Awaken Chapter 74

South Yu House.

Inside a large mansion courtyard.

Hundreds of young men were sitting in the courtyard.

All of these men were wearing consistent robes, which were dark green in colour, and were all students of the Tianming Academy.

An old man, on the other hand, was sitting in the centre.

The old man was already in his prime, his eyebrows were white and he was wearing a Confucian robe full of patches.

The robe looked very old, and in some places, it was even washed white, so it was clear that this old man was very frugal.

This man is the previous dean of the Tianming Academy, Wan Anguo, a sixth-ranked Confucian who has already established his intention.

One step further, he would be a famous Confucian.

However, he was already eighty years old, and it would be difficult for him to break through this rank in his lifetime.

The difference between one rank and the next is actually a difference between heaven and earth.

Of course, compared to a great Confucian, a sixth-ranked Confucian is nothing.

But for the majority of the world’s scholars, the sixth grade of Confucianism seems to be a distant and unattainable position, high up in the clouds.

“Sir, we have travelled a long way from Tianming House just to meet this Xu Qingnian, but we never expected that this Xu Qingnian would not even show his face once, which is really disrespectful to us, the scholars.”

“Yes, sir, it would be fine if we had no name and no reputation, but our Tianming Academy is the number one academy in Changping County and has made many contributions to Wei over the years.

“Sir, Xu Qingnian’s bullying and arrogance is really hateful, even if he looks down on us, it’s fine, but you’re here and he won’t even come out to meet you, this is not bullying and arrogance, this is simply uncaring.”

Inside the mansion.

Many voices rang out, filled with anger.

They were angry, thinking that Xu Qingnian had no respect for the Tianming Academy, and even if he didn’t respect them, now their old dean had personally come to the South Yu mansion, and Xu Qingnian still didn’t come out?

How could they bear this?

However, in the midst of the crowd, facing the angry crusade of the Confucian students, Wan Anguo did not show any anger.

Instead, he looked very calm.

When the crowd stopped speaking, Wan Anguo’s voice slowly rang out.

“A gentleman cultivates his qi, a Confucian cultivates his body.”

“You have been studying for dozens of years, yet you are still standing still, regarded as not being able to cultivate your qi and as cultivating your body improperly.”

“Xu Qingnian is also a great talent, this cannot be denied.”

“It is only natural that such a great talent should be arrogant, so what is wrong with him not seeing you?”

“Why would he want to see you?”

Wan An Guo’s voice was calm, but there was still some reproach in his words.

“But sir, it is true that he does not see us, but not seeing you is a bit unjustified, we are not convinced.”

Most of the people were silent in the face of Wan Anguo’s rebuke, but some still could not help but speak up and fight for their sir.

At these words, Wan Anguo swept a glance at the crowd.

“Are you all not taking the old man for an old and foolish man?”

“Are you really fighting for the old man? Or are you fighting for yourselves?”

With one sentence, he said the crowd was completely silent.

It directly pierced the inner thoughts of the crowd.

“Humph, scholars, they should be humble and love science and achieve each other, you and others have no merit and no Confucian character, yet you are here to fight for power and victory.”

“That Xu Qingnian is even more arrogant, but his writings are still famous for a thousand years and his writings are superb, based on these two points alone, even I cannot match him.”

“It is Xu Qingnian’s freedom to see or not to see him, what is there to disagree about? If not, you too can write a masterpiece and then come back to argue.”

Wan Anguo’s words made it a little difficult for the crowd.

They had originally wanted to ask Wan Anguo to come and back them up, but they had not expected Wan Anguo to reprimand them first, and were somewhat depressed.

But in fact, it is true. The righteous Confucian, who has lived for almost 80 years, could not know what these people are thinking.

If we have the same intention, then we are good friends. If we have different intentions, then we will not be able to make plans for each other, and we will not scold each other, or frame each other for insults.

Unless there is a fundamental issue of principle involved, then there is mutual respect between each other.

“Sir, then why have you come here? You can’t come here to be insulted and return, can you?”

Someone spoke up somewhat not quite understanding the purpose of Wan Anguo’s visit here.

Since you spoke so well of Xu Qingnian, what did you come over for, thinking that you were here to help us.

The crowd was full of curiosity.

“I have come to ask for clarification on Xu Qingnian’s standup essay.”

Wan Anguo stated his intention of coming.

Xu Qingnian had written a superb article, he was not the least bit unconvinced, on the contrary he was happy, happy from the bottom of his heart, the human race had another great talent, how could he not be happy.

If Xu Qingnian’s essay was a strategy for peace, perhaps he wouldn’t have come over and would have only praised the wave after the Yangtze River that pushed the wave before it.

But Xu Qingnian’s essay was a chapter of intention.

So he had to come over.

And he did not come on his own behalf, but on behalf of a group of people.

He wanted to ask for clarification in advance.

“But Xu Qingnian doesn’t even see us, so how else can we ask?”

They continued to ask.

“Then we’ll wait.”

“In a few days the new building of the South Yufu will be built, and the South Yufu governor has invited him, it doesn’t matter if he doesn’t see him on weekdays, but he will definitely show up on this day, so at the banquet then, I will ask him personally.”

Wan An Guo spoke up and told them about the banquet of the Southern Yufu in a few days.

The crowd nodded, and they understood completely why this old dean had travelled a long way to South Yufu.

They thought it was for them, but it seemed that they had thought too much.

“Sir, what do you think will happen if Xu Qingnian writes an essay that is really a new idea, ah?”

Someone continued to ask, looking somewhat curious.

Just as soon as this was said, the rest of the voices rang out.

“Impossible.”

“How could it be a new intention?”

“Zhu Sheng’s intention will be pa*sed down for thousands of years, it’s only been five hundred years, there’s no way a new intention could be revealed.”

“Yes, even if it really is a new idea, so what? Ninety-eight percent of the world’s scholars are based on Zhu Sheng’s ideas. If he really wrote a new idea, it would be worthless in front of Zhu Sheng.”

The crowd spoke up and retorted.

In the crowd, however, Wan Anguo fell silent.

He knew that if it was a new idea, it would only lead to some strife, and there was even a certain possibility that it would lead to strife among the literati of the world.

At the same time.

South Yu Province.

Ping’an County.

In a deserted place.

Xu Qingnian was currently comprehending the Golden Crow Dragon Fighting Avatar and the Golden Crow True Fire Avatar.

Compared to the Golden Crow Fire Avatar, Xu Qingnian was more concerned about the Golden Crow Dragon Fighting Avatar.

In ancient times, the three-legged Golden Crow stood in the sky and was a god-like being, while the Golden Crow tribe loved to eat dragons and often hunted and killed them.

However, as the dragons were invincible in battle, the Golden Crow tribe used their speed to evolve a set of Dragon Battling Avatars.

It is the ultimate martial art.

Xu Qingnian comprehended the Golden Crow Dragon Fighting Great Divine Principle, while the Golden Crow True Fire Great Divine Principle was a way to condense mana into the Golden Crow True Fire, which could burn everything with just a little bit.

However, he currently had no magic power and did not cultivate immortality at all, so he could not perform this Great Divine Ability, and unless he stepped into a higher level, he would not be able to condense the Golden Crow True Fire.

Therefore, Xu Qingnian did not cultivate it for the time being.

One move after another was imprinted into Xu Qingnian’s mind. Nowadays, what Xu Qingnian lacked most was martial arts moves, and the Golden Crow Dragon Fighting Avatar was like a tiger with wings.

It took two hours.

Xu Qingnian had watched the Golden Crow Dragon Fighting Great Divine Principle in its entirety, memorising every single move in his mind.

This Great Divine Principle of the Martial Arts was fierce and fierce, using speed to win, and interpreted fast, vicious and accurate to the fullest.

After comprehending it, at this moment, Xu Qingnian wanted to test his strength by looking for a spirit measuring pile.

But after thinking about it, Xu Qingnian resisted the urge to look for abuse, after all, he had only just comprehended it and was not fully proficient.

The comprehension of the Martial Dao Avatar was finished.

The next thing was the really important thing.

Advancing to the ninth rank.

This couldn’t be delayed any longer.

He was invincible at the tenth rank and could defeat a hundred people at the same rank.

However, it was still a bit difficult to fight beyond the ninth rank, so it was possible to fight the ninth rank, but not the eighth rank.

Cheng Lidong is an eighth-ranked martial artist, and he will have to fight him sooner or later. Now that he has gathered the Great Sun Sacred Body and has the Golden Crow Dragon Fighting Avatar, he will have the power to fight as long as he is promoted to the ninth rank.

It would be best if he could be killed, so that there would be no more problems.

If he could not be beaten to death, he could not be beaten to death no matter what.

This was what Xu Qingnian had in mind.

But there were two ways to promote to the ninth rank.

One was to be promoted directly.

There was also one that relied on foreign arts to promote.

Promoting directly was not a difficult task, but if one did not rely on the supernatural arts to promote, one would not be able to obtain the Martial Emperor’s Relic Treasure.

After thinking about it.

After some struggle, Xu Qingnian gritted his teeth and chose to promote by the supernatural arts.

Two factors.

Firstly, with the Heaven and Earth Palace of Literature around, one did not need to worry about the Infidelity Demon Numinous encroaching on him, plus if it was solved, then cultivating one more pagan art would not be a big problem, if it was not solved, then it would not be a big problem.

Secondly, the White Cloth Sect is so attached to the Martial Emperor’s legacy treasure, with toes to think all know is the most precious treasure, if you have the opportunity to not even take, that is not a fool?

Combining the above two points.

Xu Qingnian decided to take a gamble.

At that moment, Xu Qingnian did not enter the Palace of Literature and wrote the Taiyin Pulse Condensation Technique silently to Chao Ge, pleading with the other party to push it out again.

Chao Ge did not say much, nor did he discourage him in any way, and agreed to do so directly.

After giving the Taiyin Pulse Condensation Technique to Chao Ge, Xu Qingnian only needed to wait for the rest of the time.

With the previous deduction, Chao Ge informed Xu Qingnian that he would be able to deduce the complete version of the Tai Yin Pulse Condensation Technique within two hours, so that he could go and run his veins first to prepare for his promotion to the ninth rank.

Therefore Xu Qingnian left the Palace of Literature and began to transport his veins.

Ninth Grade Martial Dao.

For the condensation of the veins.

To condense one’s veins is to condense the ‘qi’ veins.

The tenth grade martial artist is to temper the physical body and strengthen the qi and blood physique.

When the body is strong, then the qi veins can be condensed in the body, and once the qi veins are condensed, then the internal qi can be released.

This Qi can be added to fists and feet, or to swords, and can be understood as fist, palm, sword or sword Qi.

Once the internal qi is born, the strength is a huge increase.

Normally, an ordinary tenth-grade martial artist who blasts his fist at a stone may crack the stone.

But if he increased his inner qi, he could easily blast the stone into pieces.

It was like when Wu Yan approached himself for a trade, he easily crushed a huge stone into pieces.

So the biggest difference between the tenth grade and the ninth grade was the internal qi.

The Taiyin Pulse Condensation Technique, on the other hand, had two characteristics.

One was to condense the Dragon Spiritual Vein, and the other was to condense the Dragon Fury Inner Qi.

A simple understanding is that the internal energy is strong and overbearing and fierce.

And so it was, two hours later.

Chao Ge’s voice then rang out.

“Xiandi, the deduction is done, but this is a somewhat obscure piece of foreign art, I will pa*s it directly into your brain to enlighten you.”

Chao Ge’s voice rang out.

“Many thanks, brother.”

Xu Qingnian gave some thanks.

In the next moment, as the full version of the Taiyin Pulse Condensation Technique surfaced in his brain.

Xu Qingnian was instantly enlightened, this was enlightenment, there was no need to understand, he directly comprehended.

The complete version of the Taiyin Pulse Condensation Technique deduced by Chao Ge was far more perfect than the previous one.

After the enlightenment.

Xu Qingnian ran all the Qi and blood in his body and in that instant, he visualised a dragon in his mind.

In a flash, the Jiao Long mark appeared.

Boom!

A roaring sound was heard, and a qi vein condensed along with the momentum.

The qi vein was like a dragon, broad and continuous, a kind of internal embodiment technique, with only a sense of intention.

As Xu Qingnian succeeded in condensing the vein, in an instant the dragon’s fierce Qi also appeared.

If the Golden Crow is a killing thought, this new magic demonic thought is an abomination, a sense of loathing that comes over one, abhorring everything in the world and making one want to destroy it.

Boom.

At this moment, the Heaven and Earth Palace of Literature appeared, suppressing the Jiao Long Demon Seed with almost no surprise.

Roar.

A reluctant dragon roar rang out, but there was nothing it could do in the face of the Heaven and Earth Palace of Literature, and in the end it could only turn into a ray of light and disappear into the Demon Catalogue.

The dragon’s demon seed was suppressed.

Xu Qingnian was also promoted to the ninth rank in the process.

The Taiyin Dragon Vein formed within his body, rushing like a river, unending, and terrifying internal qi ran through his entire body, causing his physique to transform once more.

This was the benefit that came with the promotion of rank.

Moreover, with the successful opening up of the qi veins, the Golden Crow and Jiao Dragon in the body also coalesced together, running themselves through the Great Circumference, and the yin and yang converged, bringing enormous benefits.

It was another two hours.

The great night covered the dome.

At this moment, Xu Qingnian had solidified his Martial Dao realm.

He had officially stepped into the Ninth Grade Pulse Condensation Realm.

In the darkness of the night.

Xu Qingnian released his inner qi.

A black and white inner qi appeared, a fusion of two supernatural arts, the supreme yin and yang inner qi.

It was a perfect fusion of the power of the Golden Crow and the power of the Jiao Dragon.

In this inner qi, there was the sharpness of the Golden Crow and the domineering power of the Dragon Fury.

Xu Qingnian tried to keep releasing his inner qi.

It was a full ten feet in length.

A Ninth Grade martial artist’s internal qi release was basically measured in inches.

The fact that one’s opening was one zhang made Xu Qingnian a little stunned.

Six words involuntarily surfaced in his mind.

Isojutsu, forever dropping God.

The longer the internal qi was released, the better it naturally became. Originally a melee martial artist, it had instantly become a long-range martial artist, wasn’t this still strong?

Moreover, the Tai Yin Pulse Condensation Technique can condense three qi veins.

One would be one zhang, three would not be three zhang?

This would completely allow the enemy to run eight metres first.

Stepping into the Pulse Condensation Realm.

Xu Qingnian only felt relieved, his overall strength had increased again, and with his internal qi, he thought he would have little problem when facing Cheng Lidong again.

However, Xu Qingnian did not take it lightly.

Once again, he dived into the Palace of Literature and watched the demon illustrations.

The information about the dragon appeared on the third stone wall.

[Taiyin Jiao Demon, a dragon originated from the grievances of the dragons of heaven and earth, but unable to transform into a dragon, hates all things and kills endless living beings, later subdued in the Devil’s Abyss of the North Sea by a supreme power, a terrible terror].

[Current realm: Eighth grade of martial arts, will break through to the seventh grade in half a year]

[If you can subdue it, you will be granted the extreme power of the dragon]

What a good guy, Xu Qingnian had thought it was just an ordinary dragon, but he didn’t expect it to be transformed by the dragon’s resentment.

And just like the Golden Crow, it had broken through to the seventh rank after half a year.

Although he had a bit of a toothache, Xu Qingnian had no choice but to take one step and see what happened first.

Once again, he withdrew from the Palace of Literature.

Xu Qingnian took advantage of the moonlight to walk towards his teacher’s home.

Now that she had gathered the Great Sun Saint Body and promoted to the ninth grade, Xu Qingnian’s overall strength had increased almost a hundredfold.

Fifty miles.

It took a little more than half a quarter to get there, ten minutes to be precise.

This speed was more or less the same as driving at high speed in the previous life.

This is the benefit of increased strength, at least it saves money on horses in the future.

When I arrived at my teacher’s home, it was already late at night, but the light was still on in the study, and Zhou Ling had not yet fallen asleep.

Xu Qingnian did not disturb his teacher’s mother, but came outside the study and knocked gently on the door.

“Enter.”

Zhou Ling made a sound, he guessed it was Xu Qingnian and was not surprised.

The door to the room pushed open and Xu Qingnian bowed towards Zhou Ling.

“The student is visiting late at night, so I hope that teacher will forgive me.”

Stepping inside the study, Xu Qingnian bowed towards Zhou Ling.

“It’s just a small matter.”

“Qingnian, here are the things you asked my teacher to prepare for you, take them.”

“There is also something about the Bright Moon Mountain, my master has checked through many ancient books and has not found where it is located.”

“If you are not in a hurry, allow me to help you look for it properly again.”

Zhou Ling spoke.

He had bought the stuff for Xu Qingnian, it was not a scarce item, but the Bright Moon Mountain he really had not found.

“Teacher, the student has already found it.”

Xu Qingnian replied, telling Zhou Ling not to look for it anymore.

“You’ve found it? Where is it?”

Zhou Ling asked.

“Wangqiu Mountain.”

Xu Qingnian replied.

The latter immediately frowned, and then immediately found a book and flipped through a few pages, quickly nodding his head and saying.

“I understand for my master.”

He nodded his head, sort of understanding why it was Mount Wangqiu.

“Teacher, the student will be returning to South Yufu soon, and when the government exams are over, the student will come back for the teacher.”

Xu Qingnian had no intention of staying and said goodbye to Zhou Ling straight away.

“Good, be safe all the way.”

“You do have to come back after the government exams, my teacher wants to have a good talk with you about entering politics.”

“This time your first place in the government exams is secure, but there are some things that I must talk to you about and weigh for you.”

Zhou Ling said so.

“En, I will see you in some days, so goodbye student.”

Xu Qingnian bowed once again towards Zhou Ling.

And then he left the study, quietly and without a sound.

He left Zhou Ling’s home.

Xu Qingnian’s goal was to head straight for the Wangqiu Mountain.

Now that he had mastered the power of Yin and Yang.

Naturally, he could not continue to delay.

Obtain the treasure sooner.

An extra bottom card sooner.

What made Xu Qingnian a little curious was this.

This Martial Emperor’s Relic Treasure.

What exactly would it be.

I hope not to let myself down.