Under the golden sun.
Xu Qingnian’s entire being underwent a heavenly transformation.
His physique, completing an extreme metamorphosis, coalesced into the Great Sun Sacred Body.
The most rigid and virile.
Running the Golden Crow Body Tempering Technique, a sea of pure Yang power coalesced, providing a constant source of Qi and blood.
The most intuitive thing is the speed of cultivation, which is not only ten times faster, but also a hundred times faster.
The biggest change is that the perception has changed dramatically.
All six senses had been greatly enhanced, and all sounds within 300 metres could be heard by oneself, and all wind and gra*s movements could be understood like a finger.
As for its strength, Xu Qingnian had no intuitive sense of it.
One could only get up and blast a punch towards a large tree, Xu Qingnian giving his full strength.
In an instant the large tree, which required at least three people to encircle it, shook off on the spot.
Boom, boom, boom.
The sound of the tree falling, and even more so, rolled up a roll of dust, flooding the surroundings.
Swish.
Xu Qingnian took a few steps back, and his speed was also extremely fast, not quite like a gust of wind, but not even close to it.
This was the power of the Great Sun Saint Body.
An all-round improvement.
One had to know that Xu Qingnian was still a tenth-ranked martial artist.
But in exchange for the vast majority of tenth grade martial artists, they couldn’t even compare to a tenth of that.
Even a ninth-grade martial artist could not even beat Xu Qingnian.
But exactly how strong Xu Qingnian was, Xu Qingnian was not sure, he needed to test himself, as well as a real battle.
Everything was internalised.
Xu Qingnian did not enter the Heaven and Earth Palace of Literature.
Once inside the Heaven and Earth Palace of Literature.
Chao Ge’s laughter was already ringing out.
“Congratulations, sage brother, on forging the Great Sun Sacred Body.”
As Chao Ge wore a smile, Xu Qingnian returned the great salute.
“All thanks to elder brother, if it wasn’t for elder brother helping me out, I’m afraid my younger brother wouldn’t have been able to forge this Great Sun Sacred Body.”
Xu Qingnian opened his mouth and said this.
These words were not polite, they were indeed because of Chao Ge.
“If it wasn’t for your eighth grade Confucianism, even if I wanted to help you, I wouldn’t be able to.”
Chao Ge said seriously.
Then he continued to speak.
“Brother Xu, this Great Sun Sacred Body, is the most dominating body between heaven and earth, the mysteries of the body are hard to describe, but you can go and try it out within the Martial Sect to see how your strength is.”
Chao Ge said, pointing to the Martial Gate inside the Palace of Literature.
“Is it possible to test one’s strength in here?”
Xu Qingnian only knew that one could condense an imaginary enemy within the Martial Gate, but had not thought that one could also test one’s own strength.
“En, it can be tested, and it’s more accurate.”
Chao Ge nodded.
“That’s very good.”
Xu Qingnian was worried about not knowing what level of strength he was at, so when he heard this, he was naturally a little excited.
“Go and give it a try, just so I can measure it for you.”
Chao Ge told Xu Qingnian to enter the Martial Sect.
Xu Qingnian nodded and walked towards the Martial Gate.
Above the Martial Gate were the four words [Martial Dao is King], so it was called the Martial Gate.
Push open the gate.
A place similar to a martial arts arena appeared at that moment.
The ring was not particularly large, with all kinds of weapons and a dummy stake.
“Qingnian, this ring is where the teacher practices martial arts, and the wooden stake on there, called the Spirit Test Stake, can test your strength.”
Chao Ge said.
“Then my humble brother will try it first.”
Xu Qingnian was a bit impatient.
He took a step up and Chao Ge obviously wanted to say something else, but seeing how impatient Xu Qingnian was, he didn’t say anything else.
Once he stepped into the ring.
Soon the surroundings changed, and the ring instantly became extremely wide, enough to throw punches and kicks.
Boom!
Xu Qingnian didn’t say anything as he used all his strength to blast towards the spirit measuring pile.
A dull sound rang out, and the spirit measuring pile did not move, but on the contrary, Xu Qingnian felt that his fist was a little numb.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Thinking that this was something that the saints used to test, Xu Qingnian was not surprised, but wholeheartedly began to test his strength.
Boxing, leg whip, finger power, palm power.
The only flaw was that he hadn’t learnt any martial arts skills yet, so he looked a bit clumsy.
But it felt great to go all out.
Xu Qingnian smiled.
After Chao Ge under the ring saw this scene, his expression inexplicably changed a little, as if he was a little worried.
Finally, a full two quarters of an hour.
Xu Qingnian had finally finished blasting the spirit testing pile for two quarters of an hour.
Now he was waiting for the test results to come out.
Just when Xu Qingnian was about to leave the ring.
Suddenly, the spirit test pile, which had been blatantly motionless, moved.
“Eh?”
“Brother Chao Ge, what’s going on?”
Xu Qingnian was a little curious, and inexplicably had a bit of an unsettling premonition.
“It’s alright, it’s good for you.”
Chao Ge under the ring shook his head, rea*suring Xu Qingnian.
In an instant, the spirit measuring pile rushed over.
It was extremely fast, like lightning, and came in front of himself.
Boom!
A terrifying force struck, Xu Qingnian reacted instantly, he fell backwards, but was still half a step too slow, his sternum was blasted with a punch, breaking instantly.
Sharp pain attacked, causing Xu Qingnian’s eyes to widen.
Ka ka ka ka.
The effect of the Great Sun Sacred Body came into play at this moment as the broken sternum healed itself, not at a slow pace, but this healing process was also painful beyond belief.
“Brother Chao Ge, what the hell is going on here?”
Xu Qingnian was indeed a little confused, how did this spirit measurement pile turn out to be like this?
“Xiandi, don’t panic, the spirit testing pile can test your overall strength, and it will be adjusted according to Xiandi’s physique, it won’t be fatal, just less painful to the flesh.”
“You have the right to think of it as sharpening your martial arts skills, otherwise with your fancy fists and legs just now, having some empty strength will not be of any use.”
Chao Ge said seriously.
When this was said, Xu Qingnian understood.
“How long is the test for?”
Xu Qingnian couldn’t help but ask.
“Not long, just now you hit it for two quarters of an hour, and it will only double.”
Chao Ge laughed.
Xu Qingnian: “……”
Also in the moment of lost concentration, the spirit measuring pile killed again, the movement was fast and fierce, and it didn’t look like it was showing any mercy.
He received another heavy blow.
Xu Qingnian ate the pain, but he also understood that this was a good thing.
Chao Ge was right.
Although he had the Great Sun Sacred Body and the strength to surpa*s ordinary martial artists, he had no skill or combat sense at all, so he was nothing but a meat target.
Instead of being beaten by others outside, it would be better to be beaten here by the spirit measuring stake, after all, no one would see it.
The only thing is, it really hurts a bit.
And so it was, four quarters of an hour later.
In the ring.
Xu Qingnian was paralysed on the ground.
He had been beaten for four quarters of an hour, and there was basically no part of his body that had not been hammered by the spirit pile.
The pile was indeed ruthless, not giving any mercy and hitting him where it hurts every time.
During this time, Xu Qingnian had no resistance at all and could only dodge, without any chance to strike.
Not only was there a difference in physical ability, but also in martial arts skills and combat awareness, he was being crushed and beaten.
But fortunately, the nightmare was over.
“Test results.”
“Martial artist tenth rank.”
“Strength, considered Grade A.”
“Physical body, considered Grade A.”
“Speed, regarded as Grade A.”
“Martial skill, considered skin deep.”
“Martial Awareness, regarded as skin deep.”
“Overall evaluation, beyond tenth grade, on par with ordinary ninth grade martial artists, but need to strengthen martial skills as well as martial dao consciousness to be able to fight with eighth grade martial artists.”
The voice of the spirit measuring pile rang out, giving a simple overall evaluation.
Strength, physical body, and speed were all of Grade A, but martial skills and martial dao consciousness were basically poor, and the word “fur” was enough to prove everything.
When he heard the evaluation from the spirit test pile, Xu Qingnian was slightly happy, at least he had taken a beating and understood his own strength.
Relying on the Great Sun Sacred Body, he had the ability to fight beyond his rank, and if he could improve his martial skills and martial awareness, he could even fight an eighth rank martial artist.
This result made Xu Qingnian very satisfied.
“Magnanimous Brother Qingnian, don’t feel bad, this spirit measuring pile is a saint’s object, if you come to test it every now and then, it can greatly improve your martial dao awareness.”
“As for martial skills, my brother will give you a martial arts divine ability later, lest you only know the skinny.”
At that moment, Chao Ge walked up to the ring and helped Xu Qingnian up, smiling.
“Thank you very much, brother.”
“My humble brother understands that although there is some pain, the battle just now has indeed benefited me somewhat.”
Xu Qingnian understood in his heart, but when he heard that Chao Ge was going to give him a Martial Dao divine ability, Xu Qingnian became somewhat joyful.
He was indeed lacking a Martial Dao Divine Principle right now.
“Just understand, right, go and take a look at the Demon Demon Atlas, when you suppressed the Golden Crow Killing Thought just now, the Demon Demon Atlas also changed somewhat, so there might be other gains.”
Chao Ge spoke.
It made Xu Qingnian a little curious.
After getting up, Xu Qingnian stretched his muscles and bones, being a Great Sun Saint Body, his injuries would heal themselves, and now after recuperating for a while, there was no more soreness and pain.
He walked out of the Martial Gate.
Xu Qingnian went straight to the Demon Atlas.
Sure enough, the Golden Crow Atlas had changed.
[Three-legged Golden Crow, demon god of heaven and earth, transformed into a sun, reflecting the heavens, the most rigid and virile, ferocious in character, once had a scene of the tenth day in the sky, later shot dead by a supreme power, only one remained, resentful and with endless killing thoughts]
[Current state: Eighth-ranked, has injured its soul, needs half a year to recover, will advance to seventh-ranked].
[Dao: Golden Crow Fire Avatar] [Current Dao: Golden Crow Fire Avatar]
[Martial Dao: Golden Crow Dragon Fighting Avatar]
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The first thing that attracted Xu Qingnian was not the two divine abilities when the information from the Demon Atlas appeared.
Rather, it was the phrase ‘has injured its soul, needs half a year to recover’.
In other words, he had not completely killed the demon seed, but had only severely injured it, and it would heal in half a year’s time, by which time it would directly advance to the seventh rank?
Is there any mistake?
I had gone through a lot of trouble to form the Sun Saint Body, and I had not yet stepped into the ninth grade, so it would be fine if the Golden Crow Demon Seed was directly of the eighth grade, after all, I had let it grow.
But after healing, what does it mean to advance directly to the seventh grade?
In other words, in this half year’s time, I will either advance to the seventh grade in the Martial Dao or the seventh grade in the Confucian Dao?
What the hell is going on?
He was only given three months before, and now he’s only given six months?
One rank, one heaven.
It was only after reaching the eighth grade of Confucianism that Xu Qingnian understood the meaning of this statement even better.
If one promoted oneself to the eighth rank, if one wanted to promote to the seventh rank of Confucianism, one had to [Gentleman Establishing Intent].
If one did not establish one’s intention, one would not be able to advance, and no matter how many superb essays one wrote, no matter how many thousand famous words one wrote, one would not be able to advance in rank.
And this intention is not to create a new one, but to read the books of the sages, to understand the true meaning of a reader, and to find one’s own intention.
This process is extremely difficult.
How many eighth-ranked Confucians are stuck in this realm?
The seventh grade of the martial arts, not to mention the tenth grade, is still in the tenth grade, although it is easy to advance to the ninth grade.
But what about the eighth grade?
What about the seventh grade after the eighth grade?
“Brother Chao Ge, can’t this demon seed even suppress the Wen Gong?”
Xu Qingnian was a little depressed and asked Chao Ge.
“I’m not sure.”
“According to reason, with the power of the Heaven and Earth Literature Palace, let alone the demon seed, even if a real three-legged golden crow came, it would still die.”
“This might have something to do with the root of the foreign arts, but I can’t remember… In this way, Xiandi is in no hurry, there is still half a year to go, allow me to think about it.”
“If I think of it, then I will help Xiandi solve it, if not, half a year is enough time for Xiandi to set his mind on it.”
Chao Ge gave his reply, allowing Xu Qingnian to breathe a little easier.
After all, with a half-saint around, at the very least, he would not be fighting alone.
Thinking of this, Xu Qingnian didn’t say anything.
His eyes fell on the two divine abilities.
In an instant.
The two Golden Crow Marks entered his body.
He began to comprehend the Golden Crow Inheritance.
And while Xu Qingnian was comprehending the inheritance.
The Southern Yu Mansion was suddenly abuzz with excitement.
Ever since the court announced a few days ago that Xu Qingnian’s essay was an essay of intent, speculation about Xu Qingnian had not stopped throughout the world’s literati.
For ordinary people, they all thought that Xu Qingnian was a great talent, regardless of whether his article was about intention or ruling the country, as long as it was a great article.
For the literati, the debate over intention is an extremely sensitive topic.
But most of the literati just discussed it on their own and chatted with a few friends.
But there was a group of people who couldn’t resist.
To be more precise, it was the literati in the next house who couldn’t stand it anymore.
In particular, it was the number one academy in Changping County.
The literati of Tianming Academy.
Although Nan Yu is the first capital of Changping County, Tian Ming has always been the next door to Nan Yu in terms of reading.
A place that can be named as a school is naturally no ordinary place.
Basically, in every county examination, Tianming Academy won the first three places.
When it came to the imperial examinations, Tianming Academy had many successful candidates every time.
However, this year, Xu Qingnian’s brilliant essay in the provincial examination overwhelmed all the literati.
Now the students of Tianming Academy were not happy.
But Xu Qingnian’s essay was a masterpiece, so they couldn’t resist it.
So for several days, they were ready to resign themselves to their fate.
When the imperial decree was announced, the students of Tianming College were now energised.
Xu Qingnian’s essay was an essay of intent.
There are two types of intention.
There are two types of intention: new intention and continuation of the sage’s intention.
If it was a continuation of the sage’s will, then there was nothing more to be said.
But if it is Xu Qingnian who is creating new ideas.
This is not a trivial matter.
Even if it is a masterpiece, there will be many objections.
A masterpiece essay is recognised by heaven and earth.
But just because heaven and earth approve of it does not mean that it is suitable for all literati.
It is like the Buddhist teaching that people should not kill, not drink, and not put flowers in.
The Buddhist teaching sutra is also approved by heaven and earth, but this does not prove that it is completely right.
Of course, they did not dare to criticise Xu Qingnian’s article.
But they dare not refute the intention.
This was an academic discussion, a debate between scholars.
So the Tianming Academy set out in great numbers, almost overnight, to come to South Yufu, to meet Xu Qingnian.
They wanted to see Xu Qingnian face to face to ask him whether his essay was a continuation of the sage’s intention or a new one.
If it was a continuation of the sage’s idea, then he would go back honestly and take it as a way to get to know the great talent.
If it is a new idea, then it is embarra*sing.
Let’s be frank.
The people from the Tianming Academy are here to pick a fight.
That’s the way the literati are.
Either you convince me.
Either you convince me or I convince you.
There can be no third possibility.
But even though they thought of countless possibilities, they overlooked one.
Xu Qingnian was nowhere to be found.
To be more precise, no one in the entire South Yufu could find Xu Qingnian.
Now the students of the Tianming Academy were furious.
But what could they do if they were angry?
It was not Xu Qingnian’s fault that she did not see them.
After all, why should they see them?
Some people spoke up, thinking that Xu Qingnian didn’t dare to see them and was afraid of the news.
But they were immediately dismissed by one of their own.
If you can write a masterpiece, you are naturally not an idle person, so don’t say such self-deceiving words.
Then why didn’t they see them if they weren’t afraid of them.
In the end, the students of the Tianming Academy were unanimous.
Xu Qingnian.
Looked down on them.
Thinking of this possibility, a subtle change in the mindset of the students of the Tian Ming Academy arose.
Even to the back.
These scandalous rumours also began to circulate in Nan Yu House.
The general idea was that the literati from Tianming Academy wanted to rub Xu Wangu’s nose in the heat, but what they didn’t expect was that Xu Wangu didn’t bother to pay any attention to them.
He treated them like fleas.
In an instant, the students of Tianming Academy exploded.
In the end, they even wrote a letter and invited a great figure from the Tianming Academy.
A sixth-ranked Confucian.
A Confucianist.
Just one rank away from being a great Confucian.
Now, the Southern Yufu had to boil over.
