended after three rounds of drinking.
"Lu Yan, come with me, I will take you to get the cultivation method and the Divine Intent Diagram of the Phantom Dragon Palm."
Chu Long said.
Lu Yan nodded, and with Chu Long, got the cultivation secret book and the Divine Intent Diagram of the Phantom Dragon Palm.
Moreover, Chu Long allowed Lu Yan to directly take them back for comprehension, without staying in the practice room of the Mansion of King Ming.
Lu Yan sighed, the treatment really is different when your strength increases.
When he initially pondered the Star Leg, he couldn’t leave the Mansion of King Ming and could only stay in the mansion’s practice room.
But now, even if he took them back to Lingdong, he suspected King Ming wouldn’t say much.
Lu Yan and Zuo Yun returned to their residence.
Zuo Yun immediately plunged into the practice room, refining the Soul Crystal.
Lu Yan also entered the practice room and took out the Sumi Mustard Seed Bag that King Ming rewarded, he probed it with his Spiritual Sense.
It was a small Sumi Mustard Seed Bag, about three meters in length, width and height, inside there were several large boxes, which were all filled with Soul Crystals when opened.
The quality was similar to the Soul Crystals he obtained from the five Sumi Mustard Seed Bags on the island.
But there were more than the five combined.
"The Sumi Mustard Seed Bag in the middle of the seven corpses on the island, fell into the hands of King Ming. As expected, the resources in that Sumi Mustard Seed Bag were the most."
Lu Yan pondered.
With a bit of intent, his soul emerges and swallowed three Soul Crystals, refining them.
Refining Soul Crystals, with the help of a large tree, he didn’t need to expend any energy, so while refining Soul Crystals, he also began to comprehend the Phantom Dragon Palm.
The Phantom Dragon Palm, a total of nine levels, two levels more than the Star Leg.
The main reason Lu Yan chose the Star Leg initially was because he lacked a Divine-level Martial Art for speed.
Thankfully, the Phantom Dragon Palm does not require any auxiliary materials, he only needed to comprehend it step by step.
Lu Yan put his heart and soul into it.
Soon after, the three Soul Crystals had been completely refined.
"The increase in soul power is very small."
Lu Yan frowns slightly after feeling the change in his soul.
The transition from the third to fourth level of Primordial Spirit is a critical juncture where the soul mutates into a Primordial Spirit. Lu Yan initially calculated that breaking through wouldn’t be that easy.
But now he found it harder than he imagined.
Especially for him.
He guessed that even if all the Soul Crystals in his possession were refined, it would still be impossible to break through to the fourth level.
"Let’s refine first, we have to eat one bite at a time, and walk one step at a time."
Lu Yan then pulled out a few more Soul Crystals to refine.
Just like that, three days passed quickly.
Chu Long came to find Lu Yan and brought a batch of Immortal Bones.
"Thank you, commander, thank you, King Ming."
Lu Yan was overjoyed.
He is now desperately short of Immortal Bones, and there are hundreds of Martial Arts Avatars around the Dao Book that are depending on them.
The Avatars that were destroyed on the island last time have not been recovered yet.
"Lu Yan, I’m really curious, what do you need so many Immortal Bones for?"
Chu Long asked.
"Isn’t it King Ming who is curious?"
Lu Yan mused to himself, but he already had an excuse prepared. He said, "To tell you the truth, after I broke through to the Primordial Spirit Realm, I discovered that my soul is a special soul. The reason why I didn’t get the soul poison of Mother-in-law Wandu that day, and could kill the elder of the Tianque Sect, was all thanks to this soul."
"So you really are a special soul practitioner."
Even though he had anticipated it, Chu Long was still taken aback.
Special soul practitioners are extremely rare, even rarer than Internal God-men.
The main thing is, special soul practitioners, before entering the Primordial Spirit Realm, there are no oddities, and there are no specific abilities.
But how many can actually step into the Primordial Spirit Realm?
So, even if there are special soul practitioners, they might die before breaking through to the Primordial Spirit Realm.
And Lu Yan, he used to be an Acquired Martial Body, he had great comprehension skills and cultivated the King’s True Body.
This is equivalent to having two kinds of special body constitutions, which is even rarer.
So, even though he and King Ming were both estimating that Lu Yan might be a special soul practitioner, both of them didn’t have 100% certainty, hence the question.
"Yes, and my soul is very sensitive to Immortal Bones, it can absorb the immortal power and refine soul power."
Lu Yan added.
"Special soul, really is remarkable. Lu Yan, your future is limitless, then I won’t disturb your cultivation."
Chu Long bowed with his fist and left, his attitude was completely different from before, he now treated Lu Yan as an equal.
Cultivators are like this, age doesn’t matter. Whoever achieves first is ahead, everything depends on the strength.
"Which Martial Art should I enhance first?"
After Chu Long left, Lu Yan held an Immortal Bone and began to think.
In the end, Lu Yan decided to first enhance the Yanluo Golden Body.
The Demon Hunting reached 50% of the ninth level, but the remaining 50% requires a huge amount of energy.
Even if he consumed all the Immortal Bones rewarded by King Ming, he might not be able to refine it to the tenth level.
But that energy would be enough to upgrade the Yanluo Golden Body to seven or eight levels.
