Soul Emperor Martial God

"A message from the Asura Hall?" Xiao Yi heard and slightly frowned.

If he guessed correctly, the one who would send a message to him should be the Sub Hall Master of Scarlet Moon City's Asura Hall Branch, Cao Lei.

"Alright, thank you." Xiao Yi nodded.

"You're welcome." The young man quickly waved his hand.

Xiao Yi nodded and turned to walk towards the academy gate.

The young man followed him closely from behind.

"Are you guarding the gate today?" Xiao Yi asked with a light smile.

"Yes." The young man nodded, smiling broadly at Xiao Yi.

For academic disciples, apart from completing tasks outside to accumulate task points for the academy...

Doing certain chores for the academy also accumulates task points.

The regular gate guarding, delivering documents for the deacon, cleaning the academy, etc., albeit for fewer task points.

Black Cloud Academy doesn't differentiate between inner and outer disciples; these chores are all voluntarily accepted.

Often, disciples who have been training outside for a long time come back to the academy to rest, and in their leisure time, they take on these tasks.

"You're a new disciple, why not go outside to train?" Xiao Yi asked curiously.

Zifeng, the junior disciple, smiled wryly, "The recent events at Heavenly King Mountain were known by my elders at home, and they're quite worried."

"So I decided to stay put in the academy for these days."

As he spoke, Zifeng, the junior brother, scratched his head awkwardly, "Um, if Senior Brother Xiao Yi is free, I wonder if I could spar with you in Sword Dao."

"Are you also a Sword Dao Practitioner?" Xiao Yi asked.

"Yes." Zifeng nodded enthusiastically, "Of course, far less proficient than Senior Brother Xiao Yi's level in Sword Dao."

"Ha." Xiao Yi chuckled.

The two chatted as they walked, soon reaching outside the academy gate.

"If there's a chance, definitely spar." Xiao Yi said, heading towards a middle-aged man at the gate.

This middle-aged man had been waiting here all along, presumably a Martial Artist from the Asura Hall.

"Are you Sub-hall Master Xiao Yi?" The middle-aged man, upon seeing Xiao Yi, quickly cupped his hands and said.

"Yes." Xiao Yi nodded and took out his Asura Hall Token.

The middle-aged man glanced at the token and nodded, taking out a token of his own, "I am the Academic Teaching Deacon for Black Cloud City's Asura Hall Branch."

"I came to inform Sub-hall Master Xiao Yi that there are two messages in the Asura Hall for you."

"Two messages?" Xiao Yi slightly furrowed his brow.

"Yes." The middle-aged man replied, "One message is from Scarlet Moon City Branch Hall, Sub-hall Master Cao Lei, asking you to visit Scarlet Moon City."

"The other is from a different region, sent through several branch halls."

"Hmm?" Xiao Yi's eyebrows knitted.

He had already anticipated Sub-hall Master Cao Lei's message, likely about the battle matters from last time.

But the other message, who would send a message in the Asura Hall for him, and through various branch halls?

The only possible sender, either Duanmu Palace Master or Senior Lei.

After arriving in the Central Region, he had very few seniors from the Asura Hall he knew.

"Did they mention what it's about? Or if it's urgent?" Xiao Yi asked.

"I'm not sure." The middle-aged man shook his head, "The message from Sub-hall Master Cao Lei is not urgent, just inviting you to visit Scarlet Moon City Branch Hall."

"The other message is encrypted, I don't know about it, Sub-hall Master Xiao Yi must personally check it out."

"However, neither the date nor the time of the message is recent, so it's presumably not an urgent matter."

"Of course, to understand the contents of the two messages, Sub-hall Master Xiao Yi must visit the branch hall personally."

Xiao Yi nodded.

The messages from each branch hall, unless special, generally require the receiver to personally obtain them.

The deacon from the branch hall is merely here to notify the message receiver about the messages.

"If there's nothing else, I'll take my leave now; there are still plenty of affairs in the branch hall." The middle-aged man cupped his hands and said.

"Thank you." Xiao Yi cupped his hands.

Watching the deacon leave, Xiao Yi turned back into the academy.

At the academy gate, Zifeng, the junior disciple, was guarding the gate, still smiling broadly at Xiao Yi.

Xiao Yi felt slightly embarrassed, saying, "If there's an opportunity, I'll definitely spar with Junior Brother Zifeng."

"Now, I have other matters to attend to, so I won't stay long."

"Alright, Senior Brother Xiao Yi, take care." Zifeng, the junior disciple, smiled joyfully.

...

Xiao Yi headed straight to the seclusion room.

Entering the seclusion room, he set up a barrier, then sat down cross-legged.

This time, he didn't take out the Eight Dragons Burning Fire Furnace as before to refine pills.

Firstly, he didn't have many high-grade heavenly treasures on hand now.

Secondly… The light flickered in Xiao Yi's hand, and he retrieved several Universe Rings.

Looking at these Universe Rings before him, Xiao Yi's eyes were filled with joy.

Inside each Universe, there was a complete Mid-grade Spirit Vein.

Eight Universe Rings meant eight Mid-grade Spirit Veins.

Thinking back, this time training outside had been fraught with challenges.

First was the intense battle, then being hunted by the likes of the Black Poison Saint King, even narrowly escaping exposure to Black Poison's venom.

The numerous confrontations at Heavenly King Mountain posed repeated risks.

Yet, it was because of these events, through chance, that he obtained these eight Mid-grade Spirit Veins.

All opportunities have risks; only with risky quests can they be truly complete.

Xiao Yi picked up a Universe Ring and took out a Mid-grade Spirit Stone from it.

Almost at the moment the Mid-grade Spirit Stone appeared, a surge of pure spirit energy rushed towards him.

"The spiritual energy contained in a Mid-grade Spirit Stone is indeed much purer than that in a low-grade spirit stone." Xiao Yi smiled joyfully.

A low-grade spirit stone is sufficient for a Heavenly Extreme Realm Expert to absorb for a month.

A Mid-grade Spirit Stone is enough for a Saint King Realm Expert to absorb and train for a month.

Previously, Xiao Yi recalled, when absorbing a low-grade spirit stone, the stone shattered into dust in an instant, with its contained spirit energy fully absorbed.

But what about the Mid-grade Spirit Stone?

Xiao Yi looked forward to it.

"Absorb." Xiao Yi whispered softly.

The spirit stone in his hand didn't get quickly exhausted.

After a full minute, Xiao Yi gently squeezed it.

The entire Mid-grade Spirit Stone turned into powder.

Simultaneously, Xiao Yi kept introspecting his Small World, evidently seeing the increase in Primordial Power.

"The effect is good." Xiao Yi's face lit up with joy.

Compared to the low-grade spirit stones, whose effects were almost insignificant, the Mid-grade Spirit Stone increased Primordial Power noticeably.

The gap between the two was indeed vast.

"Absorb." Xiao Yi whispered softly again.

A large number of Mid-grade Spirit Stones poured out from the Universe Ring.

Xiao Yi also sped up the absorption, with two Martial Souls simultaneously opening and absorbing rapidly.

Four hours later, Xiao Yi paused his absorption temporarily.

Within him, the previously disappeared 'Ice Mountain' coagulated once more.

And now, only about one-fifth of the spirit stones in the entire Mid-grade Spirit Vein from the Universe Ring were consumed.

With the Ice Mountain restored, the next step is to completely breakthrough to the Infinite Sacred Realm.

Xiao Yi began absorption again.

To breakthrough from the Heavenly Extreme Realm to the Infinite Sacred Realm, one: the Small World's Primordial Power must be filled; two: mastery over ten complete Martial Arts.

"Condense the tenth complete Martial Arts." Xiao Yi whispered internally.

Whoosh… whoosh… whoosh…

Strands of Heaven and Earth Martial Arts Power, disregarding the seclusion room's barrier, shot forth.

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